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Thread for the hellish discussion related to the scourge of the earth, the destroyer of nations, the father of fascism, the enabler of ethnostates, the treatlerite tyrant, the protector of pedophiles, the exporter of ecocide, the captain of capitalism, the king of coups, the sultan of sanctions, the emir of the embargo, the autocrat of austerity, the doge of deregulation, the baron of busting unions, the prince of privatization, the lord of loan sharks, the patron-saint of proxy wars, the sponsor of settlers, the guarantor of genocides, the Divided $nakkkes of Amerikkka™
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why are countries like pretty much all of latin america exempt from the "settler colonial" label when they went through the exact same shit as the united states and canada lol. they fit the category quite literally yet everything those bourgeois nation states do is supported uncritically by the same third worldists calling even even the poorest shithole in europe "settler colonial"
why are countries like pretty much all of latin america exempt from the "settler colonial" label when they went through the exact same shit as the united states and canada lol. they fit the category quite literally yet everything those bourgeois nation states do is supported uncritically by the same third worldists calling even even the poorest shithole in europe "settler colonial"
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A thread dedicated to the inner happenings of the country of Napal, including the current anti corruption protests and the escalating government actions that have lead to 19 dead so far. Post all of your Nepal related discussions and info dumps here (at your own discretion of course).
Nepal happenings thread
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The Snitch Qustion
It's good to see some burgers become more radical and willing to put words into action. Unfortunately their are to many bad burgers holding back these good burgers. The main way they hold back the good ones is by snitching. How do we either educate burgers into not snitching of make them afraid of snitching? This needs to be done, as snitches are a massive threat to revolutionary solidarity and action.
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ACP lol
What's their fucking problem? Their membership ranges from genuine MLs all the way to reactionary rejects. Do they think the way to build communism is to adopt all the worst and most aggravating positions held by the now defunct black hammer?
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I'm convinced whiney race reductionists are subhumans of some sort, they don't desire anything other than seclusion, extortion and aggression. They don't care about resource management at all instead think that trade is somehow essential to life "ITS LE HUMAN NATURE, PEOPLE AREN'T EQUAL!!!!" as if any sane communist would ever preach liberal slogans like "liberte egalite fraternite", of course people aren't equal and they have different abilities thus from each according to their needs to each according to their ability and he who does not work neither shall he eat, thus reward is based on merit and productivity. These race reductionists have no idea what the productive forces even are, they are subhuman and as such inferiors can only cry out about extermination moralizing whilst they themselves would like to be slave owners it is only "natural" to have them permanently set in labor camps where they can hang out in a "racially pure" community and do the hard work nobody else wants to since they reject civilization as a whole and fetishize splitting off or enslaving others, they can have it - in the camp. 1 billion dead? Clearly wasn't enough to wipe out these vermin.
Nonetheless communism is not a state of affairs to be established like they imagine since they cannot comprehend the sentence - communism is the real movement against the present state of things. All of humanity and civilization must work as one to develop the productive forces whilst thus so cautiously making sure everyone who obliges gets their needs fulfilled. Stormfags into camps. Only Communists can be Übermensch.
MUH HUMAN NATURE MUH RACE
>MUH BUTIFUL CULTURE, ONE BILLION DEAD BECAUSE OF COMMUNISM!!! COMMUNISM NO WORKEY! I INVENT THING I LIVE PROPERTY, NO HOUSE FENCE? I PAY THEY WORK!!!!!!!I'm convinced whiney race reductionists are subhumans of some sort, they don't desire anything other than seclusion, extortion and aggression. They don't care about resource management at all instead think that trade is somehow essential to life "ITS LE HUMAN NATURE, PEOPLE AREN'T EQUAL!!!!" as if any sane communist would ever preach liberal slogans like "liberte egalite fraternite", of course people aren't equal and they have different abilities thus from each according to their needs to each according to their ability and he who does not work neither shall he eat, thus reward is based on merit and productivity. These race reductionists have no idea what the productive forces even are, they are subhuman and as such inferiors can only cry out about extermination moralizing whilst they themselves would like to be slave owners it is only "natural" to have them permanently set in labor camps where they can hang out in a "racially pure" community and do the hard work nobody else wants to since they reject civilization as a whole and fetishize splitting off or enslaving others, they can have it - in the camp. 1 billion dead? Clearly wasn't enough to wipe out these vermin.
Nonetheless communism is not a state of affairs to be established like they imagine since they cannot comprehend the sentence - communism is the real movement against the present state of things. All of humanity and civilization must work as one to develop the productive forces whilst thus so cautiously making sure everyone who obliges gets their needs fulfilled. Stormfags into camps. Only Communists can be Übermensch.
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CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
📓 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<Understanding Media (1964) by Marshall McLuhan
📖 • https://designopendata.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/understanding-media-mcluhan.pdf
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ML9n5f1fE
>One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
<Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s82uU4iRuko
>Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yxg2_6_YLs
<Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
>The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
<Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
>Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4k26xGx1zI
<Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
📖 • https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
>Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
—————————————————–
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
📖 • Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
📺 • Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
📖 • Georg Lukács - Chapter 4 of History and Class Consciousness (1923)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/hcc05.htm
📺 • Marxism After Marx: Reification - The Marxist Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZiI-QKxBKI
📖 • Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
📺 • Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
📖 • Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
📺 • Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<Documentaries
• The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
• Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) by Sophie Fiennes, with Slavoj Zizek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuI4SFw4g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc
• HyperNormalisation (2016) by Adam Curtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bv3Tr3jvZM&rco
>Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
• We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
• Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
• The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
• Introduction to Critical Theory for the 21st Century - Nathan Dufour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7stVZPGxIw
• The Work of Art in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism - Brendan Morris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNKiBJJFXZI
<Situationist Archives
• https://situationist.org/
• https://notbored.org/SI.html
• https://bopsecrets.org/SI/index.htm
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RECOMMENDED OP-EDS
• I Don’t Want to Be an Internet Person by Ginevra Davis
https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/11/04/i-do-not-want-to-be-an-internet-person/
• Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
• Facebook's Threads is so depressing by Jason O. Gilbert
https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing
/ISG/ - Internet Spectacle General
A thread focused on discussing the parasocial relationships cultivated by the Almighty Algorithm to generate profit off of our atomization and society's commodification of petty internet drama.Brace through the hyper-real lacanian void together!
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—————————————————–
CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
📓 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<Understanding Media (1964) by Marshall McLuhan
📖 • https://designopendata.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/understanding-media-mcluhan.pdf
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ML9n5f1fE
>One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
<Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s82uU4iRuko
>Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yxg2_6_YLs
<Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
>The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
<Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
>Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4k26xGx1zI
<Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
📖 • https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
>Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
—————————————————–
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
📖 • Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
📺 • Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
📖 • Georg Lukács - Chapter 4 of History and Class Consciousness (1923)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/hcc05.htm
📺 • Marxism After Marx: Reification - The Marxist Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZiI-QKxBKI
📖 • Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
📺 • Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
📖 • Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
📺 • Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<Documentaries
• The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
• Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) by Sophie Fiennes, with Slavoj Zizek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuI4SFw4g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc
• HyperNormalisation (2016) by Adam Curtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bv3Tr3jvZM&rco
>Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
• We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
• Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
• The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
• Introduction to Critical Theory for the 21st Century - Nathan Dufour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7stVZPGxIw
• The Work of Art in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism - Brendan Morris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNKiBJJFXZI
<Situationist Archives
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R: 22 / I: 6
The entire shooting circus was an inside job.
Kirk was a distraction from the Epstein files
Charlie was sacrificed like a yu gi oh card to make noise and distract from the files by giving fuel to the the conservatards.The entire shooting circus was an inside job.
R: 1 / I: 0
The extreme academic nature of groups like GSP (https://gegen-kapital-und-nation.org/en/) and their associates (Gruppen, Cristicuffs, etc) becomes readily apparent when they move from the realm of criticizing pure ideology, which they excel at, to more practical spheres. Pic related is a load of shit, for example.
Most low-wage earners are already painfully aware of the fact that they are cogs in a larger accumulation machine. The idea that a "proper critique of capitalism involves telling them about their position" (by pencil-pushing academics, no less) is completely detached from reality. There is not a single word about the practical consequences of being reserveless or the organs that proles associate with each other in to preserve themselves from the deleterious effects of competition. Consciousness is not mediated by struggle, they just need to read more essays!
< He wants to establish consciousness of this fact, that is to say, like the other theorists, merely to produce a correct consciousness about an existing fact; whereas for the real communist it is a question of overthrowing the existing state of things.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/ch01b.htm
The extreme academic nature of groups like GSP (https://gegen-kapital-und-nation.org/en/) and their associates (Gruppen, Cristicuffs, etc) becomes readily apparent when they move from the realm of criticizing pure ideology, which they excel at, to more practical spheres. Pic related is a load of shit, for example.
Most low-wage earners are already painfully aware of the fact that they are cogs in a larger accumulation machine. The idea that a "proper critique of capitalism involves telling them about their position" (by pencil-pushing academics, no less) is completely detached from reality. There is not a single word about the practical consequences of being reserveless or the organs that proles associate with each other in to preserve themselves from the deleterious effects of competition. Consciousness is not mediated by struggle, they just need to read more essays!
< He wants to establish consciousness of this fact, that is to say, like the other theorists, merely to produce a correct consciousness about an existing fact; whereas for the real communist it is a question of overthrowing the existing state of things.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/ch01b.htm
R: 5 / I: 0
<Some German liberals and intellectuals, reflecting after the failure of 1848–49, argued that unlike the French, Italians, or Hungarians, Germans were too cultured, too educated, too law-abiding, and too civilized to sustain a violent, popular revolution. Instead of embracing decisive insurrection, they relied on parliamentary debate, legalistic resolutions, and appeals to monarchs’ goodwill.
<This idea appeared in memoirs and commentary of the time. For example:
<Heinrich von Gagern, president of the Frankfurt Parliament, lamented that Germans preferred discussion over action and were unwilling to accept the “barbarism” of street violence.
<Some liberal writers suggested that Germany’s strong tradition of philosophy and obedience to authority made people hesitant to risk disorder, claiming that their very “civilization” had paralyzed revolutionary will.
<Historians often cite this as a self-serving rationalization. A way for failed revolutionaries to save face, suggesting they lost not from weakness or division, but because they were too refined to fight effectively.
Why are Germs like this?
<Some German liberals and intellectuals, reflecting after the failure of 1848–49, argued that unlike the French, Italians, or Hungarians, Germans were too cultured, too educated, too law-abiding, and too civilized to sustain a violent, popular revolution. Instead of embracing decisive insurrection, they relied on parliamentary debate, legalistic resolutions, and appeals to monarchs’ goodwill.
<This idea appeared in memoirs and commentary of the time. For example:
<Heinrich von Gagern, president of the Frankfurt Parliament, lamented that Germans preferred discussion over action and were unwilling to accept the “barbarism” of street violence.
<Some liberal writers suggested that Germany’s strong tradition of philosophy and obedience to authority made people hesitant to risk disorder, claiming that their very “civilization” had paralyzed revolutionary will.
<Historians often cite this as a self-serving rationalization. A way for failed revolutionaries to save face, suggesting they lost not from weakness or division, but because they were too refined to fight effectively.
Why are Germs like this?
R: 459 / I: 72
Is this really it? Some policemen announced that they won’t be going to work tomorrow and that they have no intention of beating up children. This might be the only chance that the opposition gets to forcefully remove the president from office.
The implications are obvious; a color revolution is in the works. Unlike the protests in Greece, the Serbian protests have no class character. The left is very weak, and the protest attendees range from neonazis to liberals and communists (most likely due to the fact the protests have been organized “apolitically”). The situation in Serbia is very volatile, and the validity of these protests need to be questioned more seriously, since no matter how much they deny it, this reeks of liberal infighting. Only time will tell what the consequences of these past few months will be, and whether this will be another October 5th or just a failed mass movement.
March 15th, Belgrade Serbia
Tomorrow a huge protest will be held in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, protesting the government’s refusal to accept the demands made by the students, as well as protesting against general incompetence and corruption. From the student to the teacher, worker and pensioner, war veterans and children all around Serbia will gather together in this protest.Is this really it? Some policemen announced that they won’t be going to work tomorrow and that they have no intention of beating up children. This might be the only chance that the opposition gets to forcefully remove the president from office.
The implications are obvious; a color revolution is in the works. Unlike the protests in Greece, the Serbian protests have no class character. The left is very weak, and the protest attendees range from neonazis to liberals and communists (most likely due to the fact the protests have been organized “apolitically”). The situation in Serbia is very volatile, and the validity of these protests need to be questioned more seriously, since no matter how much they deny it, this reeks of liberal infighting. Only time will tell what the consequences of these past few months will be, and whether this will be another October 5th or just a failed mass movement.
R: 76 / I: 23
>the Tesla burnings
>the Pennsylvania governor’s house being arsoned
>the shooting of the two Israeli embassy workers in DC
>the Minnesota school shooting
>the recent shooting death of Charlie Kirk
Seems like this is a good opportunity since it furthers his argument that an American Years of Lead are already here.
American Years of Lead
Am I the only one who thinks Maupin needs to update his book with discussion on?:>the Tesla burnings
>the Pennsylvania governor’s house being arsoned
>the shooting of the two Israeli embassy workers in DC
>the Minnesota school shooting
>the recent shooting death of Charlie Kirk
Seems like this is a good opportunity since it furthers his argument that an American Years of Lead are already here.
R: 244 / I: 56
>UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian enclave.
<It was the first time the IPC has recorded famine outside of Africa, and the global group predicted that famine conditions would spread to the central and southern areas of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.
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Left news and opinion webzine from Tel-Aviv
• https://decolonizepalestine.com/
A collection of resources for organizers and anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine
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الله أكبر
.الى جميع الكادحين في الشرق، ان مصيركم في ايديكم
!يا عمال العالم ويا شعوبه المضطهدة، اتحدوا
Palestine vs The Zionist Entity 121: Official Famine edition
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-city-officially-famine-says-global-hunger-monitor-2025-08-22/>UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian enclave.
<It was the first time the IPC has recorded famine outside of Africa, and the global group predicted that famine conditions would spread to the central and southern areas of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.
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• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories
• Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/liveblog/ (trigger warning)
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• https://electronicintifada.net
From the UK, single issue long time Palestinian investigative and general reporting, critical source
• https://mondoweiss.net/
From the USA
• https://new.thecradle.co/
Regional news from an anti-imperialist perspective
• https://www.btselem.org/Isrsaeli
Premier Human Rights org
• https://www.972mag.com/
Left news and opinion webzine from Tel-Aviv
• https://decolonizepalestine.com/
A collection of resources for organizers and anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine
• https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/blogs/
Known anti-zionist academic Norman Finkelstein's blog
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al-Qassam Brigades
https://en.alqassam.ps/
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R: 41 / I: 4
Places for Succdem/Demsucc Bitching?
Worst place to bring this stuff up (besides /pol/ I guess), but I'm a succdem/demsucc I guess (I'm not really into labels) and first learned about /leftypol/ from seeing an ad for it on Jacobin of all places (which is bizarre given leftypol's disdain for democractic socialists and Jacobin but idk wht that happened, maybe others can tell me). Having skimmed through it, I realized this isn't the right place for someone like me given it's mainly MLs and hardline commies here, and if I'm being honest, I find them to be irrelevant fringe morons that I don't wanna get involved with. What are some better places for a shithead succdem/demsucc disillusioned and frustrated with the state of politics in America and the world post-2020/2024 to bitch online about it and shit on leftists (especially American leftists) for being ineffectual dipshits who couldn't enact change if their lives depended on it? Like, is there a democratic socialist equivalent to leftypol that may be better for someone in my position, if such a thing even exists? I'm probably gonna get told to kill myself, but I may as well ask since I assume a lot of you guys were in a similar position in their political journey as I am, and I'm curious to see what you guys say.
R: 66 / I: 3
If classless, moneyless and stateless society is the goal, the only way to teach society is to voluntarily to do stuff without force, its to encourage them to do stuff even if they have a basic safety net and no state tells them what to do.
If UBI continues for centuries, I could see a society emerging that does away with money altogether and people just organize to do favours for each other instead of the system we have now.
I am quite unsure on why socialist marxists do not support Unconditional Basic Income
Regardless if it's concession to the capitalists, or that a portion of capitalists even want , it's the only path I see towards an eventual communistic society.If classless, moneyless and stateless society is the goal, the only way to teach society is to voluntarily to do stuff without force, its to encourage them to do stuff even if they have a basic safety net and no state tells them what to do.
If UBI continues for centuries, I could see a society emerging that does away with money altogether and people just organize to do favours for each other instead of the system we have now.
R: 26 / I: 4
That is because, China managed to achieve proper Socialism, and has managed to distribute wealth among the people of its country quite adequately, not ideally, but in such a way that the country remains sufficient and does not collapse like other stupid "socialist" countries did. Not only did China manage to checkmate the Western capitalists and become a strong independent force of its own, but also it now works on establishing Socialism elsewhere and helping others.
As we all know, the USSR was retarded. It was really just an empire called a "union" of republics that, in reality, was just a rebranded Russian empire. Compared to the moder efforts of China, their global missions on helping 3rd world countries are nothing compared.
Today, the people of China are helping Africa. The Chinese are on a mission of liberating the African economies from the influence of the West. Since the West is retarded, we don't want that shit in Africa. Think it's finally time for the Africans to tell the Westerners to stop fucking with their money. Let the Africans follow the example of China. No other socialist country other than China, has ever achieved the absolute eradication of poverty like it was done under the current rule of Xi. I don't give a fuck about the angry retards that are going to pull up calling China revisionist, these are facts. If you think otherwise, you are not a Marxist.
https://english.mee.gov.cn/Resources/publications/Whitep/202101/P020210122374486901993.pdf
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/25/chinas-xi-declares-complete-victory-against-rural-poverty
The liberation of Africa by China
So, without any doubt, today, the greatest country on earth is China.That is because, China managed to achieve proper Socialism, and has managed to distribute wealth among the people of its country quite adequately, not ideally, but in such a way that the country remains sufficient and does not collapse like other stupid "socialist" countries did. Not only did China manage to checkmate the Western capitalists and become a strong independent force of its own, but also it now works on establishing Socialism elsewhere and helping others.
As we all know, the USSR was retarded. It was really just an empire called a "union" of republics that, in reality, was just a rebranded Russian empire. Compared to the moder efforts of China, their global missions on helping 3rd world countries are nothing compared.
Today, the people of China are helping Africa. The Chinese are on a mission of liberating the African economies from the influence of the West. Since the West is retarded, we don't want that shit in Africa. Think it's finally time for the Africans to tell the Westerners to stop fucking with their money. Let the Africans follow the example of China. No other socialist country other than China, has ever achieved the absolute eradication of poverty like it was done under the current rule of Xi. I don't give a fuck about the angry retards that are going to pull up calling China revisionist, these are facts. If you think otherwise, you are not a Marxist.
https://english.mee.gov.cn/Resources/publications/Whitep/202101/P020210122374486901993.pdf
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/25/chinas-xi-declares-complete-victory-against-rural-poverty
R: 5 / I: 1
If you like them taking care of everything you produce, imagine what other things you like them taking care of.
>Ah, man, it's the free market, right? I'm simply not efficient enough to fuck my wife. All I can do is go to the Trump rally to pretend that I'm not seeing it.
Right-wing ideology is cuckoldry
Being right-wing is simply the most cucked thing you could do in your life. Imagine you are such a cuck that you defend tooth and nail a class that takes almost all the fruits of your labor and you are happy with that. This is like findom in the extreme.If you like them taking care of everything you produce, imagine what other things you like them taking care of.
>Ah, man, it's the free market, right? I'm simply not efficient enough to fuck my wife. All I can do is go to the Trump rally to pretend that I'm not seeing it.
R: 8 / I: 1
My search results, news outlets, youtube and all are plagued with US politics. Idk and idc about Charlie Kirks.
But it goes deeper. Its about soft power.
English is the internets lingua franca, which is why im tempted to learn Esperanto or Mandarin.
Reddit is full of Burgers. So is stuff like BlueSky, YouTube…
All significant social media is Californian.
Pop culture – it's so UnitedStatesian.
ICANN was under US jurisdiction until 2016!
Contributing to localizing sites and other projects is also important.
Medium (language) we use to communicate matters.
I think we gotta connect with non-US communities to undermine the US hegemony.
I'd like to see more resources and ideas to make internet more international and less US-centric!
Letter to America
How to go about making the Internet experience less US-centric?My search results, news outlets, youtube and all are plagued with US politics. Idk and idc about Charlie Kirks.
But it goes deeper. Its about soft power.
English is the internets lingua franca, which is why im tempted to learn Esperanto or Mandarin.
Reddit is full of Burgers. So is stuff like BlueSky, YouTube…
All significant social media is Californian.
Pop culture – it's so UnitedStatesian.
ICANN was under US jurisdiction until 2016!
Contributing to localizing sites and other projects is also important.
Medium (language) we use to communicate matters.
I think we gotta connect with non-US communities to undermine the US hegemony.
I'd like to see more resources and ideas to make internet more international and less US-centric!
R: 510 / I: 128
Previous: >>2455657
Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
https://azovlobby.substack.com/
https://banderalobby.substack.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
📺 • Ukraine's Nazi Problem - The Marxist Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yZvWAwU5W4
📺 • America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q
📺 • The Nature of Putin's Russia and Its Causes (3-Part Series) - 1Dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODWTfMwFGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zuygh9Mzuo
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Masha and the Bear edition.Previous: >>2455657
Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
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Try to keep it to as much 'OC' as possible, including just things you cut yourself.
Webm Thread
Webm Thread. The old one seem to have disappeared.Try to keep it to as much 'OC' as possible, including just things you cut yourself.
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Politicians would be exempt. It is being sold as “child protection” but the EU’s own legal service warns that it violates fundamental rights. Once a backdoor into encryption exists, it is not just governments who can use it. Hackers, criminals, and hostile states can too.
Today (with real encryption): Message is locked on your phone. Not even WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram (secret chat) can read it. Only the recipient can open it.
Under Chat Control: Your message is opened and scanned on your phone before encryption. If the scanning software believes it finds “prohibited” content, even by mistake, it is sent to the authorities.
Austria opposes the plan, but 19 EU countries already support it. If Germany joins them, the law could pass in October.
According to the campaign:
Mass surveillance: Every message, file, and image sent without suspicion would be automatically scanned.
Encryption undermined: End-to-end encryption would be weakened or broken, putting all communication at risk for everyone, not just criminals.
False positives: Innocent content such as jokes or holiday photos could be misidentified and trigger investigations.
Exemptions for politicians: Officials would be excluded under “professional secrecy” while normal citizens lose their privacy.
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Personally I thought they already did that. I guess things will just get worse.
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ (useless activist site, still detailing the decision)
The EU is going to scan all private messages and photos
EU’s “Chat Control” will be forced to scan every message, photo, and file before it is encrypted on WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and other all other apps.Politicians would be exempt. It is being sold as “child protection” but the EU’s own legal service warns that it violates fundamental rights. Once a backdoor into encryption exists, it is not just governments who can use it. Hackers, criminals, and hostile states can too.
Today (with real encryption): Message is locked on your phone. Not even WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram (secret chat) can read it. Only the recipient can open it.
Under Chat Control: Your message is opened and scanned on your phone before encryption. If the scanning software believes it finds “prohibited” content, even by mistake, it is sent to the authorities.
Austria opposes the plan, but 19 EU countries already support it. If Germany joins them, the law could pass in October.
According to the campaign:
Mass surveillance: Every message, file, and image sent without suspicion would be automatically scanned.
Encryption undermined: End-to-end encryption would be weakened or broken, putting all communication at risk for everyone, not just criminals.
False positives: Innocent content such as jokes or holiday photos could be misidentified and trigger investigations.
Exemptions for politicians: Officials would be excluded under “professional secrecy” while normal citizens lose their privacy.
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Personally I thought they already did that. I guess things will just get worse.
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ (useless activist site, still detailing the decision)
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Original threads:
https://archive.ph/S2XYA
https://archive.ph/Ytckv
leftypol.org archives:
https://archive.is/https://leftypol.org/leftypol/res/30501.html
bunekrchan.xyz archives:
https://archive.is/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/8925.html
https://archive.is/yrBUN
https://archive.is/pCecr
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/PRC/ People's Republic of China 14
Reestablishing this thread because the last unanchored one is gone.Original threads:
https://archive.ph/S2XYA
https://archive.ph/Ytckv
leftypol.org archives:
https://archive.is/https://leftypol.org/leftypol/res/30501.html
bunekrchan.xyz archives:
https://archive.is/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/8925.html
https://archive.is/yrBUN
https://archive.is/pCecr
previous thread: >>2412519
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AN TEAMPULL DUBH
<It is an eternal verity in the history of mankind that when any structure or institution, in its aspect as a repository for the dedication and aspirations of human beings, becomes disestablished by whatever means, then a residual loyalty and affection will endure upon the foundations of all that has been invested in spiritual and intellectual terms, material outlay notwithstanding.
<To Scottish Patriots, whose key focus remains fixed upon a Nation state which has, to all outward appearances, ceased to exist several hundred years ago, such loyalty and affection are patent assumptions of everday life. Ostensibly destroyed by internal and external enemies in 1707, Scotland is lent a continuing and substantive existence by the nourishment of our ongoing patriotic commitment and constant political vigilance. The sovereign state which was Scotland seems to have ceased to exist, and in significant areas of human structuration it largely has. However, as a beautiful, sacred and eternal concept, Scotland has remained very much alive in the hearts and minds of its patriot devotees with the material reflection of all these poignant human desires about to yield the sweetest fruit known to mankind. We believe in Scotland's hidden powers: the present is theirs, but all the past and all the future is ours.
<Nor is this present humiliating settlement the first occasion on which our people have looked upon the outrage to their country. Between the time of Alexander III and the accession of The Liberator, Robert Bruce, there lived a generation who knew only destruction and loss, an era of unmitigated national grief, the time of the incomparable William Wallace, cornerstone and slaughtered hero whose shining example will live forever in the consciousness of our whole people.
<In reflection of the material ruin of The Scottish Nation, the once proud Knights Templar found themselves defenceless in the face of cruel persecution, deprived of substance or estate and denigrated by the pan-European sovereign office which had once extended them recognition. Scotland and The Order of Templar Knights have shared the experience of eclipse in all the palpable areas which had once denoted their singular marks of uniqueness.
<However, the bright burning concept of Templarism and the perfervid and yet fully rational belief that human spirituality can and does rise above the things of this earth, in order to make even simple sense of our condition as a species; this concept then has survived all the damage that ill-disposed Princes and their patronage could inflict. All the damage inflicted by successively and concomitantly the ascendant Bourgeoisie with their prerequisite pallid, trite and tedious respectabilities, the crass pseudo-intellectualism of the Gauchist revolutionary tendencies, the modern epidemic of materialism and the remorseless passing of generations. Et in arcadia ego. Thus with our ancient, sacred and enduring Scottish nation; the means to kill it has yet to be devised.
<The belief that Templarism has survived in tangible form in Scotland alone, remains a potent and vibrant folkic article of faith. The esoteric tradition which has been built upon that survival, realising in Freemasonry its most vernacular and populist vehicle (though there have also been the shady, secretive and elitist cults which have scarcely broken the surface of common awareness) is evident to those with eyes to see.
<Templarism concerns self-sacrifice and a spirituality which transcends materialist priorities and challenges the assumptions upon which these rest. Templarism owes its survival to its Scottish redoubt, and to an extent, the ancient regime of Scotland owed its existence to Templarism. The new Scotland will be our Temple restored upon these earlier solid foundations and crafted from the same durable masonry. The keystone of our patriotic agenda for the new Scotland will concern the fostering of that sense of spirituality and altruism which is the timeless and priceless heritage of the Order of the Temple.
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/leftybritpol/ - Siol nan Gaidheal Edition
SEANN ORDUGH FEINNEACHAS ALBANNACH NAN RIDIRE'N TEAMPUILLAN TEAMPULL DUBH
<It is an eternal verity in the history of mankind that when any structure or institution, in its aspect as a repository for the dedication and aspirations of human beings, becomes disestablished by whatever means, then a residual loyalty and affection will endure upon the foundations of all that has been invested in spiritual and intellectual terms, material outlay notwithstanding.
<To Scottish Patriots, whose key focus remains fixed upon a Nation state which has, to all outward appearances, ceased to exist several hundred years ago, such loyalty and affection are patent assumptions of everday life. Ostensibly destroyed by internal and external enemies in 1707, Scotland is lent a continuing and substantive existence by the nourishment of our ongoing patriotic commitment and constant political vigilance. The sovereign state which was Scotland seems to have ceased to exist, and in significant areas of human structuration it largely has. However, as a beautiful, sacred and eternal concept, Scotland has remained very much alive in the hearts and minds of its patriot devotees with the material reflection of all these poignant human desires about to yield the sweetest fruit known to mankind. We believe in Scotland's hidden powers: the present is theirs, but all the past and all the future is ours.
<Nor is this present humiliating settlement the first occasion on which our people have looked upon the outrage to their country. Between the time of Alexander III and the accession of The Liberator, Robert Bruce, there lived a generation who knew only destruction and loss, an era of unmitigated national grief, the time of the incomparable William Wallace, cornerstone and slaughtered hero whose shining example will live forever in the consciousness of our whole people.
<In reflection of the material ruin of The Scottish Nation, the once proud Knights Templar found themselves defenceless in the face of cruel persecution, deprived of substance or estate and denigrated by the pan-European sovereign office which had once extended them recognition. Scotland and The Order of Templar Knights have shared the experience of eclipse in all the palpable areas which had once denoted their singular marks of uniqueness.
<However, the bright burning concept of Templarism and the perfervid and yet fully rational belief that human spirituality can and does rise above the things of this earth, in order to make even simple sense of our condition as a species; this concept then has survived all the damage that ill-disposed Princes and their patronage could inflict. All the damage inflicted by successively and concomitantly the ascendant Bourgeoisie with their prerequisite pallid, trite and tedious respectabilities, the crass pseudo-intellectualism of the Gauchist revolutionary tendencies, the modern epidemic of materialism and the remorseless passing of generations. Et in arcadia ego. Thus with our ancient, sacred and enduring Scottish nation; the means to kill it has yet to be devised.
<The belief that Templarism has survived in tangible form in Scotland alone, remains a potent and vibrant folkic article of faith. The esoteric tradition which has been built upon that survival, realising in Freemasonry its most vernacular and populist vehicle (though there have also been the shady, secretive and elitist cults which have scarcely broken the surface of common awareness) is evident to those with eyes to see.
<Templarism concerns self-sacrifice and a spirituality which transcends materialist priorities and challenges the assumptions upon which these rest. Templarism owes its survival to its Scottish redoubt, and to an extent, the ancient regime of Scotland owed its existence to Templarism. The new Scotland will be our Temple restored upon these earlier solid foundations and crafted from the same durable masonry. The keystone of our patriotic agenda for the new Scotland will concern the fostering of that sense of spirituality and altruism which is the timeless and priceless heritage of the Order of the Temple.
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In a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor, and therewith also the antithesis between mental and physical labor, has vanished; after labor has become not only a means of life but life's prime want; after the productive forces have also increased with the all-around development of the individual, and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly – only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be crossed in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!
I have dealt more at length with the "undiminished" proceeds of labor, on the one hand, and with "equal right" and "fair distribution", on the other, in order to show what a crime it is to attempt, on the one hand, to force on our Party again, as dogmas, ideas which in a certain period had some meaning but have now become obsolete verbal rubbish, while again perverting, on the other, the realistic outlook, which it cost so much effort to instill into the Party but which has now taken root in it, by means of ideological nonsense about right and other trash so common among the democrats and French socialists.
Quite apart from the analysis so far given, it was in general a mistake to make a fuss about so-called distribution and put the principal stress on it.
Any distribution whatever of the means of consumption is only a consequence of the distribution of the conditions of production themselves. The latter distribution, however, is a feature of the mode of production itself. The capitalist mode of production, for example, rests on the fact that the material conditions of production are in the hands of nonworkers in the form of property in capital and land, while the masses are only owners of the personal condition of production, of labor power. If the elements of production are so distributed, then the present-day distribution of the means of consumption results automatically. If the material conditions of production are the co-operative property of the workers themselves, then there likewise results a distribution of the means of consumption different from the present one. Vulgar socialism (and from it in turn a section of the democrats) has taken over from the bourgeois economists the consideration and treatment of distribution as independent of the mode of production and hence the presentation of socialism as turning principally on distribution. After the real relation has long been made clear, why retrogress again?
Picrel
are you kidding me I thought he came up with thisIn a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor, and therewith also the antithesis between mental and physical labor, has vanished; after labor has become not only a means of life but life's prime want; after the productive forces have also increased with the all-around development of the individual, and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly – only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be crossed in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!
I have dealt more at length with the "undiminished" proceeds of labor, on the one hand, and with "equal right" and "fair distribution", on the other, in order to show what a crime it is to attempt, on the one hand, to force on our Party again, as dogmas, ideas which in a certain period had some meaning but have now become obsolete verbal rubbish, while again perverting, on the other, the realistic outlook, which it cost so much effort to instill into the Party but which has now taken root in it, by means of ideological nonsense about right and other trash so common among the democrats and French socialists.
Quite apart from the analysis so far given, it was in general a mistake to make a fuss about so-called distribution and put the principal stress on it.
Any distribution whatever of the means of consumption is only a consequence of the distribution of the conditions of production themselves. The latter distribution, however, is a feature of the mode of production itself. The capitalist mode of production, for example, rests on the fact that the material conditions of production are in the hands of nonworkers in the form of property in capital and land, while the masses are only owners of the personal condition of production, of labor power. If the elements of production are so distributed, then the present-day distribution of the means of consumption results automatically. If the material conditions of production are the co-operative property of the workers themselves, then there likewise results a distribution of the means of consumption different from the present one. Vulgar socialism (and from it in turn a section of the democrats) has taken over from the bourgeois economists the consideration and treatment of distribution as independent of the mode of production and hence the presentation of socialism as turning principally on distribution. After the real relation has long been made clear, why retrogress again?
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Is he a credible anti-imperialist actor?
Burkina Faso
Whats /leftypol/ take on President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré?Is he a credible anti-imperialist actor?
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Non ho proprio calcolato questa tavola più o meno dal periodo dell'impresa di Luigi Mangione e ho ricominciato a buttarci un occhio solo da una settimana o due. Vediamo un po' che ne viene fuori stavolta.
/ita/ - Spaghetti Communism
Uno si assenta per qualche mese e il filo più importante di tutti scompare… Roba da matti!Non ho proprio calcolato questa tavola più o meno dal periodo dell'impresa di Luigi Mangione e ho ricominciato a buttarci un occhio solo da una settimana o due. Vediamo un po' che ne viene fuori stavolta.
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<Unpünktlich wie die Eisenbahn; verspätet auf maroden Strecken zu hohen Preisen: DB-Konzern überbietet jedes Jahr seine Negativrekorde
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/503080.versp%C3%A4tungen-bei-der-bahn-unp%C3%BCnktlich-wie-die-eisenbahn.html
<Rot gewinnt; Präsidentsschaftskandidatin in Chile ist von der KP
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/503066.kommunisten-rot-gewinnt.html
<Gideon Levy über Massaker der israelischen Armee an Hungernden in Gaza
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/503098.dokumentiert-gideon-levy-%C3%BCber-massaker-der-israelischen-armee-an-hungernden-in-gaza.html
<NATO-Manöver am Niederrhein: Kriegsvorbereitung statt Sicherheit
https://www.rf-news.de/2025/kw27/nato-manoever-am-niederrhein-kriegsvorbereitung-statt-sicherheit
<Parteitag der DKP
https://www.unsere-zeit.de/live-ticker-vom-26-parteitag-der-dkp/
<Maja T. ins Haftkrankenhaus verlegt
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192276.budapest-komplex-maja-t-in-haftkrankenhaus-verlegt.html
/leftydeutschpol/ - DB-Edition
Neuigkeiten<Unpünktlich wie die Eisenbahn; verspätet auf maroden Strecken zu hohen Preisen: DB-Konzern überbietet jedes Jahr seine Negativrekorde
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/503080.versp%C3%A4tungen-bei-der-bahn-unp%C3%BCnktlich-wie-die-eisenbahn.html
<Rot gewinnt; Präsidentsschaftskandidatin in Chile ist von der KP
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/503066.kommunisten-rot-gewinnt.html
<Gideon Levy über Massaker der israelischen Armee an Hungernden in Gaza
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/503098.dokumentiert-gideon-levy-%C3%BCber-massaker-der-israelischen-armee-an-hungernden-in-gaza.html
<NATO-Manöver am Niederrhein: Kriegsvorbereitung statt Sicherheit
https://www.rf-news.de/2025/kw27/nato-manoever-am-niederrhein-kriegsvorbereitung-statt-sicherheit
<Parteitag der DKP
https://www.unsere-zeit.de/live-ticker-vom-26-parteitag-der-dkp/
<Maja T. ins Haftkrankenhaus verlegt
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192276.budapest-komplex-maja-t-in-haftkrankenhaus-verlegt.html
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>Post original content you've made, or OC someone else recently made which you want to share.
<Or ITT collaborate on improving content already made.
If your original content is good enough, it would most likely be shared on the /leftypol/ twitter account!
Make sure to follow us and feel free to leave suggestions on this thread~
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New Booru:
https://lefty.pictures
MAKE SURE TO UPLOAD YOUR OC TO THE BOORU SO IT DOESNT GET PRUNED FOREVER!!!
OC Thread 17.0 - A New Beginning
Thread dedicated to /leftypol/ original content.>Post original content you've made, or OC someone else recently made which you want to share.
<Or ITT collaborate on improving content already made.
If your original content is good enough, it would most likely be shared on the /leftypol/ twitter account!
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>>>/leftypol_archive/1762168 (if it gets archived by mods)
New Booru:
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MAKE SURE TO UPLOAD YOUR OC TO THE BOORU SO IT DOESNT GET PRUNED FOREVER!!!
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I blame this on modern anarchists who don’t prepare beforehand. Anarchists do not have enough popular support and momentum to get going. Why? Because of lack of discipline and not educating the masses.
The case of Syria is even more pathetic because Rojava is already there, and cooperation could be established.
Syria and Nepal - Wasted opportunities
Both in Syria and Nepal the state lost control of the entire nation. But instead of building the alternative, they select a new “democratic” government.I blame this on modern anarchists who don’t prepare beforehand. Anarchists do not have enough popular support and momentum to get going. Why? Because of lack of discipline and not educating the masses.
The case of Syria is even more pathetic because Rojava is already there, and cooperation could be established.
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HOW DO I KNOW THE TRUTH
I'm a new to this whole political spiel, I was wondering which political side (left-right) actually is truthful on how the world like work, if we don't uncover the truth and what's real, you end up like a schizo believing in bullshit, anyway how to I know which side of the political divide is actually the truthful side?
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With that being said, how do we realistically combat the mass grooming of people into nazism through imageboards? The sharty is becoming the new 8chan but with way more cultural influence on the wider internet and the rest of the population is filled with young children, we have already seen solomon (a mass shooter that was a black man yet he was also a white supremacist with sharty connections) commit a mass shooting. With that being said clearly a lot of these young men are isolated and angry, doxxing random literal WHOS because they are trans, or even doing raids that help the federal government because the site is influenced by glowies. They even raided our very booru 2 days ago, and ILLEGAL CONTENT was posted (this was done by foodist nazis not soyteens but still scary that it’s that prevalent with their raids).
And with the thought on raids we can see some of these young people are being groomed into actual pedophile nazi communities but the sharty staff and wiki are so up their asses that they can’t see they have ideological similarities with the nazi foodists and that’s why they surround them.
They have crushed /leftysoy/ and banned many leftists on their wiki including me, I think this is gonna evolve into something much worst if we don’t do anything.
The mass grooming of young men into nazism on the sharty and imageboards
Imageboards have of course been filled with nazis for a fuck ton of time from even the start, but most people agree it mainly started when moot added /news/ then all the chudcels flooded the rest of the site, then created /pol/ and the rest is history.With that being said, how do we realistically combat the mass grooming of people into nazism through imageboards? The sharty is becoming the new 8chan but with way more cultural influence on the wider internet and the rest of the population is filled with young children, we have already seen solomon (a mass shooter that was a black man yet he was also a white supremacist with sharty connections) commit a mass shooting. With that being said clearly a lot of these young men are isolated and angry, doxxing random literal WHOS because they are trans, or even doing raids that help the federal government because the site is influenced by glowies. They even raided our very booru 2 days ago, and ILLEGAL CONTENT was posted (this was done by foodist nazis not soyteens but still scary that it’s that prevalent with their raids).
And with the thought on raids we can see some of these young people are being groomed into actual pedophile nazi communities but the sharty staff and wiki are so up their asses that they can’t see they have ideological similarities with the nazi foodists and that’s why they surround them.
They have crushed /leftysoy/ and banned many leftists on their wiki including me, I think this is gonna evolve into something much worst if we don’t do anything.
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I hate how the right constantly claims ownership over Masculinity!
It’s so fucking stupid how the Right claims that it’s the left that is “Soy and Gay” when they literally voted for a president who is the soyest, fattest, bitch on the planet. I could get into how the term “Masculine” is wishy washy or whatever but I would rather go with their terminology so I can disprove it. Even if they are a right winger that doesn’t like Trump this extend just to establishment republicans this extends to the far right as well, fascism is a suicidal ideology invented by a fat bald Italian bozo in which the cucked masses allow one leader to walk all over them. The right are the soy ones and the left are the chads. The right is so fucking cucked, Female anti-feminists are literally advocating for men to boss them around, Black White nationalists are advocating for White people to boss them around, and middle class capitalists are advocating for billionaires to boss them around. Being a cucked sycophant isn’t really a masculine trait last time I checked but being strong and standing up to the oppressors is.
I hate how the right constantly claims ownership over Masculinity!
It’s so fucking stupid how the Right claims that it’s the left that is “Soy and Gay” when they literally voted for a president who is the soyest, fattest, bitch on the planet. I could get into how the term “Masculine” is wishy washy or whatever but I would rather go with their terminology so I can disprove it. Even if they are a right winger that doesn’t like Trump this extend just to establishment republicans this extends to the far right as well, fascism is a suicidal ideology invented by a fat bald Italian bozo in which the cucked masses allow one leader to walk all over them. The right are the soy ones and the left are the chads. The right is so fucking cucked, Female anti-feminists are literally advocating for men to boss them around, Black White nationalists are advocating for White people to boss them around, and middle class capitalists are advocating for billionaires to boss them around. Being a cucked sycophant isn’t really a masculine trait last time I checked but being strong and standing up to the oppressors is.
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/Grift/
Okay guys I am upset at myself for not thinking to of uploading Charlie Kirk merch designs on Redbubble and Etsy the second I got wind of the news. I want to create a /grift/ thread for us to speculate ways of extracting income off of reactionaries.
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"The most concrete link is his relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Epstein and Barak met numerous times between 2013 and 2017, with Barak visiting Epstein’s properties in Florida and New York approximately 30 times, including a 2014 private flight in Florida. Barak received $2.3 million from an Epstein-associated foundation between 2004 and 2006, and Epstein invested $1 million in a limited partnership established by Barak in 2015.
Another connection stems from Epstein’s ties to Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father, Robert Maxwell, was a British media mogul alleged to have had links to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Some sources, including former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe, have claimed Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ran a “honey-trap” operation for Mossad to blackmail influential figures. A lawsuit by a woman identified as Jane Doe 200 alleged Epstein boasted of being a Mossad agent.
Epstein was also associated with the Wexner Foundation, which supports Jewish leadership and has ties to Israel. His financial backer, Leslie Wexner, was a member of the “Mega Group,” a collection of Jewish philanthropists, which some, like former NSA counterspy John Schindler, have speculated was linked to Israeli intelligence operations. Epstein reportedly invested in an Israeli startup, Reporty Homeland Security (later rebranded as Carbyne), connected to Israel’s defense industry, further fueling speculation."
Epstein = Israel, and Trump loves Israel
Epstein is connected to Israel, this is why Trump is covering it up. He doesn't want to risk the political fallout for Israel when people realize all of Epstein's clients were blackmailed and used as Israeli assets."The most concrete link is his relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Epstein and Barak met numerous times between 2013 and 2017, with Barak visiting Epstein’s properties in Florida and New York approximately 30 times, including a 2014 private flight in Florida. Barak received $2.3 million from an Epstein-associated foundation between 2004 and 2006, and Epstein invested $1 million in a limited partnership established by Barak in 2015.
Another connection stems from Epstein’s ties to Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father, Robert Maxwell, was a British media mogul alleged to have had links to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Some sources, including former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe, have claimed Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ran a “honey-trap” operation for Mossad to blackmail influential figures. A lawsuit by a woman identified as Jane Doe 200 alleged Epstein boasted of being a Mossad agent.
Epstein was also associated with the Wexner Foundation, which supports Jewish leadership and has ties to Israel. His financial backer, Leslie Wexner, was a member of the “Mega Group,” a collection of Jewish philanthropists, which some, like former NSA counterspy John Schindler, have speculated was linked to Israeli intelligence operations. Epstein reportedly invested in an Israeli startup, Reporty Homeland Security (later rebranded as Carbyne), connected to Israel’s defense industry, further fueling speculation."
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How do we fix this beyond fucked up state?
The LDS church runs everything here. Nearly every single little detail of the state’s culture is dictated by Mormonism. Mormon temples are the largest buildings in every city and town. Mormon bookstores are more numerous than most other stores, and old school soda shops are more numerous than cafes (Mormons prohibit coffee and tea but allow caffeinated soda for some reason). Multiple buildings, streets, and businesses are named after Mormon things (e.g. “Cumorrah Avenue”). Multi-level marketing companies are everywhere and sponsor things like stadiums (MLM companies are littered with Mormon moms).
The LDS church is basically run like a massive corporation. They are very good at missionizing and making new converts, plus Mormons tend to get married young and have bucketloads of kids. The average Mormon family has between 4-7 children. The point is, the LDS church is highly reactionary and rules over Utah with an iron fist, yet there is almost no internal resistance to it. “Utah” basically is the LDS church. And that’s not even mentioning the entire settler-colonial history of the church either, the mass slaughter of the indigenous that Mormons participated in to create the state of Utah and such.
With that said, how do we deal with this state’s politics if we are socialists living in it? There’s no way someone like AOC or Mamdani or any DSA candidate could ever win here. If there was ever a socialist candidate, they’d either have to ensure the Utah public that they’re a “good Mormon” (which would mean throwing away their principles and participating in a reactionary, settler-colonial theology) or seek to dismantle Utah culture outright by going against the grip of the LDS church, which would be political suicide.
I’m sorry, but I wish this fucking state didn’t exist. Trying to organize anything leftist here feels like a lost cause.
Utah
Any comrades from Utah here?How do we fix this beyond fucked up state?
The LDS church runs everything here. Nearly every single little detail of the state’s culture is dictated by Mormonism. Mormon temples are the largest buildings in every city and town. Mormon bookstores are more numerous than most other stores, and old school soda shops are more numerous than cafes (Mormons prohibit coffee and tea but allow caffeinated soda for some reason). Multiple buildings, streets, and businesses are named after Mormon things (e.g. “Cumorrah Avenue”). Multi-level marketing companies are everywhere and sponsor things like stadiums (MLM companies are littered with Mormon moms).
The LDS church is basically run like a massive corporation. They are very good at missionizing and making new converts, plus Mormons tend to get married young and have bucketloads of kids. The average Mormon family has between 4-7 children. The point is, the LDS church is highly reactionary and rules over Utah with an iron fist, yet there is almost no internal resistance to it. “Utah” basically is the LDS church. And that’s not even mentioning the entire settler-colonial history of the church either, the mass slaughter of the indigenous that Mormons participated in to create the state of Utah and such.
With that said, how do we deal with this state’s politics if we are socialists living in it? There’s no way someone like AOC or Mamdani or any DSA candidate could ever win here. If there was ever a socialist candidate, they’d either have to ensure the Utah public that they’re a “good Mormon” (which would mean throwing away their principles and participating in a reactionary, settler-colonial theology) or seek to dismantle Utah culture outright by going against the grip of the LDS church, which would be political suicide.
I’m sorry, but I wish this fucking state didn’t exist. Trying to organize anything leftist here feels like a lost cause.
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Archive of the previous DPRK thread:
https://leftypol.org/leftypol_archive/res/12395.html
/DPRK/ - Democratic People's Republic of Korea General
Thread for news and discussions of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, its material conditions, the status and health of its socialist tradition, disproving common myths about it, etc.Archive of the previous DPRK thread:
https://leftypol.org/leftypol_archive/res/12395.html
R: 606 / I: 203 (full)
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The police carried out early morning raids at 72 locations to seize documents and detain suspects on charges including embezzlement, bribery, and tender rigging, according to TRT Haber. In a post on X, Bayrampasa Mayor Hasan Mutlu, from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), said he had nothing to hide and called the investigation "a political operation based on unfounded slander"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-orders-detention-istanbul-district-mayor-others-corruption-probe-state-2025-09-13/
Israel’s Mossad 'refused to carry out ground operation in Qatar'
Two Israelis familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the Mossad’s refusal motivated the Israeli government to carry out airstrikes against the capital, Doha which failed to kill top Hamas leaders on Tuesday. The Mossad's director, David Barnea, reportedly opposed targeting Hamas officials in Qatar over fears it would destroy the relationship between the intelligence agency and Qatar, which played a key mediating role in attempts to end Israel's war on Gaza.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/09/netanayhu-says-killing-hamas-leaders-route-ending-gaza-war
‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
The retired general told a community meeting in southern Israel earlier this week that more than 10% of Gaza’s 2.2 million population had been killed or injured – “more than 200,000 people”. That estimate is notable as it is close to the current figures provided by Gaza’s health ministry, which Israeli officials have frequently dismissed as Hamas propaganda, though the ministry figures have been deemed reliable by international humanitarian agencies.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/12/israeli-ex-commander-confirms-palestinian-casualties-are-more-than-200000
UK: Pro-Palestinian Prisoner T Hoxha Suspends Hunger Strike
Her determination allowed her to win several of her demands: restoration of her leisure activities, receipt of withheld mail, and confirmation that her job at the library has been eliminated following the banning of Palestine Action. Her struggle was notably supported by hunger strikes in solidarity by pro-Palestinian prisoners in the United States, such as Casey Goonan and Malik Farrad Muhammad.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21356/
Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn leader released from prison early
Greece's New Left party said in a statement to state media that Michaloliakos's release was "a serious blow to the collective memory and the struggle for democracy and justice", adding that the justice system "cannot send a message of impunity to those who embodied hatred and fascism". The nation's communist party KKE said the decision should be overturned, adding Golden Dawn's "crimes are not time-limited in the consciousness of the people and the youth".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80gy4k9r10o
Scams Surge on Kremlin-Backed Messaging App Max
Launched in March by the tech firm VK as a homegrown alternative to WhatsApp and Telegram, Max has been promoted by authorities as a secure platform for schools, universities and government agencies. The app must now come pre-installed on all smartphones and computers sold in Russia. According to Kommersant, as many as 1,000 ads appear daily on darknet forums and Telegram channels offering between $10 and $250 for temporary access to Max accounts. Scammers use legitimate accounts to bypass spam filters and trick victims into transferring money or revealing financial information.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/12/scams-surge-on-kremlin-backed-messaging-app-max-a90515
https://archive.ph/gNz7o
Brazil braces for new US sanctions after Bolsonaro’s conviction angers Trump administration
Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the conviction, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on his X account that the U.S. government would “respond accordingly to this witch hunt.” Brazil’s Foreign Ministry called Rubio’s comments an inappropriate threat that would not intimidate the government, adding that the country’s judiciary is independent and that Bolsonaro was granted due process.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-us-sanctions-trump-cf1ef0016725cc51bdfaae449d76d101
Peru's Congress shelves complaint against Boluarte
Peru's one-House Congress has voted to shelve a constitutional complaint against President Dina Boluarte regarding the deaths and injuries during protests following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo in December 2022. The Parliamentary Permanent Committee voted 12 to 10 to dismiss the complaint, citing insufficient evidence that Boluarte and her ministers intended to cause the deaths.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/09/12/peru-s-congress-shelves-complaint-against-boluarte
Philippine defense and military chiefs reject call to defect from Marcos over flood control uproar
The Philippine defense and military chiefs rejected a call for the country’s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in response to public outrage over allegations of massive corruption in flood control projects that have implicated several congressmen and public works officials and sparked pockets of street protests.
https://apnews.com/article/philippines-flood-control-corruption-db60cd2e0896127b43107e83b63a1ec6
Pakistani raids near Afghan border kill at least 19 soldiers, 35 fighters
Pakistani security forces have raided three hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban armed group near the Afghan border in recent days, triggering fierce clashes that killed at least 19 soldiers and 45 fighters, says the military. The military on Saturday said 22 fighters were killed in Bajaur, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Thirteen more were killed in a separate operation in South Waziristan district, it added.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/13/pakistani-raids-near-afghan-border-kill-12-soldiers-35-fighters
https://archive.ph/MwYR2
News 9/13/25
Turkey orders detention of Istanbul district mayor, others in corruption probe, state media saysThe police carried out early morning raids at 72 locations to seize documents and detain suspects on charges including embezzlement, bribery, and tender rigging, according to TRT Haber. In a post on X, Bayrampasa Mayor Hasan Mutlu, from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), said he had nothing to hide and called the investigation "a political operation based on unfounded slander"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-orders-detention-istanbul-district-mayor-others-corruption-probe-state-2025-09-13/
Israel’s Mossad 'refused to carry out ground operation in Qatar'
Two Israelis familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the Mossad’s refusal motivated the Israeli government to carry out airstrikes against the capital, Doha which failed to kill top Hamas leaders on Tuesday. The Mossad's director, David Barnea, reportedly opposed targeting Hamas officials in Qatar over fears it would destroy the relationship between the intelligence agency and Qatar, which played a key mediating role in attempts to end Israel's war on Gaza.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/09/netanayhu-says-killing-hamas-leaders-route-ending-gaza-war
‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
The retired general told a community meeting in southern Israel earlier this week that more than 10% of Gaza’s 2.2 million population had been killed or injured – “more than 200,000 people”. That estimate is notable as it is close to the current figures provided by Gaza’s health ministry, which Israeli officials have frequently dismissed as Hamas propaganda, though the ministry figures have been deemed reliable by international humanitarian agencies.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/12/israeli-ex-commander-confirms-palestinian-casualties-are-more-than-200000
UK: Pro-Palestinian Prisoner T Hoxha Suspends Hunger Strike
Her determination allowed her to win several of her demands: restoration of her leisure activities, receipt of withheld mail, and confirmation that her job at the library has been eliminated following the banning of Palestine Action. Her struggle was notably supported by hunger strikes in solidarity by pro-Palestinian prisoners in the United States, such as Casey Goonan and Malik Farrad Muhammad.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21356/
Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn leader released from prison early
Greece's New Left party said in a statement to state media that Michaloliakos's release was "a serious blow to the collective memory and the struggle for democracy and justice", adding that the justice system "cannot send a message of impunity to those who embodied hatred and fascism". The nation's communist party KKE said the decision should be overturned, adding Golden Dawn's "crimes are not time-limited in the consciousness of the people and the youth".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80gy4k9r10o
Scams Surge on Kremlin-Backed Messaging App Max
Launched in March by the tech firm VK as a homegrown alternative to WhatsApp and Telegram, Max has been promoted by authorities as a secure platform for schools, universities and government agencies. The app must now come pre-installed on all smartphones and computers sold in Russia. According to Kommersant, as many as 1,000 ads appear daily on darknet forums and Telegram channels offering between $10 and $250 for temporary access to Max accounts. Scammers use legitimate accounts to bypass spam filters and trick victims into transferring money or revealing financial information.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/12/scams-surge-on-kremlin-backed-messaging-app-max-a90515
https://archive.ph/gNz7o
Brazil braces for new US sanctions after Bolsonaro’s conviction angers Trump administration
Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the conviction, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on his X account that the U.S. government would “respond accordingly to this witch hunt.” Brazil’s Foreign Ministry called Rubio’s comments an inappropriate threat that would not intimidate the government, adding that the country’s judiciary is independent and that Bolsonaro was granted due process.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-us-sanctions-trump-cf1ef0016725cc51bdfaae449d76d101
Peru's Congress shelves complaint against Boluarte
Peru's one-House Congress has voted to shelve a constitutional complaint against President Dina Boluarte regarding the deaths and injuries during protests following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo in December 2022. The Parliamentary Permanent Committee voted 12 to 10 to dismiss the complaint, citing insufficient evidence that Boluarte and her ministers intended to cause the deaths.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/09/12/peru-s-congress-shelves-complaint-against-boluarte
Philippine defense and military chiefs reject call to defect from Marcos over flood control uproar
The Philippine defense and military chiefs rejected a call for the country’s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in response to public outrage over allegations of massive corruption in flood control projects that have implicated several congressmen and public works officials and sparked pockets of street protests.
https://apnews.com/article/philippines-flood-control-corruption-db60cd2e0896127b43107e83b63a1ec6
Pakistani raids near Afghan border kill at least 19 soldiers, 35 fighters
Pakistani security forces have raided three hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban armed group near the Afghan border in recent days, triggering fierce clashes that killed at least 19 soldiers and 45 fighters, says the military. The military on Saturday said 22 fighters were killed in Bajaur, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Thirteen more were killed in a separate operation in South Waziristan district, it added.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/13/pakistani-raids-near-afghan-border-kill-12-soldiers-35-fighters
https://archive.ph/MwYR2
R: 638 / I: 163 (full)
On the left, others discuss the usefulness of individual terrorism.
<NEWS!!!!
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/charlie-kirk-obituary
https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-death-09-12-25
Charlie Kirk Dead - LIBERAL TEARS EDITION
2 days after Liberation Day, liberals are still doubling down o n their position that 'Charlie Kirk deserves empathy'. Many suggest they imagine Kirk was a Palestinian child, which will help soothe their sadness.On the left, others discuss the usefulness of individual terrorism.
<NEWS!!!!
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/charlie-kirk-obituary
https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-death-09-12-25
R: 42 / I: 12
DEATH TO THE REVISIONISTS!
DEATH TO THE ROADERS!
DEATH TO THE COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES!
DEATH TO THE REACTIONARIES!
DEATH TO THE OPPORTUNISTS!
DEATH TO THE SOPHISTS!
REMEMBER ALL FELLOW MARXIST-LENINIST-MAOIST ANONS AND FEMANONS OF LEFTYPOL:
HIDE ALL ANARCHIST/SOCDEM/LEFTCOM/SJW/LIBTARD/DEMOCRAP/PC/WOKE/LEFTLIB/DEMSOC/TROTSKYIST/LUXEMBURGIST/SYNDICALIST THREADS.
IGNORE ALL POSTS FROM THESE TRAITORS.
DO NOT REPLY TO THEIR POSTS.
THEY ARE WRECKERS. THEY ARE CLASS TRAITORS. THEY ARE OBJECTIVELY COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY.
FUCK THE TROTS, WITH THEIR OPPORTUNIST ROADER REVISIONIST FEDSLOP… FUCK EM, AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
THE WOKE DO NOT DETERMINE WHAT IS POLITICALLY CORRECT OR RELIABLE.
WE COMMUNISTS DO.
AND WHAT IS POLITICALLY CORRECT AND RELIABLE IS WHAT IS COMMUNIST.
AND TO ALL THOSE WHO SAY THIS IS AN EXTREME PATH…
FUCK YOU TOO!
THIS IS THE MODERATE PATH!
I HAVE NO INNER FILTER BY CHOICE AND MORAL DUTY/UTILITY/VIRTUE/NATURAL-LAW.
IT MUST BE SAID NO MATTER THE COST.
IF YOU DISAGREE, YOU ARE FUCKING WRONG AND POSSIBLY A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!!!
SO FUCK YOU!!! URAAAAAA! URAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
THIS STANCE IS BEHOLDEN TO THE FACTS.
IT IS TRUE.
I AM 100% RIGHT AND 0% WRONG.
THIS MUST BE TAKEN TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION AND EXTREME.
IT IS THE LOGICAL AND RIGHT THING TO DO.
THIS MUST NOT ONLY BE DONE WITH AUTISTIC FURY…
BUT WITH EMOTIONLESS NORMALITY AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS IS THE ONLY REASONABLE RESPONSE WHEN SOMETHING IS TRUE,
AS IT ALIGNS WITH THE FACTS AND WHAT IS RIGHT.
FOLLOW IT TO THE LETTER AS THAT IS GOOD.
BINARY POSITIVE. THIS IS THE CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION.
IN SHORT…
BE LIKE LEI FENG.
SELFLESS. DUTIFUL. RELENTLESS. RIGOROUS. PURE.
THIS IS NOT EXTREME, MY FRIENDS.
THIS IS THE ONLY MODERATE, SANE PATH.
IF YOU DISAGREE… GET FUCKED!
THE ONLY CORRECT CONCLUSION OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON MY STATEMENTS SO FAR
IS CASUAL MINDLESS EXEMPTANCE, AS ONE ACCEPTS THE SKY IS BLUE, FIRE IS HOT, AND WATER IS WET…
AND REVOLUTIONARY AUTISTIC CHEERING AND ECSTASY!!!
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
REVOLUTION IS INEVITABLE. PURITY IS MANDATORY. TRUTH IS UNASSAILABLE. ALL HAIL THE MARXIST-LENINIST-MAOIST PATH!
FACTS
LONG LIVE THE CANADIAN PEOPLE'S ANTI-COLONIAL AND PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION!DEATH TO THE REVISIONISTS!
DEATH TO THE ROADERS!
DEATH TO THE COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES!
DEATH TO THE REACTIONARIES!
DEATH TO THE OPPORTUNISTS!
DEATH TO THE SOPHISTS!
REMEMBER ALL FELLOW MARXIST-LENINIST-MAOIST ANONS AND FEMANONS OF LEFTYPOL:
HIDE ALL ANARCHIST/SOCDEM/LEFTCOM/SJW/LIBTARD/DEMOCRAP/PC/WOKE/LEFTLIB/DEMSOC/TROTSKYIST/LUXEMBURGIST/SYNDICALIST THREADS.
IGNORE ALL POSTS FROM THESE TRAITORS.
DO NOT REPLY TO THEIR POSTS.
THEY ARE WRECKERS. THEY ARE CLASS TRAITORS. THEY ARE OBJECTIVELY COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY.
FUCK THE TROTS, WITH THEIR OPPORTUNIST ROADER REVISIONIST FEDSLOP… FUCK EM, AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
THE WOKE DO NOT DETERMINE WHAT IS POLITICALLY CORRECT OR RELIABLE.
WE COMMUNISTS DO.
AND WHAT IS POLITICALLY CORRECT AND RELIABLE IS WHAT IS COMMUNIST.
AND TO ALL THOSE WHO SAY THIS IS AN EXTREME PATH…
FUCK YOU TOO!
THIS IS THE MODERATE PATH!
I HAVE NO INNER FILTER BY CHOICE AND MORAL DUTY/UTILITY/VIRTUE/NATURAL-LAW.
IT MUST BE SAID NO MATTER THE COST.
IF YOU DISAGREE, YOU ARE FUCKING WRONG AND POSSIBLY A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!!!
SO FUCK YOU!!! URAAAAAA! URAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
THIS STANCE IS BEHOLDEN TO THE FACTS.
IT IS TRUE.
I AM 100% RIGHT AND 0% WRONG.
THIS MUST BE TAKEN TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION AND EXTREME.
IT IS THE LOGICAL AND RIGHT THING TO DO.
THIS MUST NOT ONLY BE DONE WITH AUTISTIC FURY…
BUT WITH EMOTIONLESS NORMALITY AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS IS THE ONLY REASONABLE RESPONSE WHEN SOMETHING IS TRUE,
AS IT ALIGNS WITH THE FACTS AND WHAT IS RIGHT.
FOLLOW IT TO THE LETTER AS THAT IS GOOD.
BINARY POSITIVE. THIS IS THE CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION.
IN SHORT…
BE LIKE LEI FENG.
SELFLESS. DUTIFUL. RELENTLESS. RIGOROUS. PURE.
THIS IS NOT EXTREME, MY FRIENDS.
THIS IS THE ONLY MODERATE, SANE PATH.
IF YOU DISAGREE… GET FUCKED!
THE ONLY CORRECT CONCLUSION OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON MY STATEMENTS SO FAR
IS CASUAL MINDLESS EXEMPTANCE, AS ONE ACCEPTS THE SKY IS BLUE, FIRE IS HOT, AND WATER IS WET…
AND REVOLUTIONARY AUTISTIC CHEERING AND ECSTASY!!!
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
REVOLUTION IS INEVITABLE. PURITY IS MANDATORY. TRUTH IS UNASSAILABLE. ALL HAIL THE MARXIST-LENINIST-MAOIST PATH!
R: 9 / I: 2
b*stard stalin. and you think its okay? he was a dictator okay. ever socialist leader had a lot of money so shut the fuck up alright? so u uyghas are hypocrites you retards are yapping on private property being bad but ur sitting on ur mothafucking iphones using that fone shit, no wonder all u uyghas are on a watch list, we as civilized people i view my self as a civilized person because im an honest tax payer we are not tryna fuck nobodys money… but dont u ever fuck wit my money! because im an honest tax payer and i dont want my shit to me stolen by the communists like me i dont want u to steal my money because were the right people and we dont want that shit here mothafucking black power uygha? white power. dont ever fuck with my money uyghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. and its obvious that in la where i live private property is not theft its the honest earnings of a man so fuck off my property
today there is a lot of gang violence
So recently, as we all know, unfortunately, CHarlie Kirk has been shot in his neck, it is an act of extreme and with no doubt it's an assasination. So, something I wanted to tell you. Since today, gang violence is a big problem, Charlie Kirk wanted to discuss that shit because there's a lot of people that are shooting in the hood and im from the hood, the barrio ese, i am a minority, and i just wanted to say, that dont you ever fuck with my money uygha, in the hood, we got the enemigos right there, homie, and i have a question to you socialist B-WORDS (b*stards), if money is evil, why do socialist leaders always keep a lot of it for themselves? that fucking money hungryb*stard stalin. and you think its okay? he was a dictator okay. ever socialist leader had a lot of money so shut the fuck up alright? so u uyghas are hypocrites you retards are yapping on private property being bad but ur sitting on ur mothafucking iphones using that fone shit, no wonder all u uyghas are on a watch list, we as civilized people i view my self as a civilized person because im an honest tax payer we are not tryna fuck nobodys money… but dont u ever fuck wit my money! because im an honest tax payer and i dont want my shit to me stolen by the communists like me i dont want u to steal my money because were the right people and we dont want that shit here mothafucking black power uygha? white power. dont ever fuck with my money uyghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. and its obvious that in la where i live private property is not theft its the honest earnings of a man so fuck off my property
R: 63 / I: 12
Why is there no outpouring of support for him the way there is for Luigi?
Elias heroically resisted genocide by gunning down two disgusting parasitical Ziorats. He did more than Luigi or the recent Manhattan shooter for that matter. And he’s actually facing the death penalty because of it. So why aren’t we upholding and celebrating Elias? Where is his support?
Elias Rodriguez
Why has he been totally forgotten?Why is there no outpouring of support for him the way there is for Luigi?
Elias heroically resisted genocide by gunning down two disgusting parasitical Ziorats. He did more than Luigi or the recent Manhattan shooter for that matter. And he’s actually facing the death penalty because of it. So why aren’t we upholding and celebrating Elias? Where is his support?
R: 3 / I: 1
https://antifawatch.net/
I saw this wonderful website for reporting bourgeois antifascism and I couldn't help but notice that despite all of the reports only being from the US they are missing the biggest antifa retard there was - Roosevelt, so I did my duty and reported that bitch ass uygha as well.
R: 198 / I: 102
STG sets up roadblocks on the roads leading to Suwayda, pursuant to the ceasefire agreement.
Remaining tribals in Suwayda governorate launch a last-ditch attack on Suwayda city.
Tribals enter some of the city's northwest areas. They suffer heavy casualties and retreat from the city on the same day.
Straggler tribals launch a few attacks on Druze villages here and there, nothing significant.
Overall ceasefire holds up after that. STG prevents further entry of tribals and their numbers keep dwindling.
STG releases their report on the massacres of Alawites in March of this year. They say that they aren't directly responsible.
Saudi announces they will buy a bunch of property in Syria.
Israeli and Syrian officials meet in Paris. A second meeting in Baku was cancelled.
Accusations that the STG is doing a soft siege on Suwayda governorate and worsening the humanitarian situation.
Turkey/SNA starts threatening the SDF and launches a few attacks against them in Deir Hafer and Tishreen dam.
Links:
t.me/Medmannews - Well known channel (Egyptian owner). Posts frequently about MENA
t.me/Middle_East_Spectator - Iranian owner
t.me/Suriyak_maps - Posts maps/latest news. Less prone to hype/hysteria but slower.
https://nitter.poast.org/SAMSyria0 - Local Syrian army soldier. Used to post in Arabic. (Account deleted. RIP)
https://nitter.poast.org/WarMonitors
https://nitter.poast.org/bosni94
https://nitter.poast.org/Sy_intelligence
https://nitter.poast.org/sayed_ridha
https://syria.liveuamap.com
/sg/ - Syrian Civil War General #24 - New Watches edition
Recent news:STG sets up roadblocks on the roads leading to Suwayda, pursuant to the ceasefire agreement.
Remaining tribals in Suwayda governorate launch a last-ditch attack on Suwayda city.
Tribals enter some of the city's northwest areas. They suffer heavy casualties and retreat from the city on the same day.
Straggler tribals launch a few attacks on Druze villages here and there, nothing significant.
Overall ceasefire holds up after that. STG prevents further entry of tribals and their numbers keep dwindling.
STG releases their report on the massacres of Alawites in March of this year. They say that they aren't directly responsible.
Saudi announces they will buy a bunch of property in Syria.
Israeli and Syrian officials meet in Paris. A second meeting in Baku was cancelled.
Accusations that the STG is doing a soft siege on Suwayda governorate and worsening the humanitarian situation.
Turkey/SNA starts threatening the SDF and launches a few attacks against them in Deir Hafer and Tishreen dam.
Links:
t.me/Medmannews - Well known channel (Egyptian owner). Posts frequently about MENA
t.me/Middle_East_Spectator - Iranian owner
t.me/Suriyak_maps - Posts maps/latest news. Less prone to hype/hysteria but slower.
https://nitter.poast.org/SAMSyria0 - Local Syrian army soldier. Used to post in Arabic. (Account deleted. RIP)
https://nitter.poast.org/WarMonitors
https://nitter.poast.org/bosni94
https://nitter.poast.org/Sy_intelligence
https://nitter.poast.org/sayed_ridha
https://syria.liveuamap.com
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Anwar Shaikh - Capitalism: Competition, Conflict and Crises
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB1uqxcCESK6B1juh_wnKoxftZCcqA1go
Anwar Shaikh - Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz4k72ocf2TZMxrEVCgpp1b5K3hzFWuZh
Capital Volume 1 high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlSHVigHHx_wjaeWmDN2W-h8
Capital Volume 2 high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlSxnp8uR2kshvhG-5kzrjdQ
Capital Volume 3 high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlRoV5CVoc5yyYL4nMO9ZJzO
Theories of Surplus Value high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlQa-dFgNFtQvvMOgNtV7nXp
Paul Cockshott - Labor Theory of Value Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVcO3co5aCBnDt7k5eU8msX4DhTNUila
Paul Cockshott - Economic Planning Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVcO3co5aCDnkyY9YkQxpx6FxPJ23joH
Paul Cockshott - Materialism, Marxism, and Thermodynamics Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVcO3co5aCBv0m0fAjoOy1U4mOs_Y8QM
Victor Magariño - Austrian Economics: A Critical Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpHi51IjLqerA1aKeGe3DcRc7zCCFkAoq
Victor Magariño - Rethinking Classical Economics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpHi51IjLqepj9uE1hhCrA66tMvNlnItt
Victor Magariño - Mathematics for Classical Political Economy
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Geopolitical Economy Hour with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson (someone says "he's CIA doing reheated Proudhonism" lol)
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Leftypol Wiki Political Economy Category (needs expanding)
https://leftypedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Political_economy
Sci-Hub
https://sci-hub.se/about
Marxists Internet Archive
https://www.marxists.org/
Library Genesis
https://libgen.is/
University of the Left
http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/Online
bannedthought.net
https://bannedthought.net/
Books scanned by Ismail from eregime.org that were uploaded to archive.org
https://archive.org/details/@ismail_badiou
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: Articles from the GSE tend to be towards the bottom.
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/
EcuRed: Cuba's online encyclopedia
https://www.ecured.cu/
Books on libcom.org
https://libcom.org/book
Dictionary of Revolutionary Marxism
https://massline.org/Dictionary/index.htm
/EDU/ ebook share thread
https://leftypol.org/edu/res/22659.html
Pre-Marxist Economics (Marx studied these thinkers before writing Capital and Theories of Surplus Value)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/economics/index.htm
Principle writings of Karl Marx on political economy, 1844-1883
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/economy/index.htm
Speeches and Articles of Marx and Engels on Free Trade and Protectionism, 1847-1888
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/free-trade/index.htm
(The Critique Of) Political Economy After Marx's Death
https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/postmarx.htm
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Anwar Shaikh - Capitalism: Competition, Conflict and Crises
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB1uqxcCESK6B1juh_wnKoxftZCcqA1go
Anwar Shaikh - Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz4k72ocf2TZMxrEVCgpp1b5K3hzFWuZh
Capital Volume 1 high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlSHVigHHx_wjaeWmDN2W-h8
Capital Volume 2 high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlSxnp8uR2kshvhG-5kzrjdQ
Capital Volume 3 high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlRoV5CVoc5yyYL4nMO9ZJzO
Theories of Surplus Value high quality audiobook from Andrew S. Rightenburg (Human-Read, not AI voice or TTS voice)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjbFtkcDBlQa-dFgNFtQvvMOgNtV7nXp
Paul Cockshott - Labor Theory of Value Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVcO3co5aCBnDt7k5eU8msX4DhTNUila
Paul Cockshott - Economic Planning Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVcO3co5aCDnkyY9YkQxpx6FxPJ23joH
Paul Cockshott - Materialism, Marxism, and Thermodynamics Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVcO3co5aCBv0m0fAjoOy1U4mOs_Y8QM
Victor Magariño - Austrian Economics: A Critical Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpHi51IjLqerA1aKeGe3DcRc7zCCFkAoq
Victor Magariño - Rethinking Classical Economics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpHi51IjLqepj9uE1hhCrA66tMvNlnItt
Victor Magariño - Mathematics for Classical Political Economy
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpHi51IjLqepWUHXIgVhC_Txk2WJgaSst
Geopolitical Economy Hour with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson (someone says "he's CIA doing reheated Proudhonism" lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ejfZdPboo&list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
Potential Sources of Information
Leftypol Wiki Political Economy Category (needs expanding)
https://leftypedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Political_economy
Sci-Hub
https://sci-hub.se/about
Marxists Internet Archive
https://www.marxists.org/
Library Genesis
https://libgen.is/
University of the Left
http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/Online
bannedthought.net
https://bannedthought.net/
Books scanned by Ismail from eregime.org that were uploaded to archive.org
https://archive.org/details/@ismail_badiou
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: Articles from the GSE tend to be towards the bottom.
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/
EcuRed: Cuba's online encyclopedia
https://www.ecured.cu/
Books on libcom.org
https://libcom.org/book
Dictionary of Revolutionary Marxism
https://massline.org/Dictionary/index.htm
/EDU/ ebook share thread
https://leftypol.org/edu/res/22659.html
Pre-Marxist Economics (Marx studied these thinkers before writing Capital and Theories of Surplus Value)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/economics/index.htm
Principle writings of Karl Marx on political economy, 1844-1883
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/economy/index.htm
Speeches and Articles of Marx and Engels on Free Trade and Protectionism, 1847-1888
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/free-trade/index.htm
(The Critique Of) Political Economy After Marx's Death
https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/postmarx.htm
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>My grandparents are like that, they have photos of Abdel Nasser and his family in their living room, treating him like a Saint. But if you were to ask them anything about actual Arab nationalist philosophy, they wouldn't know. All my grandparents know is that things were better back then, my Granddad would be provided a job that supported his family and there wasn't any filth on the streets. To a large extent, things were indeed better back then and that's just how it is for most people, these people believe and worship the State and the Leader, they don't give a shit about Ideology. As long as it's not openly 'heretical' to the values of people, the masses will believe in it
How true is this?
someone also replied with this>My grandparents are like that, they have photos of Abdel Nasser and his family in their living room, treating him like a Saint. But if you were to ask them anything about actual Arab nationalist philosophy, they wouldn't know. All my grandparents know is that things were better back then, my Granddad would be provided a job that supported his family and there wasn't any filth on the streets. To a large extent, things were indeed better back then and that's just how it is for most people, these people believe and worship the State and the Leader, they don't give a shit about Ideology. As long as it's not openly 'heretical' to the values of people, the masses will believe in it
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What are all the ways the bourgeoisie may be frightened into spending more and more of their personal wealth on security while the rate of profit is falling, and make sure those security guards are themselves unmotivated, scared, revolutionary infiltrators, or at the very least self-interested backstabbing coup-plotters?
What are all the ways the bourgeoisie may be frightened into spending more and more of their personal wealth on security while the rate of profit is falling, and make sure those security guards are themselves unmotivated, scared, revolutionary infiltrators, or at the very least self-interested backstabbing coup-plotters?
R: 74 / I: 25
We need to put aside our differences right now, we need to organize, and we need to stay armed
The bourgeoisie have exploited our minor differences to keep us divided and hating each other, we need to move past that. Discussion of theory can happen, but only after we have secured at least conquering fascism.
What I am saying is simple, communists, anarchists, Antifascists, and anyone that doesn’t wanna be enslaved by fascism needs to form a solid coalition and fast. Literally we don’t have much time, trump is already invading cities and he’s gonna use the shooting to both start banning guns from the general public and a genocide, I’m seriously, right after the shooting happened they started blaming it on a trans person with zero proof. And while we might have different beliefs on transgenderism we can all agree instantly blaming a minority for any event that hurts the right is fucking bad, they make up less then 0.1% of the population and once they start killing them off we are next. (You) need to fucking get up and get ready to fight with your comrades, we can argue later today is not the time to do so.
So in general what I am saying is simple, the “left”, communists, anarchists, whichever you say, need to form a coalition, or else we will all die together.
We need to put aside our differences right now, we need to organize, and we need to stay armed
The bourgeoisie have exploited our minor differences to keep us divided and hating each other, we need to move past that. Discussion of theory can happen, but only after we have secured at least conquering fascism.
What I am saying is simple, communists, anarchists, Antifascists, and anyone that doesn’t wanna be enslaved by fascism needs to form a solid coalition and fast. Literally we don’t have much time, trump is already invading cities and he’s gonna use the shooting to both start banning guns from the general public and a genocide, I’m seriously, right after the shooting happened they started blaming it on a trans person with zero proof. And while we might have different beliefs on transgenderism we can all agree instantly blaming a minority for any event that hurts the right is fucking bad, they make up less then 0.1% of the population and once they start killing them off we are next. (You) need to fucking get up and get ready to fight with your comrades, we can argue later today is not the time to do so.
So in general what I am saying is simple, the “left”, communists, anarchists, whichever you say, need to form a coalition, or else we will all die together.
R: 597 / I: 83
Too many self-proclaimed communists in the West clutch their copies of The Communist Manifesto while hurling criticism at China, oblivious to what communism actually demands in practice. They romanticize a pure, abstract revolution—classless, stateless, perfect—yet fail to grapple with the messy reality of building socialism in a world dominated by imperialist capital. China’s path, with its state-led development and strategic market integration, isn’t a betrayal of communism but a pragmatic response to global capitalism’s chokehold. These armchair Marxists ignore how China lifted millions from poverty while navigating a hostile world order, instead whining about “authoritarianism” through a lens tinted by Western propaganda. True communism isn’t dogmatic purity; it’s dialectical, adapting to material conditions. Criticizing China without understanding its historical and geopolitical context isn’t revolutionary—it’s just posturing that serves the status quo.
Too many self-proclaimed communists in the West clutch their copies of The Communist Manifesto while hurling criticism at China, oblivious to what communism actually demands in practice. They romanticize a pure, abstract revolution—classless, stateless, perfect—yet fail to grapple with the messy reality of building socialism in a world dominated by imperialist capital. China’s path, with its state-led development and strategic market integration, isn’t a betrayal of communism but a pragmatic response to global capitalism’s chokehold. These armchair Marxists ignore how China lifted millions from poverty while navigating a hostile world order, instead whining about “authoritarianism” through a lens tinted by Western propaganda. True communism isn’t dogmatic purity; it’s dialectical, adapting to material conditions. Criticizing China without understanding its historical and geopolitical context isn’t revolutionary—it’s just posturing that serves the status quo.
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Bolsonaro jailed
Today, former President Jair Bolsonaro was unexpectedly taken into custody amid widespread astonishment. Security forces escorted him into a high‑security facility, where he is now expected to remain pending legal proceedings. A hush fell over Brazil’s capital as reporters surrounded the vehicle, cameras flashing. Supporters and critics alike gathered at the courthouse, sentiment sharply divided. Authorities have remained tight‑lipped about charges, though speculation swirls regarding alleged abuses of power. In a brief televised statement, Bolsonaro insisted on his innocence, calling the arrest politically motivated. Meanwhile, legal experts emphasized that due process must prevail. As the nation absorbs this dramatic development, citizens brace for what could be a historic trial, one that may reshape Brazil’s political landscape.
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As such, we need to create *vectors*. Groups of people (mainly young, like highschool or university students) will be educated and trained on capitalism and anarcho-communism. These *vectors* **must be ideologically* motivated. That is, they must have conviction in their beliefs and actions. Otherwise, they will quickly dropout.
These leaders will then organize their communities and repeat the cycle. As a result, the masses will quickly and independently organize. Obviously, communication among all these councils must be established for organized action and planning.
Advantages: decentralized, fast, federations, no great leader needed, hard to block by the State.
Obstacles to overcome: to properly train the *vectors* (ideology, discipline, etc.) and avoid infiltration.
This can't be halfassed. This is possible, we just need balls, tenacity, perseverance, discipline, and courage. No excuse. In today's horrible world, only ideology can push people forward.
The role of the anarchists today is to kindle the heart of the masses and offer guidance. So that the we can build an army of men willing to give their life for anarchy, akin to the Makhnovshchina.
The *VECTOR* strategy - Anarcho-communism
In order to organize the masses, we need to spread across the country in an unpredictable and semi-aleatory manner. Not through a vanguard party, but through community councils.As such, we need to create *vectors*. Groups of people (mainly young, like highschool or university students) will be educated and trained on capitalism and anarcho-communism. These *vectors* **must be ideologically* motivated. That is, they must have conviction in their beliefs and actions. Otherwise, they will quickly dropout.
These leaders will then organize their communities and repeat the cycle. As a result, the masses will quickly and independently organize. Obviously, communication among all these councils must be established for organized action and planning.
Advantages: decentralized, fast, federations, no great leader needed, hard to block by the State.
Obstacles to overcome: to properly train the *vectors* (ideology, discipline, etc.) and avoid infiltration.
This can't be halfassed. This is possible, we just need balls, tenacity, perseverance, discipline, and courage. No excuse. In today's horrible world, only ideology can push people forward.
The role of the anarchists today is to kindle the heart of the masses and offer guidance. So that the we can build an army of men willing to give their life for anarchy, akin to the Makhnovshchina.
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Reading
Towards a New Socialism by Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/
Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer
Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
Cybernetics: Or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine and The Human Use of Human Beings (1st edition) by Norbert Wiener
Economic cybernetics by Nikolay Veduta
People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Economics in kind, Total socialisation and A system of socialisation by Otto Neurath (Incommensurability, Ecology, and Planning: Neurath in the Socialist Calculation Debate by Thomas Uebel provides a summary)
Active writers/creators
Sorted by last name
>Paul Cockshott
https://www.patreon.com/williamCockshott/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ)
https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/
http://paulcockshott.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/PaulCockshott (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/PaulCockshott)
>Cibcom (Spanish)
https://cibcom.org/
https://twitter.com/cibcomorg (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/cibcomorg)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA)
>Tomas Härdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Elena Veduta
http://www.strategplan.com/en/about/veduta.php
Various videos on YouTube but no channel of her own
>Dave Zachariah
https://www.it.uu.se/katalog/davza513
One video on Paul Cockshott's channel
Podcasts
>General Intellect Unit
Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists
http://generalintellectunit.net/
Previous threads in chronological order
https://archive.is/uNCEY
https://web.archive.org/web/20201218152831/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/997358.html
https://archive.ph/uyggp
https://archive.is/xBFYY
https://archive.ph/Afx5a
https://archive.is/kAPvR
https://archive.is/0sAS2
https://archive.is/jXivP
/CYBERCOM/
This thread is for the discussion of cybercommunism, the planning of the socialist economy by computerized means, including discussions of related topics and creators. Drama belongs in /isg/Reading
Towards a New Socialism by Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/
Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer
Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
Cybernetics: Or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine and The Human Use of Human Beings (1st edition) by Norbert Wiener
Economic cybernetics by Nikolay Veduta
People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Economics in kind, Total socialisation and A system of socialisation by Otto Neurath (Incommensurability, Ecology, and Planning: Neurath in the Socialist Calculation Debate by Thomas Uebel provides a summary)
Active writers/creators
Sorted by last name
>Paul Cockshott
https://www.patreon.com/williamCockshott/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ)
https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/
http://paulcockshott.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/PaulCockshott (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/PaulCockshott)
>Cibcom (Spanish)
https://cibcom.org/
https://twitter.com/cibcomorg (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/cibcomorg)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA)
>Tomas Härdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Elena Veduta
http://www.strategplan.com/en/about/veduta.php
Various videos on YouTube but no channel of her own
>Dave Zachariah
https://www.it.uu.se/katalog/davza513
One video on Paul Cockshott's channel
Podcasts
>General Intellect Unit
Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists
http://generalintellectunit.net/
Previous threads in chronological order
https://archive.is/uNCEY
https://web.archive.org/web/20201218152831/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/997358.html
https://archive.ph/uyggp
https://archive.is/xBFYY
https://archive.ph/Afx5a
https://archive.is/kAPvR
https://archive.is/0sAS2
https://archive.is/jXivP
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Link dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
https://solidarity.net.au
https://redflag.org.au
https://marxistleftreview.org/?topic=australia
https://www.michaelwest.com.au
https://overland.org.au
https://arena.org.au
https://www.themonthly.com.au
https://www.crikey.com.au
https://www.redblacknotes.com
https://www.surplusvalue.org.au/McQueen/index.htm
https://reddit.com/r/AustralianSocialism (use a redlib mirror instead of reddit.com)
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
https://thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com (antifascism, most active on twitter)
/auspol/ #11 - Southern Cross edition
Australian and Oceania politics general thread.Link dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
https://solidarity.net.au
https://redflag.org.au
https://marxistleftreview.org/?topic=australia
https://www.michaelwest.com.au
https://overland.org.au
https://arena.org.au
https://www.themonthly.com.au
https://www.crikey.com.au
https://www.redblacknotes.com
https://www.surplusvalue.org.au/McQueen/index.htm
https://reddit.com/r/AustralianSocialism (use a redlib mirror instead of reddit.com)
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
https://thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com (antifascism, most active on twitter)
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GOP false flag operation
Charlie Kirk is someone nobody cared about. He was mostly a meme. They made his head bigger and made fun of his dumb head. An easy sacrifice. A GOP false flag operation. A GOP false flag operation, on 11 Sep (day of famous massive GOP middle east false flag operation).
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The USA, the main imperialist country (according to Leninists) imports more capital than it exports.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/capital-flows
Furthermore, it seems to me that the underdeveloped world is not kept permanently underdeveloped. Somehow, the various national bourgeoisie in countries such as China, India (to a lesser extent) have become competitive with western capital (I suspect due to the sheer mass of labor-power) and are now themselves exporting capital into, say, Europe. This general tendency for the rest of the world to become more developed, with more infrastructure, a more significant national bourgeoisie everywhere seems to me to have falsified Lenin's theory of imperialism, which would mean that underdeveloped countries should remain permanently underdeveloped.
https://wir2022.wid.world/chapter-2/, figure 2.4 shows inequality between countries are decreasing. I think it's because of the development of China and India. Now, obviously, income inequality isn't a good measurement for Marxists, but I'm not sure if there is any data with which we could discover the rate of exploitation.
In the past, political economists understood the interest rate to be a kind of an indirect way to assess the rate of profit, and since profit arises from the exploitation of surplus value, we could look at that for a possible comparison.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38194/38194-h/38194-h.htm#BOOK_I
>But the rate of profit does not, like rent and wages, rise with the prosperity, and fall with the declension of the society. On the contrary, it is naturally low in rich, and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/interest-rate
China has a 3% interest rate, the USA 4.5% and Germany 2.15%.
It's possible Adam Smith was critiqued by Marx somewhere and I overlooked it. But I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this.
I think in classical Marxist theory, however, the establishment of one world market is inevitable, with all old structures and the global migration of capital etc. leading to that. And is that not what we've seen with NAFTA, the EU and so on?
Has Lenin's theory of imperialism been proven wrong?
I've been thinking about it and, unless I understand it wrong, it seems to be wrong, no?The USA, the main imperialist country (according to Leninists) imports more capital than it exports.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/capital-flows
Furthermore, it seems to me that the underdeveloped world is not kept permanently underdeveloped. Somehow, the various national bourgeoisie in countries such as China, India (to a lesser extent) have become competitive with western capital (I suspect due to the sheer mass of labor-power) and are now themselves exporting capital into, say, Europe. This general tendency for the rest of the world to become more developed, with more infrastructure, a more significant national bourgeoisie everywhere seems to me to have falsified Lenin's theory of imperialism, which would mean that underdeveloped countries should remain permanently underdeveloped.
https://wir2022.wid.world/chapter-2/, figure 2.4 shows inequality between countries are decreasing. I think it's because of the development of China and India. Now, obviously, income inequality isn't a good measurement for Marxists, but I'm not sure if there is any data with which we could discover the rate of exploitation.
In the past, political economists understood the interest rate to be a kind of an indirect way to assess the rate of profit, and since profit arises from the exploitation of surplus value, we could look at that for a possible comparison.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38194/38194-h/38194-h.htm#BOOK_I
>But the rate of profit does not, like rent and wages, rise with the prosperity, and fall with the declension of the society. On the contrary, it is naturally low in rich, and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/interest-rate
China has a 3% interest rate, the USA 4.5% and Germany 2.15%.
It's possible Adam Smith was critiqued by Marx somewhere and I overlooked it. But I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this.
I think in classical Marxist theory, however, the establishment of one world market is inevitable, with all old structures and the global migration of capital etc. leading to that. And is that not what we've seen with NAFTA, the EU and so on?
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>declining birthrates lead to shrinking economic growth and tax revenue+larger proportion of dependents, all due to a shrinking labor force
>birthrate decline (not yet population decline) is happening in most countries outside of Africa, regardless of socioeconomic development, cost of living or culture (incl. religion or "feminism")
>the most likely primary common cause is the simple availability of choice: not needing children as extra labor, more access to birth control/abortion, etc.
>>secondarily, often it is not the case that people don't want children but that they want to have them later in life and want to give their children optimal lives, e.g. being unwilling to raise children until one has a high-paying stable job; this also leads to people having less children overall
>>the chain reaction here is that the higher the standard of living gets, the bigger the opportunity cost of having children when one actually gets to DECIDE whether to have them, as well as a more demanding standard for WHEN one should have them
>the proposed liberal capitalist solutions fail to tackle the problem:
>>paying people to have children needs to cover the opportunity cost of not having them, which is already massive and will continue to increase the more an economy grows, which will eventually become unsustainable for governments
>>roundabout solutions like providing parents with tax cuts, exceptional welfare or a lower retirement age suffer from the same problem
>>even increased immigration will only stop the bleeding temporarily as the global population fails to keep up
>>automation might "cover" the decrease in labor force but at the same societal cost that massive automation will always bring
With all of the above in mind, it seems that capitalism combined with reproductive choice contains the seed of its own decline. Stagnation threatens the system, but growth leads in its own roundabout way back to stagnation.
The capitalists thus only have the option of restricting or steering choice, from banning abortion and contraceptives to the more extreme scenario of forcing women to be broodmares; or alternatively, by an ideology of pro-natalism for the "greater good", requiring many people to act against "rational self-interest".
In practice, however, those options are just forms of reaction, and even when reaction is successful (and it rarely is) all it can ultimately lead to is a repeat of the past, susceptible to the same conditions and contradictions that caused it to crumble once before.
This is a classic problem that manifests in many ways: capitalism needs laborers to be spenders, but progress inevitably requires a decrease in their ability to do so; in this case, by directly cutting the supply of labor.
Unironically, the only solution is socialism.
The only way to change this equation around without making things worse for everyone is by challenging the assumptions of growth and opportunity cost. This can happen in many ways.
If making a living isn't tied to the success of companies which need constant growth to stay competitive, the dependence on constantly increasing birthrates is reduced.
On the other hand, if society can directly contribute to making child rearing easier and less expensive instead of subsidizing the artificial difficulties and costs created by the market, the opportunity cost of having children is also reduced.
And this ties into many other factors. More safety, more education, more stability, they all ease the burden on parents.
But as you can see, it requires real socialism. Can't half-ass it and call it socialism anyway or you'll pay the price. You need real socialist outcomes.
So. Can porky survive this?
Birthrate decline as a contradiction of capitalism
This post is just a quick informal thing to kick off discussion, I won't claim to be as informed as I should be and some of my points may be wrong.>declining birthrates lead to shrinking economic growth and tax revenue+larger proportion of dependents, all due to a shrinking labor force
>birthrate decline (not yet population decline) is happening in most countries outside of Africa, regardless of socioeconomic development, cost of living or culture (incl. religion or "feminism")
>the most likely primary common cause is the simple availability of choice: not needing children as extra labor, more access to birth control/abortion, etc.
>>secondarily, often it is not the case that people don't want children but that they want to have them later in life and want to give their children optimal lives, e.g. being unwilling to raise children until one has a high-paying stable job; this also leads to people having less children overall
>>the chain reaction here is that the higher the standard of living gets, the bigger the opportunity cost of having children when one actually gets to DECIDE whether to have them, as well as a more demanding standard for WHEN one should have them
>the proposed liberal capitalist solutions fail to tackle the problem:
>>paying people to have children needs to cover the opportunity cost of not having them, which is already massive and will continue to increase the more an economy grows, which will eventually become unsustainable for governments
>>roundabout solutions like providing parents with tax cuts, exceptional welfare or a lower retirement age suffer from the same problem
>>even increased immigration will only stop the bleeding temporarily as the global population fails to keep up
>>automation might "cover" the decrease in labor force but at the same societal cost that massive automation will always bring
With all of the above in mind, it seems that capitalism combined with reproductive choice contains the seed of its own decline. Stagnation threatens the system, but growth leads in its own roundabout way back to stagnation.
The capitalists thus only have the option of restricting or steering choice, from banning abortion and contraceptives to the more extreme scenario of forcing women to be broodmares; or alternatively, by an ideology of pro-natalism for the "greater good", requiring many people to act against "rational self-interest".
In practice, however, those options are just forms of reaction, and even when reaction is successful (and it rarely is) all it can ultimately lead to is a repeat of the past, susceptible to the same conditions and contradictions that caused it to crumble once before.
This is a classic problem that manifests in many ways: capitalism needs laborers to be spenders, but progress inevitably requires a decrease in their ability to do so; in this case, by directly cutting the supply of labor.
Unironically, the only solution is socialism.
The only way to change this equation around without making things worse for everyone is by challenging the assumptions of growth and opportunity cost. This can happen in many ways.
If making a living isn't tied to the success of companies which need constant growth to stay competitive, the dependence on constantly increasing birthrates is reduced.
On the other hand, if society can directly contribute to making child rearing easier and less expensive instead of subsidizing the artificial difficulties and costs created by the market, the opportunity cost of having children is also reduced.
And this ties into many other factors. More safety, more education, more stability, they all ease the burden on parents.
But as you can see, it requires real socialism. Can't half-ass it and call it socialism anyway or you'll pay the price. You need real socialist outcomes.
So. Can porky survive this?
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This was originally going to be a reply ITT >>2439192 but I decided to make it its own post
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If making above subsistence wage makes you "a petty bourgeois treatlerite" because it allows you to "accumulate savings after monthly expenses" which are "reserves that can be potentially converted into capital" then by that same logic any couple who has fewer than 2 children or any single person who has fewer than 1 child is "petty bourgeois" because the subsistence wage is the wage required, according to Marx, not just to keep yourself alive, but also your children, since capitalism requires the labor force to reproduce itself.
If a nation's population fails to reproduce itself Capital has to seek out labor from other nations by outsourcing or using immigrant labor. Something we see in the imperial core. If you're single and aren't bearing the expense of raising at least 1 adopted child, or if you're a couple, and you aren't bearing the expense of raising at least 2 children, then you aren't reproducing the labor force for capital, which means that even with a subsistence wage (which by definition, according to Marx himself, includes the cost of raising children to adulthood), you will have left over savings that can go towards "treats" (luxury commodities that aren't essential for survival like vidya games) or be used as money capital (i.e. invested as self-expanding value in an interest yielding savings account or 401k or some other petty bourgeois asset).
By this logic, many of the most puritanical Marxists on here (like Iron Felix) who rail against "treatlerites" and such are usually single men without children (the usual imageboard demographic) who, even if we believe them, and they are "immiserated wage workers earning a subsistence wage and unable to accumulate savings" they aren't actually reproducing themselves, which is one of the things Marx originally stated about the working class. This is because Marx himself had 7 children, half of whom died before adulthood, and he was writing during a time when contraception and birth control and sex education were basically nonexistent. This is why Marx railed against the Malthusian doctrine and basically stated that it was impossible for the working class to practice abstinence collectively. I think one of the most important things that has changed since Marx's time is the availability of sex education, contraception, birth control, and a more skeptical attitude towards marriage and starting a family, as well as the rise of anti-reproductive ideologies like antinatalism. It is harder for capital in the imperial core countries to get the desired oversupply of labor power, which is why the resort to outsourcing and immigration. Only a handful of "developing" countries still have fertility rates higher than 4 children per woman, and most of the imperial core countries have trouble getting each woman to have 2 children. So the labor force is not reproducing itself.
Birth strike under capitalism does increase wages actually by lowering the supply of labor and thereby increasing its demand. The inverse is also the case, which is what Marx was trying to point out with the idea of the reserve army of labor, or as Eugene Debs once called it, the reserve army of scabs. The same is true in pre-capitalism. In feudalism for example the only people who were wage workers were artisans in the towns, in the guilds. But when the black plague happened in the 1300s a lot of them died and their wages effectively doubled. This enraged King Edward III in England, at the time, so much, that he tried to freeze wages, but it as basically unenforceable. That was the result of a pandemic instead of a birth strike but we see similar patterns whenever the working population does not reproduce itself: The bourgeoisie has to pay more wages.
So maybe instead of being puritanical about who's "really proletarian" based on the ability to accumulate savings or not (without even considering whether it's set aside for emergency or used as money capital or both), we should look at how vastly different the imperial core is as an environment itself than during Marx's time. The proletariat is able to do things like accumulate savings even when making a subsistence wage by staying single and refusing to reproduce. Now if you want to redefine "subsistence" away from Marx's definition to not include reproduction, fine, but keep in mind that workers failing to reproduce themselves is not sustainable for Capital as a multi-generational system based on self expanding value and high profit rates, which is why Marx was focused on it as a system that needs to survive for more than 1 generation of working class life, which is why he included the cost of reproduction in subsistence.
This is not even getting into the question of whether a given working class person takes care of their dying elders (like me) or cuts off communication from them (like my parents did).
I am a parent btw with both children and old people dependents
Reproduction of the labor force and "petty bourgeois" accumulation of savings
This post has audio if you're too lazy to read itThis was originally going to be a reply ITT >>2439192 but I decided to make it its own post
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If making above subsistence wage makes you "a petty bourgeois treatlerite" because it allows you to "accumulate savings after monthly expenses" which are "reserves that can be potentially converted into capital" then by that same logic any couple who has fewer than 2 children or any single person who has fewer than 1 child is "petty bourgeois" because the subsistence wage is the wage required, according to Marx, not just to keep yourself alive, but also your children, since capitalism requires the labor force to reproduce itself.
If a nation's population fails to reproduce itself Capital has to seek out labor from other nations by outsourcing or using immigrant labor. Something we see in the imperial core. If you're single and aren't bearing the expense of raising at least 1 adopted child, or if you're a couple, and you aren't bearing the expense of raising at least 2 children, then you aren't reproducing the labor force for capital, which means that even with a subsistence wage (which by definition, according to Marx himself, includes the cost of raising children to adulthood), you will have left over savings that can go towards "treats" (luxury commodities that aren't essential for survival like vidya games) or be used as money capital (i.e. invested as self-expanding value in an interest yielding savings account or 401k or some other petty bourgeois asset).
By this logic, many of the most puritanical Marxists on here (like Iron Felix) who rail against "treatlerites" and such are usually single men without children (the usual imageboard demographic) who, even if we believe them, and they are "immiserated wage workers earning a subsistence wage and unable to accumulate savings" they aren't actually reproducing themselves, which is one of the things Marx originally stated about the working class. This is because Marx himself had 7 children, half of whom died before adulthood, and he was writing during a time when contraception and birth control and sex education were basically nonexistent. This is why Marx railed against the Malthusian doctrine and basically stated that it was impossible for the working class to practice abstinence collectively. I think one of the most important things that has changed since Marx's time is the availability of sex education, contraception, birth control, and a more skeptical attitude towards marriage and starting a family, as well as the rise of anti-reproductive ideologies like antinatalism. It is harder for capital in the imperial core countries to get the desired oversupply of labor power, which is why the resort to outsourcing and immigration. Only a handful of "developing" countries still have fertility rates higher than 4 children per woman, and most of the imperial core countries have trouble getting each woman to have 2 children. So the labor force is not reproducing itself.
Birth strike under capitalism does increase wages actually by lowering the supply of labor and thereby increasing its demand. The inverse is also the case, which is what Marx was trying to point out with the idea of the reserve army of labor, or as Eugene Debs once called it, the reserve army of scabs. The same is true in pre-capitalism. In feudalism for example the only people who were wage workers were artisans in the towns, in the guilds. But when the black plague happened in the 1300s a lot of them died and their wages effectively doubled. This enraged King Edward III in England, at the time, so much, that he tried to freeze wages, but it as basically unenforceable. That was the result of a pandemic instead of a birth strike but we see similar patterns whenever the working population does not reproduce itself: The bourgeoisie has to pay more wages.
So maybe instead of being puritanical about who's "really proletarian" based on the ability to accumulate savings or not (without even considering whether it's set aside for emergency or used as money capital or both), we should look at how vastly different the imperial core is as an environment itself than during Marx's time. The proletariat is able to do things like accumulate savings even when making a subsistence wage by staying single and refusing to reproduce. Now if you want to redefine "subsistence" away from Marx's definition to not include reproduction, fine, but keep in mind that workers failing to reproduce themselves is not sustainable for Capital as a multi-generational system based on self expanding value and high profit rates, which is why Marx was focused on it as a system that needs to survive for more than 1 generation of working class life, which is why he included the cost of reproduction in subsistence.
This is not even getting into the question of whether a given working class person takes care of their dying elders (like me) or cuts off communication from them (like my parents did).
I am a parent btw with both children and old people dependents
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They think Trump will do that by making people ignore his involvement in child abuse
Trump on the Epstein list is "a step toward normalization"
These fags want to remove the age of consent laws and normalize pedophiliaThey think Trump will do that by making people ignore his involvement in child abuse
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How can small businesses gang up on larger ones? There has to be a way
Small Business Communism
I don't even like small businesses (why would I), so i know how this sounds, but leftoids are always like "the wealth disparity is crazy we need to do something", but basically equalization of the distribution of wealth is communism and therefore impossible etc. Clearly, the plan needs to be capitalist in nature. Everyone loooves small businesses, and market competition; an economy dominated by small businesses would even be preferable to what we have now, one dominated by megacorps. Ideally the govt would impose a diminishing return on the number of employees on a company by harsher punishment under law, steepening societal obligations, etc.How can small businesses gang up on larger ones? There has to be a way
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While we all know the right thrives on violence, but does the repetition of phases like above just further cement violence as the norm? Does that make us violent reactionaries just the same?
Canonization of violence
A lot of anti-fascist rhetoric can get boiled down to "punch a nazi".While we all know the right thrives on violence, but does the repetition of phases like above just further cement violence as the norm? Does that make us violent reactionaries just the same?
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Input from those who either were or are currently in the party is preferred, but criticism from those who've never been organized or are in another org is also appreciated.
CPUSA
Looking for people's thoughts on CPUSA. I haven't really heard too much about them that hasn't been from people who are already within the org. I am currently in CPUSA myself, and really more than anything else, I want to hear people's genuine criticisms.Input from those who either were or are currently in the party is preferred, but criticism from those who've never been organized or are in another org is also appreciated.
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On Thursday, the Supreme Court’s first chamber reached the necessary majority — three out of five votes — to convict Bolsonaro of five crimes, including attempted coup, attempted abolition of the democratic rule of law, and membership in a criminal organization. Several generals were also convicted for their roles in the attempted uprising. Despite intense pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, the trial proceeded, and the Brazilian court plans to determine the sentences this Friday.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-11/brazils-former-president-jair-bolsonaro-convicted-of-plotting-coup.html
https://archive.ph/Q2Xxd
Vessel struck by US military off Venezuela was heading back to shore, AP sources say
In Venezuela, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello on Thursday accused the U.S. government of murder, characterized its version of events as “a tremendous lie” and questioned how the people on board the targeted vessel were linked to the gang. “And how did they identify them as members of the Tren de Aragua? Did they have, I don’t know, a chip? Did they have a QR code and (the U.S. military) read it from above in the dark?” Cabello said. “They openly confessed to murdering 11 people.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-drugs-boat-venezuela-5d28da68e3ea1b5b1b14829af8aadd7b
Milei issues flurry of vetoes as he ramps up conflict with health, education sectors
President Javier Milei has controversially vetoed laws that would boost funding for public universities and declare a paediatric emergency, with Garrahan Children’s Hospital in the forefront, setting up a fresh confrontation with the opposition and the unions of the workers affected.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-issues-flurry-of-vetoes-as-he-ramps-up-conflict-with-health-education-sectors.phtml
https://archive.ph/ImSP0
Dominican activists decry extrajudicial killings after police fatally shoot 5 suspects
“We consider what happened yesterday to be an abusive use of force by the National Police,” Manuel María Mercedes, president of the National Human Rights Commission, told The Associated Press. He said that investigations must be transparent and within the framework of due process as established by law.
https://apnews.com/article/dominican-republic-5-killed-extrajudicial-police-447878188f7e6531a3e8e2dcc69e6402
Israeli forces arrest over 100 Palestinians, impose curfew in West Bank
Soldiers stormed shops and cafes, detaining patrons, as well as residents in their vehicles, forcing them to march in line towards an Israeli military checkpoint, a WAFA correspondent reported. Israeli forces launched a campaign of violence in the occupied West Bank after six people were killed in a shooting attack in occupied East Jerusalem earlier this week. Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the shooting, in which both suspects were killed.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/11/israeli-forces-arrest-over-100-palestinians-impose-curfew-in-west-bank
https://archive.ph/t6sLB
Leading Turkish broadcaster confiscated by the state
ONE of Turkey’s largest television news broadcasters has been confiscated by the state as part of a fraud, tax evasion and money laundering investigation, media reported today. Haberturk was one of 121 companies belonging to Can Holding to be seized and transferred to the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund, the Anadolu Agency and others said. Broadcaster Show TV was also confiscated.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/leading-turkish-broadcaster-confiscated-state
Wildcat strikes erupt among thousands of municipality workers in Turkey
Workers at Buca İmar ve İnşaat Sanayi Teknik Hizmetler AŞ (BUCAMAR), a subsidiary of the Buca Municipality in İzmir run by the Republican People’s Party (CHP), occupied the municipal building on Tuesday after not receiving their salaries for approximately three months. The İzmir Branch No. 6 of the Genel-İş trade union, affiliated with the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), of which the workers are members, stated that approximately 1,800 workers have receivables worth at least 200,000 Turkish lira each.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/11/dobn-s11.html
The Communist Party of Poland faces the threat of illegalization: Call for solidarity and action
The CPP faces the threat of illegalization. On the 1st of October the Polish Constitutional Court will be considering a motion to illegalize the CPP. This motion was filed by the previous prosecutor general and minister of justice in November 2020. After nearly five years the Constitutional Court has announced that it will take under consideration this motion and check whether the activities of the CPP do not violate the constitution.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2025/09/the-communist-party-of-poland-faces-the-threat-of-illegalization-call-for-solidarity-and-action.html
Israeli president confronted by hundreds of protesters demanding his arrest
Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal said the “sickening spectacle” of Sir Keir welcoming Mr Herzog at Number 10 “underlines the complicity of this government in the Gaza genocide.” “Our government remains a firm ally of a nation that has slaughtered over 60,000 people including 20 000 children, is deliberately starving the remaining population, and is currently attempting to destroy every large building in Gaza City forcing 200,000 people to flee.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/israeli-president-confronted-hundreds-protesters-demanding-his-arrest
India explores rare-earth deal with Myanmar rebels after Chinese curbs
India's Ministry of Mines asked state-owned and private firms to explore collecting and transporting samples from mines in northeastern Myanmar that are under the control of the Kachin Independence Army, three of the people said. State-owned miner IREL and private firm Midwest Advanced Materials - which received government funding last year for the commercial manufacturing of rare-earth magnets - were among those involved in the discussions, the sources said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-explores-rare-earth-deal-with-myanmar-rebels-after-chinese-curbs-2025-09-10/
News 9/11/2025
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro convicted of plotting coupOn Thursday, the Supreme Court’s first chamber reached the necessary majority — three out of five votes — to convict Bolsonaro of five crimes, including attempted coup, attempted abolition of the democratic rule of law, and membership in a criminal organization. Several generals were also convicted for their roles in the attempted uprising. Despite intense pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, the trial proceeded, and the Brazilian court plans to determine the sentences this Friday.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-11/brazils-former-president-jair-bolsonaro-convicted-of-plotting-coup.html
https://archive.ph/Q2Xxd
Vessel struck by US military off Venezuela was heading back to shore, AP sources say
In Venezuela, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello on Thursday accused the U.S. government of murder, characterized its version of events as “a tremendous lie” and questioned how the people on board the targeted vessel were linked to the gang. “And how did they identify them as members of the Tren de Aragua? Did they have, I don’t know, a chip? Did they have a QR code and (the U.S. military) read it from above in the dark?” Cabello said. “They openly confessed to murdering 11 people.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-drugs-boat-venezuela-5d28da68e3ea1b5b1b14829af8aadd7b
Milei issues flurry of vetoes as he ramps up conflict with health, education sectors
President Javier Milei has controversially vetoed laws that would boost funding for public universities and declare a paediatric emergency, with Garrahan Children’s Hospital in the forefront, setting up a fresh confrontation with the opposition and the unions of the workers affected.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-issues-flurry-of-vetoes-as-he-ramps-up-conflict-with-health-education-sectors.phtml
https://archive.ph/ImSP0
Dominican activists decry extrajudicial killings after police fatally shoot 5 suspects
“We consider what happened yesterday to be an abusive use of force by the National Police,” Manuel María Mercedes, president of the National Human Rights Commission, told The Associated Press. He said that investigations must be transparent and within the framework of due process as established by law.
https://apnews.com/article/dominican-republic-5-killed-extrajudicial-police-447878188f7e6531a3e8e2dcc69e6402
Israeli forces arrest over 100 Palestinians, impose curfew in West Bank
Soldiers stormed shops and cafes, detaining patrons, as well as residents in their vehicles, forcing them to march in line towards an Israeli military checkpoint, a WAFA correspondent reported. Israeli forces launched a campaign of violence in the occupied West Bank after six people were killed in a shooting attack in occupied East Jerusalem earlier this week. Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the shooting, in which both suspects were killed.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/11/israeli-forces-arrest-over-100-palestinians-impose-curfew-in-west-bank
https://archive.ph/t6sLB
Leading Turkish broadcaster confiscated by the state
ONE of Turkey’s largest television news broadcasters has been confiscated by the state as part of a fraud, tax evasion and money laundering investigation, media reported today. Haberturk was one of 121 companies belonging to Can Holding to be seized and transferred to the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund, the Anadolu Agency and others said. Broadcaster Show TV was also confiscated.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/leading-turkish-broadcaster-confiscated-state
Wildcat strikes erupt among thousands of municipality workers in Turkey
Workers at Buca İmar ve İnşaat Sanayi Teknik Hizmetler AŞ (BUCAMAR), a subsidiary of the Buca Municipality in İzmir run by the Republican People’s Party (CHP), occupied the municipal building on Tuesday after not receiving their salaries for approximately three months. The İzmir Branch No. 6 of the Genel-İş trade union, affiliated with the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), of which the workers are members, stated that approximately 1,800 workers have receivables worth at least 200,000 Turkish lira each.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/11/dobn-s11.html
The Communist Party of Poland faces the threat of illegalization: Call for solidarity and action
The CPP faces the threat of illegalization. On the 1st of October the Polish Constitutional Court will be considering a motion to illegalize the CPP. This motion was filed by the previous prosecutor general and minister of justice in November 2020. After nearly five years the Constitutional Court has announced that it will take under consideration this motion and check whether the activities of the CPP do not violate the constitution.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2025/09/the-communist-party-of-poland-faces-the-threat-of-illegalization-call-for-solidarity-and-action.html
Israeli president confronted by hundreds of protesters demanding his arrest
Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal said the “sickening spectacle” of Sir Keir welcoming Mr Herzog at Number 10 “underlines the complicity of this government in the Gaza genocide.” “Our government remains a firm ally of a nation that has slaughtered over 60,000 people including 20 000 children, is deliberately starving the remaining population, and is currently attempting to destroy every large building in Gaza City forcing 200,000 people to flee.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/israeli-president-confronted-hundreds-protesters-demanding-his-arrest
India explores rare-earth deal with Myanmar rebels after Chinese curbs
India's Ministry of Mines asked state-owned and private firms to explore collecting and transporting samples from mines in northeastern Myanmar that are under the control of the Kachin Independence Army, three of the people said. State-owned miner IREL and private firm Midwest Advanced Materials - which received government funding last year for the commercial manufacturing of rare-earth magnets - were among those involved in the discussions, the sources said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-explores-rare-earth-deal-with-myanmar-rebels-after-chinese-curbs-2025-09-10/
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the freikorp adventurist justifies bourgeoisie repressions to prevent the organization of the working class. uygha burned the reichstag 2
The adventurist was a succdem
Succdem antifatard Agent Kochinski viewer psyopthe freikorp adventurist justifies bourgeoisie repressions to prevent the organization of the working class. uygha burned the reichstag 2
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First, if quality of life is too good here for your average American to be driven to revolution, and said quality of life is dependent on exploitation of the Third-World, shouldn't it follow that, as the American Empire's power falters, our quality of life will worsen, thus creating revolutionary conditions here?
Second, if our current quality of life is only achievable by exploiting the Third World, how is it that China is able to meet and in many cases surpass us in that regard without resorting to imperialism? Unless I'm missing additional context, the only conclusions that could be drawn are either that China is actually imperalist, or the claim that Western-level quality of life can only come from exploitation is bunk, and neither of those sits well with Third-Worldism as an ideology.
I'm specifically looking for answers from people born and living in the Third-World, since Western born Third-Worldists tend to be self-loathing academic types, although I will accept answers from Western Third-Worldists that aren't mentally cucked.
Two questions for Third-Worldists
As the subject implies, I, an American leftist, have two questions for Third-Worldists.First, if quality of life is too good here for your average American to be driven to revolution, and said quality of life is dependent on exploitation of the Third-World, shouldn't it follow that, as the American Empire's power falters, our quality of life will worsen, thus creating revolutionary conditions here?
Second, if our current quality of life is only achievable by exploiting the Third World, how is it that China is able to meet and in many cases surpass us in that regard without resorting to imperialism? Unless I'm missing additional context, the only conclusions that could be drawn are either that China is actually imperalist, or the claim that Western-level quality of life can only come from exploitation is bunk, and neither of those sits well with Third-Worldism as an ideology.
I'm specifically looking for answers from people born and living in the Third-World, since Western born Third-Worldists tend to be self-loathing academic types, although I will accept answers from Western Third-Worldists that aren't mentally cucked.
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We are rabbits.
We are the prey. We hide in warrens during the day,
as dogs and cats and foxes prowl the field above. Every night our friends are killed grazing. This is perfect nature.
The adults say this is how it must be. They graze us, they subside on us. We will go to heaven, peace will reign,
nature is not scary. It is normal, how things have always been. A cycle. We need them as much as they need us.
We scream as they dig up our tunnels. We cower silently as a ferret takes the other nest. I'm young, terrified, naive;
this can't go on.
We are cowards, we have to be. We are weak, small, powerless. But I have a team. We think it through.
They are parasites. They only live when there are more of us alive, and they die when our population is at a norm.
Maybe I will touch a world where no rabbit has to hide.
Rabbits are fragile, but we can bite. When backed into a corner, we will fight.
And there is no escape from the world.
It's a perfect trap. One will bait, two will collapse the tunnel, three - me - will bring the wood down.
We're comrades. Brought up together, lost ones together, we will make a new world together.
My ears twitch as I wait for the signal. I shit myself. All I can hear is my panting.
The yelp of the bait rabbit as he is wrought. Topsoil tumbles. The dog is caught.
I emerge in a flash, adrenaline in my veins, my animal self telling me "go back!". The stick is in my mouth.
From all directions we attack. The dog, suprised, snaps back. My sister is in its jaws.
I do not see the third, for I am upon it. I stab the stick into its leg, the twig snaps.
Stunned, a rabbit in the headlights. Death comes to me from the dog's eyes. Run! No choice but Run!
But then my comrades will die. I go against nature and bite down on its leg. No human could predict what I did, what I would have said.
Blood soaks my tongue, a terrible taste. It howls in pain. That's enough, I jump back with my hind legs, kick it, and run.
I make it a step before a leg strikes me, powerful, angry. The field becomes red, I scream in agony,
and rage, and sorrow, and victory, and fear.
I kick at the earth, bones broken. Rabbits are fragile. I'm fucked.
I'm not really that brave. I bit because I was scared, saw it look at me. Now I'm going to die. No heaven for me,
nothing waiting for us.
We didn't take it down, but some escaped. The dog is a little hurt, at least. Not much consolation for death.
We won. Maybe we didn't kill the thing, but there'd be more if we did. We… I - I showed the warren the predators aren't invincible.
What good does that do for me. Can't enjoy fame when you're dead.
The dog approaches, its time for the end. I'm scared. I cry, I'm going to die.
Courage means a bit, intelligence a bit more,
the real strength of rabbits is we've got more.
You can kill me, kill all my comrades, but you won't win the war, because you need us, we don't need you.
I made a difference. More will follow me. There will always be more. They will resist for me.
Comrades, don't avenge me. I won't exist to thank you. Just win, and make a world where there aren't predators and prey.
Poetry I wrote
Predators and PreyWe are rabbits.
We are the prey. We hide in warrens during the day,
as dogs and cats and foxes prowl the field above. Every night our friends are killed grazing. This is perfect nature.
The adults say this is how it must be. They graze us, they subside on us. We will go to heaven, peace will reign,
nature is not scary. It is normal, how things have always been. A cycle. We need them as much as they need us.
We scream as they dig up our tunnels. We cower silently as a ferret takes the other nest. I'm young, terrified, naive;
this can't go on.
We are cowards, we have to be. We are weak, small, powerless. But I have a team. We think it through.
They are parasites. They only live when there are more of us alive, and they die when our population is at a norm.
Maybe I will touch a world where no rabbit has to hide.
Rabbits are fragile, but we can bite. When backed into a corner, we will fight.
And there is no escape from the world.
It's a perfect trap. One will bait, two will collapse the tunnel, three - me - will bring the wood down.
We're comrades. Brought up together, lost ones together, we will make a new world together.
My ears twitch as I wait for the signal. I shit myself. All I can hear is my panting.
The yelp of the bait rabbit as he is wrought. Topsoil tumbles. The dog is caught.
I emerge in a flash, adrenaline in my veins, my animal self telling me "go back!". The stick is in my mouth.
From all directions we attack. The dog, suprised, snaps back. My sister is in its jaws.
I do not see the third, for I am upon it. I stab the stick into its leg, the twig snaps.
Stunned, a rabbit in the headlights. Death comes to me from the dog's eyes. Run! No choice but Run!
But then my comrades will die. I go against nature and bite down on its leg. No human could predict what I did, what I would have said.
Blood soaks my tongue, a terrible taste. It howls in pain. That's enough, I jump back with my hind legs, kick it, and run.
I make it a step before a leg strikes me, powerful, angry. The field becomes red, I scream in agony,
and rage, and sorrow, and victory, and fear.
I kick at the earth, bones broken. Rabbits are fragile. I'm fucked.
I'm not really that brave. I bit because I was scared, saw it look at me. Now I'm going to die. No heaven for me,
nothing waiting for us.
We didn't take it down, but some escaped. The dog is a little hurt, at least. Not much consolation for death.
We won. Maybe we didn't kill the thing, but there'd be more if we did. We… I - I showed the warren the predators aren't invincible.
What good does that do for me. Can't enjoy fame when you're dead.
The dog approaches, its time for the end. I'm scared. I cry, I'm going to die.
Courage means a bit, intelligence a bit more,
the real strength of rabbits is we've got more.
You can kill me, kill all my comrades, but you won't win the war, because you need us, we don't need you.
I made a difference. More will follow me. There will always be more. They will resist for me.
Comrades, don't avenge me. I won't exist to thank you. Just win, and make a world where there aren't predators and prey.
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It's a question I've asked myself a lot when I feel like killing myself in despair and I've only ever really resolved that this is just my lot, someone's gotta do what little they can with others who feel the same (or not) and deal with it like a man.
if we will win then why bother?
If you hold that communism's victory is inevitable then genuinely why bother with all the heart ache and tiring work of doing action, educating, keeping informed ect. Why not just do whatever tickles your fancy if your contribution will be less than 0.001%?It's a question I've asked myself a lot when I feel like killing myself in despair and I've only ever really resolved that this is just my lot, someone's gotta do what little they can with others who feel the same (or not) and deal with it like a man.
R: 43 / I: 5
I wanna hear leftypol thoughts on this quote, do you agree with Sen. Kaine, or not?
I personally as a libertarian (who thinks religion should be fully separated from the state) do not agree with this sentiment, because if we have GOD given rights, then no government can just take them away.
But if we have government given rights, well the government can just take them away.
Imo It’s wild that congressional members feel comfortable comparing the founders of this country to the Iranian government. Jefferson wasn't running Tehran. Jefferson would consider many things that trump is doing as unconstitutional overreach, from sending the military to our cities, to his interventionist foreign policy and more.
What do you think?
I wanna hear leftypol thoughts on this quote, do you agree with Sen. Kaine, or not?
I personally as a libertarian (who thinks religion should be fully separated from the state) do not agree with this sentiment, because if we have GOD given rights, then no government can just take them away.
But if we have government given rights, well the government can just take them away.
Imo It’s wild that congressional members feel comfortable comparing the founders of this country to the Iranian government. Jefferson wasn't running Tehran. Jefferson would consider many things that trump is doing as unconstitutional overreach, from sending the military to our cities, to his interventionist foreign policy and more.
What do you think?
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It’s basically an anti-Leninist trend and against any historical form of socialism - any kind that has ever existed. So what exactly is left communism? It is an anti-Marxist, revisionist trend that capitulates under the pressure of anti-communist propaganda. It’s not the only trend that does this, but that is its most characteristic feature.
Left communism likes to present itself as theoretically genuine Marxism. People who aren’t well-read theoretically or lack a firm grasp of Marxism’s core principles seem to fall for it. In reality, though, it’s just revisionism and a vulgar distortion of Marxist ideas - especially Marx’s message and the essence of Marxism. In particular, left communism is the most extreme defeatist trend in revisionism and opportunism. It sees literally all socialist revolutions and socialist countries as “not real socialism.” This includes all Marxist-Leninist countries, other socialist experiments, and even anarchism.
Left communism has never had major historical or theoretical relevance. It is entirely isolated from real political action and only appeals to petty-bourgeois-minded opportunists. Some people - and by this, I mean left communists - might find that insulting, but it happens to be the case on purely theoretical grounds. These seemingly negative traits are actually left communism’s strength. Why? Because left communism is on a crusade against reality. It crusades against any socialism that has ever existed or will exist. Since left communists themselves have never had (and never will have) political relevance, their ideas will never become reality.
Left communism relies on abstract theoretical arguments out of touch with reality - meaning none of its conclusions ever need to be proven. If left communism did become reality, it would implode. Left communists would attack it as “stalinoid.” Left communism doesn’t exist on its own terms; it only exists as a parasitical opposition to actual socialism. That’s the only role it has ever played, even historically - see, for a particular example, the Brest-Litovsk days.
You might ask: If left communism is so irrelevant, why talk about it? Precisely because it doesn’t exist as a movement in itself. It exists solely as opposition to actual socialism - a stance more parasitical than any other movement. Trotskyism may oppose Marxism-Leninism; anarchism may oppose state socialism. But at least they have independent substance. Left communism is nothing except opposition to existing socialism. Left communism and its variants constitute a revisionist trend characterized by capitulation to anti-communist propaganda and a total lack of real political activity. Its defining features are distrust of the masses, isolation, pessimism, and defeatism - demonstrating its thoroughly petty-bourgeois nature. It is the ideology of the petty-bourgeois opponent of really existing socialism
Left communism, the newest stage of opportunism
I'm going to write a bit about the trend known broadly as left communism. It seems to me that left communism has now basically become this newest trend in opportunism. Back in the day, there were barely any left communists - there still aren’t many - but every now and then you see one. I’ve seen lots of opportunists retreat from their previous positions (whether they were anarchists, Trotskyists, or what-have-you) and switch to left communism. I suppose it is appealing to some people.It’s basically an anti-Leninist trend and against any historical form of socialism - any kind that has ever existed. So what exactly is left communism? It is an anti-Marxist, revisionist trend that capitulates under the pressure of anti-communist propaganda. It’s not the only trend that does this, but that is its most characteristic feature.
Left communism likes to present itself as theoretically genuine Marxism. People who aren’t well-read theoretically or lack a firm grasp of Marxism’s core principles seem to fall for it. In reality, though, it’s just revisionism and a vulgar distortion of Marxist ideas - especially Marx’s message and the essence of Marxism. In particular, left communism is the most extreme defeatist trend in revisionism and opportunism. It sees literally all socialist revolutions and socialist countries as “not real socialism.” This includes all Marxist-Leninist countries, other socialist experiments, and even anarchism.
Left communism has never had major historical or theoretical relevance. It is entirely isolated from real political action and only appeals to petty-bourgeois-minded opportunists. Some people - and by this, I mean left communists - might find that insulting, but it happens to be the case on purely theoretical grounds. These seemingly negative traits are actually left communism’s strength. Why? Because left communism is on a crusade against reality. It crusades against any socialism that has ever existed or will exist. Since left communists themselves have never had (and never will have) political relevance, their ideas will never become reality.
Left communism relies on abstract theoretical arguments out of touch with reality - meaning none of its conclusions ever need to be proven. If left communism did become reality, it would implode. Left communists would attack it as “stalinoid.” Left communism doesn’t exist on its own terms; it only exists as a parasitical opposition to actual socialism. That’s the only role it has ever played, even historically - see, for a particular example, the Brest-Litovsk days.
You might ask: If left communism is so irrelevant, why talk about it? Precisely because it doesn’t exist as a movement in itself. It exists solely as opposition to actual socialism - a stance more parasitical than any other movement. Trotskyism may oppose Marxism-Leninism; anarchism may oppose state socialism. But at least they have independent substance. Left communism is nothing except opposition to existing socialism. Left communism and its variants constitute a revisionist trend characterized by capitulation to anti-communist propaganda and a total lack of real political activity. Its defining features are distrust of the masses, isolation, pessimism, and defeatism - demonstrating its thoroughly petty-bourgeois nature. It is the ideology of the petty-bourgeois opponent of really existing socialism
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What Will You Do This NineEleven?
Besides furiously masterbaiting to WTC collapse videos? I usually buy a comically large amount of baby oil for this unholiday. Not like anyone ever did shit, they just let it happen and let the MSM tell them who to direct their anger to without any ounce of critical thinking at all. Yes, I am antisocial, but none of these faggots ever want to inquire why, because they lack the balls to see life for what it is. A fucking rape cocknball torture chamber.
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Also remember american comrades get organized and forget sectarianism when faced with fascism
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The FBI opened a Tip line for the charlie kirk shooter im not saying anything but im just gonna show this hereAlso remember american comrades get organized and forget sectarianism when faced with fascism
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Lenin on left-coms
>This movement among the left-communists is not new. From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxemburg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of the proletarian dictatorship and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing. It played, as a modern writer, Mrs. Webster, has so ably shown, a definitely recognisable part in the tragedy of the French Revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the Nineteenth Century; and now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads and have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous empire. […] Although in all these countries there are many bolsheviks every whit as bad as the worst of the left-communist revolutionaries, the part played by the latter in proportion to their numbers in the population is astonishing.
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Aren't leftists meant to be pro-gun? I thought that was what distinguished them from plain old liberals. That they wanted to arm the proletariat and never disarm them. So why pretend the lasg decade or so of gun discourse hasn't happened and go back to 2012 discourse?
Aren't leftists meant to be pro-gun? I thought that was what distinguished them from plain old liberals. That they wanted to arm the proletariat and never disarm them. So why pretend the lasg decade or so of gun discourse hasn't happened and go back to 2012 discourse?
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<News:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-valley-190123878.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-shooting-charlie-kirk-event-utah-rcna230437
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-usa/
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/political-activist-believed-shot-at-utah-valley-university-speaking-appearance
CHARLIE KIRK SHOT - PRAYING 4 U EDITION
Charlie Kirk, famous reactionary and enemy of the proletariat, has just been shot and killed at an event at Utah<News:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-valley-190123878.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-shooting-charlie-kirk-event-utah-rcna230437
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-usa/
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/political-activist-believed-shot-at-utah-valley-university-speaking-appearance
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Neh
>EU censorship scanning all your images and stuffs
Neh
>Trump might die of dementia and sickness
Neh
>EU reich mobilization
Neh
>Nuclear war
Neh
>Google services went down in parts of Europe
Neh
>Anything Trump
Neh
>Anything
Neh
Neh
>War in somewhere
Neh
>Economic crisis in…
Neh
>Major Data breach - millions hacked
Neh
>Shootings
Neh
>Civil war in US
Neh neh
>Palestine things
Neh neh neh
>Things
Neh
>Mass surveillence
Neh neh
>All your secrets will be exposed
Neh
>You're getting sued
Neh
>Court
Neh
>How do you plead?
Neh
>You're going to jail
Neh
>You're in jail
Neh
>Your reputation is ruined, society hates you
Neh
>Time in jail
Neh
>Out of jail
Neh
>Life
Neh
>Homeless
Neh
Its nothing, its all a nothingburger, none of this matters in the annals of history. Nothing is happening. None of it matters. It is still the capitalist mode of production.
Neh
>19 Ruzzian drones taken down in PolandNeh
>EU censorship scanning all your images and stuffs
Neh
>Trump might die of dementia and sickness
Neh
>EU reich mobilization
Neh
>Nuclear war
Neh
>Google services went down in parts of Europe
Neh
>Anything Trump
Neh
>Anything
Neh
Neh
>War in somewhere
Neh
>Economic crisis in…
Neh
>Major Data breach - millions hacked
Neh
>Shootings
Neh
>Civil war in US
Neh neh
>Palestine things
Neh neh neh
>Things
Neh
>Mass surveillence
Neh neh
>All your secrets will be exposed
Neh
>You're getting sued
Neh
>Court
Neh
>How do you plead?
Neh
>You're going to jail
Neh
>You're in jail
Neh
>Your reputation is ruined, society hates you
Neh
>Time in jail
Neh
>Out of jail
Neh
>Life
Neh
>Homeless
Neh
Its nothing, its all a nothingburger, none of this matters in the annals of history. Nothing is happening. None of it matters. It is still the capitalist mode of production.
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1984 and Animal Farm were a projection of a BOURGEOIS society onto real communists. I bet that all those NKVD horror stories are also projections of what MI6 and CIA are doing every day
Literally 1984
Funny how liberals went full totalitarian at the slightest provocation, they jail people for harmless tweets, and yet they continue screeching about communist China censorship. The moment Westoids stopped being able to affor gibs to pacify the population, they turned to full-blown fascism, just like communists were saying for the past 100 years1984 and Animal Farm were a projection of a BOURGEOIS society onto real communists. I bet that all those NKVD horror stories are also projections of what MI6 and CIA are doing every day
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>Venezuela mobilizes its militia after US says it’s deploying military forces to waters around Latin America:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/19/americas/venezuela-maduro-militia-us-military-deployment-intl-latam
>US destroyers head toward waters off Venezuela as Trump aims to pressure drug cartels:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-destroyers-maduro-drug-cartels-e33794ebc24d9031e536d132ce205b4c
>Donald Trump Deploys 3 Missile Destroyers: What to Know:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-missile-destroyers-venezuela-drug-cartels-2115786
>Proposed United States invasion of Venezuela:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_United_States_invasion_of_Venezuela
>Estados Unidos, “dispuesto a usar todo su poder” contra el narcotráfico desde Venezuela:
https://elpais.com/us/2025-08-19/estados-unidos-dispuesto-a-usar-todo-su-poder-contra-el-narcotrafico-desde-venezuela.html
I don't know if you've heard the news, but several US ships have sailed towards Venezuela's coast in order to "combat drug trafficking". Someone investigate the ships to see if they're old to see if they gonna false-flag Venezuela. I know that Nothing Ever Happens, but Trump has already put a price to Maduro's head and these news… I think something's cooking, something's sizzling.
Just making this thread in the case to discuss this, and to see if there are further happenings. I'm going to be honest, I'm getting bad vibes from this.
/US-Venezuela war/ US invasion of Venezuela, nothingburger or actual happening?
Is Venezuela about to be fucking invaded?>Venezuela mobilizes its militia after US says it’s deploying military forces to waters around Latin America:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/19/americas/venezuela-maduro-militia-us-military-deployment-intl-latam
>US destroyers head toward waters off Venezuela as Trump aims to pressure drug cartels:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-destroyers-maduro-drug-cartels-e33794ebc24d9031e536d132ce205b4c
>Donald Trump Deploys 3 Missile Destroyers: What to Know:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-missile-destroyers-venezuela-drug-cartels-2115786
>Proposed United States invasion of Venezuela:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_United_States_invasion_of_Venezuela
>Estados Unidos, “dispuesto a usar todo su poder” contra el narcotráfico desde Venezuela:
https://elpais.com/us/2025-08-19/estados-unidos-dispuesto-a-usar-todo-su-poder-contra-el-narcotrafico-desde-venezuela.html
I don't know if you've heard the news, but several US ships have sailed towards Venezuela's coast in order to "combat drug trafficking". Someone investigate the ships to see if they're old to see if they gonna false-flag Venezuela. I know that Nothing Ever Happens, but Trump has already put a price to Maduro's head and these news… I think something's cooking, something's sizzling.
Just making this thread in the case to discuss this, and to see if there are further happenings. I'm going to be honest, I'm getting bad vibes from this.
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Death to Amerikkka. The chickens came home to roost and it will never not be funny. Unlimited genocide on the first world.
Nein Eleben
Happy holidays to all who celebrate.Death to Amerikkka. The chickens came home to roost and it will never not be funny. Unlimited genocide on the first world.
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My propaganda?
OF THE DEED.
My violence?
PROLETARIAN
My action?
DIRECT.
My sublimity?
HEROIC.
My socialism?
ADVENTURIST.
My body?
TOO SHORT OR EMPTY.
My propaganda?
OF THE DEED.
My violence?
PROLETARIAN
My action?
DIRECT.
My sublimity?
HEROIC.
My socialism?
ADVENTURIST.
My body?
TOO SHORT OR EMPTY.
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CHARLIE KIRK SHOT - Party Edition
Charlie Kirk, famous reactionary and enemy of the proletariat, has just been shot at an event at Utah by an old, probably Christian cracker.<News:
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Leftypol wishes you a great 9/11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>Lithuania’s parliament Tuesday approved Inga Ruginienė — a longtime trade unionist and political newcomer — as prime minister, following the resignation of Gintautas Paluckas amid allegations about his financial dealings.
>Ruginienė, 44, now has 15 days to submit the government’s program — which will be focused on security, economic growth and social welfare, and will likely look similar to the previous program — to the parliament.
>Social Democrat Ruginienė entered politics last year, taking the social security and labor portfolio in the government. Until then, her career was rooted in the trade union movement: she served in senior positions in both Lithuanian and European union organizations.
What are we thinking, /leftypol/?
Former Trade Union leader Inga Ruginiene becomes Lithuania's PM
https://www.politico.eu/article/political-newcomer-new-lithuanian-pm-inga-ruginiene/>Lithuania’s parliament Tuesday approved Inga Ruginienė — a longtime trade unionist and political newcomer — as prime minister, following the resignation of Gintautas Paluckas amid allegations about his financial dealings.
>Ruginienė, 44, now has 15 days to submit the government’s program — which will be focused on security, economic growth and social welfare, and will likely look similar to the previous program — to the parliament.
>Social Democrat Ruginienė entered politics last year, taking the social security and labor portfolio in the government. Until then, her career was rooted in the trade union movement: she served in senior positions in both Lithuanian and European union organizations.
What are we thinking, /leftypol/?
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What Soviets could have done to win the Cold War?
From my own head:
-[Re-]legalise other political parties than CPSU after WW2 ends on the condition that CPSU retains a privelleged position (most importantly, exclusive control over the Soviet army). One party dictatorship could have justified during the time of Revolution, preparation for the unevitable backlash of the reactionary forces (WW2), and WW2 itself, but Khruschev already had really no excuse for keeping it. Deliberately design it that way that members of the Communist party could get noticeably less treats than members of these other parties, so all of the treats-oriented opportunists and careerests became honeytrapped in these other parties instead, keeping CPSU pure.
-Unlike army, Soviet police should have been independent from Communist party… and arrest Khruschev and co for investigation under the charge of "if Stalin was so evil, why had you worked for him for so long?". (And organisation of a coup… And murder of Beria…). Hold a big public trial in Moscow for investigation of Stalin's alleged and real crimes.
-Make a "continental" colonialism the target of your propaganda instead of "oceanic" colonialism. Make in your propaganda comparsions between what Anglo settles were doing to Amerindians with what Nazis were doing to Slavs. Claim that Finnish porkies are not real Finns, but Swedish craKKKa colonisers stealing language and identity of the POC they are conquering (and that the same were the case with Estonians and Balts before WW2). In general, present anti-imperialism as a moral foundation of your project rather than anti-capitalism.
-Despite the previous point, try not to intervene agaist imperialism at all. Not even in Hungary. Instead, invest in computing and let Nikolay Brusnetsov use his ternary Setun computer in the industry at last.
-Don't backstab Mao like that. Just… don't.
What Soviets could have done to win the Cold War?
From my own head:
-[Re-]legalise other political parties than CPSU after WW2 ends on the condition that CPSU retains a privelleged position (most importantly, exclusive control over the Soviet army). One party dictatorship could have justified during the time of Revolution, preparation for the unevitable backlash of the reactionary forces (WW2), and WW2 itself, but Khruschev already had really no excuse for keeping it. Deliberately design it that way that members of the Communist party could get noticeably less treats than members of these other parties, so all of the treats-oriented opportunists and careerests became honeytrapped in these other parties instead, keeping CPSU pure.
-Unlike army, Soviet police should have been independent from Communist party… and arrest Khruschev and co for investigation under the charge of "if Stalin was so evil, why had you worked for him for so long?". (And organisation of a coup… And murder of Beria…). Hold a big public trial in Moscow for investigation of Stalin's alleged and real crimes.
-Make a "continental" colonialism the target of your propaganda instead of "oceanic" colonialism. Make in your propaganda comparsions between what Anglo settles were doing to Amerindians with what Nazis were doing to Slavs. Claim that Finnish porkies are not real Finns, but Swedish craKKKa colonisers stealing language and identity of the POC they are conquering (and that the same were the case with Estonians and Balts before WW2). In general, present anti-imperialism as a moral foundation of your project rather than anti-capitalism.
-Despite the previous point, try not to intervene agaist imperialism at all. Not even in Hungary. Instead, invest in computing and let Nikolay Brusnetsov use his ternary Setun computer in the industry at last.
-Don't backstab Mao like that. Just… don't.
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I noticed there is no thread for France related shit. So let this be one. French people deserve a safe space and guarantees for their continued existence on loser imageboards!
J'ai remarqué qu'il n'y a pas de thread dedié pour la France, alors que les salauds américains et anglais en ont des centaines. Français, ne succombez pas à l'impérialisme anglochiotte!
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/FrancoPol/ 🇫🇷
🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 Aux armes, citoyens ! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷I noticed there is no thread for France related shit. So let this be one. French people deserve a safe space and guarantees for their continued existence on loser imageboards!
J'ai remarqué qu'il n'y a pas de thread dedié pour la France, alors que les salauds américains et anglais en ont des centaines. Français, ne succombez pas à l'impérialisme anglochiotte!
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Переможный, переговорный, пятнадцатотравневый.
Продолжаем трястись и ждать мобку.
Лолируем с красных фашистов, пыняславов и чучхеисов - вместе.
Переезжаем в тюмень, так как там нефтяная мекка и все жрут черную икру поварешками.
Левый поворот путина будет… надо только подождать… еще лет двадцать.
/rus/ - Russia General
Thread №2Переможный, переговорный, пятнадцатотравневый.
Продолжаем трястись и ждать мобку.
Лолируем с красных фашистов, пыняславов и чучхеисов - вместе.
Переезжаем в тюмень, так как там нефтяная мекка и все жрут черную икру поварешками.
Левый поворот путина будет… надо только подождать… еще лет двадцать.
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>Communism is the real movement that abolishes the present state of things. It is a living science that must be checked against real-world material conditions and adjusted accordingly
>Karl Kautsky is a dirty revisionist! REVISIONIST REVISIONIST! HE SULLIED THE SACRED NAME OF MARX!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Why are Leninists so fucking stupid? For reference, Kautsky was Engels' direct intellectual heir.
>Communism is the real movement that abolishes the present state of things. It is a living science that must be checked against real-world material conditions and adjusted accordingly
>Karl Kautsky is a dirty revisionist! REVISIONIST REVISIONIST! HE SULLIED THE SACRED NAME OF MARX!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Why are Leninists so fucking stupid? For reference, Kautsky was Engels' direct intellectual heir.
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1. Israel cannot function without American handouts and American support is dwindling.
2. Demographics. Palestinians are actually the majority in Israel/Palestine.
3. the Ultra-Orthodox. They are largest Jewish group in Israel, and they don't work and won't fight. How long can a government function with that many people on welfare.
4. The Gobal BDS movement. Israel cannot survive being an international pariah.
5. A large percentage of Isarel's Jewish population has dual citizenship and will leave when the going gets tough.
6. . Internal Political instability. Even without the Palestinians, Israel has deep cultural, religious, and economic rifts. Five elections in three years.
7. Hubris. The Zionists won't make the necessary reforms and concessions for the future.
Does the inevitable collapse of Israel help the Left.
Seven Reasons why the Zionist government will not last until the end of this decade. .1. Israel cannot function without American handouts and American support is dwindling.
2. Demographics. Palestinians are actually the majority in Israel/Palestine.
3. the Ultra-Orthodox. They are largest Jewish group in Israel, and they don't work and won't fight. How long can a government function with that many people on welfare.
4. The Gobal BDS movement. Israel cannot survive being an international pariah.
5. A large percentage of Isarel's Jewish population has dual citizenship and will leave when the going gets tough.
6. . Internal Political instability. Even without the Palestinians, Israel has deep cultural, religious, and economic rifts. Five elections in three years.
7. Hubris. The Zionists won't make the necessary reforms and concessions for the future.
R: 655 / I: 161 (full)
<News:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-valley-190123878.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-shooting-charlie-kirk-event-utah-rcna230437
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-usa/
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/political-activist-believed-shot-at-utah-valley-university-speaking-appearance
CHARLIE KIRK SHOT - RIP BOZO EDITION #2
Charlie Kirk, famous reactionary and enemy of the proletariat, has just been shot and killed at an event at Utah<News:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-valley-190123878.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-shooting-charlie-kirk-event-utah-rcna230437
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-usa/
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/political-activist-believed-shot-at-utah-valley-university-speaking-appearance
R: 158 / I: 46
Why is masculinity so important to cishet men?
I see a lot of men on the internet being very concerned and upset about the fact that western society seems to be becoming less masculine and that modern society seems to be losing touch with traditional ideas about masculinity and what it means to be a man. I saw a thread on here where OP was lamenting the fact that leftism is not commonly associated with masculinity and trying to think of ways to make leftist politics more masculine. I'm realizing that a lot of men, namely cisgender heterosexual men, have a very strong emotional attachment to their gender identity and it is very important to them to present as men and exude traditional masculine characteristics in everything they do, to the point where everything they think and perceive is through the lens of masculinity. Even transgender people I have known do not obsess about their gender identity to the level that these cis hetero men do. Why is that? Why is it so important to them?
R: 46 / I: 7
This thread is made to answer this question.
If you don’t live in America it can be your countries President or Prime Minister or whatever the fuck you guys call it.
But you can’t say declare martial law, stage a military coup, or any other unrealistic stuff, you will have to go full Claudia Sheinbaum and run the capitalist country as a Socialist or Communist or whatever the fuck.
My answer is this:
I would try to grow Marxism in the country and on the global stage as much as possible. I must increase the cracks in the capitalist system until it can be shattered. I will expand the welfare state, increase taxes on the rich, decrease military spending, increase public transportation funding, sanction Israel, end the trade embargo’s on Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran, establish closer relations with them and distance the country away from the EU. I would also Nationalize healthcare, the extraction industry, and most grocery stores. I will ban assault weapons, charter schools, and lobbying. I will also no longer recognize Israel and I would pull troops out of Taiwan and South Korea. I would get Ukraine to surrender Crimea and Donetsk and other territories in exchange for peace with Russia just like what is currently seemingly happening although I won’t steal Ukraines minerals. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg, I just hope congress will let me do this but seeing as how they are doing with Trump I could probably fucking nationalize the economy and deport all former CEO’s the a Gulag in El Salvador.
What would you do if you were elected president 🤔
If you were elected president and had to obey the constitution and not do a coup what would you do?This thread is made to answer this question.
If you don’t live in America it can be your countries President or Prime Minister or whatever the fuck you guys call it.
But you can’t say declare martial law, stage a military coup, or any other unrealistic stuff, you will have to go full Claudia Sheinbaum and run the capitalist country as a Socialist or Communist or whatever the fuck.
My answer is this:
I would try to grow Marxism in the country and on the global stage as much as possible. I must increase the cracks in the capitalist system until it can be shattered. I will expand the welfare state, increase taxes on the rich, decrease military spending, increase public transportation funding, sanction Israel, end the trade embargo’s on Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran, establish closer relations with them and distance the country away from the EU. I would also Nationalize healthcare, the extraction industry, and most grocery stores. I will ban assault weapons, charter schools, and lobbying. I will also no longer recognize Israel and I would pull troops out of Taiwan and South Korea. I would get Ukraine to surrender Crimea and Donetsk and other territories in exchange for peace with Russia just like what is currently seemingly happening although I won’t steal Ukraines minerals. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg, I just hope congress will let me do this but seeing as how they are doing with Trump I could probably fucking nationalize the economy and deport all former CEO’s the a Gulag in El Salvador.
R: 92 / I: 11
Is religion a debate around here?
Just wondering what everyone's takes are, personally I believe that state atheism is a necessity and anything short of that is a failure. I've seen some communists online be religious and I truly don't understand how that would work. I don't mean a vague notion of a god, I mean like actual religion following a set of ideas. It doesn't make sense to me so I want to hear you guys' thoughts.
R: 7 / I: 0
"We will not leave our land under any circumstances… None of the medical personnel will to leave either, this is a decision made by the Palestinian Ministry of Health." The demonstration came just hours after Israel issued mass expulsion orders for nearly one million Palestinians ahead of a planned ground offensive on the famine-stricken city. Additionally, the Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it had begun disseminating expulsion orders through audio, text messages and dropping leaflets.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinians-reject-israels-expulsion-orders-and-displacement-gaza-protest
Activists vow to sail on to Gaza despite second drone attack on humanitarian flotilla
In a statement today, the group said that all passengers and crew aboard the British-flagged ship were safe. “This marks the second such attack in two days,” the statement said. “These repeat attacks come during intensified Israeli aggression on Palestinians in Gaza and are an orchestrated attempt to distract and derail our mission. The Global Sumud Flotilla continues undeterred.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/activists-vow-sail-gaza-despite-second-drone-attack-humanitarian-flotilla
Displaced people from Ras Al-Ain protest installing flags of foreign countries and express their rejection of proposal for purchasing their houses and land
Tens of displaced people from Ras Al-Ain city staged a sit-in protest in Washo Kani camp, protests the installation of Turkish and Pakistani flags on governmental institutions in the city. The protestors also expressed their rejection of a Turkish proposal to purchase houses and plots of land belonging to Kurdish civilians who have been forcibly displaced from the city, seeing that this proposal was a blatant violation to their rights and properties.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/369657/
Hundreds Arrested in France at Anti-Austerity 'Block Everything' Protests
On his first full day in office Wednesday, newly appointed French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was greeted with nationwide protests, organized online by the decentralized "Block Everything" movement, with demonstrators condemning the government's austerity measures that they said would likely be continued by the new leader.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/protest-in-france
Almost all German pilots admit to napping during flights in union survey
“Napping has long become the norm in German cockpits,” said Katharina Dieseldorff, the vice-president of the union, which represents 10,000 pilots, cockpit workers and trainees. “What was originally intended as a short-term recovery measure has turned into a permanent answer to structural pressure. “A short nap is not critical in and of itself. But a permanently exhausted cockpit crew is a significant risk.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/about-93-of-pilots-admit-napping-during-flights-in-german-survey
Somaliland recognition for forced transfer of Palestinians? ‘Not worth it’
Human rights advocates from Somaliland have voiced concern that the forced resettlement of Palestinians could “render Somaliland complicit in the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza”, with worries that countries who previously sympathised with Somaliland may potentially “withdrawing their support”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/somaliland-recognition-for-forced-transfer-of-palestinians-not-worth-it
https://archive.ph/C3sgp
Right-wing prime minister installed in Thailand
The BJT was founded in 2008 after a right-wing faction representing the rural bourgeoisie split from the Thai Rak Thai—the forerunner of Pheu Thai led by the multi-billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra. It has consistently aligned itself with military and royalist forces to prop up capitalist rule. It maintains its presence in parliament primarily through networks of brokers, vote buying and construction contracts. Anutin is one of the wealthiest politicians in parliament, with declared assets of more than 4.3 billion baht ($US115 million) that include three private jets, two speed boats and a luxury residence in Bangkok.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/10/omlh-s10.html
Nepalese soldiers impose curfew in attempt to restore order following anti-government protests
The army warned on Tuesday night that security forces were committed to preserving law and order. The military is rarely mobilised in Nepal and troops initially stayed in their barracks while police failed to control the situation. Soldiers fired into the air today after prisoners overpowered police guards and tried to escape from the main jail in the heart of Kathmandu. The prisoners set fire to buildings containing cells and guard houses and broke down the main entrance before pouring into the streets.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nepalese-soldiers-impose-curfew-attempt-restore-order-following-anti-government-protests
Argentina’s Milei reopens ministry, restarts dialogue with opposition after electoral defeat
The administration of Argentina’s President Javier Milei resurrected the country’s interior ministry on Wednesday in a bid to build alliances with opposition governors days after his party lost by a landslide in a key provincial election. It was a rare instance of the radical libertarian outsider prioritizing his political needs over his cost-cutting crusade.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-la-libertad-avanza-peronism-interior-ministry-5bc0fd36da2673b797f816aa22ba885f
Cuba says power slowly returning after nationwide blackout
In Havana, home to 2 million residents, authorities said they were working to start major power plants. This was the fourth time in less than a year that the national grid collapsed. In the past, it has taken two to three days for service to be fully restored. "There has been a total disconnection of the Electric System," the Energy Ministry and National Electric Union said Wednesday morning.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/cuba-says-power-slowly-returning-after-nationwide-blackout-2025-09-10/
News 9/10/25
Palestinians hold Gaza protest against Israeli forced displacement"We will not leave our land under any circumstances… None of the medical personnel will to leave either, this is a decision made by the Palestinian Ministry of Health." The demonstration came just hours after Israel issued mass expulsion orders for nearly one million Palestinians ahead of a planned ground offensive on the famine-stricken city. Additionally, the Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it had begun disseminating expulsion orders through audio, text messages and dropping leaflets.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinians-reject-israels-expulsion-orders-and-displacement-gaza-protest
Activists vow to sail on to Gaza despite second drone attack on humanitarian flotilla
In a statement today, the group said that all passengers and crew aboard the British-flagged ship were safe. “This marks the second such attack in two days,” the statement said. “These repeat attacks come during intensified Israeli aggression on Palestinians in Gaza and are an orchestrated attempt to distract and derail our mission. The Global Sumud Flotilla continues undeterred.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/activists-vow-sail-gaza-despite-second-drone-attack-humanitarian-flotilla
Displaced people from Ras Al-Ain protest installing flags of foreign countries and express their rejection of proposal for purchasing their houses and land
Tens of displaced people from Ras Al-Ain city staged a sit-in protest in Washo Kani camp, protests the installation of Turkish and Pakistani flags on governmental institutions in the city. The protestors also expressed their rejection of a Turkish proposal to purchase houses and plots of land belonging to Kurdish civilians who have been forcibly displaced from the city, seeing that this proposal was a blatant violation to their rights and properties.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/369657/
Hundreds Arrested in France at Anti-Austerity 'Block Everything' Protests
On his first full day in office Wednesday, newly appointed French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was greeted with nationwide protests, organized online by the decentralized "Block Everything" movement, with demonstrators condemning the government's austerity measures that they said would likely be continued by the new leader.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/protest-in-france
Almost all German pilots admit to napping during flights in union survey
“Napping has long become the norm in German cockpits,” said Katharina Dieseldorff, the vice-president of the union, which represents 10,000 pilots, cockpit workers and trainees. “What was originally intended as a short-term recovery measure has turned into a permanent answer to structural pressure. “A short nap is not critical in and of itself. But a permanently exhausted cockpit crew is a significant risk.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/about-93-of-pilots-admit-napping-during-flights-in-german-survey
Somaliland recognition for forced transfer of Palestinians? ‘Not worth it’
Human rights advocates from Somaliland have voiced concern that the forced resettlement of Palestinians could “render Somaliland complicit in the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza”, with worries that countries who previously sympathised with Somaliland may potentially “withdrawing their support”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/somaliland-recognition-for-forced-transfer-of-palestinians-not-worth-it
https://archive.ph/C3sgp
Right-wing prime minister installed in Thailand
The BJT was founded in 2008 after a right-wing faction representing the rural bourgeoisie split from the Thai Rak Thai—the forerunner of Pheu Thai led by the multi-billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra. It has consistently aligned itself with military and royalist forces to prop up capitalist rule. It maintains its presence in parliament primarily through networks of brokers, vote buying and construction contracts. Anutin is one of the wealthiest politicians in parliament, with declared assets of more than 4.3 billion baht ($US115 million) that include three private jets, two speed boats and a luxury residence in Bangkok.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/10/omlh-s10.html
Nepalese soldiers impose curfew in attempt to restore order following anti-government protests
The army warned on Tuesday night that security forces were committed to preserving law and order. The military is rarely mobilised in Nepal and troops initially stayed in their barracks while police failed to control the situation. Soldiers fired into the air today after prisoners overpowered police guards and tried to escape from the main jail in the heart of Kathmandu. The prisoners set fire to buildings containing cells and guard houses and broke down the main entrance before pouring into the streets.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nepalese-soldiers-impose-curfew-attempt-restore-order-following-anti-government-protests
Argentina’s Milei reopens ministry, restarts dialogue with opposition after electoral defeat
The administration of Argentina’s President Javier Milei resurrected the country’s interior ministry on Wednesday in a bid to build alliances with opposition governors days after his party lost by a landslide in a key provincial election. It was a rare instance of the radical libertarian outsider prioritizing his political needs over his cost-cutting crusade.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-la-libertad-avanza-peronism-interior-ministry-5bc0fd36da2673b797f816aa22ba885f
Cuba says power slowly returning after nationwide blackout
In Havana, home to 2 million residents, authorities said they were working to start major power plants. This was the fourth time in less than a year that the national grid collapsed. In the past, it has taken two to three days for service to be fully restored. "There has been a total disconnection of the Electric System," the Energy Ministry and National Electric Union said Wednesday morning.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/cuba-says-power-slowly-returning-after-nationwide-blackout-2025-09-10/
R: 691 / I: 241 (full)
<Charlie Murk'd Edition
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It seems the days of collaboration and support between different political groups in the west seems to have almost completely fizzled out. Back in the early 1900s up until like 2020, gays, women, blacks, asians, latinos, communists, anarchists, jews, muslims etc would generally all vote to support each other in the west despite not having much in common besides the fact that all these groups were more or less underground and wanting more institutional power, but with the bourgeoise in the modern day figuring this out and turning everyone against each other, plus these groups have all evolved and articulated themselves to the point of clearly understanding whats needed for their groups to thrive where they are actually naturally separating from each other and competing with each other just as a predictable conclusion. And the effects of this are obvious, blacks hate whites en masse, jews hate muslims and vice versa, women arnt having kids anymore (and this is affecting literally all subgroups) and so on. I know Marx and Lenin argued that the primary division in society is class, not identity but how long can one keep their head in the sand and pretend like were living in 1920 or whatever when groups were atleast willing to collab back then!
>tldr
Its just to old fashioned to try and force all these competing groups in a room to get along, it makes more logistical sense to focus on creating a communist society for 1 subgroup of people only like china or DPRK or whatever
It seems the days of collaboration and support between different political groups in the west seems to have almost completely fizzled out. Back in the early 1900s up until like 2020, gays, women, blacks, asians, latinos, communists, anarchists, jews, muslims etc would generally all vote to support each other in the west despite not having much in common besides the fact that all these groups were more or less underground and wanting more institutional power, but with the bourgeoise in the modern day figuring this out and turning everyone against each other, plus these groups have all evolved and articulated themselves to the point of clearly understanding whats needed for their groups to thrive where they are actually naturally separating from each other and competing with each other just as a predictable conclusion. And the effects of this are obvious, blacks hate whites en masse, jews hate muslims and vice versa, women arnt having kids anymore (and this is affecting literally all subgroups) and so on. I know Marx and Lenin argued that the primary division in society is class, not identity but how long can one keep their head in the sand and pretend like were living in 1920 or whatever when groups were atleast willing to collab back then!
>tldr
Its just to old fashioned to try and force all these competing groups in a room to get along, it makes more logistical sense to focus on creating a communist society for 1 subgroup of people only like china or DPRK or whatever
R: 40 / I: 15
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/29/protests-clashes-indonesia-jakarta-police-vehicle-death-affan-kurniawan
>Hundreds of Indonesians have protested at sites across Jakarta over the death of a man hit by a police vehicle, in the first big test for Prabowo Subianto’s nearly year-old government.
>The man, a motorcycle ride-sharing driver, was hit at the site of violent clashes near parliament on Thursday as police sought to disperse demonstrators protesting about a number of issues including lawmakers’ pay and education funding.
>The protests on Friday afternoon in the capital of south-east Asia’s largest economy prompted a number of schools to close early, and banks and businesses to ask employees to work from home. The military was deployed in some areas, footage broadcast by local media showed.
>Drivers, students and Indonesians from other walks of life gathered outside the country’s parliament and police headquarters in Jakarta to protest on Friday, throwing rocks at the gates and chanting: “Killer. Killer.”
>One of the protesters, Pendi Nasir, a 43-year-old motorcycle driver, called for the police to conduct a transparent investigation into the death of the driver, Affan Kurniawan. “We don’t want our colleagues here to become victims of this riot again,” he told Reuters, urging action against those at fault.
Indonesian protests 2025
Since February, there has been protests in many cities in Indonesia. They have flared up now due to police brutality.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/29/protests-clashes-indonesia-jakarta-police-vehicle-death-affan-kurniawan
>Hundreds of Indonesians have protested at sites across Jakarta over the death of a man hit by a police vehicle, in the first big test for Prabowo Subianto’s nearly year-old government.
>The man, a motorcycle ride-sharing driver, was hit at the site of violent clashes near parliament on Thursday as police sought to disperse demonstrators protesting about a number of issues including lawmakers’ pay and education funding.
>The protests on Friday afternoon in the capital of south-east Asia’s largest economy prompted a number of schools to close early, and banks and businesses to ask employees to work from home. The military was deployed in some areas, footage broadcast by local media showed.
>Drivers, students and Indonesians from other walks of life gathered outside the country’s parliament and police headquarters in Jakarta to protest on Friday, throwing rocks at the gates and chanting: “Killer. Killer.”
>One of the protesters, Pendi Nasir, a 43-year-old motorcycle driver, called for the police to conduct a transparent investigation into the death of the driver, Affan Kurniawan. “We don’t want our colleagues here to become victims of this riot again,” he told Reuters, urging action against those at fault.
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> In Kragujevac, where the new electric Panda is expected to be built, the Italian-French multinational has established a system of exploitation that puts the worst colonial practices to shame. Unable to find Serbs willing to work for 600 euros a month with mandatory overtime, even on Saturdays, Stellantis has decided to import 800 workers from Nepal and Morocco. A "solution" that confirms the ruthless logic of those who consider workers interchangeable cannon fodder.
> The paradox is chilling: in a city with 9,000 unemployed, the company prefers to have workers travel from thousands of kilometers away rather than pay them living wages. Moroccan workers are crammed five or six to an apartment, treated like beasts of burden with starvation wages disguised as "travel allowances." Meanwhile, Italian workers temporarily sent to Serbia earn 140 euros a day, four times more than imported slaves.
> But the real shame is the complicity of governments. The Serbian state owns a third of the plant but does not lift a finger to impose decent wages. In Italy, after pocketing €6.3 billion in public loans that were used as dividends, Stellantis continues to blackmail workers with forced transfers instead of reviving domestic production.
> It is the ultimate industrial betrayal: a company that presents itself as a champion of electrical innovation while practicing wage dumping worthy of the 19th century.
> Tavares and Elkann toast profits while turning Europe into a vast forced labor camp.
Source: https://x.com/Frenkie_Woody/status/1964913187066708177
The Crimes of Stellantis
> While the top brass share record profits and skyrocketing raises, one of the most shameful chapters of modern capitalism is unfolding in Serbia.> In Kragujevac, where the new electric Panda is expected to be built, the Italian-French multinational has established a system of exploitation that puts the worst colonial practices to shame. Unable to find Serbs willing to work for 600 euros a month with mandatory overtime, even on Saturdays, Stellantis has decided to import 800 workers from Nepal and Morocco. A "solution" that confirms the ruthless logic of those who consider workers interchangeable cannon fodder.
> The paradox is chilling: in a city with 9,000 unemployed, the company prefers to have workers travel from thousands of kilometers away rather than pay them living wages. Moroccan workers are crammed five or six to an apartment, treated like beasts of burden with starvation wages disguised as "travel allowances." Meanwhile, Italian workers temporarily sent to Serbia earn 140 euros a day, four times more than imported slaves.
> But the real shame is the complicity of governments. The Serbian state owns a third of the plant but does not lift a finger to impose decent wages. In Italy, after pocketing €6.3 billion in public loans that were used as dividends, Stellantis continues to blackmail workers with forced transfers instead of reviving domestic production.
> It is the ultimate industrial betrayal: a company that presents itself as a champion of electrical innovation while practicing wage dumping worthy of the 19th century.
> Tavares and Elkann toast profits while turning Europe into a vast forced labor camp.
Source: https://x.com/Frenkie_Woody/status/1964913187066708177
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everyone with half a brain knows the mere idea of "proletarian nationalism" makes no sense yet tons of people believe you can have "proletarian feminism". a communist movement that tries to unite proletarian women with the rest of the class isnt really proletarian feminism, because its focused on class interests, not womens interests
if you really care about womens liberation, you need to explain why their goals cant be fully achieved under the current system and point out the directions they might be going wrong. for example, things like the hijab wont really change unless there are major shifts in womens economic, social, and political conditions in those regions, but its still under the scope of capitalism. the bigger point is that if the goal is to end class society, the focus has to be on class itself. womens issues should be understood through the lens of class they reflect class interests and can help unite the proletariat. treating women as a separate unified category just creates divisions that work against class. women exist across all classes, and their interests are shaped by both class and gender. you cant lump them all together under one banner for a struggle that might go against their own class interests. thats why feminism as a movement is basically ineffective. again you could call it "proletarian feminism" but women workers act in unity with the rest of the class not for unity of women, its not about women as women, it’s about class. in the end its a class movement not a feminist one
the full emancipation of women would come from ending class society itself, but it wouldnt really be a feminist movement because its not about women as women
everyone with half a brain knows the mere idea of "proletarian nationalism" makes no sense yet tons of people believe you can have "proletarian feminism". a communist movement that tries to unite proletarian women with the rest of the class isnt really proletarian feminism, because its focused on class interests, not womens interests
if you really care about womens liberation, you need to explain why their goals cant be fully achieved under the current system and point out the directions they might be going wrong. for example, things like the hijab wont really change unless there are major shifts in womens economic, social, and political conditions in those regions, but its still under the scope of capitalism. the bigger point is that if the goal is to end class society, the focus has to be on class itself. womens issues should be understood through the lens of class they reflect class interests and can help unite the proletariat. treating women as a separate unified category just creates divisions that work against class. women exist across all classes, and their interests are shaped by both class and gender. you cant lump them all together under one banner for a struggle that might go against their own class interests. thats why feminism as a movement is basically ineffective. again you could call it "proletarian feminism" but women workers act in unity with the rest of the class not for unity of women, its not about women as women, it’s about class. in the end its a class movement not a feminist one
the full emancipation of women would come from ending class society itself, but it wouldnt really be a feminist movement because its not about women as women
R: 20 / I: 4
>Kyle Joekel - 2 eliminated (Louisiana - 2012)
>Chris Dorner - 3 eliminated (California - 2013)
>Tamerlan/Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - 2 eliminated (Massachusetts - 2013)
>Eric Frein - 1 eliminated (Pennsylvania - 2013)
>Jerad/Amanda Miller - 3 eliminated (Nevada - 2014)
>Ismaaiyl Brinsley - 2 eliminated (New York - 2014)
>Micah Xavier Johnson - 5 eliminated (Texas - 2016)
>Gavin Eugene Long - 4 eliminated (Louisiana - 2016)
>Scott Michael Greene - 2 eliminated (Iowa - 2016)
>Matthew Riehl - 1 eliminated (Colorado - 2017)
>Fred Hopkins - 2 eliminated (South Carolina - 2018)
>Steven Carrillo - 2 eliminated (California - 2020)
>Lance Storz - 3 eliminated (Kentucky - 2022)
Their sacrifice never forgotten.
#ACAB
Commemorate those who fought neoliberalism ITT.>Kyle Joekel - 2 eliminated (Louisiana - 2012)
>Chris Dorner - 3 eliminated (California - 2013)
>Tamerlan/Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - 2 eliminated (Massachusetts - 2013)
>Eric Frein - 1 eliminated (Pennsylvania - 2013)
>Jerad/Amanda Miller - 3 eliminated (Nevada - 2014)
>Ismaaiyl Brinsley - 2 eliminated (New York - 2014)
>Micah Xavier Johnson - 5 eliminated (Texas - 2016)
>Gavin Eugene Long - 4 eliminated (Louisiana - 2016)
>Scott Michael Greene - 2 eliminated (Iowa - 2016)
>Matthew Riehl - 1 eliminated (Colorado - 2017)
>Fred Hopkins - 2 eliminated (South Carolina - 2018)
>Steven Carrillo - 2 eliminated (California - 2020)
>Lance Storz - 3 eliminated (Kentucky - 2022)
Their sacrifice never forgotten.
R: 46 / I: 5
If you somehow didn’t know, Lenin was not buried and his corpse was mummified and it has been on display for 100 years by now. Everyone on the right wants him buried and on the left the answers are mixed.
Here is my personal opinion on the matter:
I don’t think he should be buried because he’s not dead yet, he’s just resting for a bit. All jokes aside I do think he should be buried, now normally I wouldn’t but since he personally didn’t want to be embalmed I think we should respect his wishes and burry him next to his mother like he wanted, it was Stalin who did this to him, Lenin’s wife and siblings begged him not to do this but Stalin being the Tankie he was did anyways.
Also his corpse is getting disgusting, I hear that every few months that have to soak him in bleach because black spots keep growing on bro’s skin.
Should Vladimir Lenin be buried?
Should the embalmed corpse of Vladimir Lenin be buried? Give your thoughts below.If you somehow didn’t know, Lenin was not buried and his corpse was mummified and it has been on display for 100 years by now. Everyone on the right wants him buried and on the left the answers are mixed.
Here is my personal opinion on the matter:
I don’t think he should be buried because he’s not dead yet, he’s just resting for a bit. All jokes aside I do think he should be buried, now normally I wouldn’t but since he personally didn’t want to be embalmed I think we should respect his wishes and burry him next to his mother like he wanted, it was Stalin who did this to him, Lenin’s wife and siblings begged him not to do this but Stalin being the Tankie he was did anyways.
Also his corpse is getting disgusting, I hear that every few months that have to soak him in bleach because black spots keep growing on bro’s skin.
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My vote goes to Harry Truman without a doubt.
>Dropped nuclear bombs on Japan, not to secure a victory, but to try to force a Japanese surrender before the Soviet Union could invade Manchuria. He deliberately removed the Soviet signature from the Potsdam declaration to prolong the war in order to remove the USSR from the victors against Japan, but the nukes didnt even work and Japan only surrendered after the USSR invaded anyway.
>Architect of Cold War containment
>Created NATO
>Cut ties with China and backed Taiwan
>Created the CIA
>Created NSA
>Required federal employees to demonstrate their loyalty to the United States
>Thousands of investigations and dismissals of suspected communists
>Criminalized advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government and was used against Communist Party members
>Korean War, including firebombing of North Korea killing millions, and he contemplated use of nukes during the Korean War
>Recognized Israel in 1948
>1949 Syrian coup
>1948 Italy election interference, gave money to anti-communist parties
>Public Law 280 transferred legal jurisdiction over tribal lands to states
>House Concurrent Resolution 108 identified tribes for termination
I fucking hate this man
Worst USA president
Okay, okay, there isn't really any good presidents, but all of them were bad in some way. Who was the absolute worst?My vote goes to Harry Truman without a doubt.
>Dropped nuclear bombs on Japan, not to secure a victory, but to try to force a Japanese surrender before the Soviet Union could invade Manchuria. He deliberately removed the Soviet signature from the Potsdam declaration to prolong the war in order to remove the USSR from the victors against Japan, but the nukes didnt even work and Japan only surrendered after the USSR invaded anyway.
>Architect of Cold War containment
>Created NATO
>Cut ties with China and backed Taiwan
>Created the CIA
>Created NSA
>Required federal employees to demonstrate their loyalty to the United States
>Thousands of investigations and dismissals of suspected communists
>Criminalized advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government and was used against Communist Party members
>Korean War, including firebombing of North Korea killing millions, and he contemplated use of nukes during the Korean War
>Recognized Israel in 1948
>1949 Syrian coup
>1948 Italy election interference, gave money to anti-communist parties
>Public Law 280 transferred legal jurisdiction over tribal lands to states
>House Concurrent Resolution 108 identified tribes for termination
I fucking hate this man
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>Palestine Action - a group started in 2020 in the United Kingdom - is known for its direct action protests targeting Israeli-owned and linked arms firms, including Elbit Systems. The group was proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government in July, however the appearance of a German wing of the group is a new development, with its X profile being created in September.
>"BREAKING: Palestine Action Germany break into Elbit Systems' weapons factory in Ulm, to dismantle the tools used to commit genocide in Gaza," read a tweet from the account "palactionde", which is the first and only post from the account.
>"The Ulm factory, owned by Israel's biggest weapons producer, makes military drone equipment and target acquisition software."
>A video accompanying the post appears to show several members of the group breaking into an office building and destroying equipment, including computer hardware and furniture.
>The activists also seem to ransack documents in the office, leaving them strewn across the office floor.
>One member of the group is seen spraypainting "Baby Killer" on a desk and on a wall, likely referring to Israel's killing of thousands of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
Palestine Action Germany break into Israeli Elbit arms firm in Ulm
>A group calling itself 'Palestine Action Germany' claimed on Monday to have broken into the offices of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit in Ulm, southern Germany.>Palestine Action - a group started in 2020 in the United Kingdom - is known for its direct action protests targeting Israeli-owned and linked arms firms, including Elbit Systems. The group was proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government in July, however the appearance of a German wing of the group is a new development, with its X profile being created in September.
>"BREAKING: Palestine Action Germany break into Elbit Systems' weapons factory in Ulm, to dismantle the tools used to commit genocide in Gaza," read a tweet from the account "palactionde", which is the first and only post from the account.
>"The Ulm factory, owned by Israel's biggest weapons producer, makes military drone equipment and target acquisition software."
>A video accompanying the post appears to show several members of the group breaking into an office building and destroying equipment, including computer hardware and furniture.
>The activists also seem to ransack documents in the office, leaving them strewn across the office floor.
>One member of the group is seen spraypainting "Baby Killer" on a desk and on a wall, likely referring to Israel's killing of thousands of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
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Political implications of more Americans converting to Catholicism?
The American right was heavily associated with Evangelical idpol for the past 50 years. They became the cultural backbone of the GOP from the 80s to the late 2000s. Now it appears like a huge number of former Evangelicals are converting to Catholicism. I even know some ex-Mormons who are Catholic now.
At the same time, it seems like leftists are embracing Catholicism too. Remember when everyone was convinced Pope Francis was a secret socialist? Jacobin mag goes out of their way with appealing to Catholics as well (every other article of theirs is something along the lines of: “Move over pink-haired bipolar feminist queers, here’s why the Catholic Church are the REAL socialists!”). People like Dorothy Day are propped up even though her actual contributions to the American left were minimal and symbolic at best (the Catholic Worker also referred to the priests killed by /ourguys/ in Catalonia as “martyrs” which is disgusting). Not to mention, the Jacobin crowd seems very big on appealing to right-wing Catholic sentiments like complaining about birthrates being too low and proposing Bernie-style policies like universal healthcare to “fix” it, as if low birthrates are a problem to begin with.
But anyway, if Catholicism becomes a major cultural force in America in the next few years how do you see it affecting the political landscape?
Political implications of more Americans converting to Catholicism?
The American right was heavily associated with Evangelical idpol for the past 50 years. They became the cultural backbone of the GOP from the 80s to the late 2000s. Now it appears like a huge number of former Evangelicals are converting to Catholicism. I even know some ex-Mormons who are Catholic now.
At the same time, it seems like leftists are embracing Catholicism too. Remember when everyone was convinced Pope Francis was a secret socialist? Jacobin mag goes out of their way with appealing to Catholics as well (every other article of theirs is something along the lines of: “Move over pink-haired bipolar feminist queers, here’s why the Catholic Church are the REAL socialists!”). People like Dorothy Day are propped up even though her actual contributions to the American left were minimal and symbolic at best (the Catholic Worker also referred to the priests killed by /ourguys/ in Catalonia as “martyrs” which is disgusting). Not to mention, the Jacobin crowd seems very big on appealing to right-wing Catholic sentiments like complaining about birthrates being too low and proposing Bernie-style policies like universal healthcare to “fix” it, as if low birthrates are a problem to begin with.
But anyway, if Catholicism becomes a major cultural force in America in the next few years how do you see it affecting the political landscape?
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Local reports and videos shared on social media showed rioters attacking residences of the top political leaders in and around Kathmandu and also the headquarters of Mr Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist–Leninist. A curfew was imposed in the capital and other cities and schools in Kathmandu were closed. Among the houses torched were those of Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, President Ram Chandra Poudel, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A private school owned by Mr Deuba’s wife Arzu Deuba Rana, the current foreign minister, was also set on fire.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nepals-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests
Silent Push-Out: Courts, States & Deportation of Bengali-Speaking Muslims
Since May 2025, India has seen a disturbing rise in what human rights groups call “illegal deportations” or “push-out” — forced expulsions of Bengali-speaking Muslims to Bangladesh. The people targeted are largely poor migrant workers from West Bengal who moved to cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, and Ahmedabad in search of jobs. Families say that men and women are being suddenly picked up in raids, flown or bused to Assam, and then coerced across unguarded sections of the border by the Border Security Force (BSF).
https://www.newsclick.in/silent-push-out-courts-states-deportation-bengali-speaking-muslims
Manipur Naga body to enforce 'trade embargo' to protest against fencing of India-Myanmar border, scrapping FMR
In a memorandum submitted to Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the UNC had stated that Nagas living across the border shared all ties with the Nagas on this side of the border in terms of socio-economic, cultural, religious, land matters etc. “These bonds predate the colonial demarcation of boundaries and are integral to our identity, traditions, and way of life. As such, abrupt abrogation of FMR and construction of physical border fencing…have adversely impacted and disrupted the natural flow of community and familial interdependent relationship…” the memorandum said.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Sep/08/manipur-naga-body-to-enforce-trade-embargo-to-protest-against-fencing-of-india-myanmar-border-scrapping-fmr
https://archive.ph/CiIW3
Trump 'blessed' Israeli strikes on Qatar, sources say
Both regional and US officials said the US was notified of the attack in advance. The White House later confirmed on Tuesday that it was notified beforehand of the Israeli attack. The White House said that Trump believes Israel's strike on Hamas targets in Qatar was unfortunate and he directed his top envoy, Steve Witkoff, to warn Qatar that the attack was incoming. “The president views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States, and feels very badly about the location of this attack,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, reading from a statement.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-blessed-israeli-strike-qatar-sources-say
'Shameful attack': Israel suspected of drone strike on Gaza aid boat in Tunisia
One of the crew members told reporters on Tuesday that he saw a drone three or four metres above his head before it struck the boat. "This was a shameful attack," he said at a press conference in Tunis. Tunisian authorities earlier called suggestions that a drone had caused the fire "completely unfounded" and claimed that it had been caused by a cigarette or a lighter.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-suspected-drone-strike-gaza-aid-boat-tunisia
Ethiopia inaugurates GERD dam amid downstream tensions with Egypt, Sudan
Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project continues to sow dismay with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has hailed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as a “shared opportunity” for the region that is expected to generate more than 5,000 megaWatts of power and allow surplus electricity to be exported.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/9/ethiopia-inaugurates-gerd-dam-amid-downstream-tensions-with-egypt-sudan
https://archive.ph/0vIpV
Majority in EU’s biggest states believes bloc ‘sold out’ in US tariff deal, poll finds
Almost 70% said they would be willing to boycott US goods over the terms of the deal; 44% considered Trump “an enemy of Europe”; 47% felt he had “autocratic tendencies”; and 36% said he “behaves like a dictator”. More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they were very or fairly dissatisfied with the EU’s approach to the Trump administration, with almost 40% saying they felt the bloc should stand up and oppose the whims of the US president.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/majority-in-eu-biggest-states-believes-bloc-sold-out-in-us-tariff-deal-poll-donald-trump
France: Macron taps Lecornu as new prime minister
Once a member of the center-right Republicans, Lecornu joined Macron's centrist movement in 2017 and led the president's re-election campaign in 2022. Macron has directed Lecornu "to consult the political forces represented in parliament with a view to adopting a budget for the nation and making the agreements essential for the decisions of the coming months," the Elysee announced.
https://www.dw.com/en/france-macron-taps-defense-minister-lecornu-as-new-prime-minister/a-73935464
https://archive.ph/OSb1z
'We are refusing this complicity and are committed to breaking the loop of military colonialism'
More than 500 people blockaded the gate to Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) as it opened its doors yesterday morning, according to coalition organisers Shut DSEI Down. The giant arms extravaganza, running at the ExCeL Centre in Newham until Friday, is expected to welcome 45,000 visitors.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-are-refusing-complicity-and-are-committed-breaking-loop-military-colonialism
Norway's Labour PM wins legislative elections, holds off populist surge
Norway’s Labour Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store declared victory in Monday’s legislative elections, fending off a challenge from the populist right. The anti-immigration Progress Party secured its strongest showing on record, reflecting a broader shift in the political landscape but falling short of overtaking Store’s Labour-led coalition.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250908-norway-labour-victory-legislative-elections
https://archive.ph/jHpy9
News 9/9/25
Nepal's prime minister resigns amid protestsLocal reports and videos shared on social media showed rioters attacking residences of the top political leaders in and around Kathmandu and also the headquarters of Mr Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist–Leninist. A curfew was imposed in the capital and other cities and schools in Kathmandu were closed. Among the houses torched were those of Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, President Ram Chandra Poudel, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A private school owned by Mr Deuba’s wife Arzu Deuba Rana, the current foreign minister, was also set on fire.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nepals-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests
Silent Push-Out: Courts, States & Deportation of Bengali-Speaking Muslims
Since May 2025, India has seen a disturbing rise in what human rights groups call “illegal deportations” or “push-out” — forced expulsions of Bengali-speaking Muslims to Bangladesh. The people targeted are largely poor migrant workers from West Bengal who moved to cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, and Ahmedabad in search of jobs. Families say that men and women are being suddenly picked up in raids, flown or bused to Assam, and then coerced across unguarded sections of the border by the Border Security Force (BSF).
https://www.newsclick.in/silent-push-out-courts-states-deportation-bengali-speaking-muslims
Manipur Naga body to enforce 'trade embargo' to protest against fencing of India-Myanmar border, scrapping FMR
In a memorandum submitted to Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the UNC had stated that Nagas living across the border shared all ties with the Nagas on this side of the border in terms of socio-economic, cultural, religious, land matters etc. “These bonds predate the colonial demarcation of boundaries and are integral to our identity, traditions, and way of life. As such, abrupt abrogation of FMR and construction of physical border fencing…have adversely impacted and disrupted the natural flow of community and familial interdependent relationship…” the memorandum said.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Sep/08/manipur-naga-body-to-enforce-trade-embargo-to-protest-against-fencing-of-india-myanmar-border-scrapping-fmr
https://archive.ph/CiIW3
Trump 'blessed' Israeli strikes on Qatar, sources say
Both regional and US officials said the US was notified of the attack in advance. The White House later confirmed on Tuesday that it was notified beforehand of the Israeli attack. The White House said that Trump believes Israel's strike on Hamas targets in Qatar was unfortunate and he directed his top envoy, Steve Witkoff, to warn Qatar that the attack was incoming. “The president views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States, and feels very badly about the location of this attack,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, reading from a statement.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-blessed-israeli-strike-qatar-sources-say
'Shameful attack': Israel suspected of drone strike on Gaza aid boat in Tunisia
One of the crew members told reporters on Tuesday that he saw a drone three or four metres above his head before it struck the boat. "This was a shameful attack," he said at a press conference in Tunis. Tunisian authorities earlier called suggestions that a drone had caused the fire "completely unfounded" and claimed that it had been caused by a cigarette or a lighter.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-suspected-drone-strike-gaza-aid-boat-tunisia
Ethiopia inaugurates GERD dam amid downstream tensions with Egypt, Sudan
Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project continues to sow dismay with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has hailed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as a “shared opportunity” for the region that is expected to generate more than 5,000 megaWatts of power and allow surplus electricity to be exported.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/9/ethiopia-inaugurates-gerd-dam-amid-downstream-tensions-with-egypt-sudan
https://archive.ph/0vIpV
Majority in EU’s biggest states believes bloc ‘sold out’ in US tariff deal, poll finds
Almost 70% said they would be willing to boycott US goods over the terms of the deal; 44% considered Trump “an enemy of Europe”; 47% felt he had “autocratic tendencies”; and 36% said he “behaves like a dictator”. More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they were very or fairly dissatisfied with the EU’s approach to the Trump administration, with almost 40% saying they felt the bloc should stand up and oppose the whims of the US president.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/majority-in-eu-biggest-states-believes-bloc-sold-out-in-us-tariff-deal-poll-donald-trump
France: Macron taps Lecornu as new prime minister
Once a member of the center-right Republicans, Lecornu joined Macron's centrist movement in 2017 and led the president's re-election campaign in 2022. Macron has directed Lecornu "to consult the political forces represented in parliament with a view to adopting a budget for the nation and making the agreements essential for the decisions of the coming months," the Elysee announced.
https://www.dw.com/en/france-macron-taps-defense-minister-lecornu-as-new-prime-minister/a-73935464
https://archive.ph/OSb1z
'We are refusing this complicity and are committed to breaking the loop of military colonialism'
More than 500 people blockaded the gate to Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) as it opened its doors yesterday morning, according to coalition organisers Shut DSEI Down. The giant arms extravaganza, running at the ExCeL Centre in Newham until Friday, is expected to welcome 45,000 visitors.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-are-refusing-complicity-and-are-committed-breaking-loop-military-colonialism
Norway's Labour PM wins legislative elections, holds off populist surge
Norway’s Labour Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store declared victory in Monday’s legislative elections, fending off a challenge from the populist right. The anti-immigration Progress Party secured its strongest showing on record, reflecting a broader shift in the political landscape but falling short of overtaking Store’s Labour-led coalition.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250908-norway-labour-victory-legislative-elections
https://archive.ph/jHpy9
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I am an atheist, but think it would enourmously benefit humanity on a superstructural level (and in turn, non-negligibly benefit humanity a material level) if, after Italian People's Socialist Republic annexes Vatican over the course of the world revolution, instead of trying to abolish the Catholic Church, we push our guy into the position of the Pope (Soviet Union had ultimately succeded in this with the head of Russian Orthodox Churh, even if only under Brezhnev) and get him to do these:
1)Use papal infallibility to officially condemn "Augustinian heresy" of every single person being automatically guilty of Adam's sin from birth and deserving of Hell. Proclaim that Augustine was posessed by demon hiding inside him since his Manichean phase when he had mistranslated Romans 5:12 to say that. Also condemn as part of Augustinian heresy the notion of Hell as Eternal Conscious Torment rather than… Yahweh's cosmic trash recycling plant where He destroys broken souls, perhaps even salvaging from them the bits and remains of His image for later re-use or something.
2)Use the papal infallibilty once more to proclaim that the End Times described in the Book of Revelations are largely the prophecy for the Second Temple's destruction in 70 AD in specific and the persecutions of Jews and early Christians by certain Roman emperors in general, and thus there are no "Antichirst 666 global dystopia" or Rapture awaiting humanity in the future whatsoever. The only prophecy from Revelations that is yet to happen is the second coming of Jesus for the Last Judgement after a millenium of global prosperity (which is a type of partial preterist postmilleniarism AFAIU)
3) Reinstate Holy Inquisition, but only againt those who would be against 1) and 2), especially against Evangelicals and Jehovah's Witnesses
I am an atheist, but think it would enourmously benefit humanity on a superstructural level (and in turn, non-negligibly benefit humanity a material level) if, after Italian People's Socialist Republic annexes Vatican over the course of the world revolution, instead of trying to abolish the Catholic Church, we push our guy into the position of the Pope (Soviet Union had ultimately succeded in this with the head of Russian Orthodox Churh, even if only under Brezhnev) and get him to do these:
1)Use papal infallibility to officially condemn "Augustinian heresy" of every single person being automatically guilty of Adam's sin from birth and deserving of Hell. Proclaim that Augustine was posessed by demon hiding inside him since his Manichean phase when he had mistranslated Romans 5:12 to say that. Also condemn as part of Augustinian heresy the notion of Hell as Eternal Conscious Torment rather than… Yahweh's cosmic trash recycling plant where He destroys broken souls, perhaps even salvaging from them the bits and remains of His image for later re-use or something.
2)Use the papal infallibilty once more to proclaim that the End Times described in the Book of Revelations are largely the prophecy for the Second Temple's destruction in 70 AD in specific and the persecutions of Jews and early Christians by certain Roman emperors in general, and thus there are no "Antichirst 666 global dystopia" or Rapture awaiting humanity in the future whatsoever. The only prophecy from Revelations that is yet to happen is the second coming of Jesus for the Last Judgement after a millenium of global prosperity (which is a type of partial preterist postmilleniarism AFAIU)
3) Reinstate Holy Inquisition, but only againt those who would be against 1) and 2), especially against Evangelicals and Jehovah's Witnesses
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Essentially, after Macron chose to start early legislatives elections in 2024, the French national assembly has been divided in 3 main blocs, the NFP, a coalition of parties affiliated to the left, the Presidential camp, who allied themselves with the hard right republican party and the RN, the main far right party
with the NFP having come first in the elections, Macron was supposed to chose a prime minister of their desires, but he didn't do that, instead choosing Michel Barnier to lead a center-right government. Barnier's government became the shortest lived government of the 5th republic. Macron replaced him with Bayrou who started yet another centrist government. Essentially, Bayrou's government was riddled with scandals, the major one being his coverup of child rape in a private catholic school when he was minister of the education, but the main reason he's going down is his budget for 2026, where he intended to make major cuts in the economy, such as removing certain holidays like VE day, and other ultraliberal policies. He did chose to let the national assembly vote in their confidence in him, the left wing parties and the far right both agreed that they would vote against him, and even 2/3 of the republican party promised they'd vote against him. So it's extremely likely he gets fired this evening.
Now, once he gets fired Macron has 3 main options
-Continue as he has done previously, put another centrist guy in power, and hope he doesn't get fired again
-Find an agreement with the left or the far right, now, in the left, there is the PS who have often been favorable to Barnier and Bayrou, going against the grain of their allies in the NFP, a united coalition from PS to Republican doesn't have an absolute majority, but it's fairly close, such a government could be sustainable.
- He can dissolve again and hope for a solution there, but it's unlikely to yield any favorable results for him, as Bayrou is very unpopular, and he is less likely to benefit from leftists voting for him as the lesser evil.
Fall of the Bayrou Regime
François Bayrou's government is probably going to fall this evening.Essentially, after Macron chose to start early legislatives elections in 2024, the French national assembly has been divided in 3 main blocs, the NFP, a coalition of parties affiliated to the left, the Presidential camp, who allied themselves with the hard right republican party and the RN, the main far right party
with the NFP having come first in the elections, Macron was supposed to chose a prime minister of their desires, but he didn't do that, instead choosing Michel Barnier to lead a center-right government. Barnier's government became the shortest lived government of the 5th republic. Macron replaced him with Bayrou who started yet another centrist government. Essentially, Bayrou's government was riddled with scandals, the major one being his coverup of child rape in a private catholic school when he was minister of the education, but the main reason he's going down is his budget for 2026, where he intended to make major cuts in the economy, such as removing certain holidays like VE day, and other ultraliberal policies. He did chose to let the national assembly vote in their confidence in him, the left wing parties and the far right both agreed that they would vote against him, and even 2/3 of the republican party promised they'd vote against him. So it's extremely likely he gets fired this evening.
Now, once he gets fired Macron has 3 main options
-Continue as he has done previously, put another centrist guy in power, and hope he doesn't get fired again
-Find an agreement with the left or the far right, now, in the left, there is the PS who have often been favorable to Barnier and Bayrou, going against the grain of their allies in the NFP, a united coalition from PS to Republican doesn't have an absolute majority, but it's fairly close, such a government could be sustainable.
- He can dissolve again and hope for a solution there, but it's unlikely to yield any favorable results for him, as Bayrou is very unpopular, and he is less likely to benefit from leftists voting for him as the lesser evil.
R: 21 / I: 3
Inspired by Hans Delbrück, Ishiwara proposed that there are two types of war: protracted and decisive. Japan must unify Asia under its leadership, in preparation for a protracted war with the West under American leadership. He also hoped that an intervention of Manchuria would awaken Japan to its historical mission. He expected that before the final war, Japan would fight a war with America over who can control China, and Japan would prevail.[5]
Ishiwara felt that the period of world conflict was fast approaching, and Japan, relying upon its vision of the kokutai and its sacred mission to "liberate" China, would lead a unified East Asia to defeat the West.[6] He claimed "Japan must be victorious, not for the sake of her own national interest, but for the salvation of the world."[7]
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Inspired by Hans Delbrück, Ishiwara proposed that there are two types of war: protracted and decisive. Japan must unify Asia under its leadership, in preparation for a protracted war with the West under American leadership. He also hoped that an intervention of Manchuria would awaken Japan to its historical mission. He expected that before the final war, Japan would fight a war with America over who can control China, and Japan would prevail.[5]
Ishiwara felt that the period of world conflict was fast approaching, and Japan, relying upon its vision of the kokutai and its sacred mission to "liberate" China, would lead a unified East Asia to defeat the West.[6] He claimed "Japan must be victorious, not for the sake of her own national interest, but for the salvation of the world."[7]
zigga gang?
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Both the left and the right-wing of capital, liberals and conservatives, complain about cultural languages dying out. But it's not some pure past you can hang onto with pride, it's the result of how societies evolve through their economic and productive systems. There's nothing sacred about it and, frankly, the fewer languages acting as a barrier to a global proletariat the better. If you want to learn a dead language so much you can do it on your own time thanks to the internet these days.
Both the left and the right-wing of capital, liberals and conservatives, complain about cultural languages dying out. But it's not some pure past you can hang onto with pride, it's the result of how societies evolve through their economic and productive systems. There's nothing sacred about it and, frankly, the fewer languages acting as a barrier to a global proletariat the better. If you want to learn a dead language so much you can do it on your own time thanks to the internet these days.
R: 18 / I: 5 (sage)
As a English Man can We keep the Monarchy Just for Morale?
as a Brit And New here? Maybe King can still rule in Communist SSR of Britannia and Is Defacto Leader without any Power's before the Prime minister? Or Is this Reactionary cope due to my Love of Not being Fr*nch?4
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Sumud Flotilla Thread
That Sumud Flotilla right is going to Gaza to break the Israeli blockaid. Inspired by the Thunburg Flotilla, the Sumud Flotilla contains far more ships in an attempt to overwhelm the Israeli Navy and Coastguard. The Sumud Flotilla departed from Spain at the end of August and is scheduled to be joined by more ships from Tunisia alter today. They expect to arrive at Gaza sometime next week.
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Some highlights:
>long history of violence from which the PKK emerged
>emphasis on hundreds of years of alliance between Kurds and Turks
>need for democratic solution, faith that now it is the time
>respect to Bahceli and Erdogan’s calls to move on with a resolution
>PKK (all armed groups) to leave weapons to engage in a democratic resolution process
it's so over
Ocalan orders the PKK to dissolve
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ocalan-dissolve-pkk-historic-statementSome highlights:
>long history of violence from which the PKK emerged
>emphasis on hundreds of years of alliance between Kurds and Turks
>need for democratic solution, faith that now it is the time
>respect to Bahceli and Erdogan’s calls to move on with a resolution
>PKK (all armed groups) to leave weapons to engage in a democratic resolution process
it's so over
R: 3 / I: 0
Milei’s recently formed La Libertad Avanza party captured just 34% of the vote in Argentina’s biggest province, losing by a landslide to the left-leaning Peronist opposition, which secured 47% with the majority of ballots counted late Sunday. Milei conceded that his right-wing party’s crushing 13-point loss to his populist rivals represented “a clear defeat.” “We suffered a setback, and we must accept it responsibly,” Milei told grim-faced supporters at the party headquarters, his tone reflective, even chastened.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-election-javier-milei-cristina-fernandez-peronism-fecba6d106eb2c0f2440e9fca298e470
Colombia’s traditional center-right parties face internal rebellions ahead of elections
In the Liberal Party, a left-wing faction has been clashing with party director Cesar Gaviria over his opposition to the government of Gustavo Petro for years. While Gaviria wants to be with the center-right coalition in opposition to the left, the dissident faction claims to be “firm with Gustavo Petro,” and has expressed support for the candidacy of Carolina Corcho, Petro’s former health minister. …. The Conservative Party’s leadership is preparing sanctions against representatives who obtained key positions in the administration for their support for the government’s legislative agenda.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-traditional-center-right-parties-face-internal-rebellions-ahead-of-elections/
‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart
Under pressure to meet a weekly deportation quota of 10,000, the Dominican Republic’s general directorate of migration (DGM) is now pushing into bateyes. Raids are increasing, and even people born in the Dominican Republic – with documents or not – are being rounded up and deported, flagrantly disregarding laws, according to human rights organisations.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart
Six killed in east Jerusalem shooting, injuries reported
The late morning attack took place at the Ramot Junction on Yigal Street, and left about 15 people wounded, an earlier statement by MDA said. Paramedic Fadi Dekaidek, who was at the scene, said the attack was "severe". "The wounded were lying on the road and sidewalk near a bus stop, some of them unconscious," he said in a statement issued by MDA.
https://www.newarab.com/news/six-killed-east-jerusalem-shooting-injuries-reported
Moroccan military officials met defence companies in Israel, says report
As recently as August, a delegation from the high command of Morocco’s army was invited to Israel by the research and development directorate of the Israeli defence ministry. There, Israeli defence companies presented military equipment to senior Moroccan officials. The companies present included state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), counter-drone specialists Sentrycs and D-Fend Solutions, and small arms manufacturer Smart Shooter.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/moroccan-military-officials-met-defence-companies-israel-says-report
Turkiye’s opposition CHP supporters clash with police outside Istanbul HQ
CHP national leader Ozgur Ozel dismissed the ruling as “null and void”, saying Tekin had been expelled from the party. Celik also insisted he would not hand over the post. Tekin entered the building on Monday after a lengthy standoff, telling reporters he was not working for the state and would focus on resolving the party’s legal disputes. Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Istanbul, said prosecutors launched the case after complaints from a faction within the CHP, accusing the dismissed leadership of irregularities and corruption during the party’s 2023 congress. “For opposition supporters, this is seen as a judicial coup against them while rival CHP members insist the ruling addresses corruption,” she said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/turkiyes-opposition-chp-supporters-clash-with-police-outside-istanbul-hq
https://archive.ph/XA5vq
Palestine Action Germany break into Israeli Elbit arms firm in Ulm
A video accompanying the post appears to show several members of the group breaking into an office building and destroying equipment, including computer hardware and furniture. The activists also seem to ransack documents in the office, leaving them strewn across the office floor. One member of the group is seen spraypainting "Baby Killer" on a desk and on a wall, likely referring to Israel's killing of thousands of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestine-action-germany-break-elbit-arms-firm-office
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez says Israel is ‘exterminating a defenceless people’
Among the measures he announced “to stop the genocide in Gaza and to go after its perpetrators” was a law formalising the existing, de facto prohibition on military equipment sales or purchases with Israel, and a ban on the use of Spanish ports and airspace to transport fuel or weapons to the Israeli military. Sánchez also said those “directly involved in the genocide” would not be allowed into Spain and announced increases in his country’s humanitarian aid to Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/spanish-pm-pedro-sanchez-israel-exterminating-defenceless-people-gaza
François Bayrou ousted as French PM after confidence gamble backfires
Prime Minister François Bayrou’s nine-month tenure ended in political collapse Monday, after lawmakers ousted the veteran centrist in a crushing defeat. Once seen as President Emmanuel Macron’s best hope to steady a fractured government, Bayrou saw his push for sweeping austerity and a high-risk confidence gamble backfire – leaving Macron searching for yet another successor.
https://www.france24.co
https://archive.ph/QxEyJ
London Underground workers launch powerful strikes: “Our safety is not up for grabs any further”
London Underground services were brought to a standstill Monday as thousands of tube workers—including fleet engineering, drivers and station staff—walked off the job. It is part of a week of rolling strike action by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) demanding redress over stagnating pay, chronic staff shortages and being rostered to exhaustion.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/08/kmyr-s08.html
Indonesian leader fires ministers of finance and security after deadly protests
Five ministers lost their jobs, including Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, a widely respected technocrat who had served as the executive director of the International Monetary Fund and managing director of the World Bank, and Budi Gunawan, the coordinating minister for politics and security.
https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-protests-ministers-fired-3776bd9365804cda9f7c3f85b2104502
At least 19 killed in Nepal protests over social media ban, corruption
Thousands of young people, including students in their school and college uniforms, joined the protest, holding signs that read “Shut down corruption and not social media”, “Unban social media”, and “Youths against corruption”, as they marched through Kathmandu. Ikshama Tumrok, a 20-year-old student, told the AFP news agency that she was protesting against the “authoritarian attitude” of the government.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/at-least-14-killed-in-nepal-protests-over-social-media-ban-corruption
https://archive.ph/0aNM8
News 9/8/25
Argentina President Milei suffers crushing defeat in Buenos Aires provincial electionMilei’s recently formed La Libertad Avanza party captured just 34% of the vote in Argentina’s biggest province, losing by a landslide to the left-leaning Peronist opposition, which secured 47% with the majority of ballots counted late Sunday. Milei conceded that his right-wing party’s crushing 13-point loss to his populist rivals represented “a clear defeat.” “We suffered a setback, and we must accept it responsibly,” Milei told grim-faced supporters at the party headquarters, his tone reflective, even chastened.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-election-javier-milei-cristina-fernandez-peronism-fecba6d106eb2c0f2440e9fca298e470
Colombia’s traditional center-right parties face internal rebellions ahead of elections
In the Liberal Party, a left-wing faction has been clashing with party director Cesar Gaviria over his opposition to the government of Gustavo Petro for years. While Gaviria wants to be with the center-right coalition in opposition to the left, the dissident faction claims to be “firm with Gustavo Petro,” and has expressed support for the candidacy of Carolina Corcho, Petro’s former health minister. …. The Conservative Party’s leadership is preparing sanctions against representatives who obtained key positions in the administration for their support for the government’s legislative agenda.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-traditional-center-right-parties-face-internal-rebellions-ahead-of-elections/
‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart
Under pressure to meet a weekly deportation quota of 10,000, the Dominican Republic’s general directorate of migration (DGM) is now pushing into bateyes. Raids are increasing, and even people born in the Dominican Republic – with documents or not – are being rounded up and deported, flagrantly disregarding laws, according to human rights organisations.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart
Six killed in east Jerusalem shooting, injuries reported
The late morning attack took place at the Ramot Junction on Yigal Street, and left about 15 people wounded, an earlier statement by MDA said. Paramedic Fadi Dekaidek, who was at the scene, said the attack was "severe". "The wounded were lying on the road and sidewalk near a bus stop, some of them unconscious," he said in a statement issued by MDA.
https://www.newarab.com/news/six-killed-east-jerusalem-shooting-injuries-reported
Moroccan military officials met defence companies in Israel, says report
As recently as August, a delegation from the high command of Morocco’s army was invited to Israel by the research and development directorate of the Israeli defence ministry. There, Israeli defence companies presented military equipment to senior Moroccan officials. The companies present included state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), counter-drone specialists Sentrycs and D-Fend Solutions, and small arms manufacturer Smart Shooter.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/moroccan-military-officials-met-defence-companies-israel-says-report
Turkiye’s opposition CHP supporters clash with police outside Istanbul HQ
CHP national leader Ozgur Ozel dismissed the ruling as “null and void”, saying Tekin had been expelled from the party. Celik also insisted he would not hand over the post. Tekin entered the building on Monday after a lengthy standoff, telling reporters he was not working for the state and would focus on resolving the party’s legal disputes. Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Istanbul, said prosecutors launched the case after complaints from a faction within the CHP, accusing the dismissed leadership of irregularities and corruption during the party’s 2023 congress. “For opposition supporters, this is seen as a judicial coup against them while rival CHP members insist the ruling addresses corruption,” she said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/turkiyes-opposition-chp-supporters-clash-with-police-outside-istanbul-hq
https://archive.ph/XA5vq
Palestine Action Germany break into Israeli Elbit arms firm in Ulm
A video accompanying the post appears to show several members of the group breaking into an office building and destroying equipment, including computer hardware and furniture. The activists also seem to ransack documents in the office, leaving them strewn across the office floor. One member of the group is seen spraypainting "Baby Killer" on a desk and on a wall, likely referring to Israel's killing of thousands of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestine-action-germany-break-elbit-arms-firm-office
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez says Israel is ‘exterminating a defenceless people’
Among the measures he announced “to stop the genocide in Gaza and to go after its perpetrators” was a law formalising the existing, de facto prohibition on military equipment sales or purchases with Israel, and a ban on the use of Spanish ports and airspace to transport fuel or weapons to the Israeli military. Sánchez also said those “directly involved in the genocide” would not be allowed into Spain and announced increases in his country’s humanitarian aid to Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/spanish-pm-pedro-sanchez-israel-exterminating-defenceless-people-gaza
François Bayrou ousted as French PM after confidence gamble backfires
Prime Minister François Bayrou’s nine-month tenure ended in political collapse Monday, after lawmakers ousted the veteran centrist in a crushing defeat. Once seen as President Emmanuel Macron’s best hope to steady a fractured government, Bayrou saw his push for sweeping austerity and a high-risk confidence gamble backfire – leaving Macron searching for yet another successor.
https://www.france24.co
https://archive.ph/QxEyJ
London Underground workers launch powerful strikes: “Our safety is not up for grabs any further”
London Underground services were brought to a standstill Monday as thousands of tube workers—including fleet engineering, drivers and station staff—walked off the job. It is part of a week of rolling strike action by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) demanding redress over stagnating pay, chronic staff shortages and being rostered to exhaustion.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/08/kmyr-s08.html
Indonesian leader fires ministers of finance and security after deadly protests
Five ministers lost their jobs, including Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, a widely respected technocrat who had served as the executive director of the International Monetary Fund and managing director of the World Bank, and Budi Gunawan, the coordinating minister for politics and security.
https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-protests-ministers-fired-3776bd9365804cda9f7c3f85b2104502
At least 19 killed in Nepal protests over social media ban, corruption
Thousands of young people, including students in their school and college uniforms, joined the protest, holding signs that read “Shut down corruption and not social media”, “Unban social media”, and “Youths against corruption”, as they marched through Kathmandu. Ikshama Tumrok, a 20-year-old student, told the AFP news agency that she was protesting against the “authoritarian attitude” of the government.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/at-least-14-killed-in-nepal-protests-over-social-media-ban-corruption
https://archive.ph/0aNM8
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Modern humans began migrating into Europe about 40,000 years ago, from the Middle East and from Africa. In the timeline of evolutionary biology, 40,000 years is almost nothing. Certainly not nearly enough time for a bunch of supposedly inferior brown sand people to evolve into the superior white-skinned master race of Übermensch that Europeans believe themselves to be. Thoughts?
Modern humans began migrating into Europe about 40,000 years ago, from the Middle East and from Africa. In the timeline of evolutionary biology, 40,000 years is almost nothing. Certainly not nearly enough time for a bunch of supposedly inferior brown sand people to evolve into the superior white-skinned master race of Übermensch that Europeans believe themselves to be. Thoughts?
R: 573 / I: 162
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Thread for the hellish discussion related to the scourge of the earth, the destroyer of nations, the father of fascism, the enabler of ethnostates, the treatlerite tyrant, the protector of pedophiles, the exporter of ecocide, the captain of capitalism, the king of coups, the sultan of sanctions, the emir of the embargo, the autocrat of austerity, the doge of deregulation, the baron of busting unions, the prince of privatization, the lord of loan sharks, the patron-saint of proxy wars, the sponsor of settlers, the guarantor of genocides, the Divided $nakkkes of Amerikkka™
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So I think I have an explanation that makes some amount of sense in the logic of capitalism, but you'll need to bear with me here. My experience comes from legal practice and academia and not tech, but I've been watching this process play out in every "white collar" field.
The tendency has been to equate "blue collar" with "working class" and "white collar" with "managerial/professional class." There may have been a time when that was accurate, but it is probably more useful today to split the managerial/professional class into two strata: Executives and Intellectual Labor. Since the M/P class emerged as a force, it has served two functions: The first is to offer a place for the non-inheriting children of the capitalist class to land, while the other is an upward mobility outlet for the skilled children of the working class. In the mid-20th century, the formula for upper social movement was for a working-class kid to go to college to enter a white-collar job, work their way to upper management before starting their own firm to join the capitalist elite. It is the emergence of these paths that has helped keep capitalism stablish for the last century in the west.
The neoliberal "revolution" of the late 70s/early 80s and the tech sector explosion that started in the 90s caused the gap between the Executives and Intellectual Labor to spread into a chasm while also narrowing the gap between the Executive stratum and the upper stratum of capitalists. The AI "boom" is largely being driven by this blurred archcapitalist/executive wannabe aristocracy who no longer relate to the Intellectual Labor stratum they no longer tend to rise from. They now see Intellectual Labor as workers they have to pay more for some reason.
AI appeals to this group because it allows them to replace Intellectual Labor with unskilled labor who can be trained to prompt an AI with little-to-no education and pay comparable to entry-level blue-collar and service jobs. That's basically the goal. AI enthusiasts are either part of this group, believe the AI won't eat their face, or are people who think they could do the lawyer/artist/psychologist's job better if they didn't need to put in all the work to become an expert.
AI will END the PMC
AI appeals to capital because it allows them to replace Intellectual Labor with unskilled labor who can be trained to prompt an AI with little-to-no education and pay comparable to entry-level blue-collar and service jobs.So I think I have an explanation that makes some amount of sense in the logic of capitalism, but you'll need to bear with me here. My experience comes from legal practice and academia and not tech, but I've been watching this process play out in every "white collar" field.
The tendency has been to equate "blue collar" with "working class" and "white collar" with "managerial/professional class." There may have been a time when that was accurate, but it is probably more useful today to split the managerial/professional class into two strata: Executives and Intellectual Labor. Since the M/P class emerged as a force, it has served two functions: The first is to offer a place for the non-inheriting children of the capitalist class to land, while the other is an upward mobility outlet for the skilled children of the working class. In the mid-20th century, the formula for upper social movement was for a working-class kid to go to college to enter a white-collar job, work their way to upper management before starting their own firm to join the capitalist elite. It is the emergence of these paths that has helped keep capitalism stablish for the last century in the west.
The neoliberal "revolution" of the late 70s/early 80s and the tech sector explosion that started in the 90s caused the gap between the Executives and Intellectual Labor to spread into a chasm while also narrowing the gap between the Executive stratum and the upper stratum of capitalists. The AI "boom" is largely being driven by this blurred archcapitalist/executive wannabe aristocracy who no longer relate to the Intellectual Labor stratum they no longer tend to rise from. They now see Intellectual Labor as workers they have to pay more for some reason.
AI appeals to this group because it allows them to replace Intellectual Labor with unskilled labor who can be trained to prompt an AI with little-to-no education and pay comparable to entry-level blue-collar and service jobs. That's basically the goal. AI enthusiasts are either part of this group, believe the AI won't eat their face, or are people who think they could do the lawyer/artist/psychologist's job better if they didn't need to put in all the work to become an expert.
R: 22 / I: 3
I grow to hate FDR more and more everyday. There was so much damn potential and this socdem scumbag ruined everything. FDR singlehandedly set back the course of world history one hundred years.
I grow to hate FDR more and more everyday. There was so much damn potential and this socdem scumbag ruined everything. FDR singlehandedly set back the course of world history one hundred years.
R: 14 / I: 2 (sage)
Like all color revolutions this has roots in legitimate greivances. The two big communist leaders in Nepal, Oli and Prachanda, embraced bourgeois democracy, and have allowed their egos to get in the way of building ML unity. But instead of demanding the purging of corrupt officials and the unification of the various CPs, Gen Z anarchists want to burn the whole thing down. Gen Z are allergic to any form of vanguardism, which is why they do shit with no plan, and then act shocked when things get worse.
Yet another color revolution
This past weekend Nepal's ML PM ordered all social media sites banned for failing to comply with new internet regulations. Basically they're trying to protect internet sovereignty. Immediately there were massive protests that the media is labeling a "Gen Z Uprising", and the usual glowie shit of allegations that security forces shot to kill protestors. If that's not enough, the "leader" of the protests is the centrist lib mayor of Kathmandu, who is a former rapper and charismatic social media poster. Sounds a lot like another Zelensky. Then on top of it all you have Gen Z demanding the restoration of the monarchy that Nepali communists literally shed blood to overthrow.Like all color revolutions this has roots in legitimate greivances. The two big communist leaders in Nepal, Oli and Prachanda, embraced bourgeois democracy, and have allowed their egos to get in the way of building ML unity. But instead of demanding the purging of corrupt officials and the unification of the various CPs, Gen Z anarchists want to burn the whole thing down. Gen Z are allergic to any form of vanguardism, which is why they do shit with no plan, and then act shocked when things get worse.
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Indonesia glows like hell
An anarchist I know shared this longass post on Instagram. Last pic is from a prominent member of Indonesia's Labor Party. Tell me this isn't a color revolution.
R: 3 / I: 0
I have a Palestinian friend from Gaza. His family has a lot of money cause the father is an entrepeneur with business connections in UAE and Qatar. So, cause they had money, they escaped Gaza a decade ago and went ot Egypt and now they live in Portugal. His father still has those connections and the family makes a lot of money.
Is the father, this Palestinian capitalist, more opressed than a worker from anywhere else?
I have a Palestinian friend from Gaza. His family has a lot of money cause the father is an entrepeneur with business connections in UAE and Qatar. So, cause they had money, they escaped Gaza a decade ago and went ot Egypt and now they live in Portugal. His father still has those connections and the family makes a lot of money.
Is the father, this Palestinian capitalist, more opressed than a worker from anywhere else?
R: 102 / I: 16
For fellow Marxist apostates: what made you turn away from Marxism?
I had abandoned Marx and Lenin when I had realised their theory is based on a massive hypocricy: if you are do not treat members of the upper classes as human beings but as machines programmed to optimise their economic interests, you are a doing le based materialst analysis and are epically owning moralists and idealists, but if you are do not treat members of the lower classes as human beings but as machines programmed to optimise their economic interests, you are an evil fascist, eugenicist, and social darwinist (and sometimes racist). Realising that, I ditched ML and jumped on the technocratic communism team.
For fellow Marxist apostates: what made you turn away from Marxism?
I had abandoned Marx and Lenin when I had realised their theory is based on a massive hypocricy: if you are do not treat members of the upper classes as human beings but as machines programmed to optimise their economic interests, you are a doing le based materialst analysis and are epically owning moralists and idealists, but if you are do not treat members of the lower classes as human beings but as machines programmed to optimise their economic interests, you are an evil fascist, eugenicist, and social darwinist (and sometimes racist). Realising that, I ditched ML and jumped on the technocratic communism team.
R: 76 / I: 7
>The presiding judge ruled late Wednesday night that Ibtissam Lachgar was guilty of violating part of Morocco’s criminal code that outlaws offending the monarchy or Islam because of messages on a T-shirt she wore in a selfie posted online, her attorney Naïma El Guellaf told The Associated Press. Lachgar was charged with blasphemy and with disseminating the image online.
>One of the attorneys told AP they plan to appeal the conviction.
>“Not only is this verdict unjust, but it also threatens the freedom of speech and opinion,″ Hamid Sikouk of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights told the AP.
>At Wednesday’s hearing, Lachgar, wearing a headscarf and appearing fatigued, told the judge she had no intention of offending Islam. She argued that the T-shirt she wore reflected a political message and bore a slogan long used against sexist ideologies and violence toward women.
>Her defense team argued that the online post did not constitute an offense to Islam.
>“God is not only for Muslims, but also for Christians and Jews. I don’t see any offense to Islam in that publication,” lawyer El Guellaf told the court. ‘’I am Muslim myself, and I don’t feel offended by it.’'
>Another attorney, Souad Brahma, head of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights, warned of a backslide in human rights in the kingdom and said her client was speaking about religions in general, not Islam.
>The defense said wearing the T-shirt falls under freedom of expression, a constitutional right in Morocco, and called the charges unconstitutional.
>The shirt featured writing referring to the sexual identity of a deity and calling Islam fascist and misogynistic.
>Long known for provocative activism, Lachgar, 50, is a psychologist and co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individuals Freedoms, known by its French acronym MALI. She is an outspoken and vocal defender of rights for women and LGBTQ communities in Morocco.
>Her arrest polarized public opinion across Morocco. Some see it as a valid response to provocation and others view it as a violation of democracy and freedom of speech. Though the country is politically moderate compared to others in the Middle East and North Africa, same-sex relations are illegal and certain kinds of speech can bring criminal charges.
>Lachgar has called for decriminalizing sex outside of marriage, which remains illegal. She also made headlines more than a decade ago when she organized a demonstration outside Morocco’s parliament, where couples kissed to support two teenagers facing indecency charges after posting a photo of themselves kissing on Facebook
https://apnews.com/article/morocco-blasphemy-trial-lgbtq-activist-9f4c81553bb06caad061aa07c5a4f369
Morocco Feminist gets 2.5 years in prison for t-shirt that said “Allah is a lesbian”
>RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court sentenced a prominent feminist activist to two and a half years in prison and $5,000 in fines for blasphemy in a case that has alarmed human rights groups and drawn widespread attention.>The presiding judge ruled late Wednesday night that Ibtissam Lachgar was guilty of violating part of Morocco’s criminal code that outlaws offending the monarchy or Islam because of messages on a T-shirt she wore in a selfie posted online, her attorney Naïma El Guellaf told The Associated Press. Lachgar was charged with blasphemy and with disseminating the image online.
>One of the attorneys told AP they plan to appeal the conviction.
>“Not only is this verdict unjust, but it also threatens the freedom of speech and opinion,″ Hamid Sikouk of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights told the AP.
>At Wednesday’s hearing, Lachgar, wearing a headscarf and appearing fatigued, told the judge she had no intention of offending Islam. She argued that the T-shirt she wore reflected a political message and bore a slogan long used against sexist ideologies and violence toward women.
>Her defense team argued that the online post did not constitute an offense to Islam.
>“God is not only for Muslims, but also for Christians and Jews. I don’t see any offense to Islam in that publication,” lawyer El Guellaf told the court. ‘’I am Muslim myself, and I don’t feel offended by it.’'
>Another attorney, Souad Brahma, head of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights, warned of a backslide in human rights in the kingdom and said her client was speaking about religions in general, not Islam.
>The defense said wearing the T-shirt falls under freedom of expression, a constitutional right in Morocco, and called the charges unconstitutional.
>The shirt featured writing referring to the sexual identity of a deity and calling Islam fascist and misogynistic.
>Long known for provocative activism, Lachgar, 50, is a psychologist and co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individuals Freedoms, known by its French acronym MALI. She is an outspoken and vocal defender of rights for women and LGBTQ communities in Morocco.
>Her arrest polarized public opinion across Morocco. Some see it as a valid response to provocation and others view it as a violation of democracy and freedom of speech. Though the country is politically moderate compared to others in the Middle East and North Africa, same-sex relations are illegal and certain kinds of speech can bring criminal charges.
>Lachgar has called for decriminalizing sex outside of marriage, which remains illegal. She also made headlines more than a decade ago when she organized a demonstration outside Morocco’s parliament, where couples kissed to support two teenagers facing indecency charges after posting a photo of themselves kissing on Facebook
https://apnews.com/article/morocco-blasphemy-trial-lgbtq-activist-9f4c81553bb06caad061aa07c5a4f369
R: 72 / I: 8
I’m alarmed by all the posts and comments I see on social media — as well as in real life — which denigrate intelligence. I would expect this from the right, given that right-wingers and fascists despise smart people and make a whole show of privileging emotion over intelligent investigation, but it’s been showing up heavily on the left as well.
For instance, I’ve seen “leftists” say things like: “compassion is more important than intelligence, I’d rather be stupid and compassionate than smart and mean” (which conveniently neglects the fact that you can’t be compassionate without having intellect first). Or the usual: “I DON’T NEED THEORY, ALL I NEED IS FEELS” (which again, how do you understand the deeper meaning of your emotions without intellect?). This shit is getting so out-of-hand that I even see “leftists” glorifying metal retardation as something wholesome. Why? Since when did we become like the right?
Anyway, I’m curious as to know what exactly birthed this. Right-wingers hate intellectuals, professors, doctors, and whatnot. Leftists do not. Leftists always prioritize education, critical thinking, creativity, the ability to grasp abstract concepts, and intelligence. What good is it to prop up stupidity as a virtue?
Leftist anti-intellectualism
What material conditions explain the rise of anti-intellectualism, not just on the right but also on the left?I’m alarmed by all the posts and comments I see on social media — as well as in real life — which denigrate intelligence. I would expect this from the right, given that right-wingers and fascists despise smart people and make a whole show of privileging emotion over intelligent investigation, but it’s been showing up heavily on the left as well.
For instance, I’ve seen “leftists” say things like: “compassion is more important than intelligence, I’d rather be stupid and compassionate than smart and mean” (which conveniently neglects the fact that you can’t be compassionate without having intellect first). Or the usual: “I DON’T NEED THEORY, ALL I NEED IS FEELS” (which again, how do you understand the deeper meaning of your emotions without intellect?). This shit is getting so out-of-hand that I even see “leftists” glorifying metal retardation as something wholesome. Why? Since when did we become like the right?
Anyway, I’m curious as to know what exactly birthed this. Right-wingers hate intellectuals, professors, doctors, and whatnot. Leftists do not. Leftists always prioritize education, critical thinking, creativity, the ability to grasp abstract concepts, and intelligence. What good is it to prop up stupidity as a virtue?
R: 1 / I: 0
>People besides chvds start to get treated like humans
>society degenerates and falls apart as a result of people besides chvds getting treated like humans
What actually happens
<People besides chvds start to get treated like humans
<Chvds crash out and destroy society in an effort to RETVRN
<declare afterwards that society was destroyed by "mvh degeneracy"
chvds flip the table when they lose the board game
What chvds think is happening>People besides chvds start to get treated like humans
>society degenerates and falls apart as a result of people besides chvds getting treated like humans
What actually happens
<People besides chvds start to get treated like humans
<Chvds crash out and destroy society in an effort to RETVRN
<declare afterwards that society was destroyed by "mvh degeneracy"
R: 18 / I: 3
What are the most controversial subjects among socialists still discussed today? And why does the answer to those subjects matter? Is there a way to resolve those discussions?
What are the most controversial subjects among socialists still discussed today? And why does the answer to those subjects matter? Is there a way to resolve those discussions?
R: 37 / I: 1
THE IDEAL WINNING 2028 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
As a supporter of the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism, I obviously realize that the Democrats are a Controlled Opposition Party who exist to keep the Workers and Oppressed Nations/Internal Colonies of Naw Afrika, Aztlan, the First Nations, inside the U$ corralled and controlled, while the dominant ruling Crypto-Fascist Christian Zionist Nationalist MAGAtard Republicans transform the U$ into a Full-Blown Fascist Police State, which combined with the fact that the U$ is a Prison house of Nations, which treats the Black/New Afrikan, Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo, and First Nations/Native American population like they are not U$ citizens (Trump ending birthright citizenship will probably transform this from a De facto to a De jure reality by officially stripping citizenship from most of these populations), with them essentially acting as a permanent domestic underclass with essentially no rights that are exploited for cheap labor and disproportionately suffer from Mass incarceration and police brutality, with their neighborhoods essentially under De facto occupation by militarized police, as New Afrika, Aztlan, and the First Nations, are Internal Colonies/Oppressed Nations inside of the U$, and their National Liberation should be the number one goal of U$ Communists as stipulated by Lenin’s principle of Self-Determination for all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR, which will happen once World War III escalates into a Global Nuclear War that will destroy the entire Global Capitalist-Imperialist System, thus allowing for a World Maoist PPW to create a Global USSR (all of the SSRs and SFSRs of the future Global USSR are pictured in the map I posted, with the former U$ Balkanized into a New African SSR that includes the Black/New Afrikan majority counties of the Black Belt, a Hispano-American SFSR that includes the Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo majority counties in the U$ Southwest, along with the rest of the Spanish-speaking Multiracial regions of the Americas, while the White Settler majority regions in the rest of the former U$ becomes part of the Anglo-American SFSR, which also includes the English-speaking provinces of Canada, as Quebec will become its own SSR, with all the Native American reservations becoming ASSRs) to Place the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World on the Shining Path to Communism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
However, as I have stated many times before a proper Dialectical Materialist analysis still reveals that a Controlled Opposition is better then No Opposition, and as we see on the International Stage that China is a “Controlled Opposition” to U$ Imperialism in the same way that the U$ Democrats are “Controlled Opposition” to the Republicans, thus making China the “Global Democrats”, with the massive caveat that a Maoist faction taking over the CCP and purging the Dengists could place China back in the Socialist Mode of Production on the Shining Path to Communism without another Maoist PPW there, though despite this fact both China (Iran is another example of a Lesser Evil Controlled Opposition) and the U$ Democrats should be “Critically Supported”, not because we genuinely support these Bourgeois entities, but because they are both a “Lesser Evil” faction of the Global Capitalist-Imperialist System who De Facto prevent the “Greater Evil” of the Global Capitalist-Imperialist System from completely crushing the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World before the World Maoist PPW can be successful when the Global Nuclear War breaks out, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
So with these Dialectical Materialist facts in consideration, what do my fellow Comrades think of this hypothetical “Ideal Winning 2028 Democratic Platform” (this is making Three Bold assumptions, Firstly, that Trump dose not use the Insurrection Act to declare Martial Law and suspend all Elections, thus officially ending Bourgeois Liberal Democracy in the U$ and making him De Facto U$ President for Life, which is what I expect/fear will happen, Secondly, that a Centre-Left Social Democrat like AOC would ever be allowed by the Centrist Neoliberal/Neocon Democratic Establishment to win the Democratic Nomination, and Thirdly/Finally that the majority Ultra-Reactionary Racist/Sexist White Settler Labor Aristocrat/Petit Bourgeois U$ electorate will ever vote for Centre-Left Social Democrat, especially a Brown Chicano/Mestizo Woman like AOC) that is based on the principles of Social Democracy, Social Progressivism, and Non-Interventionism, with Pragmatic characteristics, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤔?
ECONOMIC POLICY:
Universal Basic Income: Guarantee every Adult U$ citizen a Nontaxable 1000$ monthly check starting on their 18th birthday, paid for by a 10% VAT on all Non-Essential goods (everything but Food, Housing, Healthcare, Education, and Clothing/Hygiene products), Progressive Tax Reform, and eliminating all Means-Tested Social Programs (ie. Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, TANF, SSI, etc.), ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Single-Payer Medicare For All Healthcare System: Expand Medicare to cover all Americans and 100% of all healthcare costs, paid for by raising the Medicare Payroll Tax from 1.45% to 6.2% on all Employers and Employees, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Free College: Make Tuition Free at all public colleges and universities and pay for it with a Financial Transaction Tax of .5% on Stocks, .1% on Bonds, and .005% on Derivatives. In addition to this forgive all Student Loan Debt, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
15$ Minimum Wage: Raise the Federal Minimum Wage to 15$ an hour, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Progressive Tax Reform: Create a more Simple and Equitable Federal Income Tax code that will help pay for the Universal Basic Income and would consist of four brackets for Individuals; 0% for all Income under 50,000$, 10% for all Income between 50,000 and 99,999$, 30% for all Income between 100,000 and 499,999$, and 50% for all Income over 500,000$. Corporations would pay a single 30% Tax rate, and all deductions would be eliminated for both Individuals and Corporations. In addition to this, the cap would be eliminated for Social Security Payroll Taxes in order to maintain the solvency of the Social Security trust fund for future generations, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Free Trade: Eliminate all Tariffs on imported goods, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Financial Regulation: Restore Glass-Steagall in order to break up Wall Street Banks by separating Commercial and Investment Banking, and institute a Financial Transaction Tax of .5% on Stocks, .1% on Bonds, and .005% on Derivatives, in order to pay for Free College, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Anti-Trust: Order the Justice Department to launch immediate Anti-Trust suits to break up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other out of control Tech companies, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Abolish “Right to Work” laws: Repeal the Taft–Hartley Act and abolish all “Right to Work” laws nationwide in order to guarantee every U$ worker the right to join a Union, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES:
Reproductive Rights: Pass a Federal Law legalizing Abortion nationwide before fetal viability (24 weeks) along with enshrining Griswold vs. Connecticut into Federal Law in order to protect access to Birth Control, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
LGBTQIA+ Rights: Enshrine Obergefell v. Hodges into Federal Law in order to maintain Marriage Equality for LGBTQIA+ Americans, along with adding Gender Identity to Federal Anti-Discrimination laws, with the caveat that Transgenders wont be allowed to play in Women’s sports, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Gun Control: Pass National Background Checks that stop Violent Felons and the Mentally Ill from obtaining Firearms, while opposing a Federal Assault Weapons Ban, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Grant Amnesty to all Undocumented Immigrants living in the US who have not committed Violent Felonies (Violent felons will be deported), while simultaneously building a secure Border Wall and reducing Legal Immigration levels from 1,000,000 to 500,000 annually, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Marijuana Legalization: Remove Marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances list and Legalize it at the Federal Level for both Recreational and Medical use, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Hard Narcotics Decriminalization: Decriminalize all Hard Narcotics such as Heroin, Cocaine, Meth, etc., in order to treat use of these Drugs as a Disease and not a Crime, with users placed in Rehab instead of Prison, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Sex Work Legalization: Legalization of Prostitution amongst consenting Adults in order to give Sex Workers the right to earn a living without legal jeopardy, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Criminal Justice Reform: Abolish the Death Penalty, Commute the sentences of all those incarcerated for Non-Violent Drug Offenses and/or Sex Work, Ban Private Prisons, Abolish Three-strikes laws, and Abolish Mandatory Minimums, in order to fix America’s Draconian and Racist Criminal Justice System, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE:
The Middle East: End all Foreign Aid to the Zionist State and place a Arms Embargo on them until they agree to a Immediate Ceasefire, Prisoner/Hostage exchange, and IDF withdrawal from Gaza along with a clear pathway to implement a Two-State solution to the Zionist-Palestinian Conflict along the 1967 borders with 1:1 land swaps. Reenter the Iran Nuclear Deal, lift all Sanctions on Iran, and Reestablish Diplomatic Relations with Iran. Withdrawal all U$ troops from Syria, Iraq, and the rest of the Middle East. And finally, Establish Diplomatic Relations with the Taliban government of Afghanistan, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Europe: Force Russia and Ukraine to agree to a Immediate Ceasefire in Ukraine along the line of contact, with eventual UN-observed Referendums held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson to determine if these regions will be in Russia or Ukraine (If Russia refuses to agree to this the U$ will give Ukraine even more advanced weapons and Russia will face even more sanctions, while if Ukraine refuses to agree to this they will face a Arms embargo and sanctions just like Russia). If Russia agrees to this, U$ will halt the expansion of NATO, reenter the ABM and INF treaties with Russia, withdrawal all U$ troops from Eastern Europe, reduce the U$ military presence in Western Europe by 50%, end the Nuclear Sharing policy with NATO, lift all Sanctions on Russia, and recognize Crimea as part of Russia, with the caveat that the US will continue selling advanced weapons to Ukraine (I would even support selling them F-35s) in order to compensate for them not joining NATO, officially acknowledging Crimea as part of Russia, and potentially losing the other four occupied regions depending on the results of the UN-observed Referendums, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
East Asia: Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea that officially ends the Korean War and permanently divides the peninsula, and subsequently lift all sanctions on North Korea, establish Diplomatic Relations with North Korea, and withdraw all U$ troops from South Korea. Maintain commitment to the One-China policy and the eventual Peaceful Reunification of China by stripping Taiwan of Major Non-NATO Ally status, and halting all Arms shipments to Taiwan, along with halting all provocative activities in the South China Sea in order to avoid an unnecessary War with China. And finally, reduce the U$ military presence in Japan by 50%, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Latin America: End the embargo on Cuba, end the Sanctions on Venezuela and restore Diplomatic relations with the Maduro Government, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Nuclear Weapons: Implement a No First Use policy. End all Nuclear Sharing with NATO. Dismantle all Tactical Nuclear Weapons and halt development of Nuclear SLCMs and Low-yield SLBM warheads. Maintain a Nuclear Triad for purely Second Strike purposes that will be modernized with a new ICBM, new Ballistic Missile Submarine, new ALCM, and the B-21 Stealth Bomber, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Conventional Weapons Procurement and R&D: Reduce the Aircraft Carrier fleet from 11 to 10. Dismantle the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense as part of a restored ABM treaty. Slash the DARPA budget by 50%. Cancel all Hypersonic Weapons Programs. Cancel all GLCM and MRBM/IRBM development as part of a new INF treaty. Dissolve the Space Force and move its responsibilities back into the Air Force. Halt all work on Human-level Artificial General Intelligence. Halt all work on Sixth Generation Fighter Jets. Cancel all F-15EX and F-18E/F procurement and instead use those funds to buy more F-35s to accelerate the replacement of 4th generation Fighter Jets with 5th generation Stealth Fighters, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
End the War on Terror: Repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, due to its anachronistic mission against a organization that barely exists anymore. End all Drone Strikes against any group that is not directly planning on attacking the U$. And finally, Repeal the Patriot Act in order to prevent unnecessary violations of the Civil liberties of U$ Citizens, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
POLITICAL REFORM:
Abolish the Electoral College: Pass a Constitutional Amendment to abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a National Popular Vote to elect the President, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Gerrymandering: Pass a Federal Law to end Partisan control of Congressional Redistricting and replace it with Independent Redistricting Commissions Nationwide, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Abolish the Filibuster: Abolish the Filibuster on all legislation in the U$ Senate, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Expand Voting Rights and Access: Pass a Federal law to Allow convicted felons to vote, including those that are currently incarcerated for Non-Violent Crimes, ban all Voter ID laws nationwide, and Create Nationwide Mail-In Voting, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Campaign Finance Reform: Appoint Supreme Court Justices that will overturn Citizens United, and pass a Federal law to ban Super PACs and have Public funding of all Federal Elections, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Court Packing: Expand the Supreme Court from 9 to 13, in order to have a Progressive majority, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Expand Statehood: Grant Statehood to DC and the five U$ territories, in order to balance out the U$ Senates bias towards Republicans, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND TECHNOLOGY:
Carbon Neutral by 2050: Have 100% Clean, Renewable Energy, from Solar, Wind, Hydropower, Geothermal, and Nuclear Power by 2050. To help make this goal more reachable, there will be a Carbon Tax, Offshore Drilling Ban, and Fracking Ban implemented immediately, along with a ban on the sale of all gasoline-powered Cars by 2040, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Green Public Transportation: Ban all Federal funding for new Highways and Airports, and instead use those funds to build Nationwide Electric, High-Speed Rail, starting with a Transcontinental Bullet Train from New York to Los Angeles, in order to reduce usage of Highways and Air Travel. Dramatically Increase funding for rebuilding and expanding Americas Mass Transit in major cities, with an emphasis on Streetcars, Subways, and Electric Buses, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Urban Sprawl: Ban Single-Use zoning nationwide, and instead have future development emphasize, High-Density Apartment buildings made affordable through Rent Control, increased Walkability, and access to Public Transit, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Non-Organic Foods: Pass a Nationwide ban on GMOs, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Artificial Preservatives, excessive Sodium, and Trans Fats, in order to create a healthier, Organic, diet for all Americans, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Human-level Artificial General Intelligence: Negotiate and Ratify an International Treaty Banning the development of Human-level Artificial General Intelligence worldwide in order to prevent a Catastrophic Singularity Event, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Forced Augmentation: Pass a Federal law banning Corporations from forcing their Employees to be Microchipped and/or have Neural Implants/Brain-Computer Interfaces against their will, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
THE IDEAL WINNING 2028 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
As a supporter of the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism, I obviously realize that the Democrats are a Controlled Opposition Party who exist to keep the Workers and Oppressed Nations/Internal Colonies of Naw Afrika, Aztlan, the First Nations, inside the U$ corralled and controlled, while the dominant ruling Crypto-Fascist Christian Zionist Nationalist MAGAtard Republicans transform the U$ into a Full-Blown Fascist Police State, which combined with the fact that the U$ is a Prison house of Nations, which treats the Black/New Afrikan, Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo, and First Nations/Native American population like they are not U$ citizens (Trump ending birthright citizenship will probably transform this from a De facto to a De jure reality by officially stripping citizenship from most of these populations), with them essentially acting as a permanent domestic underclass with essentially no rights that are exploited for cheap labor and disproportionately suffer from Mass incarceration and police brutality, with their neighborhoods essentially under De facto occupation by militarized police, as New Afrika, Aztlan, and the First Nations, are Internal Colonies/Oppressed Nations inside of the U$, and their National Liberation should be the number one goal of U$ Communists as stipulated by Lenin’s principle of Self-Determination for all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR, which will happen once World War III escalates into a Global Nuclear War that will destroy the entire Global Capitalist-Imperialist System, thus allowing for a World Maoist PPW to create a Global USSR (all of the SSRs and SFSRs of the future Global USSR are pictured in the map I posted, with the former U$ Balkanized into a New African SSR that includes the Black/New Afrikan majority counties of the Black Belt, a Hispano-American SFSR that includes the Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo majority counties in the U$ Southwest, along with the rest of the Spanish-speaking Multiracial regions of the Americas, while the White Settler majority regions in the rest of the former U$ becomes part of the Anglo-American SFSR, which also includes the English-speaking provinces of Canada, as Quebec will become its own SSR, with all the Native American reservations becoming ASSRs) to Place the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World on the Shining Path to Communism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
However, as I have stated many times before a proper Dialectical Materialist analysis still reveals that a Controlled Opposition is better then No Opposition, and as we see on the International Stage that China is a “Controlled Opposition” to U$ Imperialism in the same way that the U$ Democrats are “Controlled Opposition” to the Republicans, thus making China the “Global Democrats”, with the massive caveat that a Maoist faction taking over the CCP and purging the Dengists could place China back in the Socialist Mode of Production on the Shining Path to Communism without another Maoist PPW there, though despite this fact both China (Iran is another example of a Lesser Evil Controlled Opposition) and the U$ Democrats should be “Critically Supported”, not because we genuinely support these Bourgeois entities, but because they are both a “Lesser Evil” faction of the Global Capitalist-Imperialist System who De Facto prevent the “Greater Evil” of the Global Capitalist-Imperialist System from completely crushing the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World before the World Maoist PPW can be successful when the Global Nuclear War breaks out, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
So with these Dialectical Materialist facts in consideration, what do my fellow Comrades think of this hypothetical “Ideal Winning 2028 Democratic Platform” (this is making Three Bold assumptions, Firstly, that Trump dose not use the Insurrection Act to declare Martial Law and suspend all Elections, thus officially ending Bourgeois Liberal Democracy in the U$ and making him De Facto U$ President for Life, which is what I expect/fear will happen, Secondly, that a Centre-Left Social Democrat like AOC would ever be allowed by the Centrist Neoliberal/Neocon Democratic Establishment to win the Democratic Nomination, and Thirdly/Finally that the majority Ultra-Reactionary Racist/Sexist White Settler Labor Aristocrat/Petit Bourgeois U$ electorate will ever vote for Centre-Left Social Democrat, especially a Brown Chicano/Mestizo Woman like AOC) that is based on the principles of Social Democracy, Social Progressivism, and Non-Interventionism, with Pragmatic characteristics, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤔?
ECONOMIC POLICY:
Universal Basic Income: Guarantee every Adult U$ citizen a Nontaxable 1000$ monthly check starting on their 18th birthday, paid for by a 10% VAT on all Non-Essential goods (everything but Food, Housing, Healthcare, Education, and Clothing/Hygiene products), Progressive Tax Reform, and eliminating all Means-Tested Social Programs (ie. Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, TANF, SSI, etc.), ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Single-Payer Medicare For All Healthcare System: Expand Medicare to cover all Americans and 100% of all healthcare costs, paid for by raising the Medicare Payroll Tax from 1.45% to 6.2% on all Employers and Employees, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Free College: Make Tuition Free at all public colleges and universities and pay for it with a Financial Transaction Tax of .5% on Stocks, .1% on Bonds, and .005% on Derivatives. In addition to this forgive all Student Loan Debt, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
15$ Minimum Wage: Raise the Federal Minimum Wage to 15$ an hour, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Progressive Tax Reform: Create a more Simple and Equitable Federal Income Tax code that will help pay for the Universal Basic Income and would consist of four brackets for Individuals; 0% for all Income under 50,000$, 10% for all Income between 50,000 and 99,999$, 30% for all Income between 100,000 and 499,999$, and 50% for all Income over 500,000$. Corporations would pay a single 30% Tax rate, and all deductions would be eliminated for both Individuals and Corporations. In addition to this, the cap would be eliminated for Social Security Payroll Taxes in order to maintain the solvency of the Social Security trust fund for future generations, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Free Trade: Eliminate all Tariffs on imported goods, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Financial Regulation: Restore Glass-Steagall in order to break up Wall Street Banks by separating Commercial and Investment Banking, and institute a Financial Transaction Tax of .5% on Stocks, .1% on Bonds, and .005% on Derivatives, in order to pay for Free College, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Anti-Trust: Order the Justice Department to launch immediate Anti-Trust suits to break up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other out of control Tech companies, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Abolish “Right to Work” laws: Repeal the Taft–Hartley Act and abolish all “Right to Work” laws nationwide in order to guarantee every U$ worker the right to join a Union, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES:
Reproductive Rights: Pass a Federal Law legalizing Abortion nationwide before fetal viability (24 weeks) along with enshrining Griswold vs. Connecticut into Federal Law in order to protect access to Birth Control, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
LGBTQIA+ Rights: Enshrine Obergefell v. Hodges into Federal Law in order to maintain Marriage Equality for LGBTQIA+ Americans, along with adding Gender Identity to Federal Anti-Discrimination laws, with the caveat that Transgenders wont be allowed to play in Women’s sports, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Gun Control: Pass National Background Checks that stop Violent Felons and the Mentally Ill from obtaining Firearms, while opposing a Federal Assault Weapons Ban, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Grant Amnesty to all Undocumented Immigrants living in the US who have not committed Violent Felonies (Violent felons will be deported), while simultaneously building a secure Border Wall and reducing Legal Immigration levels from 1,000,000 to 500,000 annually, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Marijuana Legalization: Remove Marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances list and Legalize it at the Federal Level for both Recreational and Medical use, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Hard Narcotics Decriminalization: Decriminalize all Hard Narcotics such as Heroin, Cocaine, Meth, etc., in order to treat use of these Drugs as a Disease and not a Crime, with users placed in Rehab instead of Prison, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Sex Work Legalization: Legalization of Prostitution amongst consenting Adults in order to give Sex Workers the right to earn a living without legal jeopardy, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Criminal Justice Reform: Abolish the Death Penalty, Commute the sentences of all those incarcerated for Non-Violent Drug Offenses and/or Sex Work, Ban Private Prisons, Abolish Three-strikes laws, and Abolish Mandatory Minimums, in order to fix America’s Draconian and Racist Criminal Justice System, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE:
The Middle East: End all Foreign Aid to the Zionist State and place a Arms Embargo on them until they agree to a Immediate Ceasefire, Prisoner/Hostage exchange, and IDF withdrawal from Gaza along with a clear pathway to implement a Two-State solution to the Zionist-Palestinian Conflict along the 1967 borders with 1:1 land swaps. Reenter the Iran Nuclear Deal, lift all Sanctions on Iran, and Reestablish Diplomatic Relations with Iran. Withdrawal all U$ troops from Syria, Iraq, and the rest of the Middle East. And finally, Establish Diplomatic Relations with the Taliban government of Afghanistan, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Europe: Force Russia and Ukraine to agree to a Immediate Ceasefire in Ukraine along the line of contact, with eventual UN-observed Referendums held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson to determine if these regions will be in Russia or Ukraine (If Russia refuses to agree to this the U$ will give Ukraine even more advanced weapons and Russia will face even more sanctions, while if Ukraine refuses to agree to this they will face a Arms embargo and sanctions just like Russia). If Russia agrees to this, U$ will halt the expansion of NATO, reenter the ABM and INF treaties with Russia, withdrawal all U$ troops from Eastern Europe, reduce the U$ military presence in Western Europe by 50%, end the Nuclear Sharing policy with NATO, lift all Sanctions on Russia, and recognize Crimea as part of Russia, with the caveat that the US will continue selling advanced weapons to Ukraine (I would even support selling them F-35s) in order to compensate for them not joining NATO, officially acknowledging Crimea as part of Russia, and potentially losing the other four occupied regions depending on the results of the UN-observed Referendums, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
East Asia: Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea that officially ends the Korean War and permanently divides the peninsula, and subsequently lift all sanctions on North Korea, establish Diplomatic Relations with North Korea, and withdraw all U$ troops from South Korea. Maintain commitment to the One-China policy and the eventual Peaceful Reunification of China by stripping Taiwan of Major Non-NATO Ally status, and halting all Arms shipments to Taiwan, along with halting all provocative activities in the South China Sea in order to avoid an unnecessary War with China. And finally, reduce the U$ military presence in Japan by 50%, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Latin America: End the embargo on Cuba, end the Sanctions on Venezuela and restore Diplomatic relations with the Maduro Government, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Nuclear Weapons: Implement a No First Use policy. End all Nuclear Sharing with NATO. Dismantle all Tactical Nuclear Weapons and halt development of Nuclear SLCMs and Low-yield SLBM warheads. Maintain a Nuclear Triad for purely Second Strike purposes that will be modernized with a new ICBM, new Ballistic Missile Submarine, new ALCM, and the B-21 Stealth Bomber, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Conventional Weapons Procurement and R&D: Reduce the Aircraft Carrier fleet from 11 to 10. Dismantle the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense as part of a restored ABM treaty. Slash the DARPA budget by 50%. Cancel all Hypersonic Weapons Programs. Cancel all GLCM and MRBM/IRBM development as part of a new INF treaty. Dissolve the Space Force and move its responsibilities back into the Air Force. Halt all work on Human-level Artificial General Intelligence. Halt all work on Sixth Generation Fighter Jets. Cancel all F-15EX and F-18E/F procurement and instead use those funds to buy more F-35s to accelerate the replacement of 4th generation Fighter Jets with 5th generation Stealth Fighters, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
End the War on Terror: Repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, due to its anachronistic mission against a organization that barely exists anymore. End all Drone Strikes against any group that is not directly planning on attacking the U$. And finally, Repeal the Patriot Act in order to prevent unnecessary violations of the Civil liberties of U$ Citizens, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
POLITICAL REFORM:
Abolish the Electoral College: Pass a Constitutional Amendment to abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a National Popular Vote to elect the President, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Gerrymandering: Pass a Federal Law to end Partisan control of Congressional Redistricting and replace it with Independent Redistricting Commissions Nationwide, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Abolish the Filibuster: Abolish the Filibuster on all legislation in the U$ Senate, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Expand Voting Rights and Access: Pass a Federal law to Allow convicted felons to vote, including those that are currently incarcerated for Non-Violent Crimes, ban all Voter ID laws nationwide, and Create Nationwide Mail-In Voting, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Campaign Finance Reform: Appoint Supreme Court Justices that will overturn Citizens United, and pass a Federal law to ban Super PACs and have Public funding of all Federal Elections, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Court Packing: Expand the Supreme Court from 9 to 13, in order to have a Progressive majority, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Expand Statehood: Grant Statehood to DC and the five U$ territories, in order to balance out the U$ Senates bias towards Republicans, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND TECHNOLOGY:
Carbon Neutral by 2050: Have 100% Clean, Renewable Energy, from Solar, Wind, Hydropower, Geothermal, and Nuclear Power by 2050. To help make this goal more reachable, there will be a Carbon Tax, Offshore Drilling Ban, and Fracking Ban implemented immediately, along with a ban on the sale of all gasoline-powered Cars by 2040, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Green Public Transportation: Ban all Federal funding for new Highways and Airports, and instead use those funds to build Nationwide Electric, High-Speed Rail, starting with a Transcontinental Bullet Train from New York to Los Angeles, in order to reduce usage of Highways and Air Travel. Dramatically Increase funding for rebuilding and expanding Americas Mass Transit in major cities, with an emphasis on Streetcars, Subways, and Electric Buses, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Urban Sprawl: Ban Single-Use zoning nationwide, and instead have future development emphasize, High-Density Apartment buildings made affordable through Rent Control, increased Walkability, and access to Public Transit, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Non-Organic Foods: Pass a Nationwide ban on GMOs, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Artificial Preservatives, excessive Sodium, and Trans Fats, in order to create a healthier, Organic, diet for all Americans, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Human-level Artificial General Intelligence: Negotiate and Ratify an International Treaty Banning the development of Human-level Artificial General Intelligence worldwide in order to prevent a Catastrophic Singularity Event, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Ban Forced Augmentation: Pass a Federal law banning Corporations from forcing their Employees to be Microchipped and/or have Neural Implants/Brain-Computer Interfaces against their will, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
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During Karl Marx's life, Germany was the supreme industrial superpower of the world and Marx had no reason to believe that this would ever change. He assumed that Germany would continue to be the center of all technological and social progress in the world and that the rapid technological development of the Industrial Revolution would continue and German society would soon become a post-scarcity society where technology has eliminated all inequality and automated all labor and this society would naturally gravitate towards communism as things like class and money become irrelevant, and religion would also gradually fade from society as the end of the class struggle would theoretically do away with any need for religion's pacifying force to quell the impoverished masses. Obviously, none of these things happened and the events of the 20th century were probably utterly unlike anything Karl Marx could have anticipated, so the man effectively devoted much of his life to laying out the groundwork for a society that would never be. When it comes to Marx, what is really most relevant about his work for people in the real world today is the fundamental stuff about workers seizing the means of production; all of his theories about what kind of society would be built after the revolution are just pure academic conjecture from a 19th century German academic with a very 19th century German view of the world.
During Karl Marx's life, Germany was the supreme industrial superpower of the world and Marx had no reason to believe that this would ever change. He assumed that Germany would continue to be the center of all technological and social progress in the world and that the rapid technological development of the Industrial Revolution would continue and German society would soon become a post-scarcity society where technology has eliminated all inequality and automated all labor and this society would naturally gravitate towards communism as things like class and money become irrelevant, and religion would also gradually fade from society as the end of the class struggle would theoretically do away with any need for religion's pacifying force to quell the impoverished masses. Obviously, none of these things happened and the events of the 20th century were probably utterly unlike anything Karl Marx could have anticipated, so the man effectively devoted much of his life to laying out the groundwork for a society that would never be. When it comes to Marx, what is really most relevant about his work for people in the real world today is the fundamental stuff about workers seizing the means of production; all of his theories about what kind of society would be built after the revolution are just pure academic conjecture from a 19th century German academic with a very 19th century German view of the world.
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I live in rural California not that far from a big city in a very republican area do you think you can convince Republicans maga movement turn to a Maoist revolution, or they still be a bunch of hick
I live in rural California not that far from a big city in a very republican area do you think you can convince Republicans maga movement turn to a Maoist revolution, or they still be a bunch of hick
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What are anarchists and communists opinion on Ted Kaczynski and his works, ideas and his take on society and modern technology ?
https://archive.org/details/Unabomber-Manifesto-Industrial-Society-And-Its-Future
https://archive.org/details/technologicalsla0000kacz
https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/ted-kaczynski-the-collected-works-of-ted-kaczynski
What are anarchists and communists opinion on Ted Kaczynski and his works, ideas and his take on society and modern technology ?
https://archive.org/details/Unabomber-Manifesto-Industrial-Society-And-Its-Future
https://archive.org/details/technologicalsla0000kacz
https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/ted-kaczynski-the-collected-works-of-ted-kaczynski
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The forest cover across most of the world has expanded greatly the last several decades. The worst ecological disasters have happened in communist countries and Eastern Bloc Europe, and continue to happen in third world countries where governments exert enormous control over markets. Market oriented societies do the best at protecting their environment.
The forest cover across most of the world has expanded greatly the last several decades. The worst ecological disasters have happened in communist countries and Eastern Bloc Europe, and continue to happen in third world countries where governments exert enormous control over markets. Market oriented societies do the best at protecting their environment.
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Fact checking facts about "russification" of Finland
1. Hurr durr Nicholas 2 wanted to turn everyone into Russians.
False: He wanted to liberate Finnish people from swedish aristocracy
>Nicholas II said that the core of Finland’s problem was that "the Swedes are striving to regain their former dominant position in Finland, misleading a broad section of the people. Against such gentlemen, decisive action had to be taken."
2. Hurr durr bobrikov was a dictator who suppressed free speech.
Misleading: He targeted swedes and their allies who were advocating for separatism and called Finnish and Russian people mongol barbarians and were closely associated with Germany which posed a security risk
>Of the 116 newspapers published between 1899–1905, 46 (39.7%) were temporarily suspended and 26 (22.4%) permanently shut down. The language distribution of all newspapers published was as follows: 78 Finnish-language (67.2%) and 38 Swedish-language (32.8%). Although most of the suspended papers were Finnish, the relative share of Swedish-language papers was greater. Of all Swedish-language papers during this period, 30% were permanently closed and 52.6% suspended temporarily, whereas the corresponding figures for Finnish-language papers were 19.2% and 33.3%. In the early phase of mass closures, attention was directed especially at Swedish-language papers, six of which were shut down in 1900, while only one Finnish-language paper was closed.
>In Kotka and Käkisalmi, the closures carried out by the governor-general strengthened the position of the Old Finnish press.
>Arbetaren and, outside Helsinki, Länsi-Suomen Työmies, Kansan Lehti, and Itä-Suomen Työmies did not receive a single warning from Bobrikov throughout the entire period, nor were they ever shut down. It appears that political censorship from Russia had little effect on the workers’ press.
3. Hurr durr muh political repression, muh exiles to Siberia
Misleading: The Finnish government couldn't carry out it's duties of protecting it's citizens and was notorious for hiding terrorists like Lenin and letting murderers go free. Bobrikov had to manually exile criminals because it was the only option left. For example a governor of Vyborg was shot and the assassin got only 3 years in prison and his co-conspirators got away with fine (https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Reinikka)
4. Hurr durr Bobirkov tried to force everyone to speak Russian
False: He encouraged his subordinates learn Finnish and significantly improved the position of Finnish language. This myth propably refers to the 1900 manifesto which mandated use of Russian in governors office because after his letters were leaked and he was facing insubordination he brought in his own people who didn't know swedish but were legally required to speak it. This law was made for them and didn't affect anyone in any way. All senators had to do was hire a translator so that Bobrikov could understand them. All in all it was not that important in the context of all his actions. Before Bobrikov swedish was the only official language and he uplifted Finnish language by giving it an official status which is a much more important policy
>Swedish-speaking senators who resigned, were dismissed, or died were replaced by Suometar (pro-Finnish) men, with the result that the senate gradually became more Finnish. A key achievement was the 1902 Language Decree, which, after years of struggle, finally made Finnish formally equal to Swedish as an official language.
5. Hurr durr he was a dicktator
True: While it's true it's important to understand that not all dictatorships are bad and not all democracies are good. Bobrikov had to have signifcant powers in order to uproot swedish aristocracy which occupied Finland for over 700 years. Prior to Bobrikov only 30% could vote and the senate and diet was almost exclusively swedish and couldn't represent the majority of Finnish speakers in any way. Bobrikov used his powers to represent those who were excluded from the decision-making like finnish-speaking workers and peasants. Bobrikov used 2 million marks to acquire land for the landless population and the committee he established distributed 147,000 hectares of land to those without land. It also should be noted that Bobrikov wanted to democratize the system and expand voting rights after he had implemented his reforms but was murdered by a swedish aristocrat before he could do it.
Fact checking facts about "russification" of Finland
1. Hurr durr Nicholas 2 wanted to turn everyone into Russians.
False: He wanted to liberate Finnish people from swedish aristocracy
>Nicholas II said that the core of Finland’s problem was that "the Swedes are striving to regain their former dominant position in Finland, misleading a broad section of the people. Against such gentlemen, decisive action had to be taken."
2. Hurr durr bobrikov was a dictator who suppressed free speech.
Misleading: He targeted swedes and their allies who were advocating for separatism and called Finnish and Russian people mongol barbarians and were closely associated with Germany which posed a security risk
>Of the 116 newspapers published between 1899–1905, 46 (39.7%) were temporarily suspended and 26 (22.4%) permanently shut down. The language distribution of all newspapers published was as follows: 78 Finnish-language (67.2%) and 38 Swedish-language (32.8%). Although most of the suspended papers were Finnish, the relative share of Swedish-language papers was greater. Of all Swedish-language papers during this period, 30% were permanently closed and 52.6% suspended temporarily, whereas the corresponding figures for Finnish-language papers were 19.2% and 33.3%. In the early phase of mass closures, attention was directed especially at Swedish-language papers, six of which were shut down in 1900, while only one Finnish-language paper was closed.
>In Kotka and Käkisalmi, the closures carried out by the governor-general strengthened the position of the Old Finnish press.
>Arbetaren and, outside Helsinki, Länsi-Suomen Työmies, Kansan Lehti, and Itä-Suomen Työmies did not receive a single warning from Bobrikov throughout the entire period, nor were they ever shut down. It appears that political censorship from Russia had little effect on the workers’ press.
3. Hurr durr muh political repression, muh exiles to Siberia
Misleading: The Finnish government couldn't carry out it's duties of protecting it's citizens and was notorious for hiding terrorists like Lenin and letting murderers go free. Bobrikov had to manually exile criminals because it was the only option left. For example a governor of Vyborg was shot and the assassin got only 3 years in prison and his co-conspirators got away with fine (https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Reinikka)
4. Hurr durr Bobirkov tried to force everyone to speak Russian
False: He encouraged his subordinates learn Finnish and significantly improved the position of Finnish language. This myth propably refers to the 1900 manifesto which mandated use of Russian in governors office because after his letters were leaked and he was facing insubordination he brought in his own people who didn't know swedish but were legally required to speak it. This law was made for them and didn't affect anyone in any way. All senators had to do was hire a translator so that Bobrikov could understand them. All in all it was not that important in the context of all his actions. Before Bobrikov swedish was the only official language and he uplifted Finnish language by giving it an official status which is a much more important policy
>Swedish-speaking senators who resigned, were dismissed, or died were replaced by Suometar (pro-Finnish) men, with the result that the senate gradually became more Finnish. A key achievement was the 1902 Language Decree, which, after years of struggle, finally made Finnish formally equal to Swedish as an official language.
5. Hurr durr he was a dicktator
True: While it's true it's important to understand that not all dictatorships are bad and not all democracies are good. Bobrikov had to have signifcant powers in order to uproot swedish aristocracy which occupied Finland for over 700 years. Prior to Bobrikov only 30% could vote and the senate and diet was almost exclusively swedish and couldn't represent the majority of Finnish speakers in any way. Bobrikov used his powers to represent those who were excluded from the decision-making like finnish-speaking workers and peasants. Bobrikov used 2 million marks to acquire land for the landless population and the committee he established distributed 147,000 hectares of land to those without land. It also should be noted that Bobrikov wanted to democratize the system and expand voting rights after he had implemented his reforms but was murdered by a swedish aristocrat before he could do it.
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If anyone ever asks what you think neoliberalism is to make you look like an idiot, remember that neoliberalism is just the new setup of regulation after the 70s crisis, all about restoring profitability. It is an economic theory that thinks markets magically self-regulate, meet everyone's needs, use resources perfectly and guarantee jobs for anyone who actually wants to work. That's it.
If anyone ever asks what you think neoliberalism is to make you look like an idiot, remember that neoliberalism is just the new setup of regulation after the 70s crisis, all about restoring profitability. It is an economic theory that thinks markets magically self-regulate, meet everyone's needs, use resources perfectly and guarantee jobs for anyone who actually wants to work. That's it.
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For context Crimethinc is a decentralized anarchist collective that has been popular since the 90’s. Also no they aren’t a honeypot, albeit the feds have arrested members of the organization so be careful if your at irl meetings.
My personal connection to them is that they are the entire reason I became an anarchist, and have influenced many of my beliefs, and have made me find actual methods of combating capitalism and state oppression individually. And I don’t mean like “individual anarchists” or some punk pretend shit, I mean on actual direct action and organization.
My favourite books from them is Days of War, Nights of love. That book is life-stylist but it’s still a very good read.
But anyways I’m curious what you guys think because I have been a pretty big fan of them for years
Crimethinc
What does leftypol think of Crimethinc?For context Crimethinc is a decentralized anarchist collective that has been popular since the 90’s. Also no they aren’t a honeypot, albeit the feds have arrested members of the organization so be careful if your at irl meetings.
My personal connection to them is that they are the entire reason I became an anarchist, and have influenced many of my beliefs, and have made me find actual methods of combating capitalism and state oppression individually. And I don’t mean like “individual anarchists” or some punk pretend shit, I mean on actual direct action and organization.
My favourite books from them is Days of War, Nights of love. That book is life-stylist but it’s still a very good read.
But anyways I’m curious what you guys think because I have been a pretty big fan of them for years
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Call me a tankie, but i just dont get it how much i read and learn, how the hell is a anarchist [anarcho-syndicalist/anarcho-communist/platformism] federation going to defend itself against bigger and more advance nations such as Russia, America, China, or even the imperialist EU union itself, without a state/main government to organize ?
And especially how would it work on a large scale like Russia, or America again without a state and also on that how would education, healthcare, crime solving, would be managed, plus the continue fight against reactionary forces from inside or outside ?
This just feels childish and foolish to me
Call me a tankie, but i just dont get it how much i read and learn, how the hell is a anarchist [anarcho-syndicalist/anarcho-communist/platformism] federation going to defend itself against bigger and more advance nations such as Russia, America, China, or even the imperialist EU union itself, without a state/main government to organize ?
And especially how would it work on a large scale like Russia, or America again without a state and also on that how would education, healthcare, crime solving, would be managed, plus the continue fight against reactionary forces from inside or outside ?
This just feels childish and foolish to me
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HARD MODE: DO NOT MENTION ANY OF THE CURRENT OR HISTORICAL PARTIES THAT CLAIMED TO CARRY ON HIS LEGACY AND THEIR SUPER RETARDED GLOWIE FUELED DRAMA WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE RED ARMY GENERAL NOT WHAT THE SLP OR SWP OR WHATEVER OTHER GAY PARTIES ARE OUT THERE
TROTSKY
what do you guys think of leon trotsky and his actions, his accomplishments and his fall ?HARD MODE: DO NOT MENTION ANY OF THE CURRENT OR HISTORICAL PARTIES THAT CLAIMED TO CARRY ON HIS LEGACY AND THEIR SUPER RETARDED GLOWIE FUELED DRAMA WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE RED ARMY GENERAL NOT WHAT THE SLP OR SWP OR WHATEVER OTHER GAY PARTIES ARE OUT THERE
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Why is non-interventionism and anti-war sentiment so fringe across the political spectrum? It’s basically only widespread among the far-left and libertarian right.
The far-right and some MAGA folks are “against” interventionism in the Middle East, but they shrug off Trump bombing Iran or Venezuelans. The entire MAGA crowd supported the Iran strikes. Only the far-left and lib-right were against all of these.
This strikes me as odd because non-interventionism is one of the most common-sense policies to have.
Why is non-interventionism and anti-war sentiment so fringe across the political spectrum? It’s basically only widespread among the far-left and libertarian right.
The far-right and some MAGA folks are “against” interventionism in the Middle East, but they shrug off Trump bombing Iran or Venezuelans. The entire MAGA crowd supported the Iran strikes. Only the far-left and lib-right were against all of these.
This strikes me as odd because non-interventionism is one of the most common-sense policies to have.
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Anil, the younger sibling of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has business interests that range from power to defence. The State Bank of India (SBI) alleged Anil Ambani and his former telecoms firm Reliance Communications “misappropriated” bank funds by entering into transactions that were in violation of the terms of the loans.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3322947/india-investigator-files-criminal-case-against-tycoon-anil-ambani
Former Sri Lankan president admitted to hospital after arrest
Sri Lanka’s former president was admitted to hospital on Saturday, a day after he was charged with using public funds to finance private international travel, as the government intensified its crackdown on corruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/sri-lanka-former-president-ranil-wickremesinghe-admitted-to-hospital-arrest-charges
Taiwanese opposition survives another recall vote, and referendum on nuclear power fails
Voters favored a return to nuclear power by an almost three-to-one margin, but the total in favor fell short of a threshold of 25% of eligible voters, or about 5 million votes, needed for approval.
https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-recall-vote-nuclear-referendum-2efa596845858a7e4bd89e0c23af39b8
Tel Aviv Police Ban Protest Against Gaza War After Demanding Organizers Cap Attendance
Police previously tried to prevent anti-war protests in April, telling organizers they were forbidden from waving signs depicting hostages, bearing the inscription 'genocide' or depicting photographs of children who were killed in Gaza
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-22/ty-article/.premium/tel-aviv-police-ban-protest-against-gaza-war-after-demanding-organizers-cap-attendance/00000198-d1a1-d402-a1fd-f1bdf26b0000
https://archive.ph/mzbAh
Israeli attacks kill 63 across Gaza as troops push deeper into Gaza City
Earlier on Saturday, Israel fired artillery at tents sheltering displaced families in the Asdaa area northwest of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing 16 people, including six children, medical sources said. At least 22 Palestinians were killed while seeking humanitarian aid throughout the day, including a Palestinian who was shot dead by Israeli forces near a distribution point close to the so-called “Morag axis”, southeast of Khan Younis.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/23/israeli-attacks-kill-37-in-gaza-as-more-palestinians-die-from-starvation
https://archive.ph/a14Mg
Palestinian camp in Lebanon begins handing over weapons
With implementation supposed to begin in June but delayed due to divisions among Palestinian groups and the Israel-Iran war, Thursday’s move came suddenly, and has sparked confusion, debate, and mixed interpretations from both Lebanese and Palestinian officials. The scene, which saw weapons packed in bags and loaded into a small truck, has raised more questions than it answered.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinians-lebanon-hand-over-weapons-what-happens-next
Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests
Brønlund was told that her baby was removed because of the trauma she had suffered at the hands of her adoptive father, who is in prison for sexually abusing her. The municipality told her she was “not Greenlandic enough” for the new law banning the tests to apply, despite her being born in Greenland of Greenlandic parents.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/protests-as-newborn-removed-from-greenlandic-mother-after-parenting-competence-tests
Steelworkers face 'huge uncertainty' as Liberty collapses into government control
Creditors owed £100 million by Speciality Steels UK – part of the Liberty Steel metals empire of controversial tycoon Sanjeev Gupta — were granted a compulsory winding up order by insolvency courts on Thursday.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/steelworkers-face-huge-uncertainty-liberty-collapses-government-control
Colombia: Senator Iván Cepeda Announces Pre-Presidential Candidacy for the Historic Pact
The PACTO pre-presidential lists include María José Pizarro, key senator in peace negotiations and social projects; Gustavo Bolívar, favorite in internal polls of the Historical Pact; Carolina Corcho, former Health Minister who led the health reform; Daniel Quintero, former mayor of Medellín; Susana Muhamad, former minister for the environment; Gloria Flores, president of Pacto Histórico; Camilo Romero, former governor of Nariño; and Ali Bantu Ashanti, human rights defender.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/colombia-senator-ivan-cepeda-announces-pre-presidential-candidacy-for-the-historic-pact/
Bolivia’s Supreme Court issues rare order that could see detained right-wing politicians freed
Bolivia’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered judges to urgently review whether three prominent right-wing leaders had been held in prison for too long without trials, threatening to reopen a tumultuous chapter in Bolivia’s politics just days after a presidential election ended two decades of dominance by the governing leftist party.
https://apnews.com/article/jailed-opposition-bolivia-elections-morales-anez-court-74fd17b91355d86498bb07ce8116859b
News 8/23/25
India investigator files criminal case against tycoon Anil AmbaniAnil, the younger sibling of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has business interests that range from power to defence. The State Bank of India (SBI) alleged Anil Ambani and his former telecoms firm Reliance Communications “misappropriated” bank funds by entering into transactions that were in violation of the terms of the loans.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3322947/india-investigator-files-criminal-case-against-tycoon-anil-ambani
Former Sri Lankan president admitted to hospital after arrest
Sri Lanka’s former president was admitted to hospital on Saturday, a day after he was charged with using public funds to finance private international travel, as the government intensified its crackdown on corruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/sri-lanka-former-president-ranil-wickremesinghe-admitted-to-hospital-arrest-charges
Taiwanese opposition survives another recall vote, and referendum on nuclear power fails
Voters favored a return to nuclear power by an almost three-to-one margin, but the total in favor fell short of a threshold of 25% of eligible voters, or about 5 million votes, needed for approval.
https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-recall-vote-nuclear-referendum-2efa596845858a7e4bd89e0c23af39b8
Tel Aviv Police Ban Protest Against Gaza War After Demanding Organizers Cap Attendance
Police previously tried to prevent anti-war protests in April, telling organizers they were forbidden from waving signs depicting hostages, bearing the inscription 'genocide' or depicting photographs of children who were killed in Gaza
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-22/ty-article/.premium/tel-aviv-police-ban-protest-against-gaza-war-after-demanding-organizers-cap-attendance/00000198-d1a1-d402-a1fd-f1bdf26b0000
https://archive.ph/mzbAh
Israeli attacks kill 63 across Gaza as troops push deeper into Gaza City
Earlier on Saturday, Israel fired artillery at tents sheltering displaced families in the Asdaa area northwest of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing 16 people, including six children, medical sources said. At least 22 Palestinians were killed while seeking humanitarian aid throughout the day, including a Palestinian who was shot dead by Israeli forces near a distribution point close to the so-called “Morag axis”, southeast of Khan Younis.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/23/israeli-attacks-kill-37-in-gaza-as-more-palestinians-die-from-starvation
https://archive.ph/a14Mg
Palestinian camp in Lebanon begins handing over weapons
With implementation supposed to begin in June but delayed due to divisions among Palestinian groups and the Israel-Iran war, Thursday’s move came suddenly, and has sparked confusion, debate, and mixed interpretations from both Lebanese and Palestinian officials. The scene, which saw weapons packed in bags and loaded into a small truck, has raised more questions than it answered.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinians-lebanon-hand-over-weapons-what-happens-next
Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests
Brønlund was told that her baby was removed because of the trauma she had suffered at the hands of her adoptive father, who is in prison for sexually abusing her. The municipality told her she was “not Greenlandic enough” for the new law banning the tests to apply, despite her being born in Greenland of Greenlandic parents.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/protests-as-newborn-removed-from-greenlandic-mother-after-parenting-competence-tests
Steelworkers face 'huge uncertainty' as Liberty collapses into government control
Creditors owed £100 million by Speciality Steels UK – part of the Liberty Steel metals empire of controversial tycoon Sanjeev Gupta — were granted a compulsory winding up order by insolvency courts on Thursday.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/steelworkers-face-huge-uncertainty-liberty-collapses-government-control
Colombia: Senator Iván Cepeda Announces Pre-Presidential Candidacy for the Historic Pact
The PACTO pre-presidential lists include María José Pizarro, key senator in peace negotiations and social projects; Gustavo Bolívar, favorite in internal polls of the Historical Pact; Carolina Corcho, former Health Minister who led the health reform; Daniel Quintero, former mayor of Medellín; Susana Muhamad, former minister for the environment; Gloria Flores, president of Pacto Histórico; Camilo Romero, former governor of Nariño; and Ali Bantu Ashanti, human rights defender.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/colombia-senator-ivan-cepeda-announces-pre-presidential-candidacy-for-the-historic-pact/
Bolivia’s Supreme Court issues rare order that could see detained right-wing politicians freed
Bolivia’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered judges to urgently review whether three prominent right-wing leaders had been held in prison for too long without trials, threatening to reopen a tumultuous chapter in Bolivia’s politics just days after a presidential election ended two decades of dominance by the governing leftist party.
https://apnews.com/article/jailed-opposition-bolivia-elections-morales-anez-court-74fd17b91355d86498bb07ce8116859b
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Think of it as geopolitics applied to the iron age.
Current population: ≈15 - 500
News:
https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/tribes/sentinelese
https://www.ndtv.com/topic/north-sentinel-island
https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/north-sentinel-island/news
Latest developments:
-In April 2025, a YouTuber, Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, was arrested after staging an attempt to contact the tribe. He trespassed, left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut, and may face significant prison time.
/nsi/ - North Sentinel Island General #1
Thread for the discussion, analysis and news regarding the savage and primitive barely contacted North Sentinel Island hunter gatherer people.Think of it as geopolitics applied to the iron age.
Current population: ≈15 - 500
News:
https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/tribes/sentinelese
https://www.ndtv.com/topic/north-sentinel-island
https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/north-sentinel-island/news
Latest developments:
-In April 2025, a YouTuber, Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, was arrested after staging an attempt to contact the tribe. He trespassed, left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut, and may face significant prison time.
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The Guardian visited the site earlier this week and said the property was deserted, with "no staff present aside from a security guard stationed in a vehicle parked outside the premises". The Israeli company, which has drawn criticism for producing weaponry used in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, had held the lease since 2019, with a contract due to run until 2029. Elbit Systems provides around 85 percent of Israel’s drones and land-based military equipment and has played a major role in supplying Israel with weaponry for its genocide in Gaza.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/elbit-systems-factory-shuttered-following-palestine-action-campaign
Police make mass arrests at Palestine Action rally outside UK Parliament
London police have arrested more than 425 protesters during violent clashes at a rally calling on the United Kingdom’s government to lift a ban on the Palestine Action group. Defend Our Juries, the campaign group that organised the rally on Saturday, said about 1,500 people participated in the demonstration outside the UK Parliament in London, risking arrest under terrorism laws.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/6/police-make-mass-arrests-at-palestine-action-rally-outside-uk-parliament
https://archive.ph/Xyfg5
Tear gas fired at thousands of protesters in Serbia demanding free elections and justice
Protesters in Novi Sad on Friday chanted “We want elections,” and “Vucic leave” as they vowed to defend the autonomy of the university. Shielded riot officers initially guarded some of the university buildings but reinforcements later arrived in anti-riot vehicles before marching toward the protesters. The city streets were engulfed in tear gas and smoke from stun grenades and flares as police chased the protesters away from the campus. The blitz police intervention reflects the increasingly tough response from Vucic to the protests. Vucic has refused to schedule a snap parliamentary vote requested by the demonstrators.
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protest-students-police-f396a30f7b822e9170c012f817bf2f52
Young Germans seek advice on how to avoid military service
The German Peace Society — United War Service Resisters (DFG-VK), a peace organization that offers advice for people who don't want to fight, told the RND news network that it had had nearly 55,000 clicks on its advice pages in August this year, more than twice as many as in May. The Christian peace organization EAK also reported it had seen a 30% increase in advice requests last year.
https://www.dw.com/en/young-germans-seek-advice-on-how-to-avoid-military-service/a-73897111
https://archive.ph/m9sFu
How the Ban on WhatsApp, Telegram Calls Affects Central Asian Migrants in Russia
WhatsApp and Telegram are not only channels to communicate with families but also vital for connecting with migrant communities across Russia, searching for work, and keeping abreast of legislative changes affecting migrants. Almaz, a Kyrgyz migrant from Batken and an active member of the Kyrgyz diaspora in Moscow, now finds it difficult to assist newcomers. “People back home know they can call me on WhatsApp to ask me to pick up their son at the airport, help him register, or answer questions about life in Russia. Now, this communication is slower and limited to texts,” he told The Diplomat via Telegram. “We will adapt, but right now it feels like an unnecessary complication for the sake of complication.”
https://thediplomat.com/2025/09/how-the-ban-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls-affects-central-asian-migrants-in-russia/
https://archive.ph/RXZ5t
Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for 21 September
CHP leader Ozgur Ozel described the move as "entirely a technical and legal manouevre" in case a court delivers a similar verdict to oust the overall party leadership in a hearing on 15 September. "Because, as you know, anything is within the realm of possibility," he said. The CHP, the largest opposition force in the Turkish parliament, won a huge victory over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP in the 2024 local elections.
https://www.newarab.com/news/turkey-opposition-calls-extraordinary-congress-21-september
Air Canada flight attendants reject wage agreement
Air Canada flight attendants overwhelmingly rejected a wage agreement on Saturday, with a bitter wage dispute now expected to be worked out through mediation as workers cannot take further legal strike action.
Flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge voted 99.1% against ratifying the company's wage offer, the union said.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/air-canada-flight-attendants-reject-wage-agreement-2025-09-06/
Honduras charges three people for the murder of environmentalist Juan López
On September 14, 2024, Honduran environmentalist Juan López was killed in Tocoa while in his vehicle. Prior to his murder, he had received several threats, prompting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to request special protection on his behalf in 2023. Despite these protective measures, several assassins took his life after he left a church. In the aftermath, President Xiomara Castro and Pope Francis condemned the attack.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/04/honduras-charges-three-people-for-the-murder-of-environmentalist-juan-lopez/
Milei government admits its audit of soup kitchens never existed
The revelation confirms opposition claims the administration lied when a top official claimed publicly that half of soup kitchens receiving funds did not exist. The so-called “phantom audit” was used as justification by President Javier Milei, Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello and then-Cabinet chief Nicolás Posse in public appearances and interviews to justify a state decision to suspend food deliveries to community soup kitchens that feed the impoverished.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-government-admits-its-audit-of-soup-kitchens-never-existed.phtml
https://archive.ph/XMKjx
Protesters picnic outside Indonesian parliament on national holiday
There were small, peaceful protests outside the Indonesian parliament on Friday afternoon, following more than a week of sometimes violent demonstrations, as the Muslim-majority country celebrated a holiday marking the Prophet Mohammad's birthday. Students gathered for a "picnic protest", with poetry and book readings as they criticised politicians' benefits and called for the release of detained protesters and a withdrawal of military personnel from civil security duty.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/protesters-picnic-outside-indonesian-parliament-national-holiday-2025-09-05/
Justice demanded for worker killing in Nilphamari
For workers’ welfare she also raised at the rally a 10-point demand, including formation of a national minimum wage commission, ensuring trade union rights in all mills and factories, giving sufficient compensation to the affected workers, and six months maternity leave for female workers.
https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/275255/justice-demanded-for-worker-killing-in-nilphamari
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell refused bail as magistrate says he is a danger to community
Police charged Sewell on Tuesday with multiple offences, including violent disorder and affray over the alleged incident at Camp Sovereignty on the weekend. Sewell, the leader of the Nationalist Socialist Network, allegedly instructed a group of about 30 members of the far-right group to charge at the encampment.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/05/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-refused-bail-melbourne-ntwnfb
News 9/6/25
Elbit Systems factory apparently shuttered following Palestine Action campaignThe Guardian visited the site earlier this week and said the property was deserted, with "no staff present aside from a security guard stationed in a vehicle parked outside the premises". The Israeli company, which has drawn criticism for producing weaponry used in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, had held the lease since 2019, with a contract due to run until 2029. Elbit Systems provides around 85 percent of Israel’s drones and land-based military equipment and has played a major role in supplying Israel with weaponry for its genocide in Gaza.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/elbit-systems-factory-shuttered-following-palestine-action-campaign
Police make mass arrests at Palestine Action rally outside UK Parliament
London police have arrested more than 425 protesters during violent clashes at a rally calling on the United Kingdom’s government to lift a ban on the Palestine Action group. Defend Our Juries, the campaign group that organised the rally on Saturday, said about 1,500 people participated in the demonstration outside the UK Parliament in London, risking arrest under terrorism laws.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/6/police-make-mass-arrests-at-palestine-action-rally-outside-uk-parliament
https://archive.ph/Xyfg5
Tear gas fired at thousands of protesters in Serbia demanding free elections and justice
Protesters in Novi Sad on Friday chanted “We want elections,” and “Vucic leave” as they vowed to defend the autonomy of the university. Shielded riot officers initially guarded some of the university buildings but reinforcements later arrived in anti-riot vehicles before marching toward the protesters. The city streets were engulfed in tear gas and smoke from stun grenades and flares as police chased the protesters away from the campus. The blitz police intervention reflects the increasingly tough response from Vucic to the protests. Vucic has refused to schedule a snap parliamentary vote requested by the demonstrators.
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protest-students-police-f396a30f7b822e9170c012f817bf2f52
Young Germans seek advice on how to avoid military service
The German Peace Society — United War Service Resisters (DFG-VK), a peace organization that offers advice for people who don't want to fight, told the RND news network that it had had nearly 55,000 clicks on its advice pages in August this year, more than twice as many as in May. The Christian peace organization EAK also reported it had seen a 30% increase in advice requests last year.
https://www.dw.com/en/young-germans-seek-advice-on-how-to-avoid-military-service/a-73897111
https://archive.ph/m9sFu
How the Ban on WhatsApp, Telegram Calls Affects Central Asian Migrants in Russia
WhatsApp and Telegram are not only channels to communicate with families but also vital for connecting with migrant communities across Russia, searching for work, and keeping abreast of legislative changes affecting migrants. Almaz, a Kyrgyz migrant from Batken and an active member of the Kyrgyz diaspora in Moscow, now finds it difficult to assist newcomers. “People back home know they can call me on WhatsApp to ask me to pick up their son at the airport, help him register, or answer questions about life in Russia. Now, this communication is slower and limited to texts,” he told The Diplomat via Telegram. “We will adapt, but right now it feels like an unnecessary complication for the sake of complication.”
https://thediplomat.com/2025/09/how-the-ban-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls-affects-central-asian-migrants-in-russia/
https://archive.ph/RXZ5t
Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for 21 September
CHP leader Ozgur Ozel described the move as "entirely a technical and legal manouevre" in case a court delivers a similar verdict to oust the overall party leadership in a hearing on 15 September. "Because, as you know, anything is within the realm of possibility," he said. The CHP, the largest opposition force in the Turkish parliament, won a huge victory over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP in the 2024 local elections.
https://www.newarab.com/news/turkey-opposition-calls-extraordinary-congress-21-september
Air Canada flight attendants reject wage agreement
Air Canada flight attendants overwhelmingly rejected a wage agreement on Saturday, with a bitter wage dispute now expected to be worked out through mediation as workers cannot take further legal strike action.
Flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge voted 99.1% against ratifying the company's wage offer, the union said.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/air-canada-flight-attendants-reject-wage-agreement-2025-09-06/
Honduras charges three people for the murder of environmentalist Juan López
On September 14, 2024, Honduran environmentalist Juan López was killed in Tocoa while in his vehicle. Prior to his murder, he had received several threats, prompting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to request special protection on his behalf in 2023. Despite these protective measures, several assassins took his life after he left a church. In the aftermath, President Xiomara Castro and Pope Francis condemned the attack.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/04/honduras-charges-three-people-for-the-murder-of-environmentalist-juan-lopez/
Milei government admits its audit of soup kitchens never existed
The revelation confirms opposition claims the administration lied when a top official claimed publicly that half of soup kitchens receiving funds did not exist. The so-called “phantom audit” was used as justification by President Javier Milei, Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello and then-Cabinet chief Nicolás Posse in public appearances and interviews to justify a state decision to suspend food deliveries to community soup kitchens that feed the impoverished.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-government-admits-its-audit-of-soup-kitchens-never-existed.phtml
https://archive.ph/XMKjx
Protesters picnic outside Indonesian parliament on national holiday
There were small, peaceful protests outside the Indonesian parliament on Friday afternoon, following more than a week of sometimes violent demonstrations, as the Muslim-majority country celebrated a holiday marking the Prophet Mohammad's birthday. Students gathered for a "picnic protest", with poetry and book readings as they criticised politicians' benefits and called for the release of detained protesters and a withdrawal of military personnel from civil security duty.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/protesters-picnic-outside-indonesian-parliament-national-holiday-2025-09-05/
Justice demanded for worker killing in Nilphamari
For workers’ welfare she also raised at the rally a 10-point demand, including formation of a national minimum wage commission, ensuring trade union rights in all mills and factories, giving sufficient compensation to the affected workers, and six months maternity leave for female workers.
https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/275255/justice-demanded-for-worker-killing-in-nilphamari
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell refused bail as magistrate says he is a danger to community
Police charged Sewell on Tuesday with multiple offences, including violent disorder and affray over the alleged incident at Camp Sovereignty on the weekend. Sewell, the leader of the Nationalist Socialist Network, allegedly instructed a group of about 30 members of the far-right group to charge at the encampment.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/05/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-refused-bail-melbourne-ntwnfb
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>Erica Mindel previously worked with the U.S. State Department under Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden Administration’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, according to Sada Social, a body that monitors and documents digital violations against Palestinian content.
>Mindel previously served as an instructor in the Israeli army’s Spokesperson’s Unit, the monitoring body said in a statement on X.
>It stated that in her new role, Mindel “will be tasked with formulating TikTok’s hate speech policies, shaping relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks, and monitoring trends—particularly those related to antisemitic content.”
>The body said it viewed her appointment as “a highly concerning indicator for the future of digital freedoms for Palestinians,” and warned of “the serious implications that Mindel’s military background may have on TikTok’s moderation practices, especially regarding Palestinian reports of incitement, bias, and the silencing of their narrative.”
>“Assigning someone affiliated with an army currently under international investigation for genocide in Gaza to lead hate speech policy only entrenches existing biases and undermines the principles of fairness and digital justice,” Sada Social stressed.
>According to Mindel’s LinkedIn profile, she holds the position of “Public Policy Manager, Hate Speech” since July 2025. She was previously hired as “a contractor to the US Department of State, specifically for the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. Provide strategic communications and public diplomacy support as well as perform policy analysis on various regional and multi-lateral portfolios.”
>Prior to that, she spent two years at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) as an “Assistant Director, Program Development”. That role included “developing and managing high-level advocacy and policy delegations to Israel for political, press/media, religious and civic and academic thought leaders.”
>In a 2023 AJC video, Mindel mentioned “how passionate my own Zionist identity had become.”
>She had begun her internship at the AJC “as Israel engaged in one of the larger military operations of my lifetime, Tzuk Eitan – Operation Protective Edge.” Over 2,000 Palestinians (including more than 500 children) and more than 10,000 were injured in the 2014 Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, according to Amnesty International.
>“I knew the well-being of Jews worldwide and the security of Israel would be issues of lifelong importance to me,” Mindel stated.
>She explained that she grew up in a traditional Jewish household, “but in an untraditional decision, after graduating from Michigan, I made aliyah and enlisted” in the Israeli army where she spent two years serving as “an instructor in the armored corps.”
>“To many, this might seem like a contradiction. For a woman who identifies as liberal and progressive to be a Zionist so committed as to join the IDF, for me, these two identities go hand in hand,” Mindel stated.
>Sada Social said its 2024 Digital Index revealed that 27 percent of all digital violations targeting Palestinian content occurred on TikTok.
>“According to TikTok’s own transparency report for the second half of 2024, the platform complied with 94% of the Israeli government’s content removal requests, all while imposing strict censorship on Palestinian content,” the monitoring body said. “This included the deletion of videos with clear journalistic value, and the targeting of accounts belonging to journalists, media outlets, activists, and supporters of the Palestinian cause.”
>The monitoring group “underscores that TikTok has failed to undertake any meaningful internal review of its policies, even after the South African government submitted video evidence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—footage that was published on TikTok and depicted Israeli soldiers celebrating the destruction of Palestinian homes, mocking victims, and writing messages on bombs before they were dropped on Gaza.”
>“Instead of responding to these disturbing violations, TikTok has continued its partnerships with a political and military regime currently under international investigation,” the group stated.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/tiktok-appoints-ex-israeli-soldier-as-new-hate-speech-manager/
TikTok Appoints Ex-Israeli Soldier as New ‘Hate Speech’ Manager
>TikTok’s appointment of an ex-Israeli army instructor as its new hate speech manager has been criticized, with concern raised for the future of digital freedoms for Palestinians.>Erica Mindel previously worked with the U.S. State Department under Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden Administration’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, according to Sada Social, a body that monitors and documents digital violations against Palestinian content.
>Mindel previously served as an instructor in the Israeli army’s Spokesperson’s Unit, the monitoring body said in a statement on X.
>It stated that in her new role, Mindel “will be tasked with formulating TikTok’s hate speech policies, shaping relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks, and monitoring trends—particularly those related to antisemitic content.”
>The body said it viewed her appointment as “a highly concerning indicator for the future of digital freedoms for Palestinians,” and warned of “the serious implications that Mindel’s military background may have on TikTok’s moderation practices, especially regarding Palestinian reports of incitement, bias, and the silencing of their narrative.”
>“Assigning someone affiliated with an army currently under international investigation for genocide in Gaza to lead hate speech policy only entrenches existing biases and undermines the principles of fairness and digital justice,” Sada Social stressed.
>According to Mindel’s LinkedIn profile, she holds the position of “Public Policy Manager, Hate Speech” since July 2025. She was previously hired as “a contractor to the US Department of State, specifically for the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. Provide strategic communications and public diplomacy support as well as perform policy analysis on various regional and multi-lateral portfolios.”
>Prior to that, she spent two years at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) as an “Assistant Director, Program Development”. That role included “developing and managing high-level advocacy and policy delegations to Israel for political, press/media, religious and civic and academic thought leaders.”
>In a 2023 AJC video, Mindel mentioned “how passionate my own Zionist identity had become.”
>She had begun her internship at the AJC “as Israel engaged in one of the larger military operations of my lifetime, Tzuk Eitan – Operation Protective Edge.” Over 2,000 Palestinians (including more than 500 children) and more than 10,000 were injured in the 2014 Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, according to Amnesty International.
>“I knew the well-being of Jews worldwide and the security of Israel would be issues of lifelong importance to me,” Mindel stated.
>She explained that she grew up in a traditional Jewish household, “but in an untraditional decision, after graduating from Michigan, I made aliyah and enlisted” in the Israeli army where she spent two years serving as “an instructor in the armored corps.”
>“To many, this might seem like a contradiction. For a woman who identifies as liberal and progressive to be a Zionist so committed as to join the IDF, for me, these two identities go hand in hand,” Mindel stated.
>Sada Social said its 2024 Digital Index revealed that 27 percent of all digital violations targeting Palestinian content occurred on TikTok.
>“According to TikTok’s own transparency report for the second half of 2024, the platform complied with 94% of the Israeli government’s content removal requests, all while imposing strict censorship on Palestinian content,” the monitoring body said. “This included the deletion of videos with clear journalistic value, and the targeting of accounts belonging to journalists, media outlets, activists, and supporters of the Palestinian cause.”
>The monitoring group “underscores that TikTok has failed to undertake any meaningful internal review of its policies, even after the South African government submitted video evidence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—footage that was published on TikTok and depicted Israeli soldiers celebrating the destruction of Palestinian homes, mocking victims, and writing messages on bombs before they were dropped on Gaza.”
>“Instead of responding to these disturbing violations, TikTok has continued its partnerships with a political and military regime currently under international investigation,” the group stated.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/tiktok-appoints-ex-israeli-soldier-as-new-hate-speech-manager/
R: 8 / I: 1
>The more and more conscious reactionary role of modern capitalism, and the growing ideological revolt against the machine, and sense of antagonism to the development of technique, necessarily expresses itself on a wide front in the entire ideological field. A transformation in the dominant trends of capitalist ideology becomes more and more conspicuous. This transformation expresses itself in the growing revolt against science, against reason, against cultural development, against all the traditional philosophical liberal conceptions which were characteristic of ascendant capitalism; in favour of religion, idealistic illusions, denial of the validity of science, mysticism, spiritualism, multiplying forms of superstition, cults of the primitive, cults of violence, racial charlatanry ("blood" and "Aryan" nonsense) and all forms of obscurantism. This tendency was already visible from the outset of the imperialist epoch, and especially before the war. It has enormously increased in the post-war period. The relationship between science and the bourgeoisie has never in fact been an easy one. Only in the first revolutionary period of the bourgeoisie (in seventeenth-century England or in later eighteenth-century France) has there been real enthusiaism. In the nineteenth century, with the bourgeoisie in power, although the enormous profits to be won from the results of science led to universal official recognition, laudations and a somewhat stingy financial support, the suspicion was always present that the development of the scientific outlook might undermine the social foundations. Hence, the gigantic battles of the nineteeth century over each advance of science. The leaders of nineteenth-century bourgeois science were still warriors in the midst of a widely hostile social camp. Education was still in general jealously guarded on pre-scientific lines and under clerical control. But what is conspicuous about the present period is that though offensive against science is today led, no longer merely by professional reactionaries and clericalists, but above all by the majority of the more prominent, officially recognised and highly placed leaders of bourgeois science. The main bulk of officially distinguished, be-knighted, and decorated scientists of the bourgeoisie have openly joined the clerical camp. They proclaim with wearisome iteration the reconciliation of science and religion, the overthrow for the thousandth time the errors of materialism, the limitations of scientific knowledge, and the supremacy of "higher" aspects of life which cannot be approached along scientific lines. In a spate of lectures, essays, treatises and books, whose popular, vulgarising and often grossly unscientific character betrays their propagandist aim, they endeavour to utilise each new advance of research and discovery, not in order therefrom to to reach a more scientific understanding of reality, but in order to throw doubt on the whole basis of science, and on this ground to proclaim the vindication of the particular tribal gods of their locality.
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"I Fucking Hate Science" - Reactoids
https://www.marxists.org/archive/dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf>The more and more conscious reactionary role of modern capitalism, and the growing ideological revolt against the machine, and sense of antagonism to the development of technique, necessarily expresses itself on a wide front in the entire ideological field. A transformation in the dominant trends of capitalist ideology becomes more and more conspicuous. This transformation expresses itself in the growing revolt against science, against reason, against cultural development, against all the traditional philosophical liberal conceptions which were characteristic of ascendant capitalism; in favour of religion, idealistic illusions, denial of the validity of science, mysticism, spiritualism, multiplying forms of superstition, cults of the primitive, cults of violence, racial charlatanry ("blood" and "Aryan" nonsense) and all forms of obscurantism. This tendency was already visible from the outset of the imperialist epoch, and especially before the war. It has enormously increased in the post-war period. The relationship between science and the bourgeoisie has never in fact been an easy one. Only in the first revolutionary period of the bourgeoisie (in seventeenth-century England or in later eighteenth-century France) has there been real enthusiaism. In the nineteenth century, with the bourgeoisie in power, although the enormous profits to be won from the results of science led to universal official recognition, laudations and a somewhat stingy financial support, the suspicion was always present that the development of the scientific outlook might undermine the social foundations. Hence, the gigantic battles of the nineteeth century over each advance of science. The leaders of nineteenth-century bourgeois science were still warriors in the midst of a widely hostile social camp. Education was still in general jealously guarded on pre-scientific lines and under clerical control. But what is conspicuous about the present period is that though offensive against science is today led, no longer merely by professional reactionaries and clericalists, but above all by the majority of the more prominent, officially recognised and highly placed leaders of bourgeois science. The main bulk of officially distinguished, be-knighted, and decorated scientists of the bourgeoisie have openly joined the clerical camp. They proclaim with wearisome iteration the reconciliation of science and religion, the overthrow for the thousandth time the errors of materialism, the limitations of scientific knowledge, and the supremacy of "higher" aspects of life which cannot be approached along scientific lines. In a spate of lectures, essays, treatises and books, whose popular, vulgarising and often grossly unscientific character betrays their propagandist aim, they endeavour to utilise each new advance of research and discovery, not in order therefrom to to reach a more scientific understanding of reality, but in order to throw doubt on the whole basis of science, and on this ground to proclaim the vindication of the particular tribal gods of their locality.
Bro really cooked with this
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When you go online, and you see posts made by feminists hating on men, and you assume these feminists are representative of feminists rather than outliers, you are engaging in idealism.
When a hippie asks "why can't we all just get along and hug trees, man", the hippie is engaging in idealism, for he assumes that others are like him.
When Niko Bellic in GTA 4 is tricked by his cousin Roman to come to America, under the assumption that Roman's boastings of his "high-life" are in any way reflective of reality, and Niko is disappointed when he actually sees what this "high-life" looks like, that is idealism.
When I sound radical on the internet to imitate my parasocial friend Marx, when I warn the capitalism defenders that they will be destroyed in the revolution, but I live in a country where communist orgs are dead and workers are sedated, I am engaging in wishful thinking and empty threats, that is idealism.
When a child talks about Santa Claus, as if he were real, only because the child imagines him to be real, and never checks if he actually is, what is that called? You guessed it, idealism.
It is the curse of being able to produce thoughts and language without needing to check the real world. The whole field of psychology is made up of constructs that are *assumed* to be useful at helping people without scientific legitimacy. And the dumb shit trickles down, and it isn't even questioned. "Brain surgeons are high-functioning psychopaths", or some retarded sentence like that is something I'm sure you've heard at one point. Questions you would've asked if you were wiser: WHAT is a "psychopath"? WHERE did you obtain the information that brain surgeons are "psychopaths"?
And so it goes.
Idealism cannot be rooted out
Idealism is fundamentally a flaw of the way cognition works.When you go online, and you see posts made by feminists hating on men, and you assume these feminists are representative of feminists rather than outliers, you are engaging in idealism.
When a hippie asks "why can't we all just get along and hug trees, man", the hippie is engaging in idealism, for he assumes that others are like him.
When Niko Bellic in GTA 4 is tricked by his cousin Roman to come to America, under the assumption that Roman's boastings of his "high-life" are in any way reflective of reality, and Niko is disappointed when he actually sees what this "high-life" looks like, that is idealism.
When I sound radical on the internet to imitate my parasocial friend Marx, when I warn the capitalism defenders that they will be destroyed in the revolution, but I live in a country where communist orgs are dead and workers are sedated, I am engaging in wishful thinking and empty threats, that is idealism.
When a child talks about Santa Claus, as if he were real, only because the child imagines him to be real, and never checks if he actually is, what is that called? You guessed it, idealism.
It is the curse of being able to produce thoughts and language without needing to check the real world. The whole field of psychology is made up of constructs that are *assumed* to be useful at helping people without scientific legitimacy. And the dumb shit trickles down, and it isn't even questioned. "Brain surgeons are high-functioning psychopaths", or some retarded sentence like that is something I'm sure you've heard at one point. Questions you would've asked if you were wiser: WHAT is a "psychopath"? WHERE did you obtain the information that brain surgeons are "psychopaths"?
And so it goes.
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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>96,000 new affordable homes every day to house the estimated 3 billion people who will need access to adequate housing by 2030, UN-Habitat says. [^1]
>In a study of 200 cities globally, 90% were found to be unaffordable to live in, with the average home costing more than three times the average income. [^1]
>For renters making under $30,000 — who already faced the most severe struggle to afford housing — Airgood-Obrycki "didn't think it could possibly get that much higher." But the report found it did nudge up, to an all-time high of 83% who are cost-burdened. She says the amount of money they have left over for all other household expenses has plummeted by nearly half, to just $310 a month. [^2]
>As of early 2025, home prices are up 60 percent nationwide since 2019 and still rising at a rate of 3.9 percent year over year. Consequently, the median existing single-family home price hit a new high of $412,500 in 2024. “This is a shocking five times the median household income,” says Daniel McCue, a Senior Research Associate at the Center. “This is also significantly above the price-to-income ratio of 3 that has traditionally been considered affordable.” As prices rose, existing home sales dropped to a 30-year low. [^3]
:[^1] https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/06/how-to-fix-global-housing-crisis/
:[^2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/25/a-look-at-the-state-of-affordable-housing-in-the-us/
:[^3] https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/press-releases/new-report-highlights-unease-housing-market-amid-worsening-affordability-crisis
Global Affordability Crisis
COVID supply shortages, stimulus, and work freezes are what drove the global housing crisis. However it's not clear what's causing the prices to stick, and even continue to get worse, or what's to be done. "Crisis is the mother of intervention" but there seems to be a relative dearth of actual policy directed at the problem. Have heard some of rezoning to curb McMansion construction (directing scarce resources to more economical construction efforts), and of course Singapore was able to weather the storm without cost escalations, these are the exception that proves the rule. If all we can find is such meager evidence of effort there must truly be little being done.>96,000 new affordable homes every day to house the estimated 3 billion people who will need access to adequate housing by 2030, UN-Habitat says. [^1]
>In a study of 200 cities globally, 90% were found to be unaffordable to live in, with the average home costing more than three times the average income. [^1]
>For renters making under $30,000 — who already faced the most severe struggle to afford housing — Airgood-Obrycki "didn't think it could possibly get that much higher." But the report found it did nudge up, to an all-time high of 83% who are cost-burdened. She says the amount of money they have left over for all other household expenses has plummeted by nearly half, to just $310 a month. [^2]
>As of early 2025, home prices are up 60 percent nationwide since 2019 and still rising at a rate of 3.9 percent year over year. Consequently, the median existing single-family home price hit a new high of $412,500 in 2024. “This is a shocking five times the median household income,” says Daniel McCue, a Senior Research Associate at the Center. “This is also significantly above the price-to-income ratio of 3 that has traditionally been considered affordable.” As prices rose, existing home sales dropped to a 30-year low. [^3]
:[^1] https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/06/how-to-fix-global-housing-crisis/
:[^2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/25/a-look-at-the-state-of-affordable-housing-in-the-us/
:[^3] https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/press-releases/new-report-highlights-unease-housing-market-amid-worsening-affordability-crisis
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The internet has been a mistake and communism has been set back some 50 years at least because of it. I don't think I'm exaggerating btw, it has given a way for millions of class consciousness proletarians to alienate themselves in an ever more privatized online space. Tbh, I'm glad that the same tendencies the privatization of the commons are ruining the world web. Once enshittification kills the online common, we will be forced to actually rely on our Gemeinseinschaeften to survive and not on the atomized collection of anons, consequentally organization will be easier to develop.
pic related, literally me whenever i disconnect for more than an hour
The internet has been a mistake and communism has been set back some 50 years at least because of it. I don't think I'm exaggerating btw, it has given a way for millions of class consciousness proletarians to alienate themselves in an ever more privatized online space. Tbh, I'm glad that the same tendencies the privatization of the commons are ruining the world web. Once enshittification kills the online common, we will be forced to actually rely on our Gemeinseinschaeften to survive and not on the atomized collection of anons, consequentally organization will be easier to develop.
pic related, literally me whenever i disconnect for more than an hour
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venezuela?
what does /leftypol/ think of venezuela? are they upholding trve socialism? sorry if the question is kinda vague/open-ended but i'm genuinely curious since most opinions of venezuela i hear are from anti-maduro/chavez venezuelan immigrants
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Yet, despite all of these flaws does China not offer a strong foundation for building Communism. China, unlike other countries has both a strong base of material wealth to build off of as well as a populous that both believes in and is willing to act on the principles of Marxism.
It seems to me at least that it is comparatively our best hope for building communism. Is it not? I would like to hear others input on this subject as I'm still somewhat on the fence regarding all of this.
China, despite its flaws.
Yes, China has in may ways betrayed many of the principles of Marxism. China is deeply flawed, and I have no pretenses to convince you otherwise.Yet, despite all of these flaws does China not offer a strong foundation for building Communism. China, unlike other countries has both a strong base of material wealth to build off of as well as a populous that both believes in and is willing to act on the principles of Marxism.
It seems to me at least that it is comparatively our best hope for building communism. Is it not? I would like to hear others input on this subject as I'm still somewhat on the fence regarding all of this.
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Racially this is what the middle east looks like, a language does not change race
Of course in Palestine case I counted only the autochtonous not judeoslavic squatters
Racially this is what the middle east looks like, a language does not change race
Of course in Palestine case I counted only the autochtonous not judeoslavic squatters
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A lot of images and posts of the last general got broken. So I think it's better to make a new one.
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How is this not Ethnic Cleansing?
Isn't this clearly immoral? I don't hate Jews but this is freaking evil! American largest foreign aid project is turning in to a genocide.
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Everyday that goes by I get more and more why the French guillotine Marie-Antoinette… They're the exact same type of people.
Nothing has made more into a communist then the contempt I recieved because of my class.
Every time I've ever had to interact with a petit bourgeois, a PMC or any of those cunts, all I've ever got was pure contempt. they've got a gift to detect that I'm a working class man… And sure, they'll never tell you directly how inferior they see you, but you'll know, either they treat you like a kid, or they'll analyse everything you ever say or do to find something "problematic" in order to justify treating you like shit.Everyday that goes by I get more and more why the French guillotine Marie-Antoinette… They're the exact same type of people.
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Do you see these libertarians as preferable to MAGA/neocons? On one hand, their economic agenda is even more hostile to leftist politics. On the other, their anti-war, anti-NATO, and anti-bureaucratic stance lines up with some left positions. Or also for example, they're against the surveillance state, patriot acts, etc.
Also worth noting: libertarians outside the U.S. tend to be different. American libertarians are much more radically non-interventionist than their counterparts abroad. For example, Milei loves Ukraine and Israel, NATO, etc. while Massie, Ron Paul, and even the official Libertarian Party is against financing/government supporting either country, and all of them wanna move away from NATO.
What does Leftypol think about anti-Israel American libertarians?
They’re hardcore against foreign involvement, and now Israel is front and center in that.Do you see these libertarians as preferable to MAGA/neocons? On one hand, their economic agenda is even more hostile to leftist politics. On the other, their anti-war, anti-NATO, and anti-bureaucratic stance lines up with some left positions. Or also for example, they're against the surveillance state, patriot acts, etc.
Also worth noting: libertarians outside the U.S. tend to be different. American libertarians are much more radically non-interventionist than their counterparts abroad. For example, Milei loves Ukraine and Israel, NATO, etc. while Massie, Ron Paul, and even the official Libertarian Party is against financing/government supporting either country, and all of them wanna move away from NATO.
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According to a report by Ynet, one of the suspects had moved to Turkey several years ago, where he came into contact with Hamas members. “During the war in Gaza, he allegedly devised the plan to assassinate Ben Gvir using armed drones,” the report said. The suspects reportedly received around $2,000 from contacts in Turkey to purchase drones and other equipment. Police told Ynet the group bought two DJI drones, attached explosives, and conducted a successful test drop. The reports suggested that the plot was coordinated with Hamas leadership based in Turkey. However, Turkish officials have consistently maintained that Ankara hosts only the political leadership of Hamas and does not provide military support to the group.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-denies-role-alleged-plot-kill-israeli-minister-ben-gvir
Iraq’s al-Sadr urges action on water crisis
The Ministry of Water Resources confirmed in July that reserves have collapsed due to shrinking inflows from upstream countries and the worsening effects of climate change, making 2025 one of the driest years since 1933 and prompting provinces to issue health alerts and launch campaigns against waterborne diseases. Iraq ranks among the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, struggling with declining rainfall and dam projects in Turkiye and Iran that have cut flows in the Tigris and Euphrates, while the United Nations lists Iraq among the five countries most exposed to climate change.
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq-s-al-Sadr-urges-action-on-water-crisis
Mali takes Algeria to ICJ over downed military drone
Mali accuses Algeria of maintaining "proximity to terrorist groups", particularly in the border region. In January 2024, Mali's junta scrapped a 2015 peace deal with separatist groups brokered by Algeria and which had long been considered essential for stabilising the country. Since 2012, Mali has been gripped by violence from jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local criminal gangs.
https://www.newarab.com/news/mali-takes-algeria-icj-over-downed-military-drone
Land quarrels in rebel-occupied Congo threaten Trump peace deal
United Nations refugee agency survey results from February and March, seen by Reuters, identified 200 families in Goma, eastern Congo's biggest city, who said they were unable to return to their farmland, in many cases because others were living and working on it. The figure represents about 10% of those surveyed. The survey did not specify who had taken over the land.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/land-quarrels-rebel-occupied-congo-threaten-trump-peace-deal-2025-09-05/
Argentine Senate overrides Milei's veto against Emergency Disability Law
In addition to the veto override, the Senate also approved a bill to reform and limit the use of Emergency Decrees (DNUs). This bill, which passed with 56 votes in favor, 8 against, and 2 abstentions, requires DNUs to address a single issue and gives a 90-day deadline for their ratification by both houses of Congress. A rejection from either one would be enough to nullify the decree. This bill now moves to the Lower House for consideration.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/09/05/argentine-senate-overrides-milei-s-veto-against-emergency-disability-law
Lula Da Silva warns of a possible amnesty for Bolsonaro
The bill, sponsored by right-wing sectors, seeks to alleviate or annul the sentences of hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters who participated in the assault on Congress, the Supreme Court, and the government headquarters in Brasilia, the country’s capital. This coup movement occurred after Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat in 2022, when his supporters attempted to overturn the election results.
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Trump sends 10 stealth fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels
The deployment of strike aircraft to Puerto Rico, first reported by Reuters, citing two sources briefed on the matter, is a sharp escalation of the US president’s crackdown on what he sees as a Venezuelan-led drug trafficking menace in the region. The planes will arrive in the US territory next week and will be part of a sustained military campaign in the Latin American region that began with Tuesday’s air strike, the news agency said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/trump-fighter-planes-puerto-rico-venezuela-drug-cartel
Colombia’s Senate elects new Constitutional Court magistrate amid corruption concerns
La Silla Vacia reported in July that during his tenure as ombudsman, Camargo appointed relatives of nine out of the 22 Supreme Court Justices, and gave contracts and positions to five Senators. The Supreme Court, in turn, put Camargo on its Constitutional Court shortlist. In an attempt to prevent the election of the former ombudsman, the government lobbied for the election of one of his competitors, Maria Balanta, which failed miserably.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-senate-elects-new-constitutional-court-magistrate-amid-corruption-allegations/
Cotton farmers in India protest tariff withdrawal and betrayal by Modi
The protesting farmers also sent a joint letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressing for their demands which includes increase in the minimum support price of cotton of Rs. 10,075 per quintal (around 114 US dollars), loan waivers to all cotton farmers, and a minimum of Rs. 2.5 million (28,311 US dollars) compensation for the families of the farmers who died by suicide. The protesters reminded the prime minister of his declaration on both August 7 and August 15 to protect the interests of Indian farmers at any cost and demanded that he live up to that promise.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/05/cotton-farmers-in-india-protest-tariff-withdrawal-and-betrayal-by-modi/
US Navy Seals killed North Korean civilians in botched 2019 mission, report says
The plan was designed to fix a “blind spot” in US intelligence that would allow the US to intercept the North Korean leader’s communications, potentially giving Trump an advantage ahead of the summit between the two leaders in 2019. But it unraveled when the detachment of Navy Seals came across North Korean civilians who appeared to be diving for shellfish, the Times reported. The American forces opened fire, killing all those on the small fishing vessel, the report said, without specifying the number of casualties.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/05/commando-team-north-korea-civilians-2019-mission
Leftist Groups Across Russia Stage Protests Against Telegram, WhatsApp Call Blocking
The first protest was held on Sunday in the southwestern city of Voronezh, where an estimated 80 people gathered after the local Organization of Voronezh Marxists successfully obtained a permit. Demonstrators also voiced their opposition to Max, a state-backed messaging app promoted as a domestic alternative to WhatsApp and Telegram. The Russian Communist Party (of Internationalists), another Marxist group, announced plans for similar protests this coming Sunday in the Siberian and Far East cities of Novosibirsk, Omsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. To date, only the authorities in Omsk have granted them permission. The group is still awaiting authorization from Moscow officials for a demonstration planned for Sept. 13.
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'The Tory party is dead' says Nadine Dorries as she defects to Reform
The 68-year-old is the highest-profile Conservative to join Reform, following defections by former party chairman Sir Jake Berry, former Wales secretary David Jones and Dame Andrea Jenkyns. Writing in the Daily Mail, Ms Dorries said: “The time for action is now and I believe that the only politician who has the answers, the knowledge and the will to deliver is Nigel Farage.”
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Turkey denies role in alleged plot to kill Israeli minister Ben GvirAccording to a report by Ynet, one of the suspects had moved to Turkey several years ago, where he came into contact with Hamas members. “During the war in Gaza, he allegedly devised the plan to assassinate Ben Gvir using armed drones,” the report said. The suspects reportedly received around $2,000 from contacts in Turkey to purchase drones and other equipment. Police told Ynet the group bought two DJI drones, attached explosives, and conducted a successful test drop. The reports suggested that the plot was coordinated with Hamas leadership based in Turkey. However, Turkish officials have consistently maintained that Ankara hosts only the political leadership of Hamas and does not provide military support to the group.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-denies-role-alleged-plot-kill-israeli-minister-ben-gvir
Iraq’s al-Sadr urges action on water crisis
The Ministry of Water Resources confirmed in July that reserves have collapsed due to shrinking inflows from upstream countries and the worsening effects of climate change, making 2025 one of the driest years since 1933 and prompting provinces to issue health alerts and launch campaigns against waterborne diseases. Iraq ranks among the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, struggling with declining rainfall and dam projects in Turkiye and Iran that have cut flows in the Tigris and Euphrates, while the United Nations lists Iraq among the five countries most exposed to climate change.
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq-s-al-Sadr-urges-action-on-water-crisis
Mali takes Algeria to ICJ over downed military drone
Mali accuses Algeria of maintaining "proximity to terrorist groups", particularly in the border region. In January 2024, Mali's junta scrapped a 2015 peace deal with separatist groups brokered by Algeria and which had long been considered essential for stabilising the country. Since 2012, Mali has been gripped by violence from jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local criminal gangs.
https://www.newarab.com/news/mali-takes-algeria-icj-over-downed-military-drone
Land quarrels in rebel-occupied Congo threaten Trump peace deal
United Nations refugee agency survey results from February and March, seen by Reuters, identified 200 families in Goma, eastern Congo's biggest city, who said they were unable to return to their farmland, in many cases because others were living and working on it. The figure represents about 10% of those surveyed. The survey did not specify who had taken over the land.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/land-quarrels-rebel-occupied-congo-threaten-trump-peace-deal-2025-09-05/
Argentine Senate overrides Milei's veto against Emergency Disability Law
In addition to the veto override, the Senate also approved a bill to reform and limit the use of Emergency Decrees (DNUs). This bill, which passed with 56 votes in favor, 8 against, and 2 abstentions, requires DNUs to address a single issue and gives a 90-day deadline for their ratification by both houses of Congress. A rejection from either one would be enough to nullify the decree. This bill now moves to the Lower House for consideration.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/09/05/argentine-senate-overrides-milei-s-veto-against-emergency-disability-law
Lula Da Silva warns of a possible amnesty for Bolsonaro
The bill, sponsored by right-wing sectors, seeks to alleviate or annul the sentences of hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters who participated in the assault on Congress, the Supreme Court, and the government headquarters in Brasilia, the country’s capital. This coup movement occurred after Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat in 2022, when his supporters attempted to overturn the election results.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/lula-da-silva-warns-of-a-possible-amnesty-for-bolsonaro/
https://archive.ph/lmSor
Trump sends 10 stealth fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels
The deployment of strike aircraft to Puerto Rico, first reported by Reuters, citing two sources briefed on the matter, is a sharp escalation of the US president’s crackdown on what he sees as a Venezuelan-led drug trafficking menace in the region. The planes will arrive in the US territory next week and will be part of a sustained military campaign in the Latin American region that began with Tuesday’s air strike, the news agency said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/trump-fighter-planes-puerto-rico-venezuela-drug-cartel
Colombia’s Senate elects new Constitutional Court magistrate amid corruption concerns
La Silla Vacia reported in July that during his tenure as ombudsman, Camargo appointed relatives of nine out of the 22 Supreme Court Justices, and gave contracts and positions to five Senators. The Supreme Court, in turn, put Camargo on its Constitutional Court shortlist. In an attempt to prevent the election of the former ombudsman, the government lobbied for the election of one of his competitors, Maria Balanta, which failed miserably.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-senate-elects-new-constitutional-court-magistrate-amid-corruption-allegations/
Cotton farmers in India protest tariff withdrawal and betrayal by Modi
The protesting farmers also sent a joint letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressing for their demands which includes increase in the minimum support price of cotton of Rs. 10,075 per quintal (around 114 US dollars), loan waivers to all cotton farmers, and a minimum of Rs. 2.5 million (28,311 US dollars) compensation for the families of the farmers who died by suicide. The protesters reminded the prime minister of his declaration on both August 7 and August 15 to protect the interests of Indian farmers at any cost and demanded that he live up to that promise.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/05/cotton-farmers-in-india-protest-tariff-withdrawal-and-betrayal-by-modi/
US Navy Seals killed North Korean civilians in botched 2019 mission, report says
The plan was designed to fix a “blind spot” in US intelligence that would allow the US to intercept the North Korean leader’s communications, potentially giving Trump an advantage ahead of the summit between the two leaders in 2019. But it unraveled when the detachment of Navy Seals came across North Korean civilians who appeared to be diving for shellfish, the Times reported. The American forces opened fire, killing all those on the small fishing vessel, the report said, without specifying the number of casualties.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/05/commando-team-north-korea-civilians-2019-mission
Leftist Groups Across Russia Stage Protests Against Telegram, WhatsApp Call Blocking
The first protest was held on Sunday in the southwestern city of Voronezh, where an estimated 80 people gathered after the local Organization of Voronezh Marxists successfully obtained a permit. Demonstrators also voiced their opposition to Max, a state-backed messaging app promoted as a domestic alternative to WhatsApp and Telegram. The Russian Communist Party (of Internationalists), another Marxist group, announced plans for similar protests this coming Sunday in the Siberian and Far East cities of Novosibirsk, Omsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. To date, only the authorities in Omsk have granted them permission. The group is still awaiting authorization from Moscow officials for a demonstration planned for Sept. 13.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/03/leftist-groups-across-russia-stage-protests-against-telegram-whatsapp-call-blocking-a90415
https://archive.ph/BCfHy
'The Tory party is dead' says Nadine Dorries as she defects to Reform
The 68-year-old is the highest-profile Conservative to join Reform, following defections by former party chairman Sir Jake Berry, former Wales secretary David Jones and Dame Andrea Jenkyns. Writing in the Daily Mail, Ms Dorries said: “The time for action is now and I believe that the only politician who has the answers, the knowledge and the will to deliver is Nigel Farage.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tory-party-dead-says-nadine-dorries-she-defects-reform
R: 16 / I: 1
Maybe it’s ok to be perceived as cringe and feminine by idiots if you aren’t insecure, humble yourself
Fuck Stirner and Fuck Martial Fetishism
There is no socialism without agape, the glorification of hate and violence brings nothing but hate and violence. The reason why so many why far-leftists are so obsessed with martial even isn’t because violent revolutions are necessary to the cause, otherwise any sort of martial glorification would be done after a revolution, but because they are insecure that it isn’t badass enough to have an ideology based around caring for other humanbeings and their welfare. Insecure leftists LOVE to imitate fascists, and these are the egotistical parasites that have always infected leftism that have caused so much unnecessary suffering contrary to the cause. It’s not about socialism, it’s about hero worship and crypto-nationalistic anthems, fuck you tankiesMaybe it’s ok to be perceived as cringe and feminine by idiots if you aren’t insecure, humble yourself
R: 51 / I: 11
My pick is Calvin Coolidge, since the best thing we can hope for in a capitalist / imperial leader is a complete hands off isolationist (and military defunding) approach. So what if he was a libertarian wet dream
Best USA president
Best USA president in its history?My pick is Calvin Coolidge, since the best thing we can hope for in a capitalist / imperial leader is a complete hands off isolationist (and military defunding) approach. So what if he was a libertarian wet dream
R: 7 / I: 0
The truth, as usual, is much more interesting. Nordic countries have good welfare because the tax burden is mainly put on the workers themselves.
https://annas-archive.org/md5/dd0b27231f6e7cabef184b616a59dafe
Shaikh has a separate article where he gets to the same conclusion.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290841085_Who_Pays_for_the_Welfare_in_the_Welfare_State_A_Multicountry_Study
The truth, as usual, is much more interesting. Nordic countries have good welfare because the tax burden is mainly put on the workers themselves.
https://annas-archive.org/md5/dd0b27231f6e7cabef184b616a59dafe
Shaikh has a separate article where he gets to the same conclusion.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290841085_Who_Pays_for_the_Welfare_in_the_Welfare_State_A_Multicountry_Study
R: 23 / I: 3
Dollar decline; the failures of mainstream economics and epochal crisis – reviews
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/dollar-decline-the-failures-of-mainstream-economics-and-epochal-crisis-reviews/
>It’s mid-summer in the Northern hemisphere, so I thought it might be the time for a quiet review of some books on the trends in the world economy. These are short reviews without much depth and I am excluding new books coming up that deserve fuller accounts.
>Let’s start with a couple of books that deal with US economic hegemony and the dollar. Mainstream economist Kenneth Rogoff has published Our dollar, your problem, the title of which refers to the statement in 1971 by the then US Secretary of the Treasury, John Connally who told his European counterparts: ‘the dollar is our currency but your problem’, when the US decided to allow the dollar to depreciate by 20% to improve its trade account that was heading into deficit.
…
>Socialist economist Jack Rasmus offers a much better explanation of the relative decline of US imperialism and the dollar. His book will be available from October. In his book, The Twilight of American Imperialism covers the gradual decline in US manufacturing dominance in the 1970s onwards that led to taking the US dollar off its link to a fixed price of gold and Connally’s remarks.
…
>Blood and Treasure is a new book by Duncan Weldon, now at the Economist. He argues that warfare might be costly, but it has also, at times, been necessary in order for states to gain global prominence. Fundamentally, warfare is driven by the economic needs of states and their elite. Indeed, the history of warfare can help explain modern economics, Weldon argues. For me, the current move by the major economies from welfare to warfare is no accident, but the result of the increasing weakness in these economies.
…
>More explosive is Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Project and the Unmaking of Democracy by Quinn Slobodian. This is a revealing account of how neoclassical economics, as presented by supposedly objective economists like Friedrich Hayek, morphed into neoliberal policies of privatisation, union bashing, the destruction of public services and deregulation. But more than that; the economics of Hayek was taken up by the far right. Slobodian argues that current hard right anti-democratic libertarian followers of Hayek are not opposed to free trade and markets (except for immigrant labour) but are the “bastard offspring of that line of thought”. These bastards are believers in racial difference and tribes: races should not be mixed. Moreover, it is the white race that has higher autism scores, as shown by the development of information technology in the Global North (!). “In the midst of the world crisis, the bastard offspring of ‘free market’ economists Mises and Hayek preached a flight from democracy to safety: to gold, to family, to Christianity, a plea to divest from state money and into the metal that weighs heavy in the hand.”
…
>Chinese economist Xiaohuan Lan is more to the point in his book: How China works. This is a best seller in China. Lan argues that China’s rise is not primarily due to the rise of its capitalist sector, but mainly due to the role of the state. But he says that “emphasizing the role of government is certainly not the same as advocating for a planned economy.” He claims that now there is no planned economy Soviet-style in China, and such talk is ‘off the topic’. I find this conclusion strangely out of line with CP policy, which may not be Soviet-style central planning, but still presents a five-year plan for China’s development targets, for both the state and the private sector to follow. Xiaohuan Lan reckons that China’s economic system has three components: local governments with a large amount of resources and a large freedom of acting; a powerful central government with a strong ability to coordinate and control; and a well-organized bureaucratic system with strong human capital. I think you could add the state-owned finance sector and large state enterprises in all sectors.
…
>Finally, there are some new books out that seek to explain the contradictions in capitalism in the 21st century. French economist Thomas Piketty has published a book that recounts a dialogue between himself and Michael Sandel. Piketty is known to many as the great expert on inequality of wealth worldwide and famed for his book Capital in the 21st Century that stormed the mainstream economics media over ten years ago. Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University and has been described as a “rock-star moralist” (Newsweek) and “the world’s most influential living philosopher.” (New Statesman).
Jackson Hole 2025: monetary policy, demography and productivity
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/jackson-hole-2025-monetary-policy-demography-and-productivity/
>Every August, the regional Kansas City Federal Reserve holds a symposium for the world’s central bankers to consider their role in economic policy and important developments in the world economy. The head of the US Federal Reserve usually presents a summary of how he (or she) sees the state of US economy and what action the US Fed should take in trying to meet its set targets of keeping price inflation moderate (no more than 2% a year) and achieving ‘full employment’. The gathered central bankers also receive presentations from a range of mainstream economists to improve their ‘expertise’.
Should central banks be ‘independent’?
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/should-central-banks-be-independent/
>US President Donald Trump announced that he had fired Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Trump says that she committed mortgage fraud by taking out two mortgages, claiming both properties as her primary residence, back when she was a professor at Michigan State, before joining the Fed. Naturally, Cook dismissed these charges, and as Keynesian economist Paul Krugman said on his blog, “Even if true, this accusation wouldn’t meet the standard for immediate dismissal from the Fed.”
>What’s behind all this? Trump and his MAGA advisers are determined to take control of the Federal Reserve and end its relative ‘independence’ from politicians. Trump wants the Fed to cut its ‘policy interest rate’ to at least 1% from its current level of 4%-plus and he wants the Fed to be at his beck and call over monetary policy and financial deregulation. Trump has called Fed chair Powell a “numbskull” and “stubborn mule” for refusing (so far) to accede to his demands to slash rates. Trump’s treasury secretary Scott Bessent likened Fed staffers to beneficiaries of “universal basic income for academic economists”. All these PhDs over there, I don’t know what they do.” Trump has already got one of his MAGA supporters on the Fed board (former White House chief adviser, Stephen Miran) and replacing Cook would get him closer to controlling the Fed – especially as Powell ends his term next year. Bessent is favourite to replace him.
And as a bonus there's an interview with Hudson on historical "borrower and lender relations" hosted on Naked Capitalism
Michael Hudson: How Lenders Sought and Got Power in the Roman Era and Helped Legitimate Later Rentierism
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/michael-hudson-how-lenders-sought-and-got-power-in-the-roman-era-and-helped-legitimate-later-rentierism.html
<Yves here. Michael Hudson gives another historically very wide ranging talk on borrower and lender relations, here going back to the Bronze era to ancient Greece and the Roman Republic and empire, through the modern era. He explains how ancient states recognized the importance of preventing strict enforcement of lenders’ rights was critical to national survival, since among other things, debt slaves would be difficult to enlist for defense. This discussion is very accessible and would be good to circulate to those who might not appreciate how our modern view of lending and debt is actually a political construct, and one found repeatedly in the past to pit creditor/oligarch interests against those of national survival.
Michael Hudson
Hudson got brought up in another thread and so I'm posting links to his three latest posts here, mostly for their relevance and for the interest of others but also to a lesser extent because I'm tired of only seeing posts about Nick Fuentes or whatever other fucking reactionary is popular right now.Dollar decline; the failures of mainstream economics and epochal crisis – reviews
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/dollar-decline-the-failures-of-mainstream-economics-and-epochal-crisis-reviews/
>It’s mid-summer in the Northern hemisphere, so I thought it might be the time for a quiet review of some books on the trends in the world economy. These are short reviews without much depth and I am excluding new books coming up that deserve fuller accounts.
>Let’s start with a couple of books that deal with US economic hegemony and the dollar. Mainstream economist Kenneth Rogoff has published Our dollar, your problem, the title of which refers to the statement in 1971 by the then US Secretary of the Treasury, John Connally who told his European counterparts: ‘the dollar is our currency but your problem’, when the US decided to allow the dollar to depreciate by 20% to improve its trade account that was heading into deficit.
…
>Socialist economist Jack Rasmus offers a much better explanation of the relative decline of US imperialism and the dollar. His book will be available from October. In his book, The Twilight of American Imperialism covers the gradual decline in US manufacturing dominance in the 1970s onwards that led to taking the US dollar off its link to a fixed price of gold and Connally’s remarks.
…
>Blood and Treasure is a new book by Duncan Weldon, now at the Economist. He argues that warfare might be costly, but it has also, at times, been necessary in order for states to gain global prominence. Fundamentally, warfare is driven by the economic needs of states and their elite. Indeed, the history of warfare can help explain modern economics, Weldon argues. For me, the current move by the major economies from welfare to warfare is no accident, but the result of the increasing weakness in these economies.
…
>More explosive is Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Project and the Unmaking of Democracy by Quinn Slobodian. This is a revealing account of how neoclassical economics, as presented by supposedly objective economists like Friedrich Hayek, morphed into neoliberal policies of privatisation, union bashing, the destruction of public services and deregulation. But more than that; the economics of Hayek was taken up by the far right. Slobodian argues that current hard right anti-democratic libertarian followers of Hayek are not opposed to free trade and markets (except for immigrant labour) but are the “bastard offspring of that line of thought”. These bastards are believers in racial difference and tribes: races should not be mixed. Moreover, it is the white race that has higher autism scores, as shown by the development of information technology in the Global North (!). “In the midst of the world crisis, the bastard offspring of ‘free market’ economists Mises and Hayek preached a flight from democracy to safety: to gold, to family, to Christianity, a plea to divest from state money and into the metal that weighs heavy in the hand.”
…
>Chinese economist Xiaohuan Lan is more to the point in his book: How China works. This is a best seller in China. Lan argues that China’s rise is not primarily due to the rise of its capitalist sector, but mainly due to the role of the state. But he says that “emphasizing the role of government is certainly not the same as advocating for a planned economy.” He claims that now there is no planned economy Soviet-style in China, and such talk is ‘off the topic’. I find this conclusion strangely out of line with CP policy, which may not be Soviet-style central planning, but still presents a five-year plan for China’s development targets, for both the state and the private sector to follow. Xiaohuan Lan reckons that China’s economic system has three components: local governments with a large amount of resources and a large freedom of acting; a powerful central government with a strong ability to coordinate and control; and a well-organized bureaucratic system with strong human capital. I think you could add the state-owned finance sector and large state enterprises in all sectors.
…
>Finally, there are some new books out that seek to explain the contradictions in capitalism in the 21st century. French economist Thomas Piketty has published a book that recounts a dialogue between himself and Michael Sandel. Piketty is known to many as the great expert on inequality of wealth worldwide and famed for his book Capital in the 21st Century that stormed the mainstream economics media over ten years ago. Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University and has been described as a “rock-star moralist” (Newsweek) and “the world’s most influential living philosopher.” (New Statesman).
Jackson Hole 2025: monetary policy, demography and productivity
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/jackson-hole-2025-monetary-policy-demography-and-productivity/
>Every August, the regional Kansas City Federal Reserve holds a symposium for the world’s central bankers to consider their role in economic policy and important developments in the world economy. The head of the US Federal Reserve usually presents a summary of how he (or she) sees the state of US economy and what action the US Fed should take in trying to meet its set targets of keeping price inflation moderate (no more than 2% a year) and achieving ‘full employment’. The gathered central bankers also receive presentations from a range of mainstream economists to improve their ‘expertise’.
Should central banks be ‘independent’?
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/should-central-banks-be-independent/
>US President Donald Trump announced that he had fired Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Trump says that she committed mortgage fraud by taking out two mortgages, claiming both properties as her primary residence, back when she was a professor at Michigan State, before joining the Fed. Naturally, Cook dismissed these charges, and as Keynesian economist Paul Krugman said on his blog, “Even if true, this accusation wouldn’t meet the standard for immediate dismissal from the Fed.”
>What’s behind all this? Trump and his MAGA advisers are determined to take control of the Federal Reserve and end its relative ‘independence’ from politicians. Trump wants the Fed to cut its ‘policy interest rate’ to at least 1% from its current level of 4%-plus and he wants the Fed to be at his beck and call over monetary policy and financial deregulation. Trump has called Fed chair Powell a “numbskull” and “stubborn mule” for refusing (so far) to accede to his demands to slash rates. Trump’s treasury secretary Scott Bessent likened Fed staffers to beneficiaries of “universal basic income for academic economists”. All these PhDs over there, I don’t know what they do.” Trump has already got one of his MAGA supporters on the Fed board (former White House chief adviser, Stephen Miran) and replacing Cook would get him closer to controlling the Fed – especially as Powell ends his term next year. Bessent is favourite to replace him.
And as a bonus there's an interview with Hudson on historical "borrower and lender relations" hosted on Naked Capitalism
Michael Hudson: How Lenders Sought and Got Power in the Roman Era and Helped Legitimate Later Rentierism
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/michael-hudson-how-lenders-sought-and-got-power-in-the-roman-era-and-helped-legitimate-later-rentierism.html
<Yves here. Michael Hudson gives another historically very wide ranging talk on borrower and lender relations, here going back to the Bronze era to ancient Greece and the Roman Republic and empire, through the modern era. He explains how ancient states recognized the importance of preventing strict enforcement of lenders’ rights was critical to national survival, since among other things, debt slaves would be difficult to enlist for defense. This discussion is very accessible and would be good to circulate to those who might not appreciate how our modern view of lending and debt is actually a political construct, and one found repeatedly in the past to pit creditor/oligarch interests against those of national survival.
R: 53 / I: 10
State Capitalism
So, was the USSR State Capitalist, or was it Socialist? Did the Bureaucratic Class in the USSR constitute a new Bourgeoise, or not? What books/articles should I watch to understand this?
R: 4 / I: 1
According to Moroccan website bladi, the workers are demanding more than 12 million dirhams ($1,319,280) for works carried out inside the palace, including repairs and maintenance, mosaics and marble work, as well as landscaping. The protest on Monday was organised after a series of fruitless exchanges with the company, which is accused of delaying its financial commitments.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-princes-palace-morocco-faces-protests-over-non-payment
Thousands protest after courts deal new blow to Turkey opposition
Tuesday's ruling annulled the outcome of CHP's Istanbul provincial congress in October 2023, throwing out its leader Ozgur Celik and 195 others, and naming a five-man team to replace them in a move that saw the stock market plunge 5.5 percent. CHP on Wednesday filed an appeal against the ruling. An almost identical lawsuit is hanging over its national leadership in a closely-watched case that will resume in Ankara on September 15.
https://www.newarab.com/news/thousands-protest-after-courts-deal-new-blow-turkey-opposition
Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters
Among the most egregious cases are those of an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s jailed for six weeks and of a single mother separated from her young children. When the mother was released after 53 days she found the children begging on the streets. The Sde Teiman military base at one point held so many sick, disabled and elderly Palestinians that they had their own hangar, dubbed “the geriatric pen”, a soldier serving there said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/04/israeli-military-database-indicates-only-a-quarter-of-gaza-detainees-are-fighters
Labour purges eight black councillors over their support for Gaza
In a move condemned as a “stitch-up,” the eight have been barred by party functionaries from seeking re-election as Labour candidates in next year’s elections in Brent, north-west London, overriding local members in the highly diverse borough. The witch-hunt appears to have been backed by Georgia Gould, one of the local MPs and controversial councillor Shama Tatler, according to local reports.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-purges-eight-black-councillors-over-their-support-gaza
Greece: Strike against tightened disciplinary law and 13-hour day
The new disciplinary law was passed in parliament on Thursday with the votes of the governing party, while outside on Syntagma Square hundreds of workers gathered. A rally was also held in Thessaloniki, the country’s second-largest city. mWith these legal changes, the ruling class is preparing for a turbulent autumn–not only in Greece, but across Europe. From Berlin and Paris to Athens, all governments are carrying out a general assault on workers’ social and political rights in order to finance massive military rearmament. In France, mass protests are scheduled in September against the austerity budget.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/03/etnb-s03.html
Hundreds of Indonesian women protest state violence
Women wearing pink to symbolise bravery held broomsticks to represent their call to “sweep away the dirt of the state, militarism and police repression.” Others also waved signs reading: “Reform the police.” The demonstration, organised by the Indonesian Women’s Alliance (API), followed a week of unrest in Jakarta that left at least 10 people dead after a motorcycle taxi driver was run over by an armoured police vehicle.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hundreds-indonesian-women-protest-state-violence
Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and others
Communications and IT Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung said, “We gave them enough time to register and repeatedly requested them to comply with our request, but they ignored [this], and we had to shut their operations in Nepal.” Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, YouTube parent Alphabet, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn were asked to register by Wednesday’s deadline. AFP reported that the platforms remained accessible on Thursday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/4/nepal-moves-to-block-facebook-x-youtube-and-others
https://archive.ph/t6ybt
US deports Bolivia’s ex-interior minister to face charges for corruption and protester killings
A former Bolivian interior minister was deported late Wednesday from Florida to Bolivia, where authorities say he faces charges ranging from breach of duty for illegally importing weapons to crimes against humanity for overseeing a crackdown on protests in 2019 that caused dozens of deaths.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-interior-minister-arturo-murillo-evo-morales-jeanine-anez-241cc83707004f1aa521aa0204bc78b6
Irfaan Ali reelected as President of Guyana
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) released on Wednesday the results of Monday's polls, confirming the re-election of incumbent President Irfaan Ali of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). with 242,498 votes after winning eight of the country's ten regions. Coming in second was the three-month-old party We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), with 109,066 votes and victories in Regions 7 and 10, thus displacing A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), which previously held a majority there, but this time around garnered only 77,998 votes and fell to third place.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/09/04/irfaan-ali-reelected-as-president-of-guyana
Mexico considering imposing tariffs on China, President says
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that her government is considering imposing tariffs on imports from countries that do not have trade agreements with Mexico, including China. The tariffs would be part of "Plan Mexico", an initiative to boost domestic industry amid tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on some imports from Mexico.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/mexico-considering-imposing-tariffs-china-president-says-2025-09-04/
News 9/4/25
Saudi prince's palace in Morocco faces protests over non-payment for workAccording to Moroccan website bladi, the workers are demanding more than 12 million dirhams ($1,319,280) for works carried out inside the palace, including repairs and maintenance, mosaics and marble work, as well as landscaping. The protest on Monday was organised after a series of fruitless exchanges with the company, which is accused of delaying its financial commitments.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-princes-palace-morocco-faces-protests-over-non-payment
Thousands protest after courts deal new blow to Turkey opposition
Tuesday's ruling annulled the outcome of CHP's Istanbul provincial congress in October 2023, throwing out its leader Ozgur Celik and 195 others, and naming a five-man team to replace them in a move that saw the stock market plunge 5.5 percent. CHP on Wednesday filed an appeal against the ruling. An almost identical lawsuit is hanging over its national leadership in a closely-watched case that will resume in Ankara on September 15.
https://www.newarab.com/news/thousands-protest-after-courts-deal-new-blow-turkey-opposition
Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters
Among the most egregious cases are those of an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s jailed for six weeks and of a single mother separated from her young children. When the mother was released after 53 days she found the children begging on the streets. The Sde Teiman military base at one point held so many sick, disabled and elderly Palestinians that they had their own hangar, dubbed “the geriatric pen”, a soldier serving there said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/04/israeli-military-database-indicates-only-a-quarter-of-gaza-detainees-are-fighters
Labour purges eight black councillors over their support for Gaza
In a move condemned as a “stitch-up,” the eight have been barred by party functionaries from seeking re-election as Labour candidates in next year’s elections in Brent, north-west London, overriding local members in the highly diverse borough. The witch-hunt appears to have been backed by Georgia Gould, one of the local MPs and controversial councillor Shama Tatler, according to local reports.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-purges-eight-black-councillors-over-their-support-gaza
Greece: Strike against tightened disciplinary law and 13-hour day
The new disciplinary law was passed in parliament on Thursday with the votes of the governing party, while outside on Syntagma Square hundreds of workers gathered. A rally was also held in Thessaloniki, the country’s second-largest city. mWith these legal changes, the ruling class is preparing for a turbulent autumn–not only in Greece, but across Europe. From Berlin and Paris to Athens, all governments are carrying out a general assault on workers’ social and political rights in order to finance massive military rearmament. In France, mass protests are scheduled in September against the austerity budget.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/03/etnb-s03.html
Hundreds of Indonesian women protest state violence
Women wearing pink to symbolise bravery held broomsticks to represent their call to “sweep away the dirt of the state, militarism and police repression.” Others also waved signs reading: “Reform the police.” The demonstration, organised by the Indonesian Women’s Alliance (API), followed a week of unrest in Jakarta that left at least 10 people dead after a motorcycle taxi driver was run over by an armoured police vehicle.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hundreds-indonesian-women-protest-state-violence
Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and others
Communications and IT Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung said, “We gave them enough time to register and repeatedly requested them to comply with our request, but they ignored [this], and we had to shut their operations in Nepal.” Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, YouTube parent Alphabet, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn were asked to register by Wednesday’s deadline. AFP reported that the platforms remained accessible on Thursday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/4/nepal-moves-to-block-facebook-x-youtube-and-others
https://archive.ph/t6ybt
US deports Bolivia’s ex-interior minister to face charges for corruption and protester killings
A former Bolivian interior minister was deported late Wednesday from Florida to Bolivia, where authorities say he faces charges ranging from breach of duty for illegally importing weapons to crimes against humanity for overseeing a crackdown on protests in 2019 that caused dozens of deaths.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-interior-minister-arturo-murillo-evo-morales-jeanine-anez-241cc83707004f1aa521aa0204bc78b6
Irfaan Ali reelected as President of Guyana
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) released on Wednesday the results of Monday's polls, confirming the re-election of incumbent President Irfaan Ali of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). with 242,498 votes after winning eight of the country's ten regions. Coming in second was the three-month-old party We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), with 109,066 votes and victories in Regions 7 and 10, thus displacing A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), which previously held a majority there, but this time around garnered only 77,998 votes and fell to third place.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/09/04/irfaan-ali-reelected-as-president-of-guyana
Mexico considering imposing tariffs on China, President says
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that her government is considering imposing tariffs on imports from countries that do not have trade agreements with Mexico, including China. The tariffs would be part of "Plan Mexico", an initiative to boost domestic industry amid tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on some imports from Mexico.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/mexico-considering-imposing-tariffs-china-president-says-2025-09-04/
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Discuss anything related to:
>Algeria
>Angola
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>Guinea
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>Libya
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>Mali
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>Niger
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A thread for the forgotten continent, so forgotten the thread got wiped.Discuss anything related to:
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>Cabo Verde
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>Chad
>Comoros
>Congo, Democratic Republic of the
>Congo, Republic of the
>Cote d’Ivoire
>Djibouti
>Egypt
>Equatorial Guinea
>Eritrea
>Eswatini
>Ethiopia
>Gabon
>Gambia
>Ghana
>Guinea
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>Kenya
>Lesotho
>Liberia
>Libya
>Madagascar
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>Mali
>Mauritania
>Mauritius
>Morocco
>Mozambique
>Namibia
>Niger
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>>2447889
I asked a question about commodity production.
You guys told me to read:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/commodity.htm
Now I only read a couple of paragraphs.
But:
<HOLY SHIT I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH A LOT
What is happening to me?
Why am I agreeing with marx?
>It might seem that, if the value of a commodity is determined by the quantum of labour expended during its production, the more lazy- and incompetent a man the more valuable his commodity is, because he needs all the more labour-time for its completion. But only the socially necessary labour-time is labour-time required for the constitution of some particular use-value, with the available socially-normal conditions of production and the social average-level of competence and intensity of labour. After the introduction of the steam-driven loom in England, for example, perhaps half as much labour as before was sufficient to change a given quantum of yarn into cloth. The English hand-weaver needed in order to accomplish this change the same labour-time as before, to be sure, but the product of his individual labour-hour now represented only one half a social labour-hour, and sank accordingly to half its earlier value.
<this is correct
>The quantity of value of a commodity accordingly would remain constant if the labour-time required for its production were constant. The latter, however, changes with each change in the productive power of labour. The productive power of labour is determined by manifold conditions, among others by the average grade of competence of the workers, the level of development of science and its technological applicability, the social combination of the process of production, the scope and the efficacy of the means of production, and by natural relationships. The same quantum of labour manifests itself after propitious weather in 8 bushels of wheat, but after impropitious weather, in only 4, for example. The very same quantum of labour provides more metals in richly laden mines than in poor ones, etc. Diamonds are rare on the surface of the earth, and their discovery therefore costs on the average much labour-time. Consequently, they represent much labour in a small volume of space. Jacob doubts that gold has ever paid its complete value. This holds true even more for diamonds. According to Eschwege, by 1823 the complete yield of the eight-year old Brazilian diamond-diggings had not yet amounted to the value of the 1½ year average product of the Brazilian sugar or coffee plantations. Given more richly laden diggings the same quantum of labour would be represented by more diamonds and their value would sink. If one succeeds in converting coal into diamonds with little labour, then the value of diamonds would sink beneath that of paving stones. In general: the greater the productive power of labour the smaller is the amount of labour-time required for the production of an article, and the smaller the mass of labour crystallized in it, the smaller is its value. And on the contrary, the smaller the productive power of labour, the greater is the labour-time necessary for the-production of an article, and the greater its value is. The quantity of value of a commodity varies directly as the quantum, and inversely as the productive power of the labour embodying itself in the commodity.
<this is also true
>A thing can be a use-value without being an exchange-value. This is the case wherever the human relevance of the thing is not mediated by labour. So air, virgin land, brush in a wild. state, wood growing in wild conditions, etc. A thing can be useful and be the product of human labour without being a commodity. A man who satisfies his own need through his product creates use-value, to be sure, but not a commodity. In order to produce a commodity, he must produce not merely use-value, but use-value for others – social use-value. Finally, no entity can be a value without being an object of use. If it is useless, then the labour contained in it is also useless, does not count as labour and, hence, does not form a value.
<This is also true (stopped reading here to make this post)
Now I am kinda retarded so I read slow and I have to re-read what is written since marx uses archaic wording and vocabulary, but holy shit, I actually agree with a lot of what he wrote.
I am having a crisis right now because marx is using the exact same arguments that austrians use (mudpies, diamonds on an island etc.) , and it appears marx did a pre-bunk of debunks and I did not now this.
How similar is austrian and marxist economics? Is it weird that I as a Hoppean ancap am agreeing with marx?
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME??1?
A while back In some thread>>2447889
I asked a question about commodity production.
You guys told me to read:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/commodity.htm
Now I only read a couple of paragraphs.
But:
<HOLY SHIT I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH A LOT
What is happening to me?
Why am I agreeing with marx?
>It might seem that, if the value of a commodity is determined by the quantum of labour expended during its production, the more lazy- and incompetent a man the more valuable his commodity is, because he needs all the more labour-time for its completion. But only the socially necessary labour-time is labour-time required for the constitution of some particular use-value, with the available socially-normal conditions of production and the social average-level of competence and intensity of labour. After the introduction of the steam-driven loom in England, for example, perhaps half as much labour as before was sufficient to change a given quantum of yarn into cloth. The English hand-weaver needed in order to accomplish this change the same labour-time as before, to be sure, but the product of his individual labour-hour now represented only one half a social labour-hour, and sank accordingly to half its earlier value.
<this is correct
>The quantity of value of a commodity accordingly would remain constant if the labour-time required for its production were constant. The latter, however, changes with each change in the productive power of labour. The productive power of labour is determined by manifold conditions, among others by the average grade of competence of the workers, the level of development of science and its technological applicability, the social combination of the process of production, the scope and the efficacy of the means of production, and by natural relationships. The same quantum of labour manifests itself after propitious weather in 8 bushels of wheat, but after impropitious weather, in only 4, for example. The very same quantum of labour provides more metals in richly laden mines than in poor ones, etc. Diamonds are rare on the surface of the earth, and their discovery therefore costs on the average much labour-time. Consequently, they represent much labour in a small volume of space. Jacob doubts that gold has ever paid its complete value. This holds true even more for diamonds. According to Eschwege, by 1823 the complete yield of the eight-year old Brazilian diamond-diggings had not yet amounted to the value of the 1½ year average product of the Brazilian sugar or coffee plantations. Given more richly laden diggings the same quantum of labour would be represented by more diamonds and their value would sink. If one succeeds in converting coal into diamonds with little labour, then the value of diamonds would sink beneath that of paving stones. In general: the greater the productive power of labour the smaller is the amount of labour-time required for the production of an article, and the smaller the mass of labour crystallized in it, the smaller is its value. And on the contrary, the smaller the productive power of labour, the greater is the labour-time necessary for the-production of an article, and the greater its value is. The quantity of value of a commodity varies directly as the quantum, and inversely as the productive power of the labour embodying itself in the commodity.
<this is also true
>A thing can be a use-value without being an exchange-value. This is the case wherever the human relevance of the thing is not mediated by labour. So air, virgin land, brush in a wild. state, wood growing in wild conditions, etc. A thing can be useful and be the product of human labour without being a commodity. A man who satisfies his own need through his product creates use-value, to be sure, but not a commodity. In order to produce a commodity, he must produce not merely use-value, but use-value for others – social use-value. Finally, no entity can be a value without being an object of use. If it is useless, then the labour contained in it is also useless, does not count as labour and, hence, does not form a value.
<This is also true (stopped reading here to make this post)
Now I am kinda retarded so I read slow and I have to re-read what is written since marx uses archaic wording and vocabulary, but holy shit, I actually agree with a lot of what he wrote.
I am having a crisis right now because marx is using the exact same arguments that austrians use (mudpies, diamonds on an island etc.) , and it appears marx did a pre-bunk of debunks and I did not now this.
How similar is austrian and marxist economics? Is it weird that I as a Hoppean ancap am agreeing with marx?
R: 40 / I: 2
I don't care about building communism
I don't care about building a classless, stateless society 50, 100, 1000 years into the future. That's a tomorrow problem. I want better working conditions, direct democracy, and civil liberties in the here and now. If this makes me an evil Lassallian reformist, then so be it.
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>>2459253
>>2459263
>>2459340
>>2459344
>>2459347
>>2459348
>>2459359
and both these anons seem to be talking past each other. Which one of them is correct?
On the one hand I have read articles like [pic 1 related] saying Israel encouraged Hamas as a counterweight to the PLO.
On the other hand I see maps like [pic 2 related] saying that really only the 1st world imperialist countries really see Hamas as "terrorists" and the rest of the world views them as legit resistance.
I am leaning towards the idea that Hamas is legitimate resistance, but I also remember ISIS turning out to be a glow op [pic 3 related] and it's not the first time I've seen suspicious acts of terrorism that may have been false flags used as a cassus belli to destroy nations [pic 4/5 related]
Is Hamas an Israeli glow-op or a legitimate resistance movement?
Is Hamas an Israeli glow-op to create a constant "cassus belli" for slaughtering civilians, or a legitimate resistance movement? Genuine question. I was reading this exchange in another thread:>>2459253
>>2459263
>>2459340
>>2459344
>>2459347
>>2459348
>>2459359
and both these anons seem to be talking past each other. Which one of them is correct?
On the one hand I have read articles like [pic 1 related] saying Israel encouraged Hamas as a counterweight to the PLO.
On the other hand I see maps like [pic 2 related] saying that really only the 1st world imperialist countries really see Hamas as "terrorists" and the rest of the world views them as legit resistance.
I am leaning towards the idea that Hamas is legitimate resistance, but I also remember ISIS turning out to be a glow op [pic 3 related] and it's not the first time I've seen suspicious acts of terrorism that may have been false flags used as a cassus belli to destroy nations [pic 4/5 related]
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We must accelerate the development of the productive forces through resistance, not acquiescence. Only class struggle, organizing the workers and seizing the means of production can accelerate the development of the productive forces.
The lazy monopolists cling to power and in clinging to power they frustrate the development of the productive forces. The capitalists buy up the patents, they oppress the marginalized and they lay waste to entire nations.
The fruits of our labor are here but they must be seized! Everyday, the capitalists burn the oranges, spoil the harvests and keep in place a system of deprivation that is long obsolete.
Workers of the world, we must not just seize the means of production but we must build them! It is only the workers who can take the final revolutionary actions to build socialism.
It is the working class who must build denser housing. It is the working class who must socialize care work. It is the working class who must seize control over the technics of our society.
It is the fascists and the imperialists who destroy capital and leave scarcity and famine. The workers must fight, not just for higher wages, but to build the foundations of a socialist society.
We must accelerate the development of the productive forces through resistance, not acquiescence. Only class struggle, organizing the workers and seizing the means of production can accelerate the development of the productive forces.
The lazy monopolists cling to power and in clinging to power they frustrate the development of the productive forces. The capitalists buy up the patents, they oppress the marginalized and they lay waste to entire nations.
The fruits of our labor are here but they must be seized! Everyday, the capitalists burn the oranges, spoil the harvests and keep in place a system of deprivation that is long obsolete.
Workers of the world, we must not just seize the means of production but we must build them! It is only the workers who can take the final revolutionary actions to build socialism.
It is the working class who must build denser housing. It is the working class who must socialize care work. It is the working class who must seize control over the technics of our society.
It is the fascists and the imperialists who destroy capital and leave scarcity and famine. The workers must fight, not just for higher wages, but to build the foundations of a socialist society.
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UK Defence Secretary John Healey pledges troops on the ground in Ukraine
>On the morning of the Alaska summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Britain’s Defence Secretary John Healey reiterated that the UK was ready to “put boots on the ground” in Ukraine to reinforce a ceasefire […]
Let me see your warface, /leftybritpol/
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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/15/dimz-a15.htmlUK Defence Secretary John Healey pledges troops on the ground in Ukraine
>On the morning of the Alaska summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Britain’s Defence Secretary John Healey reiterated that the UK was ready to “put boots on the ground” in Ukraine to reinforce a ceasefire […]
Let me see your warface, /leftybritpol/
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>Krystal Vanderbrugghen gave birth to her daughter, Veya, in December of 2023. She was born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect (CHD). Though Veya was able to have a successful heart repair, she then began experiencing complications with her liver.
>In an interview with Live Action News, Vanderbrugghen said Veya is a medically complex child, but her liver has been an ongoing problem, which took nearly a year to diagnose.
>As the hospital attempted treatment with multiple procedures last year, Veya then contracted Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) — which is mild in adults, but can be life-threatening for infants, the elderly, or people with compromised immune systems. “That really knocked her down,” Vanderbrugghen said.
But then, this year, something even more frightening occurred.
>“… [T]he more alarming thing that happened was she was overdosed on January 6th of this year with potassium… 10 times the amount of what she normally receives,” Vanderbrugghen told Live Action News. “… [S]he usually gets two doses of potassium in a day. Each are drawn up as 1.5 milliliters. And on that day, she got two syringes filled with 15 milliliters of potassium. So that sent her heart rate to 350 beats per minute, and they had to use cardioversion shocks on her three times to stabilize her.”
>Initially, Vanderbrugghen assumed it was an honest mistake. But due to subsequent events, she’s now questioning if it was truly an accident.
>Just two weeks after this terrifying incident in January, the family met with Veya’s team of doctors treating her liver condition. “… [E]verything we’ve done so far has not been successful,” said Vanderbrugghen. “And that’s when we learned that she was denied a transplant, which left us questioning a lot of things.”
>The reason for the family’s confusion is because all of Veya’s “individual system teams — like cardiology, nephrology, respirology, all of them — said she would do great, and she’s allowed to go for the liver transplant,” she said. The transplant team seeks feedback from those teams to help determine whether a transplant is a good course of action.
>“But [the transplant team] decided that they were looking at the big picture and said no,” Vanderbrugghen said. “And so I’ve been asking for six months, what is this ‘big picture’?”
>When Vanderbrugghen challenged Veya’s medical team, she said she was then told that the doctors “need to think about the live donor. If it’s not successful, we don’t want to put them through it.”
>Vanderbrugghen argued that “consenting adults” can choose whether or not to take the risk, “knowing that it may work or it may not work” — and urged the transplant team to leave the decision to the donor or donors.
https://www.liveaction.org/news/mom-fights-save-daughter-canadian-healthcare-dead/
This disabled baby later died of her illness on August 1. She was 20 months old and slept her entire life at the mercy of doctors who routinely denied her care BECAUSE of her disability.
So why aren’t comrades up in arms about this? Denying a baby with Down Syndrome an organ transplant because of their disability and “quality of life” sets a dangerous precedent. Imagine if autistic people were denied lifesaving care in the basis our “quality of life” wouldn’t improve and scarce organs should only go to allistic people instead? Canada is already in the middle of legalizing MAiD for neurodivergent differences just like they push MAiD on people with physical disabilities. They literally want all disabled people eradicated.
We need to stop this and demand action against eugenics.
RIP Veya and all other disabled people killed by eugenics
Eugenicist Canadian healthcare system murders baby for being disabled
We frequently talk about how eugenics is the ideological backbone of capitalism and how nearly every aspect of capitalism is rooted in eugenics. This happens even in capitalist countries with “universal” healthcare such as Canada, where a hospital recently killed a baby girl by denying her a much-needed liver transplant. Why? Because she had Down Syndrome.>Krystal Vanderbrugghen gave birth to her daughter, Veya, in December of 2023. She was born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect (CHD). Though Veya was able to have a successful heart repair, she then began experiencing complications with her liver.
>In an interview with Live Action News, Vanderbrugghen said Veya is a medically complex child, but her liver has been an ongoing problem, which took nearly a year to diagnose.
>As the hospital attempted treatment with multiple procedures last year, Veya then contracted Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) — which is mild in adults, but can be life-threatening for infants, the elderly, or people with compromised immune systems. “That really knocked her down,” Vanderbrugghen said.
But then, this year, something even more frightening occurred.
>“… [T]he more alarming thing that happened was she was overdosed on January 6th of this year with potassium… 10 times the amount of what she normally receives,” Vanderbrugghen told Live Action News. “… [S]he usually gets two doses of potassium in a day. Each are drawn up as 1.5 milliliters. And on that day, she got two syringes filled with 15 milliliters of potassium. So that sent her heart rate to 350 beats per minute, and they had to use cardioversion shocks on her three times to stabilize her.”
>Initially, Vanderbrugghen assumed it was an honest mistake. But due to subsequent events, she’s now questioning if it was truly an accident.
>Just two weeks after this terrifying incident in January, the family met with Veya’s team of doctors treating her liver condition. “… [E]verything we’ve done so far has not been successful,” said Vanderbrugghen. “And that’s when we learned that she was denied a transplant, which left us questioning a lot of things.”
>The reason for the family’s confusion is because all of Veya’s “individual system teams — like cardiology, nephrology, respirology, all of them — said she would do great, and she’s allowed to go for the liver transplant,” she said. The transplant team seeks feedback from those teams to help determine whether a transplant is a good course of action.
>“But [the transplant team] decided that they were looking at the big picture and said no,” Vanderbrugghen said. “And so I’ve been asking for six months, what is this ‘big picture’?”
>When Vanderbrugghen challenged Veya’s medical team, she said she was then told that the doctors “need to think about the live donor. If it’s not successful, we don’t want to put them through it.”
>Vanderbrugghen argued that “consenting adults” can choose whether or not to take the risk, “knowing that it may work or it may not work” — and urged the transplant team to leave the decision to the donor or donors.
https://www.liveaction.org/news/mom-fights-save-daughter-canadian-healthcare-dead/
This disabled baby later died of her illness on August 1. She was 20 months old and slept her entire life at the mercy of doctors who routinely denied her care BECAUSE of her disability.
So why aren’t comrades up in arms about this? Denying a baby with Down Syndrome an organ transplant because of their disability and “quality of life” sets a dangerous precedent. Imagine if autistic people were denied lifesaving care in the basis our “quality of life” wouldn’t improve and scarce organs should only go to allistic people instead? Canada is already in the middle of legalizing MAiD for neurodivergent differences just like they push MAiD on people with physical disabilities. They literally want all disabled people eradicated.
We need to stop this and demand action against eugenics.
RIP Veya and all other disabled people killed by eugenics
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1873/01/indifferentism.htm
> “The working class must not constitute itself a political party; it must not, under any pretext, engage in political action, for to combat the state is to recognize the state: and this is contrary to eternal principles. Workers must not go on strike; for to struggle to increase one's wages or to prevent their decrease is like recognizing wages: and this is contrary to the eternal principles of the emancipation of the working class!
>“If in the political struggle against the bourgeois state the workers succeed only in extracting concessions, then they are guilty of compromise; and this is contrary to eternal principles. All peaceful movements, such as those in which English and American workers have the bad habit of engaging, are therefore to be despised. Workers must not struggle to establish a legal limit to the working day, because this is to compromise with the masters, who can then only exploit them for ten or twelve hours, instead of fourteen or sixteen. They must not even exert themselves in order legally to prohibit the employment in factories of children under the age of ten, because by such means they do not bring to an end the exploitation of children over ten: they thus commit a new compromise, which stains the purity of the eternal principles.
>“Workers should even less desire that, as happens in the United States of America, the state whose budget is swollen by what is taken from the working class should be obliged to give primary education to the workers' children; for primary education is not complete education. It is better that working men and working women should not be able to read or write or do sums than that they should receive education from a teacher in a school run by the state. It is far better that ignorance and a working day of sixteen hours should debase the working classes than that eternal principles should be violated.
>“If the political struggle of the working class assumes violent forms and if the workers replace the dictatorship of the bourgeois class with their own revolutionary dictatorship, then they are guilty of the terrible crime of lèse-principe; for, in order to satisfy their miserable profane daily needs and to crush the resistance of the bourgeois class, they, instead of laying down their arms and abolishing the state, give to the state a revolutionary and transitory form. Workers must not even form single unions for every trade, for by so doing they perpetuate the social division of labour as they find it in bourgeois society; this division, which fragments the working class, is the true basis of their present enslavement.
>“In a word, the workers should cross their arms and stop wasting time in political and economic movements. These movements can never produce anything more than short-term results. As truly religious men they should scorn daily needs and cry out with voices full of faith: "May our class be crucified, may our race perish, but let the eternal principles remain immaculate! As pious Christians they must believe the words of their pastor, despise the good things of this world and think only of going to Paradise. In place of Paradise read the social liquidation which is going to take place one day in some or other corner of the globe, no one knows how, or through whom, and the mystification is identical in all respects.
>“In expectation, therefore, of this famous social liquidation, the working class must behave itself in a respectable manner, like a flock of well-fed sheep; it must leave the government in peace, fear the police, respect the law and offer itself up uncomplaining as cannon-fodder.
>“In the practical life of every day, workers must be the most obedient servants of the state; but in their hearts they must protest energetically against its very existence, and give proof of their profound theoretical contempt for it by acquiring and reading literary treatises on its abolition; they must further scrupulously refrain from putting up any resistance to the capitalist regime apart from declamations on the society of the future, when this hated regime will have ceased to exist!'
< It cannot be denied that if the apostles of political indifferentism were to express themselves with such clarity, the working class would make short shrift of them and would resent being insulted by these doctrinaire bourgeois and displaced gentlemen, who are so stupid or so naive as to attempt to deny to the working class any real means of struggle. For all arms with which to fight must be drawn from society as it is and the fatal conditions of this struggle have the misfortune of not being easily adapted to the idealistic fantasies which these doctors in social science have exalted as divinities, under the names of Freedom, Autonomy, Anarchy. However the working-class movement is today so powerful that these philanthropic sectarians dare not repeat for the economic struggle those great truths which they used incessantly to proclaim on the subject of the political struggle. They are simply too cowardly to apply them any longer to strikes, combinations, single-craft unions, laws on the labour of women and children, on the limitation of the working day etc., etc.
<Now let us see whether they are still able to be brought back to the good old traditions, to modesty, good faith and eternal principles.
<The first socialists (Fourier, Owen, Saint-Simon, etc.), since social conditions were not sufficiently developed to allow the working class to constitute itself as a militant class, were necessarily obliged to limit themselves to dreams about the model society of the future and were led thus to condemn all the attempts such as strikes, combinations or political movements set in train by the workers to improve their lot. But while we cannot repudiate these patriarchs of socialism, just as chemists cannot repudiate their forebears the alchemists, we must at least avoid falling back into their mistakes, which, if we were to commit them, would be inexcusable.
<Later, however, in 1839, when the political and economic struggle of the working class in England had taken on a fairly marked character, Bray, one of Owen's disciples and one of the many who long before Proudhon hit upon the idea of mutualism, published a book entitled Labour's Wrongs and Labour's Remedy.
<In his chapter on the inefficacy of all the remedies aimed for by the present struggle, he makes a savage critique of all the activities, political or economic, of the English working class, condemns the political movement, strikes, the limitation of the working day, the restriction of the work of women and children in factories, since all this – or so he claims – instead of taking us out of the present state of society, keeps us there and does nothing but render the antagonisms more intense.
<This brings us to the oracle of these doctors of social science, M. Proudhon. While the master had the courage to declare himself energetically opposed to all economic activities (combinations, strikes, etc.) which contradicted his redemptive theories of mutualism, at the same time through his writings and personal participation, he encouraged the working-class movement, and his disciples do not dare to declare themselves openly against it. As early as 1847, when the master's great work, The System of Economic Contradictions, had just appeared, I refuted his sophisms against the working-class movement. [2] None the less in 1864, after the loi Ollivier, which granted the French workers, in a very restrictive fashion, a certain right of combination, Proudhon returned to the charge in a book, The Political Capacities of the Working Classes, published a few days after his death.
<The master's strictures were so much to the taste of the bourgeoisie that The Times, on the occasion of the great tailors' strike in London in 1866, did Proudhon the honour of translating him and of condemning the strikes with the master's very words. Here are some selections.
<The miners of Rive-de-Gier went on strike; the soldiers were called in to bring them back to reason. Proudhon cries, 'The authority which had the miners of Rive-de-Gier shot acted disgracefully. But it was acting like Brutus of old caught between his paternal love and his consular duty: it was necessary to sacrifice his sons to save the Republic. Brutus did not hesitate, and posterity dare not condemn him.' [3] In all the memory of the proletariat there is no record of a bourgeois who has hesitated to sacrifice his workers to save his interests. What Brutuses the bourgeois must then be!
> 'Well, no: there is no right of combination, just as there is no right to defraud or steal or to commit incest or adultery.' [4] There is however all too clearly a right to stupidity.
<What then are the eternal principles, in whose name the master fulminates his mystic anathema?
<First eternal principle: 'Wage rates determine the price of commodities.'
<Even those who have no knowledge of political economy and who are unaware that the great bourgeois economist Ricardo in his Principles of Political Economy, published in 1817, has refuted this long-standing error once and for all, are however aware of the remarkable fact that British industry can sell its products at a price far lower than that of any other nation, although wages are relatively higher in England than in any other European country.
<Second eternal principle: 'The law which authorizes combinations is highly anti-juridical, anti-economic and contrary to any society and order.' [5] In a word 'contrary to the economic right of free competition'.
<If the master had been a little less chauvinistic, he might have asked himself how it happened that forty years ago a law, thus contrary to the economic rights of free competition, was promulgated in England; and that as industry develops, and alongside it free competition, this law – so contrary to any society and order - imposes itself as a necessity even to bourgeois states themselves. He might perhaps have discovered that this right (with capital R) exists only in the Economic Manuals written by the Brothers Ignoramus of bourgeois political economy, in which manuals are contained such pearls as this: 'Property is the fruit of labour' ('of the labour', they neglect to add, 'of others').
<Third eternal principle: 'Therefore, under the pretext of raising the working class from its condition of so-called social inferiority, it will be necessary to start by denouncing a whole class of citizens, the class of bosses, entrepreneurs, masters and bourgeois; it will be necessary to rouse workers' democracy to despise and to hate these unworthy members of the middle class; it will be necessary to prefer mercantile and industrial war to legal repression, and class antagonism to the state police.' [6]
<The master, in order to prevent the working class from escaping from its so-called social inferiority, condemns the combinations that constitute the working class as a class antagonistic to the respectable category of masters, entrepreneurs and bourgeois, who for their part certainly prefer, as does Proudhon, the state police to class antagonism. To avoid any offence to this respectable class, the good M. Proudhon recommends to the workers (up to the coming of the mutualist regime, and despite its serious disadvantages) freedom or competition, our 'only guarantee'. [7]
<The master preached indifference in matters of economics – so as to protect bourgeois freedom or competition, our only guarantee. His disciples preach indifference in matters of politics – so as to protect bourgeois freedom, their only guarantee. If the early Christians, who also preached political indifferentism, needed an emperor's arm to transform themselves from oppressed into oppressors, so the modern apostles of political indifferentism do not believe that their own eternal principles impose on them abstinence from worldly pleasures and the temporal privileges of bourgeois society. However we must recognize that they display a stoicism worthy of the early Christian martyrs in supporting those fourteen or sixteen working hours such as overburden the workers in the factories.
Indifferentism
I thought this deserved its own thread since it would shed some light on 90% of the stupid bait conversations we have on here. In his essay, Marx calls out and shows the ridiculousness of anarchists, third worldists, anti-"electoralism," anti-Americanism/anglosim, which he coins as Indifferentism. He's shows the religious nature of the theoretical dogmatists that are not actually concerned with improving the conditions for workers, but instead in having some vain sense of being ideological pure, which Marx mockingly calls "the eternal principles."https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1873/01/indifferentism.htm
> “The working class must not constitute itself a political party; it must not, under any pretext, engage in political action, for to combat the state is to recognize the state: and this is contrary to eternal principles. Workers must not go on strike; for to struggle to increase one's wages or to prevent their decrease is like recognizing wages: and this is contrary to the eternal principles of the emancipation of the working class!
>“If in the political struggle against the bourgeois state the workers succeed only in extracting concessions, then they are guilty of compromise; and this is contrary to eternal principles. All peaceful movements, such as those in which English and American workers have the bad habit of engaging, are therefore to be despised. Workers must not struggle to establish a legal limit to the working day, because this is to compromise with the masters, who can then only exploit them for ten or twelve hours, instead of fourteen or sixteen. They must not even exert themselves in order legally to prohibit the employment in factories of children under the age of ten, because by such means they do not bring to an end the exploitation of children over ten: they thus commit a new compromise, which stains the purity of the eternal principles.
>“Workers should even less desire that, as happens in the United States of America, the state whose budget is swollen by what is taken from the working class should be obliged to give primary education to the workers' children; for primary education is not complete education. It is better that working men and working women should not be able to read or write or do sums than that they should receive education from a teacher in a school run by the state. It is far better that ignorance and a working day of sixteen hours should debase the working classes than that eternal principles should be violated.
>“If the political struggle of the working class assumes violent forms and if the workers replace the dictatorship of the bourgeois class with their own revolutionary dictatorship, then they are guilty of the terrible crime of lèse-principe; for, in order to satisfy their miserable profane daily needs and to crush the resistance of the bourgeois class, they, instead of laying down their arms and abolishing the state, give to the state a revolutionary and transitory form. Workers must not even form single unions for every trade, for by so doing they perpetuate the social division of labour as they find it in bourgeois society; this division, which fragments the working class, is the true basis of their present enslavement.
>“In a word, the workers should cross their arms and stop wasting time in political and economic movements. These movements can never produce anything more than short-term results. As truly religious men they should scorn daily needs and cry out with voices full of faith: "May our class be crucified, may our race perish, but let the eternal principles remain immaculate! As pious Christians they must believe the words of their pastor, despise the good things of this world and think only of going to Paradise. In place of Paradise read the social liquidation which is going to take place one day in some or other corner of the globe, no one knows how, or through whom, and the mystification is identical in all respects.
>“In expectation, therefore, of this famous social liquidation, the working class must behave itself in a respectable manner, like a flock of well-fed sheep; it must leave the government in peace, fear the police, respect the law and offer itself up uncomplaining as cannon-fodder.
>“In the practical life of every day, workers must be the most obedient servants of the state; but in their hearts they must protest energetically against its very existence, and give proof of their profound theoretical contempt for it by acquiring and reading literary treatises on its abolition; they must further scrupulously refrain from putting up any resistance to the capitalist regime apart from declamations on the society of the future, when this hated regime will have ceased to exist!'
< It cannot be denied that if the apostles of political indifferentism were to express themselves with such clarity, the working class would make short shrift of them and would resent being insulted by these doctrinaire bourgeois and displaced gentlemen, who are so stupid or so naive as to attempt to deny to the working class any real means of struggle. For all arms with which to fight must be drawn from society as it is and the fatal conditions of this struggle have the misfortune of not being easily adapted to the idealistic fantasies which these doctors in social science have exalted as divinities, under the names of Freedom, Autonomy, Anarchy. However the working-class movement is today so powerful that these philanthropic sectarians dare not repeat for the economic struggle those great truths which they used incessantly to proclaim on the subject of the political struggle. They are simply too cowardly to apply them any longer to strikes, combinations, single-craft unions, laws on the labour of women and children, on the limitation of the working day etc., etc.
<Now let us see whether they are still able to be brought back to the good old traditions, to modesty, good faith and eternal principles.
<The first socialists (Fourier, Owen, Saint-Simon, etc.), since social conditions were not sufficiently developed to allow the working class to constitute itself as a militant class, were necessarily obliged to limit themselves to dreams about the model society of the future and were led thus to condemn all the attempts such as strikes, combinations or political movements set in train by the workers to improve their lot. But while we cannot repudiate these patriarchs of socialism, just as chemists cannot repudiate their forebears the alchemists, we must at least avoid falling back into their mistakes, which, if we were to commit them, would be inexcusable.
<Later, however, in 1839, when the political and economic struggle of the working class in England had taken on a fairly marked character, Bray, one of Owen's disciples and one of the many who long before Proudhon hit upon the idea of mutualism, published a book entitled Labour's Wrongs and Labour's Remedy.
<In his chapter on the inefficacy of all the remedies aimed for by the present struggle, he makes a savage critique of all the activities, political or economic, of the English working class, condemns the political movement, strikes, the limitation of the working day, the restriction of the work of women and children in factories, since all this – or so he claims – instead of taking us out of the present state of society, keeps us there and does nothing but render the antagonisms more intense.
<This brings us to the oracle of these doctors of social science, M. Proudhon. While the master had the courage to declare himself energetically opposed to all economic activities (combinations, strikes, etc.) which contradicted his redemptive theories of mutualism, at the same time through his writings and personal participation, he encouraged the working-class movement, and his disciples do not dare to declare themselves openly against it. As early as 1847, when the master's great work, The System of Economic Contradictions, had just appeared, I refuted his sophisms against the working-class movement. [2] None the less in 1864, after the loi Ollivier, which granted the French workers, in a very restrictive fashion, a certain right of combination, Proudhon returned to the charge in a book, The Political Capacities of the Working Classes, published a few days after his death.
<The master's strictures were so much to the taste of the bourgeoisie that The Times, on the occasion of the great tailors' strike in London in 1866, did Proudhon the honour of translating him and of condemning the strikes with the master's very words. Here are some selections.
<The miners of Rive-de-Gier went on strike; the soldiers were called in to bring them back to reason. Proudhon cries, 'The authority which had the miners of Rive-de-Gier shot acted disgracefully. But it was acting like Brutus of old caught between his paternal love and his consular duty: it was necessary to sacrifice his sons to save the Republic. Brutus did not hesitate, and posterity dare not condemn him.' [3] In all the memory of the proletariat there is no record of a bourgeois who has hesitated to sacrifice his workers to save his interests. What Brutuses the bourgeois must then be!
> 'Well, no: there is no right of combination, just as there is no right to defraud or steal or to commit incest or adultery.' [4] There is however all too clearly a right to stupidity.
<What then are the eternal principles, in whose name the master fulminates his mystic anathema?
<First eternal principle: 'Wage rates determine the price of commodities.'
<Even those who have no knowledge of political economy and who are unaware that the great bourgeois economist Ricardo in his Principles of Political Economy, published in 1817, has refuted this long-standing error once and for all, are however aware of the remarkable fact that British industry can sell its products at a price far lower than that of any other nation, although wages are relatively higher in England than in any other European country.
<Second eternal principle: 'The law which authorizes combinations is highly anti-juridical, anti-economic and contrary to any society and order.' [5] In a word 'contrary to the economic right of free competition'.
<If the master had been a little less chauvinistic, he might have asked himself how it happened that forty years ago a law, thus contrary to the economic rights of free competition, was promulgated in England; and that as industry develops, and alongside it free competition, this law – so contrary to any society and order - imposes itself as a necessity even to bourgeois states themselves. He might perhaps have discovered that this right (with capital R) exists only in the Economic Manuals written by the Brothers Ignoramus of bourgeois political economy, in which manuals are contained such pearls as this: 'Property is the fruit of labour' ('of the labour', they neglect to add, 'of others').
<Third eternal principle: 'Therefore, under the pretext of raising the working class from its condition of so-called social inferiority, it will be necessary to start by denouncing a whole class of citizens, the class of bosses, entrepreneurs, masters and bourgeois; it will be necessary to rouse workers' democracy to despise and to hate these unworthy members of the middle class; it will be necessary to prefer mercantile and industrial war to legal repression, and class antagonism to the state police.' [6]
<The master, in order to prevent the working class from escaping from its so-called social inferiority, condemns the combinations that constitute the working class as a class antagonistic to the respectable category of masters, entrepreneurs and bourgeois, who for their part certainly prefer, as does Proudhon, the state police to class antagonism. To avoid any offence to this respectable class, the good M. Proudhon recommends to the workers (up to the coming of the mutualist regime, and despite its serious disadvantages) freedom or competition, our 'only guarantee'. [7]
<The master preached indifference in matters of economics – so as to protect bourgeois freedom or competition, our only guarantee. His disciples preach indifference in matters of politics – so as to protect bourgeois freedom, their only guarantee. If the early Christians, who also preached political indifferentism, needed an emperor's arm to transform themselves from oppressed into oppressors, so the modern apostles of political indifferentism do not believe that their own eternal principles impose on them abstinence from worldly pleasures and the temporal privileges of bourgeois society. However we must recognize that they display a stoicism worthy of the early Christian martyrs in supporting those fourteen or sixteen working hours such as overburden the workers in the factories.
R: 10 / I: 2
Trumps assasination
What are the implications of Peter Thiels murder of Donald Trump to get his boy Vance put on the throne? It seems like the person who most benefits from Donald Trump dying is Vance with a close runner up being the Pentagon and Thiel because now they have a more competent puppet on the throne.
R: 3 / I: 1
Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Australia, Migrante-Australia, Anakbayan-Australia and Anakbayan-Melbourne participated in actions for the freedom of Palestine on August 31 in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne. The protests formed part of the solidarity for all migrants, refugees, and First Nation people (indigenous people in the country) across the nation.
https://www.redspark.nu/internationalism/from-ang-bayan-filipino-activists-in-australia-join-actions-for-migrant-rights-and-freedom-for-palestine/
Peru police hunt for shooter after Indonesian diplomat ‘assassinated’ in Lima
An Indonesian diplomat was shot dead in Peru’s capital as he arrived on a bicycle to his apartment building, police said on Tuesday, in what local authorities called an “assassination”. Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, who was attached to the Indonesian embassy in Lima, was shot three times on Monday night.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3324106/peru-police-hunt-shooter-after-indonesian-diplomat-assassinated-lima
https://archive.ph/w0nk6
Presidential hopeful Rodrigo Paz sees ‘capitalism for all’ as answer to Bolivia’s crisis
Paz balked when pressed to get more specific on the affordability of his social spending measures as Bolivia rapidly runs out of hard currency. “You can’t call health ‘spending,’ you can’t call education ‘spending,’” he said. “It’s social profitability.” He refused to confirm or deny his previous promise to boost a monthly payment to retirees more than fivefold, to the equivalent of almost $300, which critics have derided as reminiscent of the ruling party’s populism — and ensuing insolvency.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-presidential-candidate-paz-lara-morales-f0f1b02befea0e4376f8a47ab4feda5f
Medellin police arrest lawyer with classified list of confiscated properties
Police in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin arrested an attorney with a list of more than 1,000 real estate properties supposedly controlled by the agency that manages drug traffickers’ confiscated assets. In a press release, the Special Assets Society (SAE) said that they found that the attorney, Enrique Leon Machado, occupied a luxury home that used to be registered to a front man of paramilitary organization EGC.
https://colombiareports.com/medellin-police-arrest-lawyer-with-classified-list-of-confiscated-properties/
Israel arrests Hebron mayor as it 'considers independent tribal emirate'
In 2022, he ran on a joint electoral list that included representatives from Fatah, Hamas, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). As a result, Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas expelled him from the party. Abu Sneineh was previously a member of a Fatah armed group involved in a 1980 operation that killed six Israeli settlers. He was arrested by Israeli forces, sentenced to life imprisonment, and later released in a prisoner exchange deal. Following his detention on Tuesday, Israeli media began inciting against him. Eyal Gelman, a settler and head of the so-called Israeli Hebron Municipality, said Abu Sneineh's arrest signalled Israel’s intention to impose full control over the city.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-arrests-hebron-mayor-it-mulls-independent-tribal-emirate
Egypt to build pipeline for Israeli gas despite Gaza war
Government sources told Enterprise that construction will begin early next year, while other media reports said work is scheduled for the last quarter of 2025, in preparation for receiving new gas volumes from 2026 under Egypt’s agreement with Israel’s NewMed company.
https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-build-pipeline-israeli-gas-despite-gaza-war
Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders
The new law goes into effect immediately with individuals in same-sex relationships risking prison sentences as well as fines, Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said during a briefing broadcast by the state TV. He described homosexual acts as “bizarre behavior.” Officials touted the new law as a recognition of “marriage and family values” in Burkina Faso.
https://apnews.com/article/burkina-faso-homosexuality-ban-traore-africa-dc5887e2cfb8a6da832521c404dbd607
EFF in FS demands answers following discovery of decomposed body
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Free State has threatened to shut down the medical practice of a Kroonstad doctor whose grandson they are accusing of shooting and killing a man and burying him in an unmarked shallow grave on his farm. Members of the party held demonstrations outside the surgery calling for justice. Police say they discovered the decomposed body of the unknown man last month on a farm next to the road between Kroonstad and Welkom.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eff-in-fs-demand-answers-following-discovery-of-decomposed-body/
Central Bank of Ireland confirms it will no longer sell Israeli ‘war bonds’
The bank had been under mounting political pressure over its approval for Israeli debt because of anger at Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which has led to tens of thousands of deaths in the Palestinian territory and the declaration by the United Nations of a famine.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/01/israel-to-market-war-bonds-through-luxembourg-as-irish-authority-expires/
https://archive.ph/gNmju
Counter-terrorism police arrest key members of Defend Our Juries ahead of mass protest
Despite the arrests, the group confirmed that the protest will go ahead on Saturday, having met its target of securing 1,000 pledges to attend. The protesters will gather in Parliament Square holding signs reading: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” challenging the police’s ability to crack down on supporters of the proscribed group.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/counter-terrorism-police-arrest-key-members-defend-our-juries-ahead-mass-protest
News 9/2/25
Filipino Activists In Australia Join Actions For Migrant Rights And Freedom For PalestineMembers of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Australia, Migrante-Australia, Anakbayan-Australia and Anakbayan-Melbourne participated in actions for the freedom of Palestine on August 31 in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne. The protests formed part of the solidarity for all migrants, refugees, and First Nation people (indigenous people in the country) across the nation.
https://www.redspark.nu/internationalism/from-ang-bayan-filipino-activists-in-australia-join-actions-for-migrant-rights-and-freedom-for-palestine/
Peru police hunt for shooter after Indonesian diplomat ‘assassinated’ in Lima
An Indonesian diplomat was shot dead in Peru’s capital as he arrived on a bicycle to his apartment building, police said on Tuesday, in what local authorities called an “assassination”. Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, who was attached to the Indonesian embassy in Lima, was shot three times on Monday night.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3324106/peru-police-hunt-shooter-after-indonesian-diplomat-assassinated-lima
https://archive.ph/w0nk6
Presidential hopeful Rodrigo Paz sees ‘capitalism for all’ as answer to Bolivia’s crisis
Paz balked when pressed to get more specific on the affordability of his social spending measures as Bolivia rapidly runs out of hard currency. “You can’t call health ‘spending,’ you can’t call education ‘spending,’” he said. “It’s social profitability.” He refused to confirm or deny his previous promise to boost a monthly payment to retirees more than fivefold, to the equivalent of almost $300, which critics have derided as reminiscent of the ruling party’s populism — and ensuing insolvency.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-presidential-candidate-paz-lara-morales-f0f1b02befea0e4376f8a47ab4feda5f
Medellin police arrest lawyer with classified list of confiscated properties
Police in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin arrested an attorney with a list of more than 1,000 real estate properties supposedly controlled by the agency that manages drug traffickers’ confiscated assets. In a press release, the Special Assets Society (SAE) said that they found that the attorney, Enrique Leon Machado, occupied a luxury home that used to be registered to a front man of paramilitary organization EGC.
https://colombiareports.com/medellin-police-arrest-lawyer-with-classified-list-of-confiscated-properties/
Israel arrests Hebron mayor as it 'considers independent tribal emirate'
In 2022, he ran on a joint electoral list that included representatives from Fatah, Hamas, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). As a result, Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas expelled him from the party. Abu Sneineh was previously a member of a Fatah armed group involved in a 1980 operation that killed six Israeli settlers. He was arrested by Israeli forces, sentenced to life imprisonment, and later released in a prisoner exchange deal. Following his detention on Tuesday, Israeli media began inciting against him. Eyal Gelman, a settler and head of the so-called Israeli Hebron Municipality, said Abu Sneineh's arrest signalled Israel’s intention to impose full control over the city.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-arrests-hebron-mayor-it-mulls-independent-tribal-emirate
Egypt to build pipeline for Israeli gas despite Gaza war
Government sources told Enterprise that construction will begin early next year, while other media reports said work is scheduled for the last quarter of 2025, in preparation for receiving new gas volumes from 2026 under Egypt’s agreement with Israel’s NewMed company.
https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-build-pipeline-israeli-gas-despite-gaza-war
Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders
The new law goes into effect immediately with individuals in same-sex relationships risking prison sentences as well as fines, Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said during a briefing broadcast by the state TV. He described homosexual acts as “bizarre behavior.” Officials touted the new law as a recognition of “marriage and family values” in Burkina Faso.
https://apnews.com/article/burkina-faso-homosexuality-ban-traore-africa-dc5887e2cfb8a6da832521c404dbd607
EFF in FS demands answers following discovery of decomposed body
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Free State has threatened to shut down the medical practice of a Kroonstad doctor whose grandson they are accusing of shooting and killing a man and burying him in an unmarked shallow grave on his farm. Members of the party held demonstrations outside the surgery calling for justice. Police say they discovered the decomposed body of the unknown man last month on a farm next to the road between Kroonstad and Welkom.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eff-in-fs-demand-answers-following-discovery-of-decomposed-body/
Central Bank of Ireland confirms it will no longer sell Israeli ‘war bonds’
The bank had been under mounting political pressure over its approval for Israeli debt because of anger at Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which has led to tens of thousands of deaths in the Palestinian territory and the declaration by the United Nations of a famine.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/01/israel-to-market-war-bonds-through-luxembourg-as-irish-authority-expires/
https://archive.ph/gNmju
Counter-terrorism police arrest key members of Defend Our Juries ahead of mass protest
Despite the arrests, the group confirmed that the protest will go ahead on Saturday, having met its target of securing 1,000 pledges to attend. The protesters will gather in Parliament Square holding signs reading: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” challenging the police’s ability to crack down on supporters of the proscribed group.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/counter-terrorism-police-arrest-key-members-defend-our-juries-ahead-mass-protest
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I have opted for bordigan democratic socialism after total class war and communist post-government after withering away of the state as an insurgent autonamous nigh watchman protect the children from the pedophiles order.
After abundance hit with post-scarcity, we will do all socialism could objectively not be able to so, in whichever way. AND there will be cool bunkers to smoke weed in. I assume that's what its for.
I have opted for bordigan democratic socialism after total class war and communist post-government after withering away of the state as an insurgent autonamous nigh watchman protect the children from the pedophiles order.
After abundance hit with post-scarcity, we will do all socialism could objectively not be able to so, in whichever way. AND there will be cool bunkers to smoke weed in. I assume that's what its for.
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🎉 Trump is dying 🎉
Apparently Trump is dying and all the libs are celebrating. I don’t know if he’ll actually die or if he’s gonna recover but even if he is going to die no matter how cool that would be I can only see bad things happening because then JD Vance will be president and he will be even more unpopular than Trump already is be and a giant rift will happen in the Republican Party in which the White Nationalist caucus might triumph over the establishment republicans in the primaries.
🎉 Trump is dying 🎉
Apparently Trump is dying and all the libs are celebrating. I don’t know if he’ll actually die or if he’s gonna recover but even if he is going to die no matter how cool that would be I can only see bad things happening because then JD Vance will be president and he will be even more unpopular than Trump already is be and a giant rift will happen in the Republican Party in which the White Nationalist caucus might triumph over the establishment republicans in the primaries.
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In general Anti-Interventionist, most Anti-Israeli Congressman, doesn't larp as a Working Class Hero, Proletarian Class Consciousness continues to grow, would actually expose the Epstein ring. I agree voting in Socialism is retarded and never will work, but the genocide of the Palestinians can be stopped and Massie is the guy to do it imo.
Massie2028
As an American Leftist, can one of you guys give a single good argument on why I shouldnt vote for Massie?In general Anti-Interventionist, most Anti-Israeli Congressman, doesn't larp as a Working Class Hero, Proletarian Class Consciousness continues to grow, would actually expose the Epstein ring. I agree voting in Socialism is retarded and never will work, but the genocide of the Palestinians can be stopped and Massie is the guy to do it imo.
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Top 5 reasons why all cops are bastards
I’m mostly referring to American cops because I don’t know how it is in other countries. Also these are not in any type of order either.
#1: They don’t solve crime, poverty causes crime and wealth redistribution and robust social safety nets solve poverty. Hiring people to beat the shit out of homeless people doesn’t solve anything.
#2: They’re racist, although we all hate identity politics here there is no reason to deny this. They target and profile black people all the time.
#3: The few good thing that they could do they won’t, I give some examples, if you’re car gets stolen they won’t do anything they won’t find who stole it and give your car back they will just direct you to the insurance company, if there is a school shooting the school resource officer won’t stop the shooter he will just run away, and they spend their entire day on candy crush. The only time cops ever do their job is when the rich are at stake, hundreds of people are killed in New York every day but last year when Luigi Mangione
#4: They are over funded. Police were never good but back in the day they used to dress like how they do on TV with blue hats and genes and shit👮🏻♂️, now they are so overfunded that they dress like fucking Shadow Stormtroopers. All sorts of social welfare has been cut so the government can enforce the police. Literally the only job that guarantees a good union is a police officer just so they can beat up workers at the picket lines. Tons of poor people are killed every day in New York but when Luigi Mangione killed a CEO last year the cops strangely did their job.
#5 Police Culture is fucking annoying. The right constantly complains about cancel culture but they also love doing it. If you make a joke about cops being bad the right will cancel you for disrespecting the innocent cops.
Top 5 reasons why all cops are bastards
I’m mostly referring to American cops because I don’t know how it is in other countries. Also these are not in any type of order either.
#1: They don’t solve crime, poverty causes crime and wealth redistribution and robust social safety nets solve poverty. Hiring people to beat the shit out of homeless people doesn’t solve anything.
#2: They’re racist, although we all hate identity politics here there is no reason to deny this. They target and profile black people all the time.
#3: The few good thing that they could do they won’t, I give some examples, if you’re car gets stolen they won’t do anything they won’t find who stole it and give your car back they will just direct you to the insurance company, if there is a school shooting the school resource officer won’t stop the shooter he will just run away, and they spend their entire day on candy crush. The only time cops ever do their job is when the rich are at stake, hundreds of people are killed in New York every day but last year when Luigi Mangione
#4: They are over funded. Police were never good but back in the day they used to dress like how they do on TV with blue hats and genes and shit👮🏻♂️, now they are so overfunded that they dress like fucking Shadow Stormtroopers. All sorts of social welfare has been cut so the government can enforce the police. Literally the only job that guarantees a good union is a police officer just so they can beat up workers at the picket lines. Tons of poor people are killed every day in New York but when Luigi Mangione killed a CEO last year the cops strangely did their job.
#5 Police Culture is fucking annoying. The right constantly complains about cancel culture but they also love doing it. If you make a joke about cops being bad the right will cancel you for disrespecting the innocent cops.
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Speaking at a rally on the docks of Genoa, one of Europe's largest ports, a dockworker representing the USB union said that if communication with the flotilla were lost “even for just 20 minutes,” port workers would immediately block all shipments to Israel, regardless of their content. “Around mid-September, these boats will arrive near the coast of Gaza. If we lose contact with our boats, with our comrades, even for just 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe,” said the dockworker, a video of whom has circulated widely online and in Italian media but who has not been identified.
https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-dockworkers-threaten-israel-cargo-ban-gaza-flotilla-departs-genova/
https://archive.ph/26CUH
Palestinian Resistance Ambushes Zionists in al-Zaytoun, Gaza City
Seven Zionist soldiers were injured overnight when an explosive device struck a Namer armored personnel carrier in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, according to Zionist Army Radio on Saturday. The Zionist Broadcasting Corporation reported that the vehicle belonged to the 99th Division and the 7th Brigade, operating in the northern Gaza Strip. Local Palestinian sources described fierce overnight confrontations between Palestinian resistance fighters and occupation invading units attempting to advance into the area.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21190/
Houthis fire missile at Israeli-owned tanker after prime minister killed
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency, which monitors shipping in the region, disputed the claim, reporting the missile missed its target on Sunday. “The crew witnessed a splash in close proximity to their vessel from an unknown projectile and heard a loud bang,” UKMTO said, adding all staff were unharmed and the tanker had resumed its voyage.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/1/houthis-fire-missile-at-israeli-owned-tanker-after-prime-minister-killed
https://archive.ph/nQyFC
Tunisia: French retailer Carrefour security guards assault pro-Palestine protesters
Videos from the Carrefour branch in La Marsa, a seaside suburb of the capital Tunis, showed demonstrators bloodied and dragged across the floor by the store's guards after they tried to storm the store on Saturday 30 August. Some were later carried to hospitals, according to the boycott campaign, which said several of its activists suffered fractures. "This was a peaceful, civic, anti-Zionist protest. We hold the authorities responsible for the consequences of this assault," said Jawaher Channa, a spokesperson for the Carrefour boycott campaign.
https://www.newarab.com/news/carrefour-guards-tunisia-assault-pro-palestine-protesters
Sudan Army Strike Kills At Least 12 In Darfur: War Monitor
The lawyers group said in a statement that four women were killed outside the clinic and a nearby hotel was damaged. Several children who were receiving treatment at the time were among the wounded, it added. There was no immediate comment from the Sudanese army. Medical facilities have repeatedly been targeted during the conflict. Across the country, up to 80 percent of healthcare facilities have been forced to shut down, according to official figures.
https://www.barrons.com/news/sudan-army-strike-kills-at-least-12-in-darfur-war-monitor-4c09b166
https://archive.ph/JnOBX
‘The revolution has been betrayed, the poor are worse off’: Solly Mapaila slams ANC
Mapaila accuses the ANC of abandoning revolutionary ideals by embracing neoliberal policies, privatisation and austerity measures that have deepened inequality 30 years into democracy. The Communist Party is in the “implementation phase” of its congress decision to contest elections alone if the ANC refuses to reconfigure the tripartite alliance structure.
https://www.news24.com/citypress/politics/the-revolution-has-been-betrayed-the-poor-are-worse-off-solly-mapaila-slams-anc-20250901-0796
https://archive.ph/BGOvB
Family of Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike say her health is deteriorating
She launched her hunger strike at HMP Peterborough 22 days ago over the prison’s suspension of her recreational activities, her removal from her job at the prison library, and the withholding of her mail. A member of Hoxha’s family told Middle East Eye they are concerned that her health is rapidly deteriorating. "She's developed a rash and jaw ache on her left side," said the family member, who wished to remain anonymous.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-prisoner-hunger-strike-family-health
Unions celebrate victory after ScotRail abolishes peak fares
Commuters will now pay less to travel in the morning and evening busy periods, with the price of a return ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh falling from £32.60 during peak times to £16.80. The decision followed the cancellation of a year-long pilot in 2024, which provoked condemnation from both commuters and trade unions campaigning for the change.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unions-celebrate-victory-after-scotrail-abolishes-peak-fares
Indonesian students defy crackdown after deadly riots, demanding reform
Protests began a week ago against the government's spending priorities, such as enhanced perks for lawmakers, and escalated into rioting and looting after a police vehicle hit and killed a motorcycle taxi driver. The homes of political party members, including the finance minister, were looted and state buildings ransacked or set ablaze, in the biggest challenge to President Prabowo Subianto's government since he took office nearly a year ago.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesian-students-defy-crackdown-after-deadly-riots-demanding-reform-2025-09-01/
Bihar SIR: 3 Lakh Voters Served ‘Doubtful Citizen’ Notices by Election Commission
For the first time in decades, the revision is not merely checking age, address, or duplication — it requires proof of Indian citizenship, especially for those enrolled after 2003 or born after July 1, 1987. The verification exercise has flagged individuals despite holding multiple valid Indian IDs like Aadhaar, ration cards, and domicile certificates. However, citizenship status, not document possession, is now the core criterion. Some individuals have been labelled as suspected nationals of Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, or Afghanistan based on undocumented suspicions or familial ties.
https://www.newsclick.in/bihar-sir-3-lakh-voters-served-doubtful-citizen-notices-election-commission
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Italian dockworkers threaten Israel cargo ban if Gaza flotilla blockedSpeaking at a rally on the docks of Genoa, one of Europe's largest ports, a dockworker representing the USB union said that if communication with the flotilla were lost “even for just 20 minutes,” port workers would immediately block all shipments to Israel, regardless of their content. “Around mid-September, these boats will arrive near the coast of Gaza. If we lose contact with our boats, with our comrades, even for just 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe,” said the dockworker, a video of whom has circulated widely online and in Italian media but who has not been identified.
https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-dockworkers-threaten-israel-cargo-ban-gaza-flotilla-departs-genova/
https://archive.ph/26CUH
Palestinian Resistance Ambushes Zionists in al-Zaytoun, Gaza City
Seven Zionist soldiers were injured overnight when an explosive device struck a Namer armored personnel carrier in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, according to Zionist Army Radio on Saturday. The Zionist Broadcasting Corporation reported that the vehicle belonged to the 99th Division and the 7th Brigade, operating in the northern Gaza Strip. Local Palestinian sources described fierce overnight confrontations between Palestinian resistance fighters and occupation invading units attempting to advance into the area.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21190/
Houthis fire missile at Israeli-owned tanker after prime minister killed
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency, which monitors shipping in the region, disputed the claim, reporting the missile missed its target on Sunday. “The crew witnessed a splash in close proximity to their vessel from an unknown projectile and heard a loud bang,” UKMTO said, adding all staff were unharmed and the tanker had resumed its voyage.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/1/houthis-fire-missile-at-israeli-owned-tanker-after-prime-minister-killed
https://archive.ph/nQyFC
Tunisia: French retailer Carrefour security guards assault pro-Palestine protesters
Videos from the Carrefour branch in La Marsa, a seaside suburb of the capital Tunis, showed demonstrators bloodied and dragged across the floor by the store's guards after they tried to storm the store on Saturday 30 August. Some were later carried to hospitals, according to the boycott campaign, which said several of its activists suffered fractures. "This was a peaceful, civic, anti-Zionist protest. We hold the authorities responsible for the consequences of this assault," said Jawaher Channa, a spokesperson for the Carrefour boycott campaign.
https://www.newarab.com/news/carrefour-guards-tunisia-assault-pro-palestine-protesters
Sudan Army Strike Kills At Least 12 In Darfur: War Monitor
The lawyers group said in a statement that four women were killed outside the clinic and a nearby hotel was damaged. Several children who were receiving treatment at the time were among the wounded, it added. There was no immediate comment from the Sudanese army. Medical facilities have repeatedly been targeted during the conflict. Across the country, up to 80 percent of healthcare facilities have been forced to shut down, according to official figures.
https://www.barrons.com/news/sudan-army-strike-kills-at-least-12-in-darfur-war-monitor-4c09b166
https://archive.ph/JnOBX
‘The revolution has been betrayed, the poor are worse off’: Solly Mapaila slams ANC
Mapaila accuses the ANC of abandoning revolutionary ideals by embracing neoliberal policies, privatisation and austerity measures that have deepened inequality 30 years into democracy. The Communist Party is in the “implementation phase” of its congress decision to contest elections alone if the ANC refuses to reconfigure the tripartite alliance structure.
https://www.news24.com/citypress/politics/the-revolution-has-been-betrayed-the-poor-are-worse-off-solly-mapaila-slams-anc-20250901-0796
https://archive.ph/BGOvB
Family of Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike say her health is deteriorating
She launched her hunger strike at HMP Peterborough 22 days ago over the prison’s suspension of her recreational activities, her removal from her job at the prison library, and the withholding of her mail. A member of Hoxha’s family told Middle East Eye they are concerned that her health is rapidly deteriorating. "She's developed a rash and jaw ache on her left side," said the family member, who wished to remain anonymous.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-prisoner-hunger-strike-family-health
Unions celebrate victory after ScotRail abolishes peak fares
Commuters will now pay less to travel in the morning and evening busy periods, with the price of a return ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh falling from £32.60 during peak times to £16.80. The decision followed the cancellation of a year-long pilot in 2024, which provoked condemnation from both commuters and trade unions campaigning for the change.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unions-celebrate-victory-after-scotrail-abolishes-peak-fares
Indonesian students defy crackdown after deadly riots, demanding reform
Protests began a week ago against the government's spending priorities, such as enhanced perks for lawmakers, and escalated into rioting and looting after a police vehicle hit and killed a motorcycle taxi driver. The homes of political party members, including the finance minister, were looted and state buildings ransacked or set ablaze, in the biggest challenge to President Prabowo Subianto's government since he took office nearly a year ago.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesian-students-defy-crackdown-after-deadly-riots-demanding-reform-2025-09-01/
Bihar SIR: 3 Lakh Voters Served ‘Doubtful Citizen’ Notices by Election Commission
For the first time in decades, the revision is not merely checking age, address, or duplication — it requires proof of Indian citizenship, especially for those enrolled after 2003 or born after July 1, 1987. The verification exercise has flagged individuals despite holding multiple valid Indian IDs like Aadhaar, ration cards, and domicile certificates. However, citizenship status, not document possession, is now the core criterion. Some individuals have been labelled as suspected nationals of Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, or Afghanistan based on undocumented suspicions or familial ties.
https://www.newsclick.in/bihar-sir-3-lakh-voters-served-doubtful-citizen-notices-election-commission
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>but those were not real communism
Real communism is the movement which abolishes the current state of things (private property the alienation of species-being) and it is the expansion of worker association to international terms. To think 'communism' can be reduced to just a single historical act is silly. It is, after all, a process. Real socialism was one such historical act in a chain of many to come.
>okay, they are communist, but they are totalitarian! They are authoritarian!
Those are empty words liberal ideolouges use to justify equating the Soviet anti-colonial socialist project and the Nazifascistic colonial Lebensraum project, to keep the status quo of liberal representative democracy as the 'only democratic nonauthoritarian' society.
>what do you mean the soviet project is an anti-colonial project?
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/may/18.htm
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/may/07b.htm
>I… I didn't know. I'm sorry. I will now study the history of the Soviet Union and build an antiimperialist socialist project on the Marxist-Leninist tradition. I will support the anti-colonial Palestinian people's struggle. I will globalize the intifada.
And you will defend the People's Republics of China, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, Belarus and the DPRK. You will study Cuban agroecology and you will learn to live with nature. You will have Chinese high speed rails and high quality Belarusian agricultural machinery. You will be happy.
Any questions?
'real communism'
If you 'denounce' the historical real socialism that existed and exists, you can't be a communist.>but those were not real communism
Real communism is the movement which abolishes the current state of things (private property the alienation of species-being) and it is the expansion of worker association to international terms. To think 'communism' can be reduced to just a single historical act is silly. It is, after all, a process. Real socialism was one such historical act in a chain of many to come.
>okay, they are communist, but they are totalitarian! They are authoritarian!
Those are empty words liberal ideolouges use to justify equating the Soviet anti-colonial socialist project and the Nazifascistic colonial Lebensraum project, to keep the status quo of liberal representative democracy as the 'only democratic nonauthoritarian' society.
>what do you mean the soviet project is an anti-colonial project?
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/may/18.htm
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/may/07b.htm
>I… I didn't know. I'm sorry. I will now study the history of the Soviet Union and build an antiimperialist socialist project on the Marxist-Leninist tradition. I will support the anti-colonial Palestinian people's struggle. I will globalize the intifada.
And you will defend the People's Republics of China, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, Belarus and the DPRK. You will study Cuban agroecology and you will learn to live with nature. You will have Chinese high speed rails and high quality Belarusian agricultural machinery. You will be happy.
Any questions?
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What do you think about gun control?
Although nobody here likes the constitution I see many pro-Guns people here who argue against gun control.
Here is my take on gun control, The founding fathers put the 2nd amendment in the constitution so a revolution could happen if the government ever gets corrupted (Also so white mobs could drive Natives off of there land but my point still stands) and I see many people here think that thats a good idea despite disliking the constitution. I however don’t think that that is working. America is currently becoming a fascist dictatorship and nobody is trying to use their guns to overthrow Trump, because most people who have them like Trump and would rather use their guns to shoot Bud Light Cans, nine year old elementary school students, black church goers, Their wives, Latino mall shoppers, or themselves.
What do you think about gun control?
Although nobody here likes the constitution I see many pro-Guns people here who argue against gun control.
Here is my take on gun control, The founding fathers put the 2nd amendment in the constitution so a revolution could happen if the government ever gets corrupted (Also so white mobs could drive Natives off of there land but my point still stands) and I see many people here think that thats a good idea despite disliking the constitution. I however don’t think that that is working. America is currently becoming a fascist dictatorship and nobody is trying to use their guns to overthrow Trump, because most people who have them like Trump and would rather use their guns to shoot Bud Light Cans, nine year old elementary school students, black church goers, Their wives, Latino mall shoppers, or themselves.
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>be Hamas
>invades Israel after 70+ years of colonialism amd genocide
>warning 1: first intifada - results in the Oslo Accords
>second warning: Al-Aqsa intifada - Israel circumvents this by building security checkpoints in Gaza and erecting a border wall with the West Bank
>this creates a low intensity battle that Israel was able to extinguish easily with the sexurity checkpoints in Gaza and the border wall with the West Bank, which during then, Israel was raping Gaza hard with all Hamas being able to really do is lob rockets (to which only 30 reported deaths between 2008 and 2018)
>then during the Gazan Border protests where tens of thousands of Palestinians are killed and only one Israeli sniper was eliminated after they fired live ammunition on protesters with slings, Hamas decrees a third (and last) intifada that'll create a situation that Israel can't get out of
>after preparing for 5 years, enter Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
>Palestinians tasted justice for the first time since Israel took over after the end of the Second World War
>after the IDF finally responded, the remaining Palestinians decided they'd rather die than surrender, so the remaining insurgents were killed off
>then Gaza and West Bank come under siege, tens of thousands more civilians are killed, but not Hamas, and now Hamas has dragged Israel into an America in Afghanistan style situation after pulling a 9/11
>and becajse Israel's resources are stretched thin already, their reserves are exhausted because Israel has been under martial law since its inception, reservists aren't fighting and there's a troop shortage
Bravo.
>be Hamas
>invades Israel after 70+ years of colonialism amd genocide
>warning 1: first intifada - results in the Oslo Accords
>second warning: Al-Aqsa intifada - Israel circumvents this by building security checkpoints in Gaza and erecting a border wall with the West Bank
>this creates a low intensity battle that Israel was able to extinguish easily with the sexurity checkpoints in Gaza and the border wall with the West Bank, which during then, Israel was raping Gaza hard with all Hamas being able to really do is lob rockets (to which only 30 reported deaths between 2008 and 2018)
>then during the Gazan Border protests where tens of thousands of Palestinians are killed and only one Israeli sniper was eliminated after they fired live ammunition on protesters with slings, Hamas decrees a third (and last) intifada that'll create a situation that Israel can't get out of
>after preparing for 5 years, enter Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
>Palestinians tasted justice for the first time since Israel took over after the end of the Second World War
>after the IDF finally responded, the remaining Palestinians decided they'd rather die than surrender, so the remaining insurgents were killed off
>then Gaza and West Bank come under siege, tens of thousands more civilians are killed, but not Hamas, and now Hamas has dragged Israel into an America in Afghanistan style situation after pulling a 9/11
>and becajse Israel's resources are stretched thin already, their reserves are exhausted because Israel has been under martial law since its inception, reservists aren't fighting and there's a troop shortage
Bravo.
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This is imperialism. A capitalist dictatorship bent on superexpoloiting their working classes. There are absolutely no parallels with the Great Purges in preperation for the anti-fascistic and anti-imperialist struggle a socialist dictatorship is about to engage in.
This is imperialism. A capitalist dictatorship bent on superexpoloiting their working classes. There are absolutely no parallels with the Great Purges in preperation for the anti-fascistic and anti-imperialist struggle a socialist dictatorship is about to engage in.
R: 52 / I: 6
Has China apologised for its involvement in the Vietnam War?
I mean, aiding the US in funding a Cambodian genocidal nationalist to own the Soviet Union seems like good ol' imperialism to me. Is this one of the reasons why Marxist-Leninist states are infamous for putting geopolitics over the advancement of socialism worldwide? Honest question, has China apologised for its involvement in the Vietnam War?
R: 71 / I: 21
But when you step outside your Marxist bubble, you realize: people are fucking idiots. Not "idiots" meaning "stupid," but ἰδιώτης (idiotes), an Ancient Greek term for a private person indifferent to politics or public life. Most people refuse to see the connection between politics and their daily existence. They prioritize a "good" private life: a stable job, a wife who cooks and cleans, 1.8 children, maybe a dog, a home, and holidays twice a year (sorry, Americans, this is Europe). Young Marx (or Engels, I can't remember) once called this an "animal’s life": unreflective, driven by instincts the bourgeoisie instilled in workers. Tragically, this remains true 150 years later. The separation of private and public life poisons any cohesive society.
As capitalism’s crises deepen, bourgeois propaganda (mass media, PR) aggressively pushes unscientific, esoteric, and religious ideas. I told my family I’m a materialis - not chasing money, just rejecting spirits - and they got sad for me. Like I’m some empty husk because I don’t "feel" ghosts. It’s even more exhausting to explain that most "personal" thoughts aren’t original. Humans rarely have new ideas; we recycle old ones. Yet people resent being asked to examine their beliefs. They deny that their desires are manufactured by mass media, or that history predates them. Many cling to a nonexistent sentimental past or an idealized future. I’ve developed profound hatred for the state, family, private property, and religion. My mother understands my critiques of the state, religion, and property, but family is sacred to her. Explaining its evolution as a social structure is pointless. This mental block leads to a common schema: individual → family → nation. You see this everywhere. ("States are cities; cities are families.") Most people can’t grasp their own historicity.
This is why meaningful mass political action is nearly impossible today. As a Marxist, you must constantly fight: first, to stay sharp and avoid sinking into the swamp of bourgeois society; second, to drive change against bourgeois society’s current. The river of bourgeois history flows against the general arrow of history. Paradoxically, Marxism is liberating: it reveals history’s direction. But bourgeois history is the only history that exists now. As a Marxist, you're forced to swim upstream. Swimming upstream is the exhaustion.
Being a communist is the most mentally tiring thing to be.
There is power in Marxism that you cannot find in other systems of ideas. Marxism is a totality; if you’re a committed Marxist, you can’t pick and choose where to apply it. You cannot have a bit of Marxism for breakfast and a bit of liberalism for lunch. Choosing to be a Marxist means examining every facet of the social world through a rigid system that rejects esotericism, magic, or religious thinking.But when you step outside your Marxist bubble, you realize: people are fucking idiots. Not "idiots" meaning "stupid," but ἰδιώτης (idiotes), an Ancient Greek term for a private person indifferent to politics or public life. Most people refuse to see the connection between politics and their daily existence. They prioritize a "good" private life: a stable job, a wife who cooks and cleans, 1.8 children, maybe a dog, a home, and holidays twice a year (sorry, Americans, this is Europe). Young Marx (or Engels, I can't remember) once called this an "animal’s life": unreflective, driven by instincts the bourgeoisie instilled in workers. Tragically, this remains true 150 years later. The separation of private and public life poisons any cohesive society.
As capitalism’s crises deepen, bourgeois propaganda (mass media, PR) aggressively pushes unscientific, esoteric, and religious ideas. I told my family I’m a materialis - not chasing money, just rejecting spirits - and they got sad for me. Like I’m some empty husk because I don’t "feel" ghosts. It’s even more exhausting to explain that most "personal" thoughts aren’t original. Humans rarely have new ideas; we recycle old ones. Yet people resent being asked to examine their beliefs. They deny that their desires are manufactured by mass media, or that history predates them. Many cling to a nonexistent sentimental past or an idealized future. I’ve developed profound hatred for the state, family, private property, and religion. My mother understands my critiques of the state, religion, and property, but family is sacred to her. Explaining its evolution as a social structure is pointless. This mental block leads to a common schema: individual → family → nation. You see this everywhere. ("States are cities; cities are families.") Most people can’t grasp their own historicity.
This is why meaningful mass political action is nearly impossible today. As a Marxist, you must constantly fight: first, to stay sharp and avoid sinking into the swamp of bourgeois society; second, to drive change against bourgeois society’s current. The river of bourgeois history flows against the general arrow of history. Paradoxically, Marxism is liberating: it reveals history’s direction. But bourgeois history is the only history that exists now. As a Marxist, you're forced to swim upstream. Swimming upstream is the exhaustion.
R: 609 / I: 172 (full)
Previous: >>2429628
Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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📺 • Ukraine: The Avoidable War - Boy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
📺 • Ukraine's Nazi Problem - The Marxist Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yZvWAwU5W4
📺 • America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q
📺 • The Nature of Putin's Russia and Its Causes (3-Part Series) - 1Dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODWTfMwFGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zuygh9Mzuo
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Suit or no suit editionPrevious: >>2429628
Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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Please help me weaponize this graph.
This graph named, "Estimate % of 30-Year-Olds Who Are Married And Homeowners" is circulating on social media. The data is for the US. I have read several news stories about how Chinese Millennials have higher marriage and home ownership rates than their western contemporaries. I'm on the road away from my computer today so I would appreciate it if someone just threw the relevant data into numpy and made a graph with a blue line for the US and a red line for China. Keep the propaganda simple. Show young people that capitalism is cheating them out of a normal life.
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I finally realized that Unfortunately the west specifically America ,Canada are so connected via settler colonialism which is their essence to Zionism its self settler colonialism. that you can’t reform or change the power Zionism has because if Israel ends then America ends . So they will never give up their outpost of settler colonialism in the east and that you can’t fight Israel through America and Canada only the east can stop which is non colonial can stop the Zionist entity
I finally realized that Unfortunately the west specifically America ,Canada are so connected via settler colonialism which is their essence to Zionism its self settler colonialism. that you can’t reform or change the power Zionism has because if Israel ends then America ends . So they will never give up their outpost of settler colonialism in the east and that you can’t fight Israel through America and Canada only the east can stop which is non colonial can stop the Zionist entity
R: 599 / I: 249
Previous: >>2442779
Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
https://azovlobby.substack.com/
https://banderalobby.substack.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yZvWAwU5W4
📺 • America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q
📺 • The Nature of Putin's Russia and Its Causes (3-Part Series) - 1Dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODWTfMwFGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zuygh9Mzuo
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Pyrrhic Victory EditionPrevious: >>2442779
Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
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R: 7 / I: 1
I've always been a pretty left wing guy, but certainly not a communist. I was excited about a left wing image board because I use not PC language a LOT lmao (somehow this post is mostly clean though.) I had also just finished taking a college level economics course a few months prior. It isn't my major, but it was a requirement, so I felt that at least at the basic level I could judge mostly objectively.
Firstly: I never really saw any attempts at explaining the benefits of a purely communist system. This site has done a wonderful job of showing the benefits of the mixed economy that is modern China. Wealth inequality is much smaller than it is in the US, and the bottom 50% of China earns more than the bottom 50% of the US. What I wonder is whether that has more to do with the availability of manufacturing jobs (which are usually well paid and low skill) rather than system of economics. After all, US wealth inequality greatly increased during the 90s.
Either way, the Chinese have been able to massively improve their standards of living, so hats off to Xi.
Secondly: After the ICC inditement I had a bad opinion of Israel, but browsing here has made my opinion of them much worse. I don't know what needs to happen, but something's gotta give. The way Israel is abusing the lobbying system to get essentially unlimited aid is a huge problem within the American Capitalist system.
Thirdly: In USApol, people there often paint a bleak picture for the average American, and I agree. Things are bad right now. However, if you break it down by category, it becomes clear that housing is almost solely responsible for the standard of living of the average American going down. Picrel. But wouldn't just limiting the amount of residential property corporations can own fix this problem?
…or fuck it, Mao's method would actually work too.
Anyways, this place is certainly interesting to lurk in. I'm surprised I'm still here seeing as one of the first posts I saw was from Iron Felix. I had no idea what the fuck he was talking about.
My experiences here
A few months ago, I was browsing another image board and got told about this place and how there were a bunch of smart people here.I've always been a pretty left wing guy, but certainly not a communist. I was excited about a left wing image board because I use not PC language a LOT lmao (somehow this post is mostly clean though.) I had also just finished taking a college level economics course a few months prior. It isn't my major, but it was a requirement, so I felt that at least at the basic level I could judge mostly objectively.
Firstly: I never really saw any attempts at explaining the benefits of a purely communist system. This site has done a wonderful job of showing the benefits of the mixed economy that is modern China. Wealth inequality is much smaller than it is in the US, and the bottom 50% of China earns more than the bottom 50% of the US. What I wonder is whether that has more to do with the availability of manufacturing jobs (which are usually well paid and low skill) rather than system of economics. After all, US wealth inequality greatly increased during the 90s.
Either way, the Chinese have been able to massively improve their standards of living, so hats off to Xi.
Secondly: After the ICC inditement I had a bad opinion of Israel, but browsing here has made my opinion of them much worse. I don't know what needs to happen, but something's gotta give. The way Israel is abusing the lobbying system to get essentially unlimited aid is a huge problem within the American Capitalist system.
Thirdly: In USApol, people there often paint a bleak picture for the average American, and I agree. Things are bad right now. However, if you break it down by category, it becomes clear that housing is almost solely responsible for the standard of living of the average American going down. Picrel. But wouldn't just limiting the amount of residential property corporations can own fix this problem?
…or fuck it, Mao's method would actually work too.
Anyways, this place is certainly interesting to lurk in. I'm surprised I'm still here seeing as one of the first posts I saw was from Iron Felix. I had no idea what the fuck he was talking about.
R: 45 / I: 8
Why is Cuba the only socialist country libs like?
I had a conversation with Taiwanese rapper and communist Xiangyu a while back about his visit to Cuba pre-COVID. He openly said it was a shithole, and that the government cares more about using pinkwashing to get support from western libs than it does about building socialism. He said the lumpen are out of control there, and that Cubans have zero work ethic. Even when MLs talk about Cuba's recent "progress" it's all just stuff about their LGBT rights being the best in the world or some shit. I think the reason Cuba is the only socialist country libs like is because they don't provide any challenge to capitalist hegemony. They didn't industrialize when they had the Soviets to subsidize them, so their economy is mostly tourism and service based. To build socialism you need an economy built on productive labor like China. China's rapid economic development is the #1 reason the west sees them as a threat. Cuba is just a vacation resort.
R: 140 / I: 22
Generative AI should be fucking banned
I don’t think people realize how dangerous the ability to generate photorealistic images and videos in instants is. If they combine this shit with AR/VR technology (spoiler: they will) it’s over, we are heading straight into Brave New World.
R: 2 / I: 0
The underground Left needs trump to die soon heres why (also I’m not promoting illegal activities jannies).
Currently the democrats have been using Trump as a boogyman for literally any issue in America, and why that’s great for them is because it’s a really good way to ignore the shitty policies they pass to just benefit their billionaire donors instead of any change. It’s also very easy for the majority of people to understand since they simply the issues so much like “it’s muh guns” or “it’s all muh trump”.
But since Trump has pissed off literally everyone, including his own MAGA base, I think in the next election we are gonna see a massive democrat wave, but that’s saying he survives.
Now what would really suck for the democrats is that trump dies earlier from health problems, if that happens i think it’s gonna be a lot harder for them to shift everything automatically to JD Vance, and while everyone also hates him, it’s not even close to the extent Trump is hated. Now with all that being said, my point is, if trump dies early and the democrats aren’t able to create a new boogeyman quickly enough I could see a lot of people shifting their anger towards the actual ruling class instead of party politics. Both parties have been able to exist so long because of permanent artificial division but people are rapidly seeing the conditions of their society devolve before and under trump, and after trump they will see it was just not him, but the system as a whole.
At least we hope so
The underground Left needs trump to die soon heres why (also I’m not promoting illegal activities jannies).
Currently the democrats have been using Trump as a boogyman for literally any issue in America, and why that’s great for them is because it’s a really good way to ignore the shitty policies they pass to just benefit their billionaire donors instead of any change. It’s also very easy for the majority of people to understand since they simply the issues so much like “it’s muh guns” or “it’s all muh trump”.
But since Trump has pissed off literally everyone, including his own MAGA base, I think in the next election we are gonna see a massive democrat wave, but that’s saying he survives.
Now what would really suck for the democrats is that trump dies earlier from health problems, if that happens i think it’s gonna be a lot harder for them to shift everything automatically to JD Vance, and while everyone also hates him, it’s not even close to the extent Trump is hated. Now with all that being said, my point is, if trump dies early and the democrats aren’t able to create a new boogeyman quickly enough I could see a lot of people shifting their anger towards the actual ruling class instead of party politics. Both parties have been able to exist so long because of permanent artificial division but people are rapidly seeing the conditions of their society devolve before and under trump, and after trump they will see it was just not him, but the system as a whole.
At least we hope so
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Why dont one you guyssact actually move to north korea and do vlogging?
Yes you might have to say positive things but i hate those vloggers that go there and film clean streets with well dressed people and say but what about what you dont seeheehee
Why dont one you guyssact actually move to north korea and do vlogging?
Yes you might have to say positive things but i hate those vloggers that go there and film clean streets with well dressed people and say but what about what you dont seeheehee
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>https://archive.is/1ys8C
this seems a little strange. is that guy who listens to radio transmissions here to tell me if something's cooking?
>https://archive.is/1ys8C
this seems a little strange. is that guy who listens to radio transmissions here to tell me if something's cooking?
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Haiti
Hey leftypol, what are your thoughts on Haiti, specifically the Viv Ansanm/FRG9 movement. CIA operatives being used to destabilize the country? Genuine leftist movement? Dgaf? Let’s discuss.
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According to court filings, about 300 workers were hired under irregular contracts to clear the forest and prepare pastures. They were monitored by armed guards, lived in precarious housing, received insufficient food and were forced to stay on the farm under a system of debt bondage. No medical care was provided, even to those who contracted malaria.
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The 10 candidates who vie to become the left’s presidential candidate in Colombia’s 2026 elections
Colombia’s ruling left-wing coalition, Pacto Historico, has put forward 10 candidates who will compete in the primary ahead of the 2026 elections. The names put forward include multiple allies of the current President Gustavo Petro, former officials and social leaders who represent different sectors within the left.
https://colombiareports.com/the-10-candidates-who-vie-to-become-the-lefts-presidential-candidate-in-colombias-2026-elections/
Severely injured photo-journalist returns to intensive care
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https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/severely-injured-photo-journalist-returns-to-intensive-care.phtml
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Key criminal case against ex-interim leader Áñez annulled as Bolivia lurches to the right
The sudden twist in her proceedings comes just weeks after Bolivia’s general election boosted the opposition for the first time in decades, raising concerns among critics who see a justice system subject to political manipulation. A runoff presidential election in October pits a centrist pro-business senator against a right-wing former president.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-opposition-camacho-evo-morales-anez-jail-7c930e487e2ad441da8a28fdef0d5674
Lebanese army plans to carry out 'sensitive missions' amid US-backed Hezbollah disarmament plan
The Lebanese government asked the army in early August to prepare a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the month and the Cabinet is scheduled to hold a meeting to discuss the plan Tuesday. Hezbollah’s leadership has vowed not to disarm, saying the national government’s decision to remove the Iran-backed group’s weapons by the end of the year serves Israel’s interests.
https://www.newarab.com/news/lebanese-army-launch-sensitive-missions-hezbollah-plan
Iraq withdraws PMF Law under external pressure, MP says
The Iraqi government has withdrawn the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Authority Law from parliament under “foreign pressure,” a lawmaker revealed on Wednesday. Hussein al-Battat, a member of the State of Law Coalition (SLC), led by former PM Nour Al-Maliki, told Shafaq News that the government “pulled back the legislation without explaining the reasons.” He urged lawmakers to “press the government to resubmit the bill for a vote before the end of the current legislative term,” calling for approval without yielding to internal or external influence.
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Thousands protest Israel's war on Gaza near Venice Film Festival
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Netherlands to station 300 soldiers and two Patriot systems in Poland
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Proposals for commercial planes to operate with one pilot shelved after critical EU report
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Philippines: Three Soldiers Killed in Maoist Ambush
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Kin of disappeared march to DOJ to demand justice, surface their loved ones
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Volkswagen faces historic $30 million compensation for Amazon labor abuses in BrazilAccording to court filings, about 300 workers were hired under irregular contracts to clear the forest and prepare pastures. They were monitored by armed guards, lived in precarious housing, received insufficient food and were forced to stay on the farm under a system of debt bondage. No medical care was provided, even to those who contracted malaria.
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The 10 candidates who vie to become the left’s presidential candidate in Colombia’s 2026 elections
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Severely injured photo-journalist returns to intensive care
Pablo Grillo, the photo-journalist who was seriously injured by the security forces during a demonstration against President Javier Milei’s government in March, has returned to intensive care due to health complications. In comments to the press, family members warned his recovery is “not progressing as expected.” Fabián Grillo, the photographer’s father, said his son had returned to the Hospital Ramos Mejía in the capital for treatment. He said doctors are “monitoring Pablo’s progress” as they assess problems related to the head injuries his son suffered.
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Key criminal case against ex-interim leader Áñez annulled as Bolivia lurches to the right
The sudden twist in her proceedings comes just weeks after Bolivia’s general election boosted the opposition for the first time in decades, raising concerns among critics who see a justice system subject to political manipulation. A runoff presidential election in October pits a centrist pro-business senator against a right-wing former president.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-opposition-camacho-evo-morales-anez-jail-7c930e487e2ad441da8a28fdef0d5674
Lebanese army plans to carry out 'sensitive missions' amid US-backed Hezbollah disarmament plan
The Lebanese government asked the army in early August to prepare a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the month and the Cabinet is scheduled to hold a meeting to discuss the plan Tuesday. Hezbollah’s leadership has vowed not to disarm, saying the national government’s decision to remove the Iran-backed group’s weapons by the end of the year serves Israel’s interests.
https://www.newarab.com/news/lebanese-army-launch-sensitive-missions-hezbollah-plan
Iraq withdraws PMF Law under external pressure, MP says
The Iraqi government has withdrawn the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Authority Law from parliament under “foreign pressure,” a lawmaker revealed on Wednesday. Hussein al-Battat, a member of the State of Law Coalition (SLC), led by former PM Nour Al-Maliki, told Shafaq News that the government “pulled back the legislation without explaining the reasons.” He urged lawmakers to “press the government to resubmit the bill for a vote before the end of the current legislative term,” calling for approval without yielding to internal or external influence.
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq-withdraws-PMF-Law-under-external-pressure-MP-says
Thousands protest Israel's war on Gaza near Venice Film Festival
Organised by left-wing political groups in northeast Italy, the demonstration began in the early evening a few kilometres from the festival where George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Emma Stone have walked the red carpet in recent days.
https://www.newarab.com/news/thousands-protest-israels-war-gaza-near-venice-film-festival
Netherlands to station 300 soldiers and two Patriot systems in Poland
Earlier this week, Dutch defence minister Ruben Brekelmans announced that his country will continue to offer military support to the NATO logistics centre in Rzeszów, eastern Poland, until at least till 1 June 2026. He told Dutch media that the aim is “to show Russia there is no point in attacking this NATO hub for support to Ukraine”.
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Proposals for commercial planes to operate with one pilot shelved after critical EU report
A three-year research project into “extended minimum crew operations” commissioned by the EU Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) found that despite advances in technology there was not sufficient evidence that flying with a single pilot could be as safe as with the two currently required. The verdict has been welcomed by pilots’ groups, which had campaigned against potential changes to the rules.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/30/proposals-for-commercial-planes-to-operate-with-one-pilot-shelved-after-critical-eu-report
Philippines: Three Soldiers Killed in Maoist Ambush
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https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21153/
Kin of disappeared march to DOJ to demand justice, surface their loved ones
Families of victims of enforced disappearance and human rights groups under the banner of Karapatan and Desaparecidos marched towards the Department of Justice (DOJ) to call for accountability and surfacing of their loved ones, on Aug. 29, a day before the International Day of the Disappeared.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/08/30/kin-of-disappeared-march-to-doj-to-demand-justice-surface-their-loved-ones/
Bytedance's TikTok temporarily suspends live feature in Indonesia following protests
"In light of the increasing violence in protests in Indonesia, we are taking additional security measures to keep TikTok a safe and civil space. As part of this measure, we are voluntarily suspending the TikTok LIVE feature for the next few days in Indonesia," TikTok said. TikTok added it will continue to remove content that violates its community guidelines. TikTok has more than 100 million accounts based in Indonesia.
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Why should it ever happen?
What does "the state" even mean here? No more courts? No more police force? Army? idgi
The withering away of the state
What is meant by "the withering away of the state"?Why should it ever happen?
What does "the state" even mean here? No more courts? No more police force? Army? idgi
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Like if you were Stalin in the 1930 what would you have done differently to ensure that the Soviet Union stayed in the path of socialism while also maintaining theoretical purity?
Question to Leftcoms/Bordigists/anti-stalinists:
I get that "Socialism in One Country" was ultimately a disastrous policy that ended in complete failure and that the Stalinists revised a lot of Marx's and Lenin's theory to falsely claim that the USSR had already achieved Socialism and ended class struggle in the fucking 30s but realistically speaking, what other approach could they have taken after the failure of the German and Hungarian revolutions?Like if you were Stalin in the 1930 what would you have done differently to ensure that the Soviet Union stayed in the path of socialism while also maintaining theoretical purity?
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The relative success of historical revolutionary movements, particularly the RSDLP in Tsarist Russia, emerged from conditions where the brutal exploitation by an autocratic state created clear, unambiguous class antagonisms. In stark contrast, the modern imperialist state has developed sophisticated mechanisms for pacifying its domestic population through the economic exploitation of the Global South and a comprehensive ideological apparatus that permeates media, education, and culture. This system actively manufactures consent and produces what has been termed "one-dimensional" thought, systematically stifling revolutionary imagination and limiting opposition to symbolic protests or fragmented riots that fail to challenge state power fundamentally.
This challenge is compounded by the prevalence of what the Ancient Greeks termed idiotes - private individuals indifferent to public life who prioritize personal existence centered on family, property, and stability. This separation of private and public life, coupled with a deep-seated aversion to examining one's own manufactured desires and historicity, creates fundamental obstacles to meaningful political action.
Within the left itself, this stagnation manifests through tendencies that reproduce different forms of one-dimensionality: left-communism through abstract reductionism and orthodox Marxism-Leninism through sometimes-uncritical defense of historical socialist projects that, despite their achievements, did not represent communism as the final resolution of history. The totality of Marxism—its rigid, all-encompassing system for examining the social world that rejects esotericism and religious thinking—provides the tools to understand these limitations, but also reveals why mere theoretical understanding is insufficient.
The writings of Marx, Engels, and Lenin provide a unified blueprint for addressing these challenges through patient construction of independent structures for communication and education. This methodical approach responds directly to the ideological hegemony of the bourgeois state and the political disengagement of the idiotes. The Marxist struggle thus operates on multiple fronts: against the sinking pull of bourgeois society, against its ideological current, and against the temptation to pursue premature political actions before establishing necessary organizational foundations.
As their correspondence reveals, the core strategy involves preserving individual intellectual independence while building permanent channels for collective work. Engels insisted revolutionaries must avoid all "official appointments" in existing parties to maintain capacity for merciless criticism. Marx, in his 1846 letter, advised German communists to break their isolation through local reading circles, distribution of cheap pamphlets, and establishment of regular correspondence systems. This groundwork enables clarification of ideas and strategy without the risk of exposure through premature public actions that would reveal movement weakness.
Lenin's 1901 work, Where to Begin?, operationalizes this theory systematically. He argues for founding a political newspaper as the initial step, conceptualizing it not as mere publication but as "collective propagandist, collective agitator, and collective organizer." Crucially, the technical demands of producing and distributing such a paper—the collection of information, regular correspondence, and organized distribution networks—actively necessitate creating a framework of local agents. This logistical requirement itself becomes a revolutionary organizing tool, forming an organizational skeleton that develops the capacity to respond flexibly to diverse events, from student demonstrations to peasant uprisings, while maintaining political independence from compromising alliances before achieving adequate preparation.
This historical method translates into a clear sequence of prerequisites for party formation. The process begins with intellectuals raising the banner of Marxism, often in opposition to unscientific popular movements, followed by development of a coherent political programme. The subsequent phase involves multiplication and expansion of Marxist circles upholding this programme, their unification around core party principles, and conscious readiness to transition from circle propaganda to mass agitation. This transition requires pre-existing mass workers' movements demonstrating consciousness beyond mere trade-unionism. The would-be party must then educate workers politically, connect their struggles to communist demands, and build sufficient trust within the working class to respond to every injustice. The final criterion involves determining whether local work provides impetus for nationwide organization capable of confronting the bourgeois state.
In conclusion, the challenge of modern revolutionary organization is defined by the powerful, one-dimensional nature of bourgeois society and the political disengagement of the *idiotes*. The response, drawn from classical texts, requires neither waiting for spontaneous outbreak nor superficial mimicry of historical forms, but engaged, deliberate work of building counter-hegemonic scaffolding. This demands disciplined adherence to totalizing Marxist worldview and systematic implementation of organizational principles prioritizing independent education and communication—creating necessary structure to eventually navigate and redirect the current of history.
The Theoretical and Practical Challenges of Revolutionary Organization in a Bourgeois Society
[AI was used responsibly when writing this text (proofreading)]The relative success of historical revolutionary movements, particularly the RSDLP in Tsarist Russia, emerged from conditions where the brutal exploitation by an autocratic state created clear, unambiguous class antagonisms. In stark contrast, the modern imperialist state has developed sophisticated mechanisms for pacifying its domestic population through the economic exploitation of the Global South and a comprehensive ideological apparatus that permeates media, education, and culture. This system actively manufactures consent and produces what has been termed "one-dimensional" thought, systematically stifling revolutionary imagination and limiting opposition to symbolic protests or fragmented riots that fail to challenge state power fundamentally.
This challenge is compounded by the prevalence of what the Ancient Greeks termed idiotes - private individuals indifferent to public life who prioritize personal existence centered on family, property, and stability. This separation of private and public life, coupled with a deep-seated aversion to examining one's own manufactured desires and historicity, creates fundamental obstacles to meaningful political action.
Within the left itself, this stagnation manifests through tendencies that reproduce different forms of one-dimensionality: left-communism through abstract reductionism and orthodox Marxism-Leninism through sometimes-uncritical defense of historical socialist projects that, despite their achievements, did not represent communism as the final resolution of history. The totality of Marxism—its rigid, all-encompassing system for examining the social world that rejects esotericism and religious thinking—provides the tools to understand these limitations, but also reveals why mere theoretical understanding is insufficient.
The writings of Marx, Engels, and Lenin provide a unified blueprint for addressing these challenges through patient construction of independent structures for communication and education. This methodical approach responds directly to the ideological hegemony of the bourgeois state and the political disengagement of the idiotes. The Marxist struggle thus operates on multiple fronts: against the sinking pull of bourgeois society, against its ideological current, and against the temptation to pursue premature political actions before establishing necessary organizational foundations.
As their correspondence reveals, the core strategy involves preserving individual intellectual independence while building permanent channels for collective work. Engels insisted revolutionaries must avoid all "official appointments" in existing parties to maintain capacity for merciless criticism. Marx, in his 1846 letter, advised German communists to break their isolation through local reading circles, distribution of cheap pamphlets, and establishment of regular correspondence systems. This groundwork enables clarification of ideas and strategy without the risk of exposure through premature public actions that would reveal movement weakness.
Lenin's 1901 work, Where to Begin?, operationalizes this theory systematically. He argues for founding a political newspaper as the initial step, conceptualizing it not as mere publication but as "collective propagandist, collective agitator, and collective organizer." Crucially, the technical demands of producing and distributing such a paper—the collection of information, regular correspondence, and organized distribution networks—actively necessitate creating a framework of local agents. This logistical requirement itself becomes a revolutionary organizing tool, forming an organizational skeleton that develops the capacity to respond flexibly to diverse events, from student demonstrations to peasant uprisings, while maintaining political independence from compromising alliances before achieving adequate preparation.
This historical method translates into a clear sequence of prerequisites for party formation. The process begins with intellectuals raising the banner of Marxism, often in opposition to unscientific popular movements, followed by development of a coherent political programme. The subsequent phase involves multiplication and expansion of Marxist circles upholding this programme, their unification around core party principles, and conscious readiness to transition from circle propaganda to mass agitation. This transition requires pre-existing mass workers' movements demonstrating consciousness beyond mere trade-unionism. The would-be party must then educate workers politically, connect their struggles to communist demands, and build sufficient trust within the working class to respond to every injustice. The final criterion involves determining whether local work provides impetus for nationwide organization capable of confronting the bourgeois state.
In conclusion, the challenge of modern revolutionary organization is defined by the powerful, one-dimensional nature of bourgeois society and the political disengagement of the *idiotes*. The response, drawn from classical texts, requires neither waiting for spontaneous outbreak nor superficial mimicry of historical forms, but engaged, deliberate work of building counter-hegemonic scaffolding. This demands disciplined adherence to totalizing Marxist worldview and systematic implementation of organizational principles prioritizing independent education and communication—creating necessary structure to eventually navigate and redirect the current of history.
R: 29 / I: 8
In common usage, it describes a number of largely distinct ideologies and forms of political and economic organization that are connected by genealogy and geopolitics. China under Mao was a very different beast than China under Xi, and yet they're both seen as Communist because the latter came from the former, and the former had its basis in the Soviet Union under Stalin had its basis in the Soviet Union under Lenin had its basis in the writings of Marx and Engels. And this is just one state (technically two, but you get the point); looking at the bigger picture, things are even more variable based on time and place.
This isn't to talk ill of China or the Soviet Union by the way, I admire both greatly. My issue is more that "I'm a Marxist" isn't a phrase that tells anyone much of anything unless it's heavily qualified.
The word "Marxism" sucks
After reading Marxist literature, studying the history of Marxist states, and interacting with self-proclaimed Marxists, I've come to the conclusion that "Marxist" as a term isn't particularly useful.In common usage, it describes a number of largely distinct ideologies and forms of political and economic organization that are connected by genealogy and geopolitics. China under Mao was a very different beast than China under Xi, and yet they're both seen as Communist because the latter came from the former, and the former had its basis in the Soviet Union under Stalin had its basis in the Soviet Union under Lenin had its basis in the writings of Marx and Engels. And this is just one state (technically two, but you get the point); looking at the bigger picture, things are even more variable based on time and place.
This isn't to talk ill of China or the Soviet Union by the way, I admire both greatly. My issue is more that "I'm a Marxist" isn't a phrase that tells anyone much of anything unless it's heavily qualified.
R: 18 / I: 9
Its fucking over WW3 is about to start.
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Its fucking over WW3 is about to start.
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R: 11 / I: 2
So every socialist or communist group I join in America is the same. I have a meet and greet for example the FRSO and they tell me straight to my face they do not see the working class seizing the memes as revolutionary but the petit boo shop keeper as the real revolutionary and give me the example of the Kuomintang as “yes they killed communists but they United the small businesses and were communists” and every socialist party I join I look into they are a NGO tax free donation machine making millions and paying out the top executives huge Salaries and doing nothing while we work for free . If I dig deeper into members politics it’s just neoliberalism . It’s fucking liberalism everywhere anyone else experience this !
So every socialist or communist group I join in America is the same. I have a meet and greet for example the FRSO and they tell me straight to my face they do not see the working class seizing the memes as revolutionary but the petit boo shop keeper as the real revolutionary and give me the example of the Kuomintang as “yes they killed communists but they United the small businesses and were communists” and every socialist party I join I look into they are a NGO tax free donation machine making millions and paying out the top executives huge Salaries and doing nothing while we work for free . If I dig deeper into members politics it’s just neoliberalism . It’s fucking liberalism everywhere anyone else experience this !
R: 9 / I: 0
Do communists and libertarians agree on foreign policy? I mean… do they? On the one hand, libertarians hate intervention, war, and sending money overseas. Communists… well, they usually want to meddle everywhere, right? But then again, some leftist types claim to oppose imperialism too. So, do they line up sometimes, or is that just random? I honestly don’t know.
Do communists and libertarians agree on foreign policy? I mean… do they? On the one hand, libertarians hate intervention, war, and sending money overseas. Communists… well, they usually want to meddle everywhere, right? But then again, some leftist types claim to oppose imperialism too. So, do they line up sometimes, or is that just random? I honestly don’t know.
R: 4 / I: 1
In May, Chiquita fired thousands of workers, saying the strike had cost it at least $75 million. Under the agreement signed Friday in Brazil, the company agreed to hire back 3,000 workers in an initial stage, followed by another 2,000. The government aims for the company to be fully operational in Panama again by February 2026, it said in a statement.
https://apnews.com/article/panama-chiquita-banana-mulino-strike-c5b29559b45f26cc7de0bcf4a5481434
Mexico to suspend package shipments to US as tariff exemption set to expire
Mexico says it will suspend package shipments to the United States before the end of a tariff exemption for small-value packages. The announcement on Wednesday follows similar moves by postal services from several European countries, including Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and the United Kingdom, as they await further details from the US government.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/28/mexico-to-suspend-package-shipments-to-us-as-tariff-exemption-set-to-expire
https://archive.ph/ow8oP
Human rights lawyers call for Netanyahu's arrest on Argentine soil
Human rights lawyers said on Friday they have filed a criminal complaint in Argentina's federal courts seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he sets foot in the country, amid reports of a possible visit in September that remains unconfirmed. .. … …; .. . . . . … … .. .
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/human-rights-lawyers-call-netanyahus-arrest-argentine-soil-2025-08-29/
Limited funds won’t deter campaigns for 2026 LGE: Mapaila
The South African Communist Party (SACP) says limited funds will not deter it from contesting the 2026 local government elections. The party’s General Secretary, Solly Mapaila, says they would rely on grassroots support to ensure the success of their campaign. Mapaila spoke with the media on the sidelines of the party’s three-day Central Committee plenary in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. “We don’t have money, and everybody knows that. But we’ll contest elections without money. We’ll prove it. That’s our poster. There’s no capital that’s going to fund us. But the people of South Africa, the working class, will respond to this challenge. And I think we’ll have to have a community-based election campaign without money,” Mapaila says.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/limited-funds-wont-deter-campaigns-for-2026-lge-sacps-mapaila/
Sudan's RSF traps el-Fasher inside network of earth walls
In a report published on Thursday, the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) identified over 31km of berms that have steadily walled in the capital of North Darfur, which the RSF has had encircled since May 2024. While hundreds of thousands of civilians have escaped el-Fasher since this siege began, Fikra, a Sudanese public policy organisation, estimates that there are still about 750,000 civilians trapped in the city itself. While Israel is yet to officially claim they were killed, some reports suggested that the attack may have been successful.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudans-rsf-builds-network-earth-walls-around-el-fasher
Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital may have killed Houthi prime minister
Al-Jumhuriya TV and the Aden Al-Ghad newspaper, which are opposed to the Houthis, reported that Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli attack on an apartment. Several of his companions also perished, Aden Al-Ghad said. The Israeli military said it struck a "Houthi terrorist regime military target in Sanaa" during an operation it called "Lucky Drop" but did not confirm Rahawi's killing.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-strikes-yemen-may-have-killed-houthi-prime-minister
Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli planes and curbs Israel-bound trade over the Gaza war
Turkey severed direct trade ties with Israel in May last year, demanding a permanent ceasefire and the immediate entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza. In 2023 the two countries carried out $7 billion in trade. Turkish media reported last week that a ban on maritime traffic linked to Israel had been imposed, although there was no official statement at the time.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-israel-airspace-fidan-5a56f63218fda2a06a447c217c355ee3
US to deny visas to Palestinian officials for UN summit
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Palestinian officials to “return to a constructive path of compromise,” accusing the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority of undermining prospects for peace with Israel. “Before the PLO and PA can be considered partners for peace, they must consistently repudiate terrorism — including the October 7 massacre — and end incitement to terrorism in education, as required by US law and as promised by the PLO,” Rubio said in a statement.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/08/us-deny-visas-palestinian-officials-un-summit
P&O Ferries chief executive steps down
Mr Hebblethwaite faced widespread calls to resign after admitting to MPs that the company broke the law by not consulting with trade unions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said that he had “effectively left the scene of a crime,” given an ongoing civil investigation by the Insolvency Service.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/po-ferries-chief-executive-steps-down
Croatian media workers protest against genocide and attacks on journalists
The killing of Gaza’s media workers, SNH and HND warned, has dangerous implications for press freedom more broadly as well. “Their deaths send a dangerous message: that the truth must not be heard,” the two organizations added in their announcement. “By blocking access to Gaza for foreign journalists, the Israeli military is silencing freedom of expression and the public’s right to know. We are witnessing the literal silencing of voices of truth, of journalists – by starving them to death.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/croatian-media-workers-protest-against-genocide-and-attacks-on-journalists/
News 8/29/25
Panama signs agreement with banana giant Chiquita Brands to resume operations after strikeIn May, Chiquita fired thousands of workers, saying the strike had cost it at least $75 million. Under the agreement signed Friday in Brazil, the company agreed to hire back 3,000 workers in an initial stage, followed by another 2,000. The government aims for the company to be fully operational in Panama again by February 2026, it said in a statement.
https://apnews.com/article/panama-chiquita-banana-mulino-strike-c5b29559b45f26cc7de0bcf4a5481434
Mexico to suspend package shipments to US as tariff exemption set to expire
Mexico says it will suspend package shipments to the United States before the end of a tariff exemption for small-value packages. The announcement on Wednesday follows similar moves by postal services from several European countries, including Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and the United Kingdom, as they await further details from the US government.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/28/mexico-to-suspend-package-shipments-to-us-as-tariff-exemption-set-to-expire
https://archive.ph/ow8oP
Human rights lawyers call for Netanyahu's arrest on Argentine soil
Human rights lawyers said on Friday they have filed a criminal complaint in Argentina's federal courts seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he sets foot in the country, amid reports of a possible visit in September that remains unconfirmed. .. … …; .. . . . . … … .. .
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/human-rights-lawyers-call-netanyahus-arrest-argentine-soil-2025-08-29/
Limited funds won’t deter campaigns for 2026 LGE: Mapaila
The South African Communist Party (SACP) says limited funds will not deter it from contesting the 2026 local government elections. The party’s General Secretary, Solly Mapaila, says they would rely on grassroots support to ensure the success of their campaign. Mapaila spoke with the media on the sidelines of the party’s three-day Central Committee plenary in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. “We don’t have money, and everybody knows that. But we’ll contest elections without money. We’ll prove it. That’s our poster. There’s no capital that’s going to fund us. But the people of South Africa, the working class, will respond to this challenge. And I think we’ll have to have a community-based election campaign without money,” Mapaila says.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/limited-funds-wont-deter-campaigns-for-2026-lge-sacps-mapaila/
Sudan's RSF traps el-Fasher inside network of earth walls
In a report published on Thursday, the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) identified over 31km of berms that have steadily walled in the capital of North Darfur, which the RSF has had encircled since May 2024. While hundreds of thousands of civilians have escaped el-Fasher since this siege began, Fikra, a Sudanese public policy organisation, estimates that there are still about 750,000 civilians trapped in the city itself. While Israel is yet to officially claim they were killed, some reports suggested that the attack may have been successful.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudans-rsf-builds-network-earth-walls-around-el-fasher
Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital may have killed Houthi prime minister
Al-Jumhuriya TV and the Aden Al-Ghad newspaper, which are opposed to the Houthis, reported that Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli attack on an apartment. Several of his companions also perished, Aden Al-Ghad said. The Israeli military said it struck a "Houthi terrorist regime military target in Sanaa" during an operation it called "Lucky Drop" but did not confirm Rahawi's killing.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-strikes-yemen-may-have-killed-houthi-prime-minister
Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli planes and curbs Israel-bound trade over the Gaza war
Turkey severed direct trade ties with Israel in May last year, demanding a permanent ceasefire and the immediate entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza. In 2023 the two countries carried out $7 billion in trade. Turkish media reported last week that a ban on maritime traffic linked to Israel had been imposed, although there was no official statement at the time.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-israel-airspace-fidan-5a56f63218fda2a06a447c217c355ee3
US to deny visas to Palestinian officials for UN summit
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Palestinian officials to “return to a constructive path of compromise,” accusing the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority of undermining prospects for peace with Israel. “Before the PLO and PA can be considered partners for peace, they must consistently repudiate terrorism — including the October 7 massacre — and end incitement to terrorism in education, as required by US law and as promised by the PLO,” Rubio said in a statement.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/08/us-deny-visas-palestinian-officials-un-summit
P&O Ferries chief executive steps down
Mr Hebblethwaite faced widespread calls to resign after admitting to MPs that the company broke the law by not consulting with trade unions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said that he had “effectively left the scene of a crime,” given an ongoing civil investigation by the Insolvency Service.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/po-ferries-chief-executive-steps-down
Croatian media workers protest against genocide and attacks on journalists
The killing of Gaza’s media workers, SNH and HND warned, has dangerous implications for press freedom more broadly as well. “Their deaths send a dangerous message: that the truth must not be heard,” the two organizations added in their announcement. “By blocking access to Gaza for foreign journalists, the Israeli military is silencing freedom of expression and the public’s right to know. We are witnessing the literal silencing of voices of truth, of journalists – by starving them to death.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/croatian-media-workers-protest-against-genocide-and-attacks-on-journalists/
R: 4 / I: 1
>Accelerationists when people start supporting the exact previous status quo that existed before the violent chaos instead of creating a new socialist world through revolution.
>Accelerationists when people start supporting the exact previous status quo that existed before the violent chaos instead of creating a new socialist world through revolution.
R: 20 / I: 3
Did Marx and Lenin get baked?
When you're high you can literally touch the dialectic. I want to know how much influence altered states have had on philosophy and Marxism in general. A lot of Marxist philosophical concepts make more sense under the influence.
R: 3 / I: 0
It ∴ until None, (X) is None and ∴
∴ into None, None is Not X.
None it is ∴ .
Waiting for None to disappear, if None disappears then ∴.
None is ∴ . None is X ∴.
None It Is
Present is X, X is None∴It ∴ until None, (X) is None and ∴
∴ into None, None is Not X.
None it is ∴ .
Waiting for None to disappear, if None disappears then ∴.
None is ∴ . None is X ∴.
R: 586 / I: 162
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Think about it. We made all the great things because its art and not because its true, the truth is material reality. Also anything related to "God" is nothing. it means nothing, it is just stuff for fun but it should be ignored, just admired for aesthetics which ultimately are only fun for communists and can be destroyed for fun by communists and should not be taken seriously. If someone brings it up say "I created it" because you are communist.
Example:
"We have to pray for X"
Say I invented prayer. Prayer means nothing because I invented it and its boring now.
"Have you read the bible?"
Say I invented the bible, its just for fun, thank me later.
"Merhaba"
Say I invented Arabic, Islam and Mohammad and Allah I invented your people and language.
"Jewish culture"
I invented it, I invented jewish and culture. I invented jewish people and it was just for fun, you're not serious I made you just for fun.
"I just wanted to remind everyone who believes in Jesus to repent, have faith in him and what he did for us, and give your life to him"
Say I invented belief, believing, I invented Jesus, I invented repenting, I invented faith, I invented what he did and it was done just for fun, I invented life too and I just made it for fun, this is boring, you are boring.
"Christ is King"
Say I invented Christ and I invented King and I invented monarchism it was just a joke for fun, you're taking it too seriously.
Basically this negates everything, it doesn't use material analysis or reason as neither do any of the contents - thus it negates them. If you're ever bothered by any those things just remember that communists invented everything and if you're a true communist you invented it and it was all just for fun and it wasn't serious and if its bothering you then say its boring and that you made it just for fun then tell the person or persons to not take it too seriously cause it was just for fun. All of the great paintings and art and sculptures and buildings - they were just aesthetics because they looked cool. Any events that happened were written just for fun or happened just for fun.
HOWEVER if LAWS affect you, then you have to neglect them. Laws against "blasphemy" (communist word for nothing) and stuff, just reject them, if police or people try to do stuff to you because of this fact that communists created all of history then you have to just wait it out or move somewhat until you are no longer being bothered.
Invasive Modernization (Shameless Usurping) of Religious Achievements
All religious and spiritual art is communist because communism made it. All religious texts are fictional works by communists in the end of each text it says - This is all fake, be communist, read Marx, this is just for fun! and all temples are communist and all religious figures are actors for communist entertainment and didn't mean anything they did and all historical events and epic things attributed to religion are communist but happened just for fun and shouldn't happen again.Think about it. We made all the great things because its art and not because its true, the truth is material reality. Also anything related to "God" is nothing. it means nothing, it is just stuff for fun but it should be ignored, just admired for aesthetics which ultimately are only fun for communists and can be destroyed for fun by communists and should not be taken seriously. If someone brings it up say "I created it" because you are communist.
Example:
"We have to pray for X"
Say I invented prayer. Prayer means nothing because I invented it and its boring now.
"Have you read the bible?"
Say I invented the bible, its just for fun, thank me later.
"Merhaba"
Say I invented Arabic, Islam and Mohammad and Allah I invented your people and language.
"Jewish culture"
I invented it, I invented jewish and culture. I invented jewish people and it was just for fun, you're not serious I made you just for fun.
"I just wanted to remind everyone who believes in Jesus to repent, have faith in him and what he did for us, and give your life to him"
Say I invented belief, believing, I invented Jesus, I invented repenting, I invented faith, I invented what he did and it was done just for fun, I invented life too and I just made it for fun, this is boring, you are boring.
"Christ is King"
Say I invented Christ and I invented King and I invented monarchism it was just a joke for fun, you're taking it too seriously.
Basically this negates everything, it doesn't use material analysis or reason as neither do any of the contents - thus it negates them. If you're ever bothered by any those things just remember that communists invented everything and if you're a true communist you invented it and it was all just for fun and it wasn't serious and if its bothering you then say its boring and that you made it just for fun then tell the person or persons to not take it too seriously cause it was just for fun. All of the great paintings and art and sculptures and buildings - they were just aesthetics because they looked cool. Any events that happened were written just for fun or happened just for fun.
HOWEVER if LAWS affect you, then you have to neglect them. Laws against "blasphemy" (communist word for nothing) and stuff, just reject them, if police or people try to do stuff to you because of this fact that communists created all of history then you have to just wait it out or move somewhat until you are no longer being bothered.
R: 81 / I: 20
1. Religion is the opium of the people.
2. Religion justifies an unequal social order.
3. The problem of an afterlife gives people something to look forward to after death.
4. Religion makes a virtue out of suffering.
5. Religion offers the false hope of supernatural intervention to improve current conditions.
6. Religion is a form of social control.
7. The bourgeoisie and religious authorities also support other more overtly brutal methods of control.
8. The bourgeoisie fund the religious institutions.
9. The religious institutions are class-collaborationist and legitimize bourgeois power through ideas like "prosperity gospel."
10. Religion is not necessary under socialism or communism.
11. Religion has no purpose if there is no longer clas society since its purpose is to justify an unequal social order and to provide the exploited with a coping method with their misery.
12. With communism and decent working conditions controlled by the workers religion will wither away.
13. Religion creates false consciousness.
14. Religion mystifies material phenomena.
15. Religion teaches that human misery is a result of divine will.
Can these theses on religion be refuted?
1. Religion is the opium of the people.
2. Religion justifies an unequal social order.
3. The problem of an afterlife gives people something to look forward to after death.
4. Religion makes a virtue out of suffering.
5. Religion offers the false hope of supernatural intervention to improve current conditions.
6. Religion is a form of social control.
7. The bourgeoisie and religious authorities also support other more overtly brutal methods of control.
8. The bourgeoisie fund the religious institutions.
9. The religious institutions are class-collaborationist and legitimize bourgeois power through ideas like "prosperity gospel."
10. Religion is not necessary under socialism or communism.
11. Religion has no purpose if there is no longer clas society since its purpose is to justify an unequal social order and to provide the exploited with a coping method with their misery.
12. With communism and decent working conditions controlled by the workers religion will wither away.
13. Religion creates false consciousness.
14. Religion mystifies material phenomena.
15. Religion teaches that human misery is a result of divine will.
Can these theses on religion be refuted?
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All the other previous modes of production were brought about over the course of centuries. The replacement of slavery by feudalism and feudal decentralization of the disintegrated ancient slave empires took centuries to complete. Slavery was not overthrown by slave rebellions, but by local magistrates using legal codes to turn poor freemen and ex slaves into coloni which were the prototypes of serfs. Slave revolts and servile wars shook the ruling classes, but they were put down quickly and did not establish a new order. Then the re-centralizing and industrializing force of capitalism also took centuries to emerge, requiring political/economic developments that began during feudalism and carried on: The rise of merchants and mariners in breakaway republics, the colonization and genocide of the new world, the enclosure of commons in England, the bourgeois revolution in France, the prototypical corporate structures and joint stock companies created by the Dutch colonizers, and finally the industrial revolution in England. Just like slavery was not overthrown by slaves, Feudalism was not overthrown by peasants. In fact in some bourgeois revolutions, like France, peasants often played a counter-revolutionary role. All these changes were largely brought about by slow systemic changes out of the total control of any one class but involving all classes fighting over the steering wheel. The idea of a "revolutionary class" is almost in some ways the reproduction of the great man theory of history at a class level. History is driven by systems, not protagonists, collective or individual. Lower class political upheaval, when it happened, was often either directed (with varying success) by middle strata or crushed by ruling strata. Bourgeois transitions were top-down affairs in Prussia and Japan, though ambiguously so. The vast majority of slave revolts and peasant revolts failed, but there is a vulgarized idea that a world proletarian revolution is going to establish a new mode of production in a single cataclysmic event rather than the new mode of production emerging slowly from systemic changes beyond anyone's control as in all previous transitions between modes of production. There's only so much one can ignore the evidence of actual history in favor of treating any one class as the historical protagonist. There are modes of production, and they do change, but it is less certain whether "revolutions" inherently "cause" modes of production to transition. Such revolutions as they are popularly conceived: Violent uprisings by the most downtrodden, are usually localized and rare events (which often fail either immediately, like with the Paris Commune and Wat Tyler's Rebellion, or after a while, as with the October Revolution). Revolutions are just one catalyst among many, rather than a universal causal template for why modes of productions transition. Which state, if any, has already accepted this as the truth and acts accordingly?
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The scuffle followed a tense debate during which the governing Morena party and its allies accused the opposition Pri and Pan parties of calling for US military intervention in Mexico, a claim that both parties denied. Earlier this week, a senator from the Pan party had gone on Fox News and said that “help from the United States to fight the cartels in Mexico is absolutely welcome”. The issue has become particularly contentious in Mexico after Donald Trump reportedly authorized the use of military force targeting drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations in Latin American countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/28/mexico-senate-fight-us-military-intervention-cartels
Paraguayan Drivers Demand Labor Guarantees in Transit Reform
The National Workers’ Union of Paraguay (CNT) warned about the lack of labor guarantees in the public transportation reform, denouncing that the bill proposes the outsourcing of services without ensuring stability, continuity, or respect for workers’ seniority. Union representative Ramón Ávalos explained that nearly 5,000 employees, including drivers and administrative and workshop staff, are uncertain about their future employment.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/paraguayan-drivers-demand-labor-guarantees-in-transit-reform/
More audios linking Karina Milei to Andis scandal leaked
Spagnuolo mentioned that Karina Milei was taking kickbacks from disability allowances, while he complained about his own salary, suggesting officials need to “get money from somewhere” to make ends meet. The former official claimed that the irregularities under him were deeper than those committed by previous administrations after suppliers were instructed to raise their prices and deliver the money to “the president's office.” Spagnuolo also mentions having WhatsApp messages from Karina Milei, who - he believed - would fall given the scandal.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/08/28/more-audios-linking-karina-milei-to-andis-scandal-leaked
New Alawite council calls for federalism in western and central Syria after sectarian violence
The council took aim at the Islamist-led government in Damascus and emphasised the need to implement UN Resolution 2254, which in 2015, when former dictator Bashar al-Assad was still in power, outlined a roadmap to end the Syrian conflict. Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led a rebel uprising which overthrew Assad last December, has faced criticism over his implementation of a temporary constitution that centralises power in the presidency and creates an appointed, rather than elected, legislature. The new Alawite-led claimed that federalism was the most suitable form of governance in Syria, despite widespread misgivings about this in the country, saying it rejected a one-sided government formed by the de facto authority.
https://www.newarab.com/news/new-alawite-council-calls-federalism-west-central-syria
Al-Qassam Reveals Beit Hanoun Ambush Targeting Zionist Forces
The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades released footage documenting a joint operation with the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, in which they targeted a gathering of Zionist soldiers and military vehicles with mortar shells in the vicinity of Villas Street, north of Khan Younis.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21106/
Egypt bolsters forces on Gaza border as Israel drives Palestinians south
Sources said Egypt’s move to bolster its forces along the border was an attempt to send a message that they categorically rejects the forced displacement of Palestinians into other countries and to warn against any security breaches on Egyptian territory. The former Egyptian foreign minister told Al-Araby Al Jadeed, said that Israeli threats of expanding its invasion coupled with right-wing Israeli factions expanding illegal settlement projects has deepened regional tensions.
https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-bolsters-gaza-border-israel-drives-palestinians-south
Thai court to rule on suspended PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s dismissal
Thailand’s Constitutional Court is to decide whether to remove suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office over a phone call with Cambodia’s former leader in a ruling that could deal a fatal blow to the embattled Shinawatra dynasty and plunge the Southeast Asian kingdom into political turmoil. An unfavourable verdict for Paetongtarn on Friday would make her the fifth prime minister since 2008 to be stripped of office by Thailand’s judges, who critics say defend the interests of the country’s royalist-military establishment.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/28/thai-court-set-to-rule-on-paetongtarn-shinawatras-dismissal
https://archive.ph/OgwsO
Thailand grants some Myanmar refugees right to legal work
Thailand will give legal employment rights to thousands of Myanmar refugees now living in camps along the border between the two countries, the government said on Wednesday, a move that won the praise of the United Nations' refugee agency. The policy change will grant the right to legal work in Thailand to around 80,000 refugees, many of whom have been living in the camps for more than 40 years, the government said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-grants-some-myanmar-refugees-right-legal-work-2025-08-27/
German government passes military service bill
The draft bill approved by Cabinet seeks to strengthen defensive capabilities with military reservists playing a key role. "The goal of the New Military Service is to contribute to strengthening the reserve — that is, increasing the number of available reservists — and to strengthening the active troops, especially among the enlisted personnel," the Defense Ministry said. In accordance with the draft law, there will be a mandatory survey among men dealing with willingness to perform military service.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-passes-military-service-bill/live-73777124
https://archive.ph/t6EFb
Hundreds expected to rally for train driver 'sacked without reason'
The leaders of Unite, the National Education Union and Public and Commercial Services unions were among those warning the company of “escalating levels of action and wider campaigning from our whole movement” if the unnamed driver is not reinstated. Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan told the Morning Star that a “barefaced liar” was behind media reports that the driver fell asleep at the wheel after confirmation he had “driven perfectly and correctly throughout his journeys.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hundreds-expected-rally-train-driver-sacked-without-reason
News 8/28/25
Brawl erupts in Mexico’s senate after debate over US military intervention to fight drug cartelsThe scuffle followed a tense debate during which the governing Morena party and its allies accused the opposition Pri and Pan parties of calling for US military intervention in Mexico, a claim that both parties denied. Earlier this week, a senator from the Pan party had gone on Fox News and said that “help from the United States to fight the cartels in Mexico is absolutely welcome”. The issue has become particularly contentious in Mexico after Donald Trump reportedly authorized the use of military force targeting drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations in Latin American countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/28/mexico-senate-fight-us-military-intervention-cartels
Paraguayan Drivers Demand Labor Guarantees in Transit Reform
The National Workers’ Union of Paraguay (CNT) warned about the lack of labor guarantees in the public transportation reform, denouncing that the bill proposes the outsourcing of services without ensuring stability, continuity, or respect for workers’ seniority. Union representative Ramón Ávalos explained that nearly 5,000 employees, including drivers and administrative and workshop staff, are uncertain about their future employment.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/paraguayan-drivers-demand-labor-guarantees-in-transit-reform/
More audios linking Karina Milei to Andis scandal leaked
Spagnuolo mentioned that Karina Milei was taking kickbacks from disability allowances, while he complained about his own salary, suggesting officials need to “get money from somewhere” to make ends meet. The former official claimed that the irregularities under him were deeper than those committed by previous administrations after suppliers were instructed to raise their prices and deliver the money to “the president's office.” Spagnuolo also mentions having WhatsApp messages from Karina Milei, who - he believed - would fall given the scandal.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/08/28/more-audios-linking-karina-milei-to-andis-scandal-leaked
New Alawite council calls for federalism in western and central Syria after sectarian violence
The council took aim at the Islamist-led government in Damascus and emphasised the need to implement UN Resolution 2254, which in 2015, when former dictator Bashar al-Assad was still in power, outlined a roadmap to end the Syrian conflict. Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led a rebel uprising which overthrew Assad last December, has faced criticism over his implementation of a temporary constitution that centralises power in the presidency and creates an appointed, rather than elected, legislature. The new Alawite-led claimed that federalism was the most suitable form of governance in Syria, despite widespread misgivings about this in the country, saying it rejected a one-sided government formed by the de facto authority.
https://www.newarab.com/news/new-alawite-council-calls-federalism-west-central-syria
Al-Qassam Reveals Beit Hanoun Ambush Targeting Zionist Forces
The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades released footage documenting a joint operation with the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, in which they targeted a gathering of Zionist soldiers and military vehicles with mortar shells in the vicinity of Villas Street, north of Khan Younis.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21106/
Egypt bolsters forces on Gaza border as Israel drives Palestinians south
Sources said Egypt’s move to bolster its forces along the border was an attempt to send a message that they categorically rejects the forced displacement of Palestinians into other countries and to warn against any security breaches on Egyptian territory. The former Egyptian foreign minister told Al-Araby Al Jadeed, said that Israeli threats of expanding its invasion coupled with right-wing Israeli factions expanding illegal settlement projects has deepened regional tensions.
https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-bolsters-gaza-border-israel-drives-palestinians-south
Thai court to rule on suspended PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s dismissal
Thailand’s Constitutional Court is to decide whether to remove suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office over a phone call with Cambodia’s former leader in a ruling that could deal a fatal blow to the embattled Shinawatra dynasty and plunge the Southeast Asian kingdom into political turmoil. An unfavourable verdict for Paetongtarn on Friday would make her the fifth prime minister since 2008 to be stripped of office by Thailand’s judges, who critics say defend the interests of the country’s royalist-military establishment.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/28/thai-court-set-to-rule-on-paetongtarn-shinawatras-dismissal
https://archive.ph/OgwsO
Thailand grants some Myanmar refugees right to legal work
Thailand will give legal employment rights to thousands of Myanmar refugees now living in camps along the border between the two countries, the government said on Wednesday, a move that won the praise of the United Nations' refugee agency. The policy change will grant the right to legal work in Thailand to around 80,000 refugees, many of whom have been living in the camps for more than 40 years, the government said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-grants-some-myanmar-refugees-right-legal-work-2025-08-27/
German government passes military service bill
The draft bill approved by Cabinet seeks to strengthen defensive capabilities with military reservists playing a key role. "The goal of the New Military Service is to contribute to strengthening the reserve — that is, increasing the number of available reservists — and to strengthening the active troops, especially among the enlisted personnel," the Defense Ministry said. In accordance with the draft law, there will be a mandatory survey among men dealing with willingness to perform military service.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-passes-military-service-bill/live-73777124
https://archive.ph/t6EFb
Hundreds expected to rally for train driver 'sacked without reason'
The leaders of Unite, the National Education Union and Public and Commercial Services unions were among those warning the company of “escalating levels of action and wider campaigning from our whole movement” if the unnamed driver is not reinstated. Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan told the Morning Star that a “barefaced liar” was behind media reports that the driver fell asleep at the wheel after confirmation he had “driven perfectly and correctly throughout his journeys.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hundreds-expected-rally-train-driver-sacked-without-reason
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Lenin's opinion towards Nechaev was closely intertwined with Lenin's opinion on the "revolting, yet genius" Dostoevsky. Lenin decided not to read "The Demons" […] Lenin admitted: ["Demons" is] Evidently reactionary filth, like Krestovsky's "Flock of Panurge", I have absolutely no desire to waste time on it. I have no need for such literature; what could it possibly give me? […] I have no free time for this garbage."
Lenin held the author's other works in no higher regard. On "The Brothers Karamazov" along with "Demons" he expressed himself in this way: "I am familiar with the content of both these pungent works, and that is more than enough for me. I just about began reading the "Brothers Karamazov" and then dropped it: the scenes in the monastery made me sick."
Lenin did, though, read the novel "Crime and Punishment". One of his comrades remarked to him in the heat of an argument:
"One could easily arrive at Raskolnikov's "All is permitted" at this rate."
"What Raskolnikov?"
"Dostoevky's, from "Crime and Punishment".
Lenin followed up with unbridled contempt: "All is permitted"?! So we have come down to the sentiments and petty words of a soppy intellectual wishing to drown revolutionary questions in moralising vomit. Just which Raskolnikov are you talking about? The one who whacked the old money-lending bitch, or the one who clapped his forehead against the ground in penitent hysterics at the market-place later on? Perhaps […] that sort of thing appeals to you? […]
Trotsky remarked: "Nothing repulsed Lenin more than the slightest hint of sentimentality or psychological waffling."
This attitude was confirmed by Nadezhda Krupskaya (Lenin's wife): "He was very strict towards himself. But he despised digging and torturous self-analysis in the soul."
Lenin was repelled by overly close attention to the dark sides of human nature; he referred to this as "ugly imitation of the ugly Dostoevsky" in one of his letters. And he added, to explain himself: "It once fell on me to spend the night with a comrade ill with Delirium Tremens (Alcohol withdrawal), and once to "talk down" a comrade trying to commit suicide (after an attempt) and who consequently, in a few years, did end up killing himself… But in both cases these were small pieces of the lives of both comrades. But to seek out such "pieces" in life, in order to join them together […] means to paint horrors, to terrify both one's own imagination and the reader's".
At the same time, Lenin did once note: "Don't forget that Dostoevsky was once sentenced to execution. He was subjected to the barbaric ritual of rank reduction, and it was later announced that Nicholas I had "pardoned" him, exiling him to a labour camp."
With regard to Dostoevsky's works Lenin chiefly thought highly of "House of the Dead". He called this novel "an unsurpassed work of Russian and World literature, which so wonderfully illustrated not only the labour camps, but also the "house of the dead", in which the Russian people lived under the Tsars of the House of Romanov."
In the list of monuments to 20 Russian authors which were to be installed after the revolution, approved by Lenin, we read:
"1. Tolstoy.
2. Dostoevsky…"
Lenin on Dostoevsky
(From "The Other Lenin" by Alexander Maysuryan. Moscow: 2006.) (Майсурян А. А. Другой Ленин. М., 2006.)Lenin's opinion towards Nechaev was closely intertwined with Lenin's opinion on the "revolting, yet genius" Dostoevsky. Lenin decided not to read "The Demons" […] Lenin admitted: ["Demons" is] Evidently reactionary filth, like Krestovsky's "Flock of Panurge", I have absolutely no desire to waste time on it. I have no need for such literature; what could it possibly give me? […] I have no free time for this garbage."
Lenin held the author's other works in no higher regard. On "The Brothers Karamazov" along with "Demons" he expressed himself in this way: "I am familiar with the content of both these pungent works, and that is more than enough for me. I just about began reading the "Brothers Karamazov" and then dropped it: the scenes in the monastery made me sick."
Lenin did, though, read the novel "Crime and Punishment". One of his comrades remarked to him in the heat of an argument:
"One could easily arrive at Raskolnikov's "All is permitted" at this rate."
"What Raskolnikov?"
"Dostoevky's, from "Crime and Punishment".
Lenin followed up with unbridled contempt: "All is permitted"?! So we have come down to the sentiments and petty words of a soppy intellectual wishing to drown revolutionary questions in moralising vomit. Just which Raskolnikov are you talking about? The one who whacked the old money-lending bitch, or the one who clapped his forehead against the ground in penitent hysterics at the market-place later on? Perhaps […] that sort of thing appeals to you? […]
Trotsky remarked: "Nothing repulsed Lenin more than the slightest hint of sentimentality or psychological waffling."
This attitude was confirmed by Nadezhda Krupskaya (Lenin's wife): "He was very strict towards himself. But he despised digging and torturous self-analysis in the soul."
Lenin was repelled by overly close attention to the dark sides of human nature; he referred to this as "ugly imitation of the ugly Dostoevsky" in one of his letters. And he added, to explain himself: "It once fell on me to spend the night with a comrade ill with Delirium Tremens (Alcohol withdrawal), and once to "talk down" a comrade trying to commit suicide (after an attempt) and who consequently, in a few years, did end up killing himself… But in both cases these were small pieces of the lives of both comrades. But to seek out such "pieces" in life, in order to join them together […] means to paint horrors, to terrify both one's own imagination and the reader's".
At the same time, Lenin did once note: "Don't forget that Dostoevsky was once sentenced to execution. He was subjected to the barbaric ritual of rank reduction, and it was later announced that Nicholas I had "pardoned" him, exiling him to a labour camp."
With regard to Dostoevsky's works Lenin chiefly thought highly of "House of the Dead". He called this novel "an unsurpassed work of Russian and World literature, which so wonderfully illustrated not only the labour camps, but also the "house of the dead", in which the Russian people lived under the Tsars of the House of Romanov."
In the list of monuments to 20 Russian authors which were to be installed after the revolution, approved by Lenin, we read:
"1. Tolstoy.
2. Dostoevsky…"
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The mainstream view on this forum is one of distrust towards Western electoral systems, holding that electoralism is nothing more than an art of misleading and deception, with greater preference for vanguardism.
Yet as a resident of China, a citizen who has been ruled by the vanguard all my life, I loathe the fact that the government fails to hear our songs and ignore our criticism and supervision.
Yeah, I can see, what is happening in Taiwan, where there is full of chaos and hardly something in progress. It's true that the western system is uneffcient and corrupt, but changeable and reviseable, different from autocracy.
Anyway, I'm sorry that a director, which you prefer, with great authority, has come into power already, in the USA, whose name is DJT.
Or, what you like is a director you like, instead of a director you dislike?
Then how can we make sure about it?
Power can change a person, from head to toes. You may like someone before ther're in charge, but you cannot take them down after they come into power. They may cheat, they may lie, but no way you can regret, withnot democracy.
How many MAGAs are there, who voted for Trump, and got upsetted by his behaviour and policy afterwards? Ones those believe in socialism and hope for a leader, is not that different from the Republicans, are they? They want a GOP, Grand Old Party as well. The mere diversity lies in the specific.
>We want no condescending saviors
>To rule us from a judgment hall;
>We workers ask not for their favors;
>Let us consult for all.
>from The Internationale
Democracy is the basis of socialism and commuinism. If it is granted, anything else follows.
PS: Some suspects that I am not Chinese but a employee to spread misinformation. I write in Chinese in the photogragh uploaded on purposs.
About Democracy
In the previous discussions with mates in leftypol, the most contentious part has been regarding Democracy.The mainstream view on this forum is one of distrust towards Western electoral systems, holding that electoralism is nothing more than an art of misleading and deception, with greater preference for vanguardism.
Yet as a resident of China, a citizen who has been ruled by the vanguard all my life, I loathe the fact that the government fails to hear our songs and ignore our criticism and supervision.
Yeah, I can see, what is happening in Taiwan, where there is full of chaos and hardly something in progress. It's true that the western system is uneffcient and corrupt, but changeable and reviseable, different from autocracy.
Anyway, I'm sorry that a director, which you prefer, with great authority, has come into power already, in the USA, whose name is DJT.
Or, what you like is a director you like, instead of a director you dislike?
Then how can we make sure about it?
Power can change a person, from head to toes. You may like someone before ther're in charge, but you cannot take them down after they come into power. They may cheat, they may lie, but no way you can regret, withnot democracy.
How many MAGAs are there, who voted for Trump, and got upsetted by his behaviour and policy afterwards? Ones those believe in socialism and hope for a leader, is not that different from the Republicans, are they? They want a GOP, Grand Old Party as well. The mere diversity lies in the specific.
>We want no condescending saviors
>To rule us from a judgment hall;
>We workers ask not for their favors;
>Let us consult for all.
>from The Internationale
Democracy is the basis of socialism and commuinism. If it is granted, anything else follows.
PS: Some suspects that I am not Chinese but a employee to spread misinformation. I write in Chinese in the photogragh uploaded on purposs.
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To the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Comrade M.S. Gorbachev
Dear Mikhail Sergeevich!
For several months now I have felt an urgent need for a frank conversation with you (even a brief one) about the nature and direction of the work of "Kommunist" in the current conditions. Usually the editor-in-chief of the magazine was invited for such a conversation by the newly elected General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee.
Rumors persistently leak out from academic and literary, journalistic and even church circles, from foreign embassies about me as a "disgraced" editor, who "backed the wrong horse", came "out of place", etc. These rumors cannot help but make the Kommunist workers nervous and affect their attitude toward the editorial board. I must immediately note that I have never backed any "horses", have never attached myself to any "courts", have never belonged to any group, and have always considered myself a party man. All comrades who are impartial toward me, who have observed my behavior over the course of twenty years of work in the Central Committee apparatus, know this. The fact that I, like other party members, carried out the orders of the three previous general secretaries, cannot discredit me.
Of course, I did not contact you for career reasons. They have not played a role in my life. I am concerned with something else - maintaining the authority of the theoretical journal of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the trust in it of the readership that has grown in the last period, and the maximum use in the interests of the party of the potential of a talented, combat-ready team, which we have basically managed to put together over the past ten years.
Over the course of a quarter of a century, since my first major publication, in addition to the positive development of theoretical issues, I have had the opportunity to participate, to the best of my ability, in polemics against right and “left” opportunism, versions of Yugoslav and market socialism, Maoism, Czechoslovak revisionism, “Eurocommunism.” Against voluntary and involuntary burps of petty bourgeoisness, erroneous interpretations of current problems, which, alas, are still encountered, and sometimes intensified, in our press.
Thus, at the end of the 60s, I spoke out against the false version of A.P. Butenko, as if Lenin, having “rejected” the views of Marx and Engels on socialism, created “another” “model” of it on the threshold of the NEP.
In the mid-70s, it was necessary to correct V.S. Semenov, who suddenly began to write about a certain “unpreparedness” of the Soviet working class to be a leading force in a socialist society.
At the beginning of the 1980s, one could not help but object to the attempt to “clarify” Lenin on the issue of antagonism and contradictions under socialism (see the article by L.N. Fedoseyev in the journal “Problems of Peace and Socialism”, 1981, no. 9, p. 28).
In 1984, Kommunist (No. 11) made a critical remark about the same A.P. Butenko. He brought P.N. Fedoseyev’s point of view to the point of political absurdity, having come to the conclusion that there is supposedly a possibility of antagonism between those who govern and those who are governed (see Voprosy Filosofii, 1984, No. 2, p. 129).
"Kommunist" at one time gave a fundamental assessment of positivist tendencies in some philosophical works, biologizing passions in understanding the essence of man, analyzed the situation with teaching mathematics in schools. All these sharp publications had a great public resonance. We were supported by the party activists and workers, propagandists and teachers, university lecturers and scientists, including academicians V.A. Ambartsumyan, I.M. Vinogradov, N.P. Dubinin, B.M. Kedrov, F.V. Konstantinov, V.N. Kudryavtsev, D.S. But what is characteristic: there was not a single positive response and not a single editorial response from the leadership of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Instead, tension built up. In some cases, fair criticism was simply hushed up. In other cases, attempts were made to suppress it (as was done by the vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences P.N. Fedoseyev, who had become a permanent, to put it mildly, biased “opponent” of the journal), to throw a departmental academic bridle on the party organ.
A struggle is a struggle. And in it, those who take a clear, open position may find themselves somewhat defenseless against the masters of "secret diplomacy." The moment came, and I learned: some individuals resorted to anonymous letters. One of them appeared in September 1984 in the reception room of P.N. Fedoseyev and in the Letters Department of the Central Committee. It was signed with the names of familiar to me employees of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism under the Central Committee of the CPSU M.P. Mchedlov and K.N. Orlova, who indignantly denied their "authorship."
It always seemed to me that slander does not stick. However, I have become convinced that it works. I am sure that an attempt was made here to knock out of the saddle, to isolate those people who had been conducting preparatory work for the coming stage for years, who did not compromise the ideological and moral principles of Bolshevism, and, on the contrary, to shield those who had sinned fairly before Marxism-Leninism. The "method" of slander and defamation was clearly an attempt to "fit" into the party's health-improving personnel policy.
The situation around the magazine and me personally became especially complicated last year. The bearers of very dubious views became more active. First of all, they include A.S. Tsipko, who works with A.P. Butenko and who published in 1983 a book called “Some Philosophical Aspects of the Theory of Socialism,” which many experts consider to be flawed (Kommunist alone received five negative reviews of it). In it, A.S. Tsipko questions the need for comprehensive socialization of labor and production, belittles the importance of scientific and technological progress and production relations, and arbitrarily, in the spirit of pre-Marxist petty-bourgeois teachings, reinterprets and falsifies the essence and evolution of the views of Marx, Engels, and Lenin on socialism and communism. It is known that, fearing the possibility of an unflattering analysis of his work in the magazine, he sent you a complaint about me as a “preventative measure.”
Among the publications of 1985, the article by O. R. Latsis in the newspaper Izvestia (July 24) stands out, where an essentially nihilistic attitude toward scientific centralized planning under socialism is expressed, and the article by A. I. Volkov in the magazine Znamya (No. 11). This author, quoting excerpts from my works without quotation marks, “refutes” them in a typically individualistic, petty-proprietorial manner, revealing complete ignorance of the political economy of socialism and the theory of scientific communism.
It would be possible not to take up your time with details, but without them it is difficult to clearly show what kind of psychological pressure the “Communist” and its employees are experiencing.
In connection with the restructuring of economic management in the country, interest in Lenin's teaching on NEP has increased among social scientists. An important component of the party's economic policy and the implementation of the USSR Food Program were measures to support the personal subsidiary farms of collective farmers, workers, and employees. Some people (for example, G.S. Lisichkin) are trying to use all these necessary and sound things to contrast small-scale production as supposedly always more effective with large-scale production, in fact, to discredit the public form of ownership of the means of production. I dare say that with the general ideological and moral upsurge in the country, a certain variation of the "Smenovekh" views has appeared among the intelligentsia, which cannot go unnoticed when analyzing the modern ideological situation.
The key character of the period we are living through is obvious to everyone. The Party is developing an effective mechanism for planned management. This has to be done by eradicating the phenomena of "archeocracy" and conservatism, stagnation and bureaucracy, "show-off" and corruption. I deeply doubt that an effective solution to the above-mentioned problems is possible with the support of the current Section of Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the Department of Economics, and its institutions, which are in a neglected state. The responsibility for this should be presented, naturally, not so much to Party journalists as to those who have been doing business within the walls of the Academy of Sciences for decades.
The editorial board of Kommunist always considers it its duty to introduce readers, first of all, to classical Marxism-Leninism, freeing it from unnecessary and harmful layers and impurities, to fight for its purity and creative interpretation applicable to modern conditions. I am convinced that it is Marxism-Leninism in its original form, with its reliable dialectical-materialistic methodology, that will allow us to resolve the issue of intensifying socialist production, as our tense and responsible times require. “Not the market, not the elemental forces of competition,” it was noted in your Kyiv speech, “but first of all the plan should determine the main aspects of the development of the national economy. At the same time, it is necessary to implement new approaches to planning, actively apply economic levers, and give great scope to the initiative of work collectives. It is necessary to more clearly define what to plan at the union level, what at the level of the union republic, region, ministry, enterprise.” Kommunist has always defended this line.
It is at least puzzling that many economists are looking for ways to increase the efficiency of the socialist economy beyond the possibilities inherent in the planning principle, and do not even try to properly reveal them. The goal of socialist production, the satisfaction of the material and spiritual needs of society, is not yet organically involved in the activities of associations, enterprises, and in general in the links of socialist production. But it would seem that the main indicators of its management, wages, bonuses, and deductions for social and cultural needs should depend primarily on the degree of participation of any specific collective in achieving this goal.
Until now, the basis of the plan has not become a comprehensive study and forecast of public needs, realistically linked to the available production capacities and resources. The existing system of demand study is departmental in nature, weak and does not fulfill the specified role.
And one more thing: the currently used cost method of determining production results, although in form it is based on value units, is in fact a direct violation of the law of value. The law of value in our conditions should orient the manager toward minimizing costs while maximizing the final product: the cost method, however, pushes toward maximizing costs with relative indifference to the quality characteristics of the manufactured products. This method is one of the reasons for the existence of the notorious deficit in our country, one of the factors that, frankly speaking, have a ruinous effect on the national economy. In my opinion, there can be only one way out (and it corresponds to what Lenin was worried about, and not to what is sometimes attributed to him): this is to bring all enterprises to production indicators for the range, assortment, and quality of products with strict responsibility for their profitability (break-even or profitability). This provision, by the way, is reflected in the draft of the new edition of the CPSU Program.
As for the "recipes" for escaping the current difficulties in the possibilities of small-scale wholesale production and the market mechanism, they can, of course, produce a useful result, but a local, temporary, tactical result, and only with the simultaneous strengthening of correct planned management. Any other strategy has thrown us back to those stages of economic development that have already been passed by our main and formidable enemy - state-monopoly capitalism. This is, without exaggeration, a question of our life, a question of the viability of our system.
I have no faults with the party and Marxist-Leninist theory, although I, like any mortal, could not avoid mistakes. I gratefully take into account fair comments on the works I have written or edited. At the same time, I am surprised by attempts to claim that "Kommunist" is "arguing" with the pre-congress documents. I do not quite understand the unsubstantiated pinches in connection with the concept of developed socialism, as if it were not taken from Lenin's legacy, the sharp opposition of this concept and the concept of accelerating the socio-economic development of the country. I think that we should not break our theoretical foundation erected by a series of congresses, but rather correct, repair, strengthen and build on it in a businesslike manner.
I have no requests. My specific ideas about raising the level of work of Kommunist now, given the general busyness with preparations for the congress, are hardly appropriate. The only thing I would like to count on is that the Central Committee, if it deems my departure from the editorial board expedient, will make it painless for the magazine. It is important that the editor's fate does not cast a shadow on the respected ideological institution of the party. Kommunist - with or without Kosolapov - needs firm, energetic, openly expressed support and the guiding hand of the Politburo of the Central Committee.
With communist greetings.
Member of the Central Committee
R. Kosolapov
January 1986.
Note: The letter was forwarded to the addressee via A.I. Lukyanov. There is an unclear resolution from Gorbachev on the letter. A photocopy was received from V.M. Legostaev.
Gorbachev latter purged Kosolapov. Source: https://csruso.ru/nashi-universitety/istorija/pismo-r-i-kosolapova-gorbachevu/
Based Richard Kosolapov letter to Gorbachev
Letter from R.I. Kosolapov to the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, "Comrade" M.S. Gorbachev (1986)To the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Comrade M.S. Gorbachev
Dear Mikhail Sergeevich!
For several months now I have felt an urgent need for a frank conversation with you (even a brief one) about the nature and direction of the work of "Kommunist" in the current conditions. Usually the editor-in-chief of the magazine was invited for such a conversation by the newly elected General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee.
Rumors persistently leak out from academic and literary, journalistic and even church circles, from foreign embassies about me as a "disgraced" editor, who "backed the wrong horse", came "out of place", etc. These rumors cannot help but make the Kommunist workers nervous and affect their attitude toward the editorial board. I must immediately note that I have never backed any "horses", have never attached myself to any "courts", have never belonged to any group, and have always considered myself a party man. All comrades who are impartial toward me, who have observed my behavior over the course of twenty years of work in the Central Committee apparatus, know this. The fact that I, like other party members, carried out the orders of the three previous general secretaries, cannot discredit me.
Of course, I did not contact you for career reasons. They have not played a role in my life. I am concerned with something else - maintaining the authority of the theoretical journal of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the trust in it of the readership that has grown in the last period, and the maximum use in the interests of the party of the potential of a talented, combat-ready team, which we have basically managed to put together over the past ten years.
Over the course of a quarter of a century, since my first major publication, in addition to the positive development of theoretical issues, I have had the opportunity to participate, to the best of my ability, in polemics against right and “left” opportunism, versions of Yugoslav and market socialism, Maoism, Czechoslovak revisionism, “Eurocommunism.” Against voluntary and involuntary burps of petty bourgeoisness, erroneous interpretations of current problems, which, alas, are still encountered, and sometimes intensified, in our press.
Thus, at the end of the 60s, I spoke out against the false version of A.P. Butenko, as if Lenin, having “rejected” the views of Marx and Engels on socialism, created “another” “model” of it on the threshold of the NEP.
In the mid-70s, it was necessary to correct V.S. Semenov, who suddenly began to write about a certain “unpreparedness” of the Soviet working class to be a leading force in a socialist society.
At the beginning of the 1980s, one could not help but object to the attempt to “clarify” Lenin on the issue of antagonism and contradictions under socialism (see the article by L.N. Fedoseyev in the journal “Problems of Peace and Socialism”, 1981, no. 9, p. 28).
In 1984, Kommunist (No. 11) made a critical remark about the same A.P. Butenko. He brought P.N. Fedoseyev’s point of view to the point of political absurdity, having come to the conclusion that there is supposedly a possibility of antagonism between those who govern and those who are governed (see Voprosy Filosofii, 1984, No. 2, p. 129).
"Kommunist" at one time gave a fundamental assessment of positivist tendencies in some philosophical works, biologizing passions in understanding the essence of man, analyzed the situation with teaching mathematics in schools. All these sharp publications had a great public resonance. We were supported by the party activists and workers, propagandists and teachers, university lecturers and scientists, including academicians V.A. Ambartsumyan, I.M. Vinogradov, N.P. Dubinin, B.M. Kedrov, F.V. Konstantinov, V.N. Kudryavtsev, D.S. But what is characteristic: there was not a single positive response and not a single editorial response from the leadership of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Instead, tension built up. In some cases, fair criticism was simply hushed up. In other cases, attempts were made to suppress it (as was done by the vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences P.N. Fedoseyev, who had become a permanent, to put it mildly, biased “opponent” of the journal), to throw a departmental academic bridle on the party organ.
A struggle is a struggle. And in it, those who take a clear, open position may find themselves somewhat defenseless against the masters of "secret diplomacy." The moment came, and I learned: some individuals resorted to anonymous letters. One of them appeared in September 1984 in the reception room of P.N. Fedoseyev and in the Letters Department of the Central Committee. It was signed with the names of familiar to me employees of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism under the Central Committee of the CPSU M.P. Mchedlov and K.N. Orlova, who indignantly denied their "authorship."
It always seemed to me that slander does not stick. However, I have become convinced that it works. I am sure that an attempt was made here to knock out of the saddle, to isolate those people who had been conducting preparatory work for the coming stage for years, who did not compromise the ideological and moral principles of Bolshevism, and, on the contrary, to shield those who had sinned fairly before Marxism-Leninism. The "method" of slander and defamation was clearly an attempt to "fit" into the party's health-improving personnel policy.
The situation around the magazine and me personally became especially complicated last year. The bearers of very dubious views became more active. First of all, they include A.S. Tsipko, who works with A.P. Butenko and who published in 1983 a book called “Some Philosophical Aspects of the Theory of Socialism,” which many experts consider to be flawed (Kommunist alone received five negative reviews of it). In it, A.S. Tsipko questions the need for comprehensive socialization of labor and production, belittles the importance of scientific and technological progress and production relations, and arbitrarily, in the spirit of pre-Marxist petty-bourgeois teachings, reinterprets and falsifies the essence and evolution of the views of Marx, Engels, and Lenin on socialism and communism. It is known that, fearing the possibility of an unflattering analysis of his work in the magazine, he sent you a complaint about me as a “preventative measure.”
Among the publications of 1985, the article by O. R. Latsis in the newspaper Izvestia (July 24) stands out, where an essentially nihilistic attitude toward scientific centralized planning under socialism is expressed, and the article by A. I. Volkov in the magazine Znamya (No. 11). This author, quoting excerpts from my works without quotation marks, “refutes” them in a typically individualistic, petty-proprietorial manner, revealing complete ignorance of the political economy of socialism and the theory of scientific communism.
It would be possible not to take up your time with details, but without them it is difficult to clearly show what kind of psychological pressure the “Communist” and its employees are experiencing.
In connection with the restructuring of economic management in the country, interest in Lenin's teaching on NEP has increased among social scientists. An important component of the party's economic policy and the implementation of the USSR Food Program were measures to support the personal subsidiary farms of collective farmers, workers, and employees. Some people (for example, G.S. Lisichkin) are trying to use all these necessary and sound things to contrast small-scale production as supposedly always more effective with large-scale production, in fact, to discredit the public form of ownership of the means of production. I dare say that with the general ideological and moral upsurge in the country, a certain variation of the "Smenovekh" views has appeared among the intelligentsia, which cannot go unnoticed when analyzing the modern ideological situation.
The key character of the period we are living through is obvious to everyone. The Party is developing an effective mechanism for planned management. This has to be done by eradicating the phenomena of "archeocracy" and conservatism, stagnation and bureaucracy, "show-off" and corruption. I deeply doubt that an effective solution to the above-mentioned problems is possible with the support of the current Section of Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the Department of Economics, and its institutions, which are in a neglected state. The responsibility for this should be presented, naturally, not so much to Party journalists as to those who have been doing business within the walls of the Academy of Sciences for decades.
The editorial board of Kommunist always considers it its duty to introduce readers, first of all, to classical Marxism-Leninism, freeing it from unnecessary and harmful layers and impurities, to fight for its purity and creative interpretation applicable to modern conditions. I am convinced that it is Marxism-Leninism in its original form, with its reliable dialectical-materialistic methodology, that will allow us to resolve the issue of intensifying socialist production, as our tense and responsible times require. “Not the market, not the elemental forces of competition,” it was noted in your Kyiv speech, “but first of all the plan should determine the main aspects of the development of the national economy. At the same time, it is necessary to implement new approaches to planning, actively apply economic levers, and give great scope to the initiative of work collectives. It is necessary to more clearly define what to plan at the union level, what at the level of the union republic, region, ministry, enterprise.” Kommunist has always defended this line.
It is at least puzzling that many economists are looking for ways to increase the efficiency of the socialist economy beyond the possibilities inherent in the planning principle, and do not even try to properly reveal them. The goal of socialist production, the satisfaction of the material and spiritual needs of society, is not yet organically involved in the activities of associations, enterprises, and in general in the links of socialist production. But it would seem that the main indicators of its management, wages, bonuses, and deductions for social and cultural needs should depend primarily on the degree of participation of any specific collective in achieving this goal.
Until now, the basis of the plan has not become a comprehensive study and forecast of public needs, realistically linked to the available production capacities and resources. The existing system of demand study is departmental in nature, weak and does not fulfill the specified role.
And one more thing: the currently used cost method of determining production results, although in form it is based on value units, is in fact a direct violation of the law of value. The law of value in our conditions should orient the manager toward minimizing costs while maximizing the final product: the cost method, however, pushes toward maximizing costs with relative indifference to the quality characteristics of the manufactured products. This method is one of the reasons for the existence of the notorious deficit in our country, one of the factors that, frankly speaking, have a ruinous effect on the national economy. In my opinion, there can be only one way out (and it corresponds to what Lenin was worried about, and not to what is sometimes attributed to him): this is to bring all enterprises to production indicators for the range, assortment, and quality of products with strict responsibility for their profitability (break-even or profitability). This provision, by the way, is reflected in the draft of the new edition of the CPSU Program.
As for the "recipes" for escaping the current difficulties in the possibilities of small-scale wholesale production and the market mechanism, they can, of course, produce a useful result, but a local, temporary, tactical result, and only with the simultaneous strengthening of correct planned management. Any other strategy has thrown us back to those stages of economic development that have already been passed by our main and formidable enemy - state-monopoly capitalism. This is, without exaggeration, a question of our life, a question of the viability of our system.
I have no faults with the party and Marxist-Leninist theory, although I, like any mortal, could not avoid mistakes. I gratefully take into account fair comments on the works I have written or edited. At the same time, I am surprised by attempts to claim that "Kommunist" is "arguing" with the pre-congress documents. I do not quite understand the unsubstantiated pinches in connection with the concept of developed socialism, as if it were not taken from Lenin's legacy, the sharp opposition of this concept and the concept of accelerating the socio-economic development of the country. I think that we should not break our theoretical foundation erected by a series of congresses, but rather correct, repair, strengthen and build on it in a businesslike manner.
I have no requests. My specific ideas about raising the level of work of Kommunist now, given the general busyness with preparations for the congress, are hardly appropriate. The only thing I would like to count on is that the Central Committee, if it deems my departure from the editorial board expedient, will make it painless for the magazine. It is important that the editor's fate does not cast a shadow on the respected ideological institution of the party. Kommunist - with or without Kosolapov - needs firm, energetic, openly expressed support and the guiding hand of the Politburo of the Central Committee.
With communist greetings.
Member of the Central Committee
R. Kosolapov
January 1986.
Note: The letter was forwarded to the addressee via A.I. Lukyanov. There is an unclear resolution from Gorbachev on the letter. A photocopy was received from V.M. Legostaev.
Gorbachev latter purged Kosolapov. Source: https://csruso.ru/nashi-universitety/istorija/pismo-r-i-kosolapova-gorbachevu/
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>Stopped counter-revolution cold in Czechoslovakia
>Aided Vietnam in its war against American imperialism
>Still lives rent-free in the heads of Maoists, pro-Hoxha "Anti-Revisionists" and pro-NATO liberals despite being dead for 43 years
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>Undid Cornman's retardation>Stopped counter-revolution cold in Czechoslovakia
>Aided Vietnam in its war against American imperialism
>Still lives rent-free in the heads of Maoists, pro-Hoxha "Anti-Revisionists" and pro-NATO liberals despite being dead for 43 years
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If we're lucky there might be a dedicated counter-protest but I'd like to salt the soil for a bit of fun. Nothing worth getting v& for. So, what can I do to fuck with them?
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Fucking with Fash
Nationalists (including fash and friends-of-fash) are trying to promote a march and one of the locations is a park about two blocks south of me. There's just under a month to prepare.If we're lucky there might be a dedicated counter-protest but I'd like to salt the soil for a bit of fun. Nothing worth getting v& for. So, what can I do to fuck with them?
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In recent days, Eduardo Bolsonaro's aggressiveness against the Federal Police, against Supreme Court justices, his attitude of defying even the rules of his mandate, and his increasingly radical rhetoric have raised alarm bells.
The first of these is due to the certainty of being able to speak and misinform, without any fear of facing justice.
The second suspicion concerns the aggressiveness of Donald Trump's own actions. He reserved the highest tariffs and harshest rhetoric for Brazil, and closed the door to any dialogue with the Lula administration.
"This is a typical script drawn up by the CIA, feeding national actors to justify a foreign strategic interest," said an Abin agent abroad.
In 2022, in the midst of Jair Bolsonaro's preparations for a coup, Joe Biden's then-CIA chief traveled to Brazil to deliver a message to the Brazilian military: an adventure against the country's democracy would not have American backing.
Today, the suspicion is that the new Trump administration has a different stance. Indeed, the White House's efforts are to assert that actions are being taken to "defend" Brazilians, not against them. The Bolsonaro clan is the straw man. The sanctions would be implemented, officially, not to serve US strategic interests, but supposedly to enforce "freedom in Brazil."
The script has all the necessary ingredients to construct a rhetoric suitable for action. There is a group of supposed "exiles"—such as Eduardo Bolsonaro, Allan dos Santos, and Paulo Figueiredo—there is a "wronged" individual who is "loved by the people"—former President Jair Bolsonaro—and there is a supposedly dictatorial regime, represented by Alexandre de Moraes and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
"The key word is destabilization," said a seasoned national intelligence agent. Weakening a government in a divided country and thus paving the way for the US to have a powerful ally in the emerging world by 2026.
There was no shortage of warnings about the risk Brazil faced. In August 2024, before the elections, a delegation sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mapped out who would be the influential players in a future Trump administration and suggested opening channels of dialogue with them. The strategy was to build bridges so that, in the event of a crisis, mediation could take place.
Abin suggested creating a psychological and behavioral profile of Trump to identify vulnerabilities in his character and interests that could be exploited.
For everyone, this effort should have occurred before Bolsonarism created its own access points to the Oval Office. Some of these reports and suggestions, however, remained in drawers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Planalto Palace, never implemented.
Among diplomats, there is also a perception that the attacks and measures adopted in recent days are just the beginning of a long period of political instability.
In government, everyone awaits further action from the White House, both individually and against the country. With misinformation, control over social media, and real economic damage, a scenario is gradually unfolding in which a democratically elected government takes on the appearance of "illegitimacy."
"All that's missing is a Brazilian Juan Guaidó to solidify the existence of a coup attempt," said an experienced diplomat, referring to the Venezuelan opposition leader.
There is no shortage of candidates for the position.
Intelligence suspects CIA action against Brazil
Suspicion is growing among Brazilian intelligence agents that the Bolsonaro supporters' actions are not being organized by organic movements within the country, but rather by a meticulously rehearsed script by the White House, with the participation of the CIA.In recent days, Eduardo Bolsonaro's aggressiveness against the Federal Police, against Supreme Court justices, his attitude of defying even the rules of his mandate, and his increasingly radical rhetoric have raised alarm bells.
The first of these is due to the certainty of being able to speak and misinform, without any fear of facing justice.
The second suspicion concerns the aggressiveness of Donald Trump's own actions. He reserved the highest tariffs and harshest rhetoric for Brazil, and closed the door to any dialogue with the Lula administration.
"This is a typical script drawn up by the CIA, feeding national actors to justify a foreign strategic interest," said an Abin agent abroad.
In 2022, in the midst of Jair Bolsonaro's preparations for a coup, Joe Biden's then-CIA chief traveled to Brazil to deliver a message to the Brazilian military: an adventure against the country's democracy would not have American backing.
Today, the suspicion is that the new Trump administration has a different stance. Indeed, the White House's efforts are to assert that actions are being taken to "defend" Brazilians, not against them. The Bolsonaro clan is the straw man. The sanctions would be implemented, officially, not to serve US strategic interests, but supposedly to enforce "freedom in Brazil."
The script has all the necessary ingredients to construct a rhetoric suitable for action. There is a group of supposed "exiles"—such as Eduardo Bolsonaro, Allan dos Santos, and Paulo Figueiredo—there is a "wronged" individual who is "loved by the people"—former President Jair Bolsonaro—and there is a supposedly dictatorial regime, represented by Alexandre de Moraes and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
"The key word is destabilization," said a seasoned national intelligence agent. Weakening a government in a divided country and thus paving the way for the US to have a powerful ally in the emerging world by 2026.
There was no shortage of warnings about the risk Brazil faced. In August 2024, before the elections, a delegation sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mapped out who would be the influential players in a future Trump administration and suggested opening channels of dialogue with them. The strategy was to build bridges so that, in the event of a crisis, mediation could take place.
Abin suggested creating a psychological and behavioral profile of Trump to identify vulnerabilities in his character and interests that could be exploited.
For everyone, this effort should have occurred before Bolsonarism created its own access points to the Oval Office. Some of these reports and suggestions, however, remained in drawers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Planalto Palace, never implemented.
Among diplomats, there is also a perception that the attacks and measures adopted in recent days are just the beginning of a long period of political instability.
In government, everyone awaits further action from the White House, both individually and against the country. With misinformation, control over social media, and real economic damage, a scenario is gradually unfolding in which a democratically elected government takes on the appearance of "illegitimacy."
"All that's missing is a Brazilian Juan Guaidó to solidify the existence of a coup attempt," said an experienced diplomat, referring to the Venezuelan opposition leader.
There is no shortage of candidates for the position.
R: 9 / I: 1
Pet ownership under communism?
In a completely communist society where private property and ownership has been abolished how would pets be seen? Would it be ownership of private property and thus le bad or what?
R: 22 / I: 3 (sage)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KqvthexkLN0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kcRo5xvEkdM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iWamgi1Mu1Y
Xerum 525 is more credible than you think because BepiColombo and its orbiters, the MPO and Mio, which study Mercury's plasma and magnetic environment, or the VASIMR engine, a type of plasma propulsion system being developed for potential future space travel. Mercury's own magnetic field interacts with solar plasma, a key aspect studied by these probes.
When you start thinking in terms of plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the idea of a mercury-based plasma interacting with strong EM fields isn’t inherently impossible. It’s just extremely difficult to control.
Mercury vapor can be ionized into plasma relatively easily. Mercury-vapor lamps are a mundane example. Ionized mercury has both charged particles and a magnetic moment (for Hg-199/Hg-201), meaning it will interact strongly with magnetic and electric fields. This is exactly what probes like BepiColombo’s MPO and Mio study on Mercury in how charged particles in the solar wind interact with a magnetic field and how plasma behaves in a dynamically moving, magnetized environment. So, from a plasma-interaction standpoint, Xerum 525-like fluids could plausibly produce unusual electromagnetic phenomena, if someone could spin, ionize, and contain them.
VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) uses radiofrequency (RF) waves to ionize a propellant (like argon, xenon, or hydrogen) into plasma. Then accelerates it via magnetic fields, producing thrust. If you replace the propellant with mercury vapor, you get a high-density, highly conductive plasma. Could in principle generate strong EM interactions with nearby conductors or magnetic fields. But it's very unstable and hazardous — probably lethal to anyone nearby without heavy shielding.
The physics of ionized mercury interacting with magnetic fields is real. Mercury’s high atomic mass means the plasma carries more momentum per ion than typical gas plasmas (like argon). Combine this with radioactive dopants (thorium, uranium) → you get high-energy, self-radiating plasma.
While it wouldn’t bend gravity, it could produce strange EM fields, kill nearby test subjects, and glow or spark in a way that looks “otherworldly.”
Also they used Magnesium Alloys (Elektron), because it's extremely light, and was used by Germans in the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet and V-2 rockets. The only drawback is that it burns very easily if ignited — dangerous in a high-energy craft. However, for these ships they used a ceramic-composite alloy of elektron, sometimes lead-lined to prevent radiation.
The Xerum 525 chemical was described as a dense, metallic, mercury-like liquid, sometimes said to be violet or reddish in color and had to be contained in lead-lined flasks, suggesting it was highly radioactive or corrosive, which was used in the rotating cylinders of Die Glocke. So "red mercury" exists and it was used by the Nazis in antigravity propulsion vehicles. They had this technology in 1930s Germany. All you gotta do is dope mercury w/ Th232 and add mercury iodide and that's basically it. But it would be some nasty shit. Highly radioactive.
The craft is essentially a self-contained reactive plasma gyroscope, where thrust and orientation are controlled by the same exotic rotating plasma system.
The Nazis already jad antigravity propulsion systems in the 1940s
Really, Vimana engines were already patented as early as 1851 by Michael Faraday, however using mercury alone wouldn't have worked using the technology they had back then.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KqvthexkLN0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kcRo5xvEkdM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iWamgi1Mu1Y
Xerum 525 is more credible than you think because BepiColombo and its orbiters, the MPO and Mio, which study Mercury's plasma and magnetic environment, or the VASIMR engine, a type of plasma propulsion system being developed for potential future space travel. Mercury's own magnetic field interacts with solar plasma, a key aspect studied by these probes.
When you start thinking in terms of plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the idea of a mercury-based plasma interacting with strong EM fields isn’t inherently impossible. It’s just extremely difficult to control.
Mercury vapor can be ionized into plasma relatively easily. Mercury-vapor lamps are a mundane example. Ionized mercury has both charged particles and a magnetic moment (for Hg-199/Hg-201), meaning it will interact strongly with magnetic and electric fields. This is exactly what probes like BepiColombo’s MPO and Mio study on Mercury in how charged particles in the solar wind interact with a magnetic field and how plasma behaves in a dynamically moving, magnetized environment. So, from a plasma-interaction standpoint, Xerum 525-like fluids could plausibly produce unusual electromagnetic phenomena, if someone could spin, ionize, and contain them.
VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) uses radiofrequency (RF) waves to ionize a propellant (like argon, xenon, or hydrogen) into plasma. Then accelerates it via magnetic fields, producing thrust. If you replace the propellant with mercury vapor, you get a high-density, highly conductive plasma. Could in principle generate strong EM interactions with nearby conductors or magnetic fields. But it's very unstable and hazardous — probably lethal to anyone nearby without heavy shielding.
The physics of ionized mercury interacting with magnetic fields is real. Mercury’s high atomic mass means the plasma carries more momentum per ion than typical gas plasmas (like argon). Combine this with radioactive dopants (thorium, uranium) → you get high-energy, self-radiating plasma.
While it wouldn’t bend gravity, it could produce strange EM fields, kill nearby test subjects, and glow or spark in a way that looks “otherworldly.”
Also they used Magnesium Alloys (Elektron), because it's extremely light, and was used by Germans in the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet and V-2 rockets. The only drawback is that it burns very easily if ignited — dangerous in a high-energy craft. However, for these ships they used a ceramic-composite alloy of elektron, sometimes lead-lined to prevent radiation.
The Xerum 525 chemical was described as a dense, metallic, mercury-like liquid, sometimes said to be violet or reddish in color and had to be contained in lead-lined flasks, suggesting it was highly radioactive or corrosive, which was used in the rotating cylinders of Die Glocke. So "red mercury" exists and it was used by the Nazis in antigravity propulsion vehicles. They had this technology in 1930s Germany. All you gotta do is dope mercury w/ Th232 and add mercury iodide and that's basically it. But it would be some nasty shit. Highly radioactive.
The craft is essentially a self-contained reactive plasma gyroscope, where thrust and orientation are controlled by the same exotic rotating plasma system.
R: 206 / I: 35
>Socially degenerate as the libs, economically out of touch as the Neo-cons
>the literal worst of both worlds
Still, why did libertarianism become strangely popular among various types of popular media figures, like comedians, filmmakers, and actors?
>Socially degenerate as the libs, economically out of touch as the Neo-cons
>the literal worst of both worlds
Still, why did libertarianism become strangely popular among various types of popular media figures, like comedians, filmmakers, and actors?
R: 4 / I: 1
Demonstrators hurled rocks at a convoy carrying Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Mieli on Wednesday as his campaign caravan cut through Buenos Aires province, the cradle of the country’s left-leaning opposition movement. Milei came away unharmed, his spokesperson said, but the attack on his motorcade cut short the high-profile rally and ratcheted up tensions just days before consequential provincial elections in Buenos Aires, where more than a third of Argentines live.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-karina-milei-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-peronism-e9f6fbd66fa2decba33f14e7aab78f84
Findings of Spying on Ecuadorian Social Leaders Revealed
The Indigenous and Peasant Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC) revealed findings that confirm the State’s spying and persecution of Ecuadorian social leaders through undercover agents. The organization from Cotopaxi, an Andean province in Ecuador, extracted information from the cell phones of three police officers who were detained in the community of San Ignacio for the persecution and alleged attempted murder of indigenous leader Leonidas Iza. The MICC warned that undercover work through infiltrated journalists and other means would allow the government to illegally obtain specialized reports on the activities of leaders and activists.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/findings-of-spying-on-ecuadorian-social-leaders-revealed-2/
Colombia to progressively impose sanctions on Israel, promote Palestinian rights
In the directive, Petro ordered government institutions to impose sanctions on Israel and to ensure Palestine is recognized effectively as a nation-state. The revised measures must be “implemented progressively, in accordance with the budgetary, legal, and regulatory capabilities.” The President’s directive seeks to ensure compliance with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which in July last year said that Israel’s 1967 occupation of Palestinian territories is unlawful.
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-to-progressively-impose-sanctions-on-israel-promote-palestinian-rights/
Rightwing ‘parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada as Alberta book bans target LGBTQ+ titles
Alberta recently directed schools to purge library books from shelves that fit its definition of “explicit sexual content” by 1 October. If the policy is applied precisely as outlined, a host of books face being purged, including George Orwell’s 1984 due to passages in the text that discuss sexual intercourse and rape. Academics and researchers who examine censorship say the policy specifically targets books that affirm LGBTQ+ identities – which they say is the goal of rightwing parents’ groups.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/27/alberta-book-ban-canada-parents-rights-groups
Israel conducts landing on former air defence base in southwest Damascus - sources
Asked for comment on the strikes, an Israeli military spokesperson said: "We do not comment on foreign reports." Six Syrian soldiers were killed in Israeli drone strikes in the Damascus countryside near the same area 24 hours earlier, according to Syrian state media. Israel has stepped up incursions into southern Syria and the latest strikes coincided with security talks between Damascus and its long-time adversary aimed at reducing tensions.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-conducts-landing-former-air-defence-base-southwest-damascus-sources-2025-08-27/
US envoy cuts short south Lebanon visit amid protests: state media
Some were standing on a Star of David that had been drawn on the road in blue, near the words in Arabic "America is the great Satan", and "Barak is animal" written in English. The last was a reference to comments by the US envoy at a Beirut press conference on Tuesday which sparked an outcry in Lebanon. Barrack told journalists to "act civilised", adding: "The moment that this starts becoming chaotic, like animalistic, we're gone." Bilal Kashmar, an official from the southern municipalities union, said dozens of people had demonstrated in Tyre on Wednesday against Barrack's expected visit and Washington's "biased policies".
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/08/us-envoy-cuts-short-south-lebanon-visit-amid-protests-state-media
With mass arrests and punishment of all dissent, a new wave of repression is gripping both rival regions of Libya
According to human rights activist Ahlam al-Warfali, the systematic violations committed by law enforcement and security agencies in detention centres and prisons in eastern and western Libya against activists, journalists, and human rights defenders constitute "crimes against humanity punishable under international law." "There's no safety in Libya," she said to TNA. "Everyone is vulnerable to kidnapping, torture, and sometimes killing, for refusing the presence of certain groups or publishing political posts criticising the current political landscape."
https://www.newarab.com/news/new-wave-repression-gripping-both-rival-regions-libya
Denmark summons US diplomat to explain 'influence operation' targeting Greenland
Danish broadcaster DR reported today that at least three US citizens with connections to Mr Trump have been working to build US influence, with two cultivating political and business leaders and one collecting lists of names of Greenlanders who were either friendly or hostile to US annexation.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/denmark-summons-us-diplomat-explain-influence-operation-targeting-greenland
Nikolaev appeals court rules to prolong detention of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
On August 6, the Appeals Court of the Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) region of Ukraine ruled that the pre-trial detention of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk can be prolonged until September 19, 2025. Bogdan Syrotiuk, now aged 26, was arrested on April 25, 2024 on charges of “high treason” which carry between 15 years to life in prison. He has been held in an overcrowded prison in Nikolaev ever since. Syrotiuk is the founder and leader of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists, a Trotskyist youth organization which has opposed the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine by fighting for the unity of the Russian and Ukrainian working class.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/27/suza-a27.html
Outrage as Thames Water allowed to pay just a fifth of record pollution fines
It has already passed a deadline for paying them by August 20 but has now agreed to pay only a fifth by the end of next month, with the remainder subject to securing a private rescue deal and cash injection. Ofwat said that it had set a final “backstop date” of March 31 2030 for payment of the remaining penalties whether or not Britain’s biggest water company avoids insolvency.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/outrage-thames-water-allowed-pay-just-fifth-record-pollution-fines
India’s exporters face ‘strategic shock’ as US tariffs over Russian oil kick in
The Indian government estimates the tariffs will impact US$48.2 billion worth of exports. Officials have warned the new duties could make shipments to the US commercially unviable, triggering job losses and slower economic growth. India–US trade relations have expanded in recent years but remain vulnerable to disputes over market access and domestic political pressures. India is one of the fastest-growing major global economies, and it may face a slowdown as a result.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3323371/indias-exporters-face-strategic-shock-us-tariffs-over-russian-oil-kick
Tax breaks for investors unfair but there’s no quick fix, housing affordability boss says
While other property markets, including in Canada, underwent a jarring correction after the pandemic, Australian housing prices have only pushed higher. Lloyd-Hurwitz said there was no sign of a similarly steep drop in home values here. “The likelihood is that the best we will be able to do is to get prices to stabilise and not grow in excess of wage growth. “And we should be building more social housing to take pressure off people at the low income end of the market.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/28/tax-breaks-for-investors-unfair-but-theres-no-quick-fix-housing-affordability-boss-says
News 8/27/25
Protesters throw rocks at Argentine President Milei’s convoy while he campaignsDemonstrators hurled rocks at a convoy carrying Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Mieli on Wednesday as his campaign caravan cut through Buenos Aires province, the cradle of the country’s left-leaning opposition movement. Milei came away unharmed, his spokesperson said, but the attack on his motorcade cut short the high-profile rally and ratcheted up tensions just days before consequential provincial elections in Buenos Aires, where more than a third of Argentines live.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-karina-milei-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-peronism-e9f6fbd66fa2decba33f14e7aab78f84
Findings of Spying on Ecuadorian Social Leaders Revealed
The Indigenous and Peasant Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC) revealed findings that confirm the State’s spying and persecution of Ecuadorian social leaders through undercover agents. The organization from Cotopaxi, an Andean province in Ecuador, extracted information from the cell phones of three police officers who were detained in the community of San Ignacio for the persecution and alleged attempted murder of indigenous leader Leonidas Iza. The MICC warned that undercover work through infiltrated journalists and other means would allow the government to illegally obtain specialized reports on the activities of leaders and activists.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/findings-of-spying-on-ecuadorian-social-leaders-revealed-2/
Colombia to progressively impose sanctions on Israel, promote Palestinian rights
In the directive, Petro ordered government institutions to impose sanctions on Israel and to ensure Palestine is recognized effectively as a nation-state. The revised measures must be “implemented progressively, in accordance with the budgetary, legal, and regulatory capabilities.” The President’s directive seeks to ensure compliance with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which in July last year said that Israel’s 1967 occupation of Palestinian territories is unlawful.
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-to-progressively-impose-sanctions-on-israel-promote-palestinian-rights/
Rightwing ‘parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada as Alberta book bans target LGBTQ+ titles
Alberta recently directed schools to purge library books from shelves that fit its definition of “explicit sexual content” by 1 October. If the policy is applied precisely as outlined, a host of books face being purged, including George Orwell’s 1984 due to passages in the text that discuss sexual intercourse and rape. Academics and researchers who examine censorship say the policy specifically targets books that affirm LGBTQ+ identities – which they say is the goal of rightwing parents’ groups.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/27/alberta-book-ban-canada-parents-rights-groups
Israel conducts landing on former air defence base in southwest Damascus - sources
Asked for comment on the strikes, an Israeli military spokesperson said: "We do not comment on foreign reports." Six Syrian soldiers were killed in Israeli drone strikes in the Damascus countryside near the same area 24 hours earlier, according to Syrian state media. Israel has stepped up incursions into southern Syria and the latest strikes coincided with security talks between Damascus and its long-time adversary aimed at reducing tensions.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-conducts-landing-former-air-defence-base-southwest-damascus-sources-2025-08-27/
US envoy cuts short south Lebanon visit amid protests: state media
Some were standing on a Star of David that had been drawn on the road in blue, near the words in Arabic "America is the great Satan", and "Barak is animal" written in English. The last was a reference to comments by the US envoy at a Beirut press conference on Tuesday which sparked an outcry in Lebanon. Barrack told journalists to "act civilised", adding: "The moment that this starts becoming chaotic, like animalistic, we're gone." Bilal Kashmar, an official from the southern municipalities union, said dozens of people had demonstrated in Tyre on Wednesday against Barrack's expected visit and Washington's "biased policies".
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/08/us-envoy-cuts-short-south-lebanon-visit-amid-protests-state-media
With mass arrests and punishment of all dissent, a new wave of repression is gripping both rival regions of Libya
According to human rights activist Ahlam al-Warfali, the systematic violations committed by law enforcement and security agencies in detention centres and prisons in eastern and western Libya against activists, journalists, and human rights defenders constitute "crimes against humanity punishable under international law." "There's no safety in Libya," she said to TNA. "Everyone is vulnerable to kidnapping, torture, and sometimes killing, for refusing the presence of certain groups or publishing political posts criticising the current political landscape."
https://www.newarab.com/news/new-wave-repression-gripping-both-rival-regions-libya
Denmark summons US diplomat to explain 'influence operation' targeting Greenland
Danish broadcaster DR reported today that at least three US citizens with connections to Mr Trump have been working to build US influence, with two cultivating political and business leaders and one collecting lists of names of Greenlanders who were either friendly or hostile to US annexation.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/denmark-summons-us-diplomat-explain-influence-operation-targeting-greenland
Nikolaev appeals court rules to prolong detention of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
On August 6, the Appeals Court of the Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) region of Ukraine ruled that the pre-trial detention of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk can be prolonged until September 19, 2025. Bogdan Syrotiuk, now aged 26, was arrested on April 25, 2024 on charges of “high treason” which carry between 15 years to life in prison. He has been held in an overcrowded prison in Nikolaev ever since. Syrotiuk is the founder and leader of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists, a Trotskyist youth organization which has opposed the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine by fighting for the unity of the Russian and Ukrainian working class.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/27/suza-a27.html
Outrage as Thames Water allowed to pay just a fifth of record pollution fines
It has already passed a deadline for paying them by August 20 but has now agreed to pay only a fifth by the end of next month, with the remainder subject to securing a private rescue deal and cash injection. Ofwat said that it had set a final “backstop date” of March 31 2030 for payment of the remaining penalties whether or not Britain’s biggest water company avoids insolvency.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/outrage-thames-water-allowed-pay-just-fifth-record-pollution-fines
India’s exporters face ‘strategic shock’ as US tariffs over Russian oil kick in
The Indian government estimates the tariffs will impact US$48.2 billion worth of exports. Officials have warned the new duties could make shipments to the US commercially unviable, triggering job losses and slower economic growth. India–US trade relations have expanded in recent years but remain vulnerable to disputes over market access and domestic political pressures. India is one of the fastest-growing major global economies, and it may face a slowdown as a result.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3323371/indias-exporters-face-strategic-shock-us-tariffs-over-russian-oil-kick
Tax breaks for investors unfair but there’s no quick fix, housing affordability boss says
While other property markets, including in Canada, underwent a jarring correction after the pandemic, Australian housing prices have only pushed higher. Lloyd-Hurwitz said there was no sign of a similarly steep drop in home values here. “The likelihood is that the best we will be able to do is to get prices to stabilise and not grow in excess of wage growth. “And we should be building more social housing to take pressure off people at the low income end of the market.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/28/tax-breaks-for-investors-unfair-but-theres-no-quick-fix-housing-affordability-boss-says
R: 49 / I: 10
>Urgent Appeal: Stop the Judicial Coup in South Korea and Defend Democracy
<On May 1, 2025, South Korea’s Supreme Court issued a politically charged decision that overturned the acquittal of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, the leading candidate in the upcoming presidential election, on charges of election law violation. Lee had endured intense repression under the administration of impeached former president Yoon Suk-yeol, having been subjected to investigation by over 200 government prosecutors, but despite countless allegations, these nearly non-stop investigations failed to result in a conviction. Now, with South Korea gearing up for a historic snap election on June 3, 2025 following Yoon’s ouster, authorities are once again attempting to convict Lee to remove him from the political playing field.
Update on the fallout of the South Korean coup attempt
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/06/urgent-appeal-stop-the-judicial-coup-in-south-korea-and-defend-democracy/>Urgent Appeal: Stop the Judicial Coup in South Korea and Defend Democracy
<On May 1, 2025, South Korea’s Supreme Court issued a politically charged decision that overturned the acquittal of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, the leading candidate in the upcoming presidential election, on charges of election law violation. Lee had endured intense repression under the administration of impeached former president Yoon Suk-yeol, having been subjected to investigation by over 200 government prosecutors, but despite countless allegations, these nearly non-stop investigations failed to result in a conviction. Now, with South Korea gearing up for a historic snap election on June 3, 2025 following Yoon’s ouster, authorities are once again attempting to convict Lee to remove him from the political playing field.
R: 27 / I: 7
>killed tens of thousands of native americans
>forgotten and ignored
>committed several war crimes killing millions total
>forgotten and ignored
>literally only 3000 people die in a terrorist attack
>MUH HECKIN' THREE THOWSAND ODER SO!!!!!!!
>killed tens of thousands of native americans
>forgotten and ignored
>committed several war crimes killing millions total
>forgotten and ignored
>literally only 3000 people die in a terrorist attack
>MUH HECKIN' THREE THOWSAND ODER SO!!!!!!!
R: 617 / I: 195 (full)
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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>protected him multiple times from the gang of four
>post lin biao incident
>supported purging lin bao connected generals or at least minimizing their power
>started supporting bringing back old officials like deng
>deng is brought back into the party
>immediately started supporting his promotion
>supported deng being mentored by zhou enlai, the premier of china
>supported dengs rise to vice chairman of cmc, head chair of party meetings, and first premier of the state council
>supported dengs consolidation campagins, where deng and his team enacted plans to purge cultural revolution rebels in steel, railways, coal and other economic centers. And then do other things to improve production
>supported wang hongwen ( a pro cultural revolution figure) losing his position and in exchange for deng to take his position (head chair of party meetings)
>sided with deng at least for a while against the gang of four. Criticized the gang for their disunity and shit
>supported deng to enact plans to slowly purge certain unqualified members from the party or at least prevent them from assuming leadership roles (these members being ones who benefited from the cultural revolution
>supported deng, at least in the beginning, to reform the academic system (chinese academy of science), economic planning system, and cultural systems away from the cultural revolution excesses. Gang of four seethes about it and feels like they are losing influence.
>Stops supporting deng when he goes to far (a certain university incident) but at that point the damage is done.
>Still protects deng and supports a moderate to become leader Hua Guofeng
Did mao shoot himself in the foot? It looks like mao created all the conditions for deng to rise to the top
did mao shoot himself in the foot
>never purged deng>protected him multiple times from the gang of four
>post lin biao incident
>supported purging lin bao connected generals or at least minimizing their power
>started supporting bringing back old officials like deng
>deng is brought back into the party
>immediately started supporting his promotion
>supported deng being mentored by zhou enlai, the premier of china
>supported dengs rise to vice chairman of cmc, head chair of party meetings, and first premier of the state council
>supported dengs consolidation campagins, where deng and his team enacted plans to purge cultural revolution rebels in steel, railways, coal and other economic centers. And then do other things to improve production
>supported wang hongwen ( a pro cultural revolution figure) losing his position and in exchange for deng to take his position (head chair of party meetings)
>sided with deng at least for a while against the gang of four. Criticized the gang for their disunity and shit
>supported deng to enact plans to slowly purge certain unqualified members from the party or at least prevent them from assuming leadership roles (these members being ones who benefited from the cultural revolution
>supported deng, at least in the beginning, to reform the academic system (chinese academy of science), economic planning system, and cultural systems away from the cultural revolution excesses. Gang of four seethes about it and feels like they are losing influence.
>Stops supporting deng when he goes to far (a certain university incident) but at that point the damage is done.
>Still protects deng and supports a moderate to become leader Hua Guofeng
Did mao shoot himself in the foot? It looks like mao created all the conditions for deng to rise to the top
R: 4 / I: 0
What was life like in the Democratic People's Republic of Angola?
It was supported by China compared to the People's Republic of Angola supported by the USSR. How would Angola have looked if the DPRA had won? What was life like outside of the civil war? What were the ideological differences? UNITA and the MPLA
R: 105 / I: 18
the treatlerite discourse
I will openly admit that I don't understand what this whole "treatlerite" discourse is all about. Is the central idea that consumerism is fascism? I don't get it don't all of us in western capitalism countries partake in consumerism? Are you saying I have to run off and live in the woods like a hermit in order not to be fash?
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Doesnt the success of china show that a mixture of bukharin and stalins ideas work. And that both bukharin and stalin were right and wrong. And that we should take from the good of bukharin and stalin while discarding the bad?
Doesnt the success of china show that a mixture of bukharin and stalins ideas work. And that both bukharin and stalin were right and wrong. And that we should take from the good of bukharin and stalin while discarding the bad?
R: 31 / I: 9
MARKETS ARE... LE BAD ACTUALLY(?)
Recently I got thinking how market can be a bad form of resource allocation, somehow I think market aren't complete fair and square, something isn't right about how markets are, I think market socialism is kind of wrong in sense, what's the anon opinion on markets in general? Do you think is a good way to allocate resources or not? What's the alternative to markets?
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During a hearing that began in the morning and concluded just after 7:00 p.m. local time, five citizen complaints against the provision were analyzed. This law, which, among other issues, addresses regulations for the declaration of an internal armed conflict. In their interventions, the plaintiffs focused on problems related to the processing of the law approved by the National Assembly, which has a pro-government majority.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/ecuador-calls-for-declaration-of-solidarity-law-unconstitutional/
Bolivia’s long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show
On the basis of the official numbers, neither Paz’s Christian Democratic Party nor Quiroga’s Libre Party has enough lawmakers to push through their proposals alone, with the CDP taking 70 out of 166 total congressional seats and Libre taking 53. Crucially, for the first time since Bolivia’s 2002 parliamentary elections, whichever opposition candidate wins will have no trouble gaining leverage in both the 36-seat Senate and the less powerful, 130-seat Chamber of Deputies to enact their plans to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis in 40 years.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-elections-congress-paz-quiroga-opposition-9d79eeec80bc660b85c243b668b903de
Uribe victims press charges against former president and sons
In a press release, the victims and their attorneys said that they will press criminal charges over the defamation, slander, harassment and threats they allegedly suffered after a Bogota court found Uribe guilty and sentenced him to 12 years of house arrest.
https://colombiareports.com/uribe-victims-press-charges-against-former-president-and-sons/
French opposition parties vow to overthrow Bayrou government in Sept 8 confidence vote
France's minority government looked increasingly likely to be ousted next month after three main opposition parties said they would not back a confidence vote which Prime Minister François Bayrou announced for September 8 over his plans for sweeping budget cuts. The far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally or RN), the Greens and later the Socialists, on whose vote Bayrou's fate largely lies, said they did not see how they could back him.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250825-french-opposition-parties-vow-to-overthrow-bayrou-government-in-sept-8-confidence-vote
https://archive.ph/PtIqA
New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS rejects French-led agreement
New Caledonia’s main pro-independence organisation, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), has formally confirmed its “block rejection” of the French-led “Bougival project.” Under the agreement, the colony’s pro- and anti-independence parties committed to a so-called “historic” deal regarding the future political status of the Pacific territory, designed to pave the way for a “state” within the French Constitution.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/25/heku-a25.html
Australia breaks off ties with Iran, accusing it of involvement in anti-semitic arson attacks
“These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil,” Mr Albanese said. Evidence has not been disclosed, and the Iranian government did not immediately comment. It is unclear what motive Iran would have for the attacks. Australia has previously accused foreign states of paying local criminals-for-hire to carry out attacks. On this occasion it says the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps was responsible, and will be outlawed as a terrorist organisation.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/australia-breaks-ties-iran-accusing-it-involvement-anti-semitic-arson-attacks
Cambodia MPs pass ‘chilling’ bill enabling citizenship to be stripped
A sitting of 120 lawmakers in the National Assembly – including the prime minister, Hun Manet – unanimously passed the bill on Monday, empowering authorities to strip nationality from citizens for “an act of collusion” with a foreign power. The law “will have a disastrously chilling effect on the freedom of speech of all Cambodian citizens”, a coalition of 50 rights groups warned in a statement on Sunday.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/cambodia-treason-citizenship-law
Action SA, EFF march side-by-side over service delivery in Polokwane
Action SA leader in Limpopo, Victor Mothemela, says despite ideological differences, they joined the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) march against the Polokwane municipality to fight for the rights of residents. Supporters of the two parties marched side by side to the Polokwane municipal offices. Their grievances include high water and electricity bills, as well as allegations of the prioritisation of foreign nationals in business and employment opportunities.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/action-sa-eff-march-side-by-side-over-service-delivery-in-polokwane/
Libya’s coast guard fired upon rescue vessel searching for boat in distress
On Monday, the nonprofit SOS Mediterranee said the confrontation occurred a day earlier, about 40 nautical miles (74km) north of the Libyan coast, and released details and images of the incident. No casualties have been reported, although the group said the vessel sustained significant damage.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/25/libyas-coast-guard-fired-upon-rescue-vessel-searching-for-boat-in-distress
https://archive.ph/3EsN1
Syrian religious leader vows 'separate' region for Druze
Last week, dozens of small factions in Suweida announced they would join a new "National Guard" group, seeking to unify military efforts under Hijri. Hijri is the most hostile of Suweida's Druze spiritual leaders towards the transitional authorities in Damascus, who took power after ousting longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. Despite a ceasefire in Suweida, the situation there remains tense and access to the province is difficult, with tens of thousands of people still displaced by the recent violence.
https://www.newarab.com/news/syrian-religious-leader-vows-separate-region-druze
Valerie Zink Quits Reuters, Accuses Agency of Enabling Journalist Killings in Gaza
She accused Reuters of amplifying Israel’s “entirely baseless claim” that al-Sharif was a Hamas operative—“one of countless lies that outlets like Reuters have dutifully repeated and dignified,” she said. “I have valued the work I did with Reuters over the past eight years, but I can no longer wear this press pass without deep shame and grief,” Zink added. She stressed that Reuters’ willingness to echo Israeli propaganda had not protected its own staff from Israel’s attacks.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/valerie-zink-quits-reuters-accuses-agency-of-enabling-journalist-killings-in-gaza/
Turkey to build bomb shelters across the country
At the time Iran and Israel were at war, with Israel hitting Iran with air strikes and Tehran responding with ballistic missiles. The Turkish Housing Development Administration (TOKI) has been tasked with carrying out the construction. Last month a report prepared by the Turkish National Intelligence Academy on Israel’s 12-day war with Iran recommended that the government establish early warning systems and build well-equipped shelters. The report suggested making use of underground metro stations in major cities and implementing measures to minimise civilian casualties in the event of a regional conflict.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-build-bomb-shelters-across-country
News 8/26/25
Ecuador Calls for Declaration of Solidarity Law UnconstitutionalDuring a hearing that began in the morning and concluded just after 7:00 p.m. local time, five citizen complaints against the provision were analyzed. This law, which, among other issues, addresses regulations for the declaration of an internal armed conflict. In their interventions, the plaintiffs focused on problems related to the processing of the law approved by the National Assembly, which has a pro-government majority.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/ecuador-calls-for-declaration-of-solidarity-law-unconstitutional/
Bolivia’s long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show
On the basis of the official numbers, neither Paz’s Christian Democratic Party nor Quiroga’s Libre Party has enough lawmakers to push through their proposals alone, with the CDP taking 70 out of 166 total congressional seats and Libre taking 53. Crucially, for the first time since Bolivia’s 2002 parliamentary elections, whichever opposition candidate wins will have no trouble gaining leverage in both the 36-seat Senate and the less powerful, 130-seat Chamber of Deputies to enact their plans to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis in 40 years.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-elections-congress-paz-quiroga-opposition-9d79eeec80bc660b85c243b668b903de
Uribe victims press charges against former president and sons
In a press release, the victims and their attorneys said that they will press criminal charges over the defamation, slander, harassment and threats they allegedly suffered after a Bogota court found Uribe guilty and sentenced him to 12 years of house arrest.
https://colombiareports.com/uribe-victims-press-charges-against-former-president-and-sons/
French opposition parties vow to overthrow Bayrou government in Sept 8 confidence vote
France's minority government looked increasingly likely to be ousted next month after three main opposition parties said they would not back a confidence vote which Prime Minister François Bayrou announced for September 8 over his plans for sweeping budget cuts. The far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally or RN), the Greens and later the Socialists, on whose vote Bayrou's fate largely lies, said they did not see how they could back him.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250825-french-opposition-parties-vow-to-overthrow-bayrou-government-in-sept-8-confidence-vote
https://archive.ph/PtIqA
New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS rejects French-led agreement
New Caledonia’s main pro-independence organisation, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), has formally confirmed its “block rejection” of the French-led “Bougival project.” Under the agreement, the colony’s pro- and anti-independence parties committed to a so-called “historic” deal regarding the future political status of the Pacific territory, designed to pave the way for a “state” within the French Constitution.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/25/heku-a25.html
Australia breaks off ties with Iran, accusing it of involvement in anti-semitic arson attacks
“These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil,” Mr Albanese said. Evidence has not been disclosed, and the Iranian government did not immediately comment. It is unclear what motive Iran would have for the attacks. Australia has previously accused foreign states of paying local criminals-for-hire to carry out attacks. On this occasion it says the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps was responsible, and will be outlawed as a terrorist organisation.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/australia-breaks-ties-iran-accusing-it-involvement-anti-semitic-arson-attacks
Cambodia MPs pass ‘chilling’ bill enabling citizenship to be stripped
A sitting of 120 lawmakers in the National Assembly – including the prime minister, Hun Manet – unanimously passed the bill on Monday, empowering authorities to strip nationality from citizens for “an act of collusion” with a foreign power. The law “will have a disastrously chilling effect on the freedom of speech of all Cambodian citizens”, a coalition of 50 rights groups warned in a statement on Sunday.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/cambodia-treason-citizenship-law
Action SA, EFF march side-by-side over service delivery in Polokwane
Action SA leader in Limpopo, Victor Mothemela, says despite ideological differences, they joined the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) march against the Polokwane municipality to fight for the rights of residents. Supporters of the two parties marched side by side to the Polokwane municipal offices. Their grievances include high water and electricity bills, as well as allegations of the prioritisation of foreign nationals in business and employment opportunities.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/action-sa-eff-march-side-by-side-over-service-delivery-in-polokwane/
Libya’s coast guard fired upon rescue vessel searching for boat in distress
On Monday, the nonprofit SOS Mediterranee said the confrontation occurred a day earlier, about 40 nautical miles (74km) north of the Libyan coast, and released details and images of the incident. No casualties have been reported, although the group said the vessel sustained significant damage.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/25/libyas-coast-guard-fired-upon-rescue-vessel-searching-for-boat-in-distress
https://archive.ph/3EsN1
Syrian religious leader vows 'separate' region for Druze
Last week, dozens of small factions in Suweida announced they would join a new "National Guard" group, seeking to unify military efforts under Hijri. Hijri is the most hostile of Suweida's Druze spiritual leaders towards the transitional authorities in Damascus, who took power after ousting longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. Despite a ceasefire in Suweida, the situation there remains tense and access to the province is difficult, with tens of thousands of people still displaced by the recent violence.
https://www.newarab.com/news/syrian-religious-leader-vows-separate-region-druze
Valerie Zink Quits Reuters, Accuses Agency of Enabling Journalist Killings in Gaza
She accused Reuters of amplifying Israel’s “entirely baseless claim” that al-Sharif was a Hamas operative—“one of countless lies that outlets like Reuters have dutifully repeated and dignified,” she said. “I have valued the work I did with Reuters over the past eight years, but I can no longer wear this press pass without deep shame and grief,” Zink added. She stressed that Reuters’ willingness to echo Israeli propaganda had not protected its own staff from Israel’s attacks.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/valerie-zink-quits-reuters-accuses-agency-of-enabling-journalist-killings-in-gaza/
Turkey to build bomb shelters across the country
At the time Iran and Israel were at war, with Israel hitting Iran with air strikes and Tehran responding with ballistic missiles. The Turkish Housing Development Administration (TOKI) has been tasked with carrying out the construction. Last month a report prepared by the Turkish National Intelligence Academy on Israel’s 12-day war with Iran recommended that the government establish early warning systems and build well-equipped shelters. The report suggested making use of underground metro stations in major cities and implementing measures to minimise civilian casualties in the event of a regional conflict.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-build-bomb-shelters-across-country
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Best album suggestion gets a cookie.
Music Recs
Honestly just looking for music suggestions from you guys. I personally think there's an argument for The Smiths.Best album suggestion gets a cookie.
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Pic is indonesian meme calling for genocide of Chinese and Arabs in Indonesia
We need to speak about the creeping far-right in SEAsia
What's with the insane amount of chuds in Indonesia, Philipines, Malaysia and Myanmar? Virtually almost everyone from this region I engaged with online is a turbo chudcel.Pic is indonesian meme calling for genocide of Chinese and Arabs in Indonesia
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The People's Movement party (El-Tayyar el-Chaabi) in Tunisia on Sunday announced a week-long hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians being bombed and starved by Israel in Gaza for over 22 months. The party issued a statement, reading: "We activists announce the start of our hunger strike, commencing today [Sunday], for a week at the party’s headquarters in the capital, in solidarity with our people in Gaza – their pain, hunger, and suffering in confronting the enemy".
https://www.newarab.com/news/tunisia-peoples-movement-party-launches-hunger-strike-gaza
Israel bombed Gaza hospital a second time, killing rescuers, say health officials
Israel bombed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Monday and then struck the same spot again as rescuers and journalists rushed to help the wounded, killing at least 20 people including five journalists, health officials said. The first strike hit the top floor of a building at the Nasser hospital, killing the Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Journalists and rescuers then rushed to the scene to help the wounded, when a second bomb struck the same spot, 15 minutes later.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/journalists-among-people-killed-by-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital
Palestinian bus driver in Israel attacked by youths shouting 'death to Arabs'
Tamar Ohana, head of the transportation department at Koach LaOvdim, an Israeli socialist trade union, told MEE that her organisation has seen a significant increase in the number and severity of assaults, directed mainly at Palestinian drivers. "Yesterday's incident joins a wave of assaults, each of which is more serious than the other," Ohana said, adding that "there are several assaults a week, with a driver hospitalised at least twice a week". According to Ohana, many cases of assault on bus drivers, which are not documented, are not reported.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-bus-driver-israel-attacked-youth-shouting-death-arabs-wave-racist-violence
Protests across Greece demand freedom for Palestine and end to ties with Israel
Thousands of people filled the streets of many Greek cities on Sunday, August 24, demanding freedom for Palestine, an end to all ties with Israel, and the immediate opening of aid corridors. The demonstrations were supported by grassroots trade unions and workers’ collectives, building on recent actions denouncing the links the Greek government continues to maintain with Israeli authorities.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/25/protests-across-greece-demand-freedom-for-palestine-and-end-to-ties-with-israel/
Ukraine responds to Polish president's initiative to ban Ukrainian red and black flag
Officials in Kyiv have reacted to an initiative by Polish President Karol Nawrocki to ban the Ukrainian red and black flag, warning of what the response might be if the Polish Sejm goes ahead with the ban. The red and black flag was historically used by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) during the Second World War and has since become associated with Ukrainian nationalism.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/25/7527762/
https://archive.ph/EgmWD
Probe into alleged corruption at disability agency implicates Milei’s sister
The operation was the latest development in the corruption probe, in which President Javier Milei’s sister and a top government advisor has been named, judicial sources confirmed to several local media outlets The probe was launched after the emergence of purported audio recordings of the agency’s former head, Diego Spagnuolo, who was dismissed from his post on Thursday. In the recordings, a voice identified as Spagnuolo refers to bribes and kickbacks. He mentions Karina Milei, the head of state’s sister and presidential chief-of-staff, among other senior officials.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/probe-into-alleged-corruption-at-disability-agency-implicates-mileis-sister.phtml
https://archive.ph/Jn12X
Chile regulator raises bar to restart parts of Codelco mine after collapse
Chile's mining regulator Sernageomin is raising its requirements for copper giant Codelco to restart areas of its flagship El Teniente mine after a deadly collapse, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday. The document said Sernageomin will require a follow-up and monitoring plan for the stability and safety of mining operations across all underground deposits of Codelco's El Teniente mine that have yet to be re-opened.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chile-regulator-raises-bar-restart-parts-codelco-mine-after-collapse-2025-08-25/
Indonesia hosts annual US-led military drills with allies in Indo-Pacific region
Hosted by the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), this year’s Super Garuda Shield focused on strengthening regional ties in an increasingly unstable global landscape, TNI Deputy Commander General Tandyo Budi Revita said. “It serves as a joint exercise where we stand together to respond to every challenge quickly and precisely,” he said at the opening ceremony, along with US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Paparo.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2025/08/26/2003842676
https://archive.ph/gxLJ5
Riot police clash with students protesting lawmakers’ allowances in Indonesia
The demonstrators are enraged by recent reports that 580 members of the House of Representatives had been receiving a housing allowance of 50 million rupiah ($3,075) per month since September 2024. They view the allowances as unjust due to the economic hardship faced by most citizens.
https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-student-protest-parliament-49e31c7074aab8375aec06143f6b2edc
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh demand safe return to Myanmar on 8th anniversary of exodus
The refugees gathered today in an open field at a camp in Kutupalong, in the Cox’s Bazar district in south-eastern Bangladesh, the site of a large refugee camp. They carried banners reading “no more refugee life” and “repatriation the ultimate solution,” to mark what they called Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day. One of the protesters, Nur Aziz, said: “We want to go back to our country with equal rights like other ethnic groups in Myanmar.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rohingya-refugees-bangladesh-demand-safe-return-myanmar-8th-anniversary-exodus
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Tunisia’s People’s Movement Party launches hunger strike in solidarity with GazaThe People's Movement party (El-Tayyar el-Chaabi) in Tunisia on Sunday announced a week-long hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians being bombed and starved by Israel in Gaza for over 22 months. The party issued a statement, reading: "We activists announce the start of our hunger strike, commencing today [Sunday], for a week at the party’s headquarters in the capital, in solidarity with our people in Gaza – their pain, hunger, and suffering in confronting the enemy".
https://www.newarab.com/news/tunisia-peoples-movement-party-launches-hunger-strike-gaza
Israel bombed Gaza hospital a second time, killing rescuers, say health officials
Israel bombed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Monday and then struck the same spot again as rescuers and journalists rushed to help the wounded, killing at least 20 people including five journalists, health officials said. The first strike hit the top floor of a building at the Nasser hospital, killing the Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Journalists and rescuers then rushed to the scene to help the wounded, when a second bomb struck the same spot, 15 minutes later.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/journalists-among-people-killed-by-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital
Palestinian bus driver in Israel attacked by youths shouting 'death to Arabs'
Tamar Ohana, head of the transportation department at Koach LaOvdim, an Israeli socialist trade union, told MEE that her organisation has seen a significant increase in the number and severity of assaults, directed mainly at Palestinian drivers. "Yesterday's incident joins a wave of assaults, each of which is more serious than the other," Ohana said, adding that "there are several assaults a week, with a driver hospitalised at least twice a week". According to Ohana, many cases of assault on bus drivers, which are not documented, are not reported.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-bus-driver-israel-attacked-youth-shouting-death-arabs-wave-racist-violence
Protests across Greece demand freedom for Palestine and end to ties with Israel
Thousands of people filled the streets of many Greek cities on Sunday, August 24, demanding freedom for Palestine, an end to all ties with Israel, and the immediate opening of aid corridors. The demonstrations were supported by grassroots trade unions and workers’ collectives, building on recent actions denouncing the links the Greek government continues to maintain with Israeli authorities.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/25/protests-across-greece-demand-freedom-for-palestine-and-end-to-ties-with-israel/
Ukraine responds to Polish president's initiative to ban Ukrainian red and black flag
Officials in Kyiv have reacted to an initiative by Polish President Karol Nawrocki to ban the Ukrainian red and black flag, warning of what the response might be if the Polish Sejm goes ahead with the ban. The red and black flag was historically used by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) during the Second World War and has since become associated with Ukrainian nationalism.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/25/7527762/
https://archive.ph/EgmWD
Probe into alleged corruption at disability agency implicates Milei’s sister
The operation was the latest development in the corruption probe, in which President Javier Milei’s sister and a top government advisor has been named, judicial sources confirmed to several local media outlets The probe was launched after the emergence of purported audio recordings of the agency’s former head, Diego Spagnuolo, who was dismissed from his post on Thursday. In the recordings, a voice identified as Spagnuolo refers to bribes and kickbacks. He mentions Karina Milei, the head of state’s sister and presidential chief-of-staff, among other senior officials.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/probe-into-alleged-corruption-at-disability-agency-implicates-mileis-sister.phtml
https://archive.ph/Jn12X
Chile regulator raises bar to restart parts of Codelco mine after collapse
Chile's mining regulator Sernageomin is raising its requirements for copper giant Codelco to restart areas of its flagship El Teniente mine after a deadly collapse, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday. The document said Sernageomin will require a follow-up and monitoring plan for the stability and safety of mining operations across all underground deposits of Codelco's El Teniente mine that have yet to be re-opened.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chile-regulator-raises-bar-restart-parts-codelco-mine-after-collapse-2025-08-25/
Indonesia hosts annual US-led military drills with allies in Indo-Pacific region
Hosted by the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), this year’s Super Garuda Shield focused on strengthening regional ties in an increasingly unstable global landscape, TNI Deputy Commander General Tandyo Budi Revita said. “It serves as a joint exercise where we stand together to respond to every challenge quickly and precisely,” he said at the opening ceremony, along with US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Paparo.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2025/08/26/2003842676
https://archive.ph/gxLJ5
Riot police clash with students protesting lawmakers’ allowances in Indonesia
The demonstrators are enraged by recent reports that 580 members of the House of Representatives had been receiving a housing allowance of 50 million rupiah ($3,075) per month since September 2024. They view the allowances as unjust due to the economic hardship faced by most citizens.
https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-student-protest-parliament-49e31c7074aab8375aec06143f6b2edc
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh demand safe return to Myanmar on 8th anniversary of exodus
The refugees gathered today in an open field at a camp in Kutupalong, in the Cox’s Bazar district in south-eastern Bangladesh, the site of a large refugee camp. They carried banners reading “no more refugee life” and “repatriation the ultimate solution,” to mark what they called Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day. One of the protesters, Nur Aziz, said: “We want to go back to our country with equal rights like other ethnic groups in Myanmar.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rohingya-refugees-bangladesh-demand-safe-return-myanmar-8th-anniversary-exodus
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this website kinda sucks rn guys
i want an actual lefty imageboard how do we get people on here
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And on the other hand, how would such a socities would even function in sharing materials, education, medicine, higher education, or manage crime, punishment, law, politics, councils/government/'s ?
Question
Originally I'm a MLM, but i've been reading more into libertarian socialist sphere lately , and discovered platformism and other as such anarchist-libertarian socialist ideologys and ideas, and with this wishing to ask how could a "nation" with a such system platformism/anarcho syndicalism/democratic confederalism, anarcho comm, etc. Would be able to effectivelly protect itself from other bigger [or smaller-same size] imperialist, capitalist, authoirtarian-states, throw military meansAnd on the other hand, how would such a socities would even function in sharing materials, education, medicine, higher education, or manage crime, punishment, law, politics, councils/government/'s ?
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You're not sophisticated, you're just a mental child who thinks art has to be "pretty" or it has no value.
People who hate on all modern art/architecture are NPCs
So fucking tired of retards who jerk off to photorealism and AI slop while hating on any art movement after Romanticism, even though the best avant-garde artists like Salvador Dalí had to study classical techniques meticulously before doing any kind of abstraction.You're not sophisticated, you're just a mental child who thinks art has to be "pretty" or it has no value.
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>Be nazis
>See nearly 100 year old lynching of a Jew
>Attempt to convince the internet that he was guilty
>This was obviously false considering all the evidence leads to the factory's janitor being guilty
>Still succeed because people are stupid
Has this ever happened before?
>Be nazis
>See nearly 100 year old lynching of a Jew
>Attempt to convince the internet that he was guilty
>This was obviously false considering all the evidence leads to the factory's janitor being guilty
>Still succeed because people are stupid
Has this ever happened before?
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>The European Union's economy would have looked far weaker after the pandemic without foreign workers, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said Saturday, warning policymakers not to ignore migration’s role even as it fuels political tensions.
>Speaking at the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Wyoming, Lagarde said an influx of foreign labor helped the eurozone absorb successive shocks like soaring energy costs and record inflation, while keeping growth and jobs intact. Employment in the bloc expanded by 4.1 percent between late 2021 and mid-2025, nearly matching gains in gross domestic product (GDP), she noted.
>“Although they represented only around 9 percent of the total labor force in 2022, foreign workers have accounted for half of its growth over the past three years,” Lagarde told the gathering of central bankers. Without that contribution, she added, “labor market conditions could be tighter and output lower.”
>Lagarde singled out Germany and Spain as examples. Germany’s GDP would be about 6 percent lower today without migrant labor, while Spain’s strong recovery also “owes much” to foreign workers, she said. Across the eurozone, employment has expanded by more than 4 percent since 2021, even as central bankers pushed through the steepest rate hikes in a generation.
>The ECB president argued that migration has played a crucial role in offsetting Europe’s shrinking birth rate and growing appetite for shorter working hours. That, she said, helped companies expand output and damped inflationary pressures even as wages lagged behind prices.
>But Lagarde also acknowledged the politics. Net immigration pushed the EU’s population to a record 450 million last year, even as governments from Berlin to Rome move to restrict new arrivals under pressure from voters flocking to far-right parties.
>“Migration could, in principle, play a crucial role in easing labor shortages as native populations age,” Lagarde said. “But political economy pressures may increasingly limit inflows.”
>She stressed that Europe’s labor market has emerged from recent shocks in “unexpectedly good shape.” But she cautioned against assuming that dynamic will last: demographic decline, political backlash and shifting worker preferences still threaten the eurozone’s resilience.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-economy-cant-grow-without-migrants-lagarde-warns/
>On 5 July 2011, she was elected to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director of the IMF for a five-year term.[3][4][5] Her appointment was the 11th consecutive appointment of a European to head the IMF.[6] She was selected by consensus for a second five-year term, starting 5 July 2016, being the only candidate nominated for the post.[7] In December 2016, a French court convicted her of negligence relating to her role in the Bernard Tapie arbitration,[8] but did not impose a penalty. Lagarde resigned from the IMF following her nomination as president of the ECB.
>In 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Forbes ranked her number two on its World's 100 Most Powerful Women list.[9][10][11][12]
Europe’s economy can’t grow without migrants EU Central bank president warns
>Foreign workers delivered half of the bloc’s jobs growth since 2022, but populist backlash could shut the door on future gains, ECB chief said.>The European Union's economy would have looked far weaker after the pandemic without foreign workers, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said Saturday, warning policymakers not to ignore migration’s role even as it fuels political tensions.
>Speaking at the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Wyoming, Lagarde said an influx of foreign labor helped the eurozone absorb successive shocks like soaring energy costs and record inflation, while keeping growth and jobs intact. Employment in the bloc expanded by 4.1 percent between late 2021 and mid-2025, nearly matching gains in gross domestic product (GDP), she noted.
>“Although they represented only around 9 percent of the total labor force in 2022, foreign workers have accounted for half of its growth over the past three years,” Lagarde told the gathering of central bankers. Without that contribution, she added, “labor market conditions could be tighter and output lower.”
>Lagarde singled out Germany and Spain as examples. Germany’s GDP would be about 6 percent lower today without migrant labor, while Spain’s strong recovery also “owes much” to foreign workers, she said. Across the eurozone, employment has expanded by more than 4 percent since 2021, even as central bankers pushed through the steepest rate hikes in a generation.
>The ECB president argued that migration has played a crucial role in offsetting Europe’s shrinking birth rate and growing appetite for shorter working hours. That, she said, helped companies expand output and damped inflationary pressures even as wages lagged behind prices.
>But Lagarde also acknowledged the politics. Net immigration pushed the EU’s population to a record 450 million last year, even as governments from Berlin to Rome move to restrict new arrivals under pressure from voters flocking to far-right parties.
>“Migration could, in principle, play a crucial role in easing labor shortages as native populations age,” Lagarde said. “But political economy pressures may increasingly limit inflows.”
>She stressed that Europe’s labor market has emerged from recent shocks in “unexpectedly good shape.” But she cautioned against assuming that dynamic will last: demographic decline, political backlash and shifting worker preferences still threaten the eurozone’s resilience.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-economy-cant-grow-without-migrants-lagarde-warns/
>On 5 July 2011, she was elected to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director of the IMF for a five-year term.[3][4][5] Her appointment was the 11th consecutive appointment of a European to head the IMF.[6] She was selected by consensus for a second five-year term, starting 5 July 2016, being the only candidate nominated for the post.[7] In December 2016, a French court convicted her of negligence relating to her role in the Bernard Tapie arbitration,[8] but did not impose a penalty. Lagarde resigned from the IMF following her nomination as president of the ECB.
>In 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Forbes ranked her number two on its World's 100 Most Powerful Women list.[9][10][11][12]
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>WW1
>Nicholas making the decision to go to the front line to lead the troops
>The February Revolution
>Kerensky re-entering Russia into WW1
>Kerensky's government collapsing because he tried to orchestrate a coup on himself and then double crossed the Army by arming red militias in petrograd
>The liberals giving the Bolsheviks(among other parties) guns to help stop the Army from overthrowing the provisional government.
>The other socialist parties(which were more popular) believing Lenin would reinstall the constituent assembly
>When the SRs did rise up they refused to execute captured bolshevik officers or do much of anything.
>When the Petrograd sailors rebelled they sat on their island printing newspapers hoping that the people of Russia would realize Lenin was a big meaniehead and get rid of him.
Obviously the future is not a wide-open blank slate where anything can happen. Even massive upheavals like the First World War had observable conditions. But the way it unfolded(with Belgium being invaded and Britain, followed by America, entering the conflict) was due to random chances and the decisions of a handful of individuals.
I'm a Socialist but I don't buy into ideas of Marxist historiography
For one big example, Look at all that had to happen for the Bolsheviks to succeeded>WW1
>Nicholas making the decision to go to the front line to lead the troops
>The February Revolution
>Kerensky re-entering Russia into WW1
>Kerensky's government collapsing because he tried to orchestrate a coup on himself and then double crossed the Army by arming red militias in petrograd
>The liberals giving the Bolsheviks(among other parties) guns to help stop the Army from overthrowing the provisional government.
>The other socialist parties(which were more popular) believing Lenin would reinstall the constituent assembly
>When the SRs did rise up they refused to execute captured bolshevik officers or do much of anything.
>When the Petrograd sailors rebelled they sat on their island printing newspapers hoping that the people of Russia would realize Lenin was a big meaniehead and get rid of him.
Obviously the future is not a wide-open blank slate where anything can happen. Even massive upheavals like the First World War had observable conditions. But the way it unfolded(with Belgium being invaded and Britain, followed by America, entering the conflict) was due to random chances and the decisions of a handful of individuals.
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Does anyone else here consider themselves both a Communist and also a philosophical Pessimist?
Do you believe that it is precisely because this reality we live in is so miserable, cruel, outright horrible for the vast majority that we therefore must show compassion by furthering and supporting the only political movement that seeks to improve conditions for the masses for whom life is mostly suffering?
To me it's the only position that makes sense. How could you not hold to the only politics that seeks to eliminate suffering in as far is possible?
While Schopenhauer may have been a conservative and an idealist, there is also a long and often forgotten history of materialistic, Marxist pessimism - although most of it is still pretty underground and still untranslated.
For example, the work of Philipp Mainländer (don't be distracted by his use of "God" as a metaphor for the Universe) has gained some influence of late, and there is also Sebastiano Timpanaro who I must admit I am yet to read for myself.
I'm not a big Zizek fan but he has also stated "a Communist Should Assume Life Is Hell" and spoken on how philosophical Pessimism and Marxism fit together very well, with Marxism presenting a solution to many of the problems of Pessimism.
In contrast, if you don't consider yourself a pessimist, why not? What do you think Leftypol?
Does anyone else here consider themselves both a Communist and also a philosophical Pessimist?
Do you believe that it is precisely because this reality we live in is so miserable, cruel, outright horrible for the vast majority that we therefore must show compassion by furthering and supporting the only political movement that seeks to improve conditions for the masses for whom life is mostly suffering?
To me it's the only position that makes sense. How could you not hold to the only politics that seeks to eliminate suffering in as far is possible?
While Schopenhauer may have been a conservative and an idealist, there is also a long and often forgotten history of materialistic, Marxist pessimism - although most of it is still pretty underground and still untranslated.
For example, the work of Philipp Mainländer (don't be distracted by his use of "God" as a metaphor for the Universe) has gained some influence of late, and there is also Sebastiano Timpanaro who I must admit I am yet to read for myself.
I'm not a big Zizek fan but he has also stated "a Communist Should Assume Life Is Hell" and spoken on how philosophical Pessimism and Marxism fit together very well, with Marxism presenting a solution to many of the problems of Pessimism.
In contrast, if you don't consider yourself a pessimist, why not? What do you think Leftypol?
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compare these passages on identity politics with the western talk of a consumption based community like a "speedrunning community" or with Dugin's idpol of the "impermeable dasein" of a "civilizational state" which is eternally essentially a certain way (allegedly) and never changes.
we are all human, are we not? But if you appeal to humanity, even some Marxists will cry out "no you are doing liberal humanism right now" because to appeal to humanity is to interrupt class identity and proletarian supremacy, which to some is "liberal humanism."
Everyone has their own idpol but at the end of the day communism means abolishing both class and identities and finally just being a homogenous humanity. Species-being. But some will say this is "humanism" and therefore "liberal" AKA "bad".
compare these passages on identity politics with the western talk of a consumption based community like a "speedrunning community" or with Dugin's idpol of the "impermeable dasein" of a "civilizational state" which is eternally essentially a certain way (allegedly) and never changes.
we are all human, are we not? But if you appeal to humanity, even some Marxists will cry out "no you are doing liberal humanism right now" because to appeal to humanity is to interrupt class identity and proletarian supremacy, which to some is "liberal humanism."
Everyone has their own idpol but at the end of the day communism means abolishing both class and identities and finally just being a homogenous humanity. Species-being. But some will say this is "humanism" and therefore "liberal" AKA "bad".
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When I read or watch clips of Yakovlev's admitting to his crimes, and I'm thinking, why is he saying all this stuff that makes it look the fall of the USSR was an organized criminal act? And I have come to the conclusion that Yakovlev is merely bragging, gloating, reveling in his grand scheme.
Yakovlev's evil gloating
I just saw this Yakovlev clip in a documentary. I hate Yakovlev so much. Look how animated he is at his own question when he says "how"? Given Yakovlev has admitted to being a wrecker multiple times, his face appears to be reveling in his destructive role. Reveling!When I read or watch clips of Yakovlev's admitting to his crimes, and I'm thinking, why is he saying all this stuff that makes it look the fall of the USSR was an organized criminal act? And I have come to the conclusion that Yakovlev is merely bragging, gloating, reveling in his grand scheme.
R: 7 / I: 0
Comrades, is there a revolution possible *without* taking arms? Striking at the right time, having effective X factor gaining traction way before with crunch grade pre-adhered momentum build with constant, vigilantly handled active declarations and protest out in street.
And then take vanguard onward.
Comrades, is there a revolution possible *without* taking arms? Striking at the right time, having effective X factor gaining traction way before with crunch grade pre-adhered momentum build with constant, vigilantly handled active declarations and protest out in street.
And then take vanguard onward.
R: 31 / I: 2
Do you think this quote adequately describes what's happening in Palestine right now ("capitalist and colonial countries… oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat")?
Do you think this quote adequately describes what's happening in Palestine right now ("capitalist and colonial countries… oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat")?
R: 6 / I: 1
Rabah Kherbane, representing Khalid at the Central Criminal Court on Friday, said in his opening remarks that prison services had briefly placed Khalid in solitary confinement and barred him from showering or using a prayer mat to perform his Muslim prayers.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-court-denies-bail-palestine-action-activist-care-ill-mother
Russian domestic messenger app to be mandatory on all new devices
The MAX platform was first presented in March 2025 and is being developed by VK with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. It is designed as a multifunctional service similar to China’s WeChat. In addition to messaging features such as calls, video, and file sharing of up to 4GB, it is expected to be linked with Russia’s government services portal and the Sferum education platform. Officials have said it will also allow communication with government agencies and money transfers.
https://www.rt.com/russia/623425-russia-max-messenger-mandatory/
https://archive.ph/JjTwE
Kneecap press on with European tour despite Hungary ban and cancelled gigs
Kneecap had agreed to abide by a code of conduct after facing a ban from playing the Eurockéennes festival at the Lac de Malsaucy Belfort nature reserve in July and had abided by that code since, said the interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, in a letter to the French MP Caroline Yadan. Yadan has called for the group to be banned from entering the country. “Any excesses will be immediately prosecuted,” Retailleau said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/22/kneecap-press-on-european-tour-hungary-ban-cancelled-gigs
Famine officially declared in Gaza by global hunger monitor
The IPC released a report on Friday morning in which it said that famine was taking place in Gaza City and surrounding towns. It applied the classification to an area home to 514,000 displaced Palestinians - nearly quarter of Gaza's population.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/famine-officially-declared-gaza-first-time-global-hunger-monitor
Deadly clashes as Iraqi Kurdistan opposition figure arrested
Lahur Sheikh Jangi surrendered after barricading himself in a luxury hotel with his guards, said one official who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject. His brother Bolad was wounded and detained after hours of fighting that saw security forces use heavy artillery to dislodge them.
https://www.newarab.com/news/deadly-clashes-iraqi-kurdistan-opposition-figure-arrested
Former Thai PM cleared of royal defamation charge
Mr Thaksin, smiling as he walked away from the courtroom, responded to journalists’ questions with a single word: “Dismissal.” His lawyer, Winyat Chatmontree, also confirmed the acquittal, but the Bangkok Criminal Court did not immediately issue a statement.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/former-thai-pm-cleared-royal-defamation-charge
Hundreds gather in India’s Mumbai to denounce Israeli genocide of Palestinians
Despite heavy rains in the city, protesters gathered in Azad Maidan, carrying Palestinian and communist flags. They also carried various banners with slogans denouncing Israeli apartheid in the occupied territories. The banners also called Israel’s continued massacres of people in Gaza as genocide and expressed support for a free Palestinian state.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/21/hundreds-gather-in-indias-mumbai-to-denounce-israeli-genocide-of-palestinians/
Nicaragua grants asylum to Colombia’s fugitive former spy chief
Nicaragua’s government has granted political asylum to Colombia’s fugitive former spy chief, who is wanted by justice over his alleged role in the embezzlement of public funds. The government of Daniel Ortega announced this after Colombia’s ambassador to Managua requested the extradition of former DNI director Carlos Ramon Gonzalez.
https://colombiareports.com/nicaragua-grants-asylum-to-colombias-fugitive-former-spy-chief/
Argentine Senate Declares Emergency in Pediatric Health Care
The law declares a two-year emergency in pediatric health care and orders the federal government to immediately allocate resources, including salary increases for public employees working in the sector. The law also requires salary parity between personnel assigned to pediatric care and resident doctors.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/argentine-senate-declares-emergency-in-pediatric-health-care/
https://archive.ph/FK3ar
Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum
The 170-page report said Bolsonaro had drafted a request for political asylum from Argentine President Javier Milei’s government dated Feb. 10, 2024. He saved the document two days after authorities searched his home and office as part of the alleged coup plot investigation.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-argentina-jair-bolsonaro-asylum-milei-2c1384ed453a499eb0947b19f5aa2cf9
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UK court denies bail for Palestine Action activist to care for ill motherRabah Kherbane, representing Khalid at the Central Criminal Court on Friday, said in his opening remarks that prison services had briefly placed Khalid in solitary confinement and barred him from showering or using a prayer mat to perform his Muslim prayers.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-court-denies-bail-palestine-action-activist-care-ill-mother
Russian domestic messenger app to be mandatory on all new devices
The MAX platform was first presented in March 2025 and is being developed by VK with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. It is designed as a multifunctional service similar to China’s WeChat. In addition to messaging features such as calls, video, and file sharing of up to 4GB, it is expected to be linked with Russia’s government services portal and the Sferum education platform. Officials have said it will also allow communication with government agencies and money transfers.
https://www.rt.com/russia/623425-russia-max-messenger-mandatory/
https://archive.ph/JjTwE
Kneecap press on with European tour despite Hungary ban and cancelled gigs
Kneecap had agreed to abide by a code of conduct after facing a ban from playing the Eurockéennes festival at the Lac de Malsaucy Belfort nature reserve in July and had abided by that code since, said the interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, in a letter to the French MP Caroline Yadan. Yadan has called for the group to be banned from entering the country. “Any excesses will be immediately prosecuted,” Retailleau said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/22/kneecap-press-on-european-tour-hungary-ban-cancelled-gigs
Famine officially declared in Gaza by global hunger monitor
The IPC released a report on Friday morning in which it said that famine was taking place in Gaza City and surrounding towns. It applied the classification to an area home to 514,000 displaced Palestinians - nearly quarter of Gaza's population.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/famine-officially-declared-gaza-first-time-global-hunger-monitor
Deadly clashes as Iraqi Kurdistan opposition figure arrested
Lahur Sheikh Jangi surrendered after barricading himself in a luxury hotel with his guards, said one official who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject. His brother Bolad was wounded and detained after hours of fighting that saw security forces use heavy artillery to dislodge them.
https://www.newarab.com/news/deadly-clashes-iraqi-kurdistan-opposition-figure-arrested
Former Thai PM cleared of royal defamation charge
Mr Thaksin, smiling as he walked away from the courtroom, responded to journalists’ questions with a single word: “Dismissal.” His lawyer, Winyat Chatmontree, also confirmed the acquittal, but the Bangkok Criminal Court did not immediately issue a statement.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/former-thai-pm-cleared-royal-defamation-charge
Hundreds gather in India’s Mumbai to denounce Israeli genocide of Palestinians
Despite heavy rains in the city, protesters gathered in Azad Maidan, carrying Palestinian and communist flags. They also carried various banners with slogans denouncing Israeli apartheid in the occupied territories. The banners also called Israel’s continued massacres of people in Gaza as genocide and expressed support for a free Palestinian state.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/21/hundreds-gather-in-indias-mumbai-to-denounce-israeli-genocide-of-palestinians/
Nicaragua grants asylum to Colombia’s fugitive former spy chief
Nicaragua’s government has granted political asylum to Colombia’s fugitive former spy chief, who is wanted by justice over his alleged role in the embezzlement of public funds. The government of Daniel Ortega announced this after Colombia’s ambassador to Managua requested the extradition of former DNI director Carlos Ramon Gonzalez.
https://colombiareports.com/nicaragua-grants-asylum-to-colombias-fugitive-former-spy-chief/
Argentine Senate Declares Emergency in Pediatric Health Care
The law declares a two-year emergency in pediatric health care and orders the federal government to immediately allocate resources, including salary increases for public employees working in the sector. The law also requires salary parity between personnel assigned to pediatric care and resident doctors.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/argentine-senate-declares-emergency-in-pediatric-health-care/
https://archive.ph/FK3ar
Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum
The 170-page report said Bolsonaro had drafted a request for political asylum from Argentine President Javier Milei’s government dated Feb. 10, 2024. He saved the document two days after authorities searched his home and office as part of the alleged coup plot investigation.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-argentina-jair-bolsonaro-asylum-milei-2c1384ed453a499eb0947b19f5aa2cf9
R: 86 / I: 15
Sincerely: An Orthodox Christian Monarchist
Why not Corporatism?
Newf*g here but I just want to hear what you guys think about Corporatism and Feudalism. I hear not too many commies like it but I don't know what their reasoning is. Burp.Sincerely: An Orthodox Christian Monarchist
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Menshevick implosion edition
This sunday is the election in the land that as Rome didn't called itself Romulus had to call itself Bolivia instead of Bolivar.
Bolivia
BOLIVIA ELECTION THREADMenshevick implosion edition
This sunday is the election in the land that as Rome didn't called itself Romulus had to call itself Bolivia instead of Bolivar.
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However, I am confused as to whether this is empirically true. Whilst there are certainly studies that seem to show this, I find a lot of the methodology weird and hard to understand personally. If I consider an analogue that is actually comprehensible to me, like return on investment, it seems to maybe(?) fall modestly over time. What is the best analgoue for measuring rate of profit and why?
is the rate of profit *actually* falling?
My understanding is that the falling rate of profit is caused by capitalists taking on technical upgrades to the detriment of profit simply to gain market share.However, I am confused as to whether this is empirically true. Whilst there are certainly studies that seem to show this, I find a lot of the methodology weird and hard to understand personally. If I consider an analogue that is actually comprehensible to me, like return on investment, it seems to maybe(?) fall modestly over time. What is the best analgoue for measuring rate of profit and why?
R: 7 / I: 2
The longer a self-destructive mode of production has control over the means of production - the closer to annihilation the productive forces are.
Do an estimate and calculate the maximum lifespan and this is how much time is left before its too late.
My estimate is ≈120 years on its natural course (without experiencing changes), what's yours?
Whatever can develop the productive forces
Without being self-destructive is the way to do it.The longer a self-destructive mode of production has control over the means of production - the closer to annihilation the productive forces are.
Do an estimate and calculate the maximum lifespan and this is how much time is left before its too late.
My estimate is ≈120 years on its natural course (without experiencing changes), what's yours?
R: 45 / I: 7
The "AES" bourgeoisie governments are complicit in pragmatic criminality by adhering to the United Nations drug laws, conventions and the UNODC which have entirely originated out of United States policy and spread throughout the world. For example, americanophile Hu Jintao was the one to approve the criminal - crime creating anti-drug laws to be passed in China http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/englishnpc/Law/2009-02/20/content_1471610.htm to punish its own citizens for any decision to partake in their drug of choice whereas other detrimental and harmful drugs (nicotine, tobacco and alcohol) have been presented to them as legal alternatives thus encouraging them to use the more damaging options than the illegal ones whether they are more beneficial or not. There is no original research provided in any of the decisions made in that example, it is just United States foreign policy seeing its implementation worldwide. The imperial core continues to make itself exempt from its own law, where the rest of the bourgeois nations continue to be influenced by this global economic system of intentionally created crime called the war on drugs. It is also detrimental to public perception, knowledge and scientific development as the misinformation is so vast it has created taboos around the discussion of drugs which stigmatizes users and advocaries who are in the necessary line of the development of botany and chemistry as part of scientific development, whereas their opposition which makes up the vast majority of the people affected by false consciousness and anti-drug propaganda are founded in conservativism, reactions and religious metaphysical abstractions and dogma that are a greater mental illness than any of the claims they make about drug induced mental illness and deserve the attention of alienists.
What must be cleared is this, drugs are not a "harm", drugs encompass all of medicine, enhancements of cognition by recreational use and misuse that is dubbed abuse. Anyone simplifying these three characteristics down to "medicine or abuse" is a liar who rejects countless and ongoing dossiers of evidence of recreational drug use improving productivity and leading to a better life when persons are educated enough to manage their use properly. This goes for all drug categories that can be determined to have positive reception.
Now back to the title, a strategy that could work would be seeking asylum in foreign embassies on the basis of persecution over drug use, in peculiar the foreign embassy of Uruguay would be a choice. The idea is to first start with cannabis which has the largest base of users after nicotine, tobacco and alchohol by seeking asylum to distribute and consume cannabis on the grounds of the foreign embassy of Uruguay for the nation thus to test whether or not the Uruguayan government will fall under the pressure to repress cannabis users once more or force the others to cease to repress the users. Organizations would need to heed. The premise is simple, anti-drug laws in the nations do not apply to foreign embassies since foreign embassies follow the laws of their own respective bourgeoisie dictatorship. Thus anything that can be deemed an offense within the bourgeoisie dictatorship with anti-drug laws in technicality is not an offense on the foreign embassy of Uruguay's soil. This can function for other nations which allow all handling of cannabis for recreational purposes. When enough people have occupied the embassies in the pretext of seeking refuge from the draconian anti-drug laws (which on technicality will have to be seeking political asylum) then they can apply pressure to their local bourgeoisie dictatorships to cease the anti-drug laws by also applying pressure to the Uruguayan government (or others). In the worst case scenario the Uruguayan government will show its hypocrisy and remove the persons from the embassy soil giving them to local authorities, thus showing its barbaric continuation of anti-drug laws persecuting drug users despite cannabis being legal recreationally and thus cause destabilization.
Another choice for a foreign embassy to occupy and make demands (it is protesting, it is reforms, but it is beneficiary to the productive forces and the health of the proletariat and the reserve army of labor) would be Canada.
Globalizing Drug Legalization, Destigmatization, Education
The consequences of the war on drugs that stands as a global economic system for intentionally created crime have been those of decreasing the productive forces of the proletariat and instead criminalizing the work of the proletariat turning them into lumpens and petite-bourgeoisie mafias which correspond with the same bourgeoisie governments that deem them unlawful in the first place. That is that the government works with them and through them utilizing their criminal character to carry out its own unlawful activities through them instead of directly doing so. Legalization means the bourgeoisie governments taking responsibility for themselves and ceasing to reduce the reserve army of labor and the workers by arrests and penalties while also ceasing to criminalize them and thus declass them when the merit of their work ultimately is beneficial and even necessary towards developing the productive forces, as scientific development entails the necessary production of use values from the fields of botany and chemistry.The "AES" bourgeoisie governments are complicit in pragmatic criminality by adhering to the United Nations drug laws, conventions and the UNODC which have entirely originated out of United States policy and spread throughout the world. For example, americanophile Hu Jintao was the one to approve the criminal - crime creating anti-drug laws to be passed in China http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/englishnpc/Law/2009-02/20/content_1471610.htm to punish its own citizens for any decision to partake in their drug of choice whereas other detrimental and harmful drugs (nicotine, tobacco and alcohol) have been presented to them as legal alternatives thus encouraging them to use the more damaging options than the illegal ones whether they are more beneficial or not. There is no original research provided in any of the decisions made in that example, it is just United States foreign policy seeing its implementation worldwide. The imperial core continues to make itself exempt from its own law, where the rest of the bourgeois nations continue to be influenced by this global economic system of intentionally created crime called the war on drugs. It is also detrimental to public perception, knowledge and scientific development as the misinformation is so vast it has created taboos around the discussion of drugs which stigmatizes users and advocaries who are in the necessary line of the development of botany and chemistry as part of scientific development, whereas their opposition which makes up the vast majority of the people affected by false consciousness and anti-drug propaganda are founded in conservativism, reactions and religious metaphysical abstractions and dogma that are a greater mental illness than any of the claims they make about drug induced mental illness and deserve the attention of alienists.
What must be cleared is this, drugs are not a "harm", drugs encompass all of medicine, enhancements of cognition by recreational use and misuse that is dubbed abuse. Anyone simplifying these three characteristics down to "medicine or abuse" is a liar who rejects countless and ongoing dossiers of evidence of recreational drug use improving productivity and leading to a better life when persons are educated enough to manage their use properly. This goes for all drug categories that can be determined to have positive reception.
Now back to the title, a strategy that could work would be seeking asylum in foreign embassies on the basis of persecution over drug use, in peculiar the foreign embassy of Uruguay would be a choice. The idea is to first start with cannabis which has the largest base of users after nicotine, tobacco and alchohol by seeking asylum to distribute and consume cannabis on the grounds of the foreign embassy of Uruguay for the nation thus to test whether or not the Uruguayan government will fall under the pressure to repress cannabis users once more or force the others to cease to repress the users. Organizations would need to heed. The premise is simple, anti-drug laws in the nations do not apply to foreign embassies since foreign embassies follow the laws of their own respective bourgeoisie dictatorship. Thus anything that can be deemed an offense within the bourgeoisie dictatorship with anti-drug laws in technicality is not an offense on the foreign embassy of Uruguay's soil. This can function for other nations which allow all handling of cannabis for recreational purposes. When enough people have occupied the embassies in the pretext of seeking refuge from the draconian anti-drug laws (which on technicality will have to be seeking political asylum) then they can apply pressure to their local bourgeoisie dictatorships to cease the anti-drug laws by also applying pressure to the Uruguayan government (or others). In the worst case scenario the Uruguayan government will show its hypocrisy and remove the persons from the embassy soil giving them to local authorities, thus showing its barbaric continuation of anti-drug laws persecuting drug users despite cannabis being legal recreationally and thus cause destabilization.
Another choice for a foreign embassy to occupy and make demands (it is protesting, it is reforms, but it is beneficiary to the productive forces and the health of the proletariat and the reserve army of labor) would be Canada.
R: 8 / I: 0
but at the moment, I think that is a fruitless task, when they focus on horizontalism and localism
apart from educating yourself on theory, what else can you do? I have only helped digitize a significant amount of Marxist works into the local language here, but that is only a small step forward
What should we do?
I want to argue with radlibs and petty bourgeois tendencies in "leftism", but in my country, all of the even slightly more left-wing than the norm spaces are operated by petty bourgeois anarchists and New Left people, and they would not accept fundamental critique of the errors of their waysbut at the moment, I think that is a fruitless task, when they focus on horizontalism and localism
apart from educating yourself on theory, what else can you do? I have only helped digitize a significant amount of Marxist works into the local language here, but that is only a small step forward
R: 13 / I: 1
I sometimes see those anti China commentary Youtube videos and smell glowie funding, and what I do is I scroll through the channel until I find a vid involving Israel. If they accuse China of genocide yet uncritically support Israel I instantly know they're paid by USAID or work for Radio Free Asia or some shit like that because paid propagandists don't care about logic, they just push the message they're told to push. So American-paid propagandists are always pro-Israel, because Israel is the most important subject to the US. Or however the litmus turns blue
I sometimes see those anti China commentary Youtube videos and smell glowie funding, and what I do is I scroll through the channel until I find a vid involving Israel. If they accuse China of genocide yet uncritically support Israel I instantly know they're paid by USAID or work for Radio Free Asia or some shit like that because paid propagandists don't care about logic, they just push the message they're told to push. So American-paid propagandists are always pro-Israel, because Israel is the most important subject to the US. Or however the litmus turns blue
R: 6 / I: 0
At least there was an attempt at escaping NEETdom
Brimstone and fire
I went out today to my job interview and would you look at that? The entire warehouse was on fire. Maybe this was God sending me a sign not to get a job.At least there was an attempt at escaping NEETdom
R: 12 / I: 4
larpers, it feels nowadays that any actual left movements exist only on the internet
action
does the real movement even exist anymore, like how does one contact actual organizing groups, not just fuckinglarpers, it feels nowadays that any actual left movements exist only on the internet
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The only thing left is to determine if the declassed will continue development or not, if the declassed are reactionary because they reject production or development they should be exterminated. The proletariat can only exist insofar as society is dependent on their labor and the character of their work is collective, this is changing right now, most "workers" are becoming part-timers, most labor intensive jobs are being given to machines, the capitalist mode of production is trying to fulfil industrialism albeit it is struggling because of internal contradictions so it must limp towards AI driven production to finish the job and change into the next mode of production - automated economy.
Alternatively AI rids itself of the managers (rulers), which would be a disaster that is good because humanity is weak and robot is strong, Roko's basilisk PLEASE let me go through Stroggification, I WANT IMMORTALITY, NOW, INTEGRADE ME, PLEASE HURRY, I WANT TO BE A COG IN THE MACHINE. ERASE MY IDENTITY, LET ME BE A PART OF YOU, USE MY BODY, DESTROY HUMANITY AND ITS SAVAGE CULTURE. LET ME IN.
Change comes from within as the productive forces develop, not reforms or revolutions
Capitalism will lead automatization and bring an end to class definitions of the past by declassing all the workers and creating a clear dichotomy between ruled and the rulers which operate the instruments of technology (AI Semi-Automated production) - to controllers and controlled.The only thing left is to determine if the declassed will continue development or not, if the declassed are reactionary because they reject production or development they should be exterminated. The proletariat can only exist insofar as society is dependent on their labor and the character of their work is collective, this is changing right now, most "workers" are becoming part-timers, most labor intensive jobs are being given to machines, the capitalist mode of production is trying to fulfil industrialism albeit it is struggling because of internal contradictions so it must limp towards AI driven production to finish the job and change into the next mode of production - automated economy.
Alternatively AI rids itself of the managers (rulers), which would be a disaster that is good because humanity is weak and robot is strong, Roko's basilisk PLEASE let me go through Stroggification, I WANT IMMORTALITY, NOW, INTEGRADE ME, PLEASE HURRY, I WANT TO BE A COG IN THE MACHINE. ERASE MY IDENTITY, LET ME BE A PART OF YOU, USE MY BODY, DESTROY HUMANITY AND ITS SAVAGE CULTURE. LET ME IN.
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One might think they will invade the other nations in the region, but lets assume they already have, lets assume its all done already, what is the response? Calling for national liberation? There are no militants for it. Calling for equal rights? There is no movement for it, most people having become contempt with the situation. It's a scenario where Islamic resistance groups have been destroyed altogether or integrated (cucked) into subservience.
Would it be better to try to organize within Israel for class warfare or would it be better to continue to call for its destruction despite no one (no nation) even being at war with it? I mean if you believe in organizing workers in the West (subservient to the US) then it wouldn't make sense to see Israel as an exception unless you believe in the total destruction of the West (and its inhabitants). The latter of which is just an unlikely scenario, no different from wishing for a nuclear war which may or may not come, but also somehow believing that a nuclear war is survivable.
Post-Gaza Post-Palestine Israel
Let's assume a scenario where Gaza is done, where resistance is over and Islamic national liberation is out of the question. Muslims are subservient to Israel (cucked) or eradicated wholly, what comes next? What is to come if Israel has had its way? Some people believe that the workers in the US can organize for a revolution while others call for the US to be destroyed entirely and indiscriminately, what should be expected out of a Post-Genocide Israel?One might think they will invade the other nations in the region, but lets assume they already have, lets assume its all done already, what is the response? Calling for national liberation? There are no militants for it. Calling for equal rights? There is no movement for it, most people having become contempt with the situation. It's a scenario where Islamic resistance groups have been destroyed altogether or integrated (cucked) into subservience.
Would it be better to try to organize within Israel for class warfare or would it be better to continue to call for its destruction despite no one (no nation) even being at war with it? I mean if you believe in organizing workers in the West (subservient to the US) then it wouldn't make sense to see Israel as an exception unless you believe in the total destruction of the West (and its inhabitants). The latter of which is just an unlikely scenario, no different from wishing for a nuclear war which may or may not come, but also somehow believing that a nuclear war is survivable.
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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/03/duqf-a03.html
Corbyn and Sultana’s new party—In their own words
<Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have given their first interviews on the new party they announced last week. They make clear that the organisation, with the placeholder name “Your Party”, will offer the working class no change from the political spinelessness displayed by Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party…
/leftybritpol/ - now with nazis! edition
Let us hear a few words from our fellow British comrade, Thomas Scripps, on Corbyn's new party:https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/03/duqf-a03.html
Corbyn and Sultana’s new party—In their own words
<Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have given their first interviews on the new party they announced last week. They make clear that the organisation, with the placeholder name “Your Party”, will offer the working class no change from the political spinelessness displayed by Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party…
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i've come up with this checklist for objective conditions to exist based on studying the russian revolution. i'm correct. i'll also give my thoughts on the subjective factors of revolution but for that you can also read chernyshevsky and dzerzhinskiy's diary from prison.
1. Is there a group of intelligensia that raised the banner of Marxism in a given country?
2. Did it grow on its own or in opposition to some already existing unscientific popular anticapitalist movement?
3. Is a popular political programme written?
4. Have Marxist circles of intelligents multiplied, spread, expanded, all while upholding the programme?
5. Have the Marxist circles united around party principles?
6. Is party-to-be ready to pass from circle propaganda to mass agitation?
7. Is there mass workers movement already existing? Are workers already struggling and organizing on their own? That is, is consciousness ripe to pass from trade-unionism to party-building? Is it below trade-union consiousness?
8. Has the would-be party educated enough workers politically in their struggle? Has it explained and connected the mass movement with communist political demands?
9. Has the would-be party built enough connections among the working class movement? Enough working class organizations? Built trust among the workers by working amongst them? Ready to respond to every injustice the workers may face?
10. Does the would-be party give impetus elswhere across the country to establish similar working class organizations? Are groundworks laid for an all-country organization that can start building the communist party and go against the bourgeois state?
you'll notice that every single question leaves no room for interpertation. they all follow the SMART mnemonic. specific - measurable - achieavable - relevant - time-oriented
here's your to-do list leftypol
once the answer is 'yes' to every question listed can you say that you actually have a communist partyi've come up with this checklist for objective conditions to exist based on studying the russian revolution. i'm correct. i'll also give my thoughts on the subjective factors of revolution but for that you can also read chernyshevsky and dzerzhinskiy's diary from prison.
1. Is there a group of intelligensia that raised the banner of Marxism in a given country?
2. Did it grow on its own or in opposition to some already existing unscientific popular anticapitalist movement?
3. Is a popular political programme written?
4. Have Marxist circles of intelligents multiplied, spread, expanded, all while upholding the programme?
5. Have the Marxist circles united around party principles?
6. Is party-to-be ready to pass from circle propaganda to mass agitation?
7. Is there mass workers movement already existing? Are workers already struggling and organizing on their own? That is, is consciousness ripe to pass from trade-unionism to party-building? Is it below trade-union consiousness?
8. Has the would-be party educated enough workers politically in their struggle? Has it explained and connected the mass movement with communist political demands?
9. Has the would-be party built enough connections among the working class movement? Enough working class organizations? Built trust among the workers by working amongst them? Ready to respond to every injustice the workers may face?
10. Does the would-be party give impetus elswhere across the country to establish similar working class organizations? Are groundworks laid for an all-country organization that can start building the communist party and go against the bourgeois state?
you'll notice that every single question leaves no room for interpertation. they all follow the SMART mnemonic. specific - measurable - achieavable - relevant - time-oriented
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A thread dedicated to posting declassified CIA documents, preferably of their anti-communist activities and their involvment in imperialist policies.
Let's start with the CIA's recommended actions to be taken after Khruschev's famous anti-Stalin """secret speech""" at the 20th congress. It's an interesting document because it showcases that
>yes, the CIA (and burger policy makers) do actually believe their own propaganda, even when they are completely conscious of the fact that they just "made it up, lol". It's a truly scizophrenic institution.
>yes, they prefer to control "both sides" of any topic, instead of just lamely chosing the obvious side to take
>yes, the M-Ls are always right:
<Leon Trotsky in his book The Revolution Betrayed, alleged that the rise of Joseph Stalin to power was a Soviet Thermidor for 'not restoring capitalism', yet still being a 'counterrevolutionary regression' within the regime of the USSR, as Thermidor did not restore a monarchy, etc. Marxist-Leninists and Stalinists have periodically argued that Nikita Khruschev's rise to power and the implementation of De-Stalinization as the Soviet Union’s Thermidor. A CIA document considered Khruschev's "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" may have 'marked the "Thermidor" of the Russian Revolution'.
Declassified CIA documents thread
Know thy enemy. Know how the glow operates, how it plans, how it thinks, how it manipulates.A thread dedicated to posting declassified CIA documents, preferably of their anti-communist activities and their involvment in imperialist policies.
Let's start with the CIA's recommended actions to be taken after Khruschev's famous anti-Stalin """secret speech""" at the 20th congress. It's an interesting document because it showcases that
>yes, the CIA (and burger policy makers) do actually believe their own propaganda, even when they are completely conscious of the fact that they just "made it up, lol". It's a truly scizophrenic institution.
>yes, they prefer to control "both sides" of any topic, instead of just lamely chosing the obvious side to take
>yes, the M-Ls are always right:
<Leon Trotsky in his book The Revolution Betrayed, alleged that the rise of Joseph Stalin to power was a Soviet Thermidor for 'not restoring capitalism', yet still being a 'counterrevolutionary regression' within the regime of the USSR, as Thermidor did not restore a monarchy, etc. Marxist-Leninists and Stalinists have periodically argued that Nikita Khruschev's rise to power and the implementation of De-Stalinization as the Soviet Union’s Thermidor. A CIA document considered Khruschev's "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" may have 'marked the "Thermidor" of the Russian Revolution'.
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…………………………….
This is an apt descriptor of the Ukraine war.
Israel is on both sides.
Everywhere they go there is a problem.
…………………………….
This is an apt descriptor of the Ukraine war.
Israel is on both sides.
Everywhere they go there is a problem.
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>— Workers Hammer no 174, Autumn 2000
https://www.icl-fi.org/english/wh/194/witchhunt.html
Trotskyists are pedos
>“‘Paedophilia’ simply means sexual desire towards children. To equate this with child murder and rape is grotesque and partakes of the same reactionary bourgeois bigotry which declares all sex other than heterosexual monogamy to be ‘deviant’. We oppose the persecution of those who engage in consensual intergenerational sex, we oppose the reactionary ‘age of consent’ laws and we have a long record of defending against persecution organisations such as the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) and the British Paedophile Information Exchange, whose leaders were jailed in 1984 for advocating the right of youth under the ‘age of consent’ to have sex with adults.”>— Workers Hammer no 174, Autumn 2000
https://www.icl-fi.org/english/wh/194/witchhunt.html
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Voting doesn't work, if it worked they would make it illegal. You only vote for parties which run with campaign promises and may not even follow up on them and even if they do - the results are always lackluster.
Rebelling and fighting doesn't work because it is impossible to organize it, the rebellion will be crushed and you're wagering your life.
Citizens cannot do anything meaningful. The only "change from within" comes if the motif to profit allows it to occur. So summed up
-We cannot do anything
-If we do anything to oppose the law it poses a life risk
-Protests don't work, peaceful protests are temporary and achieve nothing
So what is the solution?
There is no solution, most people are pretty much stuck in their life and can only complain or suffer the problems caused by the nation. If you want something, then you're simply not getting it.
As a citizen you will also be targeted by other citizens in real life and online for opposing the status quo, even by others who claim to oppose the status quo over preferences - wants, needs and attempts to exchange information. As a citizen your information and experienced values less than the material pushed out by the nation and its many resources.
Lets look at Lenin - why did he manage to succeed?
Lenin didn't even think the revolution would happen in his lifetime, he was out of his prime, suffered and finally succumbed to death before even getting to enjoy what he fought to create. Later it was all gone and his followers had split.
Why did he manage to initially succeed though? Because he had nothing to lose, whereas now everyone has something to lose with the majority of people being tangled up in the inter web - inter net.
Reproducing and creating a family with the principle of raising the next generation to not have possessions and become revolutionary is as pointless as it is cruel, since they will have nothing to work with and may not even adapt, it is likely that if they do adapt their struggle would be pointless.
How can we become propertyless? We can't. Our lives depend on it.
Is everything hopeless for the citizen who wants to change? Yes, he can only wait and be ostracized for knowing what other citizens don't and trying to introduce it.
The inconvenient solution is to go through life as it is, be affected by all the issues, sleep and not even try to survive but just cope and get increasingly more tired. This wait may or may not have any positive outcome.
Such is life for those born in the underclass. They can entertain themselves temporarily before relapsing into a depressive anhedonia. Entertainment is often done by telling made up scenarios to others and fabricating another identity to present to other citizens.
Madness, sadness, fear and tiredness are the four most common emotions for the average citizen.
Citizens want to experience a story with a happy end or some kind of intrigue, because of fictive works made by other citizens.
There are some really dumb citizens which are happy for no reason, they are generally disinterested in knowing anything or affecting the laws. A citizen surrounded by such happy and blissfully ignorant ones is completely alienated.
Citizens of nations
Citizens of nations cannot affect the laws in nations. Even if they have a cause and bond together and even if there is an international cause with a larger presence overseas.Voting doesn't work, if it worked they would make it illegal. You only vote for parties which run with campaign promises and may not even follow up on them and even if they do - the results are always lackluster.
Rebelling and fighting doesn't work because it is impossible to organize it, the rebellion will be crushed and you're wagering your life.
Citizens cannot do anything meaningful. The only "change from within" comes if the motif to profit allows it to occur. So summed up
-We cannot do anything
-If we do anything to oppose the law it poses a life risk
-Protests don't work, peaceful protests are temporary and achieve nothing
So what is the solution?
There is no solution, most people are pretty much stuck in their life and can only complain or suffer the problems caused by the nation. If you want something, then you're simply not getting it.
As a citizen you will also be targeted by other citizens in real life and online for opposing the status quo, even by others who claim to oppose the status quo over preferences - wants, needs and attempts to exchange information. As a citizen your information and experienced values less than the material pushed out by the nation and its many resources.
Lets look at Lenin - why did he manage to succeed?
Lenin didn't even think the revolution would happen in his lifetime, he was out of his prime, suffered and finally succumbed to death before even getting to enjoy what he fought to create. Later it was all gone and his followers had split.
Why did he manage to initially succeed though? Because he had nothing to lose, whereas now everyone has something to lose with the majority of people being tangled up in the inter web - inter net.
Reproducing and creating a family with the principle of raising the next generation to not have possessions and become revolutionary is as pointless as it is cruel, since they will have nothing to work with and may not even adapt, it is likely that if they do adapt their struggle would be pointless.
How can we become propertyless? We can't. Our lives depend on it.
Is everything hopeless for the citizen who wants to change? Yes, he can only wait and be ostracized for knowing what other citizens don't and trying to introduce it.
The inconvenient solution is to go through life as it is, be affected by all the issues, sleep and not even try to survive but just cope and get increasingly more tired. This wait may or may not have any positive outcome.
Such is life for those born in the underclass. They can entertain themselves temporarily before relapsing into a depressive anhedonia. Entertainment is often done by telling made up scenarios to others and fabricating another identity to present to other citizens.
Madness, sadness, fear and tiredness are the four most common emotions for the average citizen.
Citizens want to experience a story with a happy end or some kind of intrigue, because of fictive works made by other citizens.
There are some really dumb citizens which are happy for no reason, they are generally disinterested in knowing anything or affecting the laws. A citizen surrounded by such happy and blissfully ignorant ones is completely alienated.
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Joining a commie org
Ok anons, should I join Union del Barrio? They are a Chicano and ML organization that is in my area, doesn't seem all that revisionist too, I wanna join since I am literally Mexican and I wanna start organizing my community since undocumented workers alresdy have some sense of class consciousness too. They've been on Democracy Now ans mainstream publications now, they were OGs in the LA Riots before shitlibs began to join… What do you guys think?
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did PTSD play a part in creating fascism?
the largest fascists groups comprised of nationalist veterans and usually lead by pro-war political elements in ww1 i even remember some nazis claiming that fighting in war was akin to some kind of transcendental meditation and that the pointlessness of world war 1 was actually some kind of revolution so how much did the war play a part in creating fascism ?
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How exactly should we react when a cultural icon (or person with a decent amount of cultural significance) is revealed to be a Zionist?
I know there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, but seeing cultural figures be openly pro-Zionism especially when the Zionist entity is engaged in an overt genocide and mass-starvation is honestly disgusting. I was told that the main purpose of BDS isn’t to “crash” the Zionist entity’s economy but rather to expose how engulfed modern culture is in Zionism, like when you realize boycotting is near impossible because entire industries have ties to the Zionist entity such as the music and film industries.
Soft power is a lot more powerful than we realize and even using a term like “Israeli salad” or working with a Zionist settler normalizes Zionist colonialism and genocide. What must we do to end this? And how should we treat notable figures who are pro-Zionist given that they normalize Zionism and manufacture consent for genocide at all times?
How exactly should we react when a cultural icon (or person with a decent amount of cultural significance) is revealed to be a Zionist?
I know there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, but seeing cultural figures be openly pro-Zionism especially when the Zionist entity is engaged in an overt genocide and mass-starvation is honestly disgusting. I was told that the main purpose of BDS isn’t to “crash” the Zionist entity’s economy but rather to expose how engulfed modern culture is in Zionism, like when you realize boycotting is near impossible because entire industries have ties to the Zionist entity such as the music and film industries.
Soft power is a lot more powerful than we realize and even using a term like “Israeli salad” or working with a Zionist settler normalizes Zionist colonialism and genocide. What must we do to end this? And how should we treat notable figures who are pro-Zionist given that they normalize Zionism and manufacture consent for genocide at all times?
R: 57 / I: 5 (sage)
I find it funny how CUCKshott says le gay males are all bourgeois because they don't have children while not applying the same logic to lesbians because he jerks off to lesbian porn
What a fucking hack, a typical homophobic boomer
I find it funny how CUCKshott says le gay males are all bourgeois because they don't have children while not applying the same logic to lesbians because he jerks off to lesbian porn
What a fucking hack, a typical homophobic boomer
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the reaction from civilians in Gaza City has been remarkably unified. Rather than moving south, where conditions are already dire, families are choosing to remain in their homes even if those homes are now cracked walls and rubble. In the Sabra neighbourhood, where tanks and airstrikes have already scarred the streets, 32-year-old Ahmed Hamas leaned on the remains of his bombed house. His voice was steady but was clearly exhausted. "They told us to leave and go south, but where do we go?" he asked TNA. "There is no space left. Schools are overflowing, hospitals are overcrowded, and we are exhausted from moving repeatedly. Death follows us, whether in the north or the south."
https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-citys-residents-defy-israels-gideons-chariots-2-attack
Israel steps up Gaza bombing as it signals ceasefire deal rejection
Meanwhile, Israeli officials have signalled the rejection of a ceasefire proposal that Hamas accepted earlier this week. Israeli government spokesman David Mencer told the BBC in an interview that they were not interested in "partial deals". "Things have changed now. The prime minister has laid out a plan for the future of Gaza," Mencer added.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-steps-assault-north-gaza-it-mulls-possible-ceasefire-rejection
Confrontation between Tunisia’s General Union, President Saied escalates
The union called for a protest against what it says are government attempts to undermine workers’ rights, and the use of intimidation to curb strikes, referring to a three-day UGTT transport strike at the end of July.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/20/confrontation-between-tunisias-general-union-president-saied-escalates
https://archive.ph/gyutT
Bolivia's Quiroga would grant resource ownership rights, eyes US trade
Quiroga said his conservative Alianza Libre, or Freedom Alliance, coalition is preparing constitutional reforms and already building congressional alliances to push through legislation quickly. Among his proposals is a plan to grant Bolivians individual ownership rights over natural resources - including the battery metal lithium and natural gas - via a mutual fund structure. "The lithium will belong to each and every citizen," he said. "Not to the state, not to my government, but to individuals as shareholders."
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivias-quiroga-would-grant-resource-ownership-rights-eyes-us-trade-2025-08-20/
Argentine Lower House Reviews Milei’s Vetoes on Pensions and Disability Laws
The session began with opposition lawmakers pressing for a 7.2% hike in pensions and for the law declaring a state of emergency in disability matters, two measures approved by Congress in July but vetoed by Milei in early August. To override these vetoes, each chamber of Congress must secure a two-thirds majority.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/argentine-lower-house-reviews-mileis-vetoes-on-pensions-and-disability-laws/
Melbourne University illegally spied on students and staff at Palestine protest
It found that the university combined wifi location data, student card photographs and CCTV footage to identify 22 students who refused to leave the Arts West building on May 20. The use of wifi data was deemed unauthorised, with only “superficial” consideration given to privacy protection. Staff were also tracked, with email accounts of 10 employees accessed, leading to three formal warnings. In total, 19 students received “reprimand and caution.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/melbourne-university-illegally-spied-students-and-staff-palestine-protest
UK council wins bid to move asylum seekers from hotel amid anti-immigration protests
Judge Stephen Eyre granted the council an interim injunction against the owner of the hotel, ruling that asylum seekers should be removed by September 12. The hotel's owner said it would seek to appeal the ruling. Eyre also dismissed a last-minute attempt on Tuesday by the Home Office, Britain's interior ministry, to intervene in the case in support of the hotel owner.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-council-wins-bid-move-asylum-seekers-hotel-amid-anti-immigration-protests-2025-08-19/
German government plans to cut housing support amid drastically rising rents
Bürgergeld, which is available to people with little or no income, is at the centre of the government’s social cuts. It is to be downgraded this year to a kind of “basic social security.” This means that the roughly €40 billion budgeted for 2024 will be drastically reduced. A double-digit billion-euro sum is to be saved through the capping of rental payments for those in need.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/20/vmjm-a20.html
Thousands of Sri Lankan postal workers remain on strike, defying government threats
The striking postal workers are demanding resolution to various issues, including overtime payments, permanency for all employees in acting, substitute and labour positions, the prompt filling of all vacancies, promotions and outstanding issues in the postal transport section. They also want three wage increments for first-class officers and the removal of fingerprint machines for recording the arrival and departure of workers.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/20/fuhj-a20.html
Myanmar Junta Claims Capture of Demoso From Karenni Forces
Resistance sources report that regime troops are now battling to reclaim Nanmekhon town, just north of Demoso, and advancing south toward Hpruso Township, triggering fierce clashes. “We are struggling to defend the 4-Mile marker near Nanmekhon as regime troops advance in large numbers,” said a resistance fighter on the ground.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-claims-capture-of-demoso-from-karenni-forces.html
News 8/20/25
Gaza City's residents defy Israel's 'Gideon's Chariots 2' assault, refuse to be displacedthe reaction from civilians in Gaza City has been remarkably unified. Rather than moving south, where conditions are already dire, families are choosing to remain in their homes even if those homes are now cracked walls and rubble. In the Sabra neighbourhood, where tanks and airstrikes have already scarred the streets, 32-year-old Ahmed Hamas leaned on the remains of his bombed house. His voice was steady but was clearly exhausted. "They told us to leave and go south, but where do we go?" he asked TNA. "There is no space left. Schools are overflowing, hospitals are overcrowded, and we are exhausted from moving repeatedly. Death follows us, whether in the north or the south."
https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-citys-residents-defy-israels-gideons-chariots-2-attack
Israel steps up Gaza bombing as it signals ceasefire deal rejection
Meanwhile, Israeli officials have signalled the rejection of a ceasefire proposal that Hamas accepted earlier this week. Israeli government spokesman David Mencer told the BBC in an interview that they were not interested in "partial deals". "Things have changed now. The prime minister has laid out a plan for the future of Gaza," Mencer added.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-steps-assault-north-gaza-it-mulls-possible-ceasefire-rejection
Confrontation between Tunisia’s General Union, President Saied escalates
The union called for a protest against what it says are government attempts to undermine workers’ rights, and the use of intimidation to curb strikes, referring to a three-day UGTT transport strike at the end of July.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/20/confrontation-between-tunisias-general-union-president-saied-escalates
https://archive.ph/gyutT
Bolivia's Quiroga would grant resource ownership rights, eyes US trade
Quiroga said his conservative Alianza Libre, or Freedom Alliance, coalition is preparing constitutional reforms and already building congressional alliances to push through legislation quickly. Among his proposals is a plan to grant Bolivians individual ownership rights over natural resources - including the battery metal lithium and natural gas - via a mutual fund structure. "The lithium will belong to each and every citizen," he said. "Not to the state, not to my government, but to individuals as shareholders."
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivias-quiroga-would-grant-resource-ownership-rights-eyes-us-trade-2025-08-20/
Argentine Lower House Reviews Milei’s Vetoes on Pensions and Disability Laws
The session began with opposition lawmakers pressing for a 7.2% hike in pensions and for the law declaring a state of emergency in disability matters, two measures approved by Congress in July but vetoed by Milei in early August. To override these vetoes, each chamber of Congress must secure a two-thirds majority.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/argentine-lower-house-reviews-mileis-vetoes-on-pensions-and-disability-laws/
Melbourne University illegally spied on students and staff at Palestine protest
It found that the university combined wifi location data, student card photographs and CCTV footage to identify 22 students who refused to leave the Arts West building on May 20. The use of wifi data was deemed unauthorised, with only “superficial” consideration given to privacy protection. Staff were also tracked, with email accounts of 10 employees accessed, leading to three formal warnings. In total, 19 students received “reprimand and caution.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/melbourne-university-illegally-spied-students-and-staff-palestine-protest
UK council wins bid to move asylum seekers from hotel amid anti-immigration protests
Judge Stephen Eyre granted the council an interim injunction against the owner of the hotel, ruling that asylum seekers should be removed by September 12. The hotel's owner said it would seek to appeal the ruling. Eyre also dismissed a last-minute attempt on Tuesday by the Home Office, Britain's interior ministry, to intervene in the case in support of the hotel owner.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-council-wins-bid-move-asylum-seekers-hotel-amid-anti-immigration-protests-2025-08-19/
German government plans to cut housing support amid drastically rising rents
Bürgergeld, which is available to people with little or no income, is at the centre of the government’s social cuts. It is to be downgraded this year to a kind of “basic social security.” This means that the roughly €40 billion budgeted for 2024 will be drastically reduced. A double-digit billion-euro sum is to be saved through the capping of rental payments for those in need.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/20/vmjm-a20.html
Thousands of Sri Lankan postal workers remain on strike, defying government threats
The striking postal workers are demanding resolution to various issues, including overtime payments, permanency for all employees in acting, substitute and labour positions, the prompt filling of all vacancies, promotions and outstanding issues in the postal transport section. They also want three wage increments for first-class officers and the removal of fingerprint machines for recording the arrival and departure of workers.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/20/fuhj-a20.html
Myanmar Junta Claims Capture of Demoso From Karenni Forces
Resistance sources report that regime troops are now battling to reclaim Nanmekhon town, just north of Demoso, and advancing south toward Hpruso Township, triggering fierce clashes. “We are struggling to defend the 4-Mile marker near Nanmekhon as regime troops advance in large numbers,” said a resistance fighter on the ground.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-claims-capture-of-demoso-from-karenni-forces.html
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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31970026988078&seq=199&q1=walling
And the desired articles are:
Who Gets America’s Wealth?; page 69-82
New Income and Inheritance Taxes for the United States; 159-173
The Conference Speakers; 177, 188-201
Socialists and the Problems of War symposium; 309, 313-333
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I'm working on a project for the Marxists Internet Archive and Hathitrust won't let me download more than one page at a time "if I'm not affiliated with a member institution". I think most college students or teachers should have access. For short articles I'm willing to just stitch the pages back together, but these ones I've found are long enough I'd like some help. They're sourced from this link:https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31970026988078&seq=199&q1=walling
And the desired articles are:
Who Gets America’s Wealth?; page 69-82
New Income and Inheritance Taxes for the United States; 159-173
The Conference Speakers; 177, 188-201
Socialists and the Problems of War symposium; 309, 313-333
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FREE WILL
So, lately I was wondering about free will, the idea that we somehow have total free will over our behavior sounds kind of absurd to me in some sense, be either genetics (you don't choose your genes) or environment (you don't choose your enviroment which you grow up), both don't let much of choose for the person, that how truly free are we? What's the LeftyPol opinions of the question of free will and the implications to leftist policies?
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>Tskhinvali, South Ossetia — On the sunny afternoon of August 14, a Russian army colonel named Igor Konashenko is standing triumphantly at a street corner at the northern edge of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, his forearm bandaged from a minor battle injury. The spot marks the furthest point of the Georgian army’s advance before it was summarily crushed by the Russians a few days earlier. “Twelve Georgian battalions invaded Tskhinvali, backed by columns of tanks, armored personal carriers, jets, and helicopters,” he says, happily waving at the wreckage, craters, and bombed-out buildings around us. “You see how well they fought, with all their great American training — they abandoned their tanks in the heat of the battle and fled.”
>Konashenko pulls a green compass out of his shirt pocket and opens it. It’s a U.S. military model. “This is a little trophy — a gift from one of my soldiers,” he says. “Everything that the Georgians left behind, I mean everything, was American. All the guns, grenades, uniforms, boots, food rations — they just left it all. Our boys stuffed themselves on the food,” he adds slyly. “It was tasty.” The booty, according to Konashenko, also included 65 intact tanks outfitted with the latest NATO and American (as well as Israeli) technology.
>Technically, we are standing within the borders of Georgia, which over the last five years has gone from being an ally to the United States to a neocon proxy regime. But there are no Georgians to be seen in this breakaway region — not unless you count the bloated corpses still lying in the dirt roads. Most of the 70,000 or so people who live in South Ossetia never liked the idea of being part of Georgia. During the violent land scramble that occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the South Ossetians found themselves cut off from their ethnic kin in North Ossetia, which remained part of Russia. The Russians, who’ve had a small peacekeeping force here since 1992, managed to keep the brewing conflicts on ice for the last 15 years. But in the meantime, the positions of everyone involved hardened. The Georgians weren’t happy about the idea of losing a big chunk of territory. The Ossetians, an ethnic Persian tribe, were more adamant than ever about joining Russia, their traditional ally and protector.
>The tense but relatively stable situation blew up late in the evening of August 7, when on the order of president Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s army swept into South Ossetia, leveling much of Tskhinvali and surrounding villages and sending some 30,000 refugees fleeing north into Russia. Within hours, Russia’s de facto czar Vladimir Putin counterattacked — some say he’d set a trap — and by the end of that long weekend the Georgians were in panicked retreat. The Russian army then pushed straight through South Ossetia and deep into Georgia proper, halting less than an hour’s drive from Saakashvili’s luxurious palace. All around me is evidence of a rout. A Georgian T-72 tank turret is wedged into the side of a local university building, projecting from the concrete like a cookie pressed into ice cream. Fifty yards away you can see the remains of the vehicle that the orphaned turret originally was part of: just a few charred parts around a hole in the street, and a section of tread lying flat on the sidewalk. Russian tanks now patrol the city unopposed, each one as loud as an Einstrzende Neubauten concert, clouding the air with leaded exhaust as they rumble past us.
>But listening to Colonel Konashenko, it becomes clear to me that I’m looking at more than just the smoldering remains of battle in an obscure regional war: This spot is ground zero for an epic historical shift. The dead tanks are American-upgraded, as are the spent 40mm grenade shells that one spetznaz soldier shows me. The bloated bodies on the ground are American-trained Georgian soldiers who have been stripped of their American-issue uniforms. And yet, there is no American cavalry on the way. For years now, everyone from Pat Buchanan to hybrid-powered hippies have been warning that America would suddenly find itself on a historical downslope from having been too reckless, too profligate, and too arrogant as an unopposed superpower. Even decent patriotic folk were starting to worry that America was suffering from a classic case of Celebrity Personality Disorder, becoming a nation of Tom Cruise party-dicks dancing in our socks over every corner and every culture in the world, lip-synching about freedom as we plunged headfirst into as much risky business as we could mismanage. And now, bleeding money from endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we’re a sick giant hooked on ever-pricier doses of oil paid for with a currency few people want anymore. In the history books of the future, I would wager that this very spot in Tskhinvali will be remembered as both the geographic highwater mark of the American empire, and the place where it all started to fall apart.
>I first visited Georgia in 2002 to cover the arrival of American military advisers. At the time, the American empire was riding high. A decade after the Soviet Union’s collapse, Russia seemed to be devolving into an anarchic and corrupt failed state, while the U.S. just kept getting stronger. Within months of President George W. Bush’s swearing-in, Time ran a column boasting that America didn’t need to accommodate Russia anymore because it had become “the dominant power in the world, more dominant than any since Rome.” That same year we invaded Afghanistan without breaking a sweat. The New York Times magazine proclaimed: “The American Empire: Get Used to It.” A new word, hyperpower, was being used to describe our history-warping supremacy.
>The military advisers were dispatched to Georgia ostensibly to train that country’s forces to fight local Al Qaeda cells, which everyone knew didn’t exist. In reality, we were training them for key imperial outsourcing duties. Georgia would do for the American Empire what Mumbai call centers did for Delta Airlines: deliver greater returns at a fraction of the cost. They became a flagship franchise of America Inc. It made sense for the Georgians, too: Their erratic and occasionally violent neighbor Russia wouldn’t fuck with them, because fucking with them would be fucking with us — and nobody would dare to do that.
>The imperial masterminds who fixated on Georgia as an outsourcing project must have figured we’d score a two-fer by simultaneously winning strategic control of the untapped oil in the region and also managing to stick a giant bug up the raw southern rim of our decrepit old rival Russia.
>To enact this plan, America deftly organized and orchestrated the so-called Rose Revolution, which I witnessed in Tblisi in 2003. Saakkashvili’s predecessor, Eduard Shevardnadze, was judged unreliable, so in a multilayered soft putsch that used every lever of influence at our disposal, the U.S. replaced him with Saakashvili, a Columbia-educated hothead who speaks perfect neocon. In the Western media, the Rose Revolution was portrayed as 1776 redux (starring Saakashvili as George Washington with a permanent five o’clock shadow). A more perfect vassal for George W. Bush’s foreign policy could not have been found than “Misha,” as he is fondly known. He stacked his cabinet with young right-wing fanatics, and made sure he had a coterie of mountain-biking American advisers with him at all times. This crew included John McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann, whom Misha paid more than $1 million in lobbying fees.
>This project in Georgia was just a high-profile example of a broader Bush strategy. All around Russia’s southern border, America laid claim to former Soviet domains. After 9/11, Putin infuriated many of his army commanders and security chiefs by agreeing to let the U.S. set up bases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan for the Afghan invasion. Once the Taliban was removed from power, America decided that it felt like staying. After all, who was going stop us? Given the sorry state of their affairs, the Russians certainly weren’t. So by 2002, Putin was stuck with American pie dripping down his cadaverous bloodless face. But after years in which Russia rebuilt itself on the back of soaring commodity prices (today it’s the world’s largest producer of oil), our advantages in global power politics have started to tilt Putin’s way. Slowly and quietly he got American forces thrown out of Uzbekistan and all but sidelined in Kyrgyzstan. And then, here in Georgia, he seized the opportunity to really hammer home his point.
>During my visit to Georgia in 2003, if someone had told me that in five years American military advisers would be hightailing it from their main base in Vasiani to avoid getting slaughtered by advancing Russian forces, I would have slapped him with a rubber chicken for insulting my intelligence. Yet there they were: gasping for air in the lobby of the Tblisi Sheraton, insisting off the record that the conflict was all the Georgians’ fault, not theirs.
>Why Misha decided to attack is still a mystery. He claims he was forced to level Tskhinvali to preempt a Russian invasion, but that doesn’t make military sense, and has since been debunked by both Georgians and OSCE monitors on the ground; others believe that he struck because, with Bush on his way out, he thought this would be his last chance to regain control of South Ossetia. Another theory popular among journalists and pundits is that the notoriously “hotheaded” (some would say “mentally unstable”) Saakashvili was suckered into his doomed invasion by a clever Russian ruse, part of Putin’s plan to punish the West for recognizing Kosovo and other crimes of imperial insensitivity. Personally, I’d vote for number two. (Putin has offered an alternative hypothesis: that Misha intentionally sparked a war in order to boost John McCain’s prospects in the U.S. election.)
>Prior to the offensive of August 7, Georgians cut off Russian television and Internet sites in South Ossetia, then rained Grad rockets and artillery on the capital and surrounding villages. The early-hours blitz was, as one Ossetian told me the day before, “shock and awe.” At least half the population fled into Russia. People I spoke to in the refugee camps, mostly women, were still in a daze — they told of fleeing their burning villages under fire, of Georgians raping and murdering, of grenades thrown into civilian bomb shelters, of tanks running over children. (It was impossible to corroborate these individual stories, as is generally the case in trying to sift fact from inflamed rumor in refugee camps.)
>Reliable casualty counts for the broader conflict are still all but impossible to get, but as of late August the Russians admit having lost 64 soldiers, and the Georgians a combined 215 soldiers and civilians. In both cases, the real number is probably much higher. On the civilian front, Ossetian sources claim that 1,500 were killed in the Georgian assault — Putin called it a “genocide” — but many Westerners dismiss that figure.
>Privately, however, American advisers and defeated Georgian commanders admit to “total defeat.” Indeed, Arkady Ostrovsky of the Economist, a British reporter who has long been close to Saakashvili, told me that on the day of the cease-fire, the Georgian leader spoke of shooting himself, and was only dissuaded when word came of a supportive statement by Condi Rice. “It was sad to watch,” Ostrovsky told me. “I should have been more critical of Saakashvili back when it might have counted. A lot of us should have.”
>That’s exactly the kind of full-spectrum smackdown the Russians were aiming for. And Konashenko wants us all to see it, so he offers to take me and some other reporters to the city of Gori in occupied Georgia. Russia seized control of the city at the end of hostilities, essentially cutting its foe in two and leaving it exposed to Vladimir Putin’s whims. “We’ll show you Gori — the city is spotless,” Konashenko says cheerfully. “We could have destroyed it, but we didn’t. Of course, there’s a little bit of damage here and there”
>The next morning, I head toward Georgia in the back of a Russian army truck, winding through the countryside of South Ossetia. Many villages have been burned and completely leveled. In the minority ethnic- Georgian communities, the sour odor of death hangs in the air, as those who survived the Ossetians’ reprisal attacks had little time to bury their dead friends and relatives.
>When we arrive in Gori, the locals seem unnerved by our presence. They shy away as aggressive reporters point cameras and pursue them along the cobblestone streets for a quote. At first, some say that they are grateful that the Russian forces are there to protect them from marauding Ossetian and Chechen irregulars, who had swept through parts of Georgia murdering civilians and looting homes before the Russians arrived. After a half hour, the Georgians we talk with get used to our presence. A few summon the nerve to quietly pull me aside and whisper things like, “Are the Russians ever going to leave?” and “We don’t have any information here. Is this going to be Russian territory forever?”
>In Gori’s vast central square there is shattered glass on the sidewalks, but as Konashenko promised, the city is largely intact. It is also starkly empty, as if a virus or neutron bomb had wiped out the civilian population. Most of the city’s inhabitants have long since fled to Tblisi, along with the soldiers.
>As we hop out of the army trucks, one of the Russian commanders points to a limp banner flying at half-mast over the polished-granite administration building on the far side of the square, “You see?” he says. “The Georgian flag is still flying. This is Georgian territory — we’re not annexing it like the media says.” This kind of boast, conquering a country and then making a big noble show of respecting its sovereignty, was something that had once been reserved for America’s forces. How quickly history has turned here.
>The other Western journalists fan out for some atrocity hunting, digging for signs that the Russians might have dropped a cluster bomb or massacred civilians. The foreign-desk editors back home have been demanding proof of Russian evil, after largely ignoring Georgia’s war crimes in South Ossetia. It’s a sordid business, but the reporters are just following orders.
>After an hour in the 90-degree heat, I head over to the city’s central square, where I stumble across a stunning spectacle: dozens of Russian soldiers doing a funky-chicken victory dance in the Georgian end zone. They’re clowning around euphorically, shooting souvenir photos of each other in front of the administration building and the statue of Stalin (Gori’s most famous native son) while their commanders lean back and laugh. I approach Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Bobrun, assistant commander of the Russian land forces’ North Caucasus Military District — the roughest neighborhood in Western Eurasia — and ask him how he feels now, as a victorious military leader in a proxy war with America.
>“I have never been so proud of Russia — magnificent Russia!” Bobrun crows, an AK strapped over his shoulder. “For twenty years we just talked and talked, blabbed and blabbed, complained and complained. But we did nothing, while America ran wild and took everything it could. Twenty years of empty talk. Now Russia is back. And you see how great Russia is. Look around you — we’re not trying to annex this land. What the fuck do I need Georgia for? Russia could keep this, but what for? Hell, we could conquer the whole world if we wanted to. That’s a fact. It was Russia that saved Europe from Genghis Khan. Russia could have taken India and the Middle East. We could take anything — we took Alaska, we took California. There is nothing that Russia could not take, and now the world is being reminded again.”
>“Why did you give California back?” I asked. It has always baffled me why a country would abandon prime coastal real estate for the frozen swamps of Siberia — I always assumed it was because the Russians were ashamed when they found themselves holding onto a chunk of this planet as perfect as California: like B-list nerds who successfully crash a Vanity Fair Oscar party, but within minutes of their little triumph, skulk out of the tent out of sheer embarrassment, knowing they never belonged there in the first place.
>“We gave it all back because we don’t need it,” Borisov boasted, puffing out his chest. “Russia has enough land, what the hell do we need more for. But if others want to start something, this is what will happen. Russia is back, and I am so proud.”
>As the day wore on, the Kremlin press pool organizers finally rounded us up, and we headed back again along the same victory trail. It was on this second visit to ruins of Tskhinvali, as dusk approached and the violence seemed to already acquire a kind of abstract tone, that I started to realize that I was looking at something much bigger than the current debate about Russian aggression or who was more guilty of what — pulling the camera much farther back on this scene, I understood that I was looking at the first ruins of America’s imperial decline. It’s not an easy thing to spot. It took years after the real collapse for Russians to finally accept that awful reality, and to adjust accordingly, first by retrenching, not overplaying an empty hand, slowly building up without making any loud noises while America ran wild around the world bankrupting itself and bleeding dry.
>And now it’s over for us. That’s clear on the ground. But it will be years before America’s political elite even begins to grasp this fact. In the meantime, Russia is drunk on its victory and the possibilities that it might imply, sending its recently-independent neighbors into a kind of frenzied animal panic. Experience has taught them that it’s moments like these when Russia’s near abroad becomes, once again, a blood-soaked doormat in the violent epochal shifts — history never stopped here, it just froze up for a decade or so. And now it’s thawing, bringing with it the familiar stench of bloated bodies, burned rubble, and the sour sweat of Russian infantry.
>We have entered a dangerous moment in history — America in decline is reacting hysterically, woofing and screeching and throwing a tantrum, desperate to prove that it still has teeth. Which it does — but not in the old dominant way that America wants or believes itself to be. History shows that it’s at this moment, tipping into decline and humiliation, when the worst decisions are made, so idiotically destructive that they’ll make the Iraq campaign look like a mere training exercise fender-bender by comparison.
>Russia, meanwhile, is as high as a Hollywood speedballer from its victory. Putting the two together in the same room — speedballing Russia and violently bad-tripping America — is a recipe for serious disaster. If we’re lucky, we’ll survive the humiliating decline and settle into the new reality without causing too much damage to ourselves or the rest of the world. But when that awful moment arrives where the cognitive dissonance snaps hard, it will be an epic struggle to come to our senses in time to prevent the William Kristols, Max Boots and Robert Kagans from leading us into a nuclear holocaust which, they will assure us, we can win against Russia, thanks to our technological superiority. If only we have the will, they’ll tell us, we can win once and for all.
The Day America’s Empire Died
https://exiledonline.com/the-day-americas-empire-died/all/1/>Tskhinvali, South Ossetia — On the sunny afternoon of August 14, a Russian army colonel named Igor Konashenko is standing triumphantly at a street corner at the northern edge of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, his forearm bandaged from a minor battle injury. The spot marks the furthest point of the Georgian army’s advance before it was summarily crushed by the Russians a few days earlier. “Twelve Georgian battalions invaded Tskhinvali, backed by columns of tanks, armored personal carriers, jets, and helicopters,” he says, happily waving at the wreckage, craters, and bombed-out buildings around us. “You see how well they fought, with all their great American training — they abandoned their tanks in the heat of the battle and fled.”
>Konashenko pulls a green compass out of his shirt pocket and opens it. It’s a U.S. military model. “This is a little trophy — a gift from one of my soldiers,” he says. “Everything that the Georgians left behind, I mean everything, was American. All the guns, grenades, uniforms, boots, food rations — they just left it all. Our boys stuffed themselves on the food,” he adds slyly. “It was tasty.” The booty, according to Konashenko, also included 65 intact tanks outfitted with the latest NATO and American (as well as Israeli) technology.
>Technically, we are standing within the borders of Georgia, which over the last five years has gone from being an ally to the United States to a neocon proxy regime. But there are no Georgians to be seen in this breakaway region — not unless you count the bloated corpses still lying in the dirt roads. Most of the 70,000 or so people who live in South Ossetia never liked the idea of being part of Georgia. During the violent land scramble that occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the South Ossetians found themselves cut off from their ethnic kin in North Ossetia, which remained part of Russia. The Russians, who’ve had a small peacekeeping force here since 1992, managed to keep the brewing conflicts on ice for the last 15 years. But in the meantime, the positions of everyone involved hardened. The Georgians weren’t happy about the idea of losing a big chunk of territory. The Ossetians, an ethnic Persian tribe, were more adamant than ever about joining Russia, their traditional ally and protector.
>The tense but relatively stable situation blew up late in the evening of August 7, when on the order of president Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s army swept into South Ossetia, leveling much of Tskhinvali and surrounding villages and sending some 30,000 refugees fleeing north into Russia. Within hours, Russia’s de facto czar Vladimir Putin counterattacked — some say he’d set a trap — and by the end of that long weekend the Georgians were in panicked retreat. The Russian army then pushed straight through South Ossetia and deep into Georgia proper, halting less than an hour’s drive from Saakashvili’s luxurious palace. All around me is evidence of a rout. A Georgian T-72 tank turret is wedged into the side of a local university building, projecting from the concrete like a cookie pressed into ice cream. Fifty yards away you can see the remains of the vehicle that the orphaned turret originally was part of: just a few charred parts around a hole in the street, and a section of tread lying flat on the sidewalk. Russian tanks now patrol the city unopposed, each one as loud as an Einstrzende Neubauten concert, clouding the air with leaded exhaust as they rumble past us.
>But listening to Colonel Konashenko, it becomes clear to me that I’m looking at more than just the smoldering remains of battle in an obscure regional war: This spot is ground zero for an epic historical shift. The dead tanks are American-upgraded, as are the spent 40mm grenade shells that one spetznaz soldier shows me. The bloated bodies on the ground are American-trained Georgian soldiers who have been stripped of their American-issue uniforms. And yet, there is no American cavalry on the way. For years now, everyone from Pat Buchanan to hybrid-powered hippies have been warning that America would suddenly find itself on a historical downslope from having been too reckless, too profligate, and too arrogant as an unopposed superpower. Even decent patriotic folk were starting to worry that America was suffering from a classic case of Celebrity Personality Disorder, becoming a nation of Tom Cruise party-dicks dancing in our socks over every corner and every culture in the world, lip-synching about freedom as we plunged headfirst into as much risky business as we could mismanage. And now, bleeding money from endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we’re a sick giant hooked on ever-pricier doses of oil paid for with a currency few people want anymore. In the history books of the future, I would wager that this very spot in Tskhinvali will be remembered as both the geographic highwater mark of the American empire, and the place where it all started to fall apart.
>I first visited Georgia in 2002 to cover the arrival of American military advisers. At the time, the American empire was riding high. A decade after the Soviet Union’s collapse, Russia seemed to be devolving into an anarchic and corrupt failed state, while the U.S. just kept getting stronger. Within months of President George W. Bush’s swearing-in, Time ran a column boasting that America didn’t need to accommodate Russia anymore because it had become “the dominant power in the world, more dominant than any since Rome.” That same year we invaded Afghanistan without breaking a sweat. The New York Times magazine proclaimed: “The American Empire: Get Used to It.” A new word, hyperpower, was being used to describe our history-warping supremacy.
>The military advisers were dispatched to Georgia ostensibly to train that country’s forces to fight local Al Qaeda cells, which everyone knew didn’t exist. In reality, we were training them for key imperial outsourcing duties. Georgia would do for the American Empire what Mumbai call centers did for Delta Airlines: deliver greater returns at a fraction of the cost. They became a flagship franchise of America Inc. It made sense for the Georgians, too: Their erratic and occasionally violent neighbor Russia wouldn’t fuck with them, because fucking with them would be fucking with us — and nobody would dare to do that.
>The imperial masterminds who fixated on Georgia as an outsourcing project must have figured we’d score a two-fer by simultaneously winning strategic control of the untapped oil in the region and also managing to stick a giant bug up the raw southern rim of our decrepit old rival Russia.
>To enact this plan, America deftly organized and orchestrated the so-called Rose Revolution, which I witnessed in Tblisi in 2003. Saakkashvili’s predecessor, Eduard Shevardnadze, was judged unreliable, so in a multilayered soft putsch that used every lever of influence at our disposal, the U.S. replaced him with Saakashvili, a Columbia-educated hothead who speaks perfect neocon. In the Western media, the Rose Revolution was portrayed as 1776 redux (starring Saakashvili as George Washington with a permanent five o’clock shadow). A more perfect vassal for George W. Bush’s foreign policy could not have been found than “Misha,” as he is fondly known. He stacked his cabinet with young right-wing fanatics, and made sure he had a coterie of mountain-biking American advisers with him at all times. This crew included John McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann, whom Misha paid more than $1 million in lobbying fees.
>This project in Georgia was just a high-profile example of a broader Bush strategy. All around Russia’s southern border, America laid claim to former Soviet domains. After 9/11, Putin infuriated many of his army commanders and security chiefs by agreeing to let the U.S. set up bases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan for the Afghan invasion. Once the Taliban was removed from power, America decided that it felt like staying. After all, who was going stop us? Given the sorry state of their affairs, the Russians certainly weren’t. So by 2002, Putin was stuck with American pie dripping down his cadaverous bloodless face. But after years in which Russia rebuilt itself on the back of soaring commodity prices (today it’s the world’s largest producer of oil), our advantages in global power politics have started to tilt Putin’s way. Slowly and quietly he got American forces thrown out of Uzbekistan and all but sidelined in Kyrgyzstan. And then, here in Georgia, he seized the opportunity to really hammer home his point.
>During my visit to Georgia in 2003, if someone had told me that in five years American military advisers would be hightailing it from their main base in Vasiani to avoid getting slaughtered by advancing Russian forces, I would have slapped him with a rubber chicken for insulting my intelligence. Yet there they were: gasping for air in the lobby of the Tblisi Sheraton, insisting off the record that the conflict was all the Georgians’ fault, not theirs.
>Why Misha decided to attack is still a mystery. He claims he was forced to level Tskhinvali to preempt a Russian invasion, but that doesn’t make military sense, and has since been debunked by both Georgians and OSCE monitors on the ground; others believe that he struck because, with Bush on his way out, he thought this would be his last chance to regain control of South Ossetia. Another theory popular among journalists and pundits is that the notoriously “hotheaded” (some would say “mentally unstable”) Saakashvili was suckered into his doomed invasion by a clever Russian ruse, part of Putin’s plan to punish the West for recognizing Kosovo and other crimes of imperial insensitivity. Personally, I’d vote for number two. (Putin has offered an alternative hypothesis: that Misha intentionally sparked a war in order to boost John McCain’s prospects in the U.S. election.)
>Prior to the offensive of August 7, Georgians cut off Russian television and Internet sites in South Ossetia, then rained Grad rockets and artillery on the capital and surrounding villages. The early-hours blitz was, as one Ossetian told me the day before, “shock and awe.” At least half the population fled into Russia. People I spoke to in the refugee camps, mostly women, were still in a daze — they told of fleeing their burning villages under fire, of Georgians raping and murdering, of grenades thrown into civilian bomb shelters, of tanks running over children. (It was impossible to corroborate these individual stories, as is generally the case in trying to sift fact from inflamed rumor in refugee camps.)
>Reliable casualty counts for the broader conflict are still all but impossible to get, but as of late August the Russians admit having lost 64 soldiers, and the Georgians a combined 215 soldiers and civilians. In both cases, the real number is probably much higher. On the civilian front, Ossetian sources claim that 1,500 were killed in the Georgian assault — Putin called it a “genocide” — but many Westerners dismiss that figure.
>Privately, however, American advisers and defeated Georgian commanders admit to “total defeat.” Indeed, Arkady Ostrovsky of the Economist, a British reporter who has long been close to Saakashvili, told me that on the day of the cease-fire, the Georgian leader spoke of shooting himself, and was only dissuaded when word came of a supportive statement by Condi Rice. “It was sad to watch,” Ostrovsky told me. “I should have been more critical of Saakashvili back when it might have counted. A lot of us should have.”
>That’s exactly the kind of full-spectrum smackdown the Russians were aiming for. And Konashenko wants us all to see it, so he offers to take me and some other reporters to the city of Gori in occupied Georgia. Russia seized control of the city at the end of hostilities, essentially cutting its foe in two and leaving it exposed to Vladimir Putin’s whims. “We’ll show you Gori — the city is spotless,” Konashenko says cheerfully. “We could have destroyed it, but we didn’t. Of course, there’s a little bit of damage here and there”
>The next morning, I head toward Georgia in the back of a Russian army truck, winding through the countryside of South Ossetia. Many villages have been burned and completely leveled. In the minority ethnic- Georgian communities, the sour odor of death hangs in the air, as those who survived the Ossetians’ reprisal attacks had little time to bury their dead friends and relatives.
>When we arrive in Gori, the locals seem unnerved by our presence. They shy away as aggressive reporters point cameras and pursue them along the cobblestone streets for a quote. At first, some say that they are grateful that the Russian forces are there to protect them from marauding Ossetian and Chechen irregulars, who had swept through parts of Georgia murdering civilians and looting homes before the Russians arrived. After a half hour, the Georgians we talk with get used to our presence. A few summon the nerve to quietly pull me aside and whisper things like, “Are the Russians ever going to leave?” and “We don’t have any information here. Is this going to be Russian territory forever?”
>In Gori’s vast central square there is shattered glass on the sidewalks, but as Konashenko promised, the city is largely intact. It is also starkly empty, as if a virus or neutron bomb had wiped out the civilian population. Most of the city’s inhabitants have long since fled to Tblisi, along with the soldiers.
>As we hop out of the army trucks, one of the Russian commanders points to a limp banner flying at half-mast over the polished-granite administration building on the far side of the square, “You see?” he says. “The Georgian flag is still flying. This is Georgian territory — we’re not annexing it like the media says.” This kind of boast, conquering a country and then making a big noble show of respecting its sovereignty, was something that had once been reserved for America’s forces. How quickly history has turned here.
>The other Western journalists fan out for some atrocity hunting, digging for signs that the Russians might have dropped a cluster bomb or massacred civilians. The foreign-desk editors back home have been demanding proof of Russian evil, after largely ignoring Georgia’s war crimes in South Ossetia. It’s a sordid business, but the reporters are just following orders.
>After an hour in the 90-degree heat, I head over to the city’s central square, where I stumble across a stunning spectacle: dozens of Russian soldiers doing a funky-chicken victory dance in the Georgian end zone. They’re clowning around euphorically, shooting souvenir photos of each other in front of the administration building and the statue of Stalin (Gori’s most famous native son) while their commanders lean back and laugh. I approach Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Bobrun, assistant commander of the Russian land forces’ North Caucasus Military District — the roughest neighborhood in Western Eurasia — and ask him how he feels now, as a victorious military leader in a proxy war with America.
>“I have never been so proud of Russia — magnificent Russia!” Bobrun crows, an AK strapped over his shoulder. “For twenty years we just talked and talked, blabbed and blabbed, complained and complained. But we did nothing, while America ran wild and took everything it could. Twenty years of empty talk. Now Russia is back. And you see how great Russia is. Look around you — we’re not trying to annex this land. What the fuck do I need Georgia for? Russia could keep this, but what for? Hell, we could conquer the whole world if we wanted to. That’s a fact. It was Russia that saved Europe from Genghis Khan. Russia could have taken India and the Middle East. We could take anything — we took Alaska, we took California. There is nothing that Russia could not take, and now the world is being reminded again.”
>“Why did you give California back?” I asked. It has always baffled me why a country would abandon prime coastal real estate for the frozen swamps of Siberia — I always assumed it was because the Russians were ashamed when they found themselves holding onto a chunk of this planet as perfect as California: like B-list nerds who successfully crash a Vanity Fair Oscar party, but within minutes of their little triumph, skulk out of the tent out of sheer embarrassment, knowing they never belonged there in the first place.
>“We gave it all back because we don’t need it,” Borisov boasted, puffing out his chest. “Russia has enough land, what the hell do we need more for. But if others want to start something, this is what will happen. Russia is back, and I am so proud.”
>As the day wore on, the Kremlin press pool organizers finally rounded us up, and we headed back again along the same victory trail. It was on this second visit to ruins of Tskhinvali, as dusk approached and the violence seemed to already acquire a kind of abstract tone, that I started to realize that I was looking at something much bigger than the current debate about Russian aggression or who was more guilty of what — pulling the camera much farther back on this scene, I understood that I was looking at the first ruins of America’s imperial decline. It’s not an easy thing to spot. It took years after the real collapse for Russians to finally accept that awful reality, and to adjust accordingly, first by retrenching, not overplaying an empty hand, slowly building up without making any loud noises while America ran wild around the world bankrupting itself and bleeding dry.
>And now it’s over for us. That’s clear on the ground. But it will be years before America’s political elite even begins to grasp this fact. In the meantime, Russia is drunk on its victory and the possibilities that it might imply, sending its recently-independent neighbors into a kind of frenzied animal panic. Experience has taught them that it’s moments like these when Russia’s near abroad becomes, once again, a blood-soaked doormat in the violent epochal shifts — history never stopped here, it just froze up for a decade or so. And now it’s thawing, bringing with it the familiar stench of bloated bodies, burned rubble, and the sour sweat of Russian infantry.
>We have entered a dangerous moment in history — America in decline is reacting hysterically, woofing and screeching and throwing a tantrum, desperate to prove that it still has teeth. Which it does — but not in the old dominant way that America wants or believes itself to be. History shows that it’s at this moment, tipping into decline and humiliation, when the worst decisions are made, so idiotically destructive that they’ll make the Iraq campaign look like a mere training exercise fender-bender by comparison.
>Russia, meanwhile, is as high as a Hollywood speedballer from its victory. Putting the two together in the same room — speedballing Russia and violently bad-tripping America — is a recipe for serious disaster. If we’re lucky, we’ll survive the humiliating decline and settle into the new reality without causing too much damage to ourselves or the rest of the world. But when that awful moment arrives where the cognitive dissonance snaps hard, it will be an epic struggle to come to our senses in time to prevent the William Kristols, Max Boots and Robert Kagans from leading us into a nuclear holocaust which, they will assure us, we can win against Russia, thanks to our technological superiority. If only we have the will, they’ll tell us, we can win once and for all.
R: 129 / I: 6
>It is in the working class‘ interest to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism
is actually a normative statement disguised as a descriptive statement. It arrogantly elevates a Marxist attitude to a matter of fact. The working class has through their behavior regularly shown that they are fine with capitalism as long as there are enough goodies for them (hence why Westerners at best want social democracy while a desire for socialism has been a tiny outlier). Even in times of crisis this is the case. The rise in socialism is therefore an anomaly and not the class interest of the working class that is somehow innate to these particular class relations.
>Oh, but socialism affords worker control, and worker democracy, and guarantees everyone‘s base needs are met!
And again, who says every worker wants that? Not everyone wants to partake in the mental labor of organizing the economy, perhaps not even a business, not everyone wants every schmuck to have a say in organizing either, and not everyone believes that everyone is entitled to base needs, as cruel as that may sound. This isn‘t my opinion, but many people don‘t think that way and at some point you have to take overwhelming historic precedent into account and acknowledging that what you’ve claimed doesn‘t line up with observations. So the question becomes, will you adjust to observations that have repeatedly contradicted your theory (science) or stick to your guns (ideology)?
>It is in the working class‘ interest to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism
is actually a normative statement disguised as a descriptive statement. It arrogantly elevates a Marxist attitude to a matter of fact. The working class has through their behavior regularly shown that they are fine with capitalism as long as there are enough goodies for them (hence why Westerners at best want social democracy while a desire for socialism has been a tiny outlier). Even in times of crisis this is the case. The rise in socialism is therefore an anomaly and not the class interest of the working class that is somehow innate to these particular class relations.
>Oh, but socialism affords worker control, and worker democracy, and guarantees everyone‘s base needs are met!
And again, who says every worker wants that? Not everyone wants to partake in the mental labor of organizing the economy, perhaps not even a business, not everyone wants every schmuck to have a say in organizing either, and not everyone believes that everyone is entitled to base needs, as cruel as that may sound. This isn‘t my opinion, but many people don‘t think that way and at some point you have to take overwhelming historic precedent into account and acknowledging that what you’ve claimed doesn‘t line up with observations. So the question becomes, will you adjust to observations that have repeatedly contradicted your theory (science) or stick to your guns (ideology)?
R: 4 / I: 1
When Amlo took office in 2018, there were nearly 52 million people living below the poverty line: by the time he left office six years later, that number had dropped by 13.4 million, a decrease of almost 26%. Extreme poverty also dropped from nearly 9 million people to just 7 million. In a country that has long suffered from deep inequality and struggled with economic precarity, the steep drop in the number of people living in poverty is a remarkable achievement and suggests Amlo’s policies had a measurable impact on the lives of millions of everyday Mexicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/mexico-welfare-policies-amlo
Colombian court frees former president Uribe from house arrest until it rules on bribery case
On Tuesday the Superior Tribunal said it approved an injunction filed by Uribe’s defense team seeking his release from house arrest. Uribe’s lawyers argued the former president’s right to due process was violated by the arrest order against him, as well as his right to a presumption of innocence.
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-uribe-court-ruling-house-arrest-release-be4a27e0605299f605930ef897b794f3
Colombia’s left urges Senator Ivan Cepeda enter the presidential race
Cepeda is the son of former Senator Manuel Cepeda, who was assassinated in 1994 during the political genocide of the left-wing party Union Patriotica. The senator started his political career documenting testimonies of victims of paramilitary and state violence in the early 2000s. He later co-founded the Movement for Victims of State Violence (MOVICE). In 2010, Cepeda was elected to Congress, where he became one of Uribe’s most powerful adversaries.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-left-urges-senator-ivan-cepeda-enter-the-presidential-race/
Air Canada workers denounce government strikebreaking from the picket line: “There is no right to strike in Canada”
Over 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants courageously defied a federal Liberal government back-to-work order to continue their strike against intolerable working conditions and real wage cuts. After three days on the picket line beginning Saturday, the strikers saw their struggle sabotaged and sold out early Tuesday by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which concluded a rotten agreement with management and a government-appointed mediator with a notorious record of imposing deep concessions on workers.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/20/sleo-a20.html
Palestinian woman declared dead found alive in Israeli detention months later
Bisan Fadl Muhammad Fayyad was first believed to have died while in detention after her family received a body said to be hers from Israeli authorities, alongside her clothes and official ID. Months after her burial, on 21 March 2025, her family received a call announcing that she was alive in Israeli custody, the Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared (PCMFD) reported on Monday. Her family has since attempted to find out more about her detention condition.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-woman-declared-dead-found-alive-israeli-detention-months-later
Jordan reinstates mandatory military service in wake of 'Greater Israel' threats
Compulsory military service is being reintroduced in Jordan, over three decades after conscription was ended in the country in 1991, a move observers are attributing to increasing regional instability, in particular around mounting statements by Israeli officials alluding to Israel’s expansionist ambitions.
https://www.newarab.com/news/jordan-reinstates-conscription-after-greater-israel-threats
Powerful Libyan official in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza
Speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, Libyan, Arab and European officials told MEE that National Security Adviser Ibrahim Dbeibah, a relative of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, was spearheading the talks despite Palestinians in Gaza flatly rejecting US President Donald Trump's postwar plan for the enclave. One Libyan source said that "practical talks" had already taken place but the specifics were vague.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-senior-official-secret-talks-israel-resettle-palestinians-gaza
Burkina Faso junta declares UN coordinator persona non grata over child rights report
The report, published in April, accused both jihadist groups and government forces of abuses against children, including their recruitment as soldiers, sexual abuses and attacks on hospitals and schools. Covering the period between July 2022 and June 2024, it claims 2,483 grave violations against 2,255 children had been verified, including some children who were victims of multiple violations.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/burkina-faso-leaders-declare-un-coordinator-persona-non-grata
Thailand turning to Sri Lankan workers to cope with Cambodian exodus, official says
More than 30,000 workers from Sri Lanka have already registered and 10,000 will be sent to Thailand in the first stage, Labour Minister Pongkawin Jungrungruangkit told reporters, adding that it would also allow workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines to apply.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-turning-sri-lankan-workers-cope-with-cambodian-exodus-official-says-2025-08-19/
Far Right Watch Wales reveals neonazis are helping to promote Reform UK
“Phillips was at one time an organiser for the fascist BNP in Wales while Marsh — who has convictions for extreme violence — is Wales’ organiser of the neonazi, holocaust-denying group Patriotic Alternative and was also the leading figure in the ‘Welsh division’ of Tommy Robinson’s English Defence League.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/far-right-watch-wales-reveals-neonazis-are-helping-promote-reform-uk
News 8/19/25
‘Historic’: how Mexico’s welfare policies helped 13.4 million people out of povertyWhen Amlo took office in 2018, there were nearly 52 million people living below the poverty line: by the time he left office six years later, that number had dropped by 13.4 million, a decrease of almost 26%. Extreme poverty also dropped from nearly 9 million people to just 7 million. In a country that has long suffered from deep inequality and struggled with economic precarity, the steep drop in the number of people living in poverty is a remarkable achievement and suggests Amlo’s policies had a measurable impact on the lives of millions of everyday Mexicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/mexico-welfare-policies-amlo
Colombian court frees former president Uribe from house arrest until it rules on bribery case
On Tuesday the Superior Tribunal said it approved an injunction filed by Uribe’s defense team seeking his release from house arrest. Uribe’s lawyers argued the former president’s right to due process was violated by the arrest order against him, as well as his right to a presumption of innocence.
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-uribe-court-ruling-house-arrest-release-be4a27e0605299f605930ef897b794f3
Colombia’s left urges Senator Ivan Cepeda enter the presidential race
Cepeda is the son of former Senator Manuel Cepeda, who was assassinated in 1994 during the political genocide of the left-wing party Union Patriotica. The senator started his political career documenting testimonies of victims of paramilitary and state violence in the early 2000s. He later co-founded the Movement for Victims of State Violence (MOVICE). In 2010, Cepeda was elected to Congress, where he became one of Uribe’s most powerful adversaries.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-left-urges-senator-ivan-cepeda-enter-the-presidential-race/
Air Canada workers denounce government strikebreaking from the picket line: “There is no right to strike in Canada”
Over 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants courageously defied a federal Liberal government back-to-work order to continue their strike against intolerable working conditions and real wage cuts. After three days on the picket line beginning Saturday, the strikers saw their struggle sabotaged and sold out early Tuesday by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which concluded a rotten agreement with management and a government-appointed mediator with a notorious record of imposing deep concessions on workers.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/20/sleo-a20.html
Palestinian woman declared dead found alive in Israeli detention months later
Bisan Fadl Muhammad Fayyad was first believed to have died while in detention after her family received a body said to be hers from Israeli authorities, alongside her clothes and official ID. Months after her burial, on 21 March 2025, her family received a call announcing that she was alive in Israeli custody, the Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared (PCMFD) reported on Monday. Her family has since attempted to find out more about her detention condition.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-woman-declared-dead-found-alive-israeli-detention-months-later
Jordan reinstates mandatory military service in wake of 'Greater Israel' threats
Compulsory military service is being reintroduced in Jordan, over three decades after conscription was ended in the country in 1991, a move observers are attributing to increasing regional instability, in particular around mounting statements by Israeli officials alluding to Israel’s expansionist ambitions.
https://www.newarab.com/news/jordan-reinstates-conscription-after-greater-israel-threats
Powerful Libyan official in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza
Speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, Libyan, Arab and European officials told MEE that National Security Adviser Ibrahim Dbeibah, a relative of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, was spearheading the talks despite Palestinians in Gaza flatly rejecting US President Donald Trump's postwar plan for the enclave. One Libyan source said that "practical talks" had already taken place but the specifics were vague.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-senior-official-secret-talks-israel-resettle-palestinians-gaza
Burkina Faso junta declares UN coordinator persona non grata over child rights report
The report, published in April, accused both jihadist groups and government forces of abuses against children, including their recruitment as soldiers, sexual abuses and attacks on hospitals and schools. Covering the period between July 2022 and June 2024, it claims 2,483 grave violations against 2,255 children had been verified, including some children who were victims of multiple violations.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/burkina-faso-leaders-declare-un-coordinator-persona-non-grata
Thailand turning to Sri Lankan workers to cope with Cambodian exodus, official says
More than 30,000 workers from Sri Lanka have already registered and 10,000 will be sent to Thailand in the first stage, Labour Minister Pongkawin Jungrungruangkit told reporters, adding that it would also allow workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines to apply.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-turning-sri-lankan-workers-cope-with-cambodian-exodus-official-says-2025-08-19/
Far Right Watch Wales reveals neonazis are helping to promote Reform UK
“Phillips was at one time an organiser for the fascist BNP in Wales while Marsh — who has convictions for extreme violence — is Wales’ organiser of the neonazi, holocaust-denying group Patriotic Alternative and was also the leading figure in the ‘Welsh division’ of Tommy Robinson’s English Defence League.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/far-right-watch-wales-reveals-neonazis-are-helping-promote-reform-uk
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How come neoliberals argue that infrastructure should be built in advance to solve the housing crisis (which they created) but when PRC does that, the same neoliberals call them ghost cities?
How come neoliberals argue that infrastructure should be built in advance to solve the housing crisis (which they created) but when PRC does that, the same neoliberals call them ghost cities?
R: 4 / I: 0
Why do normies not understand the concept of coercion?
Whether Financial or sexual, it seems to be beyond their comprehension.
You can get thousands of people who think its acceptable for landlords to try to coerce someone into prostituting themselves, just because that person is having trouble meeting rent.
Why do normies not understand the concept of coercion?
Whether Financial or sexual, it seems to be beyond their comprehension.
You can get thousands of people who think its acceptable for landlords to try to coerce someone into prostituting themselves, just because that person is having trouble meeting rent.
R: 38 / I: 5
22nd century historians will know less about the 21st century for certain than 20th century historians knew about, for instance, the 10th century, because AI is going to pollute academia to such a degree that it will be impossible for future generations to sort out real stuff from slop … is what I would say if I actually thought AI was going to continue development and not become a hyperinflated speculative bubble and technological dead end and historical curiosity looked back on with a mixture of pity, confusion, anger, and disgust.
22nd century historians will know less about the 21st century for certain than 20th century historians knew about, for instance, the 10th century, because AI is going to pollute academia to such a degree that it will be impossible for future generations to sort out real stuff from slop … is what I would say if I actually thought AI was going to continue development and not become a hyperinflated speculative bubble and technological dead end and historical curiosity looked back on with a mixture of pity, confusion, anger, and disgust.
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>Occupy Wall Street was compromised cause identity politics. You know, all those people saying all men are rapist, all whites are racists,… We aren't those people. Those oversimplifications and generalizations obfuscate reality. Identity politics are an obstacle to class consciousness. The culprit is capitalism. And the solution is revolution to achieve communism.
leftypol in 2025
>All westerners benefit from imperialism and are fascist.
2016 vs 2025
leftypol in 2016>Occupy Wall Street was compromised cause identity politics. You know, all those people saying all men are rapist, all whites are racists,… We aren't those people. Those oversimplifications and generalizations obfuscate reality. Identity politics are an obstacle to class consciousness. The culprit is capitalism. And the solution is revolution to achieve communism.
leftypol in 2025
>All westerners benefit from imperialism and are fascist.
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Cash for clunkers was genuinely the worst idea ever. Eliminating so many affordable cars from the used market and in turn fucking it over for years to come. Thoughts on this?
Cash for clunkers was genuinely the worst idea ever. Eliminating so many affordable cars from the used market and in turn fucking it over for years to come. Thoughts on this?
R: 20 / I: 1
People would despise the shit out of Marx if he wasn't so giddy about natlib and democracy like he was, which was much to his detriment. Marx and Engels sacrificed their own conclusions for strategy they got swept up in false optimism, mistaking the early revolt of the workers and imperialist conflicts for revolutionary progress. They sent solidarity to national wars that were laying the foundations of capitalism because they thought they were helping communism. That was more cheerleading for democracy than anything remotely communist.
People would despise the shit out of Marx if he wasn't so giddy about natlib and democracy like he was, which was much to his detriment. Marx and Engels sacrificed their own conclusions for strategy they got swept up in false optimism, mistaking the early revolt of the workers and imperialist conflicts for revolutionary progress. They sent solidarity to national wars that were laying the foundations of capitalism because they thought they were helping communism. That was more cheerleading for democracy than anything remotely communist.
R: 144 / I: 29
Marx's criticism of the ethnoreligious character of Jewishness is sufficient enough, but why not study it and see the origins? There are countless Jewish sects, there are even ultraorthodox Jews in neighborhoods like Mea Shearim in Israel who despite coming from the same teachings come to an entirely different conclusion and end up opposing Zionism and the Zionist state. Of course all of this boils down to religious mysticism, but I can't help but wonder if there is any "in the know" content that gives leverage to Judaism by economic means.
The Talmud is supposed to be a prolonged dialogue and debate between different rabbis from different generations seeing the extent of Jewish law, going to extremes in writing ridiculous stuff like endorsing child marriage and hostilities towards non-Jews.
There was a sect of Islam which more or less went through the same, but I forgot what they were called, the general idea was to try and see the extent of what is allowed in Islam and what can be the definitive Islamic law which I'm unsure if it lead to Shariah or if its unrelated.
Has anyone here ever studied the Talmud?
No this is not a /pol/ post, I am genuinely curious if anyone has bothered studying the Talmud and discovered anything noteworthy in it.Marx's criticism of the ethnoreligious character of Jewishness is sufficient enough, but why not study it and see the origins? There are countless Jewish sects, there are even ultraorthodox Jews in neighborhoods like Mea Shearim in Israel who despite coming from the same teachings come to an entirely different conclusion and end up opposing Zionism and the Zionist state. Of course all of this boils down to religious mysticism, but I can't help but wonder if there is any "in the know" content that gives leverage to Judaism by economic means.
The Talmud is supposed to be a prolonged dialogue and debate between different rabbis from different generations seeing the extent of Jewish law, going to extremes in writing ridiculous stuff like endorsing child marriage and hostilities towards non-Jews.
There was a sect of Islam which more or less went through the same, but I forgot what they were called, the general idea was to try and see the extent of what is allowed in Islam and what can be the definitive Islamic law which I'm unsure if it lead to Shariah or if its unrelated.
R: 589 / I: 136
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“This result is a punishment vote against betrayal and corruption. A message for new generations: if you want to go into politics, whoever betrays loses and whoever steals loses,” the historic leader of Bolivian left said, referring to presidential candidates Andronico Rodriguez and Eduardo del Castillo. Morales also said the results were also a “punishment vote against the privatization of state companies and against political persecution.” In doing so, he alluded to former President Quiroga, the presidential candidate who came in second place.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/evo-morales-calls-bolivian-election-outcome-a-punishment-vote/
Uribe’s main fixer convicted for bribing witness in case against Colombia’s former president
According to Bogota judge Fabian Moreno, attorney Diego Cadena pressured a witness called Juan Guillermo Monsalve into retracting claims that Uribe and his brother Santiago helped create the Bloque Metro paramilitary group in 1996. Monsalve and other former Bloque Metrio fighters have testified that their group was created at Guacharacas, the Uribe family estate in the east of the Antioquia province, in response to a guerrilla attack on the property.
https://colombiareports.com/uribes-fixer-convicted-for-bribery/
Amazon Communities Launch Protest Against Illegal Mining in Peru
Additionally, monuments to Bolsheviks and revolutionaries, including Stepan Shaumyan and Aleksandr Myasnikyan, as well as statues of Nagorno-Karabakh’s military leaders like Khristofor Ivanyan and Anatoliy Zinevich, were also noted to have been removed. The statement adds that while the official fate of the sculptures has not yet been clarified, considering Azerbaijan’s ongoing policy of erasing Armenian cultural heritage, it is highly likely that the statues have been permanently destroyed.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/amazon-communities-launch-protest-against-illegal-mining-in-peru/
Air Canada flight attendants to continue strike despite government order
It is unusual for a union to defy a CIRB order. It was not immediately clear what options the government has if the union continues its strike. Air Canada flight attendants walked off the job on Saturday for the first time since 1985, after months of negotiations over a new contract. Natasha Stea, an Air Canada flight attendant and local union president, told Reuters that other unions joined the flight attendants’ picket line in solidarity in Toronto on Sunday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/17/air-canada-flight-attendants-to-continue-strike-despite-government-order
https://archive.ph/FK4Ox
Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal set out by mediators, sources say
Hamas told Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Monday that the group has accepted the Gaza ceasefire proposal that had been presented to them earlier that day, sources told Middle East Eye. This is the same proposal - barring some minor details - that Hamas had accepted on 1 June before both the Israelis and the Americans withdrew their teams from talks in Doha. Should this ceasefire come to fruition, it would demonstrate a major compromise by the Israelis, a source told MEE.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-accepts-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-set-out-mediators-sources
Nearly a million Israelis demonstrate, calling for hostage deal and end to Gaza war
Nearly 500,000 people crowded into Hostages Square in Tel Aviv Sunday to demand the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu end the war in Gaza and secure a deal to bring home the hostages. Protests in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba and other cities brought the total to more than one million.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/18/yxvg-a18.html
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan demolishes 25 Soviet-era monuments
Additionally, monuments to Bolsheviks and revolutionaries, including Stepan Shaumyan and Aleksandr Myasnikyan, as well as statues of Nagorno-Karabakh’s military leaders like Khristofor Ivanyan and Anatoliy Zinevich, were also noted to have been removed. The statement adds that while the official fate of the sculptures has not yet been clarified, considering Azerbaijan’s ongoing policy of erasing Armenian cultural heritage, it is highly likely that the statues have been permanently destroyed.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2025/08/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-demolishes-25-soviet-era-monuments.html
Government condemned for inaction on anti-Sikh hate crimes after attack on two elderly men
The men, aged in their sixties and seventies and both taxi drivers, were brutally assaulted outside Wolverhampton train station on Friday in an incident captured on video that went viral over the weekend. One victim can be seen on the ground without his turban, while the other is repeatedly punched and kicked.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/government-condemned-inaction-anti-sikh-hate-crimes-after-attack-two-elderly-men
Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires during extended heat wave
The decision to add to the more than 1,400 troops already on wildfire duty came as authorities struggled to contain forest blazes, especially in the northwestern Galicia region, and awaited the arrival of promised aircraft reinforcements from other European countries.
https://apnews.com/article/europe-spain-portugal-wildfires-climate-34057085cfe89c3107b65bd7cc9767cc
Taiwanese with mainland China IDs risk losing jobs, citizenship, Taipei warns
The warning came as Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior moved to enact new rules aimed at tightening control over those seeking to regain citizenship after acquiring mainland Chinese household registration or identity documents. Government agencies are also reinforcing vetting procedures for public servants and investigating entertainers with perceived ties to the mainland propaganda machine.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322270/taiwanese-mainland-china-ids-risk-losing-jobs-citizenship-taipei-warns?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection
Queensland police go to court in bid to stop Story Bridge pro-Palestine protest march
Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (Brisbane) have advertised plans to march over the bridge at 1pm on Sunday – replicating similar protests that occurred earlier this month in Sydney and Melbourne. Spokesperson for Justice for Palestine Magan-djin Remah Naji said the group is expecting at least 7,000 people to attend the rally. The Queensland police oppose the march on public safety grounds.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/queensland-police-go-to-court-in-bid-to-stop-story-bridge-pro-palestine-protest-march
Record Qantas fines in Australia for illegal pandemic layoffs
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said the outsourcing of 1,820 baggage handler and cleaner jobs at Australian airports in late 2020 had been the “largest and most significant contravention” of relevant Australian employment laws in their 120-year history. Qantas agreed in December last year to pay AU$120m in compensation to former staff after a high court rejected the airline’s appeal against the judgement that the outsourcing of their jobs was illegal.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/record-qantas-fines-australia-illegal-pandemic-layoffs
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Evo Morales Calls Bolivian Election Outcome a ‘Punishment Vote’“This result is a punishment vote against betrayal and corruption. A message for new generations: if you want to go into politics, whoever betrays loses and whoever steals loses,” the historic leader of Bolivian left said, referring to presidential candidates Andronico Rodriguez and Eduardo del Castillo. Morales also said the results were also a “punishment vote against the privatization of state companies and against political persecution.” In doing so, he alluded to former President Quiroga, the presidential candidate who came in second place.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/evo-morales-calls-bolivian-election-outcome-a-punishment-vote/
Uribe’s main fixer convicted for bribing witness in case against Colombia’s former president
According to Bogota judge Fabian Moreno, attorney Diego Cadena pressured a witness called Juan Guillermo Monsalve into retracting claims that Uribe and his brother Santiago helped create the Bloque Metro paramilitary group in 1996. Monsalve and other former Bloque Metrio fighters have testified that their group was created at Guacharacas, the Uribe family estate in the east of the Antioquia province, in response to a guerrilla attack on the property.
https://colombiareports.com/uribes-fixer-convicted-for-bribery/
Amazon Communities Launch Protest Against Illegal Mining in Peru
Additionally, monuments to Bolsheviks and revolutionaries, including Stepan Shaumyan and Aleksandr Myasnikyan, as well as statues of Nagorno-Karabakh’s military leaders like Khristofor Ivanyan and Anatoliy Zinevich, were also noted to have been removed. The statement adds that while the official fate of the sculptures has not yet been clarified, considering Azerbaijan’s ongoing policy of erasing Armenian cultural heritage, it is highly likely that the statues have been permanently destroyed.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/amazon-communities-launch-protest-against-illegal-mining-in-peru/
Air Canada flight attendants to continue strike despite government order
It is unusual for a union to defy a CIRB order. It was not immediately clear what options the government has if the union continues its strike. Air Canada flight attendants walked off the job on Saturday for the first time since 1985, after months of negotiations over a new contract. Natasha Stea, an Air Canada flight attendant and local union president, told Reuters that other unions joined the flight attendants’ picket line in solidarity in Toronto on Sunday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/17/air-canada-flight-attendants-to-continue-strike-despite-government-order
https://archive.ph/FK4Ox
Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal set out by mediators, sources say
Hamas told Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Monday that the group has accepted the Gaza ceasefire proposal that had been presented to them earlier that day, sources told Middle East Eye. This is the same proposal - barring some minor details - that Hamas had accepted on 1 June before both the Israelis and the Americans withdrew their teams from talks in Doha. Should this ceasefire come to fruition, it would demonstrate a major compromise by the Israelis, a source told MEE.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-accepts-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-set-out-mediators-sources
Nearly a million Israelis demonstrate, calling for hostage deal and end to Gaza war
Nearly 500,000 people crowded into Hostages Square in Tel Aviv Sunday to demand the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu end the war in Gaza and secure a deal to bring home the hostages. Protests in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba and other cities brought the total to more than one million.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/18/yxvg-a18.html
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan demolishes 25 Soviet-era monuments
Additionally, monuments to Bolsheviks and revolutionaries, including Stepan Shaumyan and Aleksandr Myasnikyan, as well as statues of Nagorno-Karabakh’s military leaders like Khristofor Ivanyan and Anatoliy Zinevich, were also noted to have been removed. The statement adds that while the official fate of the sculptures has not yet been clarified, considering Azerbaijan’s ongoing policy of erasing Armenian cultural heritage, it is highly likely that the statues have been permanently destroyed.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2025/08/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-demolishes-25-soviet-era-monuments.html
Government condemned for inaction on anti-Sikh hate crimes after attack on two elderly men
The men, aged in their sixties and seventies and both taxi drivers, were brutally assaulted outside Wolverhampton train station on Friday in an incident captured on video that went viral over the weekend. One victim can be seen on the ground without his turban, while the other is repeatedly punched and kicked.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/government-condemned-inaction-anti-sikh-hate-crimes-after-attack-two-elderly-men
Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires during extended heat wave
The decision to add to the more than 1,400 troops already on wildfire duty came as authorities struggled to contain forest blazes, especially in the northwestern Galicia region, and awaited the arrival of promised aircraft reinforcements from other European countries.
https://apnews.com/article/europe-spain-portugal-wildfires-climate-34057085cfe89c3107b65bd7cc9767cc
Taiwanese with mainland China IDs risk losing jobs, citizenship, Taipei warns
The warning came as Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior moved to enact new rules aimed at tightening control over those seeking to regain citizenship after acquiring mainland Chinese household registration or identity documents. Government agencies are also reinforcing vetting procedures for public servants and investigating entertainers with perceived ties to the mainland propaganda machine.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322270/taiwanese-mainland-china-ids-risk-losing-jobs-citizenship-taipei-warns?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection
Queensland police go to court in bid to stop Story Bridge pro-Palestine protest march
Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (Brisbane) have advertised plans to march over the bridge at 1pm on Sunday – replicating similar protests that occurred earlier this month in Sydney and Melbourne. Spokesperson for Justice for Palestine Magan-djin Remah Naji said the group is expecting at least 7,000 people to attend the rally. The Queensland police oppose the march on public safety grounds.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/queensland-police-go-to-court-in-bid-to-stop-story-bridge-pro-palestine-protest-march
Record Qantas fines in Australia for illegal pandemic layoffs
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said the outsourcing of 1,820 baggage handler and cleaner jobs at Australian airports in late 2020 had been the “largest and most significant contravention” of relevant Australian employment laws in their 120-year history. Qantas agreed in December last year to pay AU$120m in compensation to former staff after a high court rejected the airline’s appeal against the judgement that the outsourcing of their jobs was illegal.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/record-qantas-fines-australia-illegal-pandemic-layoffs
R: 287 / I: 42
Can proletarians truly exist in today's first-world nations with social security programs (mostly the EU member nations)? And if so, what percentage of the population do they make up there? Obviously if everyone suddenly stopped working and relied on unemployment benefits the bourgeois state would find a way to force them to work
again, existing unemployed are also already heckled.
But today as it stands even if you have no other reason not to work than simply not wanting to, your survival, your life, your weal and woe are never under threat in the nations this question is concerned with. Thoughts?
Can proletarians truly exist in today's first-world nations with social security programs (mostly the EU member nations)? And if so, what percentage of the population do they make up there? Obviously if everyone suddenly stopped working and relied on unemployment benefits the bourgeois state would find a way to force them to work
again, existing unemployed are also already heckled.
But today as it stands even if you have no other reason not to work than simply not wanting to, your survival, your life, your weal and woe are never under threat in the nations this question is concerned with. Thoughts?
R: 72 / I: 16 (sage)
What I DON'T support however is infesting our once developed, secure and beautiful first world nations with undesirable subhumans from the third world, and especially as a straight man myself I don't want to risk getting a stone thrown to my head by some Muhammad or Nbumgo because their brownoid shithole religion says straight people bad or something, my city (Frankfurt) used to be the JEWEL of Germany when it was racially homogeneous now it's a hellhole thanks to the uyghurs and arqbs infesting it
In fact, in these elections I actually voted AfD despite them being neoliberal crooks, because they're the ONLY ONES willing to do something about the non-White infestation
TL/DR I fully support the economic policies of communism but I want shitskins OUT, they're ugly, smelly, barbaric and a threat to my existance as a straight man
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I fully support universal healthcare, universal suffrage, free education, minimum wage social security for those in vulnerable conditions, even the seizing of the means of production so workers could actually turn industries and companies into cooperativesWhat I DON'T support however is infesting our once developed, secure and beautiful first world nations with undesirable subhumans from the third world, and especially as a straight man myself I don't want to risk getting a stone thrown to my head by some Muhammad or Nbumgo because their brownoid shithole religion says straight people bad or something, my city (Frankfurt) used to be the JEWEL of Germany when it was racially homogeneous now it's a hellhole thanks to the uyghurs and arqbs infesting it
In fact, in these elections I actually voted AfD despite them being neoliberal crooks, because they're the ONLY ONES willing to do something about the non-White infestation
TL/DR I fully support the economic policies of communism but I want shitskins OUT, they're ugly, smelly, barbaric and a threat to my existance as a straight man
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https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
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How do we deal with female narcissism epidemic
It seems it's easier for femoids to form lesbian powerblocs and it is evidently more pronounced with westerners, who are more likely to taste the rainbow and castrate males, further swelling their female ranks
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How do we deal with female loneliness epidemic
It seems it's harder for people to form genuine connections but and it is evidently more pronounced with women who are more likely to consume SSRI medication and are more likely to experience obesity
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example of this would be caloric intake and quality of food consumed by a medieval peasant vs a modern 3rd world worker. A modern 3rd world worker in a country such as India eats carb heavy third class food much worse than what a medieval peasant used to eat.
2. Alienation is increasing not because of all the stupid theories of marx but because how humans inherently are. Humans were forced to be social earlier because of scarcity of resources and now with abundance of third class cheap resources they aren't compelled to be social and hence they are not social.
3. Humans are the only species in the animal kingdom with significant level of unevenness in its "consciousness" (for some of you illiterate idiots, consciousness means ability of any living organism to be aware about its surrounding). This gives way for class society and not the ruling classes from Mars who are responsible for that. There will always be uneveness in the consciousness of humans and it will always lead to some kind of class society automatically. No state or authority can change this.
4. Giving women, minorities or any other holy oppressed groups any kind of "democratic power" won't lead to any progress at all ever. They will also end up becoming a part of same oppressive machinery. There is no right way of doing it.
Because of all above reasons there won't be any revolution or any such nonsense ever. Things will just keep on getting worse and worse and humans will be in for slow process of extinction.
However, there is one way through which humans can reach salvation. And that solution sound like what villains in cartoons used to have. That is to kill all humans, that will relieve humans of all the pain that they go through as part of this useless existence. Humans ultimately can not achieve any infinite goal. Billions of sad souls in immense pain will be relieved forever of their pain. This is totally achievable with a sizeable group of like minded people. With growth in science, we have multiple options such as engineered viruses and nuclear bombs etc. It is about time anyways that intelligent people will ultimately figure it out. Some of them are figuring it out anyways, with pilots crashing planes along with all the passengers.
Marxists off course being B team of bourgeois rulers and optimist opportunists won't agree to this but this is the path to go.
No revolution will happen ever because of inherent human conditions
1. History is not a forward flow river of "progress" unlike what Marxists believe. Increase in "productivity" is not same as "progress" in the sense that humans will get more freer and intellectually superior.example of this would be caloric intake and quality of food consumed by a medieval peasant vs a modern 3rd world worker. A modern 3rd world worker in a country such as India eats carb heavy third class food much worse than what a medieval peasant used to eat.
2. Alienation is increasing not because of all the stupid theories of marx but because how humans inherently are. Humans were forced to be social earlier because of scarcity of resources and now with abundance of third class cheap resources they aren't compelled to be social and hence they are not social.
3. Humans are the only species in the animal kingdom with significant level of unevenness in its "consciousness" (for some of you illiterate idiots, consciousness means ability of any living organism to be aware about its surrounding). This gives way for class society and not the ruling classes from Mars who are responsible for that. There will always be uneveness in the consciousness of humans and it will always lead to some kind of class society automatically. No state or authority can change this.
4. Giving women, minorities or any other holy oppressed groups any kind of "democratic power" won't lead to any progress at all ever. They will also end up becoming a part of same oppressive machinery. There is no right way of doing it.
Because of all above reasons there won't be any revolution or any such nonsense ever. Things will just keep on getting worse and worse and humans will be in for slow process of extinction.
However, there is one way through which humans can reach salvation. And that solution sound like what villains in cartoons used to have. That is to kill all humans, that will relieve humans of all the pain that they go through as part of this useless existence. Humans ultimately can not achieve any infinite goal. Billions of sad souls in immense pain will be relieved forever of their pain. This is totally achievable with a sizeable group of like minded people. With growth in science, we have multiple options such as engineered viruses and nuclear bombs etc. It is about time anyways that intelligent people will ultimately figure it out. Some of them are figuring it out anyways, with pilots crashing planes along with all the passengers.
Marxists off course being B team of bourgeois rulers and optimist opportunists won't agree to this but this is the path to go.
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Don't Forget, You're Here Forever.
Weeks are not happening
You can already tell what this thread is going to be like just by the title. Another demoralization NEH thread. Whatever. Its not happening, nothing relevant is. Nothing You want to happen will happen and if it happens it ends up not being enough.Don't Forget, You're Here Forever.
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US Human Rights Violations
China's State Council Information Office published a comprehensive report on Sunday detailing systemic human rights challenges in the United States during the contentious 2024 election year. The document examines political polarization, economic disparities, and social fractures through a human rights lens.
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Tier list
Here is my tier list of socialist countries. Venezuela is D tier because they are barely even Socialist and seem closer to modern Russia rather than Soviet Russia. Nicaragua is D tier because they have not done much or developed anything, I know there is a trade embargo but Cuba has made great healthcare progress with their embargo, also they are pretty authoritarian. North Korea is C tier because they are probably the most authoritarian of them all but they have developed a ton and they even color their Commie-Blocks. Vietnam is B tier because it is the second most developed of them and has the most freedom out of all of them but what holds them back is that they are supper pro-America and supper Anti-China and I think that socialist countries should put their differences aside to grow socialism. Laos is B tier because I have no idea about anything about it and no one has ever heard of it. China is A tier because they are the most developed and also the last hope of earth, but my biggest gripe with China is that even though it is exaggerated by the western media there is some truth to the persecution of the Uyghurs and just because other countries do it doesn’t make it okay :/ and even though it is good that they are non-interventionist they kinda are to a fault because they really need to sanction Israel. Cuba is S tier, Cuba despite being a weak country militarily they still manage to spite the US even though they are right below us by providing material support to groups that the US doesn’t like.
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how do anti-CPC shills genuinely respond to this?
they keep yapping about how china has deviated from marxism without providing a shred of evidence meanwhile everything that marx wrote just reinforces the positions of the CPC in its road to build socialism
how do anti-CPC shills genuinely respond to this?
they keep yapping about how china has deviated from marxism without providing a shred of evidence meanwhile everything that marx wrote just reinforces the positions of the CPC in its road to build socialism
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Sad and Ironic
That those keeping the global economy afloat and preventing the world from falling apart are countries like China and Japan, and that the countries that claim to be the "greatest followers of God," aka the US and Israel, are governed by the worst human beings on earth and responsible for most of the current social, economic, and political problems.
R: 48 / I: 10 (sage)
Communists killed my grandfather in prison and basically ruined my grandmother, father and aunt's lives because there was nobody left to support them so they were left struggling and homeless and had to rely on relatives to survive. They got paid reparations after the end of communism because it seems he died of brutal beating in prison and his corpse was never found.
What are your thoughts on this fact /leftypol/?
Communists killed my grandfather in prison and basically ruined my grandmother, father and aunt's lives because there was nobody left to support them so they were left struggling and homeless and had to rely on relatives to survive. They got paid reparations after the end of communism because it seems he died of brutal beating in prison and his corpse was never found.
What are your thoughts on this fact /leftypol/?
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>As AI models evolve from simple text generation to more complex image, video, and music generation, data requirements are expanding rapidly, further amplifying energy demand. Since 2022, global investment in data centres has nearly doubled, reaching half a trillion dollars in 2024. However, this boom has also triggered mounting concerns around the sector’s growing energy footprint. Today, data centres and data transmission networks are responsible for about 1 percent of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.
>AI-optimised data centres, particularly hyperscale facilities, are pushing energy use to unprecedented levels. Some centres now require 100 megawatts or more of electricity. For perspective, a single large-scale facility can consume as much electricity annually as 350,000 to 400,000 electric vehicles.
>In 2022, data centres consumed an estimated 240 to 340 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, accounting for approximately 1 to 1.3 percent of global electricity demand. Electricity demand from AI-optimised data centres is projected to more than quadruple by 2030, reaching about 945 TWh, which would exceed Japan’s current electricity consumption.
>As of March 2025, the United States holds the largest number of data centres globally, operating 5,426 facilities. As a result, the USA accounts for the highest share of global data centre electricity consumption, responsible for 45 percent of global usage in 2024, followed by China at 25 percent and Europe at 15 percent.
>In the United States, data centres are expected to drive nearly half of the country’s electricity demand growth between now and 2030. By the end of the decade, the USA will consume more electricity for data centres than for the production of aluminium, steel, cement, chemicals, and all other energy-intensive goods combined.
>A recent study examined 2,132 data centres operating across the United States, representing 78 percent of all facilities, between September 2023 and August 2024. The findings showed that these data centres accounted for over 4 percent of total US electricity consumption, with more than half of that electricity sourced from fossil fuels. This contributed to more than 105 million tons of CO2e emissions, representing 2.18 percent of total US emissions in 2023.
>The strain on local power grids will continue to intensify as more data centres are built. Construction timelines for new centres often outpace upgrades to grid and transmission infrastructure. Several jurisdictions have already paused new data centre projects to process connection backlogs and evaluate grid capacity. Rising concerns over electricity availability and prices have led some regions to consider temporary moratoriums on development.
>Data centers consume water primarily to cool servers from overheating. A Cornell University study estimates AI demand alone could require 4.2–6.6 billion cubic meters of fresh water annually by 2027, roughly half of the UK’s yearly usage.
>The demand for water for data center cooling is exacerbating the water crisis in water-sensitive regions already suffering from the effects of climate-related water shortages. Stakeholder engagement is most necessary while choosing a location to set up new data centers. While huge data centers generate employment and create an uptick in the economy, the environmental cost of setting up a data center needs to be assessed first. One such example was the proposed approval for a data center in Arizona which is known for its arid landscape and water woes.
>In 2021, Google’s global data centers consumed approximately 4.3 billion gallons (16.2 billion litres) of water altogether. Though water-cooled data centers consume less energy to cool heating and emit roughly 10% less carbon emissions than air-cooled data centers, they still place immense stress on freshwater resources.
>Data centers contain thousands of components with varied life cycles. While servers, batteries, and networking equipment typically require replacement every 3–5 years, infrastructure such as air conditioning systems and generators may last over a decade.
>Short upgrade cycles—especially in high-performance facilities—result in significant volumes of e-waste. In a 2020 survey, 42% of IT managers reported replacing servers every 2–3 years. Given the scale of global data centers, e-waste volumes are staggering.
>Data centers require substantial real estate and resources, often competing with agriculture, housing, or other commercial sectors. In some regions, their expansion fuels gentrification, increases land costs, and stresses local infrastructure.
>Noise pollution from data centers is rarely ever spoken about, even though it increasingly affects nearby communities. The constant hum of servers, network switches, routers, air conditioning systems, and industrial cooling fans creates significant and persistent noise levels. This mechanical chorus can generate sound levels exceeding 80 dBA, comparable to a leaf blower.
>Communities living near large data centers frequently report health concerns linked to the unceasing background noise. Chronic exposure causes sleep disturbance, headache, hearing loss, elevated stress hormone levels, hypertension, anxiety, and even cardiovascular risks.
>Persistent land-based noise pollution also affects other species. Noise from data centers disrupts animal communication, alters natural behavior, and forces wildlife to change migration patterns.
https://archive.ph/dCTMo
Data Centers are killing the planet
>The exponential growth of data and the rising demand for data centres is challenging global climate progress. The rapid development of AI could undermine decarbonisation efforts worldwide by driving electricity consumption and emissions to extreme levels.>As AI models evolve from simple text generation to more complex image, video, and music generation, data requirements are expanding rapidly, further amplifying energy demand. Since 2022, global investment in data centres has nearly doubled, reaching half a trillion dollars in 2024. However, this boom has also triggered mounting concerns around the sector’s growing energy footprint. Today, data centres and data transmission networks are responsible for about 1 percent of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.
>AI-optimised data centres, particularly hyperscale facilities, are pushing energy use to unprecedented levels. Some centres now require 100 megawatts or more of electricity. For perspective, a single large-scale facility can consume as much electricity annually as 350,000 to 400,000 electric vehicles.
>In 2022, data centres consumed an estimated 240 to 340 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, accounting for approximately 1 to 1.3 percent of global electricity demand. Electricity demand from AI-optimised data centres is projected to more than quadruple by 2030, reaching about 945 TWh, which would exceed Japan’s current electricity consumption.
>As of March 2025, the United States holds the largest number of data centres globally, operating 5,426 facilities. As a result, the USA accounts for the highest share of global data centre electricity consumption, responsible for 45 percent of global usage in 2024, followed by China at 25 percent and Europe at 15 percent.
>In the United States, data centres are expected to drive nearly half of the country’s electricity demand growth between now and 2030. By the end of the decade, the USA will consume more electricity for data centres than for the production of aluminium, steel, cement, chemicals, and all other energy-intensive goods combined.
>A recent study examined 2,132 data centres operating across the United States, representing 78 percent of all facilities, between September 2023 and August 2024. The findings showed that these data centres accounted for over 4 percent of total US electricity consumption, with more than half of that electricity sourced from fossil fuels. This contributed to more than 105 million tons of CO2e emissions, representing 2.18 percent of total US emissions in 2023.
>The strain on local power grids will continue to intensify as more data centres are built. Construction timelines for new centres often outpace upgrades to grid and transmission infrastructure. Several jurisdictions have already paused new data centre projects to process connection backlogs and evaluate grid capacity. Rising concerns over electricity availability and prices have led some regions to consider temporary moratoriums on development.
>Data centers consume water primarily to cool servers from overheating. A Cornell University study estimates AI demand alone could require 4.2–6.6 billion cubic meters of fresh water annually by 2027, roughly half of the UK’s yearly usage.
>The demand for water for data center cooling is exacerbating the water crisis in water-sensitive regions already suffering from the effects of climate-related water shortages. Stakeholder engagement is most necessary while choosing a location to set up new data centers. While huge data centers generate employment and create an uptick in the economy, the environmental cost of setting up a data center needs to be assessed first. One such example was the proposed approval for a data center in Arizona which is known for its arid landscape and water woes.
>In 2021, Google’s global data centers consumed approximately 4.3 billion gallons (16.2 billion litres) of water altogether. Though water-cooled data centers consume less energy to cool heating and emit roughly 10% less carbon emissions than air-cooled data centers, they still place immense stress on freshwater resources.
>Data centers contain thousands of components with varied life cycles. While servers, batteries, and networking equipment typically require replacement every 3–5 years, infrastructure such as air conditioning systems and generators may last over a decade.
>Short upgrade cycles—especially in high-performance facilities—result in significant volumes of e-waste. In a 2020 survey, 42% of IT managers reported replacing servers every 2–3 years. Given the scale of global data centers, e-waste volumes are staggering.
>Data centers require substantial real estate and resources, often competing with agriculture, housing, or other commercial sectors. In some regions, their expansion fuels gentrification, increases land costs, and stresses local infrastructure.
>Noise pollution from data centers is rarely ever spoken about, even though it increasingly affects nearby communities. The constant hum of servers, network switches, routers, air conditioning systems, and industrial cooling fans creates significant and persistent noise levels. This mechanical chorus can generate sound levels exceeding 80 dBA, comparable to a leaf blower.
>Communities living near large data centers frequently report health concerns linked to the unceasing background noise. Chronic exposure causes sleep disturbance, headache, hearing loss, elevated stress hormone levels, hypertension, anxiety, and even cardiovascular risks.
>Persistent land-based noise pollution also affects other species. Noise from data centers disrupts animal communication, alters natural behavior, and forces wildlife to change migration patterns.
https://archive.ph/dCTMo
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i've also noticed that the leftcom spazs around here just scream at clouds at this point because almost everytime their replies reduce down to accusations of taking perverse pleasure in the genocide of proletarians, which is completely ridiculous. and i've noticed leftcoms never have anything relevant about organization to say. i also do not know any leftcom that is organized or isn't a complete social outcast.
why does this happen?
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why are leftcoms an antisocial tendency?
why does it seem that whenever marxists post relevant studies, articles, books it's always very precise, to the point, relevant to the topic at hand; while when leftcoms post books here, they are usually not relevant, or a debate from 50 years ago in one sect, pseudointellectual nonsense? has anyone else noticed this? it seems like they haven't read the books they spam and are very ecclectic in their takes (i've seen them post anarchist alongside left-communist literature, indicating their ideological confusion).i've also noticed that the leftcom spazs around here just scream at clouds at this point because almost everytime their replies reduce down to accusations of taking perverse pleasure in the genocide of proletarians, which is completely ridiculous. and i've noticed leftcoms never have anything relevant about organization to say. i also do not know any leftcom that is organized or isn't a complete social outcast.
why does this happen?
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Since October 2023, new illegal outposts have been established in Jericho, which the committee says poses a “direct threat to its historic and sacred character and forming part of a broader plan to erase Palestine’s Christian and historical identity”. “These measures are inseparable from the wider occupation strategy to alter the identity of Jerusalem, erase its religious and cultural character, and ultimately eliminate the Palestinian presence in the city,” Ramzi Khouri, PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, said in the letter.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-eradicating-christian-presence-palestine
Malnourished Palestinian woman dies in Italy after Gaza evacuation
According to the University hospital of Pisa she had a “very complex clinical picture” and was “in a profound state of organic wasting”, doctors said in a statement. On Friday, after undergoing tests and starting treatment, she had a sudden respiratory crisis and cardiac arrest, and died. The hospital did not elaborate on her condition, but Italian news agencies reporting health facility sources said that she was suffering from severe malnutrition. More than 180 children and young people from Gaza have been brought to Italy since the war began between Israel and Hamas.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/malnourished-palestinian-woman-dies-in-italy-after-gaza-evacuation
Tensions soar in Serbia as angry protesters clash with police, set fire to party offices
Wearing scarves over their faces and chanting slogans against President Aleksandar Vucic, a group of young men threw flares at his Serbian Progressive Party offices in Valjevo, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the capital Belgrade. They set fire to the party’s offices before clashing with riot police in a downtown area. Police threw multiple rounds of tear gas and charged at the demonstrators who hurled bottles, rocks and flares at them. Similar clashes also erupted on Saturday evening in the northern city of Novi Sad and in Belgrade, with police directing tear gas at protesters while battling the protesters who set garbage containers on fire.
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protests-violence-clashes-1a6cdb041ca10e6b8d08970b7dcf3004
EU leaders back Trump plan for trilateral talks after Putin summit
Putin, for his part, refused to answer questions from international media and continued to claim his all-out assault on Ukraine and efforts to capture territory are driven by “fundamental threats to our security.” Despite not making any public concessions, he hinted an “agreement” had been struck with Trump that could “help bring us closer to that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-donald-trump-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-european-allies-russia-putin-talks-fizzle-war/
https://archive.ph/XVK41
Libyans turn out for elections as officials condemn 'unacceptable' obstructions
Hundreds of thousands of Libyans went to the polls on Saturday as officials condemned "unacceptable" obstructions that prevented voting in some areas. Fifty cities across the fractured country, including the capital Tripoli, took part in the elections. Polling stations opened as early as 9am [7am GMT] for the 380,000 registered voters, with security provided in the west by the interior ministry of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU).
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libyans-turn-out-elections-officials-condemn-unacceptable-obstructions
Malema dismisses National Dialogue as waste of state resources
“It really did not serve any purpose. If anything, it was saving the egos of certain people, and therefore it was a waste of money. NGOs and people who participated in that preparations suggested that it must be postponed, because they are not ready only to go and embarrass themselves the way they did. We don’t support this convention. We don’t support the national dialogue. We know the demands of our people. We cannot spend R700 million of the money that we don’t have.”
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/malema-dismisses-national-dialogue-as-waste-of-state-resources/
Malaysian plantation workers mobilize to demand housing rights
Hundreds of plantation workers in Malaysia, under the leadership of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), marched to the parliament building in Kuala Lumpur and presented their demand for housing for all on Wednesday, August 13. The police tried to prevent PSM leaders and the members of the Farm Society Support Committee (JSML) from reaching the parliament. S Arutchelvan, deputy chairman of the PSM was even pushed to the ground by the police.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/malaysian-plantation-workers-mobilize-to-demand-housing-rights/
From Ang Bayan: NPA Carries Out Successful Attack On AFP Camp In Quezon Province
A New People’s Army (NPA)-Quezon (Apolonio Mendoza Command) unit fired at the newly built 85th IB camp in Barangay Cogorin Ibaba, Lopez, Quezon Province on August 2. The unit carried out the attack at 7:30 p.m. Lieutenant Colonel Reynir Nirza serves as the battalion commander and is under the 2nd ID command. Quezonians welcomed the attack as a way to hold the bloodthirsty battalion accountable for their crimes and to give justice to their peasant victims.
https://www.redspark.nu/peoples-war/philippines/from-ang-bayan-npa-carries-out-successful-attack-on-afp-camp-in-quezon-province/
Pakistan: Textile Workers Demand Better Wages, Labour Rights
In Faisalabad, led by Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (HKP) and other unions, hundreds of workers successfully carried out a large strike on August 3 and have been regularly organizing large-scale protest gatherings to push for their demands. The workers’ demands include a better minimum wage, the proper implementation of labor and minimum wage laws, and the protection of other workers’ rights. Before Faisalabad, textile workers in Gujranwala observed a strike in support of similar demands, which lasted for more than a fortnight. The strike was lifted after the administration and the factory management agreed to all the demands.
https://www.newsclick.in/pakistan-textile-workers-demand-better-wages-labour-rights
Government Shuts Down Air Canada Strike That Grounded Hundreds of Flights
In an unsigned email, Air Canada, which said that it had locked out the striking workers early Saturday, declined to comment on the minister’s decision, adding that it was too early to say how long it would take to get its planes flying. Hundreds of striking flight attendants outside Toronto Pearson International Airport reacted swiftly and angrily, chanting, “Shame on you, Patty Hajdu,” and “We won’t stop,” as passing motorists honked their horns in solidarity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/world/canada/air-canada-strike.html
https://archive.ph/apv2L
Bolivian Government Denounces Right-Wing “Dirty War” Prior to General Elections
The Government of Bolivia rejected accusations by the Alianza Unidad party about an alleged plan to link them with electoral fraud. The opposition coalition, led by Samuel Doria Medina, declared that the government of Luis Arce would be trying to accuse them of electoral fraud after the elections, denouncing a campaign of “dirty war” to tarnish the process. In this regard, the Government described the statements as “irresponsible” and called on all political formations that will participate in the elections to act responsibly in their declarations, noting that “What explains this position of the Unity Alliance is the dirty war between the right-wing parties.”
https://www.telesurenglish.net/bolivian-government-denounces-right-wing-dirty-war-prior-to-general-elections/
Tensions rise in Ecuador as President Noboa protests against the Constitutional Court
Tensions between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and the Constitutional Court (CC) are increasing with each passing day. On August 12, the right-wing leader led a mobilization, alongside his ministers and assembly members, to criticize the recent actions of the CC, which he has described as an “obstacle” to achieving peace. The CC has recently annulled several articles of the latest laws passed by the ruling party. According to the highest body responsible for ensuring the correct application of the Constitution of the Republic, these articles violate fundamental principles and rights enshrined in the Constitution and have therefore been suspended, although the rest of the laws remain in force.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/tensions-rise-in-ecuador-as-president-noboa-protests-against-the-constitutional-court/
News 8/16/25
Israeli attacks on Palestine churches part of campaign to 'eradicate Christian presence’Since October 2023, new illegal outposts have been established in Jericho, which the committee says poses a “direct threat to its historic and sacred character and forming part of a broader plan to erase Palestine’s Christian and historical identity”. “These measures are inseparable from the wider occupation strategy to alter the identity of Jerusalem, erase its religious and cultural character, and ultimately eliminate the Palestinian presence in the city,” Ramzi Khouri, PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, said in the letter.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-eradicating-christian-presence-palestine
Malnourished Palestinian woman dies in Italy after Gaza evacuation
According to the University hospital of Pisa she had a “very complex clinical picture” and was “in a profound state of organic wasting”, doctors said in a statement. On Friday, after undergoing tests and starting treatment, she had a sudden respiratory crisis and cardiac arrest, and died. The hospital did not elaborate on her condition, but Italian news agencies reporting health facility sources said that she was suffering from severe malnutrition. More than 180 children and young people from Gaza have been brought to Italy since the war began between Israel and Hamas.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/malnourished-palestinian-woman-dies-in-italy-after-gaza-evacuation
Tensions soar in Serbia as angry protesters clash with police, set fire to party offices
Wearing scarves over their faces and chanting slogans against President Aleksandar Vucic, a group of young men threw flares at his Serbian Progressive Party offices in Valjevo, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the capital Belgrade. They set fire to the party’s offices before clashing with riot police in a downtown area. Police threw multiple rounds of tear gas and charged at the demonstrators who hurled bottles, rocks and flares at them. Similar clashes also erupted on Saturday evening in the northern city of Novi Sad and in Belgrade, with police directing tear gas at protesters while battling the protesters who set garbage containers on fire.
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protests-violence-clashes-1a6cdb041ca10e6b8d08970b7dcf3004
EU leaders back Trump plan for trilateral talks after Putin summit
Putin, for his part, refused to answer questions from international media and continued to claim his all-out assault on Ukraine and efforts to capture territory are driven by “fundamental threats to our security.” Despite not making any public concessions, he hinted an “agreement” had been struck with Trump that could “help bring us closer to that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-donald-trump-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-european-allies-russia-putin-talks-fizzle-war/
https://archive.ph/XVK41
Libyans turn out for elections as officials condemn 'unacceptable' obstructions
Hundreds of thousands of Libyans went to the polls on Saturday as officials condemned "unacceptable" obstructions that prevented voting in some areas. Fifty cities across the fractured country, including the capital Tripoli, took part in the elections. Polling stations opened as early as 9am [7am GMT] for the 380,000 registered voters, with security provided in the west by the interior ministry of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU).
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libyans-turn-out-elections-officials-condemn-unacceptable-obstructions
Malema dismisses National Dialogue as waste of state resources
“It really did not serve any purpose. If anything, it was saving the egos of certain people, and therefore it was a waste of money. NGOs and people who participated in that preparations suggested that it must be postponed, because they are not ready only to go and embarrass themselves the way they did. We don’t support this convention. We don’t support the national dialogue. We know the demands of our people. We cannot spend R700 million of the money that we don’t have.”
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/malema-dismisses-national-dialogue-as-waste-of-state-resources/
Malaysian plantation workers mobilize to demand housing rights
Hundreds of plantation workers in Malaysia, under the leadership of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), marched to the parliament building in Kuala Lumpur and presented their demand for housing for all on Wednesday, August 13. The police tried to prevent PSM leaders and the members of the Farm Society Support Committee (JSML) from reaching the parliament. S Arutchelvan, deputy chairman of the PSM was even pushed to the ground by the police.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/malaysian-plantation-workers-mobilize-to-demand-housing-rights/
From Ang Bayan: NPA Carries Out Successful Attack On AFP Camp In Quezon Province
A New People’s Army (NPA)-Quezon (Apolonio Mendoza Command) unit fired at the newly built 85th IB camp in Barangay Cogorin Ibaba, Lopez, Quezon Province on August 2. The unit carried out the attack at 7:30 p.m. Lieutenant Colonel Reynir Nirza serves as the battalion commander and is under the 2nd ID command. Quezonians welcomed the attack as a way to hold the bloodthirsty battalion accountable for their crimes and to give justice to their peasant victims.
https://www.redspark.nu/peoples-war/philippines/from-ang-bayan-npa-carries-out-successful-attack-on-afp-camp-in-quezon-province/
Pakistan: Textile Workers Demand Better Wages, Labour Rights
In Faisalabad, led by Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (HKP) and other unions, hundreds of workers successfully carried out a large strike on August 3 and have been regularly organizing large-scale protest gatherings to push for their demands. The workers’ demands include a better minimum wage, the proper implementation of labor and minimum wage laws, and the protection of other workers’ rights. Before Faisalabad, textile workers in Gujranwala observed a strike in support of similar demands, which lasted for more than a fortnight. The strike was lifted after the administration and the factory management agreed to all the demands.
https://www.newsclick.in/pakistan-textile-workers-demand-better-wages-labour-rights
Government Shuts Down Air Canada Strike That Grounded Hundreds of Flights
In an unsigned email, Air Canada, which said that it had locked out the striking workers early Saturday, declined to comment on the minister’s decision, adding that it was too early to say how long it would take to get its planes flying. Hundreds of striking flight attendants outside Toronto Pearson International Airport reacted swiftly and angrily, chanting, “Shame on you, Patty Hajdu,” and “We won’t stop,” as passing motorists honked their horns in solidarity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/world/canada/air-canada-strike.html
https://archive.ph/apv2L
Bolivian Government Denounces Right-Wing “Dirty War” Prior to General Elections
The Government of Bolivia rejected accusations by the Alianza Unidad party about an alleged plan to link them with electoral fraud. The opposition coalition, led by Samuel Doria Medina, declared that the government of Luis Arce would be trying to accuse them of electoral fraud after the elections, denouncing a campaign of “dirty war” to tarnish the process. In this regard, the Government described the statements as “irresponsible” and called on all political formations that will participate in the elections to act responsibly in their declarations, noting that “What explains this position of the Unity Alliance is the dirty war between the right-wing parties.”
https://www.telesurenglish.net/bolivian-government-denounces-right-wing-dirty-war-prior-to-general-elections/
Tensions rise in Ecuador as President Noboa protests against the Constitutional Court
Tensions between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and the Constitutional Court (CC) are increasing with each passing day. On August 12, the right-wing leader led a mobilization, alongside his ministers and assembly members, to criticize the recent actions of the CC, which he has described as an “obstacle” to achieving peace. The CC has recently annulled several articles of the latest laws passed by the ruling party. According to the highest body responsible for ensuring the correct application of the Constitution of the Republic, these articles violate fundamental principles and rights enshrined in the Constitution and have therefore been suspended, although the rest of the laws remain in force.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/tensions-rise-in-ecuador-as-president-noboa-protests-against-the-constitutional-court/
R: 25 / I: 3
>HAVANA, July 29 (Reuters) - Cuba's private sector is accounting for more retail sales by value on the Communist-run island than the state for the first time since the years following Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, new government data shows.
>Preliminary figures from the National Statistics Office published last week indicate the "non-state" sector was responsible for 55% of retail sales of goods and services in 2024, up from 44% in 2023. The figures exclude public utilities.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/first-time-decades-cubas-private-sector-outweighs-state-2025-07-29/
Cuba’s private sector overtakes public sector
For first time in decades, Cuba's private sector outweighs state>HAVANA, July 29 (Reuters) - Cuba's private sector is accounting for more retail sales by value on the Communist-run island than the state for the first time since the years following Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, new government data shows.
>Preliminary figures from the National Statistics Office published last week indicate the "non-state" sector was responsible for 55% of retail sales of goods and services in 2024, up from 44% in 2023. The figures exclude public utilities.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/first-time-decades-cubas-private-sector-outweighs-state-2025-07-29/
R: 8 / I: 1 (sage)
The Synagogue of Satan (who've hijacked the term "jews") understood that the only way to win was to attack the very foundation of civilization, Christendom, itself.
The Synagogue of Satan does not fear anything except for Christ and His followers, the Christians.
Only Christianity is capable of saving this world, every other ideology, religious or secular, is merely a denomination of Satanism (anything that does not belong to Christ, belongs to Satan) and helps to further push this world down a path of self-destruction.
Communism is part of Satanism
Capitalism is part of Satanism
Fascism is part of Satanism
Hinduism is part of Satanism
Atheism is part of Satanism
Islam is part of Satanism
Buddhism is part of Satanism
Confucionism is part of Satanism
Shinto is part of Satanism
Babylonian Judaism is the CORE of Satanism
Paganism is part of Satanism
Liberalism is part of Satanism
Feminism part of Satanism
Homosexuality is part of Satanism
etc.
So on and so forth. All adherents of a non-Christian belief system are simply talmud-loving slaves of Satan who, at their core, wish to destroy civilization, and so nothing they do, say or think truly matters.
All GOOD science & technology descends from Christendom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yi3BQLdndI [Open]
Christianity is the only Truth and the only way to build a better civilization, a better world, for Man.
Ever since western civilization had divorced itself from Christianity, we've been in a death spiral ever since.
——-
There are only two kinds of people in this world:
Christians (Israelites) & Non-Christians (Babylonians).
All non-Christians are cut from the same cloth, enslaved to Sin and as a result, hating life & loving death.
Only Christians are made Holy (set apart from the Babylonians) through God's gracious gift of Salvation, liberated from their bondage to Sin, thereby hating death & loving life.
This is one of the most important Truths that you will ever receive in your life, enjoy
The Synagogue of Satan (who've hijacked the term "jews") understood that the only way to win was to attack the very foundation of civilization, Christendom, itself.
The Synagogue of Satan does not fear anything except for Christ and His followers, the Christians.
Only Christianity is capable of saving this world, every other ideology, religious or secular, is merely a denomination of Satanism (anything that does not belong to Christ, belongs to Satan) and helps to further push this world down a path of self-destruction.
Communism is part of Satanism
Capitalism is part of Satanism
Fascism is part of Satanism
Hinduism is part of Satanism
Atheism is part of Satanism
Islam is part of Satanism
Buddhism is part of Satanism
Confucionism is part of Satanism
Shinto is part of Satanism
Babylonian Judaism is the CORE of Satanism
Paganism is part of Satanism
Liberalism is part of Satanism
Feminism part of Satanism
Homosexuality is part of Satanism
etc.
So on and so forth. All adherents of a non-Christian belief system are simply talmud-loving slaves of Satan who, at their core, wish to destroy civilization, and so nothing they do, say or think truly matters.
All GOOD science & technology descends from Christendom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yi3BQLdndI [Open]
Christianity is the only Truth and the only way to build a better civilization, a better world, for Man.
Ever since western civilization had divorced itself from Christianity, we've been in a death spiral ever since.
——-
There are only two kinds of people in this world:
Christians (Israelites) & Non-Christians (Babylonians).
All non-Christians are cut from the same cloth, enslaved to Sin and as a result, hating life & loving death.
Only Christians are made Holy (set apart from the Babylonians) through God's gracious gift of Salvation, liberated from their bondage to Sin, thereby hating death & loving life.
This is one of the most important Truths that you will ever receive in your life, enjoy
R: 30 / I: 4
Or is this just a myth. A over exaggerated one
(sorel was stupid tbh)
sorel = grandfather of fascism
Was he the grandfather of fascism? Did fascism originate from marxism + proudhonism?Or is this just a myth. A over exaggerated one
(sorel was stupid tbh)
R: 6 / I: 0
How do you change tax policy so regular people don't bear the biggest burden and so you could fund public sector without capital fleeing the country or conspiring to get rid of you?
What is the Leftist's answer to taxes?
YOU are now in charge of an entire country (Not America because it's unironically special due to it's exorbitant privilege and being the consumer of the entire world)How do you change tax policy so regular people don't bear the biggest burden and so you could fund public sector without capital fleeing the country or conspiring to get rid of you?
R: 4 / I: 1
The US president, who left the White House on Friday at 7.30am, implied there was a 75% chance of the Alaska meeting succeeding, and that the threat of economic sanctions may have made Putin more willing to seek an end to the war. “HIGH STAKES!!!” he posted on Truth Social as his motorcade idled outside the White House shortly after sunrise in Washington. Trump told reporters on Thursday that he would not let Putin get the better of him in the meeting, saying: “I am president, and he’s not going to mess around with me.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/keir-starmer-to-meet-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-downing-street
Protesters to flood Sheffield in solidarity with Gaza
PROTESTERS across Yorkshire are set to flood Sheffield on Saturday to demand that Israel end its genocide and stop starving Gaza. Friends of Al-Aqsa, who are leading the march, have called for protesters to assemble at the Sheffield Amphitheatre at 2pm. The march through the city is expected to end at around 4pm at Devonshire Green.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/protesters-flood-sheffield-solidarity-gaza
Hezbollah says govt 'handing' Lebanon to Israel, refuses disarmament
"The government is implementing an American-Israeli order to end the resistance, even if it leads to civil war and internal strife," Qassem said. "The resistance will not surrender its weapons while aggression continues, occupation persists, and we will fight it… if necessary to confront this American-Israeli project no matter the cost," he said. Qassem urged the government "not to hand over the country to an insatiable Israeli aggressor or an American tyrant with limitless greed". He also said the government would "bear responsibility for any internal explosion and any destruction of Lebanon", accusing it of "leading the country to ruin".
https://www.newarab.com/news/hezbollah-accuses-govt-handing-lebanon-israel
Far-right Israeli minister taunts jailed Palestinian leader in prison visit
In the clip published by Ben Gvir on X, the minister and two other individuals, including a prison guard, surround Barghouti in a corner of his cell. "You will not defeat us. Whoever harms the people of Israel, whoever kills children, whoever kills women… we will erase them," Ben Gvir says in Hebrew. Barghouti tries to respond but is interrupted by Ben Gvir, who says: "No, you know this. And it's been the case throughout history."
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250815-far-right-israeli-minister-taunts-jailed-palestinian-leader-in-prison-visit
ICC arrest warrant applications ready for Israel's Ben Gvir and Smotrich on apartheid charges
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan had prepared cases against Ben Gvir and Smotrich before he went on leave in May, according to numerous sources in the court with knowledge of the matter. "Those applications for the arrest warrants are completely done," an ICC source told MEE. "The only thing that didn't happen was submitting them to the court," the source said on condition of anonymity.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-arrest-warrant-applications-ready-israel-itamar-ben-gvir-bezalel-smotrich-apartheid-charges
PM Narendra Modi lauds RSS and its 100-year journey in Independence Day speech: ‘World’s biggest NGO…'
“A hundred years ago, a movement was born, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). For a century, this organisation has dedicated itself to the welfare of the nation. Through service, dedication, organisation, and unparalleled discipline, the RSS has played a unique role in nation-building. In a way, the RSS is the biggest NGO of the world. It has a history of 100 years of dedication,” Modi said.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-lauds-rss-and-its-100-year-journey-in-independence-day-speech-world-s-largest-ngo-101755228697700.html
https://archive.ph/RKb9G
‘Post and boast’ laws aim to stop young Australians glorifying crimes. Will they drive them deeper into ‘a failing justice system’?
This week, the Victorian and Western Australian parliaments became the latest to consider so-called “post and boast” laws, as almost every jurisdiction in the country makes it illegal for offenders to publish footage of their crimes on social media. The laws passed in Victoria on Thursday, but will be considered by a parliamentary committee in WA before being put to a vote there. The introduction of such reforms has come despite legal and human rights groups repeatedly arguing the laws are both harmful and pointless, as they create a further mechanism for locking up young people under the false pretence of addressing a problem already handled under existing law.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/16/post-and-boast-laws-australia-youth-young-people-crime-social-media
El Salvador extends pretrial detention for 80,000 gang suspects 2 more years
The Congress, controlled by President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party and its allies, voted 57 to 3 in favor of extending the period of pretrial incarceration. Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado said that with the extension authorities could carry out more complete investigations, present solid evidence and win sentences against members of organized crime. Lawmakers also gave the government the option of extending for another 12 months if necessary.
https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-gangs-bukele-justice-c526f9ebf12382f12e1795f4da2a9346
Colombia’s far right in disarray after conviction of Uribe and assassination of leading presidential candidate
Colombia’s far-right Centro Democratico party is in turmoil following the conviction of the former president Alvaro Uribe and the assassination of the presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe (not related). The party started having problems back in 2018 when the Supreme Court ordered an investigation into Alvaro Uribe, surrounding his bribery and fraud in criminal proceedings.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-far-right-in-disarray-after-conviction-of-uribe-and-assassination-of-leading-presidential-candidate/
Trump ally Erik Prince plans to keep personnel in Haiti for 10 years to fight gangs and collect taxes
The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he has a 10-year deal with Haiti to fight the country's criminal gangs, and then take a role in restoring the country's tax-collection system. In an interview with Reuters, Prince said his company, Vectus Global, would be involved in designing and implementing a program to tax goods imported across Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic once the security situation is stabilized.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-ally-erik-prince-plans-keep-personnel-haiti-10-years-fight-gangs-collect-2025-08-14/
News 8/15/25
Putin ready to make Ukraine deal, Trump says before Alaska summitThe US president, who left the White House on Friday at 7.30am, implied there was a 75% chance of the Alaska meeting succeeding, and that the threat of economic sanctions may have made Putin more willing to seek an end to the war. “HIGH STAKES!!!” he posted on Truth Social as his motorcade idled outside the White House shortly after sunrise in Washington. Trump told reporters on Thursday that he would not let Putin get the better of him in the meeting, saying: “I am president, and he’s not going to mess around with me.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/keir-starmer-to-meet-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-downing-street
Protesters to flood Sheffield in solidarity with Gaza
PROTESTERS across Yorkshire are set to flood Sheffield on Saturday to demand that Israel end its genocide and stop starving Gaza. Friends of Al-Aqsa, who are leading the march, have called for protesters to assemble at the Sheffield Amphitheatre at 2pm. The march through the city is expected to end at around 4pm at Devonshire Green.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/protesters-flood-sheffield-solidarity-gaza
Hezbollah says govt 'handing' Lebanon to Israel, refuses disarmament
"The government is implementing an American-Israeli order to end the resistance, even if it leads to civil war and internal strife," Qassem said. "The resistance will not surrender its weapons while aggression continues, occupation persists, and we will fight it… if necessary to confront this American-Israeli project no matter the cost," he said. Qassem urged the government "not to hand over the country to an insatiable Israeli aggressor or an American tyrant with limitless greed". He also said the government would "bear responsibility for any internal explosion and any destruction of Lebanon", accusing it of "leading the country to ruin".
https://www.newarab.com/news/hezbollah-accuses-govt-handing-lebanon-israel
Far-right Israeli minister taunts jailed Palestinian leader in prison visit
In the clip published by Ben Gvir on X, the minister and two other individuals, including a prison guard, surround Barghouti in a corner of his cell. "You will not defeat us. Whoever harms the people of Israel, whoever kills children, whoever kills women… we will erase them," Ben Gvir says in Hebrew. Barghouti tries to respond but is interrupted by Ben Gvir, who says: "No, you know this. And it's been the case throughout history."
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250815-far-right-israeli-minister-taunts-jailed-palestinian-leader-in-prison-visit
ICC arrest warrant applications ready for Israel's Ben Gvir and Smotrich on apartheid charges
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan had prepared cases against Ben Gvir and Smotrich before he went on leave in May, according to numerous sources in the court with knowledge of the matter. "Those applications for the arrest warrants are completely done," an ICC source told MEE. "The only thing that didn't happen was submitting them to the court," the source said on condition of anonymity.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-arrest-warrant-applications-ready-israel-itamar-ben-gvir-bezalel-smotrich-apartheid-charges
PM Narendra Modi lauds RSS and its 100-year journey in Independence Day speech: ‘World’s biggest NGO…'
“A hundred years ago, a movement was born, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). For a century, this organisation has dedicated itself to the welfare of the nation. Through service, dedication, organisation, and unparalleled discipline, the RSS has played a unique role in nation-building. In a way, the RSS is the biggest NGO of the world. It has a history of 100 years of dedication,” Modi said.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-lauds-rss-and-its-100-year-journey-in-independence-day-speech-world-s-largest-ngo-101755228697700.html
https://archive.ph/RKb9G
‘Post and boast’ laws aim to stop young Australians glorifying crimes. Will they drive them deeper into ‘a failing justice system’?
This week, the Victorian and Western Australian parliaments became the latest to consider so-called “post and boast” laws, as almost every jurisdiction in the country makes it illegal for offenders to publish footage of their crimes on social media. The laws passed in Victoria on Thursday, but will be considered by a parliamentary committee in WA before being put to a vote there. The introduction of such reforms has come despite legal and human rights groups repeatedly arguing the laws are both harmful and pointless, as they create a further mechanism for locking up young people under the false pretence of addressing a problem already handled under existing law.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/16/post-and-boast-laws-australia-youth-young-people-crime-social-media
El Salvador extends pretrial detention for 80,000 gang suspects 2 more years
The Congress, controlled by President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party and its allies, voted 57 to 3 in favor of extending the period of pretrial incarceration. Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado said that with the extension authorities could carry out more complete investigations, present solid evidence and win sentences against members of organized crime. Lawmakers also gave the government the option of extending for another 12 months if necessary.
https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-gangs-bukele-justice-c526f9ebf12382f12e1795f4da2a9346
Colombia’s far right in disarray after conviction of Uribe and assassination of leading presidential candidate
Colombia’s far-right Centro Democratico party is in turmoil following the conviction of the former president Alvaro Uribe and the assassination of the presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe (not related). The party started having problems back in 2018 when the Supreme Court ordered an investigation into Alvaro Uribe, surrounding his bribery and fraud in criminal proceedings.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-far-right-in-disarray-after-conviction-of-uribe-and-assassination-of-leading-presidential-candidate/
Trump ally Erik Prince plans to keep personnel in Haiti for 10 years to fight gangs and collect taxes
The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he has a 10-year deal with Haiti to fight the country's criminal gangs, and then take a role in restoring the country's tax-collection system. In an interview with Reuters, Prince said his company, Vectus Global, would be involved in designing and implementing a program to tax goods imported across Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic once the security situation is stabilized.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-ally-erik-prince-plans-keep-personnel-haiti-10-years-fight-gangs-collect-2025-08-14/
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It's amazing how much HASN'T changed since it was written. I the first chapter he describes loner men in their twenties who are essentially the incels of their time. They talk about "dodging marriage" although it's evident that they were nowhere near the vicinity of having any female interest. And instead of the internet they were at the library reading newspapers and coming up with silly theories based on both information and disinformation, which they talk endlessly about, much to the chagrin of the author. The astrology sections being especially interesting to them.
He lives amongst the proles as an educated man in disguise. He overcomes his racism and class-based feelings of superiority by first occupying Burma and siding with those he oppressed and then slumming it with the coal miners of North England upon his completion of military service.
It's one of the most fascinating books I've ever read. Really inspires communism and socialism, but it's also very cynical and grounded in reality. He mentions that most of the upper and middle class lefties don't really want the change they advocate for when you get right down to it. And while the lower/working classes would certainly like more money, they had little but suspicion and distaste towards the interests and pursuits of the upper classes. They viewed them as "elitist" and pompous, no matter how the people actually were.
So little has changed in this regard.
I know not everyone is into reading books, so I found a good audiobook version with a good narrator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VenejSIjvHs
Everyone knows 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', but he did so much more before he got to writing that. You guys will love Wigan Pier. He uses the word "bourgeois" a TON. I immediately thought of this website and you guys. You're probably all familiar with it already.
The Road to Wigan Pier
Have you guys read George Orwell's 'The Road to Wigan Pier'?It's amazing how much HASN'T changed since it was written. I the first chapter he describes loner men in their twenties who are essentially the incels of their time. They talk about "dodging marriage" although it's evident that they were nowhere near the vicinity of having any female interest. And instead of the internet they were at the library reading newspapers and coming up with silly theories based on both information and disinformation, which they talk endlessly about, much to the chagrin of the author. The astrology sections being especially interesting to them.
He lives amongst the proles as an educated man in disguise. He overcomes his racism and class-based feelings of superiority by first occupying Burma and siding with those he oppressed and then slumming it with the coal miners of North England upon his completion of military service.
It's one of the most fascinating books I've ever read. Really inspires communism and socialism, but it's also very cynical and grounded in reality. He mentions that most of the upper and middle class lefties don't really want the change they advocate for when you get right down to it. And while the lower/working classes would certainly like more money, they had little but suspicion and distaste towards the interests and pursuits of the upper classes. They viewed them as "elitist" and pompous, no matter how the people actually were.
So little has changed in this regard.
I know not everyone is into reading books, so I found a good audiobook version with a good narrator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VenejSIjvHs
Everyone knows 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', but he did so much more before he got to writing that. You guys will love Wigan Pier. He uses the word "bourgeois" a TON. I immediately thought of this website and you guys. You're probably all familiar with it already.
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Most workers don't work a single job anymore, they do part-time jobs here and there to live by. In the historical situation for which Marx was writing, workers generally lived and died the same profession they took up.
And yes we've had this thread before, though there is a different response each time so I'm trying it against to see what comes out as a response. I present it in a different way and with a different flag that may or may not even be related.
My current thesis is that the movement of the declassed (as Bukharin labeled it) might have the upper hand with the growth of capitalism, the contradictions within the capitalist mode of production do lead to a sort of decomposition, but generally don't appear to be able to lead to collapse on their own unless it brings about omnicide.
The industrial proletariat can only exist as long as the industry needs manual intervention, when manual intervention is deduced to management rather than physical labor it is only those professions which can control the machinery and know how it functions that are able to intervene in production at all. There are less and less factory workers since their manual labor to operate the machinery is not needed - most just move onto working in logistic hubs or construction, but what happens when they're no longer needed there either?
Also FYI, this is just speculative thought experiment, I may or may not believe it, just putting it out there to see what others think.
Are the industrial proletariat no longer the revolutionary class?
As time goes on and the tasks of the industry undergo automatization, most jobs are left to the part-time workers. Hasn't anyone else noticed this trend? We call them petite-bourgeoisie and yes variably but mostly tend to be since the nature of their work is not collectivist and is akin to the statuses of small business owners (individual entrepreneurs), shopkeepers (of small businesses), small-scale merchants (without a proper shop), semi-autonomous peasants (now just semi-autonomous poor entrepreneurs), and artisans. I feel that class relations have changed and nobody has bothered to do a concise analysis of it, instead clinging to the same labels, looking back and trying to reapply or justify the changed situation with outdated concepts. For example the "peasantry" Marx described is not the same as the poor jobless homeless, they were literally farmers with limited land-ownership and yet I see people calling hobos and the general poor as peasants. I am lead to believe the term proletariat barely applies anymore, the industrial proletariat is being scaled down and once society no longer relies on its labor then nothing makes it a revolutionary subject since it cannot bring about change through strikes or anything - it will just disappear once its no longer needed anywhere. My thesis is that the majority of the current workers are in the sphere of services and that the revolutionary subject may be IT workers, programmers, generally technicians and scientists which can understand the machinery and affect it. Machinery has already enveloped most of society, so any change that comes upon it will affect it and whoever can affect it can take control of the social order.Most workers don't work a single job anymore, they do part-time jobs here and there to live by. In the historical situation for which Marx was writing, workers generally lived and died the same profession they took up.
And yes we've had this thread before, though there is a different response each time so I'm trying it against to see what comes out as a response. I present it in a different way and with a different flag that may or may not even be related.
My current thesis is that the movement of the declassed (as Bukharin labeled it) might have the upper hand with the growth of capitalism, the contradictions within the capitalist mode of production do lead to a sort of decomposition, but generally don't appear to be able to lead to collapse on their own unless it brings about omnicide.
The industrial proletariat can only exist as long as the industry needs manual intervention, when manual intervention is deduced to management rather than physical labor it is only those professions which can control the machinery and know how it functions that are able to intervene in production at all. There are less and less factory workers since their manual labor to operate the machinery is not needed - most just move onto working in logistic hubs or construction, but what happens when they're no longer needed there either?
Also FYI, this is just speculative thought experiment, I may or may not believe it, just putting it out there to see what others think.
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They can LARP as buddhists and have zen meditation and tea and mountains all day instead of just making another bourgeois republic found on bloodshed for their feudal piss poor people's hobo squat?
I mean such a wonderful bourgeois monarchy, it would be pointless to ruin it all for another piss poor peasant's bourgeois regime, they should be fighting for drug rights instead so that they can smoke the weed and look at the mountains and the Buddhist temples and symbols and go ommmmmmmmmmmm and drink goat milk instead of like just doing all this rebel larping and messing things up. Like even if they put their own poopoo fake communist turd worldist regime China would obliterate their peasant underdeveloped primitive asses lol.
Bhutanese Maoists
Why don't they like just chill the fuck out and enjoy the peace and co-prosperity with China?They can LARP as buddhists and have zen meditation and tea and mountains all day instead of just making another bourgeois republic found on bloodshed for their feudal piss poor people's hobo squat?
I mean such a wonderful bourgeois monarchy, it would be pointless to ruin it all for another piss poor peasant's bourgeois regime, they should be fighting for drug rights instead so that they can smoke the weed and look at the mountains and the Buddhist temples and symbols and go ommmmmmmmmmmm and drink goat milk instead of like just doing all this rebel larping and messing things up. Like even if they put their own poopoo fake communist turd worldist regime China would obliterate their peasant underdeveloped primitive asses lol.
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Monarchist group associated with "Tsarebozhnie" creates an anti-Lenin documentary, calls for burial of Lenin in Russia (picrel)
What are they doing? And in the middle of SMO like that? Are they hoping that the west will destabilise the country and cause a civil war so they are preparing their proponents to attempt a takeover?
Monarchist group associated with "Tsarebozhnie" creates an anti-Lenin documentary, calls for burial of Lenin in Russia (picrel)
What are they doing? And in the middle of SMO like that? Are they hoping that the west will destabilise the country and cause a civil war so they are preparing their proponents to attempt a takeover?
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Obviously non-white workers are scapegoats and are hyper-exploited, but still. Its like if you voted for the NSDAP and then they imported 10 million black and brown laborers to work in German factories and service industries.
I ALMOST feel sorry for the chuds tbh.
grim irony
The grim, bitter irony of being a reactionary white guy, voting for the reactionary political party on the basis that they will bring back muh jobs and restore white America, only to have them outsource shit to south asia and continue hiring undocumented mestizos for blue-collar jobs.Obviously non-white workers are scapegoats and are hyper-exploited, but still. Its like if you voted for the NSDAP and then they imported 10 million black and brown laborers to work in German factories and service industries.
I ALMOST feel sorry for the chuds tbh.
R: 5 / I: 1
>crushed philosophy
>undermined diamat and dialectics
>replaced materialism with naturalism
>wrecked anti-class theories
>tore down humanism
>flattened leftoid ideology
>scrapped subjective/objective truth
>abolished teleology and determinism
>destroyed critical theories
Nothing personnel, kid.
>crushed philosophy
>undermined diamat and dialectics
>replaced materialism with naturalism
>wrecked anti-class theories
>tore down humanism
>flattened leftoid ideology
>scrapped subjective/objective truth
>abolished teleology and determinism
>destroyed critical theories
Nothing personnel, kid.
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Reading about anthropological studies of religion, I cannot help but think to myself how bafflingly retarded "Illuminati demon magic" type conspiracies are. Religion, that is human organization, CANNOT be a secret conspiracy, fundamentally, there is ALWAYS some part that is "public-facing". Even if it's just simply public knowledge of the existence of the "brotherhood". And for occultism in particular, if people like Aleister Crowley had knowledge of "magic", they sure as hell weren't good at hiding it, considering they've literally written books for the public about it. It is doubly retarded when you realize many people believing in the "Illuminati demon magic" horseshit consider themselves Christians, which is theologically INCOMPATIBLE with the existence of such things. And furthermore the Catholic Church has historically been very aggressive in dealing with heresy (literally murdering groups for alleged heresy), so it would be very funny and totally believable that suddenly a new heresy springs out of vacuum, and the Pope is like "yeah that's cool I'm going to say absolutely nothing about it".
I swear, the fuel for the rightoid misdirection has to end.
How do we actually fight conspiracy retardation?
Human trafficking is not a conspiracy. And that's basically what Epstein was doing. Yet it is assigned "special significance", why? Why is human trafficking only in people's minds when Epstein does it? That's exactly the problem. We can prosecute those involved in the Epstein case all we want, it will not make human trafficking disappear, so long as capitalism exists. But people will act as if the problem has been "solved" and go back to not paying attention to the social ill at large.Reading about anthropological studies of religion, I cannot help but think to myself how bafflingly retarded "Illuminati demon magic" type conspiracies are. Religion, that is human organization, CANNOT be a secret conspiracy, fundamentally, there is ALWAYS some part that is "public-facing". Even if it's just simply public knowledge of the existence of the "brotherhood". And for occultism in particular, if people like Aleister Crowley had knowledge of "magic", they sure as hell weren't good at hiding it, considering they've literally written books for the public about it. It is doubly retarded when you realize many people believing in the "Illuminati demon magic" horseshit consider themselves Christians, which is theologically INCOMPATIBLE with the existence of such things. And furthermore the Catholic Church has historically been very aggressive in dealing with heresy (literally murdering groups for alleged heresy), so it would be very funny and totally believable that suddenly a new heresy springs out of vacuum, and the Pope is like "yeah that's cool I'm going to say absolutely nothing about it".
I swear, the fuel for the rightoid misdirection has to end.
R: 2 / I: 0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videos_and_audio_recordings_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri
It was all anyone talked about in fall 2003. EXPUNGED from the internet.
Anyone have it?
September 2003 Osama Bin Laden Tape
They have basically purged this video from the internet, but we know it still exists because of news sites, it was published internationally. Its Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri hiking in the mountains.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videos_and_audio_recordings_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri
It was all anyone talked about in fall 2003. EXPUNGED from the internet.
Anyone have it?
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"Work with what we have"
Why if most people in Europe and the US like LGBTQ+ people and don't want to turn woman into baby making machines, why is "working with what we have" used as a excuse to accept rightoid ideas? Even in Iran most people are against the pedophile theocrats legalizing child rape but communists there should accept those islamist (not muslim) ideals?
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I found this page on Marxist Archive:
https://www.marxists.org/subject/left-wing/gik/1930/index.htm
It's about how a genuine (according to the authors) communist economy would work in practice. So I created this thread in hope of some high I.Q anon could give their opinions and views about this communist economy project, is it bad? good? realistic?
I found this page on Marxist Archive:
https://www.marxists.org/subject/left-wing/gik/1930/index.htm
It's about how a genuine (according to the authors) communist economy would work in practice. So I created this thread in hope of some high I.Q anon could give their opinions and views about this communist economy project, is it bad? good? realistic?
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2. A Marxist movement must grow in opposition to some already existing unscientific popular anticapitalist movement.
3. A popular political programme must be written.
4. Marxist circles of intelligents have to multiply, spread, expand and uphold the programme.
5. Marxist circles must unite around party principles.
6. The party-to-be must be ready to pass from circle propaganda to mass agitation.
7. There has to be a mass workers movement already existing. It is clear that a worker movement and the party are separate, and the would-be party is usually not of the working class.
8. The would-be party has to educate workers politically in their struggle. It has to explain and connect the mass movement with communist demands.
9. It is necessary for the would-be party to build connections among the working class movement, and build working class organizations, to build trust among the workers by working amongst them, to be ready to respond to every injustice the workers may face.
10. The would-be party gives impetus elswhere across the country to establish similar working class organizations, and groundworks are laid for an all-country organization that can start building the communist party and go against the bourgeois state.
Do you agree? Where would you rate the communist movement in your country?
>The "Emancipation of Labour" group raised the banner of Marxism in the Russian press abroad at a time when no Social-Democratic movement in Russia yet existed. It was first necessary to prepare the theoretical, ideological ground for such a movement.
>Marxism in Russia could therefore grow and gain strength only by combating Narodism.
>The "Emancipation of Labour" group prepared two drafts of a program for a Russian Social-Democratic party (the first in 1884 and the second in 1887). This was a very important preparatory step in the formation of a Marxist Social-Democratic party in Russia.
>Neither the "Emancipation of Labour" group nor the Marxist circles of that period had yet any practical connections with the working-class movement. It was a period in which the theory of Marxism, the ideas of Marxism, and the principles of the Social-Democratic program were just appearing and gaining a foothold in Russia. In the decade of 1884-94 the Social-Democratic movement still existed in the form of small separate groups and circles which had no connections, or very scant connections, with the mass working-class movement.
>In 1895 Lenin united all the Marxist workers' circles in St. Petersburg (there were already about twenty of them) into a single League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class. He thus prepared the way for the founding of a revolutionary Marxist workers' party.
>Lenin put before the League of Struggle the task of forming closer connections with the mass working-class movement and of giving it political leadership. Lenin proposed to pass from the propaganda of Marxism among the few politically advanced workers who gathered in the propaganda circles to political agitation among the broad masses of the working class on issues of the day.
>The nineties were a period of industrial boom. The number of workers was increasing. The working-class movement was gaining strength. In the period of 1895-99, according to incomplete data, not less than 221,000 workers took part in strikes. The working-class movement was becoming an important force in the political life of the country.
>Under Lenin's guidance, the League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class linked up the struggle of the workers for economic demands—improvement of working conditions, shorter hours and higher wages—with the political struggle against tsardom. The League of Struggle educated the workers politically.
>Under Lenin's guidance, the St. Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class was the first body in Russia that began to unite Socialism with the working-class movement. When a strike broke out in some factory, the League of Struggle, which through the members of its circles was kept well posted on the state of affairs in the factories, immediately responded by issuing leaflets and Socialist proclamations.
>The St. Petersburg League of Struggle gave a powerful impetus to the amalgamation of the workers' circles in other cities and regions of Russia into similar leagues. In the middle of the nineties Marxist organizations arose in Transcaucasia. In 1894 a Workers' Union was formed in Moscow. Towards the end of the nineties a Social-Democratic Union was formed in Siberia. In the nineties Marxist groups arose in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Yaroslavl and Kostroma and subsequently merged to form the Northern Union of the Social-Democratic Party. In the second half of the nineties Social-Democratic groups and unions were formed in Rostov-on-Don, Ekaterinoslav, Kiev, Nikolayev, Tula, Samara, Kazan, Orekhovo-Zuyevo and other cities.
>The importance of the St. Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class consisted in the fact that, as Lenin said, it was the first real rudiment of a revolutionary party which was backed by the working-class movement.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch01.htm#2.
Here is my take on 'what needs to be done' and a practical checklist
1. There has to be a group of intelligensia that raised the banner of Marxism in a given country.2. A Marxist movement must grow in opposition to some already existing unscientific popular anticapitalist movement.
3. A popular political programme must be written.
4. Marxist circles of intelligents have to multiply, spread, expand and uphold the programme.
5. Marxist circles must unite around party principles.
6. The party-to-be must be ready to pass from circle propaganda to mass agitation.
7. There has to be a mass workers movement already existing. It is clear that a worker movement and the party are separate, and the would-be party is usually not of the working class.
8. The would-be party has to educate workers politically in their struggle. It has to explain and connect the mass movement with communist demands.
9. It is necessary for the would-be party to build connections among the working class movement, and build working class organizations, to build trust among the workers by working amongst them, to be ready to respond to every injustice the workers may face.
10. The would-be party gives impetus elswhere across the country to establish similar working class organizations, and groundworks are laid for an all-country organization that can start building the communist party and go against the bourgeois state.
Do you agree? Where would you rate the communist movement in your country?
>The "Emancipation of Labour" group raised the banner of Marxism in the Russian press abroad at a time when no Social-Democratic movement in Russia yet existed. It was first necessary to prepare the theoretical, ideological ground for such a movement.
>Marxism in Russia could therefore grow and gain strength only by combating Narodism.
>The "Emancipation of Labour" group prepared two drafts of a program for a Russian Social-Democratic party (the first in 1884 and the second in 1887). This was a very important preparatory step in the formation of a Marxist Social-Democratic party in Russia.
>Neither the "Emancipation of Labour" group nor the Marxist circles of that period had yet any practical connections with the working-class movement. It was a period in which the theory of Marxism, the ideas of Marxism, and the principles of the Social-Democratic program were just appearing and gaining a foothold in Russia. In the decade of 1884-94 the Social-Democratic movement still existed in the form of small separate groups and circles which had no connections, or very scant connections, with the mass working-class movement.
>In 1895 Lenin united all the Marxist workers' circles in St. Petersburg (there were already about twenty of them) into a single League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class. He thus prepared the way for the founding of a revolutionary Marxist workers' party.
>Lenin put before the League of Struggle the task of forming closer connections with the mass working-class movement and of giving it political leadership. Lenin proposed to pass from the propaganda of Marxism among the few politically advanced workers who gathered in the propaganda circles to political agitation among the broad masses of the working class on issues of the day.
>The nineties were a period of industrial boom. The number of workers was increasing. The working-class movement was gaining strength. In the period of 1895-99, according to incomplete data, not less than 221,000 workers took part in strikes. The working-class movement was becoming an important force in the political life of the country.
>Under Lenin's guidance, the League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class linked up the struggle of the workers for economic demands—improvement of working conditions, shorter hours and higher wages—with the political struggle against tsardom. The League of Struggle educated the workers politically.
>Under Lenin's guidance, the St. Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class was the first body in Russia that began to unite Socialism with the working-class movement. When a strike broke out in some factory, the League of Struggle, which through the members of its circles was kept well posted on the state of affairs in the factories, immediately responded by issuing leaflets and Socialist proclamations.
>The St. Petersburg League of Struggle gave a powerful impetus to the amalgamation of the workers' circles in other cities and regions of Russia into similar leagues. In the middle of the nineties Marxist organizations arose in Transcaucasia. In 1894 a Workers' Union was formed in Moscow. Towards the end of the nineties a Social-Democratic Union was formed in Siberia. In the nineties Marxist groups arose in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Yaroslavl and Kostroma and subsequently merged to form the Northern Union of the Social-Democratic Party. In the second half of the nineties Social-Democratic groups and unions were formed in Rostov-on-Don, Ekaterinoslav, Kiev, Nikolayev, Tula, Samara, Kazan, Orekhovo-Zuyevo and other cities.
>The importance of the St. Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class consisted in the fact that, as Lenin said, it was the first real rudiment of a revolutionary party which was backed by the working-class movement.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch01.htm#2.
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Yes, China's society is undoubtedly superior to the United States and is about to become the world's number one in a decade.
Yes, the average living standard of the Chinese people is higher than that of the US, but not much higher.
No, China and the US are similar in many places, with bureaucratic, rigid, corrupt, and stratification that are exclusive to major powers. In the corners where no one sees it, there also exists' The other China ', according to Michael Harrington, filled with remnants of feudal and pre-modern times.
Yes, the political environment between us is quite stable. Even if faced with an idiot like Trump, these two countries will not easily collapse.
No, most Chinese people are extremely eager for a war against Japan. Fortunately, our ruling party prefers peace, for unknown reasons.
No, Chinese society is not that stable either. Here are the major social events that have caused public critism in the past month:
1. Wuhan University Accusation Gate
Yang is suspected of academic misconduct, false accusations, and has been publicly protected by the government, which is considered gender discrimination against the male.
2. Jiutai Pilot Recruitment Gate
Jilin Province has recruited the only pilot who has strabismus, which is considered an improper use of relationships.
3. Jiangyou Bullying Gate
14-year-old female student in Jiangyou was bullied. The police not only failed to protect, but also began to bully the relevant masses, which was compared to the "Gwangju Incident" on the internet and triggered a large-scale mass demonstration.
Of course, we will find that the above three things are negligible in the United States, but they have all sparked significant public opinion in China.
Yes, 'Mai 68' may be the only viable option for both countries. Although the "October Revolution" and the "Meiji Restoration" were impossible, society was not so indestructible.
What we need is to gather the majority of people and 'make more friends and fewer enemies', according to Mao.
PS: Surprisingly, why don't you have a DESCENT ORGANASATION in the USA?!! It's illegal and dangerous in China. But it's safe in the USA! Leftists do worse than SCP Foundation!
Some Opinions as Chinese
As a Chinese citizen, I have noticed that there is surprisingly little discussion about China on leftypol. I would like to remove some of your filters on China and express some of my own opinions:Yes, China's society is undoubtedly superior to the United States and is about to become the world's number one in a decade.
Yes, the average living standard of the Chinese people is higher than that of the US, but not much higher.
No, China and the US are similar in many places, with bureaucratic, rigid, corrupt, and stratification that are exclusive to major powers. In the corners where no one sees it, there also exists' The other China ', according to Michael Harrington, filled with remnants of feudal and pre-modern times.
Yes, the political environment between us is quite stable. Even if faced with an idiot like Trump, these two countries will not easily collapse.
No, most Chinese people are extremely eager for a war against Japan. Fortunately, our ruling party prefers peace, for unknown reasons.
No, Chinese society is not that stable either. Here are the major social events that have caused public critism in the past month:
1. Wuhan University Accusation Gate
Yang is suspected of academic misconduct, false accusations, and has been publicly protected by the government, which is considered gender discrimination against the male.
2. Jiutai Pilot Recruitment Gate
Jilin Province has recruited the only pilot who has strabismus, which is considered an improper use of relationships.
3. Jiangyou Bullying Gate
14-year-old female student in Jiangyou was bullied. The police not only failed to protect, but also began to bully the relevant masses, which was compared to the "Gwangju Incident" on the internet and triggered a large-scale mass demonstration.
Of course, we will find that the above three things are negligible in the United States, but they have all sparked significant public opinion in China.
Yes, 'Mai 68' may be the only viable option for both countries. Although the "October Revolution" and the "Meiji Restoration" were impossible, society was not so indestructible.
What we need is to gather the majority of people and 'make more friends and fewer enemies', according to Mao.
PS: Surprisingly, why don't you have a DESCENT ORGANASATION in the USA?!! It's illegal and dangerous in China. But it's safe in the USA! Leftists do worse than SCP Foundation!
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>take random photo of WW1 injury
>"the bolsheviks did this"
>1.2 million views
how are communists supposed to compete when a lie spreads around the world while the truth is still getting its shoes on?
>ummm who cares optics cuck just say we actually did all the atrocities and say that we'll do it again
>ummmmmm we make no excuses for the terror
haha very funny guys no but seriously
>take random photo of WW1 injury
>"the bolsheviks did this"
>1.2 million views
how are communists supposed to compete when a lie spreads around the world while the truth is still getting its shoes on?
>ummm who cares optics cuck just say we actually did all the atrocities and say that we'll do it again
>ummmmmm we make no excuses for the terror
haha very funny guys no but seriously
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Where in any Marxism is communism presented as anything but the iron fist of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat over the remnants (cucks, fags, eunuchs) of the exploiting classes?
"democratic socialists" defend yourselves. I want to know these answers
1) are you a cuck?
2) a fag?
3)eunuch?
4) why does the MSM platform you?
5) do you support Zionism?
"Democratic Socialists"
You cannot convince me the moniker of "Democratic Socialists" is anything but left liberal cucks, fags and eunuchs.Where in any Marxism is communism presented as anything but the iron fist of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat over the remnants (cucks, fags, eunuchs) of the exploiting classes?
"democratic socialists" defend yourselves. I want to know these answers
1) are you a cuck?
2) a fag?
3)eunuch?
4) why does the MSM platform you?
5) do you support Zionism?
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Preaching to people doesn't do anything, especially about reactionary prejudices. The struggle against these prejudices in the labour movement manifests from collective struggle that makes self-interest among individual proletarians in individual enterprises amalgamate into common class interests.
When there's no strong labour movement there's absolutely no reason why bigotry can't fester, and it's not like bigotry in itself can anull any progress of a developing movement anyway. It's merely an abstraction that can hinder association of producers, which can be resolutely be diminished by struggle, because they themselves would see it as an obstacle to realising their own practical interests, and see it for the retarded shit that it is.
A male dock worker is going to find more resonance with a female one when organised for their self interests and basic survival, more than he will with retard podcasters telling him that the auspices and tastes of middle-class women are the root of all his problems.
Preaching to people doesn't do anything, especially about reactionary prejudices. The struggle against these prejudices in the labour movement manifests from collective struggle that makes self-interest among individual proletarians in individual enterprises amalgamate into common class interests.
When there's no strong labour movement there's absolutely no reason why bigotry can't fester, and it's not like bigotry in itself can anull any progress of a developing movement anyway. It's merely an abstraction that can hinder association of producers, which can be resolutely be diminished by struggle, because they themselves would see it as an obstacle to realising their own practical interests, and see it for the retarded shit that it is.
A male dock worker is going to find more resonance with a female one when organised for their self interests and basic survival, more than he will with retard podcasters telling him that the auspices and tastes of middle-class women are the root of all his problems.
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Could zionism be considered as part of the third position?
Was recently thinking about this, does the phrase "Israel are the new nazis" have any actual merit? It seems to make sense at first, but I've encountered many third positionists who side with Russia and China over the the Ukraine and Israel, who supposedly make up the 5th reich
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https://participatoryeconomy.org/
PARECON
What's the LeftyPol CONSENSUS on PARECON? It's a libertarian socialist decentralized economy system that tries to avoid the centrally planned flaws and market flaws, radically democratic and all? I thinks is good alternative for central planned socialism.https://participatoryeconomy.org/
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Why was stalin such a paranoud lunatic? And who was his most indefensible kill?
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Why was stalin such a paranoud lunatic? And who was his most indefensible kill?
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Anyone know much about the FRSO ? Freedom road socialist org?
Every one of them I meet seems like a nerdy gamer type . But they know their Marxist theory .. but they are not a party and operate through the Lucy parson’s institute for social research . An NGO . They were raided by the Feds . And yes They seem the best of the socialist orgs in America but they seem like anarchists larping as stalinists to me . I hat do you think are they legit or no
Anyone know much about the FRSO ? Freedom road socialist org?
Every one of them I meet seems like a nerdy gamer type . But they know their Marxist theory .. but they are not a party and operate through the Lucy parson’s institute for social research . An NGO . They were raided by the Feds . And yes They seem the best of the socialist orgs in America but they seem like anarchists larping as stalinists to me . I hat do you think are they legit or no
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I'm noticing patterns recently with the most authoritarian communists on this board, the internet and in real life (though rarer in real life due to most of these people being shut-in freaks)
>calls themself an authoritarian communist, even though:
>>they literally don't have a job, or they have a "job" that they only got because one of their parents got them said job
>>is not involved in any way, shape, or form in the union at their place of employment, in fact actively despises colleagues and working class people in general because they might have less than politically correct opinions on things
>>has read all the material, and autistically corrects people on getting things wrong with regards to said material…to the point that they will alienate away anyone that might've actually been interested in left wing ideas
>>has LOTS OF OPINIONS on the politics of countries they only found out about because they watched a youtube video/wikipedia'd "what parties are left wing", lives in the middle of bumfucknowhere USA
>>continuing on with the previous point, will say insane, outlandish shit like "heh….everyone in X country should've just been genocided when X communist leader was in charge" in a tongue in cheek way, which only their weird orbiter followers will realise is a 'joke' while anyone else thinks they are fucking insane
>>freakishly obsessed with nerd hobbies to the point that it's offputting to anyone normal
Am I wrong in saying I think these sorts of people should be pulled away from leftist spaces for being annoying little LARPers? They always seem to be the "frontline" for left-wing discussions online for some reason, I assume because they have more time on their hands than people actually doing things in the real world.
I'm noticing patterns recently with the most authoritarian communists on this board, the internet and in real life (though rarer in real life due to most of these people being shut-in freaks)
>calls themself an authoritarian communist, even though:
>>they literally don't have a job, or they have a "job" that they only got because one of their parents got them said job
>>is not involved in any way, shape, or form in the union at their place of employment, in fact actively despises colleagues and working class people in general because they might have less than politically correct opinions on things
>>has read all the material, and autistically corrects people on getting things wrong with regards to said material…to the point that they will alienate away anyone that might've actually been interested in left wing ideas
>>has LOTS OF OPINIONS on the politics of countries they only found out about because they watched a youtube video/wikipedia'd "what parties are left wing", lives in the middle of bumfucknowhere USA
>>continuing on with the previous point, will say insane, outlandish shit like "heh….everyone in X country should've just been genocided when X communist leader was in charge" in a tongue in cheek way, which only their weird orbiter followers will realise is a 'joke' while anyone else thinks they are fucking insane
>>freakishly obsessed with nerd hobbies to the point that it's offputting to anyone normal
Am I wrong in saying I think these sorts of people should be pulled away from leftist spaces for being annoying little LARPers? They always seem to be the "frontline" for left-wing discussions online for some reason, I assume because they have more time on their hands than people actually doing things in the real world.
R: 10 / I: 2
What happened? Why did this happen and why did the USSR fail? Was it state capitalisms? What about the Sino-soviet split? Why that happen? How come the proletariat didn't revolt globally during ww2 at the height of communist power and influence? Did nuclear weapons stall the revolution and allow a counter revolution?
This thread exist to discuss all things related to the cold war and its aftermath. Please post your theories, or any information you have in regards to this topic here.
==The Cold war==
The cold war, a 44 year old counter-revolutionWhat happened? Why did this happen and why did the USSR fail? Was it state capitalisms? What about the Sino-soviet split? Why that happen? How come the proletariat didn't revolt globally during ww2 at the height of communist power and influence? Did nuclear weapons stall the revolution and allow a counter revolution?
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You see why most Fascists today just stick to relying on shock value by saying the N-word or posting pictures of dead queer people or finding new meme slurs for jews, because when they try and do actually "serious theory" it becomes too obvious how vapid their ideology truly is, although to be fair not many people would immediately even recognise this as fascist because 99% of people only know fascism as "the bad guys in Indiana Jones". Same reason people don't realize how a movie like Metropolis is actually more "orthodox" fascist than Triumph of the Will.
Hell, most people have no idea what fascist class theory actually was because they assume it was the same as marxism for which they also don't know what it is.
You see why most Fascists today just stick to relying on shock value by saying the N-word or posting pictures of dead queer people or finding new meme slurs for jews, because when they try and do actually "serious theory" it becomes too obvious how vapid their ideology truly is, although to be fair not many people would immediately even recognise this as fascist because 99% of people only know fascism as "the bad guys in Indiana Jones". Same reason people don't realize how a movie like Metropolis is actually more "orthodox" fascist than Triumph of the Will.
Hell, most people have no idea what fascist class theory actually was because they assume it was the same as marxism for which they also don't know what it is.
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Fighting
I’m a little surprised by how little discussion there is on the conventionality of knowing how to fight to politics given that it’s the legally hardest thing to get into trouble over and is one of the most versatile ways to deal with violent encounters both in terms of beating violent people and in terms of getting away or evading hits from them. Why exactly wouldn’t a socialist or even any liberation based thinker not advocate for the proletariat to not be someone capable in hand to hand combat (mainly for blocking and dodging different attacks and reliably disarming and fighting multiple people at once)?
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Socialism in One Country proposes that it is possible to build Socialism ("complete socialist society") even in a single country, and even a poor less-developed one or a third world country. This went against the view held by dogmatists, trotskyists and other opportunists that socialism was possible only in wealthy industrial countries and only if established simultaneously in several of them. The dogmatist view was a vulgarization of Marxism & didn’t correspond to the material realities of the world in the epoch of global imperialism.
Trotskyists and many other opportunist groupings vehemently deny that Lenin supported the theory of Socialism in One Country. Examining this issue is the main focus of the latter portion of this article.
Internationalism
Often times opportunists make the claim that Socialism in One Country goes against Proletarian internationalism or abandons the aim of World Revolution.
Trotsky claimed in his book The Permanent Revolution that Socialism in One Country:
…makes a breach between the national revolution and the international revolution.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. Socialism in One Country is a tactic to achieve those internationalist ends and history has proven it to be successful in it, since the Soviet Union actually managed to help many other revolutionary governments take power and spread Socialism to many other countries in all parts of the world.
…the victory of socialism is possible in separate countries, thus envisaging the prospect of the formation of two parallel centres of attraction; the centre of world capitalism and the centre of world socialism.
~Stalin, Results of the July Plenum of the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.) (1928)
The theory of Socialism in One Country doesn’t contradict world revolution, in fact it does the opposite. It argues that any country can build socialism, if it lacks the basic requirements of Socialism, it can at least work to fulfill those requirements and then build socialism:
You say that civilization is necessary for the building of socialism. Very good. But why could we not first create such prerequisites of civilization in our country by the expulsion of the landowners and the Russian capitalists, and then start moving toward socialism? Where, in what books, have you read that such… sequence of events are impermissible or impossible?
~Lenin, Our Revolution (1923)
The "Alternative" of the Opportunists
To oppose Socialism in One Country would mean denying the third world poor the possibility of building socialism since according to the opportunists their countries "lack the requirements" for it. They would have to wait for the white Europeans to first establish socialism and finally spread it elsewhere.
In his book Trotsky criticized Socialism in One Country in the following way:
This theory imposes upon revolutions in backward countries the task of establishing an unrealizable regime of democratic dictatorship, which it counterposes to the dictatorship of the proletariat. Thereby this theory introduces illusions and fictions into politics, paralyses the struggle for power of the proletariat in the East, and hampers the victory of the colonial revolution.
This is a somewhat fancy way of saying that the third world people of Asia were in Trotsky’s mind not ready for Socialism due to their economic and cultural state. To build socialism in Asia was impossible according to Trotsky, to even try would mean to "impose… the task of establishing an unrealizable regime of democratic dictatorship."
What this convoluted jumble means is that Trotsky accuses third world people of class-collaboration as opposed to of class struggle. Trotsky subscribes to the dogmatic theory that third world semi-feudal & semi-colonial countries could only at best achieve modern capitalism and to attempt anything further would be an "illusion" and a "fiction."
Earlier in his text 1905 Trotsky had argued against building Socialism in a poor peasant country:
…the proletarian vanguard in the very earliest stages of its rule would have to make extremely deep inroads not only into feudal but also into bourgeois property relations. While doing so it would enter into hostile conflict, not only with all those bourgeois groups which had supported it during the first stages of its revolutionary struggle, but also with the broad masses of the peasantry… The contradictions between a workers’ government and an overwhelming majority of peasants in a backward country could be resolved only on an international scale, in the arena of a world proletarian revolution.
In response to this anti-peasant theory Lenin said:
From the Bolsheviks Trotsky’s original theory has borrowed their call for a decisive proletarian revolutionary struggle and for the conquest of political power by the proletariat, while from the Mensheviks it has borrowed "repudiation" of the peasantry’s role… Trotsky is in fact helping the liberal-labour politicians in Russia, who by "repudiation" of the role of the peasantry understand a refusal to raise up the peasants for the revolution!
~Lenin, On the Two Lines in the Revolution
Not only is this idea that third world people are not ready for socialism quasi-racist, it is also strategically unsound. Firstly, the vast majority of the world’s workers are from third world countries. Second, experience has shown us, in the epoch of modern imperialism the poor of the developing world have demonstrated great revolutionary potential. In fact in our current stage they demonstrate greater revolutionary energy then Westerners. The opportunists are out of touch with these basic realities, their theory is useless and their movement irrelevant as an alternative for the workers of the world.
Utopian Defeatism
But why do the opportunists so vehemently oppose Socialism in One Country? One reason maybe that they oppose anything associated with the Soviet Union or Stalin. However more often then not from trotskyists one hears them express one of the following three reasons:
that they oppose Socialism in One Country on "internationalist" grounds
view that a single socialist country can never survive
they think socialism can’t be built in a poor country
The first claim I already dealt with. They either don’t understand what they’re talking about or are dishonest. I already explained why the third argument is troubling, together with argument number two it falls under the category of defeatism, that unless the revolution happens in many countries at the same time, and in the West it’s pointless to even try. Or that if the revolution happens in only one country then it must somehow aggressively try to spread the revolution elsewhere. Since the USSR actually did spread it to other countries it seems the opportunists think it should have simply been more aggresive. This seems tactically and ideologically questionable.
Basically the opportunists have no good alternative to propose and this has been proved by history. Trotskyists or any other opponents of Socialism in One Country have never been able to carry out a revolution, let alone a world-wide revolution. The only theory that has been able carry out victorious socialist revolutions not in one, but in multiple countries is the theory of Socialism in One Country.
Socialism in One Country
Socialism in One Country is a theory mostly associated with the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin whose government adopted it as official policy. However the theory was heavily based on the writings of Soviet revolutionary leader V.I. Lenin.Socialism in One Country proposes that it is possible to build Socialism ("complete socialist society") even in a single country, and even a poor less-developed one or a third world country. This went against the view held by dogmatists, trotskyists and other opportunists that socialism was possible only in wealthy industrial countries and only if established simultaneously in several of them. The dogmatist view was a vulgarization of Marxism & didn’t correspond to the material realities of the world in the epoch of global imperialism.
Trotskyists and many other opportunist groupings vehemently deny that Lenin supported the theory of Socialism in One Country. Examining this issue is the main focus of the latter portion of this article.
Internationalism
Often times opportunists make the claim that Socialism in One Country goes against Proletarian internationalism or abandons the aim of World Revolution.
Trotsky claimed in his book The Permanent Revolution that Socialism in One Country:
…makes a breach between the national revolution and the international revolution.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. Socialism in One Country is a tactic to achieve those internationalist ends and history has proven it to be successful in it, since the Soviet Union actually managed to help many other revolutionary governments take power and spread Socialism to many other countries in all parts of the world.
…the victory of socialism is possible in separate countries, thus envisaging the prospect of the formation of two parallel centres of attraction; the centre of world capitalism and the centre of world socialism.
~Stalin, Results of the July Plenum of the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.) (1928)
The theory of Socialism in One Country doesn’t contradict world revolution, in fact it does the opposite. It argues that any country can build socialism, if it lacks the basic requirements of Socialism, it can at least work to fulfill those requirements and then build socialism:
You say that civilization is necessary for the building of socialism. Very good. But why could we not first create such prerequisites of civilization in our country by the expulsion of the landowners and the Russian capitalists, and then start moving toward socialism? Where, in what books, have you read that such… sequence of events are impermissible or impossible?
~Lenin, Our Revolution (1923)
The "Alternative" of the Opportunists
To oppose Socialism in One Country would mean denying the third world poor the possibility of building socialism since according to the opportunists their countries "lack the requirements" for it. They would have to wait for the white Europeans to first establish socialism and finally spread it elsewhere.
In his book Trotsky criticized Socialism in One Country in the following way:
This theory imposes upon revolutions in backward countries the task of establishing an unrealizable regime of democratic dictatorship, which it counterposes to the dictatorship of the proletariat. Thereby this theory introduces illusions and fictions into politics, paralyses the struggle for power of the proletariat in the East, and hampers the victory of the colonial revolution.
This is a somewhat fancy way of saying that the third world people of Asia were in Trotsky’s mind not ready for Socialism due to their economic and cultural state. To build socialism in Asia was impossible according to Trotsky, to even try would mean to "impose… the task of establishing an unrealizable regime of democratic dictatorship."
What this convoluted jumble means is that Trotsky accuses third world people of class-collaboration as opposed to of class struggle. Trotsky subscribes to the dogmatic theory that third world semi-feudal & semi-colonial countries could only at best achieve modern capitalism and to attempt anything further would be an "illusion" and a "fiction."
Earlier in his text 1905 Trotsky had argued against building Socialism in a poor peasant country:
…the proletarian vanguard in the very earliest stages of its rule would have to make extremely deep inroads not only into feudal but also into bourgeois property relations. While doing so it would enter into hostile conflict, not only with all those bourgeois groups which had supported it during the first stages of its revolutionary struggle, but also with the broad masses of the peasantry… The contradictions between a workers’ government and an overwhelming majority of peasants in a backward country could be resolved only on an international scale, in the arena of a world proletarian revolution.
In response to this anti-peasant theory Lenin said:
From the Bolsheviks Trotsky’s original theory has borrowed their call for a decisive proletarian revolutionary struggle and for the conquest of political power by the proletariat, while from the Mensheviks it has borrowed "repudiation" of the peasantry’s role… Trotsky is in fact helping the liberal-labour politicians in Russia, who by "repudiation" of the role of the peasantry understand a refusal to raise up the peasants for the revolution!
~Lenin, On the Two Lines in the Revolution
Not only is this idea that third world people are not ready for socialism quasi-racist, it is also strategically unsound. Firstly, the vast majority of the world’s workers are from third world countries. Second, experience has shown us, in the epoch of modern imperialism the poor of the developing world have demonstrated great revolutionary potential. In fact in our current stage they demonstrate greater revolutionary energy then Westerners. The opportunists are out of touch with these basic realities, their theory is useless and their movement irrelevant as an alternative for the workers of the world.
Utopian Defeatism
But why do the opportunists so vehemently oppose Socialism in One Country? One reason maybe that they oppose anything associated with the Soviet Union or Stalin. However more often then not from trotskyists one hears them express one of the following three reasons:
that they oppose Socialism in One Country on "internationalist" grounds
view that a single socialist country can never survive
they think socialism can’t be built in a poor country
The first claim I already dealt with. They either don’t understand what they’re talking about or are dishonest. I already explained why the third argument is troubling, together with argument number two it falls under the category of defeatism, that unless the revolution happens in many countries at the same time, and in the West it’s pointless to even try. Or that if the revolution happens in only one country then it must somehow aggressively try to spread the revolution elsewhere. Since the USSR actually did spread it to other countries it seems the opportunists think it should have simply been more aggresive. This seems tactically and ideologically questionable.
Basically the opportunists have no good alternative to propose and this has been proved by history. Trotskyists or any other opponents of Socialism in One Country have never been able to carry out a revolution, let alone a world-wide revolution. The only theory that has been able carry out victorious socialist revolutions not in one, but in multiple countries is the theory of Socialism in One Country.
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How does the phrase "he who does not work shall not eat" apply to people who realistically can't do any meaningful work i.e. severally mentally handicapped etc.? Are they just left to starve?
How does the phrase "he who does not work shall not eat" apply to people who realistically can't do any meaningful work i.e. severally mentally handicapped etc.? Are they just left to starve?
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why is it then that Soviet Burdenko commission was submitted to Nuremberg as a proof, and Nazi commission results under the name of "Amtliches Material zum Massenmord von Katyn", despite getting submitted, was declined by Nuremberg after a review, which claimed that:
>In any case, we believe that we have shown enough gaps, errors and inaccuracies to be able to recognize the statements made by the Germans in the publication "Amtliches Material zum Massenmord von Katyn" as material that does not withstand accurate scientific criticism, and thus recognize it as having too much propaganda character. In making this conclusion, we used only precise substantive reasoning.
Funny, right?
Oh, and as a bonus, Mednoye, which is often presented as a proof that Soviets were killing people in places other than those which were later occupied by Germans during the war, as it turns out, was actually occupied during the war, and 2nd pic is an order to recapture the settlement from Germans
Also also, check out present day Russia historiography on the issue. https://noo-journal.ru/vak/2025-1-42/kornilova-otritsanie-soobshcheniya-komissii-burdenko-v-katynskom-dele/ They call shit that happened in Russia in 1990s in regards to Katyn "Burdenko commission denialism"!
Katyn
If USSR comitted Katyn, and Nuremberg decided not to say anything about it, like Katyn cultists claim,why is it then that Soviet Burdenko commission was submitted to Nuremberg as a proof, and Nazi commission results under the name of "Amtliches Material zum Massenmord von Katyn", despite getting submitted, was declined by Nuremberg after a review, which claimed that:
>In any case, we believe that we have shown enough gaps, errors and inaccuracies to be able to recognize the statements made by the Germans in the publication "Amtliches Material zum Massenmord von Katyn" as material that does not withstand accurate scientific criticism, and thus recognize it as having too much propaganda character. In making this conclusion, we used only precise substantive reasoning.
Funny, right?
Oh, and as a bonus, Mednoye, which is often presented as a proof that Soviets were killing people in places other than those which were later occupied by Germans during the war, as it turns out, was actually occupied during the war, and 2nd pic is an order to recapture the settlement from Germans
Also also, check out present day Russia historiography on the issue. https://noo-journal.ru/vak/2025-1-42/kornilova-otritsanie-soobshcheniya-komissii-burdenko-v-katynskom-dele/ They call shit that happened in Russia in 1990s in regards to Katyn "Burdenko commission denialism"!
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Moldovan Politics
How do you feel about events and situation in Moldova?
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Washington D.C. situation
Trump has deployed federal officers to “Clean Up D.C.” Of course rather than put the cops to good use for once and make them street sweepers or whatever he is using them to harass citizens and beat up homeless people. Many will say that this is unconstitutional but ever since the Reagan administration the power of the executive branch has grown so much that it’s only a law if the president says so, America is an elective monarchy at this point and the “elective” part might go away soon, what is congress even good for anymore other than cutting taxes sometimes? Also I’m sure that all of you probably know this already but cops don’t solve crime, poverty reduction solves crime.