/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

>>497944
Organizing mass action and solidarity is far more important than hoarding ammo.

>>497942
Examples? Reminder the Biden administration went after the "African People's Socialist Party" for supposed ties to Russia. This crap has been going on since the Russiagate hoax.

>>497965
>Examples?
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-political-terrorism-event-us
Adely, Suzanne: The president of the National Lawyers Guild who participated in the Nuestra América Convoy and who, the report notes, praised Venezuela’s 2024 elections.

Amazon Labor Union: A labor union founded by Christian Smalls that participated in the 2026 Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba.

Antifa: A decentralized group of self-described “Anti-fascist” political activists

Assata’s Daughters: A Chicago-based Black Lives Matter abolitionist offshoot that trains young activists in the radical spirit of Assata Shakur.

Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees (AIPAC): A California-based umbrella nonprofit that funds left-wing media and delegations to Cuba and Venezuela.

Bass, Karen: The current Mayor of Los Angeles and former Congresswoman who was a Venceremos Brigade organizer in the 1970s.

Benjamin, Medea (Susan Benjamin): A co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange who organizes Cuba solidarity efforts.

Black Alliance for Peace: An activist group that maps U.S. military bases and police training facilities as targets for radical agitation.

Black Lives Matter (BLM) (including Global Network Foundation, Grassroots, and at School): A sprawling racial justice network whose leaders and offshoots, the report says, have expressed solidarity with Cuban regime and radical figures like Assata Shakur.

Boudin, Chesa: The former District Attorney of San Francisco and son of Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin.

changingFrequencies: A Black Queer Feminist-led abolitionist project aiming to disrupt waht it calls the “Medical Industrial Complex”.

Claudia Jones School: A Washington, D.C.-based organizing collective that conducts popular education and, the report says, pro-Cuba lobbying.

Code Pink: Women for Peace: A left-wing protest group that describes itself as anti-war and organizes solidarity delegations to Cuba.

Cohen, Ben: The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s who attended the wedding of Neville Roy Singham and Jodie Evans.

de la Cruz, Claudia: The co-founder of the People’s Forum, IFCO executive director, and 2024 presidential candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

De Los Santos, Manolo: The co-founder and head of the People’s Forum who the report says maintains deep relationships with Cuban regime elites.

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA): A major socialist political organization that has organized official delegations to Cuba.

Ensler, Eve (V): A prominent playwright who attended the wedding of Neville Roy Singham and Jodie Evans.

Equality for Flatbush: A Brooklyn-based Black Lives Matter abolitionist group fighting gentrification, police, and ICE.

Evans, Jodie: The co-founder of Code Pink who married Neville Roy Singham.

Floyd, George: A Minneapolis man whose 2020 death sparked nationwide uprisings that the report notes were praised by Cuba.

Garza, Alicia: The co-founder of Black Lives Matter who credited Assata Shakur as a key influence in her organizing work.

Goodman, Amy: The host of Democracy Now! who the report notes attended the wedding of Neville Roy Singham and Jodie Evans.

Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees: An activist group led by Black women that organizes to defend Black migrants and block deportations.

Hirsi, Isra: A campus activist and daughter of Ilhan Omar who was suspended from Barnard College for organizing anti-Israel encampments before traveling to Cuba.

IFCO / Pastors for Peace: An ecumenical foundation that organizes aid caravans to leftist regimes and serves as a fiscal sponsor for numerous radical U.S. groups.

Larudee, Paul: A U.S. citizen based in San Francisco who serves as the North American coordinator for the pro-Iranian “Resistance Axis” coalition Al-Tajammu.

Mamdani, Zohran: Mayor of New York

National Lawyers Guild (NLG): An association of radical lawyers that provides legal defense and “legal observers” for various left-wing groups

National Network on Cuba (NNOC): A coalition of over 60 American groups dedicated to lobbying for Cuba and coordinating nationwide direct actions.

Omar, Ilhan: A Democratic Congresswoman and mother of campus activist Isra Hirsi.

Party for Socialism and Liberation: A leftist political party that fielded a 2024 presidential candidate and conducts protests.

People’s Forum, The: An activist hub for anti-ICE and pro-Cuban agitation.

Piker, Hasan: A streamer and left-wing political commentator who, the report notes, traveled to Cuba to film a documentary and participated in the Nuestra América Convoy.

Pressley, Ayanna: A Democratic Congresswoman who, the report notes, publicly praised convicted murderer Assata Shakur upon her death.

Singham, Neville Roy: A Shanghai-based American technology magnate who funds various left-wing activist groups.

Smalls, Christian: The founder of the Amazon Labor Union who participated in the 2026 Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba.

Thousand Currents: A progressive nonprofit that served as the fiscal sponsor for the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation.

Villaraigosa, Antonio: A former Mayor of Los Angeles and Speaker of the California Assembly who was a Venceremos Brigade alumnus.

Viva Palestina US: The American branch of an international network that, the report says, previously provided convoys and funds to Hamas.

Waters, Maxine: A Democratic Congresswoman who, the report notes, once wrote a letter urging Fidel Castro not to extradite fugitive Assata Shakur.

Wilson, Diane: A co-founder of Code Pink.

Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective: An organization that runs recurring solidarity delegations to Cuba.

>>497966
>Antifa: A decentralized group of self-described “Anti-fascist” political activists
This one has always been completely meaningless political posturing on Trump's part. "Antifa" isn't an organization, it's just a word, like "terrorist", that can be applied to anyone engaged in a certain kind of activism. Reminder Obama set the stage for this manner of deprivation of basic civil liberties when he signed the 2012 NDAA that included the provision that anyone can be called a belligerent by the US government and detained indefinitely without trial.

>>497966
This appears to just be a blacklist meant to intimidate so far. I'm looking for examples of them actually detaining or prosecuting people.

>>497968
>This one has always been completely meaningless political posturing on Trump's part. "Antifa" isn't an organization, it's just a word, like "terrorist",
These two thoughts are self-contradictory. It makes zero sense to call something "meaningless political posturing" in one sentence and then immediately compare it to the policy of the "war on terror" in the next. The vagueness of the terms themselves is the meaning and the point, and that's why people are right to be worried about it.

>Reminder Obama set the stage for this manner of deprivation of basic civil liberties
It was Bush actually. It would be wrong to say Obama stopped it or didn't actively continue it, but the biggest ramping up occurred under Bush in the '00s. This is a historical fact, but it neither excuses the crime itself nor provides a reasonable excuse for anyone to lay down and take it, nor to take further crimes. The American left has a serious meekness problem.

>>497969
They've been doing this. You can go back to the mass arrests of student protesters in 2024, but there's already (unsurprisingly) a precedent for the Trump admin escalating political repression, particularly against opponents of zionism, see:
>>488052
^which actually contains multiple instances of ICE (an offshoot of the Bush-era invention the DHS) abducting legal residents off the street for anti-genocide activities. That thread doesn't even have all of them, btw, there've been enough of these that keeping up with it in addition to everything else has been difficult - the Ya'akub Vijandre case hasn't been posted about there yet:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/photojournalist-detained-ice-social-media
And any case that is discussed is publicized, which means not all of the existing cases are being discussed.

We've also seen Max Blumenthal detained temporarily, and his electronics seized, a member of ACP briefly detained when coming back into the US, and I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting a lot of instances because it really seems like I've been hearing about this kind of thing a lot since 2024. I think that people in the U.S. need to understand that they do this stuff and that further escalation is not unlikely, because the response during Bush, and every response since, was inadequate.

>>497964
how long have we been saying this now?

>>497964
Missed you saying this - no, I frankly beg to differ.
Forget "hoarding ammo," there is a high probability that anyone on the left in the U.S. who I make this recommendation to has no ammo whatsoever. The U.S. left lacks guns and does not know how to shoot to this day, and that is a baseline which is easy and cheap to fix for now, but which could become way harder at any time. There isn't a choice between "hoarding ammo" and "organizing mass action," there is a dire situation where the American left will not be prepared for even tiny strategic amounts of revolutionary action or even the most basic self-defense in the amount of time necessary to do any good whatsoever. Hoarding ammo and organizing mass action (of the kind which will adequately address the problem at a large scale) are ambitions, and both are completely valid ambitions, but anyone who thinks either of these is attainable within a reasonable amount of time is living in a fantasy world; these aren't the options in front of us any more than hoarding a nuclear stockpile is.

With this in mind, my step one is to arm, because I know that many people are not doing this. In fact, in the United States, it's very common for "socialists" to spend what little money they accrue on hedonism - treats, drinks, drugs, luxuries, games, movies, art, fancy stuff. Anyone who is really concerned about the state of things in this country will get nothing out of all that, but will be more equipped to deal with the worsening situation if they are armed. An organization made up of armed people is automatically more powerful than an organization of disarmed people, regardless of whether those people armed first and then joined the organization - and so, I recommend that those who have not yet joined an organization, and who may not live where an organization already flourishes, to arm. I recommend that they also start or join an organization, and express solidarity towards those other workers who oppose the state of things, but they must arm. There's no excuse not to, and the better armed they are, the better, and the more practice they get shooting, the better, so their aim will be improved.

Hoarding ammo isn't a good idea in humid climates, even with dehumidifiers and dessicants. I sold everything except for a handgun and varmint rifle since I don't hunt anymore. I miss my compound bow with peep sights and silencers more than any long gun, though. Fishing is more practical with a better return on investment. If youse want to belong to orgs or clubs to make yourself a target it's up to you. But the reason the far right has higher numbers than the left isn't so much organization but sloth aided by algorithms. They binge watch bodycam/ dashcam footage and get linked to maga pig slop. The same happens with food and music 'reaction' channels. The European tourist "reaction" channels give the far right the impression of solidarity by feeding the reactionary impulse and ideation of American exceptionalism and supremacy.

>>497982
>But the reason the far right has higher numbers than the left isn't so much organization but sloth aided by algorithms.
It's true that algorithms push (and I say push, because it actually isn't just down to them getting recommended stuff they already like, the algorithms of western "tech" companies actively push "right wing" shit, I know because I don't watch any of it but still get "recommended" a bunch of it by the algorithms) fascist stuff, but I disagree about the first half of this sentence. I think it's unproven that the far right actually has higher numbers than the left; what the far right do have is institutional backing, more money, greater militancy, and largely unchecked violence. All of this, but especially the institutional backing and larger amount of money, gives an impression of a group which is much larger and more prevalent than it is; this itself is a tactic, and you can see it on the small scale with the historic "Swarmfront" strategy, or on a larger scale with the JIDF, the Maccabee Task Force, and US intelligence influence operations.

The American left would gain a lot from organization, whether public or not, and I think that clandestine organization would still be necessary even for American leftists who are nervous about joining orgs publicly. So while my first recommendation is "arm," I think that writing off organization as a means to increase the collective power of working people, is a bad idea.

>>497983
All fair points, but perhaps existing orgs need to be retooled and new orgs are needed. The so-called right is fueled by 'casual' reactionaries for the aforementioned reasons in that it gives them a sense of community and solidarity which overshadows their own material conditions, hence voting against what would otherwise benefit them personally. If the left could effectively clarify reality it might make some converts and turn the tide.

>>497987
To illustrate my point, this couple has been in the same parking lot at 71st and Memorial for months and every day passersby only saw a large sign saying "fuck trump". Since the heat dome over the city, which otherwise diverts tornadoes, became smog with the UV/heat index around 110°F, the disabled duo decided to waste space in their own town where they finally got arrested. Nobody is happier about this than Democrats who viewed their actions as counterproductive, yet the comments to this bodycam footage are primarily from the collective reactionary right who view this couple as representative of what they view as "the left", which is anyone who isn't a registered Republican, with no room for distinction or nuance.

>>497991
>Nobody is happier about this than Democrats who viewed their actions as counterproductive, yet the comments to this bodycam footage are primarily from the collective reactionary right
These are the same group.

>>497993
Pretty much, but they don't know this.

>>497994
Oh, true, yeah.

>>497966
https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2080378664009470340
MintPress News - The U.S. Government Is Targeting Independent Media Outlet BreakThrough News

Through its Ways and Means Committee the House has issued a subpoena, demanding the media outlet hand over internal documents, communications & financial records.

BreakThrough News says it is being targeted because of its reporting on ICE abuses, the Gaza Genocide, Cuba & American foreign policy.

Anthony Fauci apparently pleaded the Fifth 111 times in today's US Senate hearing.

"Fauci, the face of the country’s pandemic response and director of National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

In his opening statement, Fauci said committee Chair Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) “obvious obsession” with his “prosecution” compelled him to plead the fifth.

“The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up in his words ‘behind bars,’” Fauci remarked.

Throughout the three-hour hearing, Fauci declined to answer every question GOP senators lobbed at him. Republicans on the panel spent the morning lambasting the infectious disease specialist for his handling of the pandemic, while Democrats defended him against GOP attacks."

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5998421-florida-ag-investigates-fauci-senate-hearing/

What was he being asked that he had to do it that many times?

>>498111
Didn't get he a pre-emptive pardon by Biden on his way out? What does he have to fear anymore?

Sam Husseini points out the hypocrisy of Chuck Schumer, a deeply corrupt genocidal zionist senator holding a press conference to pretend to oppose corruption.

>>498116
I'm not a legal expert, but is it possible that Biden's pre-emptive pardons are legally invalid?
Not saying the Trump admin wouldn't uphold them anyway, it probably would, but he might not want to risk the possibility that they wouldn't.

>>498142
Did Sam say this was organized by Public Citizen? The group started by Ralph Nader to hold elected officials accountable? Shame on them indeed.

MintPress News:
A Federal Court Has Granted Discovery In Journalist Max Blumenthal’s Lawsuit Against The Head Of The DHS

The federal court found that Blumentha’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated through the Department of Homeland Security’s seizure of his electronic devices.

Upon landing at Dulles International AirPort, the The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal was detained, following pressure from Zionist influencers who were angered that he attended Ayatollah Khamenei’s Funeral in Iran. The funeral was the largest in recorded human history.

The seizure of Blumenthal’s electronic devices has been widely condemned as an attack on freedom of the press & free speech.

>>498145
Apparently it was. Very disappointing.

On Peter Thiel puppet JD Vance, the Charlie Kirk assassination, and the Trump assassination/Vance presidency.

The US military is probably way more divided than we think, and have way less faith in their leadership than the government let's on:

Seven seamen died in a kerfuffle on the USS Abraham Lincoln

https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/08/11/774174/Deadly-clash-aboard-US-carrier-Abraham-Lincoln-leaves-seven-dead-several-injured

So if you ever have this argument about the revolution being workers fighting the entirety of the US military, know that a bunch of that military is going to defect to the people.

>>498303
Hadn't even heard about this one. Stuff is happening so fast. I did hear that people were trying to jump off the USS Abraham Lincoln.

I've been meeting ex US military guys for years now and almost all of them have bad stuff to say about it. Vietnam, Panama, Iraq, US Navy - it's incredibly normal to privately hear stories from them which revolve around confusion over why they were ordered to do certain things (crimes), confusion over who, exactly, it served, and regret at having been a pawn in this bullshit. Defectors would be entirely welcome, and I hope that those who really believed in fighting for people and country will choose to defect instead of serving against their own people in the Epstein Regime. Those who realize the truth before they have been injured and discharged can be great heroes.

More proof of US military demoralization

>>498361
Guy says he put it through an AI checker, but it kind of looks like it could have been written in MS Paint with a mouse. What was it written with? A huge sharpie? Am I misjudging the size of the writing?

>>498363
Nvm, it was apparently finger-drawn in dust on the wing.

I found this take interesting

https://x.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2089373881773498747
BREAKING: Journalists hid an Airtag in a rare book shipment and confirmed Amazon to be one of the buyers behind the bulk orders destroying rare-books to feed their AI.

They tracked it to Amazon's LAS8 warehouse in Las Vegas, home to VGT3 (see logo below), a scanning operation feeding Amazon's AI training data, where workers say they cut the bindings off books to scan them faster.

Amazon won't say why the books are destroyed.

>>498389
sauce:
https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2089784719361675697
Footage Emerges Showing An Israel First Congressman Looking At A Homeowners Mail In Florida

Republic Rep. Randy Fine was caught on a doorbell camera looking through a homeowner’s mailbox and then their mail, while campaigning.

If pursued, this could be considered a federal crime according to some reports.

https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2092655660207157632
Max Blumenthal - The Trump administration has designated Palestine Action as a global terrorist organization

Pal Action has shut down 4 Israeli weapons factories in the UK without killing or wounding anyone

Yesterday, Trump de-listed the Syrian govt, which is controlled by the former head of Al Qaeda in Syria

Trump is Greater Israel's US enforcer

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2093377771644838031
MintPress News - Trump has bombed eight countries so far this year…
Specifically: Iran, Venezuela, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, Ecuador, and Syria.

I really wish people would stop posting twitter links until we get a functioning nitter instance again. Twitter hit xcancel with a C&D last week and now I have no way of corroborating bullshit posted on twitter.

>>498548
Does Nitter not work?

>>498551
They got C&D'd too.

>>498557
Fuck. Just last week?

Why do they want to name everything after Amerigo Vespucci? Is it just to erase precolonial American history?

>>498557
>>498563
Oh shit it's true https://nitter.net/

>>498564
an eo isn't an act of Congress so it's not law but a stroke of the pen that is easily reversed.

September 6th: Amazon cargo plane veers off runway in Miami, kills 5.

US now losing air superiority over the US.

https://x.com/TipOfTheBanana/status/2097484129332039692
"Trader Joe's won't say who makes their products and the suppliers sign agreements not to say either. The way reporters figured it out was recalls. When a plant recalls something the FDA notice lists every brand that came off that line, so Eater matched the notices to Trader Joe's lot numbers.

Stacy's makes the pita chips, Naked makes the green juice, Tribe makes the hummus. Tate's, Stauffer's and Wonderful Pistachios all showed up too. The recipes are usually tweaked a little so it's not the exact same product, but Stacy's and Naked are both owned by PepsiCo."