/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

House Dems' pro-Israel wing gains power on key panel
In addition to Moskowitz leading Democrats on the MENA subcommittee, pro-Israel Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) were appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/25/democrats-israel-moskowitz-house-foreign-affairs
https://archive.ph/zK1im

FBI raided Spanish vacation rental of wealthy leftwing funder James ‘Fergie’ Cox after his arrest
Baltasar Garzón, a human rights lawyer representing Chambers, revealed the details in an exclusive interview. Chambers is wanted for extradition by the Trump administration for alleged financial support of Hamas, as well as other charges. Garzón, one of Europe’s most famous human rights lawyers, characterized the case as “very strange, one of the most remarkable I’ve worked on”. He told the Guardian the indictment against Chambers was “pretty weak and diffuse”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/fbi-raid-james-fergie-cox-vacation-rental

Billionaire-Backed Groups Launch Ad Blitz Against California Wealth Tax
The two most prominent groups fighting the tax, which will appear on California’s November ballot as Proposition 40, are Building a Better California and Californians Against Wasteful Spending and Higher Taxes. The former group, funded in large part by Brin, debuted its first television ad on Tuesday, just the start of what’s expected to be a massive propaganda push against the proposed tax.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-ads-wealth-tax

El-Sayed pushes to keep affordability message focus amid scrutiny from both sides
In each instance, El-Sayed tried relentlessly to stay on message. On Fox, he called opponent Mike Rogers a “beta” and took a jab at Pete Hegseth in a response to a question about the federal deficit, saying Watters didn’t seem concerned that the defense secPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

South African CP, Council of the Left constituted: Now we must organise
The inaugural meeting of the Council of the Left took place on Friday, 21 August 2026, at Birchwood Hotel, bringing together representatives of political organisations, trade unions, social movements, community organisations and other progressive formations that participated in the Conference of the Left held in May this year. The meeting formally constituted the Council of the Left and began the important task of translating the Declaration and Programme of Action of the Conference of the Left into organisation, campaigning and collective action. This inaugural Council meeting committed to unity in action, working-class organisation and an immediate programme of struggle focused on: Joining the ongoing mass campaign to reject and defeat the anti-poor Prevention of Illegal Evictions Act Amendment Bill, Defending the Expropriation Act against attacks from the DA, Afriforum, Die Vaderland Stigting and the Free Market Foundation through a combination of court action and mass mobilisation. Mobilising for the Equitable Access to Land Bill to become an effective law for land redistribution and the security of tenure. Using the coming Budget days to campaign for fiscal resources to meet basic needs and address the cost of living. Mobilisation for Parliament to debate and adopt a Cuba Solidarity Bill, together with continued material support for the people of Cuba.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/South-African-CP-Council-of-the-Left-constituted-Now-we-must-organise/

Centrists Despise Hasan Piker More Than They Want to Win
El-Sayed’s primary win was a shock to the system for Democratic centrists, involving not just the victory of a pro-Palestine, Medicare for All–supporting progressive in a key battleground state but also one in which the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) didn’t endorse yet played a key role. This put establishment Democrats in a bit of an awkward position: they have long claimed the Left habitually refuses to “vote blue no matter who” come the general election and so pave the way for GOP victories. This wasn’t actually true, but it’s been one of the Democratic center’s most reliable go-to attack lines against their left flank. With the tablePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Californians should start building guillotines and label them "tax alternatives"

>>2900628
>Nablus
If Hamas had a brain or will of its own it should've focused on terror attacks against isolated enclaves in the west bank to make it uninhabitable to israelis instead of October 7.

It's insane how comfortable settlers are in the west bank when one mortar shell ends their existence.

>>2900341
WHATS THE MARXIST-LENINIST LINE UYGHA, ANSWER ME

The rape of MLists is endless.

>>2900072
>what is marxism-leninism
If you would consult the relevant literature. You have read the books you are criticizing, right?

The reason ML became popular and still is to this day is due to the Soviet Union. A massive blow to socialism. And one of the main reasons anarchism fell into oblivion.

>>2900576
It's marxism Leninism, vanguardism. Why are you yelling?

>>2900392
you should just write that movie. nobody will even care that it's mostly a full metal jacket remake, because so was Jarhead.
>>2900390
Probably

>>2900377
So there are other ways to reclaim the territory: debt, economic embargo, some low intensity military operations, etc.
>>2900383
But wasn’t the purpose of Vietnam to destroy the socialist movement, which the US accomplished although it technically “lost” the war, wasn’t the Afghanistan war just a laundering scheme? There’s nothing to “win” the way I understand it.

As for Cuba, couldn’t a military intervention open an opportunity to place a puppet, similar to Venezuela? But I agree with the fact that it would be a very unpopular war

Actual answer: popular support

It's why the US needed 9/11 for the war on terror

The US lost in Somalia because Somalians deliberately tried to make headlines about the cost of staying. Venezuela could've never been boots on the ground full scale invasion, if they didn't immediately fold the US would've suffered the same fate in Somalia.

State powers begins and ends with its ability to mobilize and direct the masses.

>>2900412
>But wasn’t the purpose of Vietnam to destroy the socialist movement, which the US accomplished although it technically “lost” the war, wasn’t the Afghanistan war just a laundering scheme?
You can phrase the Vietnam war as part of the cold war which the US won. However, the US straight up lost in Afghanistan. It is an empire in serious decline domestically and internationally.
>As for Cuba, couldn’t a military intervention open an opportunity to place a puppet, similar to Venezuela? But I agree with the fact that it would be a very unpopular war
The problem is that an invasion of Cuba would be very expensive. You don't just need to pay for soldiers, military equipment, etc you also need to pay for propaganda to gaslight people into accepting a new war and other expenses. There is no clear point when paying for these expenses would end: a war in Cuba could last years. The US would rather spend its money on tech companies and "AI" for now.

Pro-Palestinian protesters sentenced over blocking Golden Gate Bridge traffic in 2024
Defense attorneys said demonstrators acted out of a moral responsibility to oppose ​the devastation from Israeli strikes on Gaza and Washington's support for its ​ally. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the protest caused ⁠a safety risk for those stuck in traffic and there should be consequences ​when laws are broken. "Throughout history, civil disobedience has mostly involved accepting legal consequences," Superior ​Court Judge Teresa Caffese was quoted as saying by KQED.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/pro-palestinian-protesters-sentenced-over-blocking-golden-gate-bridge-traffic-2026-08-24/

Trump Regulators Issue Key Permit for Proposed $100 Million Underwater Data Center Off Maine Coast
Residents of Eastport, Maine are set to attend a public hearing Monday evening on two proposed ordinances to halt the construction of large artificial intelligence data centers, with proponents of the proposals hoping the coastal city’s planning board will be able to prevent the build-out of a 27-acre, $100 million facility that a Massachusetts-based developer aims to build underwater—right near Eastport’s working waterfront.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/maine-data-center

Pressure Mounts on Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair to Abandon Rule Changes
Reformers filed a lawsuit Monday, asking a judge to block Tuesday’s vote with a temporary restraining order, Hell Gate first reported. But the first judge assigned to the case recused themselves, saying they may seek renomination from the Brooklyn Democratic Party. A second judge declined to block the vote ahead of time, and reformers planned to refile the suit after Tuesday’s vote if it goes ahead.
https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/24/brooklyn-democratic-party-rodneyse-bichotte-hermelyn-executive-committee/
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CP of Ireland, Do not ignore the root causes of the cost of living crisis!
The cost-of-living crisis has not disappeared and is set to get worse over the coming year. Prices are far above their 2021 level and the next pressure is likely to come again through essentials: energy, food, clothing, transport, heating and housing. These basics are already up multiples of wage increases and every worker now feels the pain during the weekly shop. The return to school is getting harder and harder for families every year. In the Republic, inflation is estimated at around 3.4% currently, with energy prices up 6.5% over the year. In the North, inflation rose to 2.9% in July, driven by household energy costs. The European Central Bank has warned that inflation could hit 5% in 2027 with basic food items rising significantly.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Ireland-Do-not-ignore-the-root-causes-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis/

Whatever Happened to the ‘Enough Is Enough’ Campaign?
Launched in August, Enough Is Enough promised to “turn anger” at the cost of living crisis “into action”. It was, by any measure, an overnight sensation. 150,000 people signed up on the first day alone; 450,000 by a fortnight later. Tens of thousands attended rallies nationwide, wanting to hear how to join a political movement to “win back dignity for working class people”. But just a few months later, Enough Is Enough went pretty much silent. No more rallies. No more speeches. Just the odd post from a Twitter account. The most dynamic new campaign on the UK left had disappeared – and no-one seemed to know why. “It feels like a missed opportunity,” said Thomas. “I felt annoyed. What was the point? Was it just a mailing list?” Four years on, Novara Media spoke to nine co-founders, coordinating group members, organisers and key stakeholders – some of whom chose not to be named to protect their professional relationships – to find out what happened. Their recollections paint a picture of overwhelm, strategic contradiction and a desire for total control. Enough Is Enough didn’t collapse by accident: it was undone by the very organisations that created it.
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>>2899888
>Underwater Data Center
how would this even work

>>2898667
the title was clickbait. this is just a BigJoel tier radlib video at the end of the day

>>2898610
i'm sure democracy will survive. we just need mueller to investigate again

>>2898513
Mao shook Nixon's hand, and Nixon said "We are all Keynesians now."

Today Trump shakes Xi's hand and Trump says "We are all Dengists now."

>>2898300
it was me, i was that chimpanz-ACK

>>2898145
Isn't this similar to what Turkey did? Keeping the currency low and so on?
It's just copying the homework of a fellow fascist-aspirant state but without delving into the reasons as to why that might work for them.

Fresh Clashes Erupt in Pakistani Kashmir on First Day of Contested Vote

Fresh clashes erupted in the Pakistan-administered portion of Kashmir on Monday, the latest flare-up in weeks of violence that have left dozens dead and cast a shadow over a regional election underway in the Himalayan territory.

Protesters in Kashmir have staged sit-ins, strikes and demonstrations since early June, calling for electoral reform ahead of the regional parliamentary election that began Monday and is scheduled to unfold in three phases until Aug. 10. The J.A.A.C.’s leadership and its supporters want to reallocate parliamentary seats reserved for Kashmiris living elsewhere in Pakistan to those who actually live in Kashmir — a move that Pakistan’s government has rejected, in part by arguing that it would require a constitutional reform.

https://archive.is/PwOvM

Dodging snipers, housing crisis forces Yemenis to live on front line

Living near Taiz’s front line forces families to make difficult choices amid sniper threats and economic hardship.
But Um Yousef felt that she didn’t have a choice. A single mother of four children in her 40s, she couldn’t afford the typical market rate of about $130 for a three-bedroom house in the central Yemeni city. Her husband died years ago while working abroad, so she was the sole breadwinner for the family in a country where poverty has increased sharply since the war began more than a decade ago.
After eight months of moving from one area to another, and even searching on the outskirts of Taiz, she ultimately decided that her only option was a home near the front line. Yes, it was dangerous, but with little money coming in, the home she found for about $13 a month couldn’t be ignored.
In January 2025, the family made the move. Two months later, her 11-year-old son came into the house from playing outside with blood pouring out of his mouth – he’d been shot.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/25/dodging-snipers-housing-crisis-forces-yemenis-to-live-on-front-line

‘Suspicious deal’: US efforts to reunify Libya’s institutions face growing resistance

One month after what may have been the most significant diplomatic mission to Libya since taking up his post in the region, US envoy Massad Boulos continues to raise questions about Washington’s objectives.
Earlier this month, the senior adviser to Donald Trump on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs met dozens of Libyan officials across the country's rival factions during a diplomatic tour that was widely expected to pave the way for major announcements.
Yet, no clear roadmap has emerged for what the US diplomat repeatedly described as "unification efforts" during his visit, a plan now referred to as the "Boulos initiative".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/suspicious-deal-us-efforts-reunify-libyas-institutions-face-growing-resistance

Dubai ruler confronted in London over UAE involvement in Sudan war

A video posted on Sunday shows a Sudanese man shouting at Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and his entourage as they walk through the affluent Knightsbridge area.
“Emiratis and UAE, they’re killing Sudanese people,” the man shouts from across the road at the ruler of Dubai and the group he is with. “UAE is killing people in my country. Stop killing my people.”
One man, who appears to be Emirati and part of Maktoum’s entourage, then appears to racially abuse the Sudanese man, shouting: “Fuck you, fuck you and fuck your people… Motherfucker, Black bitch.”
“You said Black?” the Sudanese man asks him. “Shut the fuck up,” replies the Emirati, who then crosses the road to confront the Sudanese man.
“Stop killing Sudanese,” the man says. “Emirati and UAE they’re killing Sudanese people. They are killing people in my country… Mohammed bin Zayed, they are killing people in my country,” he says, referring to the president of the United Arab Emirates.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dubai-ruler-confronted-london-over-uae-involvement-sudan-war

The Taliban Kicked the U.S. Out of Afghanistan. Now They Want It Back.

Five years after driving the United States out of Afghanistan, the Taliban are inviting it to come back — with diplomats and cash, but no military.
“We consider the chapter of war to have come to an end, and from now on, we want relations based on mutual respect and a new chapter of positive engagement,” Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said in an interview with The New York Times in Kabul.
Mr. Muttaqi said the United States could “reopen its embassy, maintain a diplomatic presence and invest” in Afghanistan’s vast mineral wealth, dams and roads — projects that three U.S. administrations and their allies spent billions trying to develop, and that the Taliban insurgency spent two decades trying to dismantle.
The public overture, the first by such a high-ranking Taliban official in years, is the Afghan government’s latest push in a long effort to extract the country from isolation, with mixed results.

https://archive.is/6WIPK

>>2899720
We used to also have places for these people, church institutions, the university, and so on. The primacy of capitalism and the destruction of communal life has kind of removed all these spaces that society has developed for neurotypical men (large percentage of neets i would assume).

>>2899731
Yet there are third world neets. Although I imagine they either live in the less screwed up parts of the third world, come from relatively well off families or from smaller families. Or maybe they're dependent on transfer of money from relatives working in more developed countries.

>>2899738
non-neurotypical*

>>2899681
A lot of people don't like alienated wage-labor and will do as much as they can to avoid if it at all possible.

Moved to >>>/siberia/818195.

The influence from the North Korean peninsula onto their government has mutated their government from a technical perspective. It's surprising to get North Korean workers in western countries.

I actually like the communist ideal, but that idea is used mainly as a means for societal goal unity. The overriding technical comes from Cai Qi their actual leader and he overrides ideals set in place.

Shouldn't we brand Chinese communism as Cai Qi Communism? It's more accurate and at least we would all know what we are actually talking about.

>>2899571
How is it imperialism when these are Chinese citizens living abroad? They aren't proles either.

China is the new USA but more boring lmao

>>2899170
give me the hopium then

>>2899171
No

>>2899171
Unfortunately you don't get to know, you just have to live.

>>2899219
>>2899184
GIVE ME THE HOPIUM, PLS

>>2899272
Hope isn’t something you know, you just have to feel it