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This study investigates the struggle for solidarity between the left in an oppressor nation and rebellions against that nation from the oppressed. The research explores political questions of pro-capitalist classes and opportunism, of euro-centrism and settler colonial privilege amongst groups and entities striving to steer revolutionary resistance.  https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/532/403/376/736/943/original/8f91652d572c65f8.mp4
Marcuse, a Marxist philosopher, critiques the concept of tolerance in liberal societies, arguing that it can be used to maintain existing power structures and suppress radical change. He calls for a more discriminating form of tolerance that favors progressive movements.
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[Archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.almayadeen.net%2Farticles%2Fopinion%2Fpalestine-and-the-israeli-working-class) > "The second element of this Trotskyist fantasy focuses on the existence of Matzpen, a joint Arab-Israeli socialist party which at its height had roughly twenty members. The party centered around Akiva Orr, Jabra Nicola, and Moshe Machover, and was active from 1967 until about 1982, after which many died, were exiled, or split into multiple other tiny factions. The strict focus on ideology instead of praxis effectively put the cart before the horse and made them irrelevant to the actual concrete struggle for Palestinian liberation." This line reminds me of a line Walter Rodney made in Decolonial Marxism, where he says something like "Every road looks appealing when you are not even moving!"
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This video has decent AI generated english subtitles (added by the uploader). I think it's a fantastic lecture, including some references which are quite apropos as we think about contemporary events.
CNN comes out with an article saying that economy is doing great because a whole bunch of jobs were created.  https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/jobs-report-january-02-02-24/index.html On the surface that sounds great, but then we can look at other factor, such as the fact that most people in US can't afford an unexpected $1,000 expense.  https://fortune.com/2024/02/01/emergency-1000-expense-most-americans-broke-debt-bankrate/ This implies that people are being paid subsistence wages, and aren't able to meet their needs. This is further supported by data from Monster showing that 37 percent of people have two full time jobs now in order to pay their bills.  https://www.denver7.com/news/national/more-americans-report-being-over-employed-by-working-2-full-time-jobs Turns out that this precise dynamic was identified by Marx in the first volume of Das Kapital:  To me, this is a great example of theory being an invaluable tool for understanding what's actually happening in the world. The concept of generating employment holds little significance when businesses are not mandated to pay their workers an equitable and livable wage. To sum up, read theory!
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To preface, this company has been around for a little while, over 10 years and this private company has been hired and used by public schools for over a decade now. They tried to make it like Facebook but for kids, and they made us do it. When you’re in 4th grade and your teacher tells you to make an account you don’t think twice about it. Looking back tho, it was weird as FUCK: they would ask you for an email (ok pretty normal) then ask for your phone number if you have one (umm a bit weird) then they’d ask you to say what town you live in (ok dude too far) then they would be like ok last step tell us your full name and put up a picture for your pfp (what the fuck). Keep in mind these are all KIDS. Not only did Edmodo sell all this info, but that’s also like 1 step away from inviting child predators into your site. Idk if anything happened with that particular theory (I hope to God it didn’t) but it seems like a very bad idea to put kids’ private info online. At least now they’re facing repercussions but that’s not nearly enough and it’s way too late. Check this FTC article for more info on their fuckups
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>***Three***, what better way to cover up or camouflage the existence of political prisoners than to make them wear a mask – a one-size mask meant to fit all of them – **“criminalization.”** They are not political since they are “criminals.” Or rather, protest and dissension are criminalized. > >Instances abound: Fred Hampton? They did it to themselves, as all those Black gangs do. Mumia Abu-Jamal? COINTELPRO could not find a criminal record for him (they admit as much), so words Mumia said after returning from Fred Hampton’s crime scene were taken out of context to carry a criminal intent. > >Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt? The typical invisible man – he was made out to be on the scene of a crime where he was not. Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin? Another man confessed, but that messed up the prosecution’s scenario. The young eco-defenders in Weelaunee Forest? They are charged with “domestic terrorism” because, let’s see, their clothes were muddy. > >My father, Richard Wright, had a maternal grandfather who was a runaway slave. I am in an ongoing conversation with Sister Dr. Janine Jones about political prisoners and slavery. We both agree that the first political prisoners in the United States were the runaway slaves who dared think outside the box of the plantation and who acted on it: if they were caught, they were criminalized for robbing their masters of the property their bodies represented. (Emphasis original.)
I don’t know much about why it happened. What led up to it. Basically explain it as if I never heard about it.