/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

U.S. investigating whether Iran was behind cyberattack on Minnesota water systems
Malicious cyber activity affected technology at more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota this week, forcing some utilities to switch to manual operations as state and federal authorities dig into who is behind the attack, CBS News has learned.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-investigating-iran-cyberattack-minnesota-water-systems/

US cites ‘unauthorized travel’ to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
A Texas mother deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to stay in the U.S. after arriving as a child has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after it notified her it would be terminating her permission because of “unauthorized travel” stemming from her deportation.
https://apnews.com/article/daca-immigration-texas-uscis-09071c1707e6e1d385ca503c9c75bc6f

Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary
This growing opposition has forced Michigan’s elected officials to reconsider the wisdom of the state’s 2024 decision to hand out tax breaks to data center constructors. Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and former Wayne County public health official running in the August 4 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, told Barn Raiser that the corporations building data centers aren’t straightforward about their development plans.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/data-centers-michigan-democrats-primary-el-sayed-stevens

Seattle police chief resigns under pressure from mayor over response to festival shooting
Mayor Katie Wilson’s announcement followed hours of speculation about whether Police Chief Shon Barnes would step down, as some of his supporters said he had rebuffed Wilson’s request to resign. Wilson said she was appointing Deputy Chief Andre Sayles, a law enforcement veteran with more than two decades of experience, as interim chief. Barnes told The Seattle Times earlier ThurPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

The Right vs. the Right: Conservative “Liberals” in the Age of Trump
Before the last presidential election, Adolph Reed Jr. argued that “electoral politics has captured too much of the political imagination of the American left—or, at least, of those occupying the cultural space that a left would if there were one in this country.” Reed lamented the culturally dominant “sensibility that approaches politics as largely performative, a theater for the expression of righteousness, or bearing witness for justice and against injustice.” As many radicals long predicted, this approach to politics has handed the whole of the national political conversation to the right, and this development will plague American society long after Trump is a memory. We’ve reached a point where Bill Kristol can be a featured speaker at a “liberal” conference. It’s hard, in this context, to know which way is up, yet we can see clearly that all ways now point rightward. Kristol is far from alone; this cottage industry includes a who’s who of bloody-handed, Bush-era conservatives who now pretend to care about the rule of law, when their whole careers were spent writing thin apologies for the many constitutional violations of the post-9/11 years. We would not be in this moment with MAGA lawlessness and authoritarianism were it not for the people behind The Bulwark, the Lincoln Project, and the various other groups and outlets that have emerged on the right since Trump.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/30/the-right-vs-the-right-conservative-liberals-in-the-age-of-trump/

Power beneath the surface: Mining, politics and the Marcos dev’t agenda
For Indigenous peoples in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, there is no justice in Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ‘just’ energy transition. Growing up in the fertile rice fields of the province, Bugkalot-Ilongot resident Zesirie Enggo chose to till the same land that had sustained generations of their community. On sunny days before, she recalled, a single hectare of their rice field could yield up to 100 sacks of palay. Yet, as several mining corporations — FCF Minerals Corporation, Oceana Gold Philippines Inc. and now North Luzon Mineral Resources Corporation (NLMRC) — take interest in the richness of their mountains and soil, their livPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>2881212
Yes anon. We all read the OP.

>>2881217
Those 2500 euro are surely going to overthrow the American Government

>According to the campaign, the organizers claim responsibility for previous acts of vandalism targeting replicas of the Statue of Liberty associated with the Brazilian retail chain Havan.
We did it boys, we have defeated imperialism

>>2881022
He was an anti semite?
Maybe I should actually read him

>>2881037
Yeah as much as Bakunin gets flack for his antisemitism, which was mostly limited to a few outbursts triggered by Marx and friends outmaneuvering him, Proudhon was a lot worse about it

>>2881049
Any particular texts highlighting this?

Still crazy to me this uygha was like praised during marxs time and is now a skidmark of history.
Shit this uygha is probably Hasan of his day

It's pronounced proo-dohn

>>2879582
>ultra
>labor power
i'm not an ultra and didn't mention labor power. as for the pic I am just retarded and copied the wrong thing from the booru. I meant to post this. I was commenting marginal utility

>>2879594
Oh, well, you should know that the idea that socialism is when every workers directly receives back the "value of their labor" is a proudhonist idea, and marx critiqued it himself

Workers sell thwir labor power, not labor, meaning they sell their potential to be performing any kind of labor. And the problem with capitalism is not merely that the capitalist skims off the top, but that this potentiality is subordinated to the irrational goal of reproducing capital itself, rather than anything else we could be doing

Thus the point is not that workers should "own the fruits of their labor" like some pwtty bourg producer.
When you expend labor it has already entered the sphere of social/common wealth, to say that you "ought to" own some part of it, your individual contribution, as an individual, is still liberalism. The point is to rationally organize the production process, politically.

the point of Das Kaptal is that it's a critique of political economy baka OP

>>2879595
So once again the point is to hope the ones in charge of "rationalizing" production don't end up giving themselves any advantage ?

>>2879595
I think you make a good point, but then it's hard to imagine anyone (save a handful of technocrats) really being an enthusiast for this. Many of the most enjoyable parts of capitalism are irrationalities in the production process, while many of the most dire parts are in fact rational efficiency savings. (e.g. that you can make a living drawing furry porn is "irrational" but good work if you can get it, while taylorism is so miserable that capitalists had to project it onto communism. and, tbf, AES states did embrace it.)

While theoretically one can imagine a world where we organise things so efficiently and so rationally that we only have to work a few hours a week, I think this is over-optimistic when one focuses on efficiency. We already live in a world where we could work but a few hours a week - if we'd accept being poorer in consequence. We can always work harder to be richer, so the most rational way to organise the production process can always appear to be an intensified version of the status quo…

>>2877370
Slopper stop slopping. Your text for the most part doesn’t even touch on artificial meat production other than mentioning it’s name. The rest is a weird tangent and arguments that are only applicable for modern day regular meat production. You didn’t even fucking try.

>>2877665
because taking plants and turning them into fake meat just adds a bunch of unnecessary processing steps. why would i eat shitty imitation sausages made out of plant protein when I could just eat peas?

>>2877696
>because taking plants and turning them into fake meat just adds a bunch of unnecessary processing steps.
We are talking about lab grown products, not highly processed plant based imitation products. Also, not every sort of imitation product has to be cost intensive or even highly processed you know?

This video is the second part of a discussion between John Bellamy Foster and Lynn Fries on Marx’s analysis of the dialectics of society and nature. One of Marx’s concerns was how manufacturers would extract soil nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, use them to make products like fiber, and not return the chemicals to the soil but instead generate pollution. And then the clever capitalists would import guano to make synthetic fertilizers to restore the productivity of farmland.

>>2877709
lab grown meat is even stupider.

>>2881045
>Yes, that's why barely any were actually purged.

3 out of 5 of the Marshalls of the Soviet Union were purged (Tukhachevsky,Blyukher,Yegorov)

>Only the schizo freaks like Tukhachevsky were shot.

He "used to" believe in slavic mythology, who he later dismissed as his "embarrassing, childish past". He was well integrated in the communist military leadership. His last notable "schizo freak" action was petitioning Slavic Paganism to be the state-religion of the Union in the early phase.
He was an exceptionally gifted commander, who would efficiently manage numerous civil war fronts, revolts & would led the Red Army forces to the Warsaw with fewer army strength. (Which would be divided due to disagreements between Stalin/Budyonny & Tukhachevsky and fail in the assault)

Never forget that the nazis actively forged documents about "his ties with the SS" or something, and they were the most pleased after his tragic purge. (The papers obtained from nazis weren't used in his persecution either…)

Vasily Blyukher was the Soviet General who would oversee & plan the operational depth of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Expedition

All of the purged Soviet generals had more comprehensive theories and understanding of modern warfare and military tactics, who would actually demonstrate it.
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>>2881069
>He was an exceptionally gifted commander
You have to understand what that means, cause in 100% cases that means someone like >>2881068

>>2880777
Why Stalin killed Bukharin?

why stalin kill bukharin

>>2880994
>the mass slaughter of Ukrainians and Balts
Nevee happened

>PL
>far-right
Só na sua cabeça.

>>2879476
You want primary sources?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Brazil,_2006)#cite_note-farright-10
>"Bolsonaro party challenges Brazil election result". BBC News. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025. The far-right party of Brazil's outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, has challenged some votes in October's election that saw him lose narrowly to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
>Harris, Bryan (24 September 2023). "Brazil's conservative carnival tries to put on brave face in era of resurgent left". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 February 2025. "Lula's government is marked by hatred, resentment and revenge," said Julia Zanatta, a federal lawmaker with Bolsonaro's increasingly far-right Liberal party.
>Venugopalan, Murali; Venugopalan, Johanna; Venugopalan, Mundiyath (26 May 2023). One Nice Guy Not so Nice: Joe Biden's Ineptitude. AuthorHouse. ISBN 979-8-8230-0783-2. Seventy-seven old former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the left-wing Workers' Party beat sixty-seven year old President Jair Bolsonaro from the far-right Liberal Party by five percentage points in the first round, four weeks ago.
>Munk, Tine; Kennedy, Morag (3 September 2024). Victimisation in the Digital Age: An Online/Offline Continuum Approach. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-040-13048-3. The legal actions were initiated by the Liberal Party, a far-right group that supported the establishment of Jair Bolsonaro's government.
>Mukherjee, Hoimi (1 June 2023). "Brazil's Emergence in the United States' 'Backyard': Domestic Leadership and Systemic Status". Jadavpur Journal of International Relations. 27 (1): 7–32. doi:10.1177/09735984231161723. ISSN 0973-5984. Recent disclosure shed light on the role played by the United States and a section of anti-Lula elites in Lula's controversial arrest and the rise of Bolsonaro of the far-right Liberal Party (Fishman et al. 2020; Fox 2022).

Does the BBC (which is United Kingdom state media) and Financial Times have a “left-wing bias” too?

>Popular with NPCs
Nem com esses. O MDB só ganha votos de gente disposta a eleger os coronéis locais ou os candidatos randolas do bairro (cujos votos também vão para o coronel local) sem sequer olhar para a legenda.

How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria

The Nigerian judge was formally dressed, the lawyers maintained legal decorum and protocol was followed – but this hearing was not in the comfortable confines of a Lagos courtroom, it was inside an alleged illicit drug laboratory in the thick of a dense forest.

Three Mexicans and seven Nigerians were paraded in handcuffs, as Justice Musa Kakaki inspected the chemicals and equipment they were accused of using to produce the harmful illegal synthetic drug, methamphetamine, commonly known as meth, crystal meth or, locally, ice.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmrnxp4nllo

>bandits
>islamist insurgency
>latent separatists
>and now drug cartels
Is Nigeria just doomed to collapse?

A Thin Rope Holds the Line Against Ebola on Uganda’s Border

Uganda has developed a global reputation for its efficiency in containing infectious diseases, including H.I.V., Covid-19 and Ebola. While the disease is raging through communities in Congo, Uganda appears to have it under control.
There have been 20 confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda thus far, but the country has not registered a new case in more than a month. Fifteen of those patients came across the border, some to seek treatment in Ugandan hospitals. Aside from two patients who died, the rest have recovered. The others were quarantined and released, the authorities said this month. Bundibugyo has not recorded a single infection in this outbreak.
“They know how to handle it,” said Dr. Wessam Mankoula, who leads the country’s Ebola response unit at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, referring to Ugandan health officials.
The effect of that expertise in Bundibugyo is to see life carry on as normal, despite the threat just across the river, which is often shallow enough to ford.
Schools, shops and offices here remain open, though hand-washing stations have been set up at the entrances to public places. Teams play soccer on the field beside the town’s government offices every evening. No one in the town wears a mask.

https://archive.is/yYbLF

A Mother’s Crusade to Rid South Africa of African Immigrants

On a Saturday in May, Ms. Khoza joined a group of about 50 people who marched down a residential street near her neighborhood. Their goal was to raid a home they said had been overrun by illegal Congolese immigrants.
The mob used bolt cutters to break through the driveway gate. They banged on the doors and jostled the burglar bars on the windows. The house was dark and seemed empty.
A few minutes later, the mob breached the front door. Teary-eyed children emerged from a dark corridor, hustling out of the house, shivering.
“We are sorry,” some of them squealed.
Their mother, Sandra, an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo, shuffled out in shock as she cradled her youngest child in a blanket, a two-week-old baby. Tall with her hair braided in cornrows, Sandra’s eyes welled with tears as she confronted the angry crowd.

Ms. Khoza has been watching with envy clips of U.S. immigration agents raiding American streets to capture and deport illegal immigrants under the Trump administration.
“The government here should be doing exactly what Trump is doing,” she said, “so that South Africa can have order and South Africans are put first.”
Ms. Khoza said the defense of her own children went hand-in-hand with her effort to rid South Africa of immigrants. Last year, she explained to her eldest daughter, Owethu, that foreign nationals were taking over their country.
“I am a victim,” Owethu, 17, said in an interview, adding that she sees her mother and others like her as being on a noble pursuit.

https://archive.is/TrUMO

>>2880399
The Afrikaners Trump is filling my neighborhood with would probably like to see Ms Khosa tossed out of "their country" along with all the rest.

>>2880406
i'm surprised afrikaners and zionists haven't found a way to embed themselves in these anti-immigrant protests (as far as i know)

They solved protein folding because they realized they could easily do it with AI. They are now disbanding the team that did it because the problem is now solved. Hope this helps.

>>2880411
>Why did Google want to release a middle eastern super disease inside countless mosquitos in all western countries when mosquitos are known to kill the most humans globally out of all diseases?
elaborate on the mosquitos thing

>>2880820
Anyone?

>>2881054
They're probably schizoposting about gene drives:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive

Basically, we know how we could eradicate all disease causing mosquitos. Eggheads are debating whether it's a good idea. Possibility for unintended consequences is high.

>>2881051
Hegelians believe in love? News to me.

>>2881063
You don’t need complex abstract “solutions.” Just base institutions on the principles of community care. Make care work the dominant industry in society and let the robots do all the manufacturing.

>>2881070
That’s retarded.

I find it telling how the American left is such a shut show that it’s willing to throw away philosophy and economics in favour of TikTok pop psychology.

>>2880999
>What’s the point of knowing leftist theory or political philosophy when we can simply base our politics on the notion of radical empathy?
Because "radical empathy" is bullshit, and saying "capitalism is mean and causes me trauma" isn't a scientific understanding.