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 No.487545[Reply]

>mfw there's nothing mutual about it
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 No.487605

I think single moms need money
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 No.489020

wtf i like mutual aid now


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 No.483667[Reply]

Only post bangers

keep the clips short
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>>488973
>US imperialism supported the Azov Battalion
>Go look up who funded Hitlers political party and mercenary gangs.
By the way, I really wish lefties would bring up more often the fact that the Azov Battalion was literally funded by a Ukrainian-Israeli billionaire. It brings to bear so many amazing points about the nature of fascism, Zionism, and ruling class interests.
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>>488989
no dude, seriously? im literally just telling you about the dilemma that zizek is raising, i never gave an argument in favor of one conclusion or another, why are you just assuming what i believe
please god im begging you people to just engage with zizek here instead of treating this like some kind of breadtuber debate ffs
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>>488990
Honestly, this was a really weird thing when I put two and two together about how it could be significant.
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>>488976
When I'm general secretary of the United Socialist States of America we will have a secret program that is basically a staged repeat of covid. Creat a panic, rush out a vaccine, don't publish trial data, make up bullshit public health protocols, stage an illegal transfer of wealth.

Then question, strip of title, and re-educate anyone going along with this. Oh you're a doctor and you were okay giving this vaccine? Lose your license. Oh you agreed to give this vaccine to your kids? Maybe you need to take a class.

You're a community leader and you didn't organize against this? Step down.

In fact a socialst government should practice changing leadership by force: every so often people will be required to arm themselves and storm the parliament and depose of the previous government. If they're willing to step downw it will all be staged. If not the people will have practiced for this.
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>>489012
>socialist government
>the parliament
Sorry anon we're going to try actual democracy this time.


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 No.488693[Reply]>>489008

Seriously, what the fuck is the solution to this? How do we stop them from acting this way?
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>>488693
Don't start wars you can't finish.
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>>489008
It's astonishing that even in a thread like this, you're still the most bad faith and hateful poster participating.
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 No.489010

There is no "Jewish question" Only retards deal in personalities.
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>>488994
all israelis are fascist freaks. killing them all is a standard leftist position.
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>>489014
Um excuse me
it's ackshually somewhere from 90%-98% of Israelis sir


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 No.488903[Reply]

The issue is neoprogressivism and third-/fourth-wave feminism of the New Left, not progressivism and feminism per se.
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>>488910
>could you define your terms
Neoprogressivism is 21st century progressivism, third- and fourth-wave feminism is mainstream feminist theory from the 90s onward (radfems, radlibs).
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>>488914
Third/fourth wave feminism actually started in the 1980s
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 No.488949

>>488916
>Third/fourth wave feminism actually started in the 1980s
Yeah, my bad ig.
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 No.488981

>>488914
i think it would be more accurate to talk it about a degenerated reprisal of the american left in the form of the millenial left, haunted by the failure and collapse of the left at the turn of the century
we saw the same militant identitarianism and youth fetishization of the new left plus its battles with old labour (think eugene debs) reemerging in sanders, but in a weirdly detached hipster way
its a cheap borrowing from history (a.k.a. a LARP) that doesnt match the same conditions which is probably why it comes off as so hysterical
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 No.488996

Third wave feminism is way better than the abomination that was second wave.


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 No.488919[Reply]

Two of my threads petitioning to destroy the /lgbt/ board have gone missing. But I won't fail the third time because the /lgbt/ board will be destroyed in the end.
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>>488929
>>488932
/lgbt/ was added in response to a passing vote created by a regular user. If you do not want the /lgbt/ board to be on the site you can use this exact same process to remove it

Leftychan reminds you that we have a democratic process for changes to the site and its moderation. You are encouraged to propose and vote on changes on our Matrix
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>>488948
Don't think he really wants to vote since he knows nobody cares so he wants to scream very loud for people to pay attention.
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>>488948
Where is the vote and how can I participate? Thank you kindly.
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>>488944
You can literally use the same reasoning to say that all that shit is contained to /lgbt/ and to keep it off /leftypol/ and other boards.

I'm honestly not sure what gay people need a board for but I don't see the harm.


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 No.488795[Reply]>>488798

In the USA, liberals, of course, seem to hate Trump. Even though their party of choice could not save them from Trump (and didn't even try), they continue to hate him and oppose him. However, as the image attached shows, they also seem to not understand leftism. They associate him with Communism, solely because they associate him with Russia. Since they hate Russia, with whom they associate Trump, and they associate Trump with Communism, they will be likely to reject leftism.

What I ask is this: do you think it is fruitful for American leftists to join liberals in anti-Trump demonstrations? Or should we instead have demonstrations of our own? Could liberal protests become an opportunity for educating liberals, or would attending merely make them more secure in their current ideology?
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>>488796
I agree with you. I am already of the opinion that we should join liberals in those issues in which we all agree, such as being anti-Trump. But one could say that leftists should simply start their own demonstrations, and not participate in liberal protests while not opposing them either. I am asking a question of strategy, not of principle.
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>>488795
I reject the basic premises.

Firstly, the implication of signs like in that image is foremost that Trump is "Russian," with the "Communist" imagery mostly being used as a dumb "gotcha!" and appeal to nationalism. That doesn't mean that no liberals believe it earnestly, but even of those it's not the majority. So basically you have a minority who hold up "Trump = Soviet Communist = bad!" signs and then a minority of those people who earnestly believe, on an intellectual level, that Trump is a Communist. It's a minority of a minority of liberals. I don't deny that that minority of a minority are stupid in that specific way and are holding stupid signs, but every time a guy on an image board is like "look at this one guy in a group of 10,000 people, is this everybody?" it seems odd.

secondly,
>What I ask is this: do you think it is fruitful for American leftists to join liberals in anti-Trump demonstrations? Or should we instead have demonstrations of our own? Could liberal protests become an opportunity for educating liberals, or would attending merely make them more secure in their current ideology?
I reject the premise of all three of these questions.
It is liberals, by which I mean the DNC specifically, who have sought to co-opt the existing protest movement. Under Biden there were massive protests, under Trump they continued. Even these recent "Hands Off!" protests, which have been something the liberal establishment have heavily aimed to direct and co-opt (to avoid the Palestinian genocide and crackdown on anti-Zionism which is a project of both the DNC & GOP) have seen participation, and in some cases continued local dominance, by the anti-genocide demonstrators who people like Pelosi seek to drown out or infiltrate. The left has not stopped protesting. The momentum is something the DNC has lost and is cynically moving to steal. It is not ours to reach out to liberals or to segregate ourselves from opposition to Zionist tyranny and repression by the American state, it is ours to continue to build the movement which the liberal voters, by increasing discomfort at their material conditions under a psychotic American failed state, are now compelled to meet on the streets.

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>>488798
Are you american though?
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MAGA's working class base is more class consciousness and Communist than 99% of ""leftists"" out there. They associate Trump with Communism for good reason (his working class base which wants popular sovereignty, not Trump himself).


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Israeli military organises tourist tours of newly occupied Syrian territory
Under a military escort in bulletproof buses, small groups will travel up to 2.5km into Syrian territory that was off limits until the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) seized the Golan buffer zone after the fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December. Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967 and now controls hundreds more square kilometres of Syrian land.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/11/israeli-military-organises-tourist-tours-of-newly-occupied-syrian-territory

UN says 36 Israeli attacks killed only Palestinian women, children in Gaza
Israel also has imposed a total blockade on the coastal Palestinian enclave, leading the UN and rights groups to warn that food, water, medicine and other critical supplies are quickly running out.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/11/un-says-israel-threatening-viability-of-palestinians-in-gaza-amid-attacks
https://archive.ph/pMKqO

Top Houthi Official Tells Drop Site Yemen Will Cease Attacks on U.S. Ships if Trump Halts Bombing
“We do not consider ourselves at war with the American people,” said Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of Ansar Allah’s political bureau and a longtime spokesperson for the Houthis. “If the U.S. stops targeting Yemen, we will cease our military operations against it.”
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/houthi-united-states-strikes-gaza-blockade-israel-shipping

Jewish man wins case against UK Labour antisemitism expulsion
Jenny Manson, co-chair of leftwing campaign group Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL), said that Labour should now require the ICB to review every expulsion and suspenstion on the grounds of antisemitism.
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‘Cop City’ legal case could cast spotlight on US police foundations’ activities
In the Atlanta case, a judge is considering 12 hours of testimony, related case law and evidence in a lawsuit that concerns whether records such as board meeting minutes from the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) are subject to the state’s open records law. If they are, they must be released to plaintiffs: a local digital non-profit news outlet and a Chicago-based research organization.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/copy-city-legal-case-police-foundations

Jewish students at Georgetown protest detention of professor Badar Khan Suri
Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown and an Indian national, was arrested by masked federal agents following a Ramadan iftar in March. He is being accused by Department of Homeland Security officials of spreading Hamas propaganda.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/g-s1-59580/jewish-students-at-georgetown-protest-detention-of-professor-badar-khan-suri

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
“We are no longer planning to issue press releases or those dear colleague letters to inform the media and public about programmatic and service changes,” said SSA regional commissioner Linda Kerr-Davis in a meeting with managers earlier this week. “Instead, the agency will be using X to communicate to the press and the public … so this will become our communication mechanism.”
https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/
https://archive.ph/sr8pu

CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
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Rev Left Radio: m[BEST OF] What Is To Be Done? - V.I. Lenin
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Apr 20, 2019
What is to be Done? is a classic work on the role and organisation of the revolutionary party in the communist movement. Lenin criticises economism, revisionism and spontaneity, and argues persuasively for a centralised and professional vanguard of the proletariat. On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht explain and reflect on the text, and then extract the core lessons for revolutionaries today.
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/best-of-what-is-to-be-done-vi-lenin-1

(HOUDINI) Update on Malhoud Khalil: They Bet We'll Choose Fear. Let’s Prove Them Wrong.
This man is a permanent resident. Green card holder. His wife's a US citizen. By every measure, he's American. Doesn't matter if he wasn't born here—he's as American as I am, as American as anyone whose family's been here five generations. And they're deporting him. Not for crime, not for violence—for protesting. The US government's excuse? That letting him stay would "weaken efforts to combat antisemitism worldwide." Translation: The regime's ability to do imperialism depends on silencing criticism of Israel. They’re using "antisemitism" as a shield for genocide, for propping up a colonial outpost. And if saying that out loud puts me in legal danger, if it means I could get black-vanned next—then we’ve already lost. Let's be crystal fucking clear: Criticizing Israel isn't antisemitism. Jewish Voices for Peace—actual Jewish anti-Zionists—are defending Khalil. If they’re "antisemitic," then the word means nothing. (Side note: HOUDINI Magazine is named after a Jewish person, so miss me with that shit from the jump.) This is about ideas. Khalil's being deported for his beliefs, same as Italian anarchists during the 1st Red Scare. They’re making up excuses to disappear him because he spoke out. And if they can do it to him, they can do it to you. To me. To anyone.
https://erikhoudini.com/#post?id=776101&title=update-on-malhoud-khalil-they-bet-we-ll-choose-fear-let-s-prove-them-wrong

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>>488739
>UN says 36 Israeli attacks killed only Palestinian women, children in Gaza
Wait what ?

Everybody got mad they killed women and children, and they decided lets do only that ?
How did they even manage it ?
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 No.488747

>>488746
>How did they even manage it ?
They didn't that shit is statistically impossible.


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Beijing attacks JD Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ remark in tariffs interview
Vance’s comments led to a backlash among Chinese internet users. “We may be peasants, but we have the world’s best high-speed rail system, the most powerful logistics capabilities, and leading AI, autonomous driving, and drone technologies. Aren’t such peasants quite impressive?” a Weibo user posted, according to CNN.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/08/beijing-attacks-jd-vances-chinese-peasants-remark-in-tariffs-interview

Cyber defense bill allows collection and use of private information without consent
The bill under discussion states that the government may enter into agreements with private businesses, including key infrastructure providers and home appliance makers, to have them provide correspondence information.
https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15684

Pakistan's army vows to protect investors in billion-dollar mining sector in conflict zone
Pakistan is hosting a two-day mines and minerals conference with delegates from countries including the United States, China and Saudi Arabia, as well as companies including Barrick Gold and Woods Mackenzie. It is seeking to attract investments in its natural reserves, which are estimated to be worth $6 trillion.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-army-vows-protect-investors-billion-dollar-mining-sector-conflict-zone-2025-04-08/

Israel closes 6 UNRWA schools in east Jerusalem, detains dozens
This comes as Israeli forces also raided the Al-Quds University campus in the occupied region, firing teargas at students who confronted the soldiers after the raid. Around 23 students suffered from smoke inhalation after inhaling the gas, while Israeli soldiers also fired sound bombs towards students.
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>>488676
>Cyber defense bill allows collection and use of private information without consent
>The bill under discussion states that the government may enter into agreements with private businesses, including key infrastructure providers and home appliance makers, to have them provide correspondence information.
The Chinese are known to "cyber-pown" countries with foolish governments forcing such gaping security holes into their technology, they should be calling this "cyber-breach bill" instead. The US forced a backdoor into infrastructure providers too and the Chinese managed rummaging around for 2 hole years before they got detected.

Obviously the war on privacy is an egregious crime, and this should be viewed as a conspiracy not a legislative proposal. I think tho that as a means of repression it could backfire because these kinds of systems are inherently vulnerable to saturation attacks, basically people can use this to ddos the police.

Lastly if a mafia manages to use corruption to get access to this, they'll get the cyber-yakuza
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>>488690
>The Chinese are known to "cyber-pown" countries with foolish governments forcing such gaping security holes into their technology
Known by whom? You shouldn't trust a fucking thing anyone says about state cyberwarfare after the Vault7 leaks. Here's why.
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>>488698
Fair point, this pretty much negates attribution.

However the other point that backdooring technology is foolish remains true.
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>>488678
>Breaking the Silence on Palestinian Armed Struggle
>On February 22, 2024, China’s Ambassador to The Hague, Zhang Jun, uttered the unexpected. His testimony, like that of a number of others, was meant to help the International Court of Justice (ICJ) formulate a critical and long-overdue legal opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Zhang articulated the Chinese position, which, unlike the American envoy’s testimony, was entirely aligned with international and humanitarian laws. But he delved into a tabooed subject—one that even Palestine’s closest allies in the Middle East and Global South dared not touch: the right to use armed struggle. “Palestinian people’s use of force to resist foreign oppression and complete the establishment of an independent state is an inalienable right,” the Chinese Ambassador said, insisting that “the struggle waged by peoples for their liberation, right to self-determination, including armed struggle against colonialism, occupation, aggression, domination against foreign forces should not be considered terror acts”. Expectedly, Zhang’s comments didn’t reverberate much further: neither governments nor intellectuals, including many on the left, used his remarks as an opportunity to explore the matter further. It’s far more convenient to assign Palestinians the role of the victim or the villain. A resisting Palestinian—one with agency and control over his own fate—is always a dangerous territory.
I almost overlooked this.

Wow that is unusually clear words for a Chinese diplomat.
I'm not well versed in assigning meaning to diplomatic tone. Anybody care to speculate ?
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>>488728
>I'm not well versed in assigning meaning to diplomatic tone. Anybody care to speculate ?
What? There's not a whole lot of ambiguity here. This was said at the ICJ, it's a legal argument, and it's simply accurate.


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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs. He said that while Khalil’s activities were “otherwise lawful,” letting him remain in the country would undermine “U.S. policy to combat anti-Semitism around the world and in the United States, in addition to efforts to protect Jewish students from harassment and violence in the United States.”
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34

Kurdish-led administration, Damascus to jointly manage Syria’s Tishrin Dam
The deal also allows the autonomous administration to lead efforts to repair and maintain the dam, in coordination with international partners, to ensure the sustainability of its vital services. Security for the facility will be provided by teams composed of both Kurdish internal security personnel and members of the joint authority, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
https://shafaq.com/en/World/Kurdish-led-administration-Damascus-to-jointly-manage-Syria-s-Tishrin-Dam

Turkish FM Hakan Fidan says would back Syria in military pact amid Israel talks
Fidan also revealed that talks are ongoing between Israel and Turkey over the operations of both countries' militaries in Syria: "While we are conducting certain operations in Syria, there needs to be a deconfliction mechanism with Israel, which flies aircraft in that region, similar to mechanisms we have with the US and Russia."
https://www.newarab.com/news/turkey-mulls-syria-defence-pact-amid-israel-deconfliction-talks

‘Won’t let it happen’: Indian fishers fight $1.8bn offshore minerals hunt
The primary concern of the state’s fishers is the potential damage from offshore mining on a large sand bank spread over 3,300 square kilometres — more than 10 times the land area of the MaPost too long. Click here to view the full text.
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Majority of Americans hold unfavourable view of Israel, Pew poll finds
According to a Pew Research poll published on Tuesday, 53 percent of Americans now express an unfavourable opinion of Israel, up from 42 percent in March 2022 - before the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel and Israel’s decimation of the enclave.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/majority-americans-hold-unfavourable-view-israel-pew-poll-finds

House Republicans pass bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote
House Republicans for a second time passed a stand-alone bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and impose voter roll purge requirements on states.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5242559-house-republicans-pass-bill-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-to-vote/
https://archive.ph/4YjfL

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Stanford charged with felonies
Those charged, ranging in age from 19 to 32, entered the building and demonstrated a "conspiracy to occupy" it, prosecutors said, adding that at least one suspect entered the building by breaking a window. All suspects wore masks, they said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pro-palestinian-protesters-stanford-charged-with-felonies-2025-04-10/

US government has revoked more than 600 student visas, data shows
Some of these cases were related to their activism and participation in student-led protests against the war in Gaza, and others were for “minor crimes”. Inside Higher Ed says that the majority of college officials say they’re unsure why the foreign-born students had their visas revoked or have yet to receive formal notification of the changes. Most have still not received any communications from immigration authorities.
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Germany: the youth, Die Linke and the class struggle
Young people are looking for change, a dignified life and meaningful and secure work. This desire for a better society must sooner or later turn into class struggle. The electoral success of Die Linke has revealed the militant mood among young people. Shortly before the election, Die Linke was able to strengthen its reputation as a force for social justice and, above all, as a champion against racism and reactionary migration policies. The vote in the Bundestag between the CDU and AFD in favour of a racist asylum bill sent a shockwave through the youth. Die Linke countered this by saying that it would ‘take to the barricades’ against racism, austerity, rearmament and war. This was the central factor that enabled Die Linke to achieve its surprising electoral success. This promise to fight inspired a broad section of young people to get behind Die Linke. The party was able to build on the militant energy with which hundreds of thousands demonstrated against Friedrich Merz (CDU) and the AfD. Die Linke is perceived as a militant party that opposes the open racism and brutal austerity policies of the established parties in Berlin. In doing so, it has been able to tap into the concerns of a large proportion of young people. Yet Die Linke has been in a deep crisis for years. …
https://marxist.com/germany-the-youth-die-linke-and-the-class-struggle.htm

Gustavo Petro’s Final Year
The first left-wing government in Colombia’s recent history enters its fourth and final year with the same sense of instability that has accompanied it from the start, a result of its lack of a parliamentary majority and the relentless pressure from economic, media, and judicial elites. Some of the reforms promised in 2022 have been approved, while others remain stalled in a Congress controlled by the traditional parties, and the goal of “total peace” with domestic armed groups remains a dream. The outcome of the 2026 elections will depend on the final balance of the government’s reformist agenda, Petro’s ability to mobilize his supporters, and the conservative opposition’s capacity to unite behind candidates. The former M-19 guerrilla turned president is well aware that the streets are the battleground where he can outmaneuver conservPost too long. Click here to view the full text.


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General strike brings Greece to a standstill
Thousands of protesters marched through the centre of Athens in two separate demonstrations that ended peacefully. The 24-hour strike was called by the two main umbrella unions covering the public and private sectors. They are seeking salary increases and a full return of collective bargaining rights scrapped as part of international bailouts during the country’s financial crisis.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/general-strike-bring-greece-standstill

Berlin protesters oppose the deportation of four anti-genocide activists
Around 500 demonstrators gathered near the Berlin House of Representatives (state assembly) on Monday morning to protest in defence of four anti-genocide activists facing deportation. Although they have not been convicted of any crime by a court, the three EU citizens and one US citizen have been ordered to leave Germany by April 21. Otherwise, they are to be forcibly deported.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/08/ghna-a08.html

European Union approves new retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
All member countries of the European Union except Hungary voted Wednesday in favor of proposals that would impose tariffs on specific U.S. products sold into Europe, starting next week.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-59187/european-union-tariffs

Milei faces third general strike in Argentina with IMF deal pending
The country’s three main trade union federations, grouped together under the CGT umbrella union, mobilised from midday in front of Congress, joining a weekly demonstration by social organisations and pensioners who are demanding demand a change in the government’s economic policies.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-faces-third-general-strike-in-argentina-with-imf-deal-pending.phtml
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Social Security abandons phone service cuts after backlash
The U.S. Social Security Administration abandoned plans to end phone services for retirees that would have started on Monday, following a growing outcry from advocates who warned that the changes could cause chaos and further strain the agency.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/social-security-abandons-phone-service-cuts-after-backlash-2025-04-09/

Republicans trying to change rules to avoid House vote on Trump tariffs
The sleight of hand was embedded in procedural rule legislation setting up debate on a separate issue: the budget resolution that is central to Trump’s agenda.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-tariffs-house-republicans-rules

House votes to scrap Biden-era consumer finance rules
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to scrap two consumer finance rules adopted under former President Joe Biden that capped bank overdraft fees and gave officials the power to supervise the legal compliance of tech companies' digital wallets and payment apps.
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/house-votes-scrap-biden-era-consumer-finance-rules-2025-04-09/

A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened
Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press reviewed hundreds of cases, revealing the great lengths the pipeline operator went to get the project built, only to be stymied in South Dakota by a groundswell of opposition from local farmers and landowners.
https://apnews.com/article/summit-carbon-solutions-carbon-capture-pipeline-midwest-lawsuits-landowners-6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey Kemal Okuyan: Boycott, Republic and Revolutionary Stance
It is impossible for the discussions on “”Who’s part of the boycott, why are they included, and who’s in and who’s out of its scope?” not to shift towards “where does the capital start, where it ends”. One cannot dodge the truth. The leadership of CHP (the bourgeois main opposition party) can tweak its stance all it wants. Even some can keep dreaming of a united front against fascism with TÜSİAD (the principle organization of big capital in Turkey), and the government can keep shouting “they are waging a war on our national and domestic capital” — but the seal is already broken. Bourgeois politicians will scramble to seal things back up, but we won’t allow it. There’s no such thing as good or bad capital. Period. “
https://www.idcommunism.com/2025/04/kemal-okuyan-boycott-republic-and-revolutionary-stance.html

The Russian oligarchy and the politics of social catastrophe
While Trump is interested in a deal that will allow the US to exploit the raw material resources of Ukraine and Russia at the expense of its imperialist rivals in Europe, he is increasingly dissatisfied with Putin’s dragging out the negotiations. Now, these tensions are exacerbated by a global trade war. A peace treaty, even if it is reached, no matter how much verbal guarantees and ostensible actions accompany it, will only be a temporary truce. Unless the working class intervenes independently, it will inevitably lead to a new war, even larger and more barbaric than the one that has been going on for the past three years. Moreover, the global trade war unleashed by Trump’s tariffs further deepens the political and economic instability of all capitalist governments and intensifies the global drive to war. In order to understand the class dynamics and the way forward for the working class in this volatile situation, it is important to review the current state of the economy and social relations in Russia.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/09/brcf-a09.html

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