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Was reading this transcript of an interview of John Bellamy Foster on Ecological Civilization and I found this quote particularly funny:
Thank you, Professor Foster, for your wonderful speech, which brought us the vivid progress of Marxist thought with Western academic characteristics.
I understand in this context it is a compliment but calling someone a Marxist with Western academic characteristics conjures up a very different person in my head.
I used to do stuff like that, but not for party stuff. I highly recommend you make flyers if you haven’t already, and post them around as well as just handing them out
I think Stalin believed that Israel would be a socialist state, and he was pressured by Western nations that at this point were supposedly still his allies
So there’s a video going around the net. Supposedly Wagner soldiers adress the MoD and criticize it for “cutting them off from supply lines” and not providing them with enough artillery and tank munitions. IF the video is real, and those are indeed Wagner soldiers, there are two matters of note:
It comes on top of several stories of the same soldiers being victorious in several battles, capturing villages and crossroads. Often after heavy fighting. This begs the question of visibility of the Wagner group and the nerve to address the MoD in this fashion (compared to reports from regular army). It almost looks like a PR campaign.
Apparently Wagner, a “private security firm” as it is listed legally, has its own howitzer artillery, anti-tank artillery, friggin tanks, fighter jets and air defences. Sounds a bit too much for people not part of the military.
The Russian general Mordvichev, who was supposedly killed by Ukrainians last March, has now officially replaced General Lapin as the commander of the Army Group Center. Juche Necromancy, much?
Surovikin is and always has been Gerasimov’s subordinate, he just had the “spotlight” for a few months. And I think rotations are pretty normal in war if a general underperforms, overperforms, or performs period; fronts shift, troops get redeployed, etc. Practically every side in a major modern war has switched things around here and there even if they were winning.
The clinic I do my consult at is also conducting a survey on the effects these high prices have on mental health and health related expenses. The result are shocking, with people postponing their healthcare and suffering from severe mental stress.
What is the proper response to the claim that the USSR and Nazi Germany were allies? I know it’s bullshit, but what are some quick facts that you could pull up?
Of all the countries to make non-aggression pacts with Nazi Germany before WW2, the USSR was the last to do so.
The USSR was actively looking to form an anti-nazi/anti-fascist alliance with other western countries and the League of Nations but was constantly rejected.
One of the most popular argument about the USSR and Germany being allies is the double invasion of Poland, but what most people fail to understand is that the “Poland” invaded by the soviets was in fact half of Belarus territory lost to the poles during the Polish-Soviet war a couple of decades earlier and that at the point the USSR got there the polish state had already surrendered to the nazis.
Fucking Hitler said it very clearly that the ultimate goal of nazi Germany was to destroy the USSR.
So this sort of twitter famous Belgian girl decided to post a picture of her going to a party, wearing a see through top. Nothing outrageous, right? Wrong! A self proclaimed leftist columnist decided to dedicate an entire column to her ‘shoving her tits in his face’ (after looking for the picture himself, btw) and he compared it to men showing their balls (because balls and boobs are the same) and to receiving an unwanted dickpic (???).
He unironically starts his column stating that he’s a white man, so he probably doesn’t have a valid reason to complain. If only he stopped writing there. He got right fully blasted in the aftermath though.
Intensely follow a court case about a local serial killer for the last two days. The guy killed and raped four women in the 90s (while already having committed multiple crimes before and it’s unclear if he did so afterwards). Finally got arrested in 2017 when he had to give up DNA because he stole some metal for his company (he was a window cleaner). It matched with DNA found on his latest victim.
The case had it all. He already admitted to two of the murders but remained silent on the first two. Eventually a daughter of his second victim held a speech and he suddenly confesses everything. Even the judge was confused for a second.
He was a typical serial killer. Father abused all of his daughters and beat him. Youth filled with trouble and crime. Abusive relationships later on. Started small with theft, eventually got into sexual violence and later on killed random women. Great insight in how society failed him and he also failed society. All these things were not taken into account for the verdict.
There were very gruesome details being reported, lots of emotional speeches by victims’ families, his own lawyers who basically didn’t even begin to prove his innocence after he confessed and eventually the verdict, which is life in prison.
I don’t know why I did this to myself lol. I’m exhausted.
Great insight in how society failed him and he also failed society.
The USSR had one high-profile serial killer: Andrei Chikatilo, who committed most of his crimes during the 1980s – the period of perestroika – and was finally caught (and executed) in the 90s. At the time, people widely considered his crimes a symptom of the breakdown of society attendant on market liberalization.
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This is a Dengist community in favor of Bashar al-Assad with no information that can lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton, our fellow liberal and queen. This community is not ironic. We are Marxists-Leninists.
If you haven’t already found it, this GitHub page is an excellent collection of sources about socialism, imperialism, and other relevant topics, made by @dessalines and others.
Ngl but the whole chinese spy balloon saga was pretty damn funny.
Another day, another harvard story
Why Do Stanford, Harvard and NASA Still Honor a Nazi Past?
https://archive.is/B2NqT
Was reading this transcript of an interview of John Bellamy Foster on Ecological Civilization and I found this quote particularly funny:
I understand in this context it is a compliment but calling someone a Marxist with Western academic characteristics conjures up a very different person in my head.
Did some Jehovah style knocking on doors in my district today, together with some comrades.
It sounds annoying but it’s a good way to actually reach out to people. Managed to convince over ten people who have now become members of the party.
I used to do stuff like that, but not for party stuff. I highly recommend you make flyers if you haven’t already, and post them around as well as just handing them out
Yeah we had posters, flyers, petitions, stickers, basically a walking merch store lol
Yo, that’s cool
You can also try to build an online influence campaign
anyone has any idea on the number of cities that have metro rail in NK?
does anyone have any credible resource on cultural revolution?
why did soviet union recognise israel? anybody knows why?#
I think Stalin believed that Israel would be a socialist state, and he was pressured by Western nations that at this point were supposedly still his allies
So there’s a video going around the net. Supposedly Wagner soldiers adress the MoD and criticize it for “cutting them off from supply lines” and not providing them with enough artillery and tank munitions. IF the video is real, and those are indeed Wagner soldiers, there are two matters of note:
It comes on top of several stories of the same soldiers being victorious in several battles, capturing villages and crossroads. Often after heavy fighting. This begs the question of visibility of the Wagner group and the nerve to address the MoD in this fashion (compared to reports from regular army). It almost looks like a PR campaign.
Apparently Wagner, a “private security firm” as it is listed legally, has its own howitzer artillery, anti-tank artillery, friggin tanks, fighter jets and air defences. Sounds a bit too much for people not part of the military.
The Russian general Mordvichev, who was supposedly killed by Ukrainians last March, has now officially replaced General Lapin as the commander of the Army Group Center. Juche Necromancy, much?
Wonder what’s up with all the replacements? There’s been several generals swapped in the year that the war has been going on
Surovikin is and always has been Gerasimov’s subordinate, he just had the “spotlight” for a few months. And I think rotations are pretty normal in war if a general underperforms, overperforms, or performs period; fronts shift, troops get redeployed, etc. Practically every side in a major modern war has switched things around here and there even if they were winning.
It may be so Surovikin can focus on the air war (aerospace is apparently his specialty). Which is bad news for the Ukrops.
Yeah, Putin essentially just gave him the air force
Did my weekly Energy help today, still frustratingly difficult
The clinic I do my consult at is also conducting a survey on the effects these high prices have on mental health and health related expenses. The result are shocking, with people postponing their healthcare and suffering from severe mental stress.
It’s literally an attack on the people.
https://oalexanderdk.substack.com/p/blowing-holes-in-seymour-hershs-pipe
people are shitting on this article on the orange site. it’s amazing to watch. there are several people who are still fkn defending usa on this. omg
What is the proper response to the claim that the USSR and Nazi Germany were allies? I know it’s bullshit, but what are some quick facts that you could pull up?
It’s almost comical just how right the soviets ended up being. They knew the Nazis had to be destroyed from the word go.
The nazis invading the USSR not enough?
Does anyone have any data on the percentage of private vs government ownership of companies in China? Specifically the trends in ownership
So this sort of twitter famous Belgian girl decided to post a picture of her going to a party, wearing a see through top. Nothing outrageous, right? Wrong! A self proclaimed leftist columnist decided to dedicate an entire column to her ‘shoving her tits in his face’ (after looking for the picture himself, btw) and he compared it to men showing their balls (because balls and boobs are the same) and to receiving an unwanted dickpic (???).
He unironically starts his column stating that he’s a white man, so he probably doesn’t have a valid reason to complain. If only he stopped writing there. He got right fully blasted in the aftermath though.
As a bonus, here’s a cartoon version of him that’s used by the paper he writes for:
Yes, he looks like a wojack lmao
Intensely follow a court case about a local serial killer for the last two days. The guy killed and raped four women in the 90s (while already having committed multiple crimes before and it’s unclear if he did so afterwards). Finally got arrested in 2017 when he had to give up DNA because he stole some metal for his company (he was a window cleaner). It matched with DNA found on his latest victim.
The case had it all. He already admitted to two of the murders but remained silent on the first two. Eventually a daughter of his second victim held a speech and he suddenly confesses everything. Even the judge was confused for a second.
He was a typical serial killer. Father abused all of his daughters and beat him. Youth filled with trouble and crime. Abusive relationships later on. Started small with theft, eventually got into sexual violence and later on killed random women. Great insight in how society failed him and he also failed society. All these things were not taken into account for the verdict.
There were very gruesome details being reported, lots of emotional speeches by victims’ families, his own lawyers who basically didn’t even begin to prove his innocence after he confessed and eventually the verdict, which is life in prison.
I don’t know why I did this to myself lol. I’m exhausted.
The USSR had one high-profile serial killer: Andrei Chikatilo, who committed most of his crimes during the 1980s – the period of perestroika – and was finally caught (and executed) in the 90s. At the time, people widely considered his crimes a symptom of the breakdown of society attendant on market liberalization.