On March 1, 1921, a citizen’s assembly in Kronstadt approved the Petropavlovsk Resolution listing 15 demands to the Bolshevik government in Petrograd. This date marks the start of the Kronstadt Rebellion in which sailors, soldiers and citizens took a stance against the demagoguery of the Bolsheviks in power.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 uprising, we are republishing Emma Goldman’s account of the material and ideological motivations behind it and her reflections on the government’s repression, which, in her words, “was characterized by ruthless savagery” and led her to break all ties with the Communist Party.
The text is drawn from Goldman’s My Further Disillusionment in Russia, originally published in 1924, which collects her personal observations and experiences of post-revolutionary Russia between the years 1920-1921.
Despite every moment of life being indescribably precious and a wondrous mystery, I will spend it caring about dividends and how many rental properties I have.
Rich people are truly dead inside.
There’s a line there that kinda sticks out at me:
“The plan was to grow our money so we could feel financially secure enough to have a baby.”
This is a couple that’s already worth three million dollars. They own their own home. They have a passive monthly income of $12.5k without lifting a single finger, and he can make $30k/mo working for 60 hours. To put that in normal 40-hour weeks, this means that he works until mid-May, takes the rest of the year off, and makes five hundred and sixty thousand dollars for his trouble, on top of the three million they already have and any income she might have.
tl;dr: That’s a lot of fucking money for very little effort.
And these people are scared. They think that thisisn’t enough money for them to raise a child
Capitalism will always keep you feeling hungry and desperate and on the edge of collapse. It runs on people feeling that way, and it will never let you go no matter how loyally you serve it.
Castle Freak will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 16 via RLJE FIlms. The 2020 remake of Stuart Gordon’s 1995 horror cult classic horror film is currently available on VOD and streaming on Shudder.
Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Outsider,” the movie is directed by special effects artist Tate Steinsiek (Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, Knock Knock) and written by Kathy Charles.
Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz, Chris Galust, Emily Sweet, Omar Brunson, Elisha Pratt, Genti Kame, and Kika Magalhães star. Horror icon Barbara Crampton, who starred in the original Castle Freak, produces.
No special features will be included. Read on for the trailer and synopsis.
