...Behind the Curtains of
21ST Century Communism...
...A Maoist rebel soldier wearing a Britney Spears t-shirt stands among a battalion of other soldiers of the People's Liberation Army during a drill in a schoolyard in the village of Gairigaon, Nepal on Wednesday, 16 February 2005...
...A Korean woman carries a bouquet of yellow flowers down the escalator into the Pyongyang metro subway, North Korea on 24 February 2008...
...Tomas van Houtryve winner of the 2012 POYi World Understanding Award, with this amazing series of images...
...It's a pity about the title though, since a communist society is a classless 'stateless' society the complete polar opposite to the totalitarian states in the series. I know people would say this is nit-picking since these countries are run or highly influenced in the case of Nepal, by their respective Communist Parties; thus making the use of the word appropriate.
I think that when dealing with such complex issues our use of language is very important...communism has never existed, I think the use of the term 'state socialism' would be far more beneficial in terms of improving people's understanding of the vast political spectrum.
Other than that overall it's a great series, which some fantastic images. Check out the rest here...
A man is illuminated by the headlights of a car while he walks through the snow at night in Pyongyang, North Korea on 25 February 2008. |
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