/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

Labor leaders call collective bargaining veto a ‘betrayal’ by Virginia governor
Virginia’s Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger, vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have restored collective bargaining rights for 50,000 public sector workers in the state. Union leaders say the veto is a “betrayal” and “slap in the face” after the governor campaigned last year on promises to restore collective bargaining rights. Though majorities in both chambers of Virginia’s general assembly passed legislation that would restore bargaining rights to most public sector workers, Spanberger introduced an amended version of the bill last month that was eventually rejected by the assembly.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/collective-bargaining-bill-veto-virginia-governor

FAA cuts target for air traffic control staffing
The report said the time controllers spend on position managing air ⁠traffic has declined despite a 4% increase in traffic. It added it could increase time ​on position from around four hours per shift to more than five hours. The ​FAA said "deploying modern staffing models and scheduling tools will improve controller staffing efficiency and reduce the need for excessive overtime."
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/faa-cuts-target-air-traffic-control-staffing-2026-05-15/

Pentagon quietly shut legally required program to prevent civilian deaths by military, watchdog finds
A report released by the department’s inspector general concluded the US military no longer has the people, tools or infrastructure needed to comply with two federal statutes requiring it to maintain a functioning civilian casualty policy, and operate a Civilian Protection Center of Excellence (CP CoE). Donald Trump’s administration has been accused of making deep cuts to the Pentagon’s civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR) program, designed to handle training and procedures critical in limiting civilian harm in theaters of war.
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>From Gas to Groceries, Rural Americans Paying Heaviest Price for Trump’s Iran War
But leftypol told me Americans benefit drom American Imperialism

Statement by the Palestinian Resistance Factions on the 78th Anniversary of the Nakba
The Nakba continues through killing, massacres, expulsion, discrimination, impoverishment, siege, starvation, international silence, and US partnership. What is happening in the Gaza Strip and all Palestinian territories is a chapter in the series of ethnic cleansing and genocide that has not stopped for 78 years of zionist oppression and brutality, revealing the nature of the zionist project as a colonial, racist, uprooting tool. 78 years since the Nakba of the Palestinian people have been enough to build a revolutionary, resistance-minded, and fighter generation that believes in freedom and aspires to be free from the injustice of the “israeli” enemy and the return of every displaced Palestinian to their homeland. Return is a right for us that does not expire with time, and we will not compromise our land, sanctities, and legitimate rights, regardless of the sacrifices. Our people and our fighters will rise from under the rubble to build their homeland and future anew.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/32709/

Episode 547: Revolution in Palestine(TrueAnon)
We’re joined by Abdel Razzaq Takriti for a wide-ranging discussion about the political forces and parties of the Palestinian revolution. You can check out Abdel’s project with the Dig, the Thawra Project, here.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-547-in-157967000=

The General Strike in Wales
When the General Strike began on 4 May 1926, the coalfield communities of South Wales answered the call with militancy. Throughout the valleys, workers moved quickly to organise and coordinate themselves for the strike. This was a period of inspiring class struggle, which proved the courage and militancy of the working class and their ability to run society for themselves. In the Rhondda, strike committees were formed within hours of the strike beginning on 4 May. By the following day, they were controlling the region’s transport. They decided what lorries could carry and where they could go, and issued permits accordingly. They liaised with railway workers to prevent the movement of coal without their permission. They Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

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>>2813848
They're a bunch of old men now retired you're late to wikipedia

>>2813859 (Me)
And you are so late you didn't even do the research to see that they ceased to exist on their own in a merger with the informal IFA before disappearing

>>2810974
came after troops appeared > basically a LARP even if the votes accurately reflected public opinion.

>>2810988
/thread, nationalists are just babybrain retards regardless of there chosen fixation

>>2810799
>no amount of historical context seems to make them pump their brakes
if anything historical context would only make both sides more entrenched
> how both Russia and Ukraine are victims of NATO meddling, products of the death of the USSR
this conflict is in essence older than nato or ussr by centuries

>>2810799
>no amount of historical context seems to make them pump their brakes and tone down their rhetoric
the issue is emotional for them, the history doesn't matter. you'll see this happen a lot so get used to it.

>>2813814
doesn't it? the notion that jews need to displace all the people of levant is repeated multiple times in the old testament alone

>>2813784
Fundamentally I think the issue is how do you shame people who are shameless, and how do you doxx people who livestream everything they do. You can't, it's a contradiction in terms.

>>2813788
I mean you're right, but that's why just trolling doesn't work, we need to make them afraid of physical consequences, rl streamers should just be beaten up if they try to go out in public, if they go for pepper spray or whatever they should just be shot

>>2813790
Now you're onto something interesting

>>2813790
so… what youre saying is… we should beat rightoids in the street instead…

>>2813734
doxxing doesnt change anything it just hurts the people i dont like, thats good.

>>2812979
Yeah well the supervision part for them would entail violence because slaves still have agency whereas tech doesn't unless it's intentional or glitched.

you should tell that to oil rig workers and metal workers.

>>2812174
nta but why did you post that when anon was reffering to genetic engineering? Which is a thing that could happen in the future?

>>2811868
Reminds me of anarchist/anprim stuff about how tribal people have fun when hunting and gathering, they sing, gossip, tell jokes. Which sounds nice I guess but I dunno about singing at 7 am that's like those weird forced happiness Japanese corpos where everyone has to smile and they do calisthenics in the lobby.

>>2813775
I'm guessing it's just a thing where if people are in a good mood they do it

>Ameritards still trying to pretend their intervention was noble
Kill yourself NOW.
Your people allowed so much kid rape to happen that the locals eventually decided the Taliban were the lesser of two evils and kicked your ass out.

>>2810546
I remember some Afghanistan war documentary, I think "This Is What Winning Looks Like," they talked about how the infrastructure plans never went anywhere and got pocketed by corrupt local elites. So if that was true and generalized through the country you can't even make the excuse about increasing productive forces.

>>2813276
Definitely read The Afghanistan Papers. It goes in depth into what a total shitshow the whole thing was from start to finish. Half the time the ISAF forces weren't even fighting the Taliban but chasing random farmers and bandits around. The first troops to be deployed were taught Arabic instead of Farsi. Pretty much every infrastructure package went directly to warlord palaces or partying in Europe, and reading about the stuff those guys got up to in the 90s will make your skin crawl. The entire thing was a farce.

>>2813119
>the military basically runs the country
from what I understand its exaggerated, the military control the foreign policy and diplomacy, and can throw its weight to make the government fall when it feels its needed, but the civilian government is still in control of internal policy and is a liberal democracy

>>2810546
It's because they wanted to have gay sex with boys without prejudice

People here do realize KKE is not ultra right?

>>2799315
>Government is going crack down on you sooner or later regardless. And the Chinese will sit without so much as a protest latter.
absolute fucking TRVTHNVKE

>>2813142
anyone who disagrees with the millionaire vanguard party is an ultra

>>2797217
I'm sorry(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

>CCP
You mean Capitalist Party of China?
>KPRF
Putin's controlled opposition party, except they are just as reactionary as him.

What did they split with Chairman Bob over?

Do they like their babies well done or rare?

>>2812911
you can't cook a baby well done by boiling it, only by roasting it - duh

I read the article on Communism on this wiki and it's essential a very long-winded blog post on why Communism doesn't work from the perspective of an American high school teacher. Very rational.

Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail
The decision came nearly a half hour after the court missed its own 5pm EST deadline. Louisiana has no standing to challenge mail-order abortion, the court found, sending the case back to the fifth circuit. The suit is expected to return to the court on an official appeal, instead of emergency requests from drug manufacturers, in another term.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-upheld

==Muslim American groups say Republicans are weaponizing congressional hearings=
Muslim ​American groups said congressional hearings that Republican lawmakers cast as aimed at making the U.S. "sharia-free" ‌are being weaponized against Muslim minorities in the United States by stoking fear against them. Republicans, who hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, titled a Wednesday hearing by a House Judiciary Subcommittee as "Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam and ​Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution." A similar hearing was also held in February.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/muslim-american-groups-say-republicans-are-weaponizing-congressional-hearings-2026-05-15/

Crypto industry scores win as Clarity Act regulation bill clears Senate hurdle
During the hearing, both Republicans and Democrats committed to continue working through areas of disagreement, including how best to ensure bad actors using digital assets can be caught and ethics language to address the issue of elected officials, such as Trump, profiting from crypto.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/clarity-act-congress-crypto-senate.html

DOJ Reportedly Set to Drop Fraud Charges Against Billionaire After He Hired Trump Attorney
The New York Times reported on Thursday that the DOJ—now headed by former Trump attorney Todd Blanche—is working on ending its case against Adani, who waPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Housing ourselves and others: 50 years of the Advisory Service for Squatters
Last October, the Advisory Service for Squatters celebrated its 50th anniversary, though squatting has been around much longer. In October 2024, we published the 15th edition of the famous Squatters Handbook, which had to be more detailed and complex than earlier editions. Squatting used to be a mass movement; a way for almost anyone in need to house themselves or make space for social use, against the domination of buildings by money and power. But after decades of attacks, sacred property values have been gradually restored, patrolled by the law and the increasingly bloated security industry. In 2012, a law was passed to criminalise squatting in empty residential buildings in England and Wales.
https://libcom.org/article/housing-ourselves-and-others-50-years-advisory-service-squatters

Indian communist parties suffer historic defeat: how did we get here?
The April-May state elections were an historic turning point in Indian politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP conquered West Bengal, while the Left Democratic Front (LDF) lost control of Kerala. For the first time since 1977, not a single Indian state will be led by a communist party. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) – the largest and, in words, the most radical of the two main communist parties – described the results in Kerala as a “serious setback.” This is something of an understatement. The Indian National Congress – the main party of Indian capitalism – won 63 seats. Its allies in the United Democratic Front (UDF) won another 39, giving the UDF 102 of the 140 seats in Kerala’s state assembly. Meanwhile, the vote share for the CPI(M)-led coalition of four parties, including the Communist Party of India (CPI), fell by 12 percent. These results are nothing short of a catastrophe. However, this did not come out of the blue. It is the culmination of decades of decline for India’s communist parties, which have abandoned the ideas and methods of Marx and Lenin in favour of criminal class collaborationism. Let us look at the lessons for the working class and youth today.
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>>2812705
the sandinistas and the kenyan communist party. but you also have larpers like the workers party of britain.

I think collaboration between socialist parties is good but I don't trust the ACP personally, if it goes somewhere that'd be good.

>>2812775
Tbf that Kenyan party is a splinter from what was the more popular one. Sandinistas at least makes sense since the Nicaraguan government is pro-Russia.

>>2811960
I think it's important to have a venue like this to work out disagreements over the most important questions facing communists in the 21st century.

>>2812795
This question was solved years ago, I'm tired of revionists boss