State Officials
The Austrian Customs by Jaroslav Hasek
RevSocialist اش... —Sat, 02/20/2010 - 05:14
This is another hilarious satirical sketch by Czech anarchist (later bolshevik) Jaroslav Hasek, which mocks bureaucracy and stupid state officials who can't think for themselves and instead can only follow verbatim the laws and regulations set down by their superiors. It also mocks the idocy of the modern nation-state, and it's obsession with borders, which will be crumbling soon hopefully! Enjoy comrades:
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The Official Zeal of Mr Stepan Brych (1911) by Jaroslav Hašek
RevSocialist اش... —Fri, 01/08/2010 - 06:42
This very short story or sketch is by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923), an active anarchist who was drafted to fight in WWI and was subsequently captured by the Russians. Later he became a supporter of the Bolsheviks and he stayed in Bolshevik Russia until 1920. Hopefully I will post several such stories or sketches by Hašek, who is most known for The Good Soldier Švejk. Hašek almost always writes in a satirical, comical vein although many of his works, like this one, do address social and political issues. This story describes a toll-collector on a certain bridge in Prague, the type of arrogant, petty official we all have had experience with. So enjoy this somewhat lighter example of socially conscious literature comrades:
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