Friday, May 26, 2006
The Propaganda Club
The realization by China's leaders that China is in, and will be for a very long time, the first, capitalist stage of socialism, has resulted in the opening of many night clubs, bars and discos. Wednesday night a bunch of us decided that it was high time to do something stupid and put ourselves in a physical state which would render us incapable of attending class the next morning.
The propaganda club has old pieces of propaganda on the wall, a leaky roof, and a poorly lit dance floor and sells all the worlds best liquors. Being cut-throat capitalists they offered us a special deal: $7 cover charge and all the booze we could drink. Naturally we took advantage of the offer.
The club was truly international. I talked to a bunch of students from Germany, a law student from Cameroon doing his Phd in Helsinki, Quebecers, and more Germans.
It had such a fantastic time that I didn't make it to class the next day.
The propaganda club has old pieces of propaganda on the wall, a leaky roof, and a poorly lit dance floor and sells all the worlds best liquors. Being cut-throat capitalists they offered us a special deal: $7 cover charge and all the booze we could drink. Naturally we took advantage of the offer.
The club was truly international. I talked to a bunch of students from Germany, a law student from Cameroon doing his Phd in Helsinki, Quebecers, and more Germans.
It had such a fantastic time that I didn't make it to class the next day.
