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"Ian MacKaye talks about how he watched the Woodstock documentary over and over and over when he was a little kid—actual 1969 Jimi Hendrix Woodstock, not Limp Bizkit–ass, rock-bottom-for-society Woodstock ’99—and Ian carried that original Woodstock ideal with him, the dream that a rock band could foment a revolution or at least inspire a community, millions of people strong, who’d go out and smile on their brothers and everybody get together and try to love one another right now and eventually build a better world. Now, knowing what you know, or think you know, about punk rock as the antithesis of hippie-fueled classic rock, you might be tempted to think that perhaps Ian’s being sarcastic here, with this “inspired by Woodstock” business, but something to know about Ian MacKaye immediately is he’s usually not being sarcastic at all. And when he is being sarcastic, you’ll know that, too."
"Something was in the air in Washington DC in 1985 – a revolution that tried to rid punk of its machismo."
"Wir fliegen in die Zukunft, und wenn es uns das Leben kostet. Wir geben nicht auf. Wir leisten Widerstand."
"Was taugst du noch // nachdem du die Maske verloren hast // die als kalter Panzer // deine Schmerzen stillte?"
"Die Rechtsordnung ist [...] niemals eine neutrale Größe, die nur aus sich selbst verstanden werden kann, sondern stets Produkt und Gegenstand der politischen und sozialen Kämpfe."
"Die bloße Tatsache der Existenz einer demokratisierten parlamentarischen Verfassung bietet noch keine Garantie friedlicher Fortentwicklung zu einer demokratischen Gesellschaft, weil niemand gewährleisten kann, daß die privilegierten Schichten die Rechtsordnung respektieren, wenn sie es für aussichtsreich halten, in ihrem Interesse die Rechtsordnung umzudeuten oder zu vernichten."
"Ich schlage vor, Weihnachten wegen der gesteigerten Besinnlichkeit nur alle zwei Jahre zu feiern. Das wär' besser, ohne Scheiß. Das ist wie mit dem Oktoberfest, da gehen die Münchner auch nicht jedes Jahr hin, weil das total abnervt."
"Das ist keine Kamera und auch sonst nicht irgendwas. Das ist total Hightech."
"Das hat schon einen schwulen Sound in der Stimme. Ich werde diesen Song ins Mikro hauchen, daĂź Ihnen ganz wuschig wird."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.