#antifada

[belongstolove]

#shutitdown4palestine #shut it down for palestine #shutitdownforpalestine #shutitdown #endisraelsgenocide #boycott israel #free palestine #antifada #ceasefirenow #israel is a terrorist state #warcrimesingaza #americancrimes #capitalism #anti capitalism #pride and predujice #uk #antimperialist #genocide #endthefacism #end the occupation #end the apartheid #long live palestine

[thecommunalfoolboy]

If anything is certain it is that Palestine will be free, for they as a people are too fearless to die out

#palestine #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free gaza #gaza genocide #gaza #gaza strip #antifada

[wumingfoundation]

The Antifada/Proletkult interview: A.M. Gittlitz talks with Wu Ming 1 about UFOs, utopia and revolution.

“Just FYI: wu ming are considered reformist shills in italian communist circles.”

Now that’s a blurb! It shouldn’t be relegated in the comments. It should be part of the intro.

Recorded in March 2023, in the middle of our very demanding UFO 78 book tour (80 events in the first six months). Our comrade was tired: too many ers and ehms, too much struggling to find exact terms. Apologies for that. Still, there are some good parts, and Andy was the perfect host.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/proletkult-12-of-80982053

#Antifada #Wu Ming #Ufo 78 #A.M. Gittlitz #UFOs #UAPs

[quotesfromall]

An overwhelming majority of Israel's Jews have no interest in living in a state dominated by the Palestinians

Antony Loewenstein, After Zionism

#zionism #anti zionsim #antisemitism #israel #after zionism #antony loewenstein #two state solution #one state solution #iron dome #antifada #islam #pan arabism #loewenstein #ahmed moor #moor #this whole book is like #if we say apartheid enough will they pweese let us kill the jews

[royalberryriku]

Thinking about how "self defence" is considered okay until a country the west is not allied with does it.

#yes this is about iran #israel attacked first and then they responded and now everyone is like “wait wait they can't do that!” #and I'm just sitting here looking at Palestine like ??? #And look I'm not saying I condone any violence esp against civilians #but I am saying it's bery ironic and telling #when Israel fucks around and finds out #I am kind of here like damn finally tasting the taste of your own spit that you spat at another #must feel like throwing stones in a glass house eh Israel is kinda the feel I'm feeling rn #but anyway #also a note while I say I'm generally against violence I do think resistence is expected and deserved when colonial powers oppress people #I'm specifically talking about how I'm not condoning any attacks on civilians #BUT resistance is justified while Palestine is occupied #and long live the Antifada #both are two things that coexist for me here #and things I think are being honoured in the resistence the more I hear of personal accounts of said civilians #*civilians #When one military side says “oh this happened!” only to be proven as liars over and over again #then the hostages themselves say “no we were attacked with friendly fire from israel” #and for that to be proved?? #Then hearing how said hostages say “Hamas put their bodies on the line to cover us from said friendly fire” like?? #maybe Hamas aren't the aggressors when they treat their hostages like this and israel has killed their own just to get at Hamas and civ- #-illians alike #tag comments are a mess and probably don't accurately portray feelings fully but long live the antifada and down with colonialist lies

[unbidden-yidden]

Uh-oh, looks like that antifada/coyote person blocked me. 🫢

#what? the truth hurts?

[queen-mabs-revenge]

ppl on antifada talking about trying to organize a big content producers 'instarrection' boycott/walk-out type thing, and are talking about getting banned from instagram for saying 'bitch' like whY are ppl even still on that shit??? owned by zuck and you can't say bitch lmao what is this pre-k from hell? lmao meanwhile they're all like 'we have to do this bc there's nowhere else to go'...

[workersolidarity]

I really cannot emphasize enough how long I've been on blogs warning people that we were moving like a slow motion riot towards disaster in this country.

We are literally tumbling slowly towards a Civil War.

Let me make this much perfectly clear. We live in a Police State, and we have for a very long time. And if you're my age or younger, this is all you've ever known.

People living in Major Cities being Policed like a War Zone, especially black and brown folks, the LGBTQA Community, and our Nation's Immigrant Communities, are ANGRY, and they have been angry for a very long time.

Every time a Cop is caught on camera MURDERING a black man, and we all line up in Protest, they tell us to be Peaceful. They talk about having Patience. They want to talk about "dialogue".

What's the point of dialogue when it's no more productive than taking to a wall? What are we supposed to be being patient for? Another all white jury to find a Killer Cop innocent???

And why should we be Peaceful any longer, when nothing changes but the names and faces of the dead???

No, the time for Peaceful dialogue is over. The time for patience was over a LONG time ago.

In fact, the only thing that's actually surprising about these angry Protests and nightly Riots is that it took this long to reach this point!

To make matters worse, we've all been in death grip between low wages, excessive housing costs, rising food prices artificially kept at excessive cost by corrupt Government Regulations favoring super Corporations like Mansanto, DuPont and others; as well the endless mountains of debt incurred to attend College and in some places just to attend a decent fucking Highschool.

If you're the average Working Class American in a City in the Deep South, making barely more than the Federal Minimum Wage, then chances are your Employer might as well just cut the pretense and admit we're just there slaves except we're no longer even given enough to afford Housing, Food, and Utilities, and certain not enough to afford basic everyday necessities like clothes, shoes, and hygeine products, forget about trying to raise a FAMILY in that Economic Vice.

As if living in a Police State without basic necessities wasn't bad enough, we have two useless Political Parties, one of which is less an actual Political Party than it is a Fascist Organization infiltrating all levels of Government from local school boards to the Presidency and the Senate.

THIS IS NOT BY ANY MEANS DEMOCRACY

It doesn't resemble anything like a Democracy or Republic or whatever the hell they want to call it.

Then we now have roving openly Neo-Fascist Organizations operating throughout the Country with little to know resistance by Government and being openly encouraged by the President, his allies, and the nod and winks and more coming from so-called "Establishment" Republicans, whatever the fuck that means.

Not only that but these wannabe Fascists in the White House have their own State Television in FOX News.

But FOX wasn't Fascist enough for the Fascists so now they have new media sources popping up around the Wig in the White House.

The Fascists even have a whole network of Organizations supported by the wealthiest of the Ruling Class to support the ability of Fascists to Organize and Police to kill weaponless lawyerless Minorities.

With almost no pretext or attempt the shield their maneuvering these people have taken over or blocked from proper functioning most Congressional responsibilities, Regulatory Agencies meant to protect the Public from out of control greedy Corporations, and the Courts, meant to be our absolute last line of Defense against abuses.

So anyone acting "surprised" on TV with the violence in the streets, is merely being facetious.

We're on the edge of a major tipping point whether people yet realize it or not.

Just like how it only takes one person throwing a bottle at police or starting a dumpster fire to turn a "Peaceful Protest" into a Riot; it only takes one of these riots going from Glass Bottles, Fireworks, Dumpster Fires and Tear Gas; to Pipe Bombs, Molotov Cocktails, Assault Rifles, Snipers and Residential fires.

It may not be tonight or tomorrow, or even this particular wave of Protests, but we are teetering on the edge.

How long before openly Fascist Paramilitary Organizations and Neo-Nazi groups are firing on Protests at the side of Police Officers?

I'm sorry, but groups of disorganized cells of online chats hitting the streets and calling themselves Antifa or Black Bloc or Anonymous, are simply no match for the Paramilitary Organizations of Racists that have been collecting weapons, training community members, Organizing with like minded groups, and hiding out in Idaho or Utah waiting for a moment just like this to make their move and take over physical and Political Infrastructure of the Country openly.

This is why it was important to be Organizing among Socialists, Communists, Anarchists and sympathetic Civil Libertarian Groups. Instead people fell for bait and switch from Democrats and left it to Liberals to defend their Rights.

And look at the results! How's that working out for us??? Where are our Liberal and Democratic Party defenders now???

Oh right, they're hiding in the background or calling for Peaceful dialogue AGAIN.

We SHOULD have been Organizing from the moment we saw how Occupy Wall Street was abandoned by it's so-called Allies in the Democratic Party.

We SHOULD have abandoned ANY illusions we might have had when we saw Black Lives Matter Protests scrutinized and tarred by Democrats and in the Media in a way Fascists NEVER have been.

We should have known and we should have been preparing and Organizing just like the Fascists.

Now we're at the edge of a very different kind of conflict and we're ABSOLUTELY unprepared. How many Leftist Organizations have been storing assault rifles and building Pipe Bombs or training Sleeper Cells to rapidly arm and deploy on the streets of their Cities. We should have been Recruiting potential ally Organizations and getting ready to be a line of Defense for the Workers, Black and Brown families, LGBTQA Community and Immigrant Rights Groups.

All I see is a lot of kids playing with fire and NO FUCKING CLUE how to put it out or control it.

If Anarchy hits the streets, it's going to be the Fascists regain control of our Communities working with Military members, the National Guard and Police. Does ANYONE really think they're going to protect your Rights or your family's Safety????

It's good to see people pushing back for once, but I also see potential for disaster. You damn well better have a big fucking hose if you're going to start a big fucking fire.

#Protests2020 #protests2020 #protests #political protest #riots #protests and riots #blm #black lives matter #racist policing #racism #antifa #antifascist #antifascism #antifada #socialism #socialist #socialist politics #marxism #marxism leninism #marxist leninist #communist #communism #socialists #socialist movement #politics #police violence #violent protests #militarized police #militarized policing #disarm the police

[horseforcefield]

I listen to podcasts now. . . . . . #chapotraphouse #chapotraphousepodcast #antifada #flophouse #streetfightradio #comedybangbang https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxc0r3dFLai/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gs8ljszx9m2s

#chapotraphouse #chapotraphousepodcast #antifada #flophouse #streetfightradio #comedybangbang

[belongstolove]

#California #endisraelsgenocide #free palestine #santa ana #boycott israel #hands off rafah #antifada #genocide #israel is a terrorist state #warcrimesingaza #anti capitalism #americancrimes

[fffartonceaweek]

“Lakota see the faces of men who lied, cheated and murdered innocent people whose only crime was living on land they wanted to seal.” — CRST Chairman Harold Frazier

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“When they get bored of looking at those faces we are left looking at our molesters. We are the ones who live under the stare of those who have wronged us...”

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also:  The Antifada  »Ep 103: Statue? I hardly know you! w/ Nick Estes

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Our guest this week is Nick Estes, citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Assistant Professor of American Studies at University of New Mexico, host of the Red Nation Podcast, and author of Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance. We discuss the link between indigenous and black struggles in the context of the no-DAPL blockade at Standing Rock and Black Lives Matter, statue removals and vandalism in New Mexico and in New York at #OccupyCityHall, whether attacking statues of Lincoln and Grant are "justified," and the final boss: Mt. Rushmore. Finally we chat about the tensions and intersections between decolonization and revolutionary communism.

#great sioux nation #lakota #native american #usa #genocide #racism #fascism #police state #land theft #monuments #imperialism #colonialism #nick estes #the antifada #socialism #anarchism #dakota access pipeline #standing rock #black lives matter #red nation

[aviation-in-the-evening]

What is anarchism? I want to know more about politics, and from what anarchist propose society without a state, right? The try to abolish autority....but for me it seems very utopical, it's not gonna work, you just bring caos, or this is my perseption. So seeing that you define yourself as an anarchist, what is anarchism to you? A philosophy?

Hey! Great questions that I’m happy to answer to the best of ability.

To start, anarchism is a pretty broad philosophy. I say this because there are several anarchist schools of thought and related ideas that get put under the idea of anarchism. So what an anarchist believes to be the “correct answer” in relation to moving toward a better society is going to differ a bit in the details. However, there are some shared beliefs such as abolition of the state (which you note in your question) and other oppressive systems, rejection of harmful hierarchies, and generally anti-authority and liberation for all. This is generally how I would define anarchism.

The idea of anarchism as Utopian is a critique that gets mentioned fairly often, and seeing as people are thinking of anarchism in relation to the world currently I definitely understand why that critique is made. However, some of the concepts of anarchism come from an understanding of prior times and how we can use those past concepts moving forward. The first example that comes to mind for this is the idea of mutual aid. In Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid (link) he discusses the concept of mutual aid throughout time. This concept is still used today and tends to be a core praxis of anarchists as it is part of direct action.

Some really good resources I recommend are below (some go beyond just anarchism). As your questions were more general I’m not quite sure how to continue from there, but if you have some specific questions I’m more than happy to answer and post some more resources!

Books/Essays:

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman

Queering Anarchism by Deric Shannon et al

The ABC of Communist Anarchism by Alexander Berkman

The Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin

Podcasts:

Its Going Down

Antifada

The Dig

The Final Straw

Working Class History

Rev Left Radio

#asks #anon #anonymous #anon ask #green anarchy #anarcha feminism #anarchism #anarchy #queer anarchism

[edwad]

sorry if this is like a really basic question but if the LTV as a lot of people pose it (i.e. to oversimplify, "profit = extraction of surplus value = exploitation") what does marx actually mean when he refers to surplus value? in the past when i've read things like WLC/VPP it seemed like he was talking about it in the way i mentioned before but i don't know if thats just because i was exposed to that misreading beforehand

"the LTV" doesn't really belong to marx and is independent of the theory of surplus value in that it operates at a different level of analysis. a theory of value is necessary *before* an understanding of a surplus of value is possible, they are not the same theory and i would further argue that marxs value theory is not an LTV. i would also say that not all profit is necessarily a profit of surplus value. if i steal a tv and sell it i have made a profit at someone else's expense, whereas surplus value arises even when laborers are paid exactly what their commodity is worth. the former is still a profit but not of surplus value. it's important to note though that the former is offset at the macro level, my gain is someone else's loss so it cancels out (the overall value, money, etc in the model remains the same, just now in different hands), whereas surplus value is dynamic and constantly generative. regardless, none of this would ever come out of reading WLC, which was written a decade before marx came to any of these conclusions, but by the time of VPP he had a pretty good idea of how this worked. VPP has its faults though and i don't recommend it as a replacement for capital or even as a primer to the text necessarily. for more on the gap between WLC & VPP, see my post here. if you wanna hear my take on some of the context and problems of VPP, check out the episode we did with the antifada.

anyway, surplus value, which is dependent on the theory of value, arises when workers produce more in value-terms than they themselves are paid in wages. marx calls this exploitation a few times, but it is not a kind of theft or injustice. the worker is paid for their capacity, their labor-power, not for their output. to put it very crudely, if you flip 10 burgers in 1 hour and 100 burgers in the next you will be paid the same hourly rate regardless. you are not selling your output, you are selling your ability to work for periods of time. you can be paid perfectly well for this, meaning you aren't being ripped off or underpaid, but the firm is still making a profit from this difference anyway.

[dustedandsocial]

Doug Lain has maybe earned his bad reputation but his actual political beliefs are often misrepresented. He's not a "class reductionist" or vulgar Marxist, but rather a left-Marxist who's sympathetic to anarchism and generally has nuanced insights. Derick Varn, who co-hosts Pop The Left with him, has moved more and more to a similar non-sectarian left-Marxist position over the last few years as well. I find their show pretty useful because they're both really adept at turning over topics until they've seen them from every angle, and usually Doug keeps his anti-SJW grievance bullshit to a minimum. I'm just posting this because Derick's points about the stasis of the current moment are on point. Also, I always want to push people away from conspiratorial thinking, and he's really good at doing that as well.

I guess if you’re looking for a decent left podcast that isn’t exclusively Something Awful humor and dunking on libs, this one is as good as any. They also give you enough to disagree with that your experience won’t turn into mindless fandom. 

Part 2 of this episode from Patreon. Mega.nz only streams the first 10 minutes, so you have to dl the mp3

Playlist of all non-Patreon Pop The Left episodes

Other decent podcasts: From Alpha To Omega, Why Theory?, What's Left of Philosophy, Acid Horizon, Red Library, The Regrettable Century, Radio Free Humanity: The Marxist-Humanist Podcast (although Andrew Kliman is sporadically unbearable), and David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles. The Antifada is good sometimes too, especially the episodes that cover communization and ultraleft politics.

Also: The Value of Marx's Capital (Yale University’s 2020 Franke Lectures in the Humanities). A playlist of lectures featuring Cinzia Arruzza, Fred Moseley, Andrew Kliman, Karen Ng, William Clare Roberts, Michael Heinrich, Tithi Bhattacharya, and more.

#there is a bit of ''free speech'' talk in this though

[pumabydesign001]

Chris Matthews and his Democrat Party of Hate

Chris Matthews and his Democrat Party of Hate by @Lady Penguin #JamesHodgkinson #SteveScalise #Progressives #WaronRepublicans #MAGA #pjnet #cot

The left is beating their heads against the wall trying not to face the reality that it is because of them and their comrades in both Houses that unhinged Bernie Sanders supporter, James T. Hodgkinson, came that close to committing mass murder of elected officials.

The likes of Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon along with Elizbeth Warren, Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer,…

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#Antifada #Chris Matthews #Democrat Party #Donald Trump #James T. Hodgkinson #Jeff Sessions #Kamala Harris #Kathy Griffin #Progressive war on Conservatives #Progressive war on Donald Trump #Progressives war on Americans #Steve Scalise

[pedrojsaavedra]

Hace 15 años que se construyo, en plena #antifada, uno de los muros considerados hoy por hoy "el #muro" por antonomacia. Si sigue así se convertira en el primer país cercado por todas partes menos por el mar. (en كنيسة القيامة)

#antifada #muro