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Bruh our party just called Bernie Sanders a left wing senator Jesus fucking Christ
slightly left of Mussolini
socdems, the moderate wing of fascism
Well, submitted my vote for the Dutch elections. It will be Bij1 which is I think the closest we can get to actual socialist voices.
Funny thing though is that when I did a quiz to see who I should vote for, they were not my number 1 but rather 5 or something like that. I had a 80% match. The Green/Labour fusion was my actual nummer one apparently. My gf, who is less involved in politics than I am, did get a 92% match with Bij1 lol.
Thank you for voting for my party! I hope we’ll get into parliament again. I’ve been so busy with campaigning.
I hope so too. It would be a much needed voice on the left.
Seeing a lot of grown ass men really upset about this new Power Rangers project.
Is it an idea for PSL or the Green Party to campaign during No Kings? There’s probably some disillusioned democratic voters or non voters that can be persuaded.
PSL’s stance on the matter has consistently been to try to use them as good opportunities for agitating for more, and for recruitment.
of course, they have to take any opportunities they can, and these “protests” are just letting people vent their anger without actually questioning capitalism
Saw PSL at a lot of protests on Instagram so they are at least there
The leaves are changing their clothes, the cool autumnal air is flowing. A lot of changes are coming to my life, rather quickly, and it’s fitting that it coincides with the changing of the seasons in such a dramatic and all-too-quick fashion. Sometimes life has a real poetry to it. Remembering that, and being present for it, helps keep us steadfast when times are tough and the road uncertain.
Does anyone have that meme image of a nazi eagle that says something like “Democrats are left wing” with the left wing of the eagle circled?
I have this one:
spoiler
Close enough. Thanks!
So in a completely unsurprising turn of events Belgium has to follow strict EU budget cut rules.
EXCEPT FOR DEFENSE SPENDING. Which can be kept outside of the entire budget. For four more years.
So for four more years we can spend whatever we want on defense. But have to do budget cuts all around.
In four years we have elections. And with budget cuts done by neolibs there is a chance of getting some sort of left wing government then due to public outrage. Which in turn has no spending room because then defense spending gets taken into budget.
What do you think the situation in the EU is gearing up towards in the next 4 years? At some point something has to budge. If I have a right read on it, the further right parties in EU countries aren’t super thrilled with the defence spending, further deindustrialisation, and worsening relations with Russia regarding Ukraine and the energy crisis.
I haven’t seen much that gives me hope that the left would be able to capitalise on this more than already-popular far-right parties. I’m not very familiar with the situation in countries like Belgium and the Netherlands though.
While some right wing parties are against increased spending I don’t think that will stop it. If I look at The Netherlands virtually every party is in favor of increased spending of some sort. Even PVV. And in countries where the far right is against, there is always the option of excluding them from governments.
More important is that the EU itself is heavily in favor of increased spending and ultimately they decide what their members states can and cannot do. So even if you as a member state go against the EU policy, you will face their consequences.
For The Netherlands I don’t have much hope. Even the left wing parties are in favor of increased spendings. Unions don’t really seems to make a fuss. For Belgium I have some more hope. Our party is heavily against and at least we have a good sized following. Unions are very vocally against it too. On Tuesday we had 140k people marching in Brussels against austerity and increased defense spending.
I was told recently by an anarchist that communists constantly call the police on anarchists and “peace police” their actions (i.e. redirect them towards nonviolence). What’s the truth to that? Has anyone seen that happen? Is this story just something that gets spread around because it feels correct?
Feds tell their pet trots the same sort of stories about anarchists. “Don’t work with anarchists because they always start doing random acts of violence which alienate the working class.”
Real comrades would never do that. This is a FBI talking point that they inserted into anarkiddy orgs. A trot might call cops on anarchists do because trots are all feds or fed adjacent.
You should question the person who told you that where they heard that and if they have any evidence. and then give them the third degree for spreading fbi lies. Do this in a group setting. You might get purged but that better than working with fib infiltrated groups.
Because of the complicated history between Anarchists and Communists it’s not uncommon for both groups (yes, we’re guilty of this too) to just jump at each others’ throats simply out of blind pettiness. Infiltrators use the very real sore spots between us to spread disinfo and keep the hate going and comrades who don’t know any better end up subconsciously repeating their lies while fully believing them.
The greatest enemy of the Anarchist is not the Communist and vice-versa; enlightened comrades understand this. Anyone on the “Left” trying to start beef like this is either an outright plant or is mistakenly spreading fed talking points and it’s important to confront these behaviors whenever they’re encountered.
Communists are not against violence; we are against pointless violence like terrorism, adventurism, etc. We can celebrate when Luigi pops a health insurance CEO but that doesn’t mean we think this is the best way to bring change. Some Anarchists disagree, but the more well-read ones tend to know better. You might be able to chalk this one up to just being a misunderstanding at best.
No Communist is going to call the cops on anyone else. That one’s just a straight up lie. There are very few instances where a Communist would ever be motivated to willfully call law enforcement and almost all of them involve clearing their own name of any wrongdoing; not siccing the pigs on people they don’t like out of pettiness. Accusing Communists of calling the cops on you sounds just as ridiculous as accusing Anarchists of doing it. Anarchists and Communists have more in common with each other than some would care to admit and that includes attitudes toward the police.
As a personal anecdote I’ve met more self-described “Anarchists” (usually actually just liberals who like the punk aesthetic) that promoted non-violence. I’ve met exactly one “Communist” who was openly pacifistic and, suffice to say, they were still quite new to Marxism and had some misgivings about what it aimed to achieve.
Thoughts on the new Malagasy president? Is he a new Traoré or a western puppet?
Today’s upcoming video games look incredibly good.
80 years ago today the Communist Party of North Korea was founded, which eventually went on the become the ruling Workers’ Party. Glory to the DPRK.
Glory to the DPRK
The regional comprador agents have been shaking hands firmly with their friends in the Zionist entity and Washington today. This “prisoner exchange” and these colonial peace talks are a distraction that aim achieve nothing but to prolong a status quo until it’s no longer convenient. The real prisoners were always the Palestinians. To consider both sides “prisoners” on equal terms is a joke. We must never let this slide and always keep our eyes on occupied Palestine. Never stop talking about it, never stop protesting. Palestine forever.
I’m just really amused at how we’re no longer talking about how many prisoners were killed by the IDF.
The fact that they are not directing all the blame on Palestinians is better than their stances to scapegoat other repressed groups in Western countries in their racist moral standards towards nations of people of color. Even then, I will still call out on the claim that both side suffer equally is unrealistic.
- Palestinians are facing planned starvation and concentration camps unlike Israel settlers. - Israel forcebly took the land and housing of Palestinians without compensation unlike the Arabians who engaged in a slow assimilation of Hebrews in the former Israel kingdom.
- Israel state complained that Hamas cannot use violence regardless of the repression that Palestians faced while Israel themselves claim that Israel can freely stage terrorist attacks against innocent civilians.
- Israel claim that they are not accountable for any attacks that Israel deliberately made while blaming Palestinians for waging war to gain back the stolen land.
- Israel’s claim of right to ancestral land can also apply to Palestinians who have ancestors that reside in the ancient Israel kingdom.
German media is being disgusting again by celebrating the “martyrdom” of the israhelli hostages, while erasing palestinian suffering completely. They even mentioned controversies surrounding President Netanyahu and that “controversies” being - hold your horses - corruption. Hell I even heard that Turkey is the main sponsor hamas now.
Complete genocide denial. What an abhorrent clown show .
ironic calling them martyrs seeing as the only ones that died were killed by friendly fire
To top the hipocrisy off, the israeli army, true to their “scorched earth” policy, set fire to the water treatment facility that was FUNDED by the germans
Also, that mf who burned food deserves the worst.
Ironically things like that are now used by the media to browbeat (allegedly) the german government for naively funding hamas and that they should do „more for israhell“ - of course they called the protesters „jewhaters“ and even had a dude comment how he no longer feels safe as a jew in germany.
Hell I even heard that Turkey is the main sponsor hamas now. I wish
Have a good week, everyone! Times are rough right now, but I encourage all of you to stay positive, persevere, keep up with whatever personal goals you have! In troubled times, our efforts are most important.
As always, comrades, communism will win.
Have a nice week comrade! (You owe me an animal post. Dose are de rulez.)
Communism will triumph! o7
I can’t replace Oppo, but pika
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Ooou good one!
Today 4 new F35 planes were supposed to be introduced to the country but one of them broke down on the way to here lmao can’t make this shit up. Overpriced garbage.
