satire
Xala by Ousmane Sembene
RevSocialist اش... — Sat, 07/24/2010 - 15:03
This short novel (104pg) by Sengalese communist writer Ousmane Sembene, is really more of a satire and parable then a normal novel, and if you don't look at it as a satire and parable (i.e. as it was intended to be perceived), then it really won't make much sense.
The Bureaucrats by Roque Dalton
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 04/20/2010 - 11:22
The Bureaucrats
by Roque Dalton
The bureaucrats swim in a stormy sea of boredom.
Behind their hideous yawns they're the first to murder tenderness
they end up with sick livers and die clutching the telephone
their yellow eyes pinned to the clock.
They have exquisite handwriting and buy themselves neckties
they suffer strokes when they find out that their daughters masturbate
they owe their tailor bill they're barflies
they read the Reader's Digest and Neruda's love poems
they attend the Italian opera they bless themselves
The Austrian Customs by Jaroslav Hasek
RevSocialist اش... — Sat, 02/20/2010 - 06:14
This is another hilarious satirical sketch by Czech anarchist (later bolshevik) Jaroslav Hasek, which mocks bureaucracy and stupid state officials who can't think for themselves and instead can only follow verbatim the laws and regulations set down by their superiors. It also mocks the idocy of the modern nation-state, and it's obsession with borders, which will be crumbling soon hopefully! Enjoy comrades:
Mr Kauble's Donation by Jaroslav Hasek
RevSocialist اش... — Fri, 01/08/2010 - 12:02
Enjoy another short satirical sketch by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek. This sketch criticizes charitable organizations, which more often work for profit (to be used for high salaries of it's employees) and to gain positive attention for their founders. And charity in the end is no solution, it will never get rid of poverty, imperialism, racism, sexism, or homophobia, only a socialist revolution will do that. Anyway, enjoy comrades:
Sad Fate of the Station Mission by Jaroslav Hasek
RevSocialist اش... — Fri, 01/08/2010 - 11:36
This is another short satirical sketch by hilarious Czech (anarchist and later bolshevik) writer Jaroslav Hasek. This sketch mocks bourgeois moral crusading, bourgeois religious conservatism, and generally the hypocrisy of the rotten bourgeois. It mainly focuses on a topic I have spoken about before: prostitution.
An Investigative Expedition
RevSocialist اش... — Fri, 01/08/2010 - 07:57
This is another humorous story (2 pages) from the Czech author Jaroslav Hasek which mocks government "efficiency" and how the repressive state attempts to entrap people. Enjoy!
The Official Zeal of Mr Stepan Brych (1911) by Jaroslav Hašek
RevSocialist اش... — Fri, 01/08/2010 - 07:42
This very short story or sketch is by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923), an active anarchist who was drafted to fight in WWI and was subsequently captured by the Russians. Later he became a supporter of the Bolsheviks and he stayed in Bolshevik Russia until 1920. Hopefully I will post several such stories or sketches by Hašek, who is most known for The Good Soldier Švejk.
