/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

>>2594112
fucking kys retard

How Dirty Money Finds a Home in Dubai Real Estate

But the key to the UAE’s transformation was a set of policies that enticed foreigners from around the globe, including laws that made it easy for them to purchase real estate and the creation of free-trade zones with major tax exemptions.
But the key was a set of policies that enticed foreigners from around the globe, including laws that made it easy for them to purchase real estate and the creation of free-trade zones with major tax exemptions.

But behind the glittering facade is another factor that aided the city’s rise:
Dubai’s high-rises and villas have served as a safe haven for some of the world’s most wanted criminals, due in part to the secrecy its real estate sector affords.

The city’s property records are difficult to obtain and cannot be easily searched. In some cases, even international law enforcement officials have been unaware that people in their sights owned property in Dubai, one of seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. But thanks to a new leak of data, reporters have identified scores of alleged criminals, individuals facing sanctions, and political figures accused of corruption who have owned property there.

Take, for example, the iconic palm-shaped artificial archipelago known as Palm Jumeirah, where we found an apartment belonging to Obaid Khanani,a Pakistani national who, along with his father, was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2016 for allegedly running a money laundering organization that has moved billions of dollars across the globe on behalf of drug traffickers and organized crime groups.

Then over in the nearby Palm Tower Dubai is an apartment owned by Danilo Vunjao Santana Gouveia, a Brazilian businessman better known as “Dubaiano,” who was indicted in 2018 on charges including money laundering and fraud for allegedly running a massive Bitcoin pyramid scheme. Since moving to Dubai, he has taken up a new career in the city as a musician, which he details on an Instagram account alongside photographs of him posing in front of various locations in the city, including the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab Jumeirah skyscraper.

And in the Grandeur Residences is Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, a.k.a. Bolle Jos (“Chubby Jos”), alleged by Dutch authorities to be a major player in the global cocaine trade.
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related to an earlier article

'Islamophobic' poll on Muslims in France accused of links to UAE

A controversial poll on Muslims in France, conducted by one of the country’s leading survey institutes, was commissioned by a media company linked to an alleged Emirati smear campaign.

The survey concludes that there is "a phenomenon of ‘re-Islamisation’ that particularly affects younger generations and is accompanied by a worrying increase in adherence to Islamist ideology".

According to Ifop: "This data gives grist to the mill of those who fear that the Muslim population is developing into a ‘counter-society’, that is, seeking to organise its daily life according to religious norms distinct from, or even opposed to, those of the majority society.

>Muslims as an ‘internal enemy’

The poll has been widely reported by the French media and political class, particularly in conservative circles, where it was seen as proof of a desire among Muslims to place themselves in opposition to the republic and its laws.

Speaking of "terrifying figures", far-right politician Marion Marechal Le Pen, the niece of Marine Le Pen, described the possibility that France "will find itself facing hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of radical Muslims who will want to implement sharia law".
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saw it on newsanon's thread

Joint Saudi-Emirate delegation in Aden for talks after STC takeover

A joint Saudi-Emirati military ​delegation arrived in ​Aden to discuss measures aimed at ⁠defusing tensions in southern Yemen days after the country’s main southern separatist group ​claimed broad control across the ‍south, a government ​source told Reuters on Friday.

The Southern Transitional Council said the takeover included the eastern provinces of Hadhramaut and ⁠Mahra, and that the separatist group is present in all eastern provinces of south Yemen, including Aden, the base of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government.

Discussions to be held by the ​delegation in Aden ⁠will address ways ⁠to rectify recent unilateral actions, including the withdrawal of any forces brought in from outside the eastern provinces, a ‌source in the presidential office ​told the state news agency SABA.

The STC, which has been backed in the past by the United ‍Arab Emirates during Yemen's decade-old civil war, has clashed with other groups, ‌which relocated to Aden after ‌the Iran-aligned Houthi movement captured the capital Sanaa in 2014.

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/12/joint-saudi-emirate-delegation-aden-talks-after-stc-takeover

saw it on newsanon's thread

Egypt: Organi-linked armed groups looting, confiscating Gaza aid trucks in Sinai

Armed groups affiliated with the Union of Sinai Tribes, based in the Egyptian peninsula, are reportedly inspecting and looting trucks carrying aid and goods headed towards the Gaza Strip, exclusive reports from The New Arab's sister site revealed on Sunday.

The armed groups are reportedly stationed at several points on the international highway linking the Egyptian city of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah in the war-battered Gaza Strip. The individuals stop trucks headed towards Gaza, whether carrying humanitarian relief or goods intended for Palestinian traders, meticulously looking for allegedly banned goods.

Such items include cigarettes, mobile phones, certain types of medicines and medical supplies, among others.

One truck driver told Al-Araby that armed men routinely stop trucks, unload several boxes, and manually search them.

He added that all vehicles are inspected without exception. The driver also said such searches often result in the destruction of goods, with the armed individuals often tearing open bags of flour and other foodstuffs, rendering them unfit for consumption.

In the event that a "prohibited" item is found, the armed groups will photograph it, confiscate it entirely – including the truck – before transferring it to warehouses belonging to Sons of Sinai, owned by the controversial businessman Ibrahim Al-Organi (also spelt Al-Arjani).
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>>2517297
Crisis status?
>>2586219
What does this mean?

>>2586273
The "unrealized loss" part means that the value of the bonds has declined without the bonds being sold. This is happening even as the price to purchase those bonds have also declined, though apparently not enough to make buying them attractive. In essence, no one is buying Japanese bonds from these regional banks, which means they're being loaded with bad assets they can't sell, because they'd lose money on the transaction, thus "realizing" the loss.

I am officially reopening the CRISIS thread.

I thought a ceasefire was agreed upon

>>2596689
lol no

Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions
Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban passed earlier this year that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday approved the repeal of a policy that experts had called one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country.
https://apnews.com/article/utah-labor-unions-collective-bargaining-repeal-a84267e0c9bff480a648aacc79c1bc7c

Inside Kristi Noem's bitter feud with Trump's border czar
Noem, a former South Dakota governor, has spent millions of department dollars on a controversial campaign-style ad blitz that some insiders believe promotes her as much as the department's mission. That rankles career immigration officials, many of whom are loyal to Homan, a 30-year immigration-enforcement vet. Insiders have personally complained to Trump about Noem's management and the role of her top adviser, Trump campaign veteran Corey Lewandowski, who in effect runs DHS, the sources said.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/trump-kristi-noem-tom-homan-feud-immigration
https://archive.ph/DYc8k

JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force tanker
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.”
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-jetblue-military-tanker-collision-baa2ab38062c5143ba6ce8164219ece2

US invalidates union contract covering 47,000 TSA officers, AFGE vows to challenge
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TKP-ML: Notes On Abdullah Öcalan’s “Perspective” Document
Following PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s “Call for Peace and a Democratic Society,” the PKK decided to end its armed struggle by dissolving itself at its Extraordinary 12th Congress held between 5 and 7 May. A. Öcalan prepared two separate documents sent to the PKK’s 12th Congress. Serxwebûn newspaper published the 21-page document written by A. Öcalan on 25 April in its 521st issue.
General Introduction: Following PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s “Call for Peace and a Democratic Society,” the PKK decided to end its armed struggle by passing a resolution to dissolve itself at its 12th Extraordinary Congress held on May 5-7. A. Öcalan prepared two separate documents sent to the PKK’s 12th Congress. Serxwebûn newspaper published the 21-page document written by A. Öcalan on April 25 in its 521st issue. In this “Perspective” document, consisting of an introduction and seven main sections, A. Öcalan addresses the theoretical, political, historical, and programmatic foundations of the new era from his and his organization’s perspective. This article evaluates the “Perspective” letter sent by A. Öcalan to the PKK’s Extraordinary 12th Congress.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/25551/

Greece’s Broken Democracy Is a Warning for Europe
On the night of his election victory on July 7, 2019, new prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared that Greece was “returning to normal.” Leader of the right-wing New Democracy party, Mitsotakis promised a government of the “best and brightest” and drew a line under the previous four years of Syriza rule, vowing to erase its legacy piece by piece. More than six years on, that promised “normal” looks less like stability and more like a permanent state of managed scandal. Mitsotakis’s tenure has unfolded in a landscape marred by allegations of corruption, financial mismanagement, illegal surveillance, cover-ups, abuse of European Union funds, manipulation of the justice system, and a tightly controlled propaganda machine financed through state resources. It’s something we hadn’t seen since the fall of the military dictatorship. In that half-century of democracy, there has been no comparable case of a governing party that so stubbornly refused to police its own ranks, shielded itself from scrutiny with such disciPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

tybna

>>2539217
damn

>>2406671
zionist shill, you are not a communist

>>2407378
extremely good post

>>2537274
It was the bongs that created Israel, we just inherited it.

Something happened in Australia.

inb4 america attacks rojava, the region they helped for like 10 years

Idk if this is true but found it

I don’t think there was any attacks like this on Russian convoys after 2015 or 2016. Hope USians enjoy their new goyslave chimps lol

>>2595307
The US has never helped DAANES as a political entity, tbf, only the attached armed coalition in regards to fighting isis.

Attacker info:
>-Belonged to the Islamic State in 2014 and worked in security at the al-Ayn Hospital in Aleppo
<-Moved to al-Raqqa and after its fall in 2017 moved to the Homs badiyah region
>-After the fall of the regime, he moved from the desert to Idlib with a group of IS members
<-He joined the General Security in Idlib and was assigned to Palmyra
>-The attacker tried to reach the meeting room in the headquarters of the General Security in Palmyra
<-In the corridor he clashed with the American guards and the translator and blew himself up
>-Afterwards, Syrian intelligence along with the Coalition forces arrested six IS elements that also infiltrated the General Security, accused of coordinating the operation with the attacker
<-These other six were from the IS cell that moved with him from the desert to the General Security in Idlib
>-There are hundreds like this cell that have infiltrated General Security

>>2595185
cope germans and anglos will be migrating to poland for jobs soon geeeg

>>2595218
no they won't
thirdies from countries that kvetch about poland ditching warsaw pact however will in droves

>"Every provocateur or madman who dares to lift his hand against the power of People's Poland will have that hand chopped off."
ZOMO chads get in here

>>2596366
DSA's worst nightmare
Sorry sweetie but this is what dictatorship of the proletariat looks like <3

>>2594954
>>2596366

Patriot 🫡

If only the Generals of the Red Army, which beared the noble responsibility of keeping the wise Dictatorship of the Proletariat mighty and the beautiful fire of October lit through ages grim had such a decisiveness and courage back then and acted as early as possible against the traitorous elements of the bourgeouis restoration!
https://youtu.be/3UhsYO9GsHA

>>2596221
Bernie is worse than Hitler.

>>2595082
Use the electoral system to elect a strong, charismatic leader who then has a mandate to govern the people in their interest.

>>2596278
>the people
you mean corporations

>>2596229
He would still continue the evils of AmeriKKKa but he was clearly the least harmful possible option for Americans and the world at large.

wdym what are we supposed to do? agitate, educate, organize. figure it out how to do this for your conditions. i mean, tell me, what else do you think is there to "do"? (beside produce surplus and live in class society)

>>2595285

A >real movement vs a state of affairs.
they are obviously saying that historical attempts were not genuine to the real movement.

Who says this? All communist parties or the KKE? You need to write in a clearer way in order to communicate to us what you intend the subject of sentence to be.

In any case this is false in both instances. Many communist parties believe the attempts were genuine, including the KKE (Until perestroika in the USSR with preceding degeneration from the kosygin-liberman reform & the 90s in China, with preceding degeneration being the 1980s deng reforms)

>keyword:had, they dispute that China is currently continuing to build

Indeed, and I agree with them. The current economy is capitalism with state intervention & a larger state sector; The central planning authority (which isn't even called that anymore) does not issue decrees which have force of law, enterprises overwhelmingly make their own investment, supply chain & pricing decisions (ie. The Chinese economy is structurally
less centrally planned than mcdonalds corporation is internally). And this was not always the case: Things degenerated & capitalism was restored.

>its still wrong from a materialist perspective
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>>2595502
>capitalism with state intervention & a larger state sector
this is largely short selling how it works, the state and its SOEs not only keep controlk of the backbone of the economy, but also has massive finance capitals investment that isnt directed by capitalist logic, but directed according to planning and social value under direction from the party. Theres a reason they call this socialist market economy, just cause it use a market doesnt mean theres no planning and politically enforced top down direction. Quite simply finance capital is not free but completely subordinated to political will.
Is that risky from marxist standpoint, as it could degenerate into purely capitalist logic without a strong political hand? yes, but it certainly seem to work right now

>>2595502

>The current economy is capitalism with state intervention & a larger state sector
yeah, other anon is correct. they dont have direct state quotas for all sectors of the economy, so its not micromanaged like the soviet model. that doesn't mean they dont have central planning. the party controls the commanding heights of the economy and directs production of raw resources, then lets market competition distribute them according to demand. so if they need houses they put out jobs for concrete and steel, rather than directly building the houses. and this goes all across the economy, once things become socially necessary or strategically important through the natural capitalist development of a sector, it consolidates into a monopoly, and it becomes nationalized and democratically directed. until then the fact that their is competition is exactly a signal that it is not ready for nationalization. and yes this sounds exactly like what liberals say, and it is premised on something like a rising tide lifting all boats, but with china its actually true and with liberals its a scam to take your stuff.

>what is not understood by (nearly everyone?) in these 'debates' is that they are using the same word but they mean something quite different by it.
no thats perfectly understood. im not saying that all capitalist states dont have capitalist interests, they certainly do, im saying from marxist(materialist) perspective this is an incorrect definition of imperialism because it does not center how imperialism is socially reproduced through economic production. its not "wrong" but it is practically(praxis) useless

>In neoclassical economics, monopoly is generally considered the opposite of competition.
thats what im saying, thats what lenin says
>In Marxism however, monopoly is actually a form of competition under capitalism,
no? unless you are talking about interimperialist rivalry but thats not *market* competition

>alan_freeman
isnt this one of those tssi guys that takes bohm bawarks critique of marx on the economic calculation problem(which doesn't exist) at face value and try to "correct" marx by demonstrating his own misunderstanding of ltv?
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but really, imperialism, when a marxist says it, is specifically extraterritorial expansion driven by the falling rate of profit as monopoly consolidation leads to stagnation when technological improvement is saturated across the supply chain in a given legal territory. the critique is not that its incorrect to say that capitalists do capitalist things, its that imperialism is a specific stage of national capitalist development, and saying that capitalists doing capitalist things is imperialism, in order to advocate specific universal policies(both sides bad) based on that incorrect definition of imperialism and dogmatically apply defeat of every bourgeois government in all wars, that is wrong, and that is incorrect. its opportunist phrasemongering

>>2572106
What's the difference between anti-communism and just bad/dumb communism? I think the context determines what's people being regressive and intentionally obtuse vs people who need to be educated or struggled with to get back to a correct line. Either way yes western marxism (which emphasizes the abstract concept of exploitation, as if alienation of your surplus labor wouldn't still need to happen in socialism, since it is what allows growth and upkeep) is bad.

>>2596075
yes but the dprk is weak and somewhat isolated. Russia is stronger but not that strong.
Prc is very strong and would be able to win. Thus prc is our only hope

>>2596075
>this place unironically thinks North Korea is a socialist utopia
Bro. Like China I can understand the logic but. Dude.

>>2595704
>The capitalist class will totally betray humanity.
Rest of humanity. Its almost game over now with predictive capabilities used by glowuyghurs. Its completely game over when police and military are automated.

>>2596075
>Russia because they don't have the tech to do robotic replacement in the near future
Theyll have to submit to Chinese rule or wither away.

>>2596093
NK is heavily militarized in a mountainous region full of extensive underground bunkers and armed with nukes. They have a better chance of surviving than most places.

none of those things will help them at all. you can't dismantle an unjust institution with conventional warfare, it requires an intricate and complex long-term strategy of subversion on a systemic scale.

>>2594782
Seeing Dubai chocolate get shilled in every store makes me sick.

>>2595440
You can do both.
Slave revolts lead to instability in the system and is a demonstration of opposition (which emboldens further opposition).

>>2594934
>>2594930
>>2594920
he doesn't go to DPRK, he just goes to the DMZ. boring. he also shills DPRK defector bullshit at the end.
>>2594782
speaking DPRK, this video is pretty good, except for what he calls dubai "north korea with a gucci belt." somebody needs to redpill this kid on DPRK and what they went through, and how, no, it is not literally a US-allied monarchist theocracy with slaves… and DPRK's poverty is because of sanctions.

UAE needs to be destroyed