/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

No McDonald's?!?

>>487827
IT IS FORBIDDEN!!!

Who's organizing this? Did someone neglect to inform them that organizing is more than sharing a flyer on social media? General strikes don't happen from viral sensations like in the movie Network.

>>487829
Someone'll probably buy less. But yeah, I don't have high expectations for this. Good on them, but they should actually do it better.

>>487793
They would never smear my party, The Terrorism Party, for being racist. The Terrorism Party is the least racist party there is! They can't touch us!

>>487793
>they can't smear me as racist because i'm not racist!
My sweet summer child.

>>487795
They WILL NOT call The Terrorism Party racists!
They WOULD NEVER slander our good name that way!

>>487791
>Name one political dissonant they didn't try to smear
The point of calling it the terrorism party was to pre-empt smears.
You might also need to declare that your terrorism party is also hyper-racist and whatever else they might throw at you, to continue pre-empting. If you do it with very thick sarcasm, and practice the opposite, you might gain a layer of political teflon, where none of the smears stick anymore.

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>>487532
By
>Why is your default metric for the virtue of a political order are the wages it's workers receive?

I meant
Why is your default metric for the virtue of a political order the wages it's workers receive?

>>487532
>>487533
>Why is your default metric for the virtue of a political order the wages it's workers receive?
Not that anon, technically the metric would be delta-wages, as in how much do wages increase over time.

I think that after decades of real wage stagnation under Neo-liberlaism it should be obvious why.

>>487537
I know what the wage system entails, and it is obvious to me that it is not good for the people it entraps no matter what they are bribed with.

>>486491
Because of some insecurity and standard set up by the previous imageboards they went to, desperately not wanting to be anything like the sjw boogeymen. It's also a very easy and smart way for right wing opportunists to sneak in reactionary viewpoints against minorities or other people, "You don't want to be 'woke', right?"
>>487439
>Immigrant/Ethnic Minority politics is inherently antagostic to the native population, and for the most part leftists here are just being played as useful idiots by people who largely disagree with everything the Left actually stands for. Your average Black dude or Muslim chick opposes 90% of the shit Leftists or even Liberals believe in.
Like this absolute fucking anti materialist ooga booga spiritual trite. You side with this dude and get rid of black or muslim dudes, you crippled your own movement by getting rid of people who relate to you on class boundaries, and then he'll get rid of you when you only got reactionary idpol'ers left. Ironic,because this is LITERALLY what many right-wing gays say about nonwhite people, though he probably thinks they're all "faggots" and not in the imageboard sense.
Anyways, I think it's fucking retarded and even though I think a lot of the gay shit is silly and irrelevant(even when not talking about working class issues specifically, you can't compare transphobia to shit nonwhite people have faced, hell unscratch that, their issues are directly connected with labor 9/10 times), I won't pretend they're worse than people who will actively violently refuse leftist issues and solutions. I don't give a shit, I prefer them and their cringe flags over that. Attacking them for their gay shit helps no one, it just gives the right more talking points and seem like their valid in picking boogeymen.

>CIA/NSA chat room overrun by Troons
>They literally turn it into a creepy polyamory kink sex grooming chat.
>Bunch of the shit in there is literally gay conversion therapy talking points.
LMAO. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.

Tell us more

Yeah, fuck the fucking industrial society. Ted K was right
The Unabomber manifesto has some parts that are very similar to marxist analysis. Read it.

Who wants to return to primitivism? Try it for a week. Don't be a Luddite, move THROUGH modern technological society to a new paradigm. Do it in a militaristic, wrathful and amoral way if you want.

>>487742
Nah, fuck off already. Ted spend decades in jail and somehow never managed to grasp the absolute basics of Marx's Capital while he spent his time beating up a straw man of the left. LSD is a helluva drug.

>>487742
>>487745
IIRC the only thing about Kaczynski's ideas which overlapped with Marxism in any way was his basic (correct) assertion that the progress of technology and production fundamentally changes the character of society. This is a really simple materialist observation about how economics and society work, which inevitably made it mindblowing in the context of the idiotic 1990s era of neoliberalism and culture war shit where the relationship between production and culture was completely obfuscated in popular analysis.

>>487062
Most emotionally stable liberal

>>487067
This is the problem. The meta-presidential powers are making him out to be "The Man In Charge" just because of Trump's big mouth

Donald Trump is getting exactly what he wanted. He never cared about doing his job. He only wants the drama because he gets attention and profits.

Trump is only good at running his mouth.

>>487060
The January 19 ceasefire in Gaza was the result of the May 2024 talks started by the Biden admin. Trump had no involvement in it. This is confirmable with a simple search / Wikipedia check. As for "why didn't Biden stop the genocide," there is a certain thing called a path dependency.

>>487655
In May, Hamas agreed to it. The Biden admin then turned around and claimed the opposite and continued to support Israel without applying any pressure on Israel whatsoever.

It was not until Witkoff visited Netanyahu and, reportedly, made threats to Israel that Israel immediately agreed to the ceasefire agreement which Hamas had already agreed to in May of 2024. I do not know if I believe the official account, I think that Trump may very well have simply made a deal with the Israelis beforehand, but in any case, Biden refused to apply any serious pressure at all on the Israelis, lied on behalf of the Israelis by (falsely) blaming Hamas for the failure to reach an agreement, and bears no credit whatsoever for the ceasefire. Whether Trump made a deal behind the scenes or simply applied the pressure that he reportedly (according to people who were in the office when Witkoff visited Netanyahu) applied on the Israelis, he took action which got the result. Biden categorically refused to do that.

>>487656
>In May, Hamas agreed to it.
Picrel: Palestinians in Gaza celebrating the ceasefire agreement on May 6, 2024. Israel proceeded to immediately back out of and sabotage the deal after Hamas had already agreed to it, and the Biden admin then proceeded to lie on Israel's behalf and pretend that Hamas was the party blocking the deal.

GOP Ready Plan to Gut Medicaid to 'Pay for Tax Cuts for Billionaires'
Internal divisions within the House GOP caucus have hinged on the overall size of cuts to federal spending in their yet-to-be-released budget blueprint, with competing proposals ranging from $1.25 trillion in cuts up to $2.5 trillion. Of that overall number, hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts may come in the form of block grants to states, caps on per capita costs, and work requirements.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-medicaid-cuts

CTU rejects fact-finder, moves closer to strike
Citing possible tariff-driven inflation and withholding of federal funds under President Trump, the report forecasts an uncertain financial picture for the district. It supports CPS' proposed 4% to 5% annual raises, plus CTU's proposals to add 90 new librarians hired by 2029 and more family engagement coordinators, Chalkbeat reports.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/02/10/ctu-cps-fact-finder-strike

Judge orders restoration of federal health websites
The temporary restraining order was granted in response to a lawsuit filed against the federal government by Doctors for America (DFA), a progressive advocacy group representing physicians, and the nonprofit Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293387/judge-orders-cdc-fda-hhs-websites-restored

ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
“In order to prevent adversaries from successfully targeting ICE Senior leaders, personnel and facilities, ICE requires real-time threat mitigation and monitoring services, vulnerability assessments, and proactive threat monitoring services,” the procurement document reads. If this scanning uncovers anything the agency deems suspicious, ICE is asking its contractors to drill down into the background of social media users.
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AI-fuelled warfare is the terrifying reality that the tech sector refuses to discuss
As global leaders, policymakers and tech innovators convene at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Monday, a glaring omission in its agenda raises concerns: the lack of any meaningful dialogue on the militarisation of artificial intelligence (AI). This oversight is particularly alarming given recent revelations about the involvement of both Microsoft and Google in supplying the Israeli military with AI technology, which has concerning implications for human rights and international law. Reports from DropSite News, +972 Magazine and The Guardian reveal that Microsoft’s Azure platform has been used extensively by Israeli intelligence units to power surveillance systems, contributing to systematic human rights abuses. Recent revelations have also highlighted Google’s deep involvement in supplying advanced AI tools to the Israeli military as part of the $1.2bn Project Nimbus contract. During the October 2023 Gaza offensive, Google’s Vertex AI platform was reportedly deployed to process vast datasets for "predictions" where algorithms analyse behavioural patterns and metadata to identify potential threats. Proprietary Israeli military systems such as Lavender, The Gospel, and Where’s Daddy? also played a central role in the Gaza war. Lavender, an AI-powered database, reportedly flagged more than 37,000 individuals as potential assassination targets during the first weeks of the war, with operators spending as little as 20 seconds reviewing each case. Where's Daddy? tracked individuals via their smartphones, enabling precise air strikes that often targeted entire families. Such tools demonstrate how AI is being weaponised against civilian populations, raising urgent concerns about accountability and compliance with international humanitarian law.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ai-fuelled-warfare-global-tech-sector-refuses-discuss

A New Military-Industrial Complex Arises
Last April, in a move generating scant media attention, the Air Force announced that it had chosen two little-known drone manufacturers — Anduril Industries of Costa Mesa, California, and General Atomics of San Diego — to build prototype versions of its proposed Collaborative Combat AircraftPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>China has forged nearly two-dozen pacts with African nations in its bid to surpass the U.S. in space. Investments in satellites and infrastructure are winning friends – and giving China more eyes on the skies – as America slashes help for developing countries.
Whatsha been doing ?

China:
<space building with 20+ countries

US:
<stirring up chaos in the middle east and eastern Europe

>>487555
The US policy is complete fucking idiocy.

>It will also investigate Google.
I hope this doesn't boomerang and cause US officials to chicken out on the current Google anti-trust lawsuit.

'We'll Own It': Trump Floats US Takeover of Gaza—After Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians
"We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings—level it out and create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area," Trump continued.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ethnic-cleansing-gaza

State Dept orders shutdown of USAID overseas missions, recalls staff, sources say
The U.S. State Department has ordered the shutdown of overseas missions of U.S. Agency for International Development and is working to recall thousands of staff worldwide, two sources familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/state-dept-orders-shutdown-usaid-overseas-missions-recalls-staff-sources-say-2025-02-05/

Trump administration will consider redrawing boundaries of national monuments as part of energy push
Among the sites most at risk are Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, where state officials fought against their creation. Grand Staircase-Escalante holds large coal reserves, and the Bears Ears area has uranium. Trump reduced the size of the two monuments during his first term, calling them a “massive land grab.” He also lifted fishing restrictions within a sprawling marine monument off the New England Coast.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-interior-burgum-national-monuments-review-feec95054f630916a8b4d76bbc4839b7

Trump advisers weigh actions to dismantle education department – report
US officials have discussed an executive order that would shut down all functions of the education department that are not written explicitly into statute, or move certain functions to other departments, according to the paper, citing sources.
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Saudi Arabia: 20,000 killed in vanity construction project
Recent reports into NEOM – an impossibly ambitious series of megaprojects being constructed by the Saudi Arabian monarchy in the desert – have revealed the slave-like conditions of the workers, which have already led to 20,000 deaths. NEOM – “the city of the future”, a “new world wonder”, and a “revolution in urban living”, according to its website – is a collection of sci-fi megaprojects dreamt up by absolutist Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) and his well-paid contractors. They are currently under construction in a largely barren desert region of Saudi Arabia, the driest and hottest part of the whole country. Among its plans are: the only ski resort in the Middle East; an island retreat with glow-in-the-dark, marble beaches; a floating, octagonal industrial complex; and an upside-down underwater skyscraper that can only be accessed by submarine. In other words, a playground for the rich.
https://marxist.com/saudi-arabia-blood-spilled-on-vanity-construction-projects.htm

V. I. Lenin: Principles Involved in the War Issue
Let us carefully consider what rejection of fatherland defence implies, if we approach it as a serious political slogan that must really be carried out. First. We call on the proletarians and the exploited of all the belligerent countries, and of all countries faced with the danger of war, to reject defence of the fatherland. We definitely know now, from the experience of several of the warring countries, what this actually implies in the present war. It implies rejection of all the foundations of modern bourgeois society, the undermining of the very roots of the modern social system, and not only in theory, not only “in general”, but in practice, directly and immediately. Is it not clear that this can be accomplished only if we go beyond the firm theoretical conviction that capitalism has fully matured for its transformation into socialism and accept the practical, direct and immediate carrying out of such transformation, i.e., the socialist revolution? Yet that is nearly always lost sight of in discussing refusal to defend the fatherland. At best there is “theoretical” acceptance of the fact that capitalism is ripe for transformation into socialism. But imPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Holy shit BASED news anon

>>487275
Today!

Netanyahu prepares to fly to meet Trump at White House

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart on Sunday for the United States to meet President Donald Trump, his office says.

Netanyahu has been invited to visit Trump at the White House on Tuesday and they will discuss the situation in Gaza, captives held in the Palestinian territory, and dealings with Iran and its regional allies.

Deadly Israeli attack on home in besieged Jenin camp

Smoke is rising from a destroyed home as a result of the Israeli military incursion into Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, local news reports say.

One person was killed and several wounded after the bombing of “a group of young men” inside an eastern neighbourhood in Jenin, the Shehab news agency said. The Israeli attack on the home came on the 12th day of raids on the camp.

Israeli public being told ceasefire deal unlikely to succeed

Former Israeli Ambassador Alon Pinkas says the Israeli public is being exposed to “a new narrative” in the past 24 hours.
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As Netanyahu Visits U.S., Palestinian Americans Call on DOJ to Enforce ICC Arrest Warrant for Crimes in Gaza
Justice sought by five U.S. citizens who collectively lost hundreds of family members during Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza

February 4, 2025, New York – Today, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Trump in Washington, Palestinian Americans are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate Netanyahu for genocide, torture, and war crimes, and to enforce the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for his leading role in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. A submission sent on their behalf by the Center for Constitutional Rights urges the DOJ’s Human Rights and Special Prosecution Section to proceed with investigations and prosecution, and to immediately effectuate Netanyahu’s surrender to the court in The Hague for further proceedings.

“The person who is responsible for the killing and displacement of my entire family in Gaza, and who has an outstanding ICC warrant for his arrest, is being greeted with a red carpet at the White House. This is shameful, and sends the world a message that there is no accountability for genocide,” said Basim Elkarra.

read more: https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/netanyahu-visits-us-palestinian-americans-call-doj-enforce-icc

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US Judge Delivers Another Blow to 'Harmful' Trump Funding Freeze
District Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order following her administrative stay last week. While her initial block on the policy prompted the Trump administration to rescind the relevant memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), both AliKhan and District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island determined that further action was needed, citing White House messaging.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/funding-freeze

Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges including Columbia and Berkeley
Along with Columbia and Berkeley, the department is now investigating the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University and Portland State University. The cases were opened using the department’s power to launch its own civil rights reviews, unlike the majority of investigations, which stem from complaints.
https://apnews.com/article/college-antisemitism-columbia-berkeley-1f7ad6abc1b4e40e59b67e639a29a6ec

US Senate confirms fracking CEO Chris Wright to be Trump’s energy secretary
He wrote in a Liberty report last year that he believes human-caused climate change is real, but that its hazards are “distant and uncertain”. He has also said that top-down governmental policies to curb it are destined to fail. However, Wright has called climate change activists alarmist and has likened efforts by Democrats to combat global warming to Soviet-style communism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright-confirmed

Trump's Billionaire Appointee Targets Consumer Protections by Halting All CFPB Operations
Soon after taking charge of the CFPB, Bessent ordered the bureau to "stop all rulemaking, communications, litigation, and other activities," Bloomberg Lawreported Monday, citing an email to agency staff.
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CP of Kurdistan-Iraq, Banning the Activities of Syrian Communists is a Gross Violation of Basic Human Rights
In a predictable move that exposes the political approach of the new Syrian government, which replaced the former dictatorial regime, the new political leadership decided in its meeting on January 29 to ban the activities of Syrian communists and their parties. These parties have been active for over a hundred years, during which the communists engaged in a difficult struggle for the people's livelihood and the freedom of the homeland. They consistently took a clear stance against all forms of oppression, the confiscation of fundamental rights, and the dictatorial practices of the previous regime, working openly in politics without resorting to violence or seeking the support of regional or foreign powers.
http://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Kurdistan-Iraq-Banning-the-Activities-of-Syrian-Communists-is-a-Gross-Violation-of-Basic-Human-Rights/

Class Struggle and the Relation of Forces Under Trump 2.0: Three Counter-Tendencies to the Rightward Shift
The victory of Donald Trump in late 2024 no doubt marked a shift to the right in the political situation. Not because Harris and the Democrats offered any valid working-class alternative — they did not. But Trump’s victory set in motion a right-wing agenda that, altogether, amounts to a bold attempt to redefine the balance of class forces in the United States, instrumentally couched in a vociferous, nationalist cry for reclaiming and fortifying the country’s hegemonic role in the world. Yet we would be remiss if we understood current changes as an unequivocal shift to the right. Trump 2.0 represents an emboldened pro-capitalist, imperialist agenda. But his election was also the rightward expression of a widespread discontent with a dysfunctional economic and political system: a rejection of the status quo by increasing sectors of American society, particularly among the working class. Trump’s agenda is simultaneously an attack on workers’ rights and a catalyst for class struggle, and thus an opportunity for forces on the Left to organize collective actions, lead efforts to defend or expand our rights, and advance a working-class program. TherPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

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>Trump suspends tariffs on Mexico for a month after talks with Claudia Sheinbaum
>Sheinbaum announced that her government will deploy 10,000 National Guard troops immediately to curb drug trafficking,
The cynic in me thinks that this was Trump asking Mexico to give him a PR-win

>particularly that of fentanyl
Fentanyl-flows into the US does have a bit of an Opium-war vibe, and Trump going after that has Maoist clean society energy, but wouldn't he have to spank Pharma companies too ? It sounds like a synthetic compound that would be produced in a big chemical factory, not something that's grown in fields by a cartel in Mexico.