• SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    21·
    18 days ago

    Two Israeli tourists got beaten down by a 15 year old in my hometown. Media cried antisemitism for days afterwards. Police now released him stating antisemitism wasn’t the case. The guy didn’t even know they were Israeli until he was arrested and brought to the station. Also, the Israeli tourists were being dicks during a paintball game and that’s how the fight happened eventually.

    What’s really funny to me is that a 15 year old manages to beat two Israeli dudes lol.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    20·
    19 days ago

    I haven’t drank alcohol for a year now today, which I guess is somewhat of an achievement.

    I hate the way the murder of a 17 year old girl has been hijacked by right wingers purely because the suspect is a migrant. At yesterday’s Ajax match people paid a tribute to the girl in the 17th minute and some Ajax hooligans felt the need to raise Dutch flags in the form of a cross. Absolutely disgusting behavior. Online you keep seeing things like ‘migration stop’ over and over again. We have had several murder by a Dutch dude in the last few years. It is almost always a Dutch guy. But now everyone can blame migrants again.

    • Eiren (she/her)@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      10·
      19 days ago

      As always, a murder by an ethnic minority member is the fault of foreigners and migration, while a murder by an ethnic majority member is the fault of neurodiversity and too little involuntary drugging. Under no circumstances has a “normal, upstanding” white male supremacist person ever committed a crime.

      • sinovictorchan@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        17 days ago

        This scapegoating and lack of accountability is a rampart problems in Parkdale high school of Toronto, Canada, in 2012 with the delinquency by children of victims of Communism, victim privilege of psychopath with Aryan appearance, corrupted racist white men in authority, and scapegoating of high performing well-behaved autistic students who only act in self-defense.

  • TheBungTankie@lemmygrad.ml
    15·
    18 days ago

    Currently, our neoliberal clown government has raised the salaries of corrupt parliament lawmakers by 50 million rupiah (at least 3,000 USD), while half of the population remains poor or low-income. It’s obvious why people are angry, and now We are protesting Againsts it.

    Good Lord, my country is in deep Shit

      • TheBungTankie@lemmygrad.ml
        11·
        18 days ago

        Lmao No, the closest thing are the Socdems, which suck ass.

        Suharto Regime really eliminate all Socialist Movement in My country

            • sinovictorchan@lemmygrad.ml
              5·
              17 days ago

              And that marks the real indicator for autocracy. When the Liberals accuse Communist governments for human rights violations, they boosted that independent media platforms, mass protests, and anti-government organizations can run freely in Communist countries without repercussion which raise question of allegation of human rights violations.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    18 days ago

    For some reason Instagram keeps sending me ads for magic mushrooms lmao. Which are illegal in Belgium btw (not in The Netherlands). I get that I am Dutch and all but you’d think they’d be able to determine my location. Or they don’t care and are willing to sell drugs. Not that I’m against that.

    Calling for a Free Palestine can get you banned though.

    • sinovictorchan@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      17 days ago

      Is it because Liberal politicians do not comprehend the fact that business advertisements are a form of indoctrination? Do they even know that a manipulation of consumer’s demand rigged the free market? The ideological justification for free market is that a private firm will change their products and services to fit the demand of consumers and not that consumers alter their culture to utilize a product or service.

    • o_d [he/him]@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      5·
      17 days ago

      They’re illegal in Canada, but there are windowless shops with mushrooms painted on the facade where you can buy them. You can even find them in the downtown area of major cities.

  • sunbleachedfly@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    13·
    18 days ago

    I got COVID this last week. The symptoms bad as it was before, but I’m SO fatigued all the time & it really lingers more than other sicknesses. Stay safe out there comrades.

    In the meantime I’m binging a show & practicing drawing quite a bit, which has brought me a lot of joy. The first character I ever drew was Luna from Sailor Moon. Now I’m practicing shading & shadows. Now I get why people draw fruit so much when they’re first learning.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    12·
    17 days ago

    Our city government uses Israeli spy software for the police and our party is sating they should stop it AND that there are other alternatives and I’m here like: wait why do we need it in the first place and why do we commies feel the need to defend it?

  • KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml
    11·
    18 days ago

    I’m more and more bothered by the gentrification in my part of the city. More and more rich middle class or upper class white people are moving in and the poorer, mostly poc inhabitants have to move away. This is why I see gentrification as a form of racism. It was way more diverse just five years ago.

    • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
      121·
      18 days ago

      In Mexico, we have been organizing against it. Some even did an announcement of a protest from a leftist meme page and had an incredible and numerous spontaneous/grassroots participation.

      If you are organized with some comrades, you can give it a try and test the waters.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    11·
    16 days ago

    I think a military invasion by the US in Venezuela is imminent… they got some cartel de sinaloa members to spread the narrative that Maduro is the leader of “cartel del sol (lmao)” in exchange for shortening their sentences. It is pretty clear now that the only reason the US takes these drug cartel guys to the court in the US is to fabricate these claims in order to invade latin america.

    • La Dame d'Azur@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      11·
      16 days ago

      Honestly this may end up being an even worse disaster than Afghanistan. I don’t think the empire can endure yet another unjust war; Venezuela could very well end up the final nail in the coffin for American hegemony - if not in the world at large then at least in Latin America.

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      5·
      15 days ago

      There’s less than 5000 men on those boats. Maybe if Trump is looking to get those men killed and start ww3 it could happen but I kinda doubt it. Of course the man is crazy so I dunno for sure.

      • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
        6·
        16 days ago

        Which makes me think that from a sociological POV the DPRK must be really interesting since it is almost untouched by migration and tourism. I’m guessing it will make for some interesting scenes when the country inevitably does get the chance to open up more.

    • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭@lemmygrad.mlOPM
      6·
      16 days ago

      this is another list which is supposedly based on one or more Chinese universities’ curricula for Marxist studies

      as for feedback, I’d recommend prioritizing shorter works over lengthy books (Elementary Principles of Philosophy, etc.) in the introductory sections

      and some nitpicking: “D. Xiaoping” is analogous to “Karl M.”

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
        4·
        16 days ago

        I’ve got that one saved! I plan on following it starting next year, once I finish Capital volumes 2 and 3.

        For the names, I didn’t realize, may have to go back through those.

        For Elementary Principles of Philosophy, I personally really enjoy that one. I debated replacing it with Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but landed on Politzer for being especially clear and basic. Do you have a suggestion on what to replace it with?

        • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭@lemmygrad.mlOPM
          3·
          16 days ago

          I’ve never found a single source that perfectly explains dialectical materialism (I’ve refined my own understanding using several texts and discussions), so I can’t give a good suggestion. Dialectical and Historical Materialism is a fairly good introduction to historical materialism specifically. I haven’t read Elementary Principles of Philosophy yet so I can’t comment on how suitable it is, I just wouldn’t put it at the top of the list in its section, and I’d probably note the approximate length of every text.

          Blackshirts and Reds is another one – I’d probably mention the “yellow Parenti” clip first and then recommend B&R as a follow-up

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
            3·
            16 days ago

            Gotcha, I’m working on adding the times. Personally, I’ve read both Dialectical and Historical Materialism and Elementary Principles of Philosophy, and although I love how clear and calm Stalin’s writing style is, Politzer really walks you through, and it’s ball-park within range of On Practice combined with On Contradiction in length.

            Will look at swapping Yellow Parenti and B&R!