R: 500 / I: 56
/leftydeutschpol/ - Deutschland General
Letzter Pfaden wurde dank der /Pol/acken vom Brett gepusht. Deshalb ein neues Deutschland General.
R: 87 / I: 13
https://lefteast.org/unrest-georgia-foreign-influence-transparency-law/
This article lays things out very nicely
Georgia and its consiquences
I know i know irrelevant shithole in the middle east and whatever but on the other handhttps://lefteast.org/unrest-georgia-foreign-influence-transparency-law/
This article lays things out very nicely
R: 459 / I: 123
Absolute State of America Edition
Thread for the hellish discussion related to the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the Earth.
ππ΅πΈπ
State mandated propaganda livestreams:
CNN: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/cnn-news-usa.html
MSNBC: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html
FOX: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/fox-news-channel.html
Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8PhLsUcFEegalitarianism
/USApol/
π½United States Politicsπ¦Absolute State of America Edition
Thread for the hellish discussion related to the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the Earth.
ππ΅πΈπ
State mandated propaganda livestreams:
CNN: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/cnn-news-usa.html
MSNBC: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html
FOX: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/fox-news-channel.html
Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8PhLsUcFEegalitarianism
R: 500 / I: 126
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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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ALWAYS APPROACH SOURCES CRITICALLY
Live maps and updates
DeepStateMap: https://deepstatemap.live
Events in Ukraine: https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/
SouthFront: https://southfront.org/category/all-articles/world/europe/ukraine/
Watch Together
πΊ News/events: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/HappeningsviaKlash
πΊ Hangout/chill: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/bloodcast
Watch By Yourself
>Video Essays / Historical Background
πΊ Ukraine: The Avoidable War - Boy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
πΊ America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q (Link TBA)
πΊ Crimea vs Taiwan: Who Gets Self-Determination? - BadEmpanada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_UH4fmyj0
πΊ 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=2ZN1KK9Mzuo
<Current Happenings
πΊ The Grayzone: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrayzone7996
πΊ DDGeopolitics: https://www.youtube.com/@DDGeopolitics
πΊ Defense Politics Asia: https://www.youtube.com/@DefensePoliticsAsia
πΊ The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
πΊ The News Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
πΊ Military Summary: https://www.youtube.com/@militarysummary
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Social media
>Twitter
https://nitter.net/GeromanAT
https://nitter.net/wargonzoo
https://nitter.net/plnewstoday
https://nitter.net/RALee85
https://nitter.net/MarQs__
https://nitter.net/KofmanMichael
https://nitter.net/IntelCrab
https://nitter.net/NotWoofers
https://nitter.net/michaelh992
https://nitter.net/Suriyakmaps
<Telegram
https://t.me/milinfolive
https://t.me/hueviykharkov
https://t.me/conflictzone
https://t.me/vorposte
https://t.me/intelslava
https://t.me/grey_zone
https://t.me/AussieCossack
https://t.me/asbmil
https://t.me/Slavyangrad
π·πΊπΊπ¦
Thread guidelines:
β’ Please remember to add a spoiler to NSFW and extreme content such as graphic violence and gore.
β’ Try your best to not derail discussion too much from the main events and relevant places where the war is taken place, as well as other happenings, groups and public figures related to it.
β’ Meta discussion of the historical, philosophical and ideological background of the war is fine as long as its done in good faith and comradely.
β’ In the event the meta discussion overstays its welcome, participating users will be referred to take the conversation to the MULTIPOLARISM general thread: >>>/leftypol/1590991
β’ Quality shitposting and original content is encouraged! Spamming glowie memes is low effort.
β’ Remember to take your meds! It helps mediate schizoposting and foot fetishism
β’ this is /isg/ for people who treat geopolitics like shitty map games
/ukraine/ - Russia-Ukraine war general #175: See You, Donbass Cowboy Edition
Remember!!: R.I.P. Russell Bentleyββββββββββββββββββ
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
ββββββββββββββββββ
ALWAYS APPROACH SOURCES CRITICALLY
Live maps and updates
DeepStateMap: https://deepstatemap.live
Events in Ukraine: https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/
SouthFront: https://southfront.org/category/all-articles/world/europe/ukraine/
Watch Together
πΊ News/events: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/HappeningsviaKlash
πΊ Hangout/chill: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/bloodcast
Watch By Yourself
>Video Essays / Historical Background
πΊ Ukraine: The Avoidable War - Boy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
πΊ America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q (Link TBA)
πΊ Crimea vs Taiwan: Who Gets Self-Determination? - BadEmpanada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_UH4fmyj0
πΊ 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=2ZN1KK9Mzuo
<Current Happenings
πΊ The Grayzone: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrayzone7996
πΊ DDGeopolitics: https://www.youtube.com/@DDGeopolitics
πΊ Defense Politics Asia: https://www.youtube.com/@DefensePoliticsAsia
πΊ The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
πΊ The News Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
πΊ Military Summary: https://www.youtube.com/@militarysummary
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Social media
https://nitter.net/GeromanAT
https://nitter.net/wargonzoo
https://nitter.net/plnewstoday
https://nitter.net/RALee85
https://nitter.net/MarQs__
https://nitter.net/KofmanMichael
https://nitter.net/IntelCrab
https://nitter.net/NotWoofers
https://nitter.net/michaelh992
https://nitter.net/Suriyakmaps
<Telegram
https://t.me/milinfolive
https://t.me/hueviykharkov
https://t.me/conflictzone
https://t.me/vorposte
https://t.me/intelslava
https://t.me/grey_zone
https://t.me/AussieCossack
https://t.me/asbmil
https://t.me/Slavyangrad
π·πΊπΊπ¦
Thread guidelines:
β’ Please remember to add a spoiler to NSFW and extreme content such as graphic violence and gore.
β’ Try your best to not derail discussion too much from the main events and relevant places where the war is taken place, as well as other happenings, groups and public figures related to it.
β’ Meta discussion of the historical, philosophical and ideological background of the war is fine as long as its done in good faith and comradely.
β’ In the event the meta discussion overstays its welcome, participating users will be referred to take the conversation to the MULTIPOLARISM general thread: >>>/leftypol/1590991
β’ Quality shitposting and original content is encouraged! Spamming glowie memes is low effort.
β’ Remember to take your meds! It helps mediate schizoposting and foot fetishism
β’ this is /isg/ for people who treat geopolitics like shitty map games
R: 500 / I: 150
Brace through the hyper-real lacanian void together with the Leftypol Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
Reminder That None of This Is Real!β’
Ι’Κα΄Κ α΄ α΄α΄ΙͺΚ α΄κ° sα΄α΄α΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄s
ββββββββββββββββββ
CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
>Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFbywfzu-jI
<Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S96e6TdJlNE
>Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
<The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
>Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
<Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RtV0oO8Pmg
>Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
π β’ https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
<Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
π β’ Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
πΊ β’ Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
π β’ Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
πΊ β’ Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
π β’ Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
πΊ β’ Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<On Neo-Liberalism and Post-Fordism
[Work in progress]
>Documentaries
β’ The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
β’ Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
β’ 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
β’ HyperNormalisation (2006) by Adam Curtis
https://youtu.be/thLgkQBFTPw
<Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
β’ We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
β’ Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
β’ The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
ββββββββββββββββββ
RECOMMENDED OP-EDS
β’ I Donβt 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/
β’ Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
β’ 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 with the Leftypol Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
Reminder That None of This Is Real!β’
Ι’Κα΄Κ α΄ α΄α΄ΙͺΚ α΄κ° sα΄α΄α΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄s
ββββββββββββββββββ
CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
>Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFbywfzu-jI
<Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S96e6TdJlNE
>Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
<The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
>Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
<Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RtV0oO8Pmg
>Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
π β’ https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
<Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
ββββββββββββββββββ
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
π β’ Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
πΊ β’ Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
π β’ Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
πΊ β’ Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
π β’ Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
πΊ β’ Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<On Neo-Liberalism and Post-Fordism
[Work in progress]
>Documentaries
β’ The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
β’ Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
β’ 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
β’ HyperNormalisation (2006) by Adam Curtis
https://youtu.be/thLgkQBFTPw
<Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
β’ We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
β’ Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
β’ The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
ββββββββββββββββββ
RECOMMENDED OP-EDS
β’ I Donβt 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/
β’ Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
β’ Facebook's Threads is so depressing by Jason O. Gilbert
https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing
R: 31 / I: 5
Why are leftists so racist/hateful towards Asians? Is it envy? Excusing violence against them, calling them "white adjacent", excluding them from diversity, etc.
Why are leftists so racist/hateful towards Asians? Is it envy? Excusing violence against them, calling them "white adjacent", excluding them from diversity, etc.
R: 204 / I: 77
Link dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
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.net/r/AustralianSocialism
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
>Shortlist of anarchist orgs/stores (2022)
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
/auspol/ #9
/auspol/ - little friends editionLink dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
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.net/r/AustralianSocialism
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
>Shortlist of anarchist orgs/stores (2022)
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
R: 460 / I: 84
>Princess of Wales: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
>Three photo agencies have retracted a picture of the Princess of Wales over concerns it has been "manipulated".
>The image, taken by Prince William and issued by Kensington Palace for Mother's Day, showed Catherine with their three children.
>But Associated Press was the first to pull the image as it "did not meet" the agency's photo standards. The agency noted an "inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte's left hand".
>Kensington Palace declined to comment.
>The photo shows the princess sitting down, surrounded by Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince George, the latter wrapping his arms around her.
>It was the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery two months ago. Since then she has stayed out of the public eye.
>The image was posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales's social media accounts with a message from Catherine which said: "Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months.
>"Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day."
The latest edition of the iconic thread.
We need to shut this country down until we can figure out just what the hell is going on here!
/leftybritpol/ FAKE ROYAL FAMILY Edition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68526972>Princess of Wales: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
>Three photo agencies have retracted a picture of the Princess of Wales over concerns it has been "manipulated".
>The image, taken by Prince William and issued by Kensington Palace for Mother's Day, showed Catherine with their three children.
>But Associated Press was the first to pull the image as it "did not meet" the agency's photo standards. The agency noted an "inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte's left hand".
>Kensington Palace declined to comment.
>The photo shows the princess sitting down, surrounded by Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince George, the latter wrapping his arms around her.
>It was the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery two months ago. Since then she has stayed out of the public eye.
>The image was posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales's social media accounts with a message from Catherine which said: "Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months.
>"Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day."
The latest edition of the iconic thread.
We need to shut this country down until we can figure out just what the hell is going on here!
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Kinda surprised there's not already a thread about this, there's so much politics crammed into this game's story I'd imagine people here would have interesting takes on.
Arknights Thread
Thoughts on Arknights?Kinda surprised there's not already a thread about this, there's so much politics crammed into this game's story I'd imagine people here would have interesting takes on.
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Discuss anything on Southeast Asian politics. Coming 2024 Elections, open orgs, People that should be dead for different reasons running in Malaysia's elections or just random shit. There are still dozens of us⦠hopefully! South Asia and Oceania posters can come in to discuss their regional politics as well.
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>it was reported that early on in his imprisonment Kaczynski had befriended Ramzi Yousef and Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing, respectively. The trio discussed religion and politics and formed a friendship which lasted until McVeigh's execution in 2001.
so a white nationalist, a pakistani islamist, a practicing anarcho primitivist and a cuban american gang leader were all sharing a single cell block together and apparently got along well together, how would their ideologies have clashed and what conversations they could have had?
also what are some examples of unlikely political friendships in history?
>it was reported that early on in his imprisonment Kaczynski had befriended Ramzi Yousef and Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing, respectively. The trio discussed religion and politics and formed a friendship which lasted until McVeigh's execution in 2001.
so a white nationalist, a pakistani islamist, a practicing anarcho primitivist and a cuban american gang leader were all sharing a single cell block together and apparently got along well together, how would their ideologies have clashed and what conversations they could have had?
also what are some examples of unlikely political friendships in history?
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To start of the part 5 of Astartes fan film and the promise for more.
https://youtu.be/eoCcpMW8fSs
Warhammer Thread
Since Star Wars got a thread why canβt this? Discuss anything you like of the universe. lore, art, diy modeling or even Marxist critique of the setting and gw parasitic relationship with it.To start of the part 5 of Astartes fan film and the promise for more.
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1. For rank-and-file members, left-wing organizations are extremely sex-negative. Their social events are the most awkward, un-romantic things imaginable, and a lot of the time orgs will actively instruct their members not to form intimate relationships with each other.
2. In contrast, the leadership of these organizations are fucking constantly. Whether it's DSA polycules, Trot rape cults or Maoist sex gurus, org leaders always end up having far more sex than regular members. Often they end up fucking rank-and-file members, creating imbalanced relationships that end in scandal and abuse.
So why is this the case? Why are left-wing sects so imbalanced when it comes to having sex? Is there anything we can do to correct this imbalance and promote more healthy, productive relationships between our socialist cadres?
Sexual Pathology of Left-Wing Sects
I spent several years as a member of the American DSA, and have heard accounts from several other people on their time in more radical ML or Maoist organizations. From these I'd like to make two general observations:1. For rank-and-file members, left-wing organizations are extremely sex-negative. Their social events are the most awkward, un-romantic things imaginable, and a lot of the time orgs will actively instruct their members not to form intimate relationships with each other.
2. In contrast, the leadership of these organizations are fucking constantly. Whether it's DSA polycules, Trot rape cults or Maoist sex gurus, org leaders always end up having far more sex than regular members. Often they end up fucking rank-and-file members, creating imbalanced relationships that end in scandal and abuse.
So why is this the case? Why are left-wing sects so imbalanced when it comes to having sex? Is there anything we can do to correct this imbalance and promote more healthy, productive relationships between our socialist cadres?
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Privacy general
Comrades, we need a thread on privacy. Any decent activist should try ways of staying anonymous on the web and prevent being tracked by governments and corporations.General tips===* Use free software as much as you can.* Use GNU/Linux and keep it up-to-date, to be sure that you don't have unpatched security exploits* Don't use Flash Player, use youtube-dl instead for watching streaming videos online* Do not use Google, use DuckDuckGo or StartPage instead* Use a password manager like Keepass or for GNU/Linux users keepassx. Create new passwords for every site that you visit and use a strong password as a master password. A tip for easy remembering of your master password is to use a sentence. "i fucking love cookies and tits!" with extra capital characters etc. is easier to remember than some random characters and long enough to prevent brute force attacks of any kind.* Use the Tor Browser Bundle if you really want to stay anonymous.Firefox====* Go to Preferences -> History and set History to "Never remember history". * See for additional tweaks: https://github.com/amq/firefox-debloat and https://vikingvpn.com/cybersecurity-wiki/browser-security/guide-hardening-mozilla-firefox-for-privacy-and-securityAdd-ons-----------* Use uBlock Origin for preventing tracking etc. Bonus: use hard-mode to manually whitelist external domains on sites. Don't use uBlock but be sure to use uBlock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-mode* HTTPS Everywhere* DecentralEyes: prevents CDN hosting from tracking you (Google for Jquery etc.)* Self Destructing Cookies: only allow cookies that you choose to allowOS==* Encrypt your hard drive or home partition at least* If you use GNU/Linux, you can try to restrict systemd or syslog from logging. * Use a distribution which takes security seriously. Also, be sure that you don't install a lot of things outside the repository. It will cover most of your needs.Real life tips===* Pay with cash if you canFeel free to provide tips to each other comrades!
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>Tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles. Human evolution has primarily occurred in small hunter-gatherer groups, as opposed to in larger and more recently settled agricultural societies or civilizations. With a negative connotation and in a political context, tribalism can also mean discriminatory behavior or attitudes towards out-groups, based on in-group loyalty.
Tribalism
Is Tribalism, ethnocentrism, and preference for ones own people, religion, and culture inevitable? And if so, doesn't this hurt the universalism of communism? Is homophily just "human nature" and built into the hunter gatherer id of humans?>Tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles. Human evolution has primarily occurred in small hunter-gatherer groups, as opposed to in larger and more recently settled agricultural societies or civilizations. With a negative connotation and in a political context, tribalism can also mean discriminatory behavior or attitudes towards out-groups, based on in-group loyalty.
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I started reading Hitler's esoteric beliefs and it seems he rejected catholicism for vague dharmic Hindu beliefs and was fascinated with the Hindu caste system. I also noticed this being a trend amongst German academics of that era.
Schopenhauer being the most prominent scholar of Hinduism at his time and also Nietzsche to some extent. Who praised Hinduism for it's life affirming and warrior asthetics. He even claimed he wished he was born a brahmin.
Why did Nazis appropriate Hindu asthetics
Why were Nazis obsessed with indian history and more specifically the Aryan caste?I started reading Hitler's esoteric beliefs and it seems he rejected catholicism for vague dharmic Hindu beliefs and was fascinated with the Hindu caste system. I also noticed this being a trend amongst German academics of that era.
Schopenhauer being the most prominent scholar of Hinduism at his time and also Nietzsche to some extent. Who praised Hinduism for it's life affirming and warrior asthetics. He even claimed he wished he was born a brahmin.
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Tumblr is going to joining the fediverse soon.
Tumblr joining fediverse
https://nitter.net/photomatt/status/1594587024245260289Tumblr is going to joining the fediverse soon.
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Do NOT use ExpressVPN! It is not only an Israeli company that does work for the IDF, it is also a slimy company that auto renews your subscription without your consent even if you turn off auto renew.
ExpressVPN
Former Israeli Malware Distributor Kape Technologies Now Owns ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, Zenmate, and a Collection of VPN βReviewβ Websites.Do NOT use ExpressVPN! It is not only an Israeli company that does work for the IDF, it is also a slimy company that auto renews your subscription without your consent even if you turn off auto renew.
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What do you guys think of r/redscarepod? It's an interesting place, although kind of confusing at times. They tend to hate on fatties, trans women, and Indians.
What do you guys think of r/redscarepod? It's an interesting place, although kind of confusing at times. They tend to hate on fatties, trans women, and Indians.
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>Be me, Spanish speaking South American
>Opens youtube news video regarding the zionists and Iran/Palestine
>Almost every comment is a batshit crazy evangelical cocksucking the jews
Does this happen in your country too?
>Be me, Spanish speaking South American
>Opens youtube news video regarding the zionists and Iran/Palestine
>Almost every comment is a batshit crazy evangelical cocksucking the jews
Does this happen in your country too?
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Can I still be a communist if I play Helldivers 2?
THE FUCK YOU MEAN FLOOD DETECTED
Can I still be a communist if I play Helldivers 2?
THE FUCK YOU MEAN FLOOD DETECTED
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come in, make friends, talk about everything Brazil related - politics, news, the arts… and shitpost, of course.
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/brg/ - Brazil General
"we used to have culture" editioncome in, make friends, talk about everything Brazil related - politics, news, the arts… and shitpost, of course.
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How would IP laws and copyright be handled under socialism?
Would it be abolished or just reformed? How would artists be compensated if not for royalties?
Also, what about βhard casesβ like instances of cultural appropriation, etc.?
Letβs have this discussion.
Socialist copyright
SERIOUSHow would IP laws and copyright be handled under socialism?
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Also, what about βhard casesβ like instances of cultural appropriation, etc.?
Letβs have this discussion.
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Occupy College 3
Down with imperialism, down with capitalism, down with zionism. The protests are spreading beyond the US. Don't let up the pressure, make sure to strike when the iron is hot.
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Archived here https://web.archive.org/web/20240503041720/https://thepostmillennial.com/
Post Millenial hack
Online Canadian chvd rag The Post Millenial got hacked and its data leaked, including a bunch of FBI e-mails in its user dataArchived here https://web.archive.org/web/20240503041720/https://thepostmillennial.com/
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What is your opinion on this femcel music
What is your opinion on this femcel music
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3x3
Post ya'll's animanga 3x3's
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I'm curious to see what would happen if a game with a phenomenal story and great combat, but with PS2-era graphics, got released. I wonder how well it would hold up against modern AAA games
I'm curious to see what would happen if a game with a phenomenal story and great combat, but with PS2-era graphics, got released. I wonder how well it would hold up against modern AAA games
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I don't know if its allowed, but this thread is open to all styles of art. I was going to attempt on the draw, but it seems its purely for original art, so decided to create the thread here
Art by Rightoids You Like
Is there any art you like, hell even adore, but it just so happens that the person behind that art just emits hitler particles to the max. Here is my example. Hirotonfa. Really like his style. His comics aren't bad, can be funny. But there is a reason that he got rid of his likes on his bird app account. Every time on my timeline I see some rightoid's post, I just assume its one of his likes. Check the post and sure enough it is. I wish I could just mute his likes, so I can just get his art, but alas, not an option. Shame really but what can I do.I don't know if its allowed, but this thread is open to all styles of art. I was going to attempt on the draw, but it seems its purely for original art, so decided to create the thread here
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>why doesn't Cockshott fix the NHS if his theories work
Well why doesn't he?
There's his opportunity right there since the UK health system apparently is not as good as it could be?
>why doesn't Cockshott fix the NHS if his theories work
Well why doesn't he?
There's his opportunity right there since the UK health system apparently is not as good as it could be?
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>yfw you're filthy cinephile scum, you like anime and some of your favorite directors are anime directors but you also acknowledge there's a lot of bad anime and how obnoxious otaku culture can be, and all your weeb friends think all japanese movies and culture are like the incredibly santized view of the world that 90% of anime presents
how do I get weebs to broaden their horizons and watch like, a single kurosawa or nagisa oshima movie, let alone somebody like tsukamoto or miike? Japanese cinema when you dig deep is as rich as french or 70s hollywood stuff, but people in the anglosphere only know the kind of stuff that funko pop collectors watch
>yfw you're filthy cinephile scum, you like anime and some of your favorite directors are anime directors but you also acknowledge there's a lot of bad anime and how obnoxious otaku culture can be, and all your weeb friends think all japanese movies and culture are like the incredibly santized view of the world that 90% of anime presents
how do I get weebs to broaden their horizons and watch like, a single kurosawa or nagisa oshima movie, let alone somebody like tsukamoto or miike? Japanese cinema when you dig deep is as rich as french or 70s hollywood stuff, but people in the anglosphere only know the kind of stuff that funko pop collectors watch
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But the truth is rightoids if we go by statistics are literally midwits.
MIDWIT
I find it ironic that 4chin rightoids invented the midwit meme when evidence shows left wingers have both lower and higher I Q than right wingers. Rightoids like Chris Rufo try to spin this as le "middle class versus lumpenproletariat+academic "low-high coalition"".But the truth is rightoids if we go by statistics are literally midwits.
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The gods of programming have blessed mankind with the means of producing the most complex, ornate, beautiful machines they can dream of as a single individual without needing to worry about material or labor costs, safety or regulatory concerns, etc. and all programmers can imagine is "what if I made my shell a bit prettier." What a waste.
P.S. This is just me ranting, I know some people do make cool things, you're gonna have to just let me cook on this one
No one actually shares any interesting programming projects
99% of the programming projects I see on github, reddit, HN, etc. are just programming tools for other programmers. "I made a data-processing library for the ButtFuck framework" "I made a fancy-pants syntax highlighter for Fartlang in vim" "I made a utility that tells you if your config file is blah blah blah" 10 billion stars on github with a bunch of badges and emojis of course. All this effort put into programmer tools and for what? So they can make more programming tools, I suppose?The gods of programming have blessed mankind with the means of producing the most complex, ornate, beautiful machines they can dream of as a single individual without needing to worry about material or labor costs, safety or regulatory concerns, etc. and all programmers can imagine is "what if I made my shell a bit prettier." What a waste.
P.S. This is just me ranting, I know some people do make cool things, you're gonna have to just let me cook on this one
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The Left Needs to Unite
I am new to LeftyPol but I've seen too many tender hugboxes in the DSA (everybody knows that mega cringe DSA meeting footage) if the Left wants to become an effective political action block in the United States and bring about the Socialist and progressive change we wish to see in this country we must abandon these granular "points of privilege" and oppression Olympics along with the curse of idpol the wonderful silver lining of living in the US is that we are in fact a blank slate we don't have bullshit cultural ties for people to cling to like they do in the rest of the world Even Marx saw the potential in this nation He said himself that socialism and eventually communism is achievable on the US without Violence and I agree with him. I honestly belive that the US has the potential to be a beacon of progressiveism in a world that has shifted to the right at an alarming rate. We are the richest country in the world why are there homeless people, why do people have to pay for thier own medical care? We have rights in this nation that revolutionaries could only dream of in other countries (The 2nd Amendment being the most overlooked one in lefty circles) but instead we argue and heckle like some kind of fucked up elderly polycule when we could be winning elections and making positive change in our communities. I beg the greater Left to unify and centralize so we can finally excise the fascist ans neo nazi threat that looms over our country and the world
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It's 2022 and TF2 still slaps.
It's 2022 and TF2 still slaps.
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>The goal of this forum is to create a community for producing and reproducing scientific knowledge in political economy that exists totally outside of the realm of academia, the world of bourgeois non-profits and thinktanks, and the state apparatus. Today, political economy, which has been transformed into the βscientificβ discipline of economics, has been both gutted of its most insightful content and held back by obscurantist and outdated mathematical models. It was once the case, in the days of Smith, Ricardo and Marx, that political economy was a form of thinking, researching and discussion which was undertaken by a broad public: working men, skilled craftsmen, professionals, clergy and professors. In this time, people didnβt write textbooks of economics, books to be taught by rote learning, they wrote books which were meant to be read by people interested in political economy and further their own research and understanding.
>This forum is built on the optimism for human curiosity and ingenuity, on the hope that thereβs a possibility for creating a social science that isnβt trapped in the confines of a state ideology. A place for discussing political economy and related issues outside of the universities, economic bureaucracies and institutes funded by and for the ruling class; to the extent individuals from that world use this forum it should be to escape that world. On the other side of things, while it would be excellent for the work of this forum and its users to go on and inspire political movements, the forum itself is not sectarian, and is intended as a place for a general scientific community where all stripes of researchers can present their findings and debate.
>The features of this site are intended to nurture such a community. Users can write posts on their own personal blogs in long form to describe their research, as well as follow the works of other users. The actual forum allows users to create topics to discuss anything political economy related, as well as developments in real world economies, keeping dialogue open and inclusive to the public. The debates in the forum can teach people about political economy, as well as inspire further investigation. If you see a user post some interesting ideas, you can click on their profile and see what blogs theyβve written about their own research. More personal connections and collaborations can be formed by users utilizing chat features. The front page hosts the best research of the CASPER Forum as well as articles and papers related to political economy from important authors and institutions. The point is to centralize and socialize the free labor of producing science
https://casperforum.org/blog/a-new-scientific-community-for-political-economy-research/
https://casperforum.org/community/
New Website for Political Economy Research
Anon from the cybercom thread suggested I post this here as well. A forum for political economy research started by Marxists. Classical Econophysics is listed on the resource page.>The goal of this forum is to create a community for producing and reproducing scientific knowledge in political economy that exists totally outside of the realm of academia, the world of bourgeois non-profits and thinktanks, and the state apparatus. Today, political economy, which has been transformed into the βscientificβ discipline of economics, has been both gutted of its most insightful content and held back by obscurantist and outdated mathematical models. It was once the case, in the days of Smith, Ricardo and Marx, that political economy was a form of thinking, researching and discussion which was undertaken by a broad public: working men, skilled craftsmen, professionals, clergy and professors. In this time, people didnβt write textbooks of economics, books to be taught by rote learning, they wrote books which were meant to be read by people interested in political economy and further their own research and understanding.
>This forum is built on the optimism for human curiosity and ingenuity, on the hope that thereβs a possibility for creating a social science that isnβt trapped in the confines of a state ideology. A place for discussing political economy and related issues outside of the universities, economic bureaucracies and institutes funded by and for the ruling class; to the extent individuals from that world use this forum it should be to escape that world. On the other side of things, while it would be excellent for the work of this forum and its users to go on and inspire political movements, the forum itself is not sectarian, and is intended as a place for a general scientific community where all stripes of researchers can present their findings and debate.
>The features of this site are intended to nurture such a community. Users can write posts on their own personal blogs in long form to describe their research, as well as follow the works of other users. The actual forum allows users to create topics to discuss anything political economy related, as well as developments in real world economies, keeping dialogue open and inclusive to the public. The debates in the forum can teach people about political economy, as well as inspire further investigation. If you see a user post some interesting ideas, you can click on their profile and see what blogs theyβve written about their own research. More personal connections and collaborations can be formed by users utilizing chat features. The front page hosts the best research of the CASPER Forum as well as articles and papers related to political economy from important authors and institutions. The point is to centralize and socialize the free labor of producing science
https://casperforum.org/blog/a-new-scientific-community-for-political-economy-research/
https://casperforum.org/community/
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Is this the end of anti-woke? Or at least a deep wound in it?
Is this the end of anti-woke? Or at least a deep wound in it?
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So is it that the film has a lot of small anime quirks that throw non-weebs off? I mean I can't notice any but it might be the case. Maybe people don't like the dialogue but again this isn't something I understand. What do you think? Do you have similar experiences? I think its really interesting and I want to know more. I mean I'll put it out there that I love films in general but HATE stuff like Breaking Bad. Maybe I'm looking for different stuff or maybe its because I grew up with anime and I don't get thrown off with it.
Also, do you watch anime with random friends? I'm thinking of watching Patlabor 2 with my parents at Christmas since I think its right up their alley, but they didn't really like GitS so idk.
Why don't people I talk to like anime films?
I'm just thinking, when I was trying to watch a film I like with a non-anime fan I'd often put on Ghost in the Shell since I thought it's really highly rated and would be easy for a non-anime fan to watch. But this isn't the case, everyone I've watched it with hates it, which I find wierd since I think it's overall a really good film which is well known in normal film circles and is well regarded, and there isn't much of a reason to dislike it. I mean the artwork is 10/10, the setting is cool, the pacing is great, the action is exciting, its got good philosophical content and the ending is interesting. But non-anime fans who I watch it with hate it and I mean hate it with a passion and find it immensly boring even if they like live-action films with similar a similar tone or content.So is it that the film has a lot of small anime quirks that throw non-weebs off? I mean I can't notice any but it might be the case. Maybe people don't like the dialogue but again this isn't something I understand. What do you think? Do you have similar experiences? I think its really interesting and I want to know more. I mean I'll put it out there that I love films in general but HATE stuff like Breaking Bad. Maybe I'm looking for different stuff or maybe its because I grew up with anime and I don't get thrown off with it.
Also, do you watch anime with random friends? I'm thinking of watching Patlabor 2 with my parents at Christmas since I think its right up their alley, but they didn't really like GitS so idk.
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Gonna start off with a recommendation to watch The King and the Mockingbird the 1980 version especially, absolutely comrade-pilled movie.
Good torrent sites (massive pop-up warning, put on an adblocker):
https://kimcartoon.li/CartoonList
https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?category=movies
https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?category=2;18;41;49
Western Animation
A general for "western" animations/cartoons.Gonna start off with a recommendation to watch The King and the Mockingbird the 1980 version especially, absolutely comrade-pilled movie.
Good torrent sites (massive pop-up warning, put on an adblocker):
https://kimcartoon.li/CartoonList
https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?category=movies
https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?category=2;18;41;49
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Fallout General - What side is do you choose in Fallout new Vegas ?
of course most /pol/tards side with caser's legion but looking at it almost every single faction is awful one way or the other, The NCR is literally a reboot of America that is in the middle of a manifest destiny, House is a egotistical maniac and probably appeals to Musk bros and Yes man is just a libertarian wet dream
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Why are ugly bastards so popular?
Why are ugly bastards so popular?
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ITT: characters who did nothing wrong
ITT: characters who did nothing wrong
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>Darling in the FranXX is an original Japanese animated (anime) television series that aired between January and July 2018. It includes 24 episodes and was created by Studio Trigger under the direction of Atsushi Nishigori, who was the character designer for the popular series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagannin 2007. The series is now available on the streaming service Crunchyroll, which specializes in East Asian media.
>The series takes place in a future dystopian world where humans live in self-contained, glass-domed cities, defended by young teenagers who operate the FranXXβgiant robotic weapons (mecha) that require a pair of pilots, one male and one female, to operate. The children defend the cities from klaxosaurs, a mysterious race of beings who live underground and regularly attack the cities.
>The children themselves are indoctrinated in regard to the history of humanity and the overall circumstances surrounding their service. They aspire to be βadults,β a number of whom live in the center of the cities, but with whom they never get to interact. The people in power are collectively referred to by the children as βPapa,β and they pray to them, as though to a deity, before each meal.
>The seriesβ main protagonist is a young pilot named Hiro, who once showed great promise, but in recent years has found himself unable to operate the machinery with success. The operation of the FranXX is associated with the onset of puberty, with the male and female crew members assuming positions within the machines that are overtly sexual.
>The principal aim of the showβs creators seems to be to examine what it means to be a human. (But how enriched and developed is their conception?) We learn that the societyβs βadultsβ are humans who underwent a process whereby they could become immortal at the expense of their reproductive systems. They live in an advanced state of unchanging age, but no longer have interactions with each other and live sterile lives where they do not even speak.
>Anime is a complex medium, with many divisions and subdivisions. Its roots in Japan are generally traced back to the early twentieth century, but it was not until the 1970s and 1980s that the form became a part of mainstream Japanese culture. This was no doubt a contradictory phenomenon.
>Japanese anime no doubt has mobilized considerable skill and even artistic brilliance. But like other artistic forms that emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s, it inevitably bears the stamp of the cultural and social problems of the time. The receding of the radicalization of the late 1960s and early 1970s (which had been very intense and explosive in Japan) had consequences. No matter what its admirers may say, there is an element of escapism in anime. That doesnβt disqualify it, but one has to be honest. It cannot be a coincidence that the rise of anime coincided with the collapse of the Japanese cinema as a serious intellectual force. One of the greatest national cinemas of the postwar period, Japanese filmmaking has produced almost nothing enduring or penetrating about the reality of life in that country over the past several decades.
Get the full article at https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/20/frxx-a20.html and other important insights, of the ICFI.
Darling in the FranXX: Japanese anime series about fighting for the survival of humanity
>Darling in the FranXX: Japanese anime series about fighting for the survival of humanity>Darling in the FranXX is an original Japanese animated (anime) television series that aired between January and July 2018. It includes 24 episodes and was created by Studio Trigger under the direction of Atsushi Nishigori, who was the character designer for the popular series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagannin 2007. The series is now available on the streaming service Crunchyroll, which specializes in East Asian media.
>The series takes place in a future dystopian world where humans live in self-contained, glass-domed cities, defended by young teenagers who operate the FranXXβgiant robotic weapons (mecha) that require a pair of pilots, one male and one female, to operate. The children defend the cities from klaxosaurs, a mysterious race of beings who live underground and regularly attack the cities.
>The children themselves are indoctrinated in regard to the history of humanity and the overall circumstances surrounding their service. They aspire to be βadults,β a number of whom live in the center of the cities, but with whom they never get to interact. The people in power are collectively referred to by the children as βPapa,β and they pray to them, as though to a deity, before each meal.
>The seriesβ main protagonist is a young pilot named Hiro, who once showed great promise, but in recent years has found himself unable to operate the machinery with success. The operation of the FranXX is associated with the onset of puberty, with the male and female crew members assuming positions within the machines that are overtly sexual.
>The principal aim of the showβs creators seems to be to examine what it means to be a human. (But how enriched and developed is their conception?) We learn that the societyβs βadultsβ are humans who underwent a process whereby they could become immortal at the expense of their reproductive systems. They live in an advanced state of unchanging age, but no longer have interactions with each other and live sterile lives where they do not even speak.
>Anime is a complex medium, with many divisions and subdivisions. Its roots in Japan are generally traced back to the early twentieth century, but it was not until the 1970s and 1980s that the form became a part of mainstream Japanese culture. This was no doubt a contradictory phenomenon.
>Japanese anime no doubt has mobilized considerable skill and even artistic brilliance. But like other artistic forms that emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s, it inevitably bears the stamp of the cultural and social problems of the time. The receding of the radicalization of the late 1960s and early 1970s (which had been very intense and explosive in Japan) had consequences. No matter what its admirers may say, there is an element of escapism in anime. That doesnβt disqualify it, but one has to be honest. It cannot be a coincidence that the rise of anime coincided with the collapse of the Japanese cinema as a serious intellectual force. One of the greatest national cinemas of the postwar period, Japanese filmmaking has produced almost nothing enduring or penetrating about the reality of life in that country over the past several decades.
Get the full article at https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/20/frxx-a20.html and other important insights, of the ICFI.
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>lefty pol
What does the average leftypol user do in his freetime? and get done in his day?
here is a red reimu for you commies
average leftypol user experience?
I was messing around and stumbled upon this>lefty pol
What does the average leftypol user do in his freetime? and get done in his day?
here is a red reimu for you commies
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1. How many anarchists are there? And which type of anarchists are typical? Like, what is the ratio between statist and libertarian left here?
2. Why Tor users are not allowed to post? You even have an .onion site, no? How people post there? Tor is required to access those links
3. How are genocides committed by the left (Hol0domor, Great Leap Forward, 1956 Hungary, under russian civil war, etc…) viewed here? Are they denied, or did they deserve it, or it was a necassary evil, or it was an unnecessary bloodshed and they were mostly innocent? (Gotta be honest, i belive in the last)
Few basic questions about this imageboard
Hi i just found this site and im new to imageboards overall, too. I just have a few questions1. How many anarchists are there? And which type of anarchists are typical? Like, what is the ratio between statist and libertarian left here?
2. Why Tor users are not allowed to post? You even have an .onion site, no? How people post there? Tor is required to access those links
3. How are genocides committed by the left (Hol0domor, Great Leap Forward, 1956 Hungary, under russian civil war, etc…) viewed here? Are they denied, or did they deserve it, or it was a necassary evil, or it was an unnecessary bloodshed and they were mostly innocent? (Gotta be honest, i belive in the last)
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Conmemorando a Alexis Castillo esta ocasiΓ³n.
Para luego buscarlo en el catΓ‘logo:
LatinoamΓ©rica, Latin America, LATAM, /lat/, latinoamΓ©rica, latino amΓ©rica, hispanoamerica, /Γ±/
HILO LATINOAMERICANO 7.0
Casi nuevo hilo, para un casi nuevo aΓ±o. As always we allow everyone to speak english, we are not Ukrainian fascists.Conmemorando a Alexis Castillo esta ocasiΓ³n.
Para luego buscarlo en el catΓ‘logo:
LatinoamΓ©rica, Latin America, LATAM, /lat/, latinoamΓ©rica, latino amΓ©rica, hispanoamerica, /Γ±/
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Is the origin of monarchy just a hereditary military dictatorship? like did most begin with just some barbarian tribe conquering a settled city, becoming the new ruling class and then devolving into inbred god-kings?
Is the origin of monarchy just a hereditary military dictatorship? like did most begin with just some barbarian tribe conquering a settled city, becoming the new ruling class and then devolving into inbred god-kings?
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The Deepwater Horizon explosion caused the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, costing the British company more than $60 billion and years of political and reputational damage. Now three chief executives and 14 years later, BP is again betting big on the Gulf. … BP, which will report earnings next week, has set its sights on harder-to-reach deposits in the Gulf, requiring drilling techniques to cope with more-intense pressures and higher temperatures.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/bp-bets-big-again-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-49b1c872
https://archive.is/bcV5F
Venezuelan Government Announces May Day Bonus Hikes, Wages Remain Frozen
While private sector workers get food bonuses from employers, pensioners and public administration retirees do not. The latter currently perceive $70 a month of economic war bonus and the former $25. Authorities did not specify whether those amounts will be updated as well. The minimum wage has remained frozen at 130 bolΓvares since March 2022. It was worth $30 at the time but has since devalued to around $3.6. Pensions are pegged to the minimum wage.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-government-announces-may-day-bonus-hikes-wages-remain-frozen/
https://archive.is/Lg2mU
Colombiaβs war crimes tribunal orders expungement of former guerrillasβ criminal records
The JEP clarified that the order only applies to former FARC members who were never involved war crimes or crimes against humanity. The war crimes tribunal also asked authorities for information of former FARC members who were supposed to be released from prison as part of the peace process.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-war-crimes-tribunal-orders-expungement-of-former-guerrillas-criminal-records/
Comprador PA Forces Assassinate Tulkarem Brigade Fighter During Ongoing Peace Talks
The comprador Palestinian βAuthorityβ assassinated Ahmad Abu Al-Ful, a fighter in Saraya Al-Quds and leader of the martyrdom unit of the Tulkarem Brigades in the West Bank. They opened fire on his vehicle killing him in the process. He is the third martyr to ascend by the PA in the last year.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/05/02/comprador-pa-forces-assassinates-tulkarem-brigade-fighter-during-ongoing-peace-talks/
Egypt: At least 120 arrested for support of Palestine
Of those arrested, 90 people - including two children - were still being held in pre-trial detention, according to EIPR. Most recently, on 30 April, five men were arrested from their homes in Alexandria for their activism within a Palestinian solidarity committee. They appeared in court alongside Shadi Mohammed, a trade unionist from Alexandria accused of "establishing a terrorist group" with the aim of "overthrowing the regime", calling for gatherings and broadcasting false news to "disturb public peace".
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-arrested-support-palestine-gaza-war
Oil majors offered faster Nigerian exit if they pay for cleanup
Major oil companies such as Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab and Shell (SHEL.L), that aim to exit Nigeria's onshore oil can get quicker approval to do so if they take responsibility for spills rather than wait for authorities to apportion blame, the regulator said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/oil-majors-offered-faster-nigerian-exit-if-they-pay-cleanup-2024-05-03/
Relatives of hostages accuse Netanyahu of seeking to undermine deal
Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, says during a press conference outside the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv that thereβs a deal on the table that Hamas will agree too, but that Netanyahu is once again trying to undermine a chance to save the hostages. She accuses the premier of βcommitting a crime against his people.β
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/relatives-of-hostages-accuse-netanyahu-of-seeking-to-undermine-deal/
https://archive.is/psM5u
Australia expelled two Indian intelligence operatives in 2020 as part of βnest of spiesβ, reports claim
The Australian government has vowed to guard against foreign interference after reports that two Indian intelligence officers were forced to leave the country in 2020. Australiaβs domestic intelligence agency, Asio, has previously alleged that a βnest of spiesβ from an unnamed country had sought to cultivate politicians, monitor diaspora communities and obtain classified trade information.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/may/01/australia-india-nest-of-spies
Chinaβs migrant workforce getting older as pay rises lag behind general population
The report, published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday, found that the average monthly salary of migrant workers rose by 3.6 per cent to 4,780 yuan (US$660) in 2023 compared with the previous year. However, this is less than the average national increase of 6.1 per cent recorded earlier this year, and is also lower than the 6 per cent average rise in the pre-pandemic years of 2018 and 2019.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3261150/chinas-migrant-workforce-getting-older-pay-rises-lag-behind-general-population
https://archive.is/zB886
South Korea cracks down on βshrinkflationβ
The Korea Fair Trade Commission said on Friday it was designating the practice of slimming down products while keeping their prices unchanged and not informing consumers as an βunfair transactionβ.
https://www.ft.com/content/61c3975d-ca0e-4043-bc47-79120bb19347
https://archive.is/N4Lr6
News 5/4/24
BP Goes Deeper Into Gulf of Mexico, After Triumphs and TragedyThe Deepwater Horizon explosion caused the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, costing the British company more than $60 billion and years of political and reputational damage. Now three chief executives and 14 years later, BP is again betting big on the Gulf. … BP, which will report earnings next week, has set its sights on harder-to-reach deposits in the Gulf, requiring drilling techniques to cope with more-intense pressures and higher temperatures.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/bp-bets-big-again-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-49b1c872
https://archive.is/bcV5F
Venezuelan Government Announces May Day Bonus Hikes, Wages Remain Frozen
While private sector workers get food bonuses from employers, pensioners and public administration retirees do not. The latter currently perceive $70 a month of economic war bonus and the former $25. Authorities did not specify whether those amounts will be updated as well. The minimum wage has remained frozen at 130 bolΓvares since March 2022. It was worth $30 at the time but has since devalued to around $3.6. Pensions are pegged to the minimum wage.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-government-announces-may-day-bonus-hikes-wages-remain-frozen/
https://archive.is/Lg2mU
Colombiaβs war crimes tribunal orders expungement of former guerrillasβ criminal records
The JEP clarified that the order only applies to former FARC members who were never involved war crimes or crimes against humanity. The war crimes tribunal also asked authorities for information of former FARC members who were supposed to be released from prison as part of the peace process.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-war-crimes-tribunal-orders-expungement-of-former-guerrillas-criminal-records/
Comprador PA Forces Assassinate Tulkarem Brigade Fighter During Ongoing Peace Talks
The comprador Palestinian βAuthorityβ assassinated Ahmad Abu Al-Ful, a fighter in Saraya Al-Quds and leader of the martyrdom unit of the Tulkarem Brigades in the West Bank. They opened fire on his vehicle killing him in the process. He is the third martyr to ascend by the PA in the last year.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/05/02/comprador-pa-forces-assassinates-tulkarem-brigade-fighter-during-ongoing-peace-talks/
Egypt: At least 120 arrested for support of Palestine
Of those arrested, 90 people - including two children - were still being held in pre-trial detention, according to EIPR. Most recently, on 30 April, five men were arrested from their homes in Alexandria for their activism within a Palestinian solidarity committee. They appeared in court alongside Shadi Mohammed, a trade unionist from Alexandria accused of "establishing a terrorist group" with the aim of "overthrowing the regime", calling for gatherings and broadcasting false news to "disturb public peace".
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-arrested-support-palestine-gaza-war
Oil majors offered faster Nigerian exit if they pay for cleanup
Major oil companies such as Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab and Shell (SHEL.L), that aim to exit Nigeria's onshore oil can get quicker approval to do so if they take responsibility for spills rather than wait for authorities to apportion blame, the regulator said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/oil-majors-offered-faster-nigerian-exit-if-they-pay-cleanup-2024-05-03/
Relatives of hostages accuse Netanyahu of seeking to undermine deal
Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, says during a press conference outside the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv that thereβs a deal on the table that Hamas will agree too, but that Netanyahu is once again trying to undermine a chance to save the hostages. She accuses the premier of βcommitting a crime against his people.β
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/relatives-of-hostages-accuse-netanyahu-of-seeking-to-undermine-deal/
https://archive.is/psM5u
Australia expelled two Indian intelligence operatives in 2020 as part of βnest of spiesβ, reports claim
The Australian government has vowed to guard against foreign interference after reports that two Indian intelligence officers were forced to leave the country in 2020. Australiaβs domestic intelligence agency, Asio, has previously alleged that a βnest of spiesβ from an unnamed country had sought to cultivate politicians, monitor diaspora communities and obtain classified trade information.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/may/01/australia-india-nest-of-spies
Chinaβs migrant workforce getting older as pay rises lag behind general population
The report, published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday, found that the average monthly salary of migrant workers rose by 3.6 per cent to 4,780 yuan (US$660) in 2023 compared with the previous year. However, this is less than the average national increase of 6.1 per cent recorded earlier this year, and is also lower than the 6 per cent average rise in the pre-pandemic years of 2018 and 2019.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3261150/chinas-migrant-workforce-getting-older-pay-rises-lag-behind-general-population
https://archive.is/zB886
South Korea cracks down on βshrinkflationβ
The Korea Fair Trade Commission said on Friday it was designating the practice of slimming down products while keeping their prices unchanged and not informing consumers as an βunfair transactionβ.
https://www.ft.com/content/61c3975d-ca0e-4043-bc47-79120bb19347
https://archive.is/N4Lr6
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What are your thoughts on portraying inherently evil, simple, fictional characters as revolutionarie
This isn't about the vilification of real-life revolutionaries or even characters that were from the start had any sort political context, but characters who were always meant as simple villains. For me the most obvious case is with the Decepticons and their leader Megatron. they were a toy series turned into an animated show where they were just evil for the sake of evil. It was good robots who would turn into fire trucks, ambulances, and taxis versus evil robots who turned into fighter jets and tanks. Sometime around the late 2000s, there was both a fandom and source material change to the origins of this faction, where they changed their origin to be moderately political, making Optimus and Megatron former friends and casting Megatron as someone born in the lower classes who became a revolutionary but went "too far" and caused a 4-million-year-long war which destroyed his planet
R: 133 / I: 27
on the rosa question
if rosa luxemburg were in charge of the soviet union in 1921, she would have responded to the krondstadt mutiny by having every single anarchist in russia publicly executed. the weird perception of her as a "softer" or "more palletable" choice than lenin is so far from the truth. rosa luxemburg was also significantly more "dogmatic" than bordiga was. she rejected things like natlib and trade unions far more thoroughly than he ever did. if she hadn't been murdered by fascists she'd be far more hated by both mls and anarchists for sure. and to be clear, i like her and say none of this in an attempt to bury her
R: 114 / I: 30
You are not converting right wingers.
Just wanted to drop in to tell you that your negative attitude towards liberal progressives but your welcoming attitude towards right wing extremists with the rationale that the latter has more potential to be converted βbecause they also despise capitalismβ is both dumb and proven to be false.
Weβve had a fair share of right wing extremists here, mostly because of raids and at other times attention whores starting pointless debates. Rarely do we have successful converts and when we do they still canβt let go of right wing brainrot, i.e. chauvinistic idpol. And unlike the liberal progressive idpol itβs actually pro-actively divisive while liberal progressive idpol still seeks to overcome oppression and bring people together this way, albeit based on a misguided liberal understanding of how these oppressions came to be.
The people with the greatest potential to be converted remain liberal progressives for the simple reason that they have a shared sentiment in opposing oppression and establishing an egalitarian society. Meanwhile, right wing extremists are exactly opposed to that. Sharing the notion that something sucks about capitalism has in no way meaningfully moved these people closer to being your allies, which is blatantly obvious through historic precedent; it was right wing extremists who killed communists whenever they could.
Your attempt to try to differentiate yourself from mainstream left wingers to appeal to /pol/acks by saying uyghur is pathetic and very telling. Grow up and develop a realistic grasp of who your actual allies are.
You are not converting right wingers.
Just wanted to drop in to tell you that your negative attitude towards liberal progressives but your welcoming attitude towards right wing extremists with the rationale that the latter has more potential to be converted βbecause they also despise capitalismβ is both dumb and proven to be false.
Weβve had a fair share of right wing extremists here, mostly because of raids and at other times attention whores starting pointless debates. Rarely do we have successful converts and when we do they still canβt let go of right wing brainrot, i.e. chauvinistic idpol. And unlike the liberal progressive idpol itβs actually pro-actively divisive while liberal progressive idpol still seeks to overcome oppression and bring people together this way, albeit based on a misguided liberal understanding of how these oppressions came to be.
The people with the greatest potential to be converted remain liberal progressives for the simple reason that they have a shared sentiment in opposing oppression and establishing an egalitarian society. Meanwhile, right wing extremists are exactly opposed to that. Sharing the notion that something sucks about capitalism has in no way meaningfully moved these people closer to being your allies, which is blatantly obvious through historic precedent; it was right wing extremists who killed communists whenever they could.
Your attempt to try to differentiate yourself from mainstream left wingers to appeal to /pol/acks by saying uyghur is pathetic and very telling. Grow up and develop a realistic grasp of who your actual allies are.
R: 71 / I: 28
All their members hailed from very privileged backgrounds and were university students, Not surprisingly, when they were apprehended, only a handful faced any consequences or retribution from the government. Their grand "revolution" against the United States turned out to be a decade-long spree of meaningless bombings and vandalism. Law enforcement dubbed them the "toilet bombers" due to their penchant for targeting government building bathrooms. The pinnacle of their incompetence was when they accidentally blew up one of their own safe houses. Some of their members managed to evade capture for years(cause no one was actually looking for them), only to be astounded by the lenient punishment they received upon surrendering. cause law enforcement simply didn't deem them worth prosecuting. the majority of them are still alive and continue to enjoy their wealth to this day and are college professors and social activists.
Weather Underground
I think reading up about these guys should be mandatory because they are a perfect illustration of what not to do. They were without a doubt perhaps the most incompetent and embarrassing armed group that has ever existed. Everyone, White Working class union members, Black Panthers and feminists all made fun of them and thought they were embarrassing retardsAll their members hailed from very privileged backgrounds and were university students, Not surprisingly, when they were apprehended, only a handful faced any consequences or retribution from the government. Their grand "revolution" against the United States turned out to be a decade-long spree of meaningless bombings and vandalism. Law enforcement dubbed them the "toilet bombers" due to their penchant for targeting government building bathrooms. The pinnacle of their incompetence was when they accidentally blew up one of their own safe houses. Some of their members managed to evade capture for years(cause no one was actually looking for them), only to be astounded by the lenient punishment they received upon surrendering. cause law enforcement simply didn't deem them worth prosecuting. the majority of them are still alive and continue to enjoy their wealth to this day and are college professors and social activists.
R: 566 / I: 80
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 HΓ€rdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Victor MagariΓ±o
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw)
https://twitter.com/Victormagajr (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/Victormagajr)
https://www.patreon.com/victormagarino
>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
>>1390377
/cybercom/
This thread is for the discussion of cybersocialism, 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 HΓ€rdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Victor MagariΓ±o
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw)
https://twitter.com/Victormagajr (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/Victormagajr)
https://www.patreon.com/victormagarino
>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
>>1390377
R: 392 / I: 126
An intriguing thread which explores why the general public often fails to grasp the true essence of a 'bad' character and how often leftists unintentionally undermine themselves by portraying said characters with qualities that appeal to the average person
An intriguing thread which explores why the general public often fails to grasp the true essence of a 'bad' character and how often leftists unintentionally undermine themselves by portraying said characters with qualities that appeal to the average person
R: 355 / I: 97
On the Militia Question
Not trying to be an enlightened centrist here, but it has always seemed odd to me how people on the right and left fetishize the concept of a militia taking down a conventional army, when reality has shown the opposite result every time, I come from a shitty third world nation that is barely held together most of the time, and my country has experienced numerous rebellions by Islamists, ethnic nationalists, and communists, and every time they have failed. This is because a "well-armed and well-funded militia" is no match for a well-armed, better-trained army with superior logistics and structure. Of course, in the event of a total collapse, a militia could potentially become the only proper authority for a region or if faced with an entirely incompetent and corrupt army. However, in most cases, a real army always prevails over militias. I don't know how people fell for this meme really, Eve Marx bought into this up and advocated for workers' militias, which ultimately proved to be a massive waste of time and loss of life for everyone involved, the Spanish Republicans insisted on using them in the Spanish civil war and they were a massive hinderance that lost way too many battles, and thoughts of forming an actual army was "Stalinism" and a betrayal of the revolution.
R: 96 / I: 64
First vid is a long one covering American tanker school.
Tank Warfare
Since tank warfare is a hot topic right now I'll drop some good tank vids.First vid is a long one covering American tanker school.
R: 186 / I: 31
>The people whose behavior is fairly well under the control of the system are those of the type that might be called βbourgeois.β But there are growing numbers of people who in one way or another are rebels against the system: welfare leeches, youth gangs, cultists, satanists, Nazis, radical environmentalists, militia-men, etc.
NEETs are rebelling against the system! We are part of the rebellion! Ted is based!!!
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fc-industrial-society-and-its-future
Ted Kaczynski is based
So you think you are a worthless NEET? Let's see what uncle Ted has to say:>The people whose behavior is fairly well under the control of the system are those of the type that might be called βbourgeois.β But there are growing numbers of people who in one way or another are rebels against the system: welfare leeches, youth gangs, cultists, satanists, Nazis, radical environmentalists, militia-men, etc.
NEETs are rebelling against the system! We are part of the rebellion! Ted is based!!!
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fc-industrial-society-and-its-future
R: 41 / I: 4
this is a story about how Boeing killing a whistleblower was part of a larger project of Boeing systematically ostracizing & purging itself of employees who possessed too much "knowledge"
<What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing/
this is a story about how Boeing killing a whistleblower was part of a larger project of Boeing systematically ostracizing & purging itself of employees who possessed too much "knowledge"
<What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing/
R: 254 / I: 179
>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~
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
https://nitter.net/leftypol_org
previous thread: >>1465628
>>>/leftypol_archive/1465628 (if it gets archived by mods)
Leftypol memes and other undesirables:
https://lefty.booru.org/
MAKE SURE TO UPLOAD YOUR OC TO THE BOORU SO IT DOESNT GET PRUNED FOREVER
OC Thread 16.0
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!
Make sure to follow us and feel free to leave suggestions on this thread~
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
https://nitter.net/leftypol_org
previous thread: >>1465628
>>>/leftypol_archive/1465628 (if it gets archived by mods)
Leftypol memes and other undesirables:
https://lefty.booru.org/
MAKE SURE TO UPLOAD YOUR OC TO THE BOORU SO IT DOESNT GET PRUNED FOREVER
R: 15 / I: 2
Bravo Poettering, he did it again!!
Bravo Poettering, he did it again!!
R: 403 / I: 209
Discuss anything related to comics and animations from comic recs, leftist animations to comic writersβ attempts to larp as leftists.
Seriously is there a worse anarchist in the UK than Alan Moore?
/leftyco/
Seeing how thereβs multiple /co/ related threads on the board. I think we should just put all of them into one general just for clarityβs sake.Discuss anything related to comics and animations from comic recs, leftist animations to comic writersβ attempts to larp as leftists.
Seriously is there a worse anarchist in the UK than Alan Moore?
R: 97 / I: 19
>kept the moscow bureau alive during the reaction
>wrote the first marxist analysis of imperialism (supplementing hilferding and making the basis for lenin's popular analysis)
>wrote the theory of the imperialist state and proletarian dictatorship (who lenin accepted in 1917 as wholly correct)
>wrote to this day unsurpassed critique of utilitarianism (theory of leisure classes)
>was chief editor of pravda and set the soviet state on a revolutionary course
>president of the third international and staunch internationalist
>wrote popular books explaining the bolshevik party programme
>popular and loved, educated and broad in his understanding of history and the worker's movement
>was with stalin against trotsky and the left opposition
>main party theoretician for some 20 years and saw through industrialization and collectivization
<discredited in a show trail, shot like a dog, and not even rehabilitated during the glasnost
what went wrong?
bukharin
>card-carrying party member since the 1905 revolution>kept the moscow bureau alive during the reaction
>wrote the first marxist analysis of imperialism (supplementing hilferding and making the basis for lenin's popular analysis)
>wrote the theory of the imperialist state and proletarian dictatorship (who lenin accepted in 1917 as wholly correct)
>wrote to this day unsurpassed critique of utilitarianism (theory of leisure classes)
>was chief editor of pravda and set the soviet state on a revolutionary course
>president of the third international and staunch internationalist
>wrote popular books explaining the bolshevik party programme
>popular and loved, educated and broad in his understanding of history and the worker's movement
>was with stalin against trotsky and the left opposition
>main party theoretician for some 20 years and saw through industrialization and collectivization
<discredited in a show trail, shot like a dog, and not even rehabilitated during the glasnost
what went wrong?
R: 342 / I: 114
Don't be a cunt and may the Force be with you
New general since last one hit bump limit.
Previous general:
>>2737
Star Wars Thread /2.0/
Star Wars thread; To discuss, laugh and meme about Star WarsDon't be a cunt and may the Force be with you
New general since last one hit bump limit.
Previous general:
>>2737
R: 40 / I: 6
And while I believe that the majority mean well(and actually haven't done any harm) they are employing tactics and rhetoric that don't make sense outside twitter activism, For instance I came across popular posts stating, "You probably didn't know that x is actually was Invented by Palestinians" or discussing how Palestine is connected to the experiences of black or queer people
america twitter activism and gaza
To clarify I am pro-Palestine and have held this stance for quite some time now. I do believe that recent wave of palestine supporters have good intentions(and done a lot of genuine good) but I find certain aspects of their activism fascinating, cause they come directly from american twitter activism and its intersecting to see that deal with a real-life issue cause over the past decade this activism has campaigned and marched for causes like american bipoc struggles and queer activismAnd while I believe that the majority mean well(and actually haven't done any harm) they are employing tactics and rhetoric that don't make sense outside twitter activism, For instance I came across popular posts stating, "You probably didn't know that x is actually was Invented by Palestinians" or discussing how Palestine is connected to the experiences of black or queer people
R: 5 / I: 0
> find new software
> check out their Microsoft GIthub
< it's just translations and issue tracking, no actual source code
Proprietary software should be required to put large warnings about it being proprietary like those warnings on cigarette.
> find new software
> check out their Microsoft GIthub
< it's just translations and issue tracking, no actual source code
Proprietary software should be required to put large warnings about it being proprietary like those warnings on cigarette.
R: 152 / I: 27
Suzerain General - Uphold Sollism edition
Without Colonel Soll, there would be no New Sordland!
R: 4 / I: 9
Of course we can.
>Inb4: 357 posts about St. Pauli
Anything goes but the less obvious would be great.
Some background info very welcome too.
Pic related: ResistΓͺncia Coral, Ultras from Fortaleza, supporters of FerroviΓ‘rio AtlΓ©tico Clube. The club was founded by railway workers in the early 1930's and has been, ever since, tightly connected to the working class.
The banner in the first image translates to "No war among firms, no peace between classes"
Trivia: one of the club's nicknames is "the proletarian".
Socialist Ultras
Can we have a thread about socialist and related football firms?Of course we can.
>Inb4: 357 posts about St. Pauli
Anything goes but the less obvious would be great.
Some background info very welcome too.
Pic related: ResistΓͺncia Coral, Ultras from Fortaleza, supporters of FerroviΓ‘rio AtlΓ©tico Clube. The club was founded by railway workers in the early 1930's and has been, ever since, tightly connected to the working class.
The banner in the first image translates to "No war among firms, no peace between classes"
Trivia: one of the club's nicknames is "the proletarian".
R: 12 / I: 5
Recently, I have thought of a brilliant plan, brought forth to me by my associates when I was relaxing in the mountains of Montenegro with them. Seeing that communist thought is no longer practiced by any real major power on the world, we had decided to contact the spirits of past communist leaders in an attempt to seek advice from them.
After contacting demons from the lesser key of Solomon (Ars Goetia) and consulting them on the dangers and possibilities of talking with dead communists, we came to the conclusion that the best idea is to astral project to them during sleep. We picked Lenin, as he was old and frail by the end of his life, so he would be least likely to react aggressively should we invade his spiritual domain.
The plan was all set up and I volunteered to become the one who would talk with Lenin. We prepared the entire ritual, after which I went to sleep to finish the projection. Finding Lenin's spiritual domain proved somewhat difficult, but after about 30 minutes of a back and forth between different corridors within the spiritual network I have managed to find the intended goal.
I entered somewhat stealthily, but that did not help as he quickly caught onto me and confronted me. Turns out that within his spiritual realm, Lenin was not frail at all, and worse of all he was angry over the intrusion. I tried to explain myself, even citing some of his works to prove my loyalty, but he went on a rampage and threw me against the wall, and started to wreck everything around. He then used a giant sickle and pierced my leg with it, throwing me around once more. With my last breath I managed to escape and return to the real world.
Outside, my leg was fine, however the bone was broken, and I spent the nearest couple days lying in hospital bed.
At home, I frequently hear Lenin's demonic voice call out. I might have messed up. I will, however, still try to use that to my advantage, and try to get his spirit to help bring about a new revolution.
Cheers, comrades. Do not astral project to important communist leaders, they're much stronger than they appear.
Spiritual Astral Communism
Hello comrades. I am a long time psychic and practicioner of various spiritual and psychic arts. I have read many books on the topic and have completed numerous seances and exorcisms. I am also a devout communist, having read numerous works of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, among others.Recently, I have thought of a brilliant plan, brought forth to me by my associates when I was relaxing in the mountains of Montenegro with them. Seeing that communist thought is no longer practiced by any real major power on the world, we had decided to contact the spirits of past communist leaders in an attempt to seek advice from them.
After contacting demons from the lesser key of Solomon (Ars Goetia) and consulting them on the dangers and possibilities of talking with dead communists, we came to the conclusion that the best idea is to astral project to them during sleep. We picked Lenin, as he was old and frail by the end of his life, so he would be least likely to react aggressively should we invade his spiritual domain.
The plan was all set up and I volunteered to become the one who would talk with Lenin. We prepared the entire ritual, after which I went to sleep to finish the projection. Finding Lenin's spiritual domain proved somewhat difficult, but after about 30 minutes of a back and forth between different corridors within the spiritual network I have managed to find the intended goal.
I entered somewhat stealthily, but that did not help as he quickly caught onto me and confronted me. Turns out that within his spiritual realm, Lenin was not frail at all, and worse of all he was angry over the intrusion. I tried to explain myself, even citing some of his works to prove my loyalty, but he went on a rampage and threw me against the wall, and started to wreck everything around. He then used a giant sickle and pierced my leg with it, throwing me around once more. With my last breath I managed to escape and return to the real world.
Outside, my leg was fine, however the bone was broken, and I spent the nearest couple days lying in hospital bed.
At home, I frequently hear Lenin's demonic voice call out. I might have messed up. I will, however, still try to use that to my advantage, and try to get his spirit to help bring about a new revolution.
Cheers, comrades. Do not astral project to important communist leaders, they're much stronger than they appear.
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What caused former communists to go full nationalist?
For example Franjo TuΔman was a Yugoslav Partisan during WW2 that fought against the Nazis and collaborators and was a communist most of his life. Him like many others embraced Nationalism in the 80s/90s and committed the same atrocities he fought against.
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Is he a secret leftist? All of his films seem to be about how bourgeois individualism is basically a suicidal dead-end.
Is he a secret leftist? All of his films seem to be about how bourgeois individualism is basically a suicidal dead-end.
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I don't want to use Protonshit anymore.
Riseup
Does anyone have a Riseup invite for a comrade?I don't want to use Protonshit anymore.
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tfw no nazi girlfriend to hatefuck
Why even live anons?
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00 RAP
00 RAP
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meme templates
post meme templates and objects with transparent backgrounds, etc. for our OC makers to use.
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Hearing right now to the international as an anime opening.
https://www.suno.ai/
New Ai tool for this dystopia has dropped.
With this one, you can make actual songs.Hearing right now to the international as an anime opening.
https://www.suno.ai/
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SFM Animation Discussion
Technically, it is counted as graphical art and has created some innovative hits, as demonstrated by this content from the Russian TikToker and Youtube maker DFB.
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Planned to release for September 6th, I think I'll pirate it on day one, or whenever empress does her magic if it's under Denuvo.
Well I would need a better PC, whenever I thought about upgrading my decade old machine to play releasing AAA titles such as Cyberpunk or Callisto Protocol I ended up not doing it because those games were shit, most of the big games recently were shit actually, hope Starfield breaks the trend.
Starfield
It actually looks like a pretty good game after skimming this video. I hope the combat will be more dangerous and punchy though and that the quest/dialogue aspect of the game which wasn't the focus the vid will be good.Planned to release for September 6th, I think I'll pirate it on day one, or whenever empress does her magic if it's under Denuvo.
Well I would need a better PC, whenever I thought about upgrading my decade old machine to play releasing AAA titles such as Cyberpunk or Callisto Protocol I ended up not doing it because those games were shit, most of the big games recently were shit actually, hope Starfield breaks the trend.
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Biblioteche online
https://it.z-lib.org/
https://libgen.is
Introduzione al Capitale
https://ia600902.us.archive.org/28/items/pdfy-2ZCqM065WT7tuisv/Marx%27s%20Das%20Kapital%20For%20Beginners%20-%20Michael%20Wayne%2C%20Sungyoon%20Choi.pdf
Riviste
https://www.lordinenuovo.it
https://www.marx21.it
https://contropiano.org
Notizie sulla Cina
https://youtube.com/c/dazibao
/ita/ - Spaghetti Communism
Edizione del tempo dei mostriBiblioteche online
https://it.z-lib.org/
https://libgen.is
Introduzione al Capitale
https://ia600902.us.archive.org/28/items/pdfy-2ZCqM065WT7tuisv/Marx%27s%20Das%20Kapital%20For%20Beginners%20-%20Michael%20Wayne%2C%20Sungyoon%20Choi.pdf
Riviste
https://www.lordinenuovo.it
https://www.marx21.it
https://contropiano.org
Notizie sulla Cina
https://youtube.com/c/dazibao
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/SPACE/ Thread.
Thread for watching rocket launches and shit.
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What happened?
I donβt get it. Five years ago we were told this girl was going to save pop music. She made an album where she blended art pop with trap, industrial and dark ambient. She was single-handedly usurping the control if the major labels. She is also extremely socially conscious and leftist, basically the zoomer Joan Baez. Now sheβs only released one song in the past two years and itβs bland as hell. Why
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Nas just violated BDS during the middle of a fucking GENOCIDE.
Heβs going to face appropriate backlash for this, right?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lA-S6LmCi4k
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WPF1X58IOFA
Nas just violated BDS during the middle of a fucking GENOCIDE.
Heβs going to face appropriate backlash for this, right?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lA-S6LmCi4k
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WPF1X58IOFA
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The Muslim brotherhood are strengthened by the sheer fact that their constituents have tripled in number since 2013, because they breed like rabbits and they're the only ones willing to defend Palestine. Also they're effectively organized like a Leninist party and their persecution by the hands of the government gives them more legitimacy
Edgyptian politics
The Muslim brotherhood are coming back aren't they? El sissy destroyed the country and every year he leaves fewer options than revolution.The Muslim brotherhood are strengthened by the sheer fact that their constituents have tripled in number since 2013, because they breed like rabbits and they're the only ones willing to defend Palestine. Also they're effectively organized like a Leninist party and their persecution by the hands of the government gives them more legitimacy
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>Says Capitalism has created intolerable poverty and immiseration for the masses
>Blames Capitalism for the climate crisis instead of coping with the Book of Revelation
>Orchestrates meeting of both Christian socialists and actual atheist Marxists and anarchists to discuss society's contemporary issues
>Chastises US imperialism
>Chastises Israel
>Says gays are okay and can get married
>Tells Zelensky to quit coping and put his people first by surrendering
Tf is with the current Pope? Does he know he's gonna die soon or something?
>Says Capitalism has created intolerable poverty and immiseration for the masses
>Blames Capitalism for the climate crisis instead of coping with the Book of Revelation
>Orchestrates meeting of both Christian socialists and actual atheist Marxists and anarchists to discuss society's contemporary issues
>Chastises US imperialism
>Chastises Israel
>Says gays are okay and can get married
>Tells Zelensky to quit coping and put his people first by surrendering
Tf is with the current Pope? Does he know he's gonna die soon or something?
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The Prime Minister further alleged that the Congress party aims to amend the country's Constitution to provide reservation for Muslims, taking away from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities. He challenged the Congress to put in writing that they would not change the Constitution to provide religion-based reservation or give backdoor quota to Muslims in states where they and their allies are in power.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/congress-party-is-a-mureed-of-pakistan-pm-modi/articleshow/109779665.cms
https://archive.is/fbtva
Myanmar stops men from working abroad as war intensifies
Myanmar's military government will no longer allow conscription-age men to travel out of the country for work, weeks after an enlistment order prompted many to try and flee. On Thursday, authorities said they would suspend all applications from men for overseas work permits.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw8q9vx93q6o
Canada arrests alleged hitmen in killing of Sikh separatist, official says
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive law enforcement matter, said the three men who were arrested are Indian Canadians who are believed to be part of an organized crime network that is acting on behalf of the Indian government and its intelligence apparatus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/03/hardeep-singh-nijjar-killing-arrests/
https://archive.is/dQKL0
Quebec premier says police should dismantle pro-Palestinian student camp
Earlier in the week, a Quebec court rejected an injunction request from two students to move the camp to a different location. The students told the court the current location of the protest interferes with their ability to safely attend class. In her ruling, Justice Chantale Masse said the students failed to show βirreparable harmβ and that to remove the protesters would βsignificantlyβ affect their right to freedom of expression.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/03/pro-palestine-campus-protests-canada
Houthis say they will target Israel-bound ships anywhere within their range
βWe will target any ships heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea in any area we are able to reach,β Saree said on Friday, adding that the decision will be implemented βimmediately, and from the moment this statement is announcedβ.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/3/yemens-houthis-say-they-will-target-ships-heading-for-israel-within-range
https://archive.is/3RKyy
Saudi Arabia cracks down on tweets against Israel's war on Gaza
Riyadh and its regional allies, including Egypt and Jordan, have clamped down on protests in their own countries with fears that pro-Palestine rallies could reignite uprisings against authorities in those countries. "Memories of the Arab Spring more than a decade ago remain fresh among regional rulers, who are desperate to avoid a repeat," the report said.
https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-cracks-down-online-posts-against-israels-gaza-war
Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election
More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and rewriting the countryβs constitution. Voters weary of political and economic turmoil approved his constitutional changes in a 2021 referendum with low turnout. Saied is widely expected to run in the presidential election, likely to take place in September or October. It is unclear if anyone will challenge him.
https://apnews.com/article/tunisia-presidential-election-opposition-5ea033488ab1b8498cc29fd8db852fe6
Rebel group in Congo seizes key mineral mining town
The town of Rubaya holds deposits of tantalum, which is extracted from coltan, a key component in the production of smartphones. It is among the minerals that was named earlier this month in a letter from Congoβs government questioning Apple about the tech companyβs knowledge of βblood mineralsβ being smuggled through its supply chain.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rebel-group-congo-seizes-key-mineral-mining-town
Britain offloads its refugee crisis to Ireland. Dublin is aghast.
Now, with the U.K.βs tough new immigration laws having finally cleared Parliament and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promising to start deporting asylum seekers within weeks, Ireland is experiencing an unprecedented surge in migration from Britain. As asylum seekers flee the Sunak governmentβs threat to ship them to the East African nation of Rwanda, with limited rights to appeal, many are leaving Britain and entering the Republic of Ireland by crossing the checks-free border with its U.K. neighbor, Northern Ireland.
https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-offloads-refugee-crisis-ireland-dublin-aghast-migration-rwanda-plan/
https://archive.is/S6Zr1
Wildfire risk worsened by cuts, warns FBU
FBU executive member for Scotland Colin Brown told the Star: βFBU members know only too well about the rising number and scale of wildfires across Scotland. βThese fires by their very nature are resource intensive, often requiring tens, at times hundreds of firefighters over many days to extinguish, in turn leaving other areas with reduced fire cover. βThe loss of more than 1,200 firefighter posts across Scotland in the last decade only adds to this pressure on already scarce resources.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/widfire-risk-worsened-cuts-warns-fbu
Panama court rules leading candidate Mulino may remain in presidential race
The ruling on Friday came just two days before the vote and ends uncertainty that has loomed over Mulinoβs campaign since he replaced former President Ricardo Martinelli as the candidate for the right-wing Realizando Metas (Realizing Goals) party.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/3/panama-court-rules-leading-candidate-mulino-may-remain-in-presidential-race
https://archive.is/xDBZJ
DR: Teachers Get Pay Rise, but Protests Continue
the ADP is demanding a 20 per cent increase, as well as better living and working conditions for teachers, changes to the Social Security Law, decent pensions and a reduction in food prices. The day before, hundreds of teachers protested for better salaries in different provinces of the country, in commemoration of International Workers' Day.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/DR-Teachers-Get-Pay-Rise-Protests-Continue-20240503-0012.html
News 5/3/24
Congress party is a 'mureed' of Pakistan: PM ModiThe Prime Minister further alleged that the Congress party aims to amend the country's Constitution to provide reservation for Muslims, taking away from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities. He challenged the Congress to put in writing that they would not change the Constitution to provide religion-based reservation or give backdoor quota to Muslims in states where they and their allies are in power.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/congress-party-is-a-mureed-of-pakistan-pm-modi/articleshow/109779665.cms
https://archive.is/fbtva
Myanmar stops men from working abroad as war intensifies
Myanmar's military government will no longer allow conscription-age men to travel out of the country for work, weeks after an enlistment order prompted many to try and flee. On Thursday, authorities said they would suspend all applications from men for overseas work permits.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw8q9vx93q6o
Canada arrests alleged hitmen in killing of Sikh separatist, official says
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive law enforcement matter, said the three men who were arrested are Indian Canadians who are believed to be part of an organized crime network that is acting on behalf of the Indian government and its intelligence apparatus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/03/hardeep-singh-nijjar-killing-arrests/
https://archive.is/dQKL0
Quebec premier says police should dismantle pro-Palestinian student camp
Earlier in the week, a Quebec court rejected an injunction request from two students to move the camp to a different location. The students told the court the current location of the protest interferes with their ability to safely attend class. In her ruling, Justice Chantale Masse said the students failed to show βirreparable harmβ and that to remove the protesters would βsignificantlyβ affect their right to freedom of expression.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/03/pro-palestine-campus-protests-canada
Houthis say they will target Israel-bound ships anywhere within their range
βWe will target any ships heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea in any area we are able to reach,β Saree said on Friday, adding that the decision will be implemented βimmediately, and from the moment this statement is announcedβ.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/3/yemens-houthis-say-they-will-target-ships-heading-for-israel-within-range
https://archive.is/3RKyy
Saudi Arabia cracks down on tweets against Israel's war on Gaza
Riyadh and its regional allies, including Egypt and Jordan, have clamped down on protests in their own countries with fears that pro-Palestine rallies could reignite uprisings against authorities in those countries. "Memories of the Arab Spring more than a decade ago remain fresh among regional rulers, who are desperate to avoid a repeat," the report said.
https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-cracks-down-online-posts-against-israels-gaza-war
Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election
More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and rewriting the countryβs constitution. Voters weary of political and economic turmoil approved his constitutional changes in a 2021 referendum with low turnout. Saied is widely expected to run in the presidential election, likely to take place in September or October. It is unclear if anyone will challenge him.
https://apnews.com/article/tunisia-presidential-election-opposition-5ea033488ab1b8498cc29fd8db852fe6
Rebel group in Congo seizes key mineral mining town
The town of Rubaya holds deposits of tantalum, which is extracted from coltan, a key component in the production of smartphones. It is among the minerals that was named earlier this month in a letter from Congoβs government questioning Apple about the tech companyβs knowledge of βblood mineralsβ being smuggled through its supply chain.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rebel-group-congo-seizes-key-mineral-mining-town
Britain offloads its refugee crisis to Ireland. Dublin is aghast.
Now, with the U.K.βs tough new immigration laws having finally cleared Parliament and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promising to start deporting asylum seekers within weeks, Ireland is experiencing an unprecedented surge in migration from Britain. As asylum seekers flee the Sunak governmentβs threat to ship them to the East African nation of Rwanda, with limited rights to appeal, many are leaving Britain and entering the Republic of Ireland by crossing the checks-free border with its U.K. neighbor, Northern Ireland.
https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-offloads-refugee-crisis-ireland-dublin-aghast-migration-rwanda-plan/
https://archive.is/S6Zr1
Wildfire risk worsened by cuts, warns FBU
FBU executive member for Scotland Colin Brown told the Star: βFBU members know only too well about the rising number and scale of wildfires across Scotland. βThese fires by their very nature are resource intensive, often requiring tens, at times hundreds of firefighters over many days to extinguish, in turn leaving other areas with reduced fire cover. βThe loss of more than 1,200 firefighter posts across Scotland in the last decade only adds to this pressure on already scarce resources.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/widfire-risk-worsened-cuts-warns-fbu
Panama court rules leading candidate Mulino may remain in presidential race
The ruling on Friday came just two days before the vote and ends uncertainty that has loomed over Mulinoβs campaign since he replaced former President Ricardo Martinelli as the candidate for the right-wing Realizando Metas (Realizing Goals) party.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/3/panama-court-rules-leading-candidate-mulino-may-remain-in-presidential-race
https://archive.is/xDBZJ
DR: Teachers Get Pay Rise, but Protests Continue
the ADP is demanding a 20 per cent increase, as well as better living and working conditions for teachers, changes to the Social Security Law, decent pensions and a reduction in food prices. The day before, hundreds of teachers protested for better salaries in different provinces of the country, in commemoration of International Workers' Day.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/DR-Teachers-Get-Pay-Rise-Protests-Continue-20240503-0012.html
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What are your thoughts on portraying inherently evil, simple, fictional characters as revolutionarie
This isn't about the vilification of real-life revolutionaries or even characters that were from the start had any sort political context, but characters who were always meant as simple villains. For me the most obvious case is with the Decepticons and their leader Megatron. they were a toy series turned into an animated show where they were just evil for the sake of evil. It was good robots who would turn into fire trucks, ambulances, and taxis versus evil robots who turned into fighter jets and tanks. Sometime around the late 2000s, there was both a fandom and source material change to the origins of this faction, where they changed their origin to be moderately political, making Optimus and Megatron former friends and casting Megatron as someone born in the lower classes who became a revolutionary but went "too far" and caused a 4-million-year-long war which destroyed his planet
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jungle/drum and bass
post jungle and drum and bass music. Anything from the 90s to today.
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Will we reach a saturation point where the only places to find actual answers to anything will be reddit/quora or tiktok?
AI killing internet
Dead internet theory and all I know, but in recent years LLM/gpt chatbot content has been flooding the internet with low quality shit from youtube faceless automation channels to SEO product review sites flooding the first page of search engine results.Will we reach a saturation point where the only places to find actual answers to anything will be reddit/quora or tiktok?
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Left-wing music
post leftist music
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Immigration to the 1st world? It's the fault of immigrants who are leaches. It has nothing to do with climate change or political policy or sanctions or embargoes or wars or people seeking asylum from regimes. It's just that the immigrants are bad people who want to steal our jobs and live off of our welfare.
Palestine? Those people are fighting back because they're dirty terrorists, not because they're deeply oppressed.
Israel? Those people are oppressing the Palestinians because they're hooknosed jews, and that's just how hooknosed jews act. It has nothing to do with Israel being a US-backed settler colony who is armed to the teeth by the imperial core.
Capitalism? There's nothing wrong with capitalism as a system, it's just individual bourgeoisie, "crony capitalists" or "jewish bankers" being mean and not sharing enough. If we got "good" capitalists in charge everything would be OK.
retard's razor
retard's razor states that, when presented with a systemic problem, and the option to either understand it as a systemic problem, or to look for an easy scapegoat instead, the average person, here dubbed "retard" will always take the latter option, and look for and easy scapegoat.Immigration to the 1st world? It's the fault of immigrants who are leaches. It has nothing to do with climate change or political policy or sanctions or embargoes or wars or people seeking asylum from regimes. It's just that the immigrants are bad people who want to steal our jobs and live off of our welfare.
Palestine? Those people are fighting back because they're dirty terrorists, not because they're deeply oppressed.
Israel? Those people are oppressing the Palestinians because they're hooknosed jews, and that's just how hooknosed jews act. It has nothing to do with Israel being a US-backed settler colony who is armed to the teeth by the imperial core.
Capitalism? There's nothing wrong with capitalism as a system, it's just individual bourgeoisie, "crony capitalists" or "jewish bankers" being mean and not sharing enough. If we got "good" capitalists in charge everything would be OK.
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>>5912 /read/
>>6162 Continental Floppa
Reading Group List
A list of reading groups and their schedules that have chosen to advertise themselves here. Take a minute to check them out. If you would like to promote your reading group, feel free to leave a comment telling people where they can go.>>5912 /read/
>>6162 Continental Floppa
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but even if we remove the debate whether or not communist being portrayed as good did happen in the show, the show itself was extremely critical of capitalism and that makes me wonder why these billion dollar corporations that are the epitome of why capitalism is bad, be telling its viewers, the very nature of amazon, bethesda, and microsft, everything they stand for, the people who made the show and games, are bad? why would they want their consumers to hate the very thing that allows these elites, these companies, to exist in the first place?
is it some sort of chess move i don't understand? have we reached a state where capitalism could very well nuke the planet and people won't care so these companies don't care if criticism about them is made? or more wishful thinking, they think this will spare them from the revolution? i don't understand their move here. i don't expect capitalist companies to allow people to hate them.
Fallout TV Show
so i finished watching the entire series and something made me feel uneasy. starting with episode 6 and going into episode 7 the show takes a very political turn. a turn against capitalism and an actual, intended or not, positive portray of communism. almost directly actually. at least, it takes the blame completely away from communism, portray some of the communist in the show as actually good people fighting against the evils of capitalism. at least those to be heavily hinted at as being communist. which made me very delighted but then it dawned to me, this is a amazon prime production based off a video game from bethesda who is now owned by microsoft. three massive, very capitalist, corporations that have shown time again to be very for profit.but even if we remove the debate whether or not communist being portrayed as good did happen in the show, the show itself was extremely critical of capitalism and that makes me wonder why these billion dollar corporations that are the epitome of why capitalism is bad, be telling its viewers, the very nature of amazon, bethesda, and microsft, everything they stand for, the people who made the show and games, are bad? why would they want their consumers to hate the very thing that allows these elites, these companies, to exist in the first place?
is it some sort of chess move i don't understand? have we reached a state where capitalism could very well nuke the planet and people won't care so these companies don't care if criticism about them is made? or more wishful thinking, they think this will spare them from the revolution? i don't understand their move here. i don't expect capitalist companies to allow people to hate them.
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first, I sympathaise with those two ideas, I really do. I have a burning passionate hatred for all the negative aspects of humanity, from greed to sadism.
I'm not very well read on anarchism or communism (the likes of marx and even hegel never interested me), so I'm mostly going by personal observation. from what I understand communists believe that money (capitalism) corrupts the human being and that by removing the cultural meme of capitalism, communism would florish. at least in simple terms, correct?
whenever I engage in chatter about this topic, eventually it comes down to human nature. almost all far leftists believe some form of the blank-slate. I don't. I never understood why this idea is taken seriously at all. isn't it obvious that a lot of human bias is hardwired into us from birth rather than influnced by enviornent?
especially the more basal desires and behaviours like greed? do you really believe that money is what corrupts people rather than that they're born greedy? and if you're a communist/anarchist that doesn't blieve in the blankslate, how do justify what you believe?
Why do you believe what you believe?
Genuine question from a none communist/anarchist.first, I sympathaise with those two ideas, I really do. I have a burning passionate hatred for all the negative aspects of humanity, from greed to sadism.
I'm not very well read on anarchism or communism (the likes of marx and even hegel never interested me), so I'm mostly going by personal observation. from what I understand communists believe that money (capitalism) corrupts the human being and that by removing the cultural meme of capitalism, communism would florish. at least in simple terms, correct?
whenever I engage in chatter about this topic, eventually it comes down to human nature. almost all far leftists believe some form of the blank-slate. I don't. I never understood why this idea is taken seriously at all. isn't it obvious that a lot of human bias is hardwired into us from birth rather than influnced by enviornent?
especially the more basal desires and behaviours like greed? do you really believe that money is what corrupts people rather than that they're born greedy? and if you're a communist/anarchist that doesn't blieve in the blankslate, how do justify what you believe?
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I haven't been here in years. How have things been?
Oh apparently I need 150 characters. I remember that lel. Well I'll just say despite not hanging out here I'm still a Marxist, I've just been hanging out in other places.
I haven't been here in years. How have things been?
Oh apparently I need 150 characters. I remember that lel. Well I'll just say despite not hanging out here I'm still a Marxist, I've just been hanging out in other places.
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How does it feel knowing that the most elusive and sought-after piece of lost media was discovered to be porno music?
How does it feel knowing that the most elusive and sought-after piece of lost media was discovered to be porno music?
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Talk about job/career advice and other related stuff from a leftist perspective. EX: How to get a job, promotion, skill, switch companies, resume, life hacks, etc.
/career/
Previous thread: >>1263434Talk about job/career advice and other related stuff from a leftist perspective. EX: How to get a job, promotion, skill, switch companies, resume, life hacks, etc.