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Star, Clouds & Nebula by Mark Christensen

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March 23, 1931: Bhagat, Singh, Indian communist revolutionary, executed by British colonial occupation.

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Zelal, a PKK female fighter (x) Our leader says women come from life

Do not trust men, and do destroy the male dogma. Trust your womanhood. Equality and freedom can only be attained on the basis of the women issue. This is why our revolution is a women’s revolution - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK

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Kurdistan, Women at War

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1942 - A captured bust of Benito Mussolini is crushed in some beautifully prophetic foreshadowing to resemble what Mussolini’s actual face would look like after he was caught by antifascist partisans in 1945. [video]

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I'm having a FB conversation with a libertarian about why I can't accept libertarian ideals. We got to the point where he claimed my criticisms aren't for capitalism, that some propaganda machine is telling me that society's ills are caused by this imposter system people call capitalism, that he wants the true pure capitalism ™, which would be the best thing ever. Waiting for him to respond to my question on wtf he'd call this, what we had in the past, and wtf that pure form would look like.

It’s ironic that he argues that propaganda is being used against capitalism to equate it with the imposter corporatist system, because “we have corporatism, not true capitalism” is itself very much a piece of bourgeois propaganda intended to keep people within the defined limits of political discourse while making them feel edgy and subversive – basically the Matrix fan theory that there were two layers to the Matrix, to get people who escaped the first layer to think they succeeded in challenging the machines’ authority, all while still remaining completely within the Matrix boundaries.

“True capitalism” inevitably sets up the conditions for “corporatism” to flourish. When you have a small class of elites controlling the larger productive capacities (something characteristic of both “true capitalism” and “corporatism”), they’ll inevitably mingle with the political process to shape policy to align with their interests. Private/public collusion has been relatively constant since capitalism’s not-so-humble beginnings. In this sense, right-wing libertarians are correct in that we’ve never had “true capitalism” – capitalism where the state does not interfere in the process – but they deliberately ignore how essential the state is for capitalism to function properly. “Big government” (minimum wages, corporate regulations, welfare) is the state desperately trying to reconcile capitalism despite the latter’s innate flaws and tensions. Without the implementation of some “big government” concessions, people would’ve called for complete overhaul of this system ages ago. Furthermore, private property rights over the collective means of production and the subordination of labor to capital are systemic qualities maintained through the state, which grants them legitimacy and a police force to crush protest and popular struggle against concentrated power.

You’re totally right, too – when called out on the capitalism/corporatism distinction, the argument shifts around to either “we once had it” or “we never had it”. If we once had it, it was the glorious days of the Founding Fathers™ where “small government” was the way (despite, ya know, the rampant imperialism and repression of anyone who wasn’t a property-owning white dude); in that case, right-wing libertarianism becomes an obvious case of reactionary propaganda. If we never had true capitalism, then it’s because the state has always interfered and we just need to “get it out of the way” or smash it – more realistic in its understanding that we’ve always had “corporatism” but less realistic in its understanding of history and the way capitalism actually functions. Either way, we have capitalism when it’s convenient for a narrative (when you’re using a computer, for example – “capitalism made that!”) and we have corporatism when it’s convenient for another narrative (when you’re demanding systemic change, for example – “we’ve never had capitalism so how can you oppose it?!”).

Tell him that leftists don’t seek out “big government” or top-down managing of the economy – both of those things are fundamental aspects of the capitalist epoch, the former being the band-aids and Elmer’s glue designed to hold this crumbling system together and the latter being the defining feature of capitalism (private/top-down ownership over the means of production). Tell him that traditional notions of ACTUAL “small government” came from socialists, specifically through libertarian Marxism and anarchism (which has consistently had an anti-capitalist foundation, until Murray Rothbard thought he could make a fine bit of propaganda in the form of “anarcho-capitalism”). Tell him that of the variety of ways social deliberation can be handled, autocracy (decision by one or a small subset) and democracy (decision by most or all) are the two broad umbrellas they all fall under, and capitalism relies on autocracy in pretty much all of the social deliberations that deal with power, influence, and access to resources – in other words, concentrated power and “big government”.

I used to be a “we never had true capitalism” right-libertarian so I understand where he’s coming from, but the sooner he understands how fundamentally propagandistic it all is, the closer he’ll get to embracing genuinely anti-authoritarian ideas.

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Absolutely ☝️👆

Capitalism commodities everything, including resistance. It’s a process of absorption that pulls all resources and actions under the umbrella of profits and capital accumulation. Nike using Colin Kaepernick in their new ads and Dodge using an anti-capitalist Martin Luther King speech in a Ram commercial are other concrete examples of this.

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I cannot stress how important it is for the radical left to develop an actual array of media outlets. A huge part of the rise of the alt-right was that they developed a compelling online presence with no leftist media to counter it. Not to mention we will never grow significantly ourselves without a modern presence that reaches out to people

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YouTube:

Anarchopac

ContraPoints

Libertarian Socialist Rants

PhilosophyTube

Cuck Philosophy

HBomberGuy

Red and Black

stimulator; sub.Media

Some More News

Three Arrows

Podcasts

Revolutionary Left Radio

El Gran Kilombo Antifacista (Spanish)

The Guillotine

Radio Anarchy (Persian)

Dissident Island

Black Agenda

Under The Pavement

Channel Zero Network

sub.Media

News Websites

Unicorn Riot

Gods and Radicals

Black Rose/ Rosa Negra

CrimethInc

Insurrection News

Solidarity Federation

Class War Party

Freedom News

It’s Going Down

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If Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court didn’t convince you of the deep-seated corruption inherent to capitalist liberal democracy, you need to get your head out of the sand and pay attention. An admitted-sexual predator (and most powerful man in the world) gave a clear thumbs-up to a disgusting fratboy rapist in his pursuit of a lifetime judicial position on the highest court in the country. This is clear proof that the political class doesn’t give two shits about the underdog. They are beholden to corporate interests and reactionary values and only want to maintain their position at the top of the pyramid.

The whole damn system is guilty as hell.

The only truly viable long-term solution to this corruption is a working class revolution that democratizes the economy and the infrastructure of society — workplace democracy, community control of resources, production for use rather than profit, wellbeing for all, freedom and equality and solidarity. Concentrated power is the problem, and it will be inevitable as long as plutocrats control the workplaces, the housing, the land, the media, and the resources — in short, as long as we have capitalism. Political corruption is the outgrowth of that unjust state of affairs, plain and simple.

I repeat: The whole damn system is guilty as hell.

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pg.99 - in love with an apparition

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What to do if you suddenly find yourself homeless

FOOD

Find your nearest food bank or mission, for food

grocery stores with free samples, bakeries + stores with day-old bread

different fast food outlets have cheaper food and will generally let you hang out for a while.

some dollar stores carry food like cans of beans or fruit

SHELTER

Sleeping at beaches during the day is a good way to avoid suspicion and harassment

sleep with your bag strapped to you, so someone can’t steal it

Some churches offer short term residence

Find your nearest homeless shelter

Look for places that are open to the public

A large dumpster near a wall can often be moved so that flipping up the lids creates an angled shelter to stay dry

HYGIENE

A membership to the YMCA is usually only 10$, which has a shower, and sometimes laundry machines and lockers.

Public libraries have bathrooms you can use

Dollar stores carry low-end soaps and deodorant etc.

Wet wipes are all purpose and a life saver

Local beaches, go for a quick swim

Some truck stops have showers you can pay for

Staying clean is the best way to prevent disease, and potentially get a job to get back on your feet

Pack 7 pairs of socks/undies, 2 outfits, and one hooded rain jacket

OTHER

first aid kit

 sunscreen

 a travel alarm clock or watch

 mylar emergency blanket

 a backpack is a must

 downgrade your cellphone to a pay as you go with top-up cards

 sleeping bag

 travel kit of toothbrush, hair brush/comb, mirror

 swiss army knife

 can opener

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Reblog to literally save a life

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if there is a Dollar Tree near you, they have entire food aisles

Planet Fitness also has $10 memberships. you can shower and they have free food days! pizza night 1st monday every month, bagel tuesday the 2nd tuesday every month.

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Save a life reblog

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i am so glad that i renblogged this however so long ago. i saw this post and shared it with others in mind, but now i am the one who really needs this. id like to think of this as good karma i guess

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also a good list if anyone ever needs to run away from home for whatever reason.

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Instagram is always crashing in the middle of the night wtf lol

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