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With hindsight, who should have won? Given how reactionary Pol Pot was, was the Khmer Republic/Kingdom of Cambodia in the right the entire time? Or were the Khmer Rouge still preferable to their opposition?
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>>2829868
May 68. De Gaulle was the left wing leader fighting against the forces of the réaction, but we were too naive to see it.

>>2829862
>on very rare occasions
>the majority
???
>>2829926
the PCF was just unfortunately an URSS puppet with only people that didn't want to be responsible for any decision at the top (which is most leaderships in general)

>>2830001
"On rare occations the majority of marxists" So most marxists can make a mistake, but thats a very rare event.

I'm not really blaming the PCF for the mistakes there, but with hindsight, De Gaulle was a progressive leader with a planned dirigist economy and an independant foreign policy, May 68 broke this down and brought foward neoliberalism and alignement with the USA. PCF should have pushed de Gaulle to the left and empowered left wing gaullism.

>>2829890
IN SOME RESPECTS.
The Nazis were overall far worse than the Khmer Rouge and were obviously more Right-Wing than them. However, the Khmer Rouge's belief in deindustrialization placed them, on that specific issue, to the Right of the Nazis.
>>2830001
The majority OF THE MARXIST MOVEMENT.
>>2830006
Correct

>>2830772
>Pol Pot was le heckin primitivist
Another classic from the US propaganda machine.



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Can someone summarise Kautsky's theory of ultra imperialism for me, and why Lenin disagreed with it?

Also, if anyone can explain Hudson's super imperialist that's be a bonus. The text itself is dated so I wasn't sure whether it was still worth reading g

ask deepseek

>>2830846
I thought I'd try the less intelligent corner of the internet first



 

Hello, LeftyPol, I'm creating this thread out of curiosity about how a genuine socialist economy would work, there's any good book that spell out how a funcional planned economy would work? How salaries would work? Who decide the planning? There's a role for democratic system? I don't see Marx saying much things about how a genuine communist-socialist economy would work.

Economics thread, keep it about economics, please.


>>2830798
There is already the political economy thread

We have /political economy/ #7 for this
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A general to compile all news, articles, essays and info related to the Greater Middle East-North Africa region.

Creating this general in an effort to centralize all the info that currently gets posted to 5 different threads concerning conflicts and developments in the MENA region. Seeing how slow they generally are and at risk of getting bumped off besides the Palestine thread and that it’s likely people interested in Yemen, Syria, Iran, Sudan and Palestine are likely also interested in news and info from across the region I think it would be useful to post everything in one place.

This will be the inaugural edition to see how it goes. Welcome!
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How a Gaza-bound aid convoy unravelled attempting to enter Haftar-controlled eastern Libya

More than 200 activists with the Global Sumud Convoy entered the 5+5 security zone near the Libyan city of Sirte, a contested area established under the country’s October 2020 ceasefire agreement, hoping to negotiate safe passage onwards to Gaza.
After days encamped inside the zone, armed forces arrived at the site and dismantled the convoy.
Most participants were forcibly escorted back to Tripoli under armed guard. Ten international activists, however, were detained and remain in Libyan custody. The detainees are from Spain, Poland, the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Tunisia and Italy.
Eastern Libya is controlled by Haftar and his allies, and is backed by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, while a UN-backed government in Tripoli governs the west of the country.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-gaza-bound-aid-convoy-unravelled-haftar-controlled-eastern-libya

'A big pact': How the US plans to unite Libya through two ruling families

The US is crafting an agreement to unify oil-rich Libya around the country’s two most powerful families, as the US-Israeli war on Iran chokes global energy flows, current and former western officials, Arab sources briefed on the matter, and analysts told Middle East Eye.
The power-sharing agreement seeks to unify Libya through the Dbeibeh family in western Libya and the Haftar family in the east, while replacing each family’s leaders with a new generation.
While the effort has been underway for some time, it has gained new focus as the war on Iran sends oil prices higher, drawing US energy companies back to the country with Africa’s largest proven oil reserves.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/big-pact-how-us-plans-unite-libya-through-two-ruling-families

US lobby firm secures $2m contract to whitewash image of Libya’s Haftar

A US lobbying firm closely connected to the Trump administration has been handed a $2m contract to represent Khalifa Haftar, a Libyan warlord and de facto leader of large swaths of the country who faces multiple allegations of human rights abuses.
Lobbying disclosure agreements reported by the Washington Post revealed that Ballard Partners, which is staffed by former Trump administration officials, has agreed to advance the interests of Haftar, general commander of his self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), and his son Sadddam, chief of staff of the ground forces.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-lobby-firm-secures-2m-contract-whitewash-khalifa-haftars-image

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The June 1st Breakthrough: The day history was rewritten.
The June 1, 2004 Offensive was far more than a simple military operation in the history of the Kurdish Freedom Movement; it was a decisive turning point in philosophical, strategic, and ideological terms. Officially announced by the People's Defense Center Headquarters after a five-year unilateral ceasefire, this move was a comprehensive and planned response to the liquidation process created by the 1999 international conspiracy.

Between 1999 and 2004, global powers and the Turkish state implemented a large-scale liquidation strategy, effectively considering the movement "finished." Unilateral ceasefires, withdrawals, peace offers, and calls for dialogue were systematically rejected by Ankara.

During this period, policies of cultural genocide, village evacuations, intense military operations, and political repression continued uninterrupted. Internally, liberal and liquidationist tendencies weakened the organizational structure from within, while internationally, efforts to redefine the Kurdish people as a passive and submissive element accelerated.

June 1, 2004, was a courageous and decisive step taken precisely in the face of this challenging double siege. It was a historic move that pulled the movement out of disarray and reorganized it, preserving commitment to the Leadership paradigm and initiating a new period of struggle.

Following this breakthrough, and with the definitive abandonment of the classical state-power-centered understanding of revolution, Rêber Apo's democratic, ecological, and women's liberation paradigm officially took shape in 2005 and was systematically implemented across a wide geographical area.

The guerrilla approach, moving away from the goal of establishing a state or creating a new mechanism of oppression, has focused on strengthening society's capacity for self-governance, developing democratic autonomous structures, and protecting ecological balance. The aim is not to seize power, but to organize society in non-state spheres, build democratic confederalism from the bottom up, and offer a concrete, viable alternative to the problems created by both real socialism and capitalist modernity.

This paradigm shift, along with the process following the June 1st Uprising, has made it one of the unique revolutionary models of the 21st century.

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British soldier killed in training exercise accident in northern Iraq
>A British Army soldier was killed in a training exercise in northern Iraq on Sunday, the Ministry of Defence has announced.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62dygprnnvo

'training accident'

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‘Commune organization constitutes a fundamental pillar of our system in Maxmur’
Speaking to ANF, Maxmur Democratic People’s Council Co-Chair Nüdem Yaman provided information about the activities carried out by the communes within Martyr Rustem Cudi Camp in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).

Drawing attention to Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s “Call for Peace and Democratic Society,” Nüdem Yaman stated that following the call, the people of Maxmur Camp have been acting on the basis of Öcalan’s ideas, philosophy, and the system he proposes.

<‘The commune is a fundamental pillar of our system’

Referring to the commune system envisioned by Öcalan, Nüdem Yaman stressed that commune organization constitutes a fundamental pillar of their system.

“Leader Öcalan always emphasized the following: ‘Why are communes important? Why do we focus on communes? What level should the communes reach?’ Through his books and manifestos, the Leader has presented this as a way of life to all peoples of the world, especially the Kurdish people,” she said.

Recalling that the commune system has a much deeper historical foundation than capitalism and hegemonic structures, Nüdem Yaman noted that over time the commune system had been distanced from its original essence and added: “Leader Öcalan wants the commune system to return to its true essence. The very meaning of a commune comes from gathering together; through it, society comes together and discusses its problems. History also provides examples of this. One of them is the Paris Commune. Although it did not survive for long, Leader Öcalan benefits from its experiences and adopts them as a guiding line.”

<‘The People’s Council began reorganizing the communes’

Stating that the Maxmur People’s Council launched a process aimed at the education, organization, and reconstruction of communes following Öcalan’s “Manifesto for a Democratic and Communal Society,” Nüdem Yaman explained: “A process of approximately three months was carried out. During this period, homes were visited in order to organize the communes, and discussions were held with the people and with individuals. Discussions were also conducted with experienced and elderly members of society. Eventually, neighborhood meetings were organized, local administrations were elected, commune centers (komîngeh) were establishePost too long. Click here to view the full text.



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Why dont they just kill all palestinians? They could end this conflict once and all if they just rounded-up everyone from gaza and the west bank and shot them. Literally nothing is stopping them and nobody would care or try to prevent them if they did.
Yet they don't, why?
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>>2829924
I think it's more a divide-and-rule strategy although the IDF is engaged in organized and collective murder in Gaza, but Israel + occupied territories combined is more like if Lebanon was half-Jewish and they exercised much more effective military / police control over the land than the Maronite Christians were able to do. More than 20% of Israel (pre-67 borders) is Arab. This isn't to be like "well it's not actually what people think" but they want to keep the Arabs inside the pre-67 borders from blowing up. These are Arab communists in Nazareth (which is in Israel technically).

>>2829924
>Why dont they just kill all palestinians?
Would create a backlash so they do it slowly.

>>2829931
Both internal and external propaganda ops.

>>2830266
What backlash?

>>2829924
It's not quick nor easy to dispatch of millions of people without employing nuclear weapons, which would render the territories useless

>>2829984
We need a new blues clues show. Call it… green beans



 

>"Wanted to have an adventure and kill some people. Joined up in ‘04, did Fallujah and Ramadi, and managed both. Hell of an excellent experience."

>"There are times in this world when, for the good of tolerance and humanity, you need to kill a motherfucker. Sadly most people who are true believers in tolerance and humanity find that activity repulsive. Which I suppose is morally good, but pragmatically a shortfall."


>"Out of curiosity, what would you say to the many Marines and Soldiers who took trophies and desecrated bodies while fighting the Japanese? I find the urinating on bodies as a poor choice, but only because of the current state of media affairs. It's amusing that today killing a man isn't worthy of comment, but god forbid you display dominance. Only 50 years ago, and for the rest of the history of warfare, this stuff was pretty standard."


>"We are going to kill thousands. By the end of it, it may be millions. Our way of life is better, and if that is what it takes to prevail, let's get this show on the road. I don't disagree with your point, I just disagree with the fact you seem to think we shouldn't do it."


https://archive.org/download/graham_platner_reddit_comments/graham_platner_reddit_comments.txt

the tattoo and the racist and misogynistic stuff graham platner has said in the past were certainly red flags for me, but honestly when i actually started reading through the comments myself, i realized it's actually worse than people seem to realize. it goes beyond just teenage edgelord internet shenanigans, this is someone who seems to have a genuine fascination with killing and hurting people, he talks about it a lot and brags about it a lot, he claims that he joined the military because he wanted to kill people and that he enjoyed killing people and he constantly talks about how empowering it feels and how much he misses it.

i've known a lot of people who have served in the military and i've never known any of them to say things like this. but i have heard a few of them talk about meeting certain other members of the military who did. most people who join the military are decent normal people who join for the usual kinds of reasons - Post too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>2829837
>The Bolsheviks and Mensheviks agitated among the conscripts not volunteers
they obviously did both retard

Platner supposedly has PTSD; do you think it's possible to exploit this weakness and induce a psychotic episode, ideally cause him to commit suicide?

>>2828689
>God dad bods are fucking disgusting man.

you should probably make peace with it because statistically speaking you will almost certainly eventually have one

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you know someone is a danger to zionism when chuck schumer approves him, feels good not falling for anti-platner hasbara like dumb ultras do :)

>>2830642
Has this guy only got one arm?



 

It's very unlikely but since Trump has vocally been calling for annexations and Canada is moving out of the American imperial orbit, is it really possible that a regime change war against Canada is possible?
The US is already funding Albertian separatists and the American bourgesisie want direct ownership over Canadian oil, plus couping carney with somebody else wouldn't be much hard.

Again I would like to support some revolutionary defeatism so i wouldn't mind
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>>2823778
both common terms. Read Lenin

>>2823787
>we could very well see European forces on Canadian territory defending against america
That seems very unlikely seeing as they don't even appear to have the stomach to defend their own territory in Greenland. But even in that case I would still argue against revolutionary defeatism. A socialist revolution in Canada without one in the US would be pointless. It would be swiftly crushed. America needs to become socialist before Canada can even think of it, and that would be far more likely in the event of an US defeat. This would do a lot more to help socialism in Canada than a Canadian defeat would, since the latter would just mean we're absorbed into a new anti-communist regime and have achieved precisely nothing.

If the US were to invade it would be the job of L
Albertian communists to destroy the oil reserves, after all thats what the Americans want


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Explain your political progression. I'll start with mine, I live in the US for reference.
>I started off as vaguely conservative when I first starting learning about politics (was really into the whole "competition drives innovation" type thing). Didn't like feminism and what I thought was political correctness gone mad. Was christian (still thought shit like noahs ark was retarded though).
>Grew out of Christianity and as a result became disillusioned with a lot of the republican messaging.
>Became friends with a group of guys that were very right wing and slowly realized they were completely retarded which drove me away from being a republican.
>Became a democrat still heavily pro-capitalism of course. Very destiny style liberal with some reactionary tendencies
>Don't remember why but started looking into fidel castro and realized that he wasn't nearly as bad as everyone said he was and actually agreed with a lot of his ideas.
>Read "Principles of Communism" and heavily resonated with it.
>Spent a couple years still as a lib but with sympathies to communism, didn't fully understand it and disagreed but didn't outright hate it like 99% of liberals do.
>Around 2018 started to feel alienated amongst liberals, it's difficult to explain but I felt like I *cared* about things while liberals did not, they would act like they cared but they didn't really give a shit.
>Finally got around to reading some of capital and dove deep into a lot of online communities
>The rest is history
What about you guys?
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i never understood how a person could "become" a communist or a libertarian or a christian or a muslim or a punk or a hippie or any other ideology, like as if an entire mode of thinking and outlook on the world could be something you just decide to put on one day, like it was an article of clothing. i have had the same ideology - my own ideology - since the day i was born and i've never adopted anyone else's ideology or had any interest in doing so. i have had moments where i realized i was wrong about certain specific things and then i amended my own ideology to account for it, but i have never had a moment where i suddenly felt as if absolutely everything that i think and believe is totally wrong and needs to be thrown out, that just seems utterly insane to me.

>>2830151
>i have had the same ideology - my own ideology - since the day i was born
completely delusional, if you seriously believe this its frankly embarrassing
ofc, you dont really believe it :
>i have had moments where i realized i was wrong about certain specific things and then i amended my own ideology to account for it

>like as if an entire mode of thinking and outlook on the world could be something you just decide to put on one day

if you had bothered to vaguely take a look at the thread, you would see how the ideology of various anons was gradually shaped and reshaped by their environment, upbringing, social relations and intellectual curiosity

>>2830165
>the ideology of various anons was gradually shaped and reshaped by their environment, upbringing, social relations and intellectual curiosity

yeah that's what i find weird about it, that it all just comes from outside influence and not from within. it's like their heads are just buckets that start out completely empty and over the course of their lives get filled with other people's conventional ideas and contain nothing original or weird or unique. bucketheads.

>be me
>be born in America
>be a zoomer
>be in elementary school when Trump gets elected (Yes I am that fucking young)
>hear your parents talk about how much they hate Trump and wish Obama was still president
>Start to hate Trump too because your parents do
>Biden wins election
>really like Biden at first
>Gaza genocide starts
>Be mad at Biden's complicity
>Start to hate the democratic establishment
>Start to like Bernie
>Start to like socialism
>love for socialism becomes love for communism
Im so glad I didn't end up going down the Groyper-Route like so many other Zoomer-White-Boys like me have




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Is he our guy?

>In Chongqing, Bo increased spending on welfare programs and maintained consistent double-digit GDP growth, while launching a crackdown on organized crime and promoting Cultural Revolution–style "red culture." His "Chongqing model" gained popularity among the Chinese New Left, composed of both Maoists and social democrats disillusioned with the country's opening up policy and increasing economic inequality
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Very good video about this dude, I encourage everyone interested to watch it

>>2828050
Meds. Now.

He was the last social Democrat and they killed him for it.

>>2830205
Xi did this for Rosa.

>>2830263

Xi/xer, or however the 2010s social progressivism is strawmanned…



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1 What "Democracy" means to countries around the world (most think it means improving living standards)
2 Whether people think their country is headed in the right direction (Only China and a few others think so)
3 Which countries think democracy is important (most do)
4 Should the US have military bases in your country (Only Poland, Israel, South Korea, and Puerto Rico think so, not even Ukraine)
5 Who is the biggest threat (65 out of 84 surveyed countries say the USA)

Thoughts? Feelings? Ruthless Criticisms? Real Movements?
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>>2830071
Macron est tellement a chier qu'on est le pays le pessimiste au monde.

>>2830067
chabad read that okhrana hoax and thought "damn is this an instruction manual"

>>2830067
What exactly is wrong with Chabad? Their theology is VERY Hegelian.

>>2829689
That's literally what the founding fathers intended democracy to be, protection of their freedom against the heckin tyranterinos and the british. No one without land was intended to vote. The poors are traditionally not human in western democracy.

>>2830279
In American democracy, sure, but France had Universal male suffrage during its first legislative elections (1792) even if turnout was low (11%)
Universal suffrage would come back in 1848 for both the legislatives and presidential elections. And end up with Napoleon III in charge, who'd keep the universal suffrage for his elections.
Only during Vichy France has universal suffrage been contested, with plans for a family based suffrage.



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