Hello dear readers!
Phisto Sobanii here with an exciting announcement. Isaiah and I are doing our first ever series! We’ll discuss individuals of historical import that embody the spirit of this Substack. What exactly animates us, you ask?
Read on.
Fans of Leonard Cohen will likely recognize the inspiration for our name.
The song itself comes from the French Resistance during World War 2. I cannot better summarize the essence of what we do here than this lyric:
When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my gun and vanished
During the Nazi occupation of France this took many forms. Early on, many wrote impassioned pleas for freedom and resistance. As the fascist occupation grew more brutal, so did the energy of the righteous rise. Veterans of the Spanish Civil War, who knew what they were dealing with better than anyone, began campaigns of sabotage and assassination. Thousands of regular everyday people, refusing slavery at the hands of the inhuman German Reich, simply walked up into the hills of France never to be found.
Righteous partisanship (certainly not what passes for it in our country’s so-called political discourse) takes many forms. All of it valid. All of it needed. All of it having its time and place. However, figuring out the correct course is never easy. And so we look to history, to those who could not surrender, for inspiration and guidance.
Watch this space for our first article, coming soon! Until then, kindly enjoy this updated version of The Partisan courtesy of Mick Gordan and Tex Perkins.
Freedom comes from the shadows.
..... looks at calendar. No pressure!
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Looking forward to it. Vive la résistance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-E2H1ChJM