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According to Holocaust and Israel/Palestine scholar Norman Finkelstein, there had been rumblings of a scandal over Ibram X. Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research. Finkelstein picks through the specifics before turning to the assumptions of modern-day "antiracism", corporate consultants such as Robin DiAngelo, and the politically correct, dismissive attitudes towards flawed historical figures.
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According to Holocaust and Israel/Palestine scholar Norman Finkelstein, there had been rumblings of a scandal over Ibram X. Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research. Finkelstein picks through the specifics before turning to the assumptions of modern-day "antiracism", corporate consultants such as Robin DiAngelo, and the politically correct, dismissive attitudes towards flawed historical figures.
"Before Palestine, There Was Liberia" -- Alex Sheremet's video essay on how former American slaves colonized West Africa: youtube.com/watch?v=fUwdbPxRFYc
Watch Alex Sheremet's video essay on Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility": youtube.com/watch?v=0bRqzSjJlu4
Clipped from "ArtiFact 46: Norman Finkelstein on the IMPLOSION of Ibram X Kendi" -- youtube.com/watch?v=ieU2HCGpCSY
Buy Norman Finkelstein’s book: amazon.com/Heretical-Thoughts-Identity-Politics-Academic/dp/B0BSJXB7WN
If you found this video useful, support us on Patreon and get patron-only content: patreon.com/automachination
Learn about and contribute to our first film, "From There To There: Bruce Ario, the Minneapolis Poet": gofundme.com/f/new-film-the-minneapolis-poet-bruce-ario
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![Oleg Gazmanov – Squadron (1989, English Subtitles) | Олег Газманов, Эксадрон
Oleg Gazmanov (Олег Газманов) is a Russian singer-songwriter who has recently found himself in trouble for being a regime propagandist after the Russia/Ukraine War. Long before he was a Russian nationalist, he was a proud Soviet Communist, changing his ideology according to his personal needs. This typically doesnt make for good art, yet he managed to write one of the greatest pop songs ever Squadron (Эксадрон), which captured the ironic listlessness (and hopelessness) of Russias 1980s and 1990s.
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Russian lyrics:
[Куплет 1]
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
Ни решёток ему, ни преград
Удержать не могу я лихих скакунов
Пусть летят, пусть летят
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Вас пришпоривать нету нужды
Вы аллюром несётесь
И не признаёте узды
[Припев]
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
[Куплет 2]
Никому меня не удержать
Мои мысли умчат меня вдаль
Может быть, я обратно уже не вернусь
Как ни жаль, как ни жаль
Эх, залётные мысли мои
Вы, как годы уноситесь прочь
От рассвета к закату
От заката сквозь ночь
Мчитесь прочь
[Припев]
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
[Инструментал]
[Припев]
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
English Translation:
SQUADRON
Squadron of my wild thoughts
No bars for it, no obstacles
I cant restrain the dashing horses
Let them fly, let them fly!
My thoughts, my galloping horses
There is no need to spur you
You rush, carried by your own gait
And dont recognize the reins
My thoughts, my galloping horses
Like sparks will ignite this night
Outrunning the madness of drunken winds
Squadron of my wild thoughts
And no one can restrain me
And my thoughts will whisk me
Into the distance
Maybe I wont ever return
How unfortunate...
Oh, my stray, fleeting thoughts
You are carried away like the years
From sunrise to sunset, from sunset and across
My thoughts, my galloping horses
There is no need to spur you
You rush, carried by your own gait
And dont recognize the reins
My thoughts, my galloping horses
Like sparks will ignite this night
Outrunning the madness of drunken winds
Squadron of my wild thoughts
Outrunning the madness of drunken winds
Squadron of my wild thoughts Oleg Gazmanov – Squadron (1989, English Subtitles) | Олег Газманов, Эксадрон](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ys41Ked321Q/mqdefault.jpg)


