/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

This is Changsha city

>massive fucking cost of living crisis stressing out Chinese people
>literally hundreds of perfectly habitable cities that cost less to live in remain empty and unwanted
???

Also the emptiness of much of urban china is fucking creepy. You know how many North American downtown areas are sometimes barren in life which creates a feeling of unease with the fact that there’s infrastructure for people without people using it? Yeah that’s how I feel staring at this

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release-2025


In accordance with President Donald Trump’s directive of March 17, 2025, all records previously withheld for classification that are part of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection are released.

The National Archives has partnered with agencies across the federal government to comply with the President’s directive in support of Executive Order 14176.

As of March 18, 2025, the records are available to access either online at this page or in person, via hard copy or on analog media formats, at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. As the records continue to be digitized, they will be posted to this page.

The table below displays the file names and links to all of the documents released on March 18, 2025. They are sorted by Record Identification Form (RIF) number, which is included in the filename.

What’s the material condition that China making goonerbait games for problematic far-right chvud? Not mention lack of diversity in Wukong game and anti-feminism message from CEO.

They really need to stop sexualising women and children.(Rule 14g - low-quality idpol bait)

Hello Leftypol,

I'm thinking of getting a backup domain for leftypol, as its always good to have one just in case.

I've also heard a few other people have some ideas on names.

leftyprole
prolechan
labor/labourchan
workerchan
communistchan
etc.?

Why does it look like protestant Christianity is evolving into some sort of messianic Jewish sect.
It's really weird watching anglo christians seemingly emphasize the old testament over the new. It's also ironic but evangelicals are actually starting to resent christ himself. His asceticism and meekness is contradictory to anglo white supremacy and their political goals in the middle east. Their version of the bible was also heavily compromised to reflect the anglo Zionist political project.
I suspect in the future Jesus will be relagated to a minor deity and Yahweh will be the principal deity in christian america

Teachers launch nationwide strike in Iraq for better pay and improved conditions
The strike was called by the Coordinating Committee for Teachers, which has urged the government to include educators under a new educational service law similar to the existing legislation benefiting university professors. The committee also demanded increased financial allowances covering cost-of-living, professional expenses, transportation, and child support.
https://www.newarab.com/news/iraqi-teachers-launch-nationwide-strike-better-pay

Palestinians in West Bank strike to demand end to Gaza war
Protests also erupted in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Monday in front of the Lebanese American University, with dozens of students gathering around a massive Palestinian flag. In Sidon in southern Lebanon, hundreds demonstrated, shouting "stop the massacres against the Palestinian people" and "stop the war of extermination in Gaza".
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/04/palestinians-west-bank-strike-demand-end-gaza-war

Algeria closes airspace to Mali aircraft as drone row escalates
State television in Algeria announced the decision on Monday, which came shortly after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger recalled their ambassadors to Algiers in response to the downing of the Malian drone.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/7/alliance-of-sahel-states-recall-ambassadors-as-tension-with-algeria-rises
https://archive.ph/N3f4a

Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza
Mansfield, who is known for his work on landmark cases such as the Grenfell Tower fire, Stephen Lawrence and the Birmingham Six, said: “​If one of our nationals is committing ​an offence, we ought to be doing something about it​. Even if we can’t stop the government of foreign countries behaving badly, we can at least stop ourPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

General strike brings Greece to a standstill
Thousands of protesters marched through the centre of Athens in two separate demonstrations that ended peacefully. The 24-hour strike was called by the two main umbrella unions covering the public and private sectors. They are seeking salary increases and a full return of collective bargaining rights scrapped as part of international bailouts during the country’s financial crisis.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/general-strike-bring-greece-standstill

Berlin protesters oppose the deportation of four anti-genocide activists
Around 500 demonstrators gathered near the Berlin House of Representatives (state assembly) on Monday morning to protest in defence of four anti-genocide activists facing deportation. Although they have not been convicted of any crime by a court, the three EU citizens and one US citizen have been ordered to leave Germany by April 21. Otherwise, they are to be forcibly deported.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/08/ghna-a08.html

European Union approves new retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
All member countries of the European Union except Hungary voted Wednesday in favor of proposals that would impose tariffs on specific U.S. products sold into Europe, starting next week.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-59187/european-union-tariffs

Milei faces third general strike in Argentina with IMF deal pending
The country’s three main trade union federations, grouped together under the CGT umbrella union, mobilised from midday in front of Congress, joining a weekly demonstration by social organisations and pensioners who are demanding demand a change in the government’s economic policies.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-faces-third-general-strike-in-argentina-with-imf-deal-pending.phtml
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Deadass asking:
as an Iranian, How fucked Am I when Israel cracks the whip and trump invades? do you think the American public will stop the war? I can't take this shit anymore. my teenage years were burned by sanctions and my youth is not only getting destroyed by the wrecked economy but I'll probably be bombed to death.
this shit is making me suicidal istg

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Revolutionary defeatism is a principle which only holds in the industrialized, imperialist West. By this I mean generally the axis aroud the alliance NATO.

Why is this so?

Revolutionary defeatism as a leninist tactic is only applicable during a conflict between imperialists (usually) about the redivision of the world and booty. It means that the duty of a communist/worker movement of a warring imperialist state is to sabotage, slow down and disrupt the state, and turn the imperialist war into civil war. This is what the Communards did. This is what the Bolsheviks did. This is a tactic that is only applicable in the core. It also extends under certain conditions to when an imperialist state is not waging a war of conquest on some other, non-imperialist nation. But in this case it is much more difficult to turn this war into a civil war.

Third worldism on the other hand thinks that imperialism has amassed such wealth from 'overexploitation' and 'uneven exchange' that it can afford to bribe their working class, create a massive middle class/labor aristocracy that has material interest tied together with imperialism and therefore will not struggle against it. Thus the revolutionary subject, if there is one, can only be from the imperialized periphery, the global south, third world.

There are some problems with accepting third worldism over revolutionary defeatism in the current context. By that I mean the developing war between the US and PRC (which has started last time Trump was in office with the then trade war and restarted now with the tarrif war). All wars start first as economic wars. All indicators are that, if the US does not have its perestroika and glasnost, there will be hot war.

Which of these tactics is then applicable in a hot war between China and America?

First of all, we must be clear that in no way can the PRC be regarded as an 'imperialist' power. Reasons for this are many, but I'll just link this video that I usually spam when dealing with leftcoms. So I want to make it very clear for anyone that has read up to this point: a war between the US and PRC is not an interimperialist war. It is a war of American aggression to safeguard world imperialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHm9rsLIPjA

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