More homage to Catalonia and the Left paradigm.......the left governs but does not rule..yet.....

I observe the behaviour of the Tory Party. The truth is that Jeremy Cornyn has captured the initiative as the Tories respond to his ideas. We see the attempts, the futile pathetic attempt to copy him by a disintegrating obscene government that rules but does not govern. The paradigm has changed 1979 and the Thatcher experiment is as dead as is it's creator. I was talking to a friend yesterday about how suddenly had been the change.its almost as if I am living through the most exciting political time that I can remember. In the coming period the left are in charge but not yet in power. For ecosocialists a vigorous debate will unfold. I am sure my role will be both continued loyalty and membership of the Green Party. Labour still needs a conscience on the left and the left in general needs a source of radical and creative ideas.

Labour was rather poor on Catalonia and Plaid in Wales has a poor record on renewables . There is a need an overwhelming need for a strong Green Party. The dinosaurs of the left do not understand that the Catalonian situation is part of the crisis of the nation state and of late capitalism. Ecosocialism must be the lifeblood of a confident; proud and renewed left...

I am greateful to Jeff Gibbs for pointing out to me the different Eu reaction to Kosovo`s declaration of independence  by the EU commision and the  silence on Catalonia and their support for a supression of a peaceful demonstartion. I notice that the Basques sent observers to Catalonia.

For those on the the left could I suggest they read Marx and Lenin on the nationality question. They should consider the role of Catalonia during the Spanish Civil war and red their history on the resistance to Franco from Catalonia. They might also consider that to all intents and purposes that a right wing government is in power in Madrid. The para military police used on Sunday had it's antecedents in the Phalangists..so please read your history..and try reading Homage to Catalonia

Deucalion Myth – The great Flood from Greece

 

 

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Deucalion was the son of the last Titan (god), Prometheus. According to Hesiod, Prometheus and the god Zeus were in conflict. Prometheus was the one who, with the help of the Goddess Athena, created man. When mankind became mean, greedy, and disobedient to the gods, Zeus decided to destroy them.

Deucalion, son of Prometheus, in an effort to control the animal instincts of mankind asked Zeus to be merciful. Yet Zeus had already decided to destroy the corrupted generation of mankind. Only Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha were saved—both of whom were considered of the ranks of the gods, the most righteous amongst men—when Deucalion took advice from his father, Prometheus, and constructed an ark. He and his wife used the ark to escape the flood sent by Zeus. The rain and thunders lasted for nine days and nine nights, and the land was flooded, drowning the generation of men except for a few who were saved by running on the top of the mountains. Once the flood was over, Deucalion and Pyrrha landed on a mount (some suggest that it was mount Parnasus) and offered sacrifices to Zeus. The myth says that once they saw the extent of the destruction, their grief was so great that the tears kept pouring from their eyes.
Their wish was to create a new mankind. Deucalion and Pyrrha prayed in many different sanctuaries for a new mankind. It was at the temple of the goddess Themis that Zeus listened to their petitions and their request was granted. The goddess told them that for a new mankind to be created, Deucalion and Pyrrha had to cover their eyes and throw the ‘bones of their mother’ behind them. What exactly the ‘bones of their mother meant’ is not clear, however the most common interpretation is that it meant stones from the earth. Each stone that Deucalion threw became a man, and each stone Pyrrha threw became a woman. This is how the new human kind—that we belong to—was created.
It is worth noting here that Deucalion and Pyrrha weren’t the only ones to survive the cataclysm, just as in the Sumerian Myths .
It is important to make a few observations:

a)     The story has several similarities with other flood myths, including the Christian and Sumerian Myths .
b)     One of the reasons that ‘gods’ were angry with the mankind was disobedience, a commonality among the various myths.
c)     The new generation of men is created in a different way than the previous one, perhaps explaining the difference in life span between the new generation and the old ones.
d)     Creating the new mankind required Deucalion and Pyrrha to close their eyes, as if they shouldn’t watch the process of creation. Is that similar to the destruction of Sodoma and Gomora when they were requested by God not to look back and see what is happening?
e)     Complete obedience to the gods resulted in benefits.