RegicideRook
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Capablanca and Alekhine as per Olga Clark
Olga Clark was the widow of Capablanca. Both Capablanca and Alekhine were world chess champions during their lifetimes. Capablanca was known as a true genius of chess, while Alekhine was renowned for his sheer determination. They didn’t like each other, as you can see from this excerpt from a great book by Sosonko. ‘So, it…
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Biden authorizes Ukraine to use U.S. weapons in attacks on Russian territory
Some people really want to see the world in pieces. American imperialism has just authorized the use of American weapons to attack targets within Russia. Biden, as he turns off the lights in the White House, decides to measure how much Russia can withstand American provocations and has just doubled down.
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Some thoughts about the war on Europe
War is always initiated by the ruling class of a country and declared against the same class in another nation. You might argue that Russians support the war, but we cannot ignore the ideological campaign driven by the media. The national identity is a construct of this ruling class, using the same methods of influence.…
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Dialectical change on my mind about Trump
When Trump was elected, and almost five years later Bolsonaro in Brazil, I felt a sense of lost cause for the working class, as if they had taken a turn to the right. After watching some interesting lectures by Alan Woods on YouTube, a qualitative change occurred in my mind. Now I understand that Trump’s…
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The electric universe
The universe has always intrigued humanity. Could it be a dome with holes for a luminous background? Why do some of these lights move? Why does the day have two phases (day and night)? During breaks between hunting and gathering, humans tried to solve these mysteries. The first adventurers probably drew what they saw, creating…
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Anaximandro de Mileto
Os mais antigos filósofos gregos eram concomitantemente pesquisadores da natureza: Tales era geômetra, estabeleceu o ano em 365 dias, teria previsto um eclipse solar[ 9]. – Anaximandro montou um relógio solar, uma espécie de mapa (περίμετρον) da Terra e do mar, e diversos instrumentos astronômicos[ 10]. – Pitágoras era matemático[ 11]. Segundo Plutarco, Quaest[ iones]…
