Engels, Frederick, socialist, born in Barmen on Nov. 28, 1820, the son of a well-to-do manufacturer. Took up commerce, but already at an early age began propagating radical and socialist ideas in newspaper articles and speeches. After working for some time as a clerk in Bremen and serving for one year as an army volunteer in Berlin in 1842, he went for two years to Manchester, where his father was co-owner of a cotton mill.
In 1844 he worked for the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher published by Arnold Ruge and Karl Marx in Paris. In 1844 he returned to Barmen and in 1845 addressed communist meetings organised by Moses Hess and Gustav K?ttgen in Elberfeld. Then, until 1848, he lived alternately in Brussels and Paris; in 1846 he joined, with Marx, the secret Communist League, a predecessor of the International, and represented the Paris communities at the two League congresses in London in 1847. On the League's instructions, he wrote, jointly with Marx, the Communist Manifesto addressed to the "working men of all countries", which was published shortly before the February revolution [1848] (a new edition appeared in Leipzig in 1872).
In 1848 and 1849 E. worked in Cologne for the Neue Rheinische Zeitung edited by Marx, and after its suppression he contributed, in 1850, to the Politisch-oekonomische Revue. He witnessed the uprisings in Elberfeld, the Palatinate and Baden and took part in the Baden-Palatinate campaign as aide-de-camp in Willich's volunteer corps. After the suppression of the Baden uprising E. returned as a refugee to England and re-entered his father's firm in Manchester in 1850.
He retired from business in 1869 and has lived in London since 1870. He assisted his friend Marx in providing support for the international labour movement, which arose in 1864, and in carrying on social-democratic propaganda. E. was Secretary for Italy, Spain and Portugal on the General Council of the International. He advocates Marxian communism in opposition to both "petty bourgeois" Proudhonist and nihilistic Bakuninist anarchism. His main work is The Condition of the Working-Class in England (Leipzig, 1845; new edition, Stuttgart, 1892), which, although one-sided, possesses undeniable scientific value. His Anti-Dühring is a polemic of considerable size (2nd ed. Zurich, 1886). E.'s other published works include Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy (Stuttgart, 1888), The Origin of the Family Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (4th ed., Berlin, 1891). E. also published Vols 2 and 3 of Karl Marx's Capital and the 3rd and 4th editions of Vol. I, and contributed many articles to the Neue Zeit.
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Avatar is kinda basic and gets hate for being "fern gully in space" and for erasing (appropriating?) real indigenous struggle. For me, Cameron's tech fetishism and direction make up for it on a technical level, and the obvious anti-colonial-extraction make up for it on a thematic level. This is a big budget Hollywood film that loudly says "blowing up attack helicopters and skewering Marines to protect your home is good and justified" without making the Na'vi kill a baby or something like so many other films do when their villain is fighting against the status quo for a better future.
is this a bad take? someone over thanksgiving said Avatar (2009) was the "worst movie i've ever seen" which seemed a bit dramatic but is making me reexamine my feelings.
Its not the worst movie ever made by a wise margin. Its an okay movie, ifs a bit dull and predictable but not bad by any means
avatar is awesome and not liking it is npc behavior, for lack of a better term. "avatar is bad" is a common opinion in the zeitgeist but if you ask people why they don't like it they can really never give a substantive answer. they don't know why they believe it
i think its okay to not like hollywood blockbusters lol
it's because it's about fifteen hours longer than it should be.
people only liked it because of the 3D fad
I like the movies, great have a beer and have a good time watching GI stand-ins get skewered with pool cues. I don't really care if people like Avatar but I do understand if they think it's racist.
Not liking it because it's "Fern Gully in space" though is a completely confusing take. Like so many great films have similar plots to older films, or are even directly remakes. Do these people only watch films to see original plots? Super fucking weird behavior to me.
i thought avatar was about a bald kid magically controlling the elements
Avatar and Avatar 2 are both great in my opinion, I enjoyed them a lot. saw them in theater with people close to me and while I could find small flaws if pressed they are extremely memorable cinematic experiences that I treasure and I occasionaly re-watch them. I'll be seeing Avatar 3 in theater and I can't remember the last time I wanted to go there
Avatar 1 is nowhere worst movie ever seen but its kinda just good if a bit generic.
Avatar 2 is much more interesting and more memorable imo, and from what ive seen in Avatar 3 it will be even better. Was worried they were going to make evil Na'vi "what if the Na'vi went too far?" but from the trailers it looks like they are evil for collabrating with the RDA humans.