Manifesto Radical Visuals

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Radical Visuals is a platform that aims at providing a Marxist, Anarchist understanding of video games, films, graphic novels and media as such.

We believe that critical theory should be applied in the realm of everyday life, not left in the academic books only.

We will see Marxist, Anarchist and other theories solely as critical mediums to offer a deeper understanding of society. We will not advocate for an overthrown of a system in favour of an other, since we do not posses that much knowledge yet.

We believe that understanding those mediums without a Marxist analysis, leaves behind issues of class exploitation, class-based relations and alienation.

We want to offer a visual analysis and understanding of those mediums.

We will not look at the greatness of Superman and how a certain movie made him less heroic, but would rather question this need of heroism.

We will play Call of Duty, but not focus on how difficult it is to kill Russians, but rather on the need of doing that and the ideological meaning of it.

We want to ask questions, followed by Marxist and Anarchist theory that would allow others to look at games differently, question all their aspects and motives for making us to do something.

We believe that Marxist, Anarchist understandings are a work in progress, and we, as well as you, will dive deeper into discovering its particularities better. We do not hold the absolute truth and reject the notion that one actually exists.

We are learning as we are presenting those visions to you. We are not PHDs in Marxism, but rather a one-man team of a student with a strong interest in critical theories of understanding society.

We distance ourselves from oppressive communist regimes around the world and will not use this platform to defend Stalin in the eyes of the Western world. Oppression is oppression, even if it is done by a capitalist hand or by a communist one.

We want to present a theory, which is more important than ever to the wide public and make it accessible for everyone to understand.

We want to build a community that looks critical at all media projects under this capitalist system.

We want to promote intellectual curiosity and dialogue.

We want to look at games and films differently and question every aspect of the entertainment industry.

We are internationalists and believe in unity across borders.

We are antifascists, antiracists, anticlassists, antihomophobes and do not tolerate any discriminatory speech.

We will aim at making all of our content and spaces as accessible as possible by providing an accessible homepage, accessible podcast player, transcripts, and even guidance for future resources.

We believe in community and reject individual achievements without linking them to a wider spectrum.



Social Media
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stochita_Radu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stochita.radu/
Website: https://radicalvisuals.noblogs.org
Music
Shipping Lanes by Chad Crouch (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ChadCrouch/Arps/ShippingLanes)
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