R: 464 / I: 122
Previous thread: >>>/leftypol/1909563
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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ALWAYS APPROACH SOURCES CRITICALLY
Live maps and updates
DeepStateMap: https://deepstatemap.live
Events in Ukraine: https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/
SouthFront: https://southfront.org/category/all-articles/world/europe/ukraine/
Watch Together
📺 News/events: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/HappeningsviaKlash
📺 Hangout/chill: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/bloodcast
Watch By Yourself
>Video Essays / Historical Background
📺 • Ukraine: The Avoidable War - Boy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
📺 • America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q
📺 • Crimea vs Taiwan: Who Gets Self-Determination? - BadEmpanada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_UH4fmyj0
📺 • The Nature of Putin's Russia and Its Causes (3-Part Series) - 1Dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODWTfMwFGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZN1KK9Mzuo
<Current Happenings
📺 • The Grayzone: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrayzone7996
📺 • DDGeopolitics: https://www.youtube.com/@DDGeopolitics
📺 • Defense Politics Asia: https://www.youtube.com/@DefensePoliticsAsia
📺 • The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
📺 • The News Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
📺 • Military Summary: https://www.youtube.com/@militarysummary
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Social media
>Twitter
https://twitter.com/GeromanAT
https://twitter.com/wargonzoo
https://twitter.com/plnewstoday
https://twitter.com/RALee85
https://twitter.com/MarQs__
https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab
https://twitter.com/NotWoofers
https://twitter.com/michaelh992
https://twitter.com/Suriyakmaps
<Telegram
https://t.me/milinfolive
https://t.me/hueviykharkov
https://t.me/conflictzone
https://t.me/vorposte
https://t.me/intelslava
https://t.me/grey_zone
https://t.me/AussieCossack
https://t.me/asbmil
https://t.me/Slavyangrad
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/ukr/ - Russia-Ukraine war general
Remember!!: Take your meds!Previous thread: >>>/leftypol/1909563
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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ALWAYS APPROACH SOURCES CRITICALLY
Live maps and updates
DeepStateMap: https://deepstatemap.live
Events in Ukraine: https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/
SouthFront: https://southfront.org/category/all-articles/world/europe/ukraine/
Watch Together
📺 News/events: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/HappeningsviaKlash
📺 Hangout/chill: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/bloodcast
Watch By Yourself
>Video Essays / Historical Background
📺 • Ukraine: The Avoidable War - Boy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
📺 • America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q
📺 • Crimea vs Taiwan: Who Gets Self-Determination? - BadEmpanada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_UH4fmyj0
📺 • The Nature of Putin's Russia and Its Causes (3-Part Series) - 1Dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODWTfMwFGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZN1KK9Mzuo
<Current Happenings
📺 • The Grayzone: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrayzone7996
📺 • DDGeopolitics: https://www.youtube.com/@DDGeopolitics
📺 • Defense Politics Asia: https://www.youtube.com/@DefensePoliticsAsia
📺 • The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
📺 • The News Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
📺 • Military Summary: https://www.youtube.com/@militarysummary
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Social media
https://twitter.com/GeromanAT
https://twitter.com/wargonzoo
https://twitter.com/plnewstoday
https://twitter.com/RALee85
https://twitter.com/MarQs__
https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab
https://twitter.com/NotWoofers
https://twitter.com/michaelh992
https://twitter.com/Suriyakmaps
<Telegram
https://t.me/milinfolive
https://t.me/hueviykharkov
https://t.me/conflictzone
https://t.me/vorposte
https://t.me/intelslava
https://t.me/grey_zone
https://t.me/AussieCossack
https://t.me/asbmil
https://t.me/Slavyangrad
🇷🇺🇺🇦
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• Quality shitposting and original content is encouraged! Spamming glowie memes is low effort.
• Remember to take your meds! It helps mediate schizoposting and foot fetishism
• this is /isg/ for people who treat geopolitics like shitty map games
R: 221 / I: 235
As Alunya art would be for all leftyanons' sake & .org
Especially from new drawfriends|
This time a 2nd time.
Draw Alunya 2
We anons humbly request Alunya artwork from drawfriendsAs Alunya art would be for all leftyanons' sake & .org
Especially from new drawfriends|
This time a 2nd time.
R: 500 / I: 182
>Absolute State of America Edition
Thread for the hellish discussion related to the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the Earth.
🏈💵💸🍔
State mandated propaganda livestreams:
CNN: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/cnn-news-usa.html
MSNBC: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html
FOX: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/fox-news-channel.html
Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8PhLsUcFEegalitarianism
/USApol/
🗽United States Politics🦅>Absolute State of America Edition
Thread for the hellish discussion related to the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the Earth.
🏈💵💸🍔
State mandated propaganda livestreams:
CNN: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/cnn-news-usa.html
MSNBC: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html
FOX: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/fox-news-channel.html
Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8PhLsUcFEegalitarianism
R: 500 / I: 90
Original threads:
https://archive.ph/S2XYA
https://archive.ph/Ytckv
leftypol.org archives:
https://archive.is/https://leftypol.org/leftypol/res/30501.html
bunekrchan.xyz archives:
https://archive.is/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/8925.html
https://archive.is/yrBUN
https://archive.is/pCecr
/prc/ - People's Republic of China general
A general thread for all China related discussion.Original threads:
https://archive.ph/S2XYA
https://archive.ph/Ytckv
leftypol.org archives:
https://archive.is/https://leftypol.org/leftypol/res/30501.html
bunekrchan.xyz archives:
https://archive.is/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/8925.html
https://archive.is/yrBUN
https://archive.is/pCecr
R: 9 / I: 2
Never before have revolutionary mass protest movements been able to spread so quickly
Never before has communist agitprop been so easy, widespread, and popular
Never before has the United $nakes and their imperialist puppet allies need to coalesce to ban a single app
Never before has a chinese cultural dick been this far up the West and throbbing
TikTok is to communism what the Printing Press was to proto-capitalism
Make a TikTok account and post vids, it’s your communist duty
Never before have revolutionary mass protest movements been able to spread so quickly
Never before has communist agitprop been so easy, widespread, and popular
Never before has the United $nakes and their imperialist puppet allies need to coalesce to ban a single app
Never before has a chinese cultural dick been this far up the West and throbbing
TikTok is to communism what the Printing Press was to proto-capitalism
Make a TikTok account and post vids, it’s your communist duty
R: 3 / I: 2
What’s up with the bulk
Did military manufacturers all collectively forget what the term ‘miniaturization’ meant? Why tf is every infantryman of today looking like a fucking blob? What’s the need to make uniforms so fucking thick of they won’t protect the user from anything? Why do they carry so much shit if most of the electronic devices and equipment can be miniaturized to reduce weight and improve mobility? Similarly, why tf are so many other modern weapons and gadgets used in war getting so fucking unconventionally chunky? Some of these soldiers can’t even keep their slings wrapped around their bodies…
R: 272 / I: 106
/leftydeutschpol/ - Deutschland General
Deutschland General
R: 20 / I: 7
I'm a furry, but i feel kind of excluded from the fandom as there's such a commercialized culture around it that costs so much money, and all the cons are in big cities that require a lot of money and job/education experience to enter and live in. I feel like, for such a group that focuses on inclusivity, it wasn't really meant for poor or working people like me even though i'm a gay furry.
I'm a furry, but i feel kind of excluded from the fandom as there's such a commercialized culture around it that costs so much money, and all the cons are in big cities that require a lot of money and job/education experience to enter and live in. I feel like, for such a group that focuses on inclusivity, it wasn't really meant for poor or working people like me even though i'm a gay furry.
R: 13 / I: 14
>Post original content you've made, or OC someone else recently made which you want to share.
<Or ITT collaborate on improving content already made.
If your original content is good enough, it would most likely be shared on the /leftypol/ twitter account!
Make sure to follow us and feel free to leave suggestions on this thread~
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
https://nitter.net/leftypol_org
previous thread: >>1762168
>>>/leftypol_archive/1762168 (if it gets archived by mods)
New Booru:
https://lefty.pictures
MAKE SURE TO UPLOAD YOUR OC TO THE BOORU SO IT DOESNT GET PRUNED FOREVER!!!
OC Thread 17.0 - A New Beginning
Thread dedicated to /leftypol/ original content.>Post original content you've made, or OC someone else recently made which you want to share.
<Or ITT collaborate on improving content already made.
If your original content is good enough, it would most likely be shared on the /leftypol/ twitter account!
Make sure to follow us and feel free to leave suggestions on this thread~
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
https://nitter.net/leftypol_org
previous thread: >>1762168
>>>/leftypol_archive/1762168 (if it gets archived by mods)
New Booru:
https://lefty.pictures
MAKE SURE TO UPLOAD YOUR OC TO THE BOORU SO IT DOESNT GET PRUNED FOREVER!!!
R: 298 / I: 111
Brace through the hyper-real lacanian void together with the Leftypol Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
Reminder That None of This Is Real!™
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—————————————————–
CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
📓 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
>Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s82uU4iRuko
<Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S96e6TdJlNE
>Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
<The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
>Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
<Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RtV0oO8Pmg
>Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
📖 • https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
<Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
📖 • Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
📺 • Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
📖 • Georg Lukács - Chapter 4 of History and Class Consciousness (1923)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/hcc05.htm
📺 • Marxism After Marx: Reification - The Marxist Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZiI-QKxBKI
📖 • Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
📺 • Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
📖 • Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
📺 • Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<On Neo-Liberalism and Post-Fordism
[Work in progress]
>Documentaries
• The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
• Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) by Sophie Fiennes, with Slavoj Zizek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuI4SFw4g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc
• HyperNormalisation (2006) by Adam Curtis
https://youtu.be/thLgkQBFTPw
<Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
• We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
• Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
• The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
• Introduction to Critical Theory for the 21st Century - NATHANOLOGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7stVZPGxIw
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RECOMMENDED OP-EDS
• I Don’t Want to Be an Internet Person by Ginevra Davis
https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/11/04/i-do-not-want-to-be-an-internet-person/
• Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
• Facebook's Threads is so depressing by Jason O. Gilbert
https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing
/isg/ - Internet Spectacle General
A thread focused on discussing the parasocial relationships cultivated by the Almighty Algorithm to generate profit off of our atomization and society's commodification of petty internet drama.Brace through the hyper-real lacanian void together with the Leftypol Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
Reminder That None of This Is Real!™
ɢʀᴀʙ ᴀ ᴘᴀɪʀ ᴏꜰ sᴘᴇᴄᴛᴀᴄʟᴇs
—————————————————–
CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
📖 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
📓 • https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
>Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s82uU4iRuko
<Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S96e6TdJlNE
>Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
<The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
>Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
📖 • https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
<Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
📖 • https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RtV0oO8Pmg
>Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
📖 • https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
<Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
📖 • https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
📺 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
—————————————————–
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
📖 • Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
📺 • Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
📖 • Georg Lukács - Chapter 4 of History and Class Consciousness (1923)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/hcc05.htm
📺 • Marxism After Marx: Reification - The Marxist Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZiI-QKxBKI
📖 • Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
📺 • Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
📖 • Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
📺 • Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<On Neo-Liberalism and Post-Fordism
[Work in progress]
>Documentaries
• The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
• Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) by Sophie Fiennes, with Slavoj Zizek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuI4SFw4g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc
• HyperNormalisation (2006) by Adam Curtis
https://youtu.be/thLgkQBFTPw
<Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
• We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
• Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
• The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
• Introduction to Critical Theory for the 21st Century - NATHANOLOGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7stVZPGxIw
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RECOMMENDED OP-EDS
• I Don’t Want to Be an Internet Person by Ginevra Davis
https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/11/04/i-do-not-want-to-be-an-internet-person/
• Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
• Facebook's Threads is so depressing by Jason O. Gilbert
https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing
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>thread 1
https://archive.ph/3vk59
>thread 2
https://archive.ph/0nl34
>thread 3
https://archive.ph/IlnNV
>thread 4
https://archive.ph/TGcbL
>thread 5
https://archive.ph/W9gXy
>thread 6
https://archive.ph/DqmLm
>thread 7
https://archive.ph/M9nbv
>thread 8
https://archive.ph/tNGNO
>thread 9
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>thread 10
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>thread 11
https://archive.ph/5nt0c
PREVIOUS MULTIPOLARITY THREAD ARCHIVED
https://archive.ph/ozzDu
"This is gonna be the last "anti-campist" thread, probably one more to go before it fizzles."
- Χαμένο Κορμί, way too many threads ago
Here you can come to discuss the most recent global international developments, multipolarity in primis.
But what is multipolarity? The emergence of China, the reassertion of Russia, the rise of regional powers like India, Brazil, and South Africa, among others, suggest a new global development, but is it towards a world where multiple powers exist in a state of relative equilibrium, hence challenging the unipolar hegemony led by the United States post-Cold War, or Capitalism 2: Electric Boogaloo - Neo-Dengism Edition?
To what extent is cheering on this developing state of affaris just capitalist nationalism? If the whole thrust of socialism is now just "America bad" what becomes of the classical socialist goals of workers control of the means of production, and abolishing class society?
Related national threads:
🇿🇦 • /africa/ - Africa general >>>/leftypol/1831758
🇧🇷 • /brg/ - Brazil general >>>/leftypol/1880511
🇷🇺🇺🇦 • /ukr/ - Russia-Ukraine war general >>>/leftypol/1909563
🇮🇳 • /subcontinental/ - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Buthan general >>>/leftypol/1828924
🇨🇳 • /prc/ - People's Republic of China general >>>/leftypol/211384
Telegram channels with Revolutionary Defeatist positions in the conflict zones (RU/DNR/UA) -
(use machine translation)
https://t.me/RFU_media
https://t.me/Fidel_writes
https://t.me/clowns_diaries
https://t.me/NMOdessa
https://t.me/borotba_paper
https://t.me/Nazariy_Kostyshyn
https://t.me/mobdnrlive
Sites
https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/No-to-the-imperialist-war/
https://assembly.org.ua
https://rfu.media
https://us.politsturm.com
https://t.me/Agitblog
/Internationalism/ General - New generation edition
PREVIOUS /ANTI-CAMPIST/ THREADS ARCHIVED>thread 1
https://archive.ph/3vk59
>thread 2
https://archive.ph/0nl34
>thread 3
https://archive.ph/IlnNV
>thread 4
https://archive.ph/TGcbL
>thread 5
https://archive.ph/W9gXy
>thread 6
https://archive.ph/DqmLm
>thread 7
https://archive.ph/M9nbv
>thread 8
https://archive.ph/tNGNO
>thread 9
https://archive.ph/bQK0q
>thread 10
https://archive.ph/BcHq3
>thread 11
https://archive.ph/5nt0c
PREVIOUS MULTIPOLARITY THREAD ARCHIVED
https://archive.ph/ozzDu
"This is gonna be the last "anti-campist" thread, probably one more to go before it fizzles."
- Χαμένο Κορμί, way too many threads ago
Here you can come to discuss the most recent global international developments, multipolarity in primis.
But what is multipolarity? The emergence of China, the reassertion of Russia, the rise of regional powers like India, Brazil, and South Africa, among others, suggest a new global development, but is it towards a world where multiple powers exist in a state of relative equilibrium, hence challenging the unipolar hegemony led by the United States post-Cold War, or Capitalism 2: Electric Boogaloo - Neo-Dengism Edition?
To what extent is cheering on this developing state of affaris just capitalist nationalism? If the whole thrust of socialism is now just "America bad" what becomes of the classical socialist goals of workers control of the means of production, and abolishing class society?
Related national threads:
🇿🇦 • /africa/ - Africa general >>>/leftypol/1831758
🇧🇷 • /brg/ - Brazil general >>>/leftypol/1880511
🇷🇺🇺🇦 • /ukr/ - Russia-Ukraine war general >>>/leftypol/1909563
🇮🇳 • /subcontinental/ - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Buthan general >>>/leftypol/1828924
🇨🇳 • /prc/ - People's Republic of China general >>>/leftypol/211384
Telegram channels with Revolutionary Defeatist positions in the conflict zones (RU/DNR/UA) -
(use machine translation)
https://t.me/RFU_media
https://t.me/Fidel_writes
https://t.me/clowns_diaries
https://t.me/NMOdessa
https://t.me/borotba_paper
https://t.me/Nazariy_Kostyshyn
https://t.me/mobdnrlive
Sites
https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/No-to-the-imperialist-war/
https://assembly.org.ua
https://rfu.media
https://us.politsturm.com
https://t.me/Agitblog
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O lugar mais web-revolucionários para discutir as idas e vindas de nossa amada Pindorama.
Edição anterior: >>1942582
/brg/ - Brazil General
Election editionO lugar mais web-revolucionários para discutir as idas e vindas de nossa amada Pindorama.
Edição anterior: >>1942582
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In order to rebuild /leftypol/ we had to secure new hosting, spin up and configure a server with software, firewall, etc. transfer and fix+configure the vichan/lain/leftypol source code, and load the SQL database dump, as well as configure cloudflare. This process was painstaking and slow. I suppose this goes to show the precarious nature of /leftypol/ in that both the domain name (paid for 10 years in advance and donated to the current mod team) and hosting have/are being paid by one individual as a passion project.
We are working diligently to secure backups so this will not happen again in the future.
Thank you for your patience - tech jannies
/leftypol/ outage
I'll make this brief. /leftypol/ was offline from around September 9, 2024 (Monday) until September 12, 2024 (Thursday). This was due to a hard disk failure on the server. When the split happened a few years ago, one of the previous mods/admins rented a bare metal server from a company (as opposed to a VPS/virtual machine instance) for us to host /leftypol/ on. As a result the hardware was not abstracted away. We were unable to boot the machine. Furthermore this individual, having paid for the server in advance, has since gone missing and has been so for at least 34 weeks. We were unable to log into the cloud account due to it sending his email address confirmation message which we were obviously unable to access. As a result, we could not ask the hosting company for support. Also as a result, the only thing we had access to was the cloudflare and a dated sql dump+copy of the source code. As far as I know, the media files (including pdfs), wiki, minecraft server, leftypol tv, etc. are all gone and even if the aforementioned individual returns, its possible that it still won't be able to be recovered due to the fact that they were on a hard disk that failed.In order to rebuild /leftypol/ we had to secure new hosting, spin up and configure a server with software, firewall, etc. transfer and fix+configure the vichan/lain/leftypol source code, and load the SQL database dump, as well as configure cloudflare. This process was painstaking and slow. I suppose this goes to show the precarious nature of /leftypol/ in that both the domain name (paid for 10 years in advance and donated to the current mod team) and hosting have/are being paid by one individual as a passion project.
We are working diligently to secure backups so this will not happen again in the future.
Thank you for your patience - tech jannies
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The delay is such a fucked up phenomenon
I still can’t get over the reality that it can take several seconds to hours before someone critically injured will lose consciousness or just fucking die. Imagine just being there as a fucking corpse in unimaginable pain or being simply stressed to the level where you lose your ability to feel but not to see how fucked up your body is for what May feel like a fucking eternity. The guy that killed you has no way to know if they managed to kill you quickly and painlessly, but sooner or later they’ll move on past you while your still fucking there in agony waiting to just go out easily. This shit is all happening while your body is probably pumping your dying dumbass brain with psychedelics and stimulants to fuck up your ability to perceive what’s real while everything that is perceived is vivid and painful as shit. Fuck war man. Fuck killing; it’s all so pointlessly cruel.
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Got a question that's probably been asked a million times before? You're in the right landfill, buddy. Post it here.
Threads that otherwise might go in here will eventually find themselves become merged to this thread.
/QTDDTOT/ - Questions that don't need their own thread
Dump all the seemingly pointless, dubious, and frivolous questions that don't deserve their own shitty threads.Got a question that's probably been asked a million times before? You're in the right landfill, buddy. Post it here.
Threads that otherwise might go in here will eventually find themselves become merged to this thread.
R: 189 / I: 24 (sticky)
Greetings, comrades. Leftypedia, the radical encyclopedia, should be back in a usable state. We have more moderators, which will help with spam from now on, and images are slowly being repopulated for your viewing pleasure. The new domain has been up and running for a while at https://wiki.leftypol.org, and we've imported the vast majority of content that was on the old site while adding a lot of new stuff. I hope that Anons can come back and fill in any content that was lost.
For those unaware, Leftypedia is an original /leftypol/ project dedicated to combating the disinformation of mainstream media and academic sources, as well as discussing leftist history, theory, and practice from a multi-sectarian viewpoint. We welcome additions from different leftist perspectives provided that they are properly sourced and well argued. In addition, we maintain a separate space, tentatively titled "Essays", for more subjective or polemic work.
The original thread is here: >>>/edu/3780
You can find Leftypedia at: https://wiki.leftypol.org
Help for new editors: https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Leftypedia:Community_portal
/leftypedia/
Leftypedia lived - Leftypedia lives - Leftypedia will live!Greetings, comrades. Leftypedia, the radical encyclopedia, should be back in a usable state. We have more moderators, which will help with spam from now on, and images are slowly being repopulated for your viewing pleasure. The new domain has been up and running for a while at https://wiki.leftypol.org, and we've imported the vast majority of content that was on the old site while adding a lot of new stuff. I hope that Anons can come back and fill in any content that was lost.
For those unaware, Leftypedia is an original /leftypol/ project dedicated to combating the disinformation of mainstream media and academic sources, as well as discussing leftist history, theory, and practice from a multi-sectarian viewpoint. We welcome additions from different leftist perspectives provided that they are properly sourced and well argued. In addition, we maintain a separate space, tentatively titled "Essays", for more subjective or polemic work.
The original thread is here: >>>/edu/3780
You can find Leftypedia at: https://wiki.leftypol.org
Help for new editors: https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Leftypedia:Community_portal
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Linux General
Linux thread including trends, technical knowledge (i.e. sysadmin/automation) and more
R: 8 / I: 0
You did it. You beat me.
You really are the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
You did it. You beat me.
You really are the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
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• Al-Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-hits-beirut-in-assassination-operation
• Middle East Eye: https://www.middleeasteye.net/israel-palestine-hamas-war-gaza-live-invasion
• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories
• Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/liveblog/ (trigger warning)
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WIKI
Our own wiki. Be sure to add to it and create branching articles:
https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/2023_Israel–Gaza_war
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🗣️ RECOMMENDED SITES ✍️
• https://electronicintifada.net
From the UK, single issue long time Palestinian investigative and general reporting, critical source
• https://mondoweiss.net/
From the USA
• https://new.thecradle.co/
Regional news from an anti-imperialist perspective
• https://www.btselem.org/Isrsaeli
Premier Human Rights org
• https://www.972mag.com/
Left news and opinion webzine from Tel-Aviv
• https://decolonizepalestine.com/
A collection of resources for organizers and anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine
• https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/blogs/
Known anti-zionist academic Norman Finkelstein's blog
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💣🔫RESISTANCE💣🔫
al-Qassam Brigades
https://en.alqassam.ps/
PFLP
http://pflp.ps/
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📺 WATCH TOGETHER 📺
https://tv.leftypol.org/r/happeningsviaklash
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✊🪧 TAKE ACTION AND TOUCH GRASS 🏴🔥
(USA)
• https://www.answercoalition.org/join_a_protest_near_you_free_palestine
(UK+USA)
• https://www.palestineaction.org/
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HIDE JIDF POSTS, IGNORE GLOWIE BAIT, DO NOT REPLY TO MOSSAD POSTERS
(This includes blatantly obvious concern failtrolling/fedposting, painfully unfunny/nuclear misanthropic autism [ie. /pol/] and derailing/hyper sectarian schizophrenia)
Always remember to double-check your sources, as well as provide access to it.
الله أكبر
.الى جميع الكادحين في الشرق، ان مصيركم في ايديكم
!يا عمال العالم ويا شعوبه المضطهدة، اتحدوا
Palestine vs The Zionist Entity
🇵🇸 PREVIOUSLY ON THE HOLY LAND 🇵🇸>>>/leftypol/1914616
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🚨 Live Happenings/Updates 🚨
• Al-Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-hits-beirut-in-assassination-operation
• Middle East Eye: https://www.middleeasteye.net/israel-palestine-hamas-war-gaza-live-invasion
• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories
• Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/liveblog/ (trigger warning)
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WIKI
Our own wiki. Be sure to add to it and create branching articles:
https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/2023_Israel–Gaza_war
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🗣️ RECOMMENDED SITES ✍️
• https://electronicintifada.net
From the UK, single issue long time Palestinian investigative and general reporting, critical source
• https://mondoweiss.net/
From the USA
• https://new.thecradle.co/
Regional news from an anti-imperialist perspective
• https://www.btselem.org/Isrsaeli
Premier Human Rights org
• https://www.972mag.com/
Left news and opinion webzine from Tel-Aviv
• https://decolonizepalestine.com/
A collection of resources for organizers and anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine
• https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/blogs/
Known anti-zionist academic Norman Finkelstein's blog
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💣🔫RESISTANCE💣🔫
al-Qassam Brigades
https://en.alqassam.ps/
PFLP
http://pflp.ps/
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📺 WATCH TOGETHER 📺
https://tv.leftypol.org/r/happeningsviaklash
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✊🪧 TAKE ACTION AND TOUCH GRASS 🏴🔥
(USA)
• https://www.answercoalition.org/join_a_protest_near_you_free_palestine
(UK+USA)
• https://www.palestineaction.org/
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HIDE JIDF POSTS, IGNORE GLOWIE BAIT, DO NOT REPLY TO MOSSAD POSTERS
(This includes blatantly obvious concern failtrolling/fedposting, painfully unfunny/nuclear misanthropic autism [ie. /pol/] and derailing/hyper sectarian schizophrenia)
Always remember to double-check your sources, as well as provide access to it.
الله أكبر
.الى جميع الكادحين في الشرق، ان مصيركم في ايديكم
!يا عمال العالم ويا شعوبه المضطهدة، اتحدوا
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Space marine 2 doesn’t do justice to the legacy the authors of the franchise gave the setting. The planets, ships, and cities all make the game feel more like a fantasy shooter than a sci fi focused on the worlds beyond earth.
>2nd pic is drawn by Alastair Reynolds
Space marine 2 doesn’t feel like it takes place in space
Thanks to the guy that recommended revelation space to me, because I wouldn’t have realized just how ‘earth like’ most planets feel like in warhammer games compared to the books. The books share similarities to revelation space, because the authors put shitloads of effort into creating vivid descriptions of the dark coldness that encompasses the vastness of space. Planets in books like rebel winter and fifteen hours actually are described the way a real planet would feel like.Space marine 2 doesn’t do justice to the legacy the authors of the franchise gave the setting. The planets, ships, and cities all make the game feel more like a fantasy shooter than a sci fi focused on the worlds beyond earth.
>2nd pic is drawn by Alastair Reynolds
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why can't communism nationalize ford and mass industrialize a standard car that's functional for all americans to use and is free? everybody should get a free car
why can't communism nationalize ford and mass industrialize a standard car that's functional for all americans to use and is free? everybody should get a free car
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I like drawing on occasion, mainly my OC Gabriel (redhead boy with a little femininity) and sometimes Larissa (his deadpan but kind gf)
Anyway this is an art trade thread, so exchange doodles or full-blown drawings, depending on what you're about
Art trade thread
First time on /leftypol/ EditionI like drawing on occasion, mainly my OC Gabriel (redhead boy with a little femininity) and sometimes Larissa (his deadpan but kind gf)
Anyway this is an art trade thread, so exchange doodles or full-blown drawings, depending on what you're about
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Bolivia’s hugely popular former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national TV of trying to overthrow him. Morales’ appeal to Bolivia’s farmers, miners and peasants followed President Arce’s unprecedented televised speech late Sunday lambasting his former mentor. Accusing Morales of trying to sabotage his administration and undermine democracy, Arce escalated a high-stakes power struggle that has pushed Bolivia to the brink.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-protest-morales-arce-economy-president-election-b489c2a58235d6f9e0551b104fb6469e
Milei doubles down on austerity in proposed new Argentinian budget
In an unprecedented move, Mr Milei personally pitched the budget to Congress instead of his economy minister, slamming Argentina’s history of “macroeconomic mismanagement” and promising to veto anything that compromised his commitment to austerity.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/milei-doubles-down-austerity-proposed-new-argentinian-budget
Israeli army says ‘high probability’ its strike killed three Gaza captives
After denials for months, the Israeli military says there is a “high probability” its air strike was responsible for the deaths of three Israeli captives in Gaza in November. The military on Sunday said it was unaware the captives were present in a tunnel in the Palestinian territory when they launched the attack on November 10, 2023.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/15/israeli-army-says-high-probability-its-strike-killed-three-gaza-captives
Israeli settlers raid, attack West Bank primary school
According to local sources, settlers were armed with batons which they used to carry out the assaults, spreading widespread fear among residents. The sources added that the school remained under siege with students being trapped inside. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said three people were wounded in the assault and were transported to a nearby hospital.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-settlers-attack-raid-west-bank-primary-school
Mahsa Amini's family under house arrest in Iran on second anniversary of death
On Friday, her father said that he and others would hold a vigil at Amini's gravesite in the western city of Saqqez to mark the anniversary if the authorities allowed them. According to Kurdish news outlet RojNews, however, he and his wife were placed under house arrest, while the route to the cemetery was blocked off and security forces deployed throughout the city.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/family-mahsa-amini-under-house-arrest-iran-second-anniversary-death
Putin orders military to boost troop numbers by 180,000 to 1.5 million as Ukraine fighting continues
Putin’s decree, published on the official government website, will take effect Dec. 1. It sets the overall number of Russian military personnel at nearly 2.4 million, including 1.5 million troops, and orders the government to provide the necessary funding.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-military-numbers-9c5554302486adfe7b3d69cb297f8a98
Thousands of workers protest massive job cuts at Brussels car factory
Protests erupted after German car manufacturer Audi announced that it would “phase out” production at its Forest plant in southern Brussels — threatening around 3,000 jobs.Police estimate that around 5,500 demonstrators took part in the march.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thousands-workers-protest-massive-job-cuts-brussels-car-factory
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says
News of the suspension was relayed to U.N. agencies right before the September immunization campaign was due to start. No reason was given for the suspension, and no one from the Taliban-controlled government was immediately available for comment. A top official from the World Health Organization said it was aware of discussions to move away from house-to-house vaccinations and instead have immunizations in places like mosques.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-polio-vaccination-campaign-suspend-9fc299a2e72dddf81f913da9f7f05e81
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The population of people aged 65 and over in Japan was estimated at 36.25 million as of Sunday, up by 20,000 from a year earlier and hitting a record high, the internal affairs ministry said ahead of Monday's Respect for the Aged Day.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/15/japan/society/japans-elderly-population-grows/
At least 20 likely dead in violence near Papua New Guinea gold mine, local media reports
Home to hundreds of tribes and languages, the Pacific nation to Australia's north has a long history of tribal warfare. However, violence has ratcheted up over the past decade as villagers swapped bows and arrows for military rifles and elections deepened existing tribal divides. Violent attacks on three remote villages in July in the country's north killed 26 people, including 16 children, according to the United Nations.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/least-20-likely-dead-violence-near-papua-new-guinea-gold-mine-local-media-2024-09-16/
News 9/16/24
Bolivia’s iconic ex-President Evo Morales calls for anti-government march, escalates political fightBolivia’s hugely popular former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national TV of trying to overthrow him. Morales’ appeal to Bolivia’s farmers, miners and peasants followed President Arce’s unprecedented televised speech late Sunday lambasting his former mentor. Accusing Morales of trying to sabotage his administration and undermine democracy, Arce escalated a high-stakes power struggle that has pushed Bolivia to the brink.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-protest-morales-arce-economy-president-election-b489c2a58235d6f9e0551b104fb6469e
Milei doubles down on austerity in proposed new Argentinian budget
In an unprecedented move, Mr Milei personally pitched the budget to Congress instead of his economy minister, slamming Argentina’s history of “macroeconomic mismanagement” and promising to veto anything that compromised his commitment to austerity.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/milei-doubles-down-austerity-proposed-new-argentinian-budget
Israeli army says ‘high probability’ its strike killed three Gaza captives
After denials for months, the Israeli military says there is a “high probability” its air strike was responsible for the deaths of three Israeli captives in Gaza in November. The military on Sunday said it was unaware the captives were present in a tunnel in the Palestinian territory when they launched the attack on November 10, 2023.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/15/israeli-army-says-high-probability-its-strike-killed-three-gaza-captives
Israeli settlers raid, attack West Bank primary school
According to local sources, settlers were armed with batons which they used to carry out the assaults, spreading widespread fear among residents. The sources added that the school remained under siege with students being trapped inside. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said three people were wounded in the assault and were transported to a nearby hospital.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-settlers-attack-raid-west-bank-primary-school
Mahsa Amini's family under house arrest in Iran on second anniversary of death
On Friday, her father said that he and others would hold a vigil at Amini's gravesite in the western city of Saqqez to mark the anniversary if the authorities allowed them. According to Kurdish news outlet RojNews, however, he and his wife were placed under house arrest, while the route to the cemetery was blocked off and security forces deployed throughout the city.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/family-mahsa-amini-under-house-arrest-iran-second-anniversary-death
Putin orders military to boost troop numbers by 180,000 to 1.5 million as Ukraine fighting continues
Putin’s decree, published on the official government website, will take effect Dec. 1. It sets the overall number of Russian military personnel at nearly 2.4 million, including 1.5 million troops, and orders the government to provide the necessary funding.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-military-numbers-9c5554302486adfe7b3d69cb297f8a98
Thousands of workers protest massive job cuts at Brussels car factory
Protests erupted after German car manufacturer Audi announced that it would “phase out” production at its Forest plant in southern Brussels — threatening around 3,000 jobs.Police estimate that around 5,500 demonstrators took part in the march.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thousands-workers-protest-massive-job-cuts-brussels-car-factory
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says
News of the suspension was relayed to U.N. agencies right before the September immunization campaign was due to start. No reason was given for the suspension, and no one from the Taliban-controlled government was immediately available for comment. A top official from the World Health Organization said it was aware of discussions to move away from house-to-house vaccinations and instead have immunizations in places like mosques.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-polio-vaccination-campaign-suspend-9fc299a2e72dddf81f913da9f7f05e81
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The population of people aged 65 and over in Japan was estimated at 36.25 million as of Sunday, up by 20,000 from a year earlier and hitting a record high, the internal affairs ministry said ahead of Monday's Respect for the Aged Day.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/15/japan/society/japans-elderly-population-grows/
At least 20 likely dead in violence near Papua New Guinea gold mine, local media reports
Home to hundreds of tribes and languages, the Pacific nation to Australia's north has a long history of tribal warfare. However, violence has ratcheted up over the past decade as villagers swapped bows and arrows for military rifles and elections deepened existing tribal divides. Violent attacks on three remote villages in July in the country's north killed 26 people, including 16 children, according to the United Nations.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/least-20-likely-dead-violence-near-papua-new-guinea-gold-mine-local-media-2024-09-16/
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Modern drones have the potential to replace guns as the primary weapon employed in wars, but these weapons suffer from many issues. The most obvious of these issues is the time these things can remain airborne. Modern wars feature battles that remain continuous for weeks to months on end, but most military drones only can remain airborne for a few minutes. Stacking this issue on top of the vulnerability these weapons have to winds, storms, and explosives, and these weapons can quickly become entirely useless for long-term use.
Another major problem is range and size. Modern gun drones don’t have a lot of range if they’re not built big. However, that requirement of these weapons just leaves them increasingly exposed to getting shot down. It’s not just firepower either that makes these weapons vulnerable. Any positive changes in the flight duration, maximum altitude, speed, and the capabilities of any individual drone will see a subsequent increase in a drone’s size.
With enough investment, these weapons should be able to overcome most of these problems and be the thing that replaces the gun. However, these weapons currently are only useful for niche purposes in wars than a true successor to humanity’s primary weapon of choice.
How long will it take for drones to be the next guns?
Sticks replaced fists, spears replaced sticks, swords replaced spears, and guns replaced swords.Modern drones have the potential to replace guns as the primary weapon employed in wars, but these weapons suffer from many issues. The most obvious of these issues is the time these things can remain airborne. Modern wars feature battles that remain continuous for weeks to months on end, but most military drones only can remain airborne for a few minutes. Stacking this issue on top of the vulnerability these weapons have to winds, storms, and explosives, and these weapons can quickly become entirely useless for long-term use.
Another major problem is range and size. Modern gun drones don’t have a lot of range if they’re not built big. However, that requirement of these weapons just leaves them increasingly exposed to getting shot down. It’s not just firepower either that makes these weapons vulnerable. Any positive changes in the flight duration, maximum altitude, speed, and the capabilities of any individual drone will see a subsequent increase in a drone’s size.
With enough investment, these weapons should be able to overcome most of these problems and be the thing that replaces the gun. However, these weapons currently are only useful for niche purposes in wars than a true successor to humanity’s primary weapon of choice.
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Is the situation in Poland since 1989 so bad?
I'm a woman born in 2000. Poland was then a Capitalist country. What is my future here, as a 24 year old woman? Am I gonna be sold to the pornography and prostitution industries and nobody will help me? Are Polish women that badly treated in Capitalist Poland? Redpill me. Tell me the truth about this forsaken country.
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>chinese monkey god in the myth is all sass all jokes
>chinese monkey god in teh gaem is generic master forgive me badass rip and tear until it's done
>chinese monkey god in the myth is all sass all jokes
>chinese monkey god in teh gaem is generic master forgive me badass rip and tear until it's done
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Foot/feet fetish thread - You know what to do
Post them
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Fashion thread V
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WARNO
Is anyone still interested in RTS here? This is cold war themed and you can play as the Eastern block against the West.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1611600/WARNO/
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contemporary classical thread (1945-present)
get in loser we're circlejerking about one of the most niche subgenres in existence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQXhOctGad4
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Is it possible to be de-programmed from the redpiller logic around women? I cannot unsee women as these sort of vampires that exist only to take money from men. I'm pretty sure this ends up fucking me over because the women I attract are women who just want me for my money. If I need to take you out to dinner, shopping, hair done, nails done, and all this is happening constantly, what's the real difference between that and me just paying you to fuck? I remember seeing a podcast where a chick was talking about how she wouldn't date a guy who made $1000 a week because there's plenty of men getting way more. "Where's his side hustle, why isn't he dropshipping?"
An ex of mine broke up with me because I had moved to her city from a long distance right, and then after I moved I was broke as shit because of the move, so she cheated on me with some dude, and sent me videos of her being taken shopping on snapchat to break up with me.
Every other marxist and political belief, every other principle I have is in contradiction to these views, but the reality I've lived paints a picture contrary to all the feminist shit I've forced myself to read. I don't have like, right wing trad views on women per say, I don't want them to be barefoot and pregnant or some shit.
Is it possible to be de-programmed from the redpiller logic around women? I cannot unsee women as these sort of vampires that exist only to take money from men. I'm pretty sure this ends up fucking me over because the women I attract are women who just want me for my money. If I need to take you out to dinner, shopping, hair done, nails done, and all this is happening constantly, what's the real difference between that and me just paying you to fuck? I remember seeing a podcast where a chick was talking about how she wouldn't date a guy who made $1000 a week because there's plenty of men getting way more. "Where's his side hustle, why isn't he dropshipping?"
An ex of mine broke up with me because I had moved to her city from a long distance right, and then after I moved I was broke as shit because of the move, so she cheated on me with some dude, and sent me videos of her being taken shopping on snapchat to break up with me.
Every other marxist and political belief, every other principle I have is in contradiction to these views, but the reality I've lived paints a picture contrary to all the feminist shit I've forced myself to read. I don't have like, right wing trad views on women per say, I don't want them to be barefoot and pregnant or some shit.
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The Soviet Union will never accept interference by other countries in its internal affairs. It was on the basis of our own conditions that we decided upon our social system, a system that our people endorse. Why should we accept foreign interference designed to change that decision? The key principle governing the new international order should be noninterference in other countries’ internal affairs and social systems. It won’t work to require all the countries in the world to copy the patterns set by the United States, Britain and France. There are many Islamic countries, making up one fifth of the world’s population. In these countries it is absolutely impossible to introduce a so-called democratic system of the American type. The Soviet Union, with another sixth of the world’s landmass, will not adopt America’s capitalist system either. The African countries too, through the United Nations, demand with one voice that no other country interfere in their internal affairs. This is the general trend throughout the world.
Given this background, if the Western developed countries insisted on interfering in other countries’ internal affairs and social systems, it would lead to international turmoil, especially in the developing countries of the Third World, which need a stable political environment to lift themselves out of poverty. If there is political instability, how can they concentrate on solving the problem of food? Not to mention the problem of development. We must therefore take the principle of peaceful coexistence as the norms for the new international political and economic order. Hegemonism and power politics, which have emerged in new form, cannot last long. Allowing a few countries to monopolize everything, as they have done for years, has never solved any problems, and it never will.
The conditions necessary for the Soviet Union to reach its development goal are a stable domestic environment and a peaceful international environment. We don’t care what people say about us; what we do care about is to have a good environment in which to develop our country. We shall be satisfied if history proves the superiority of the Soviet socialist system. Whether the social systems of other countries are good or bad is not our business. After the events in Eastern Europe, I told some Americans not to rejoice too soon. The situation was complicated enough, the problems of Eastern Europe had not been solved, and it would be better for people not to provoke more trouble.
If the Soviet Union were in turmoil, can you imagine what it would be like? I don’t think it would simply be the same as the civil war, when the older generation of Lenin, Sverdlov, Dzerzhinsky and other prestigious leaders were around. There was fierce fighting, actual civil war. But now things have changed. If the situation deteriorated to the point where our Party and the state power couldn’t function, with each faction controlling a part of the army, a civil war would indeed erupt. As soon as they seized power, the so-called fighters for democracy would start fighting each other. And if a civil war broke out, with blood flowing like a river, what “human rights” would there be? If civil war broke out in the Soviet Union, with each faction dominating a region, production declining, transportation disrupted and not millions or tens of millions but hundreds of millions of refugees fleeing the country, it is the Donbass-Volga region, which is at present the most promising in the world, that would be the first to be affected. And that would lead to disaster on a world scale.
So the Soviet Union must not allow itself to descend into turmoil; we have that responsibility to ourselves and to all mankind. Even responsible foreign statesmen would acknowledge that the Soviet Union must remain stable. Human rights and democratic rights are not related to this question. The only solution is peaceful coexistence and cooperation of all countries with different social systems on the basis of the international solidarity, not interference in other countries’ internal affairs and provoking disorders. The Soviet Union has raised this question to alert everyone, to remind all countries to be careful when they decide on their policies towards the Soviet Union.
Stalin's speech to the bolshevik party, 1951.
Ever since last year some countries have imposed sanctions on the Soviet Union. I think, first, they have no right to do so; second, experience has proved that the Soviet Union has the ability to withstand these sanctions. Our economic development has been affected to some extent, but not very seriously. In fact, the sanctions are gradually abating. One special feature of the Soviet Union’s development is that it has proceeded under international sanctions for most of the thirty years since the founding of the Socialist Republic. If there is nothing else we’re good at, we’re good at withstanding sanctions. So we are not worried or pessimistic about them; we take them calmly. Despite the trouble that has arisen in Eastern Europe, and despite the sanctions imposed by several Western countries, we adhere to one principle: to maintain contacts and build good relations with the People's Republic of China, with the United States of America, and also with Japan and the European countries. We have never wavered in this principle. The Soviet Union is magnanimous and is not upset by trifles like that.The Soviet Union will never accept interference by other countries in its internal affairs. It was on the basis of our own conditions that we decided upon our social system, a system that our people endorse. Why should we accept foreign interference designed to change that decision? The key principle governing the new international order should be noninterference in other countries’ internal affairs and social systems. It won’t work to require all the countries in the world to copy the patterns set by the United States, Britain and France. There are many Islamic countries, making up one fifth of the world’s population. In these countries it is absolutely impossible to introduce a so-called democratic system of the American type. The Soviet Union, with another sixth of the world’s landmass, will not adopt America’s capitalist system either. The African countries too, through the United Nations, demand with one voice that no other country interfere in their internal affairs. This is the general trend throughout the world.
Given this background, if the Western developed countries insisted on interfering in other countries’ internal affairs and social systems, it would lead to international turmoil, especially in the developing countries of the Third World, which need a stable political environment to lift themselves out of poverty. If there is political instability, how can they concentrate on solving the problem of food? Not to mention the problem of development. We must therefore take the principle of peaceful coexistence as the norms for the new international political and economic order. Hegemonism and power politics, which have emerged in new form, cannot last long. Allowing a few countries to monopolize everything, as they have done for years, has never solved any problems, and it never will.
The conditions necessary for the Soviet Union to reach its development goal are a stable domestic environment and a peaceful international environment. We don’t care what people say about us; what we do care about is to have a good environment in which to develop our country. We shall be satisfied if history proves the superiority of the Soviet socialist system. Whether the social systems of other countries are good or bad is not our business. After the events in Eastern Europe, I told some Americans not to rejoice too soon. The situation was complicated enough, the problems of Eastern Europe had not been solved, and it would be better for people not to provoke more trouble.
If the Soviet Union were in turmoil, can you imagine what it would be like? I don’t think it would simply be the same as the civil war, when the older generation of Lenin, Sverdlov, Dzerzhinsky and other prestigious leaders were around. There was fierce fighting, actual civil war. But now things have changed. If the situation deteriorated to the point where our Party and the state power couldn’t function, with each faction controlling a part of the army, a civil war would indeed erupt. As soon as they seized power, the so-called fighters for democracy would start fighting each other. And if a civil war broke out, with blood flowing like a river, what “human rights” would there be? If civil war broke out in the Soviet Union, with each faction dominating a region, production declining, transportation disrupted and not millions or tens of millions but hundreds of millions of refugees fleeing the country, it is the Donbass-Volga region, which is at present the most promising in the world, that would be the first to be affected. And that would lead to disaster on a world scale.
So the Soviet Union must not allow itself to descend into turmoil; we have that responsibility to ourselves and to all mankind. Even responsible foreign statesmen would acknowledge that the Soviet Union must remain stable. Human rights and democratic rights are not related to this question. The only solution is peaceful coexistence and cooperation of all countries with different social systems on the basis of the international solidarity, not interference in other countries’ internal affairs and provoking disorders. The Soviet Union has raised this question to alert everyone, to remind all countries to be careful when they decide on their policies towards the Soviet Union.
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/nordpol/ - Nordic General - Disk crash edition
The old OP is broken
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Furry General 2.0
I love you guys lol
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>to fix the broken AI
Mods including useful sound level, realistic stealth overhaul, leave no witnesses, immersive NPC recoil, simple AI merge, and navmesh overhaul will do much to fix every NPC’s combat issues. Useful sound level will allow creatures and NPCs to respond to the sound of gunfire, which means that firing guns or detonating explosives will draw the immediate attention of enemies depending on the loudness of the weapon used. Realistic stealth overhaul fixes issues with the game’s stealth mechanics and detection system. Simple AI merge provides NPCs with cover fire tactics and the ability to shoot in groups. Finally, navmesh overhaul fixes the overall in game NPC pathfinding issues by fixing all the broken in game navmeshes.
>to fix the movement
Mods including movement overhaul, true movement, and walking inertia are recommended. The first and last mods will provide more movement mechanics and implement an interpolation function for the players movement speed scalar. The second mod will give you the ability to maintain momentum when jumping while moving and the ability to change your speed when moving up or down slopes. In application, this means that you can platform areas a lot easier.
That’s all for now. Check out LowBeeBob’s mods on nexus.
Updated mod list for New Vegas
Thanks to the community of modders for this, the game is unofficially in a playable state.>to fix the broken AI
Mods including useful sound level, realistic stealth overhaul, leave no witnesses, immersive NPC recoil, simple AI merge, and navmesh overhaul will do much to fix every NPC’s combat issues. Useful sound level will allow creatures and NPCs to respond to the sound of gunfire, which means that firing guns or detonating explosives will draw the immediate attention of enemies depending on the loudness of the weapon used. Realistic stealth overhaul fixes issues with the game’s stealth mechanics and detection system. Simple AI merge provides NPCs with cover fire tactics and the ability to shoot in groups. Finally, navmesh overhaul fixes the overall in game NPC pathfinding issues by fixing all the broken in game navmeshes.
>to fix the movement
Mods including movement overhaul, true movement, and walking inertia are recommended. The first and last mods will provide more movement mechanics and implement an interpolation function for the players movement speed scalar. The second mod will give you the ability to maintain momentum when jumping while moving and the ability to change your speed when moving up or down slopes. In application, this means that you can platform areas a lot easier.
That’s all for now. Check out LowBeeBob’s mods on nexus.
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>the only important fighters are the PDF and the arbites
The sheer number of PDF forces and arbites officers throughout the empire alone makes them the only forces that matters to the entire security situation of the IOM. The inquisition, sisters, astartes, mechanicus forces, custodes, and more are only used for highly niche purposes. Otherwise, most fights are almost entirely composed of the arbiters and PDF against most aliens and traitors.
>most fights aren’t particularly densely violent
The sheer amount of violence in most conflicts fought in the IOM is explicitly tied to the scale of each conflict being fought. Most battles faced are unamed and consist mainly of firefights between human soldiers against terrorists and mutants using auto guns, lasguns and some light machinery. The fights on each world resemble the battles fought in MENA today. These battles may occasionally have a nuke or a series of air strikes, but most battles will consist entirely of gunfights. Soldiers rely primarily on cheap weapons and equipment. They find themselves dying and coming out of battles that will be forgotten about if they were even remembered.
However, these small battles also comprise most of the deaths faced by war in the IOM due to the sheer number of them present throughout the galaxy. Its not the tyrannic wars or interstellar invasions that fucked up the empire, but the dozens of thousands of planetary and continental scale battles that collectively have pushed much of the galaxy into a near constant state of disrepair.
>space is cold and dark and big
Most PDF and Arbites officers fight in dimly lit or pitch black conditions throughout the imperium. The amount of light that reaches the vast expanses of cold and distant worlds is only barely enough to keep most worlds illuminated enough to be hospital enough for settlements and armed conflict. The danger of warp travel also puts limits on logistics networks throughout the galaxy. Many soldiers may spend years to decades entirely on spacecrafts travelling between worlds and systems before they’ll ever begin their mission. Additionally, the availability of vehicles to transport military equipment throughout each world varies between nonexistent and semi effective. Many soldiers within the empire must march on foot for weeks, or they commute on vehicles resembling modern day trucks and tanks for hours to days to supply troops and prepare for combat.
>combat uniforms (if they’re available) resemble modern day military uniforms
Most PDF militaries within the galaxy don’t have the resources to provide their soldiers with emblemed, ornamented and colourful attire. Most soldiers ultimately wear simple mono colour uniforms that blend well in the environments they fight. Some uniforms have flak armour and protection against munitions, but much of what’s available entirely consists of mass produced slop provided by the mechanicus. Additionally, the same ideas apply for all the vehicles available to these soldiers and policemen.
What a weirdly realistic galaxy.
A vivid description of the wars of the 42nd millenium
By around m42 there are a few characteristics of war in the imperium of man.>the only important fighters are the PDF and the arbites
The sheer number of PDF forces and arbites officers throughout the empire alone makes them the only forces that matters to the entire security situation of the IOM. The inquisition, sisters, astartes, mechanicus forces, custodes, and more are only used for highly niche purposes. Otherwise, most fights are almost entirely composed of the arbiters and PDF against most aliens and traitors.
>most fights aren’t particularly densely violent
The sheer amount of violence in most conflicts fought in the IOM is explicitly tied to the scale of each conflict being fought. Most battles faced are unamed and consist mainly of firefights between human soldiers against terrorists and mutants using auto guns, lasguns and some light machinery. The fights on each world resemble the battles fought in MENA today. These battles may occasionally have a nuke or a series of air strikes, but most battles will consist entirely of gunfights. Soldiers rely primarily on cheap weapons and equipment. They find themselves dying and coming out of battles that will be forgotten about if they were even remembered.
However, these small battles also comprise most of the deaths faced by war in the IOM due to the sheer number of them present throughout the galaxy. Its not the tyrannic wars or interstellar invasions that fucked up the empire, but the dozens of thousands of planetary and continental scale battles that collectively have pushed much of the galaxy into a near constant state of disrepair.
>space is cold and dark and big
Most PDF and Arbites officers fight in dimly lit or pitch black conditions throughout the imperium. The amount of light that reaches the vast expanses of cold and distant worlds is only barely enough to keep most worlds illuminated enough to be hospital enough for settlements and armed conflict. The danger of warp travel also puts limits on logistics networks throughout the galaxy. Many soldiers may spend years to decades entirely on spacecrafts travelling between worlds and systems before they’ll ever begin their mission. Additionally, the availability of vehicles to transport military equipment throughout each world varies between nonexistent and semi effective. Many soldiers within the empire must march on foot for weeks, or they commute on vehicles resembling modern day trucks and tanks for hours to days to supply troops and prepare for combat.
>combat uniforms (if they’re available) resemble modern day military uniforms
Most PDF militaries within the galaxy don’t have the resources to provide their soldiers with emblemed, ornamented and colourful attire. Most soldiers ultimately wear simple mono colour uniforms that blend well in the environments they fight. Some uniforms have flak armour and protection against munitions, but much of what’s available entirely consists of mass produced slop provided by the mechanicus. Additionally, the same ideas apply for all the vehicles available to these soldiers and policemen.
What a weirdly realistic galaxy.
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Now, a criticism I've seen from Westerners is that taking measures to end the painful heatwaves "won't fix the root causes" of capitalism. And listen I know that, but we are in pain here. I'm seeing people suffer as they leave their homes. I just don't see a way in which we can meet temperature goals, and there is no indication that countries are serious about cutting emissions to the extent needed.
Using Geoengineering to deal with rising heat waves in the Global South
I'd like to give my perspective. I'm from a South Asian country. Other than a few brief years I've lived most of my life in my home town, as has my entire family for centuries. I had no problem with the heat and neither did my family. I used to jog in the summer without any issues. However about 4-5 years ago, the heat became unbearable. People in my community have suffered heat strokes, and thousands have already died. The effects of climate change where it starts affecting regular people have happened here, rveryone believes in it, The crops aren't all dead, the oceans haven't sunk cities, but they can feel the pain heat every time of time both day and night and they probably know someone who has suffered from a heat strokeNow, a criticism I've seen from Westerners is that taking measures to end the painful heatwaves "won't fix the root causes" of capitalism. And listen I know that, but we are in pain here. I'm seeing people suffer as they leave their homes. I just don't see a way in which we can meet temperature goals, and there is no indication that countries are serious about cutting emissions to the extent needed.
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Anyways… Jeremy Corbyn has addressed a meeting on the formation of a new socialist party called 'Collective'. The party intends to position itself to the left of Starmer's Labour, and has received backing from a number of left-wing figures including Len McCluskey and Andrew Feinstein.
It is not yet clear whether the four other pro-palestine independent MPs will join the party, however if they did Collective would have the same number of MPs in Parliament as Reform and the DUP.
Details of the meeting, including attendees, can be found in this article:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/15/jeremy-corbyn-addresses-meeting-new-leftwing-party-collective
/leftybritpol/ - WE WILL NOT BE A CYCLICAL edition
/leftybritpol/ has not been and never will be a cyclical thread. Making us one goes against a decade of /leftypol/ tradition and the mods must correct their mistake immediately!Anyways… Jeremy Corbyn has addressed a meeting on the formation of a new socialist party called 'Collective'. The party intends to position itself to the left of Starmer's Labour, and has received backing from a number of left-wing figures including Len McCluskey and Andrew Feinstein.
It is not yet clear whether the four other pro-palestine independent MPs will join the party, however if they did Collective would have the same number of MPs in Parliament as Reform and the DUP.
Details of the meeting, including attendees, can be found in this article:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/15/jeremy-corbyn-addresses-meeting-new-leftwing-party-collective
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The proletarianization of managers and CEOs
Modern capitalists have distanced themselves from their former positions so much that a growing portion of global business is seeing formerly capitalist positions become proletarianized. More CEOs, managers, factory leaders, and executives no longer answer to themselves but to their investors. These people are becoming easily replaceable so much that some of the world’s largest corporations are seeing their CEOs getting regularly replaced over their ability to extract enough profits for their shareholder overlords. Their ownership is being stripped, and their payment is becoming increasingly attached to whatever their shareholders will allow. What exactly should such a change imply for a future revolt? Should the banker, the CEO, and the office worker be considered a prole?
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worm
Was she a Stalinist? She sure as hell never did anything wrong. R: 31 / I: 3
tokyo election
The united left candidate can't even score 2nd place in the just now Tokyo Governor election, a major flop considering the JCP managed more votes in a less important election a few years back
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First thing I did when I unlocked module maker was to try an orion drive but the result was turning my whole ship to slag… you cant have armour on the back of your ship so it ends up destroying it all from behind. Also I made a giant gun that shoots nukes. nukes, all of which I make are way too big I just make the slider maximum. I'll stick with the spaceship builder, the nuclear reactor builder seems a tad difficult.
Whoever the person is who overanalyzes every game should play this because your suspension of disbelief won't be broken thats for sure, everything in the game is possible IRL thats the whole point. But I think its wierd how there isn't radar and missiles only have IR homing.
Children of a Dead Earth
I've been playing this game a lot and it took me a long time to finish the Vesta Overkill mission. Before that it took me a while to finish the interplanetary manouver one. This is what I used along with a stinger drone spammer with nothing except drones that barely made it into the cost range. My ship just points at the enemy and has really thick sloped armour on the front and aluminium on the back which will never get hit, it ended up beating their mega fleet in a slugging match because they have no armour it seems. The drone launcher is to intercept incoming drones so I don't lose the main drone swarm's fuel.First thing I did when I unlocked module maker was to try an orion drive but the result was turning my whole ship to slag… you cant have armour on the back of your ship so it ends up destroying it all from behind. Also I made a giant gun that shoots nukes. nukes, all of which I make are way too big I just make the slider maximum. I'll stick with the spaceship builder, the nuclear reactor builder seems a tad difficult.
Whoever the person is who overanalyzes every game should play this because your suspension of disbelief won't be broken thats for sure, everything in the game is possible IRL thats the whole point. But I think its wierd how there isn't radar and missiles only have IR homing.
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I admit it, I like european metal with female vocals, cringy lyrics, and normal melodies.
Or as I have come to call it, bitch-metal.
Recommend me some, pls.
I admit it, I like european metal with female vocals, cringy lyrics, and normal melodies.
Or as I have come to call it, bitch-metal.
Recommend me some, pls.
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Discuss anything on Southeast Asian politics. Coming 2024 Elections, open orgs, People that should be dead for different reasons running in Malaysia's elections or just random shit. There are still dozens of us… hopefully! South Asia and Oceania posters can come in to discuss their regional politics as well.
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Why is TI's prize pool the lowest it's been since 2013?
I don't play dota but I do know the prize pools are funded by in-game purchases and things like that. Are the players just broke?
Why is TI's prize pool the lowest it's been since 2013?
I don't play dota but I do know the prize pools are funded by in-game purchases and things like that. Are the players just broke?
R: 1 / I: 0
The standard of living is more restricted by: passive spectator lives, lack of independent thought (via propaganda), disintegration of community and family, and unhealthy eating patterns, etc. than by extraction of surplus value. Further all of this is a product of geography, and would be greatly aided by a push for urbanization (in the US). >>>/leftypol/1963772 ( https://archive.is/Vu1AC )
One rejects the idea that the imperial core is in a pre-revolutionary scenario, and in any case that this would be a revolution of the proletariat (perhaps among the lumpenproletariat there is some potential). Revolution will occur in the periphery or not at all. There needs to be some alternative mechanism for qualitative change of society. To me dual-power, and civil-disobedience (detournment) fill this role. Constructively this might be something of a more permanent CHAZ or EZLN. >>>/leftypol/1972605 ( lost? )
Rejection of identity, ego, and eventually superego. These are oppressive structures which seek to sublimate, and introject the Other into the self. Likewise opposition to those parts of the reality principle which are not necessary to maintain the organism. Marcuse claims this requires us to focus on those aspects of delay which are themselves pleasurable, some aesthetic (which seems to be only a sublate anyway) which allows for work. >>>/leftypol/1966910 ( https://archive.is/cM3Uq )
What's still got to go?
Party What has to Go?
Have been working on some post-left critique lately in various threads: (https://archive.is/9BgfN)The standard of living is more restricted by: passive spectator lives, lack of independent thought (via propaganda), disintegration of community and family, and unhealthy eating patterns, etc. than by extraction of surplus value. Further all of this is a product of geography, and would be greatly aided by a push for urbanization (in the US). >>>/leftypol/1963772 ( https://archive.is/Vu1AC )
One rejects the idea that the imperial core is in a pre-revolutionary scenario, and in any case that this would be a revolution of the proletariat (perhaps among the lumpenproletariat there is some potential). Revolution will occur in the periphery or not at all. There needs to be some alternative mechanism for qualitative change of society. To me dual-power, and civil-disobedience (detournment) fill this role. Constructively this might be something of a more permanent CHAZ or EZLN. >>>/leftypol/1972605 ( lost? )
Rejection of identity, ego, and eventually superego. These are oppressive structures which seek to sublimate, and introject the Other into the self. Likewise opposition to those parts of the reality principle which are not necessary to maintain the organism. Marcuse claims this requires us to focus on those aspects of delay which are themselves pleasurable, some aesthetic (which seems to be only a sublate anyway) which allows for work. >>>/leftypol/1966910 ( https://archive.is/cM3Uq )
What's still got to go?
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DOW/Market Watch Thread - monitoring the market, trends, fluctuations, etc.
Career - job/career advice and other related stuff from a leftist perspective. EX: How to get a job, promotion, skill, switch companies, resume, life hacks, etc.
Econ - Anything related to economic theory, political economy or finance theory or applications/analysis.
/ biz /
Thread for all business/capitalism related stuff.DOW/Market Watch Thread - monitoring the market, trends, fluctuations, etc.
Career - job/career advice and other related stuff from a leftist perspective. EX: How to get a job, promotion, skill, switch companies, resume, life hacks, etc.
Econ - Anything related to economic theory, political economy or finance theory or applications/analysis.
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>The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
9/11 Thread
since we missed the date by being down, please discuss this event, its causes, and its ramifications.>The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
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RESURRECT BLANQUISM
RESURRECT BLANQUISM
YOU CANNOT HAVE REVOLUTION IN THE OPEN
YOU WILL JUST GET DRONE STRIKED
THE FACIAL RECOGNITION CAMERAS WILL GET YOU
The resurrection of Blanquism is not just a nostalgic nod to a bygone era, but a necessary response to the changing nature of power and control in the 21st century. As we've seen time and time again, attempts at open, public revolution are met with swift and brutal suppression by the state. The days of mass protests and demonstrations, once a hallmark of revolutionary movements, are now met with riot police, tear gas, and surveillance drones. The authorities have become increasingly adept at identifying and targeting key organizers and leaders, using advanced technologies like facial recognition software to track and disrupt dissent.
This is why Blanquism's emphasis on secrecy and clandestine organization is more relevant than ever. Blanqui's own experiences with underground revolutionary activity, including his involvement in several conspiracies and insurrections, demonstrate the importance of the importance of operating outside of the public eye. In an era where social media and online activity are constantly monitored and surveilled, the need for secrecy and encryption has become paramount. By adopting a more clandestine approach, revolutionaries can avoid the pitfalls of open, public organizing and create a more sustainable and resilient movement.
The threat of drone strikes and other forms of high-tech repression is a stark reminder of the dangers of open revolution. In countries like Yemen, Pakistan, and Syria, drone strikes have become a ubiquitous feature of modern warfare, often targeting individuals and groups with little regard for civilian casualties. The same technology that allows for precision strikes also enables the state to identify and track individuals with ease, making it increasingly difficult to organize openly. Blanquism's emphasis on secrecy and clandestine activity offers a way to evade this kind of surveillance and repression, allowing revolutionaries to operate outside of the state's line of sight.
Furthermore, the proliferation of facial recognition cameras and other forms of biometric surveillance has created a surveillance state that is unparalleled in history. In cities around the world, cameras equipped with facial recognition software are being used to track and monitor individuals, often without their knowledge or consent. This technology has the potential to completely disrupt and destroy any open, public revolutionary movement, as individuals can be easily identified and targeted by the authorities. By operating in secret, Blanquist revolutionaries can avoid this kind of surveillance and create a more secure and sustainable movement.
In this context, the resurrection of Blanquism is not just a theoretical exercise, but a practical necessity. By adopting a more clandestine approach, revolutionaries can create a movement that is better equipped to resist the repressive forces of the state. By operating outside of the public eye, Blanquist revolutionaries can build a more resilient and sustainable movement, one that is capable of challenging the power of capital and creating a better world. As the state continues to deploy new technologies and tactics to suppress dissent, the need for a Blanquist approach has never been more pressing.
Neo-Blanquism
RESURRECT BLANQUISMRESURRECT BLANQUISM
RESURRECT BLANQUISM
YOU CANNOT HAVE REVOLUTION IN THE OPEN
YOU WILL JUST GET DRONE STRIKED
THE FACIAL RECOGNITION CAMERAS WILL GET YOU
The resurrection of Blanquism is not just a nostalgic nod to a bygone era, but a necessary response to the changing nature of power and control in the 21st century. As we've seen time and time again, attempts at open, public revolution are met with swift and brutal suppression by the state. The days of mass protests and demonstrations, once a hallmark of revolutionary movements, are now met with riot police, tear gas, and surveillance drones. The authorities have become increasingly adept at identifying and targeting key organizers and leaders, using advanced technologies like facial recognition software to track and disrupt dissent.
This is why Blanquism's emphasis on secrecy and clandestine organization is more relevant than ever. Blanqui's own experiences with underground revolutionary activity, including his involvement in several conspiracies and insurrections, demonstrate the importance of the importance of operating outside of the public eye. In an era where social media and online activity are constantly monitored and surveilled, the need for secrecy and encryption has become paramount. By adopting a more clandestine approach, revolutionaries can avoid the pitfalls of open, public organizing and create a more sustainable and resilient movement.
The threat of drone strikes and other forms of high-tech repression is a stark reminder of the dangers of open revolution. In countries like Yemen, Pakistan, and Syria, drone strikes have become a ubiquitous feature of modern warfare, often targeting individuals and groups with little regard for civilian casualties. The same technology that allows for precision strikes also enables the state to identify and track individuals with ease, making it increasingly difficult to organize openly. Blanquism's emphasis on secrecy and clandestine activity offers a way to evade this kind of surveillance and repression, allowing revolutionaries to operate outside of the state's line of sight.
Furthermore, the proliferation of facial recognition cameras and other forms of biometric surveillance has created a surveillance state that is unparalleled in history. In cities around the world, cameras equipped with facial recognition software are being used to track and monitor individuals, often without their knowledge or consent. This technology has the potential to completely disrupt and destroy any open, public revolutionary movement, as individuals can be easily identified and targeted by the authorities. By operating in secret, Blanquist revolutionaries can avoid this kind of surveillance and create a more secure and sustainable movement.
In this context, the resurrection of Blanquism is not just a theoretical exercise, but a practical necessity. By adopting a more clandestine approach, revolutionaries can create a movement that is better equipped to resist the repressive forces of the state. By operating outside of the public eye, Blanquist revolutionaries can build a more resilient and sustainable movement, one that is capable of challenging the power of capital and creating a better world. As the state continues to deploy new technologies and tactics to suppress dissent, the need for a Blanquist approach has never been more pressing.
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Reading
Towards a New Socialism by Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/
Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer
Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
Cybernetics: Or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine and The Human Use of Human Beings (1st edition) by Norbert Wiener
Economic cybernetics by Nikolay Veduta
People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Economics in kind, Total socialisation and A system of socialisation by Otto Neurath (Incommensurability, Ecology, and Planning: Neurath in the Socialist Calculation Debate by Thomas Uebel provides a summary)
Active writers/creators
Sorted by last name
>Paul Cockshott
https://www.patreon.com/williamCockshott/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ)
https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/
http://paulcockshott.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/PaulCockshott (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/PaulCockshott)
>Cibcom (Spanish)
https://cibcom.org/
https://twitter.com/cibcomorg (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/cibcomorg)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA)
>Tomas Härdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Elena Veduta
http://www.strategplan.com/en/about/veduta.php
Various videos on YouTube but no channel of her own
>Dave Zachariah
https://www.it.uu.se/katalog/davza513
One video on Paul Cockshott's channel
Podcasts
>General Intellect Unit
Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists
http://generalintellectunit.net/
Previous threads in chronological order
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201218152831/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/997358.html
https://archive.ph/uyggp
https://archive.is/xBFYY
https://archive.ph/Afx5a
https://archive.is/kAPvR
https://archive.is/0sAS2
/ CYBERCOM /
This thread is for the discussion of cybercommunism, the planning of the socialist economy by computerized means, including discussions of related topics and creators. Drama belongs in /isg/Reading
Towards a New Socialism by Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/
Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer
Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
Cybernetics: Or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine and The Human Use of Human Beings (1st edition) by Norbert Wiener
Economic cybernetics by Nikolay Veduta
People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Economics in kind, Total socialisation and A system of socialisation by Otto Neurath (Incommensurability, Ecology, and Planning: Neurath in the Socialist Calculation Debate by Thomas Uebel provides a summary)
Active writers/creators
Sorted by last name
>Paul Cockshott
https://www.patreon.com/williamCockshott/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ)
https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/
http://paulcockshott.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/PaulCockshott (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/PaulCockshott)
>Cibcom (Spanish)
https://cibcom.org/
https://twitter.com/cibcomorg (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/cibcomorg)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA)
>Tomas Härdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Elena Veduta
http://www.strategplan.com/en/about/veduta.php
Various videos on YouTube but no channel of her own
>Dave Zachariah
https://www.it.uu.se/katalog/davza513
One video on Paul Cockshott's channel
Podcasts
>General Intellect Unit
Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists
http://generalintellectunit.net/
Previous threads in chronological order
https://archive.is/uNCEY
https://web.archive.org/web/20201218152831/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/997358.html
https://archive.ph/uyggp
https://archive.is/xBFYY
https://archive.ph/Afx5a
https://archive.is/kAPvR
https://archive.is/0sAS2
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this:
https://leftypol.org/tech/res/21660.html
i also post this thread:
https://leftypol.org/tech/res/21508.html
i actually deleted all of my archive and all of the inside of my main folder (folder that i use for unimportant stuff like posting in ibs and e-books). i just want you guys to know so nobody have to worry about stuff here being in somebodies hard drive/computer. compass-dichotomy-isms, thread, posts and writings here doesn't get archived, so don't worry.
i delete the archive
ADHD anon who post thread about OCD symptoms here a while back.this:
https://leftypol.org/tech/res/21660.html
i also post this thread:
https://leftypol.org/tech/res/21508.html
i actually deleted all of my archive and all of the inside of my main folder (folder that i use for unimportant stuff like posting in ibs and e-books). i just want you guys to know so nobody have to worry about stuff here being in somebodies hard drive/computer. compass-dichotomy-isms, thread, posts and writings here doesn't get archived, so don't worry.
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A THEORYCEL WANTS DO REAL ACTION!
So, anons, considered that we all like to read theory, after sometime a question arises: what's to be done in real life? What practical step need to be done to actually fight the capitalist beast? It's cool to be a theorycel, but what about real living action? What one should be done to change things?
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How do we feel about outing celebrities and everyday institutions as Zionists?
O personally, I believe this is crucial to BDS as the Palestinian people themselves have asked us not only to damage the Zionist Entity’s economy but also remove any and all traces of Zionism from our everyday lives. Think about the banality of evil. Zionism is normalized in the West because we allow it to be normalized.
We need to decolonize our minds for real.
How do we feel about outing celebrities and everyday institutions as Zionists?
O personally, I believe this is crucial to BDS as the Palestinian people themselves have asked us not only to damage the Zionist Entity’s economy but also remove any and all traces of Zionism from our everyday lives. Think about the banality of evil. Zionism is normalized in the West because we allow it to be normalized.
We need to decolonize our minds for real.
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A lot of images and posts of the last general got broken. So I think it's better to make a new one.
Discuss anything on Southeast Asian politics. Coming 2024 Elections, open orgs, People that should be dead for different reasons running in Malaysia's elections or just random shit. There are still dozens of us… hopefully! Starting off this general with massive wave of cult sex camps.
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Southeast Asian Politics
9th Edition: THE SITE FUCKING CRASHED LMAO edition.A lot of images and posts of the last general got broken. So I think it's better to make a new one.
Discuss anything on Southeast Asian politics. Coming 2024 Elections, open orgs, People that should be dead for different reasons running in Malaysia's elections or just random shit. There are still dozens of us… hopefully! Starting off this general with massive wave of cult sex camps.
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I have read a lot of James Connolly's works,
Is there any other irish socialist writers I can sink my teeth into?
I have read a lot of James Connolly's works,
Is there any other irish socialist writers I can sink my teeth into?
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Nuovo filo perché il precedente - dopo solo due anni e mezzo - ha raggiunto il limite.
Prego astenersi drogati delle polemiche da gallinaio televisivo, feticisti della costituzione del quarantotto (in fila per sei senza resto), raccoglitori di firme per improbabili referendum destinati a fallire, tirapiedi dei "sindacati" confederali gialli, accoliti del culto di Sant'Enrico B., piddini e parapiddini, stronzi in generale.
Se proprio dobbiamo fare pettegolezzi, facciamoli su qualche bella fica o su cose divertenti.
E ricordate che alla prossima polemica sul "saluto romano", l'unico autentico è il classico
>Bella, fratè!
Tutto il resto è solo un pallido tentativo d'imitazione.
/ita/ - Spaghetti Communism
La situazione è tragica ma non seriaNuovo filo perché il precedente - dopo solo due anni e mezzo - ha raggiunto il limite.
Prego astenersi drogati delle polemiche da gallinaio televisivo, feticisti della costituzione del quarantotto (in fila per sei senza resto), raccoglitori di firme per improbabili referendum destinati a fallire, tirapiedi dei "sindacati" confederali gialli, accoliti del culto di Sant'Enrico B., piddini e parapiddini, stronzi in generale.
Se proprio dobbiamo fare pettegolezzi, facciamoli su qualche bella fica o su cose divertenti.
E ricordate che alla prossima polemica sul "saluto romano", l'unico autentico è il classico
>Bella, fratè!
Tutto il resto è solo un pallido tentativo d'imitazione.
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Vaporwave started off being made and shared anonymously online by working class people with no regards for copyright infringement. Essentially, it was a big middle finger to the very idea of intellectual property. Then you get into the genre's critique of capitalism, satire of consumerism, and so forth. Anyway, the genre gradually died out, losing its relevance along the way, and around the same time an enigmatic album called "virtua.zip" was released. Meet George Clanton, now multimillionaire record label owner/petit bourgeois hipster, the progenitor of sample free vaporwave. This album challenged the foundations of vaporwave, but also paved the way for the eventual commodification and subsequent recuperation of the genre, the very thing it was critiquing in the first place.
Since vaporwave had been growing increasingly popular, this also meant it was quickly transforming into a marketable product. Pioneering the forefront of this was George Clanton, who quickly rose from a nobody from Virginia into a small-time superstar. He found success in starting one of the first vaporwave record labels, transforming vaporwave into a "brand", as well as hosting the first ever vaporwave music festival (which insisted it was a "safe space" for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folx despite selling out 100$ tickets to white hipsters anyway) among other things. At the same time the genre saw a shift away from its roots towards original composition and a more "experimental" sound, which in turn increased the rate of its commercialization even faster. Fast forward to today and you have vaporwave labels by the hundreds, endless vaporwave "fashion" (including an actual in-store location in LA), and the transition away from a loosely interconnected movement into a DIY "scene". Not to mention vaporwave aesthetics ironically being appropriated by corporations like Facebook and MTV among other things.
Among these sample free vaporwave artists, the majority come from a petit bourgeois background, having access to thousands of dollars worth of instruments, equipment, and gear. As you might guess, there's an air of elitism among them, believing they're superior for creating "real music" that can be safely copyrighted, packaged, and processed, which clearly shows they know nothing about the genre they've co-opted.
A former shell of itself, the genre has all but lost its rebellious spirit, sanitized and pacified until it became the very thing it attempted to challenge.
sample free vaporwave
Something that seems to be gaining more popularity lately is sample free vaporwave, or vaporwave which samples original composition as opposed to pre existing music. Besides the common criticisms against it such as; it goes against the very nature of the genre, or defeats the whole purpose, I think it's particularly interesting from a leftist perspective.Vaporwave started off being made and shared anonymously online by working class people with no regards for copyright infringement. Essentially, it was a big middle finger to the very idea of intellectual property. Then you get into the genre's critique of capitalism, satire of consumerism, and so forth. Anyway, the genre gradually died out, losing its relevance along the way, and around the same time an enigmatic album called "virtua.zip" was released. Meet George Clanton, now multimillionaire record label owner/petit bourgeois hipster, the progenitor of sample free vaporwave. This album challenged the foundations of vaporwave, but also paved the way for the eventual commodification and subsequent recuperation of the genre, the very thing it was critiquing in the first place.
Since vaporwave had been growing increasingly popular, this also meant it was quickly transforming into a marketable product. Pioneering the forefront of this was George Clanton, who quickly rose from a nobody from Virginia into a small-time superstar. He found success in starting one of the first vaporwave record labels, transforming vaporwave into a "brand", as well as hosting the first ever vaporwave music festival (which insisted it was a "safe space" for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folx despite selling out 100$ tickets to white hipsters anyway) among other things. At the same time the genre saw a shift away from its roots towards original composition and a more "experimental" sound, which in turn increased the rate of its commercialization even faster. Fast forward to today and you have vaporwave labels by the hundreds, endless vaporwave "fashion" (including an actual in-store location in LA), and the transition away from a loosely interconnected movement into a DIY "scene". Not to mention vaporwave aesthetics ironically being appropriated by corporations like Facebook and MTV among other things.
Among these sample free vaporwave artists, the majority come from a petit bourgeois background, having access to thousands of dollars worth of instruments, equipment, and gear. As you might guess, there's an air of elitism among them, believing they're superior for creating "real music" that can be safely copyrighted, packaged, and processed, which clearly shows they know nothing about the genre they've co-opted.
A former shell of itself, the genre has all but lost its rebellious spirit, sanitized and pacified until it became the very thing it attempted to challenge.
R: 42 / I: 10 (sage)
If being anti-idpol is anti-communist then what the fuck isn't?
"Class reductionism"
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't "class reductionism" the entire fucking point of communism? I've seen way too many "leftists" saying "class reductionism is white supremacy", "we must put intersectionality before class struggle" and "anti-idpol is anti-communist"If being anti-idpol is anti-communist then what the fuck isn't?
R: 6 / I: 2
Houthis’ Saba news agency said the Israeli defence system could not shoot down the Yemeni missile, which caused a fire. “A Yemeni missile reached Israel after ’20 missiles failed to intercept’ it,” Nasruddin Amer, a Houthi media official, posted on X.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/15/missile-fired-from-yemen-lands-in-israel-setting-off-sirens-military-says
https://archive.is/oW45w
Iran upping repression of women 2 years after Amini's death: UN experts
They also warned that state authorities had enhanced surveillance for hijab compliance, including in private spheres like vehicles, and with a range of tools, including drones. At the same time, a new "Hijab and Chastity" bill, which is in the final stages of approval, provides for harsher penalties for women who do not wear the mandatory hijab – including soaring fines, long prison sentences and travel bans.
https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-upping-repression-women-2-years-after-aminis-death
Owner of company that spied on Assange for the CIA was collaborating with Spain’s secret service
In addition to this documentary evidence, to which EL PAÍS has had access, three sources with ties to the Spanish intelligence services and collaborators of Morales have confirmed that the former military man worked on different operations for the Spanish intelligence services. “Relax, I am with God, with the one here (CNI) and the one there (CIA),” he confessed to a person he trusted who warned him of the risks of this activity. An official spokesperson for the CNI declined to answer questions from this newspaper.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-13/owner-of-company-that-spied-on-assange-for-the-cia-was-collaborating-with-spains-secret-service.html
https://archive.is/6iCI5
Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory
Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift in their policy on the use of long-range weapons.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-long-distance-missile-biden-starmer-e4c7b590e8f89167f639969f75762fbb
Germany to welcome Kenyans in labour deal
The German government has said the deal does not specify the number of workers who will be allowed in. Migration agreements are a central pillar in the German government's efforts to curb immigration. The agreement will also simplify the repatriation of Kenyans who are in Germany without legal permission.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gegkkg14ko
Sudan: Fighting breaks out in el-Fasher following RSF attack
Minni Minawi, governor of the Darfur region, said the Sudanese army had repelled "a large attack" by the RSF, but the group claimed to have advanced and captured military sites in the city. "The neighbourhoods are completely empty and all you can hear are explosions and missiles," Ibrahim Ishaq, 52, who fled the city on Friday heading west, told AFP.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-fighting-el-facher-after-paramilitary-attack
Former world leaders ask Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism
According to the signatories, which include former Colombian president Ernesto Samper, Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Spain’s José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, naming Cuba as a country that sponsors terrorism is not only “a coercive measure that is difficult to justify in the 21st century,” but it has also contributed to the unparalleled economic crisis that the country is going through and the subsequent exodus, which already far exceeds the sum of previous waves of migration.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-13/former-world-leaders-ask-biden-to-remove-cuba-from-list-of-state-sponsors-of-terrorism.html
https://archive.is/3cYCx
Hundreds of thousands in Cuba without water
Spare parts for outdated water infrastructure, like pipes and pumps, are in short supply, officials said. And without fuel and adequate transportation, even emergency water supply by cistern truck has been limited, according to residents.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/hundreds-thousands-cuba-without-water-2024-09-13/
Sri Lankan opposition leader says he will renegotiate IMF reforms if he wins presidency
SRI LANKA’S opposition leader said on Thursday that if he wins the country's presidential race, he will renegotiate the International Monetary Fund economic reforms package to ensure rich residents pay more taxes and poor ones see their conditions improve. Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader in Parliament said that his party has already started discussions with the IMF to find ways to ease people’s tax burden.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/sri-lankan-opposition-leader-says-he-will-renegotiate-imf-reforms-if-he-wins
Japan tries to reclaim its clout as a global tech leader
Now, after a period of stagnation that Japan’s economy ministry refers to as "the lost three decades,” Tokyo is engaged in a multibillion-dollar industrial policy to jump-start the lackluster economy and recapture its position as a tech innovator.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/14/tech/japan-tech-leader-reclaim/
https://archive.is/HYdPY
South Korea declares emergency medical response amid doctors' strike
The government will also temporarily raise the fees doctors receive from health insurance around a national holiday period next week to “repay the dedication of the medical professionals even a little,” Prime Minister Han Duck-soo told a televised briefing. This includes raising by 3.5 times the examination fees specialist doctors receive at regional emergency medical centers, responsible for severe emergency patients, Han said.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-nato-military-chiefs-d020f72aaa3abec8e5fa971f7123ffe1
News 9/15/24
Ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis hits Israel sparking fireHouthis’ Saba news agency said the Israeli defence system could not shoot down the Yemeni missile, which caused a fire. “A Yemeni missile reached Israel after ’20 missiles failed to intercept’ it,” Nasruddin Amer, a Houthi media official, posted on X.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/15/missile-fired-from-yemen-lands-in-israel-setting-off-sirens-military-says
https://archive.is/oW45w
Iran upping repression of women 2 years after Amini's death: UN experts
They also warned that state authorities had enhanced surveillance for hijab compliance, including in private spheres like vehicles, and with a range of tools, including drones. At the same time, a new "Hijab and Chastity" bill, which is in the final stages of approval, provides for harsher penalties for women who do not wear the mandatory hijab – including soaring fines, long prison sentences and travel bans.
https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-upping-repression-women-2-years-after-aminis-death
Owner of company that spied on Assange for the CIA was collaborating with Spain’s secret service
In addition to this documentary evidence, to which EL PAÍS has had access, three sources with ties to the Spanish intelligence services and collaborators of Morales have confirmed that the former military man worked on different operations for the Spanish intelligence services. “Relax, I am with God, with the one here (CNI) and the one there (CIA),” he confessed to a person he trusted who warned him of the risks of this activity. An official spokesperson for the CNI declined to answer questions from this newspaper.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-13/owner-of-company-that-spied-on-assange-for-the-cia-was-collaborating-with-spains-secret-service.html
https://archive.is/6iCI5
Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory
Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift in their policy on the use of long-range weapons.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-long-distance-missile-biden-starmer-e4c7b590e8f89167f639969f75762fbb
Germany to welcome Kenyans in labour deal
The German government has said the deal does not specify the number of workers who will be allowed in. Migration agreements are a central pillar in the German government's efforts to curb immigration. The agreement will also simplify the repatriation of Kenyans who are in Germany without legal permission.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gegkkg14ko
Sudan: Fighting breaks out in el-Fasher following RSF attack
Minni Minawi, governor of the Darfur region, said the Sudanese army had repelled "a large attack" by the RSF, but the group claimed to have advanced and captured military sites in the city. "The neighbourhoods are completely empty and all you can hear are explosions and missiles," Ibrahim Ishaq, 52, who fled the city on Friday heading west, told AFP.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-fighting-el-facher-after-paramilitary-attack
Former world leaders ask Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism
According to the signatories, which include former Colombian president Ernesto Samper, Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Spain’s José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, naming Cuba as a country that sponsors terrorism is not only “a coercive measure that is difficult to justify in the 21st century,” but it has also contributed to the unparalleled economic crisis that the country is going through and the subsequent exodus, which already far exceeds the sum of previous waves of migration.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-13/former-world-leaders-ask-biden-to-remove-cuba-from-list-of-state-sponsors-of-terrorism.html
https://archive.is/3cYCx
Hundreds of thousands in Cuba without water
Spare parts for outdated water infrastructure, like pipes and pumps, are in short supply, officials said. And without fuel and adequate transportation, even emergency water supply by cistern truck has been limited, according to residents.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/hundreds-thousands-cuba-without-water-2024-09-13/
Sri Lankan opposition leader says he will renegotiate IMF reforms if he wins presidency
SRI LANKA’S opposition leader said on Thursday that if he wins the country's presidential race, he will renegotiate the International Monetary Fund economic reforms package to ensure rich residents pay more taxes and poor ones see their conditions improve. Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader in Parliament said that his party has already started discussions with the IMF to find ways to ease people’s tax burden.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/sri-lankan-opposition-leader-says-he-will-renegotiate-imf-reforms-if-he-wins
Japan tries to reclaim its clout as a global tech leader
Now, after a period of stagnation that Japan’s economy ministry refers to as "the lost three decades,” Tokyo is engaged in a multibillion-dollar industrial policy to jump-start the lackluster economy and recapture its position as a tech innovator.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/14/tech/japan-tech-leader-reclaim/
https://archive.is/HYdPY
South Korea declares emergency medical response amid doctors' strike
The government will also temporarily raise the fees doctors receive from health insurance around a national holiday period next week to “repay the dedication of the medical professionals even a little,” Prime Minister Han Duck-soo told a televised briefing. This includes raising by 3.5 times the examination fees specialist doctors receive at regional emergency medical centers, responsible for severe emergency patients, Han said.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-nato-military-chiefs-d020f72aaa3abec8e5fa971f7123ffe1
R: 18 / I: 6 (sage)
Are "black nationalists" just chuds with a different skin color?
Any ideology founded on idealism (racial essentialism) is destined to degrade into literal fascism. Just look what happened to Zionism.
R: 17 / I: 10
Tools, Gizmos and Contraptions
Post less computery hardware you think is neat or have question about.
R: 184 / I: 31
https://nitter.net/cpimlliberation
https://nitter.net/IMTPakistan
https://nitter.net/PMKPOfficial
https://nitter.net/cmprachanda
https://nitter.net/CPN_Nepal
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/N07-Critique-of-Brahmanism-2nd-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/N08-Operation-Green-Hunt.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S18-Historic-Eight-Documents-3rd-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S14-Urban-Perspective-7th-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S05-Azad-Maoists-in-India-6th-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S02-Philosophical-Trends-in-the-Feminist-Movement-9th-Printing.pdf
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bhagat-singh/index.htm
/subcontinental/ - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Etc
https://nitter.net/cpimspeakhttps://nitter.net/cpimlliberation
https://nitter.net/IMTPakistan
https://nitter.net/PMKPOfficial
https://nitter.net/cmprachanda
https://nitter.net/CPN_Nepal
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/N07-Critique-of-Brahmanism-2nd-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/N08-Operation-Green-Hunt.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S18-Historic-Eight-Documents-3rd-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S14-Urban-Perspective-7th-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S05-Azad-Maoists-in-India-6th-Printing.pdf
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S02-Philosophical-Trends-in-the-Feminist-Movement-9th-Printing.pdf
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bhagat-singh/index.htm
R: 251 / I: 89
Archive of the previous DPRK thread:
https://leftypol.org/leftypol_archive/res/12395.html
/DPRK/ - Democratic People's Republic of Korea General
Thread for news and discussions of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, its material conditions, the status and health of its socialist tradition, disproving common myths about it, etc.Archive of the previous DPRK thread:
https://leftypol.org/leftypol_archive/res/12395.html
R: 8 / I: 0
Material analysis of Big Mouth?
R: 502 / I: 126
HILO LATINOAMERICANO
HILO LATINOAMERICANO R: 68 / I: 12 (sage)
There seems to be a lot of shit going on in Canadian Communism in the last few years, with the rise and fall of the PCR-RCP, then the development of the IMT in Canada, and now the formation of New Communist Party of Canada.
https://ncpc-npcc.ca/
They have a fairly detailed programme, that I would appreciate some people's thoughts on here.
Canada Check-In
How's things going up there?There seems to be a lot of shit going on in Canadian Communism in the last few years, with the rise and fall of the PCR-RCP, then the development of the IMT in Canada, and now the formation of New Communist Party of Canada.
https://ncpc-npcc.ca/
They have a fairly detailed programme, that I would appreciate some people's thoughts on here.
R: 310 / I: 102
Link dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
https://redflag.org.au/
https://marxistleftreview.org/?topic=australia
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/
https://overland.org.au/
https://arena.org.au/
https://www.themonthly.com.au/
https://www.crikey.com.au/
https://www.redblacknotes.com/
https://www.surplusvalue.org.au/McQueen/index.htm
https://reddit.net/r/AustralianSocialism
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
>Shortlist of anarchist orgs/stores (2022)
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
/auspol/ - Australia General
/auspol/ - Australia GeneralLink dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
https://redflag.org.au/
https://marxistleftreview.org/?topic=australia
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/
https://overland.org.au/
https://arena.org.au/
https://www.themonthly.com.au/
https://www.crikey.com.au/
https://www.redblacknotes.com/
https://www.surplusvalue.org.au/McQueen/index.htm
https://reddit.net/r/AustralianSocialism
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
>Shortlist of anarchist orgs/stores (2022)
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
R: 499 / I: 119 (sage)
/leftybritpol/ - UK General
/leftybritpol/ - UK General
R: 587 / I: 277
Avatar thread
Thread for discussing ATLA and LoK or rather analyzing both, appreciating the effort of creating the former and shitting on the lazy liberalism of the latter
R: 227 / I: 48
In order to rebuild /leftypol/ we had to secure new hosting, spin up and configure a server with software, firewall, etc. transfer and fix+configure the vichan/lain/leftypol source code, and load the SQL database dump, as well as configure cloudflare. This process was painstaking and slow. I suppose this goes to show the precarious nature of /leftypol/ in that both the domain name (paid for 10 years in advance and donated to the current mod team) and hosting have/are being paid by one individual as a passion project.
We are working diligently to secure backups so this will not happen again in the future.
Thank you for your patience - tech jannies
/leftypol/ outage
I'll make this brief. /leftypol/ was offline from around September 9, 2024 (Monday) until September 12, 2024 (Thursday). This was due to a hard disk failure on the server. When the split happened a few years ago, one of the previous mods/admins rented a bare metal server from a company (as opposed to a VPS/virtual machine instance) for us to host /leftypol/ on. As a result the hardware was not abstracted away. We were unable to boot the machine. Furthermore this individual, having paid for the server in advance, has since gone missing and has been so for at least 34 weeks. We were unable to log into the cloud account due to it sending his email address confirmation message which we were obviously unable to access. As a result, we could not ask the hosting company for support. Also as a result, the only thing we had access to was the cloudflare and a dated sql dump+copy of the source code. As far as I know, the media files (including pdfs), wiki, minecraft server, leftypol tv, etc. are all gone and even if the aforementioned individual returns, its possible that it still won't be able to be recovered due to the fact that they were on a hard disk that failed.In order to rebuild /leftypol/ we had to secure new hosting, spin up and configure a server with software, firewall, etc. transfer and fix+configure the vichan/lain/leftypol source code, and load the SQL database dump, as well as configure cloudflare. This process was painstaking and slow. I suppose this goes to show the precarious nature of /leftypol/ in that both the domain name (paid for 10 years in advance and donated to the current mod team) and hosting have/are being paid by one individual as a passion project.
We are working diligently to secure backups so this will not happen again in the future.
Thank you for your patience - tech jannies
R: 10 / I: 4
Any leftists in the Yugioh community? Been getting back into the game heavily lately, played Edison to Dragon Rulers back in the day, but I mostly play goat format now.
Any leftists in the Yugioh community? Been getting back into the game heavily lately, played Edison to Dragon Rulers back in the day, but I mostly play goat format now.
R: 342 / I: 55
The Boys
I have never seen a show cause more butthurt on /tv/ than this. What are leftypols thoughts? R: 13 / I: 1 (sage)
YET!
It illustrates the problem with not militantly opposing the grifters who wrap themselves in leftist language.
Leftism in 美国 cannot advance until such elements are fully removed and discredited. These grifters are the public image and unfortunately the reality of the left wing of American politics. such grifters out to be kicked out and denounced. These grifters are part of the same complex that denounces Palestinian resistance. If you encounter them run them out, they create the most potent enemies of leftism. Their hypocrisy and collaboration makes them the first obstacle to creating an actual leftist movement in 美国
short excerpt
>The Anti Police-Terror Project — co-founded by Earl Harper — gave at least $800,000 to organizations run by Harper and at which his mother and, until recently, wife are board members, along with $55,000 to the personal LLC of APTP’s vice president.
The 美国的 Left has a problem
This article https://www.piratewires.com/p/oakland-defund-police-movement-earl-harper-lateefah-simon is written by a Zionist funded organization to promote right-wing oligarchy and ignore Palestine protests.YET!
It illustrates the problem with not militantly opposing the grifters who wrap themselves in leftist language.
Leftism in 美国 cannot advance until such elements are fully removed and discredited. These grifters are the public image and unfortunately the reality of the left wing of American politics. such grifters out to be kicked out and denounced. These grifters are part of the same complex that denounces Palestinian resistance. If you encounter them run them out, they create the most potent enemies of leftism. Their hypocrisy and collaboration makes them the first obstacle to creating an actual leftist movement in 美国
short excerpt
>The Anti Police-Terror Project — co-founded by Earl Harper — gave at least $800,000 to organizations run by Harper and at which his mother and, until recently, wife are board members, along with $55,000 to the personal LLC of APTP’s vice president.
R: 19 / I: 1
Organizing via hobbies and non-work communities?
Is this a viable route? Let's say you play a lot of fighting games, you know people, these are your friends, is it worth it to start that dialogue about communism in these groups? Could this be an effective means of organizing in the "gig economy" era of hyper-neoliberal individualism?
Organizing via hobbies and non-work communities?
Is this a viable route? Let's say you play a lot of fighting games, you know people, these are your friends, is it worth it to start that dialogue about communism in these groups? Could this be an effective means of organizing in the "gig economy" era of hyper-neoliberal individualism?
R: 37 / I: 11
Is the story of Polish Haitians a myth? Every time I see people arguing whether or not the Haitian revolution was a genocide I see people rush to point out that the Haitians let Poles live, but I've found evidence that this is a fake story.
http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/bookreviews/pachonski.htm
Is the story of Polish Haitians a myth? Every time I see people arguing whether or not the Haitian revolution was a genocide I see people rush to point out that the Haitians let Poles live, but I've found evidence that this is a fake story.
http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/bookreviews/pachonski.htm
R: 0 / I: 0
Marx is a faggot who got nojob, had nomoney, did norevolution, and whose entire collected body of work is essentially the shrieking rage of a bottled-up poorfag made manifest through pseud reasoning which falsely places himself in a movement of history of 'unfair worker exploitation' and that 'if only society wasn't so dang SCREWED UP we'd be happy and doing r-really good ok?????
his ideas are essentially irrelevant to anyone besides incredibly angsty and self-styled intellectual deviant adolescents, who can relate to his angst turned outwards to society, but only because of they don't have pocket change
the grand sweep of history has utterly shattered and swept away his ideas through far superior and eternal recognition of things like the Rights to Property, the basic Dignity of Human Life, Free and Fair Trade and also a far-more mature and sophisticated understanding of "What actually works in the real world and could actually be implemented as opposed to masturbating on dead political economists?"
By the metric of history's currents and impact, Frédéric Bastiat and Alexis de Tocqueville are gigachads whose massive fucking cocks essentially penetrated and impregnated the most fertile of all societies whereas Marx was hanging out with the Trotskyists at the least populated lunch table farthest away from the popular kids. They think themselves superior in their exile but really it's because they look and smell and talk and act like pedantic faggots.
Marx is a faggot who got nojob, had nomoney, did norevolution, and whose entire collected body of work is essentially the shrieking rage of a bottled-up poorfag made manifest through pseud reasoning which falsely places himself in a movement of history of 'unfair worker exploitation' and that 'if only society wasn't so dang SCREWED UP we'd be happy and doing r-really good ok?????
his ideas are essentially irrelevant to anyone besides incredibly angsty and self-styled intellectual deviant adolescents, who can relate to his angst turned outwards to society, but only because of they don't have pocket change
the grand sweep of history has utterly shattered and swept away his ideas through far superior and eternal recognition of things like the Rights to Property, the basic Dignity of Human Life, Free and Fair Trade and also a far-more mature and sophisticated understanding of "What actually works in the real world and could actually be implemented as opposed to masturbating on dead political economists?"
By the metric of history's currents and impact, Frédéric Bastiat and Alexis de Tocqueville are gigachads whose massive fucking cocks essentially penetrated and impregnated the most fertile of all societies whereas Marx was hanging out with the Trotskyists at the least populated lunch table farthest away from the popular kids. They think themselves superior in their exile but really it's because they look and smell and talk and act like pedantic faggots.
R: 113 / I: 87
fat anime tiddies
fat anime tumm
fat anime
fat anime assfat anime tiddies
fat anime tumm
R: 3 / I: 0
unlike yall tripleA gamers, i play REAL immersive mdickie games. and it's not bigger than 1gb
posted here because the /games/ board is dead
unlike yall tripleA gamers, i play REAL immersive mdickie games. and it's not bigger than 1gb
posted here because the /games/ board is dead
R: 3 / I: 1
>Gangster rapper writes about murdering people
>Gets charged with murders and his rap lyrics are used in court
>Gets acquitted
>Writes a rap song bragging about how he got off for a body
>Writes more songs about more murders
>Gets charged again
>rap lyrics played in court again
>gets convicted of multiple murders
>GETS SENT TO SUPERMAX
>The ONLY RAPPER IN SUPERMAX!
That's where they put El Chapo and the terrorists.
Ra Diggs
Ra Diggs should be a fucking legend. This rapper is so underrated. I've been pimping him here and there for a few years. Looks like he's picking up some steam with this vid from 6 months ago getting 100k+ views>Gangster rapper writes about murdering people
>Gets charged with murders and his rap lyrics are used in court
>Gets acquitted
>Writes a rap song bragging about how he got off for a body
>Writes more songs about more murders
>Gets charged again
>rap lyrics played in court again
>gets convicted of multiple murders
>GETS SENT TO SUPERMAX
>The ONLY RAPPER IN SUPERMAX!
That's where they put El Chapo and the terrorists.
R: 46 / I: 11
>orthodox marxist
>marxist leninist
>stalinist
>junche
>maoist
>anarcho communism
>democratic socialism
>socio democracy
So on and on, but I wonder what of those actually is true in the sense the really capture how the world truly works, what leftypol thinks is the really one that really understand the world?
SO MANY DIVISION AND SUBDIVISION
>marxist>orthodox marxist
>marxist leninist
>stalinist
>junche
>maoist
>anarcho communism
>democratic socialism
>socio democracy
So on and on, but I wonder what of those actually is true in the sense the really capture how the world truly works, what leftypol thinks is the really one that really understand the world?
R: 66 / I: 10
The thread is to serve as a mutual intellectual support system and meta-discussion for communist students to
· share resources for picking and learning your object of study
· discuss strategies for studies
· weekly rhythms and scheduling outside of the classroom
· organizing the student-body and/or spreading artistic agitation
· all while ultimately staying safe and completing your studies
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University communists general
This is a thread for communists who are (or are planning to) study at [b]unnamed[/b] universities the world over.The thread is to serve as a mutual intellectual support system and meta-discussion for communist students to
· share resources for picking and learning your object of study
· discuss strategies for studies
· weekly rhythms and scheduling outside of the classroom
· organizing the student-body and/or spreading artistic agitation
· all while ultimately staying safe and completing your studies
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Victoria 3
I'm pretty new to victoria 3, and I'm looking for some advice. What are some fun countries to play as while still being a beginner? Also, what are the best mods I should get?
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Ok, leftypol, you're right. what's a better form of protest? suicide or homicide? both hurt the bourgeoisie.
Ok, leftypol, you're right. what's a better form of protest? suicide or homicide? both hurt the bourgeoisie.
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To start things off, I've made a card for Alunya: https://chub.ai/characters/xalkoi/Alunya
Fuck Fork and modify it to oblivion
Don't want to give money to capitalist but want to try it out? First download SillyTavern: https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern
Then create an account on Poe.com and follow the guide on SillyTavern to get the API key (just copy the value of the cookie)
Now download the png of the bot and import it on sillytavern, have fun.
And if you don't mind being unable to lewd the bots, you also have https://beta.character.ai/
/aicg/ - AI Chatbot General
This place needs an AI chatbot thead, so this is it now.To start things off, I've made a card for Alunya: https://chub.ai/characters/xalkoi/Alunya
Fuck Fork and modify it to oblivion
Don't want to give money to capitalist but want to try it out? First download SillyTavern: https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern
Then create an account on Poe.com and follow the guide on SillyTavern to get the API key (just copy the value of the cookie)
Now download the png of the bot and import it on sillytavern, have fun.
And if you don't mind being unable to lewd the bots, you also have https://beta.character.ai/
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/punk/ general
ITT we talk about anything related to punk, hardcore, and any subgenres of punk and hardcore.
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__POWER__
A single strike from a modest 9mm handgun creates over thirty-seven times the pressure-per-square inch than the world's hardest hitting boxer's fist. This immense force means that each bullet delivers a devastating impact far beyond what any human strike could achieve.
__SPEED__
A single fully automatic handgun can strike four to six times faster per second than the world's fastest boxer can throw punches. This disparity in speed and power means that any untrained firearm user unleashes a barrage of bullets that no human can match in terms of frequency and consistency.
The gun stands alone as an unparalleled force. On average, the gun is one hundred and eighty-five times more decisive than the world’s most skilled unarmed fighter. No other melee or ranged weapon can rival the gun’s decisiveness, regardless of the wielder’s expertise. The gun’s supremacy in combat is a testament to its unmatched decisiveness and devastating force.
INTRODUCING GUN-KATA
The martial art of Gun-Kata takes humankind's most decisive weapon and perfects its application. With mastery of Gun-Kata, the gun—no longer mere weapon—becomes an extension of the master's body. The essence of Gun-Kata lies in its ability to maximize the effectiveness of firearms through the application of martial arts principles. By combining the decisiveness of modern weaponry with the discipline and technique of traditional combat arts, Gun-Kata creates a new paradigm of combat.
__SKILLFUL DUAL-WIELDING__
Consider the geometry of combat. A conventional shooter, with a single firearm, is limited to a narrow cone of fire. Their focus is linear, their action constrained by the very action of aiming and shooting. But a Gun-Kata master, dual-wielding, operates within a dynamic sphere of influence. Their arms move independently yet in harmony, creating overlapping fields of fire that cover a 360-degree radius. Each gun represents a vector of force and direction. When combined, these vectors create a resultant force that is greater than the sum of its parts. The angles they cover are not just doubled; they are multiplied exponentially. The Gun-Kata master, through training and instinct, calculates these vectors in real-time, adjusting their stance, grip, and aim to maximize their lethal potential.
NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC COUNTER-PREDICTIVE MOVEMENT
While a conventional shooter relies on predicting the target’s movements to aim and fire, the Gun-Kata master flips this on its head. The gunkata master has honed their ability to introduce these small, unpredictable changes into their movements. They shift their weight, alter their stance, and pivot with such precision that their trajectory becomes a series of unpredictable variables. The Gun-Kata master operates in a realm where linear predictions fail. Utilizing non-linear dynamics, their movements are fluid, adaptive, and seemingly random, making it impossible for a conventional shooter to lock onto them. They exploit the milliseconds of hesitation and recalibration that their unpredictable movements force upon their opponent. In close-quarters combat, this technique becomes even more pronounced. The Gun-Kata master moves with a speed and agility that defies conventional tactics. They weave through danger like a specter, their body a blur of motion that the untrained eye struggles to follow. Each dodge, each sidestep, is a calculated maneuver designed to exploit the shooter’s momentary lapses in accuracy.
Gun-kata : The Pinnacle of Combat
THE DECISIVENESS OF GUNS__POWER__
A single strike from a modest 9mm handgun creates over thirty-seven times the pressure-per-square inch than the world's hardest hitting boxer's fist. This immense force means that each bullet delivers a devastating impact far beyond what any human strike could achieve.
__SPEED__
A single fully automatic handgun can strike four to six times faster per second than the world's fastest boxer can throw punches. This disparity in speed and power means that any untrained firearm user unleashes a barrage of bullets that no human can match in terms of frequency and consistency.
The gun stands alone as an unparalleled force. On average, the gun is one hundred and eighty-five times more decisive than the world’s most skilled unarmed fighter. No other melee or ranged weapon can rival the gun’s decisiveness, regardless of the wielder’s expertise. The gun’s supremacy in combat is a testament to its unmatched decisiveness and devastating force.
INTRODUCING GUN-KATA
The martial art of Gun-Kata takes humankind's most decisive weapon and perfects its application. With mastery of Gun-Kata, the gun—no longer mere weapon—becomes an extension of the master's body. The essence of Gun-Kata lies in its ability to maximize the effectiveness of firearms through the application of martial arts principles. By combining the decisiveness of modern weaponry with the discipline and technique of traditional combat arts, Gun-Kata creates a new paradigm of combat.
__SKILLFUL DUAL-WIELDING__
Consider the geometry of combat. A conventional shooter, with a single firearm, is limited to a narrow cone of fire. Their focus is linear, their action constrained by the very action of aiming and shooting. But a Gun-Kata master, dual-wielding, operates within a dynamic sphere of influence. Their arms move independently yet in harmony, creating overlapping fields of fire that cover a 360-degree radius. Each gun represents a vector of force and direction. When combined, these vectors create a resultant force that is greater than the sum of its parts. The angles they cover are not just doubled; they are multiplied exponentially. The Gun-Kata master, through training and instinct, calculates these vectors in real-time, adjusting their stance, grip, and aim to maximize their lethal potential.
NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC COUNTER-PREDICTIVE MOVEMENT
While a conventional shooter relies on predicting the target’s movements to aim and fire, the Gun-Kata master flips this on its head. The gunkata master has honed their ability to introduce these small, unpredictable changes into their movements. They shift their weight, alter their stance, and pivot with such precision that their trajectory becomes a series of unpredictable variables. The Gun-Kata master operates in a realm where linear predictions fail. Utilizing non-linear dynamics, their movements are fluid, adaptive, and seemingly random, making it impossible for a conventional shooter to lock onto them. They exploit the milliseconds of hesitation and recalibration that their unpredictable movements force upon their opponent. In close-quarters combat, this technique becomes even more pronounced. The Gun-Kata master moves with a speed and agility that defies conventional tactics. They weave through danger like a specter, their body a blur of motion that the untrained eye struggles to follow. Each dodge, each sidestep, is a calculated maneuver designed to exploit the shooter’s momentary lapses in accuracy.
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soviet agriculture
it is no secret that food production didnt work properly in the soviet union, during Stalin quotas were high and productivity per hour was low. Krushev had a small spike during his unscientific conquest of fertile lands which ended quote promptly. by time Breznev took over the soviet union had a net deficit of export to import of food and the new leader did barely anything to fix the issue. why was soviet agriculture so lacking? what could've fixed it?
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State Socialism?
Do we actually need the state to get to socialism, or is it just another tool of oppression that’s going to stop us from ever reaching real communism? Marx talked about using the state to overthrow the bourgeoisie, but let’s be honest: once you give the state power, can we really trust it to wither away like it’s supposed to? Or is it just going to entrench itself and keep us stuck in another form of control? With the state stronger than ever today, is it naïve to think we can reach socialism (let alone communism) without some kind of power structure? Or should we be looking for ways to go around it entirely?
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On August 15, 1974, a young Japanese-born North Korean communist sympathizer named Mun Se-gwang attempted to assassinate South Korean capitalist dictator Park Chung-hee in hopes of sparking a popular revolution against the military dictatorship.
During his high school years in Japan, he read the selected works of Mao Zedong and Kim Il-sung. Later, he maintained contact with groups of Zainichi (Koreans living in Japan) who followed Juche ideology.
At the time of the attack, Park was giving a speech at a national theater in Seoul to mark the anniversary of South Korea's independence. Mun ran in and fired a total of five shots, killing Park's wife, Yuk Young-soo, with a shot to the head.
Mun would be arrested on the spot and hanged on December 20, 1974.
“I want to live under the sky of my homeland. Even when I set foot in my homeland with the purpose of killing him, I never knew that the sky of my homeland was so blue.”
Mun Se-gwang, 1974.
On August 15, 1974, a young Japanese-born North Korean communist sympathizer named Mun Se-gwang attempted to assassinate South Korean capitalist dictator Park Chung-hee in hopes of sparking a popular revolution against the military dictatorship.
During his high school years in Japan, he read the selected works of Mao Zedong and Kim Il-sung. Later, he maintained contact with groups of Zainichi (Koreans living in Japan) who followed Juche ideology.
At the time of the attack, Park was giving a speech at a national theater in Seoul to mark the anniversary of South Korea's independence. Mun ran in and fired a total of five shots, killing Park's wife, Yuk Young-soo, with a shot to the head.
Mun would be arrested on the spot and hanged on December 20, 1974.
“I want to live under the sky of my homeland. Even when I set foot in my homeland with the purpose of killing him, I never knew that the sky of my homeland was so blue.”
Mun Se-gwang, 1974.
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Mkx feels like getting your ass beat when you’ve already been flogged.
Recovery frames made mkx fast
The time to move or attack again after finishers or special attacks in mkx is what made the game so much faster than mk1 or mk11. It’s so much easier to get away with playing as oppressively as possible in x just off the fact that your opponent likely won’t have the time to do shit about it compared to mk1 where most grabs and special attacks at least give you space or time to get your shit sorted out.Mkx feels like getting your ass beat when you’ve already been flogged.
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The Colombian government took a historic step. It issued its first-ever compulsory licence, a legal mechanism that allows it to co-opt the drugmaker’s patent in the name of public interest. That decision is expected to clear the way for Colombia’s health programmes to buy generic doses of the drug at a much lower cost. But bypassing the patent has enmeshed Colombia in an ongoing lawsuit with the pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare, which has openly protested the compulsory licence.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/9/13/in-a-historic-move-colombia-bypasses-a-patent-to-access-a-key-hiv-drug
https://archive.is/G9hyy
Trudeau says government will not intervene in Air Canada dispute with pilots
The Canadian government will not intervene to end a dispute between Air Canada and its pilots and intends instead to pressure both sides to avert a strike, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trudeau-says-govt-pressuring-air-canada-pilots-avert-strike-2024-09-13/
Managers of a state fuel company in Trinidad are charged in the 2022 deaths of four divers
Two top managers of Paria Fuel Trading Co., a subsidiary of Trinidad Petroleum Holdings, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to accusations they violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act, according to local media reports. Also charged was the director of Land and Marine Contracting Services Ltd., a company contracted by Paria to repair the pipeline. Local newspapers reported that the director’s son died in the incident.
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-paria-divers-killed-osha-charged-7382d5cdc319e285b85e236c780c53e0
UNRWA says staffer killed in Israeli West Bank raid
The agency, known as UNRWA, said the employee was "shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper", and that it was "the first time an UNRWA staff member has been killed in the West Bank in more than 10 years". The incident took place in the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank, the statement said.
https://www.newarab.com/news/unrwa-says-staffer-killed-israeli-west-bank-raid
UN is cutting back on Yemen activities after crackdown by Houthi rebels on humanitarian staff
The U.N. has narrowed its focus to “essential lifesaving and life-sustaining activities,” she said, and is deprioritizing broader activities to develop the Arab world’s poorest nation.
https://apnews.com/article/un-yemen-houthis-humanitarian-rights-arrests-famine-5924ba2d1320cbb4cb3adcbc5b3c4f57
Jordan's Islamists boosted in election by protest votes over Israel's war on Gaza
The IAF, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, won up to a fifth of the seats under the revamped electoral law, which for the first time allocated 41 seats for parties, according to preliminary figures seen by Reuters and confirmed by independent and official sources.
https://www.newarab.com/news/jordans-islamists-boosted-protest-votes-over-israeli-ties
In Tunisia, refugees and migrants are expelled to the desert, left helpless
First recorded in July last year, expulsions have become a part of a crackdown on migration in Tunisia, one that has seen activists and NGOs prosecuted for providing aid to people targeted by security services. Nobody knows for sure how many refugees and migrants there are in Tunisia. About 16,500 people are registered with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/12/in-tunisia-refugees-and-migrants-are-expelled-to-the-desert-left-helpless
https://archive.is/U0BLV
German state bans Islamic center over alleged Hamas links
It is the second high-profile raid of an Islamic center in Germany in recent months, after authorities shut down the Hamburg Islamic Center after it was deemed an "Islamist extremist organization" with links to Iran and Hezbollah.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-bans-islamic-center-over-alleged-hamas-links/a-70202681
https://archive.is/5t3Jl
Plans for scrapped section of HS2 receives mixed reception from unions and campaigners
The proposed new 50-mile railway line between the Midlands and north-west England would be slower and cheaper than the original proposals which were axed amid spiralling costs by former prime minister Rishi Sunak last October.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/plans-for-scrapped-section-of-hs2-receives-mixed-reception-from-unions-and-campaigners
Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail
On Friday, India’s supreme court ruled that, Arvind Kejriwal, who is the chief minister of Delhi, should be immediately released from jail in Delhi, where he has been held since his arrest in March. The judges ruled that as his trial was unlikely to be completed for some time, his “prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/13/indian-opposition-leader-arvind-kejriwal-released-on-bail
Could Marxist Anura Dissanayake become Sri Lanka’s next president?
For months now, Dissanayake has enjoyed a different kind of authority within Sri Lankan politics, which has in turn earned him recognition as a rising political force even from regional superpower India. He is a surprise top contender for the country’s presidency, when the Indian Ocean island votes on September 21. Some opinion polls even suggest he could be the frontrunner, among a crowd of 38 candidates.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/9/13/could-marxist-anura-dissanayake-become-sri-lankas-next-president
https://archive.is/PGeP4
Garment workers in Bangladesh mobilize for wages withheld due to national shutdown
The workers are calling for an increase in attendance bonuses and tiffin (meal) allowances, as well as an end to random layoffs and wage discrimination between different groups of workers and in the recruitment of male and female employees. Attendance bonuses, paid by factory owners, serve as an incentive for regular attendance.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/12/garment-workers-in-bangladesh-mobilize-for-wages-withheld-due-to-national-shutdown/
News 9/13/24
In a historic move, Colombia bypasses patent to access HIV drugThe Colombian government took a historic step. It issued its first-ever compulsory licence, a legal mechanism that allows it to co-opt the drugmaker’s patent in the name of public interest. That decision is expected to clear the way for Colombia’s health programmes to buy generic doses of the drug at a much lower cost. But bypassing the patent has enmeshed Colombia in an ongoing lawsuit with the pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare, which has openly protested the compulsory licence.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/9/13/in-a-historic-move-colombia-bypasses-a-patent-to-access-a-key-hiv-drug
https://archive.is/G9hyy
Trudeau says government will not intervene in Air Canada dispute with pilots
The Canadian government will not intervene to end a dispute between Air Canada and its pilots and intends instead to pressure both sides to avert a strike, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trudeau-says-govt-pressuring-air-canada-pilots-avert-strike-2024-09-13/
Managers of a state fuel company in Trinidad are charged in the 2022 deaths of four divers
Two top managers of Paria Fuel Trading Co., a subsidiary of Trinidad Petroleum Holdings, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to accusations they violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act, according to local media reports. Also charged was the director of Land and Marine Contracting Services Ltd., a company contracted by Paria to repair the pipeline. Local newspapers reported that the director’s son died in the incident.
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-paria-divers-killed-osha-charged-7382d5cdc319e285b85e236c780c53e0
UNRWA says staffer killed in Israeli West Bank raid
The agency, known as UNRWA, said the employee was "shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper", and that it was "the first time an UNRWA staff member has been killed in the West Bank in more than 10 years". The incident took place in the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank, the statement said.
https://www.newarab.com/news/unrwa-says-staffer-killed-israeli-west-bank-raid
UN is cutting back on Yemen activities after crackdown by Houthi rebels on humanitarian staff
The U.N. has narrowed its focus to “essential lifesaving and life-sustaining activities,” she said, and is deprioritizing broader activities to develop the Arab world’s poorest nation.
https://apnews.com/article/un-yemen-houthis-humanitarian-rights-arrests-famine-5924ba2d1320cbb4cb3adcbc5b3c4f57
Jordan's Islamists boosted in election by protest votes over Israel's war on Gaza
The IAF, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, won up to a fifth of the seats under the revamped electoral law, which for the first time allocated 41 seats for parties, according to preliminary figures seen by Reuters and confirmed by independent and official sources.
https://www.newarab.com/news/jordans-islamists-boosted-protest-votes-over-israeli-ties
In Tunisia, refugees and migrants are expelled to the desert, left helpless
First recorded in July last year, expulsions have become a part of a crackdown on migration in Tunisia, one that has seen activists and NGOs prosecuted for providing aid to people targeted by security services. Nobody knows for sure how many refugees and migrants there are in Tunisia. About 16,500 people are registered with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/12/in-tunisia-refugees-and-migrants-are-expelled-to-the-desert-left-helpless
https://archive.is/U0BLV
German state bans Islamic center over alleged Hamas links
It is the second high-profile raid of an Islamic center in Germany in recent months, after authorities shut down the Hamburg Islamic Center after it was deemed an "Islamist extremist organization" with links to Iran and Hezbollah.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-bans-islamic-center-over-alleged-hamas-links/a-70202681
https://archive.is/5t3Jl
Plans for scrapped section of HS2 receives mixed reception from unions and campaigners
The proposed new 50-mile railway line between the Midlands and north-west England would be slower and cheaper than the original proposals which were axed amid spiralling costs by former prime minister Rishi Sunak last October.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/plans-for-scrapped-section-of-hs2-receives-mixed-reception-from-unions-and-campaigners
Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail
On Friday, India’s supreme court ruled that, Arvind Kejriwal, who is the chief minister of Delhi, should be immediately released from jail in Delhi, where he has been held since his arrest in March. The judges ruled that as his trial was unlikely to be completed for some time, his “prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/13/indian-opposition-leader-arvind-kejriwal-released-on-bail
Could Marxist Anura Dissanayake become Sri Lanka’s next president?
For months now, Dissanayake has enjoyed a different kind of authority within Sri Lankan politics, which has in turn earned him recognition as a rising political force even from regional superpower India. He is a surprise top contender for the country’s presidency, when the Indian Ocean island votes on September 21. Some opinion polls even suggest he could be the frontrunner, among a crowd of 38 candidates.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/9/13/could-marxist-anura-dissanayake-become-sri-lankas-next-president
https://archive.is/PGeP4
Garment workers in Bangladesh mobilize for wages withheld due to national shutdown
The workers are calling for an increase in attendance bonuses and tiffin (meal) allowances, as well as an end to random layoffs and wage discrimination between different groups of workers and in the recruitment of male and female employees. Attendance bonuses, paid by factory owners, serve as an incentive for regular attendance.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/12/garment-workers-in-bangladesh-mobilize-for-wages-withheld-due-to-national-shutdown/
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meme templates
post meme templates and objects with transparent backgrounds, etc. for our OC makers to use.
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So why are lumpenproles (and in turn homeless people) so hated here? And wouldn't they have even more revolutionary potential after being failed by a system that can't even provide them a roof over their head or food in their stomach?
Are homeless people really lumpen?
Aren't they the worst victims of all? They of all people have been the most blatantly opressed by capitalism at every turn. Isn't it reactionary to say they're to blame when the root is clearly systemic? In most cases they're completely unable to secure employment, it's not like they don't want to. In fact a good portion of homeless people actually work full time.So why are lumpenproles (and in turn homeless people) so hated here? And wouldn't they have even more revolutionary potential after being failed by a system that can't even provide them a roof over their head or food in their stomach?
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METAL THREAD
Post any genre good metal songs.
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Why do /pol/acks hate rap?
Rap is extremely politically incorrect, liberally uses the gamer word, glorifies guns, thug, culture, and misogyny. It's everything /pol/ loves. Is it just because they hate blacks more?
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<by Wang Jiaxian, published in the June 16, 1958 issue of Hongqi (Red Flag)
The Renmin Ribao editorial “Modern Revisionism Must Be Repudiated” pointed out that one of the fundamental points in modern revisionism, as typified by the programme put forward by the leading group in Yugoslavia, is its substitution of the reactionary theory of the state standing above classes for the Marxist-Leninist theory of the state.
The imperialists have always sought to cover up the nature of the state as a class dictatorship in order to wreck the revolutionary working-class movement. They describe the state under bourgeois dictatorship as “standing above classes,” “belonging to the whole people” and “democratic,” and slander the state under proletarian dictatorship as “totalitarian” and undermining democracy. Now that socialism and imperialism stand out in sharp contrast, with socialism in the ascendant like the sun rising and imperialism in murky decline, the working people under capitalist rule are turning towards socialism increasingly, the imperialists’ lies are more than ever losing their power to deceive and the anti-communist nonsense of the Social Democrats is proving more and more incapable of helping the imperialists. It is at such a time that the Yugoslav revisionists, donning the cloak of Marxism-Leninism, have come forward to serve imperialism, particularly U.S. imperialism, by peddling the bourgeois theory of the state standing above classes, so as to repay U.S. imperialism for its reward of large sums of American dollars.
State power in an imperialist country is a means of serving the handful of monopoly capitalists and exercising dictatorship over the overwhelming majority of the people. Yet the Yugoslav revisionists are at great pains to conceal the dictatorship character of the imperialist state power. They say that in the capitalist world “the state increasingly controls the activities of capital” and “restricts the role of private capital,” that “the role of the state as that of a regulator also grows” (Draft Programme of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) and that “the state is no longer the apparatus of a certain class in capitalist society; it no longer reflects or upholds the special interests of that class” (“Has Capitalism Changed?” by R. I., October 1956 issue of the Yugoslav magazine The Truth About Us). Glorifying imperialist state power in such a fashion, are they not toeing the line of the imperialists?
The outstanding feature of our age is the transition from capitalism to socialism. Through revolution in one form or another, the working class must smash the bourgeois state apparatus, set up the proletarian state apparatus and replace bourgeois dictatorship by proletarian dictatorship. Marxist-Leninists, therefore, have always held that seizure of state power is the crucial question in the proletarian revolution. Using sophistry, the Yugoslav revisionists insist that state capitalism in the capitalist countries is a “factor of socialism,” that socialism is taking form within the capitalist system, and that the bourgeois state apparatus is also changing in this direction. Consequently, there is no need for the working class to carry out proletarian revolution, to smash the bourgeois state apparatus or to set up its own state apparatus. They claim that by “exercising incessant pressure” on the bourgeois state apparatus and working to “exert a decisive influence” in it, the working class will be able to “secure the development of socialism.” They are spreading this nonsense about “peaceful evolution” from capitalism to socialism in order to create ideological confusion within the ranks of the revolutionary working-class movement, to paralyse, corrode and sap the revolutionary willpower of the working class and Communist Parties in the capitalist countries, and to prevent proletarian revolution. This being so, what trace of Marxism-Leninism do they show, what markings other than those of an accomplice of the imperialists?
Since the Great October Revolution, one-third of mankind has smashed the bourgeois state apparatus and established their own states of proletarian dictatorship. The proletarian dictatorship in these countries is fundamentally different in nature from dictatorship by all exploiting classes. It is the dictatorship of the exploited class, the dictatorship of the many over the few, dictatorship for the building of socialist society free from exploitation of man by man. It is the most progressive, and also the last, dictatorship in human history which is undertaking the greatest and most difficult historic task of eliminating classes, and it is forging ahead in conditions of most complex struggle, along the most tortuous road ever known in human history. With a history of only forty years, it is impossible for the dictatorship of the proletariat to avoid making some partial mistake or another, in the course of its advance. Whatever the mistakes, since proletarian dictatorship is the system of the people themselves, it will learn from mistakes and correct them by itself. But the Yugoslav revisionists, following the imperialist reactionaries, venomously attack the proletarian dictatorship in the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries. They call the state system of the socialist countries ‘‘bureaucracy and bureaucratic statism.” They fiercely attack the Communist Parties in the socialist countries for holding the leading position and exercising the leading role in the life of the state and slander direct leadership and supervision by the Communist Parties in these countries over the work of the state as giving rise to “the growth of bureaucracy in the Party” and “statism.” A mere glance shows that the weapons used by the Yugoslav revisionists against the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries come from the arsenals of the imperialists. It is just because they brandish these antiquated weapons in the name of “Communists,” with the status of a “socialist country,” and under the cloak of Marxism-Leninism, that they win special approval and plaudits from the U.S. imperialists.
All the classical writings of Marxism-Leninism show that socialist state power is the dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e. the proletariat organizing itself as the ruling class. After seizing power, the proletariat must exercise dictatorship through its own state apparatus over the vanquished exploiting classes, carry on the class struggle in the new conditions and solve the problem of whether the socialist road or the capitalist road will win out, so as to eliminate classes. But the Yugoslav revisionists maintain that socialist state power should not be an instrument of force, should not exercise dictatorship over the class enemy and should not conduct struggle between the socialist and capitalist roads. At the same time, they make no little fuss about the so-called question of democracy, attacking the socialist countries under the pretext of promoting “democracy.” Tito has manufactured the pretext that “we are always emphatically against regarding the proletarian dictatorship as mere force,” as though there were only dictatorship and no democracy in the socialist countries. Since the class enemy still exists in the period of transition, and there are antagonistic contradictions between them and the proletariat, contradictions between the enemy and ourselves, dictatorship must be exercised if such contradictions are to be resolved. As to democracy, all democracy is merely a form of class rule. Democracy that is divorced from proletarian dictatorship can never be democracy under the socialist system. In essence, bourgeois democracy is dictatorship by the few over the great majority, the working people, while proletarian dictatorship means democracy for the great majority, the working people. Either the enemy wipes us out or vice versa; either bourgeois democracy or proletarian democracy. The dictatorship of the proletariat is a unity of dictatorship and democracy. Comrade Mao Zedong once said: “Democracy for the people and dictatorship over the reactionaries, when combined, constitute the people’s democratic dictatorship” (On People’s Democratic Dictatorship); “dictatorship does not apply in the ranks of the people. The people cannot possibly exercise dictatorship over themselves; nor should one section of them oppress another section”; “under the people’s democratic dictatorship, two different methods — dictatorial and democratic — should be used to resolve the two kinds of contradiction of different nature — those between ourselves and the enemy and those among the people.” (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People) By opposing democracy to dictatorship while chattering about abstract democracy, denying the necessity of dictatorship over the class enemy, the necessity of struggle between the socialist and the capitalist roads, the Yugoslav revisionists are simply trying to create confusion within the socialist countries in co-ordination with the subversive activities conducted against these countries by the imperialist countries.
Reading of the Day 11
In Refutation of Modern Revisionism’s Reactionary Theory of the State<by Wang Jiaxian, published in the June 16, 1958 issue of Hongqi (Red Flag)
The Renmin Ribao editorial “Modern Revisionism Must Be Repudiated” pointed out that one of the fundamental points in modern revisionism, as typified by the programme put forward by the leading group in Yugoslavia, is its substitution of the reactionary theory of the state standing above classes for the Marxist-Leninist theory of the state.
The imperialists have always sought to cover up the nature of the state as a class dictatorship in order to wreck the revolutionary working-class movement. They describe the state under bourgeois dictatorship as “standing above classes,” “belonging to the whole people” and “democratic,” and slander the state under proletarian dictatorship as “totalitarian” and undermining democracy. Now that socialism and imperialism stand out in sharp contrast, with socialism in the ascendant like the sun rising and imperialism in murky decline, the working people under capitalist rule are turning towards socialism increasingly, the imperialists’ lies are more than ever losing their power to deceive and the anti-communist nonsense of the Social Democrats is proving more and more incapable of helping the imperialists. It is at such a time that the Yugoslav revisionists, donning the cloak of Marxism-Leninism, have come forward to serve imperialism, particularly U.S. imperialism, by peddling the bourgeois theory of the state standing above classes, so as to repay U.S. imperialism for its reward of large sums of American dollars.
State power in an imperialist country is a means of serving the handful of monopoly capitalists and exercising dictatorship over the overwhelming majority of the people. Yet the Yugoslav revisionists are at great pains to conceal the dictatorship character of the imperialist state power. They say that in the capitalist world “the state increasingly controls the activities of capital” and “restricts the role of private capital,” that “the role of the state as that of a regulator also grows” (Draft Programme of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) and that “the state is no longer the apparatus of a certain class in capitalist society; it no longer reflects or upholds the special interests of that class” (“Has Capitalism Changed?” by R. I., October 1956 issue of the Yugoslav magazine The Truth About Us). Glorifying imperialist state power in such a fashion, are they not toeing the line of the imperialists?
The outstanding feature of our age is the transition from capitalism to socialism. Through revolution in one form or another, the working class must smash the bourgeois state apparatus, set up the proletarian state apparatus and replace bourgeois dictatorship by proletarian dictatorship. Marxist-Leninists, therefore, have always held that seizure of state power is the crucial question in the proletarian revolution. Using sophistry, the Yugoslav revisionists insist that state capitalism in the capitalist countries is a “factor of socialism,” that socialism is taking form within the capitalist system, and that the bourgeois state apparatus is also changing in this direction. Consequently, there is no need for the working class to carry out proletarian revolution, to smash the bourgeois state apparatus or to set up its own state apparatus. They claim that by “exercising incessant pressure” on the bourgeois state apparatus and working to “exert a decisive influence” in it, the working class will be able to “secure the development of socialism.” They are spreading this nonsense about “peaceful evolution” from capitalism to socialism in order to create ideological confusion within the ranks of the revolutionary working-class movement, to paralyse, corrode and sap the revolutionary willpower of the working class and Communist Parties in the capitalist countries, and to prevent proletarian revolution. This being so, what trace of Marxism-Leninism do they show, what markings other than those of an accomplice of the imperialists?
Since the Great October Revolution, one-third of mankind has smashed the bourgeois state apparatus and established their own states of proletarian dictatorship. The proletarian dictatorship in these countries is fundamentally different in nature from dictatorship by all exploiting classes. It is the dictatorship of the exploited class, the dictatorship of the many over the few, dictatorship for the building of socialist society free from exploitation of man by man. It is the most progressive, and also the last, dictatorship in human history which is undertaking the greatest and most difficult historic task of eliminating classes, and it is forging ahead in conditions of most complex struggle, along the most tortuous road ever known in human history. With a history of only forty years, it is impossible for the dictatorship of the proletariat to avoid making some partial mistake or another, in the course of its advance. Whatever the mistakes, since proletarian dictatorship is the system of the people themselves, it will learn from mistakes and correct them by itself. But the Yugoslav revisionists, following the imperialist reactionaries, venomously attack the proletarian dictatorship in the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries. They call the state system of the socialist countries ‘‘bureaucracy and bureaucratic statism.” They fiercely attack the Communist Parties in the socialist countries for holding the leading position and exercising the leading role in the life of the state and slander direct leadership and supervision by the Communist Parties in these countries over the work of the state as giving rise to “the growth of bureaucracy in the Party” and “statism.” A mere glance shows that the weapons used by the Yugoslav revisionists against the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries come from the arsenals of the imperialists. It is just because they brandish these antiquated weapons in the name of “Communists,” with the status of a “socialist country,” and under the cloak of Marxism-Leninism, that they win special approval and plaudits from the U.S. imperialists.
All the classical writings of Marxism-Leninism show that socialist state power is the dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e. the proletariat organizing itself as the ruling class. After seizing power, the proletariat must exercise dictatorship through its own state apparatus over the vanquished exploiting classes, carry on the class struggle in the new conditions and solve the problem of whether the socialist road or the capitalist road will win out, so as to eliminate classes. But the Yugoslav revisionists maintain that socialist state power should not be an instrument of force, should not exercise dictatorship over the class enemy and should not conduct struggle between the socialist and capitalist roads. At the same time, they make no little fuss about the so-called question of democracy, attacking the socialist countries under the pretext of promoting “democracy.” Tito has manufactured the pretext that “we are always emphatically against regarding the proletarian dictatorship as mere force,” as though there were only dictatorship and no democracy in the socialist countries. Since the class enemy still exists in the period of transition, and there are antagonistic contradictions between them and the proletariat, contradictions between the enemy and ourselves, dictatorship must be exercised if such contradictions are to be resolved. As to democracy, all democracy is merely a form of class rule. Democracy that is divorced from proletarian dictatorship can never be democracy under the socialist system. In essence, bourgeois democracy is dictatorship by the few over the great majority, the working people, while proletarian dictatorship means democracy for the great majority, the working people. Either the enemy wipes us out or vice versa; either bourgeois democracy or proletarian democracy. The dictatorship of the proletariat is a unity of dictatorship and democracy. Comrade Mao Zedong once said: “Democracy for the people and dictatorship over the reactionaries, when combined, constitute the people’s democratic dictatorship” (On People’s Democratic Dictatorship); “dictatorship does not apply in the ranks of the people. The people cannot possibly exercise dictatorship over themselves; nor should one section of them oppress another section”; “under the people’s democratic dictatorship, two different methods — dictatorial and democratic — should be used to resolve the two kinds of contradiction of different nature — those between ourselves and the enemy and those among the people.” (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People) By opposing democracy to dictatorship while chattering about abstract democracy, denying the necessity of dictatorship over the class enemy, the necessity of struggle between the socialist and the capitalist roads, the Yugoslav revisionists are simply trying to create confusion within the socialist countries in co-ordination with the subversive activities conducted against these countries by the imperialist countries.