Living the Dream since 1917

This is an anti-racist, anti-sexist (non-feminist) communist blog. The enemy is the capitalist class of all races, sexes, nationalities and orientations, and those who ally with them, consciously or not. The enemy is NOT working class people who are...

[ds9vgrconfessions]

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That is the cutest thing ever!

[mysharona1987]

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“I was under the influence-” Yeah, you must have been.

[themadpiano]

me

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[thesovietbroadcast]

1933 ☭ – Athletes Parade in Leningrad.

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Makes you wonder how many of these guys survived the war...

[ragemovement]

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

LMAO, have you heard about the Fyre Festival?

I have! I know this makes me sound like a dick, but watching these rich kids get scammed out of 12k+ has honestly rolled my internal clock back 10 years; I feel so young and my skin feels so clear! Actual footage of my petty ass dancing on the broken dreams of those spoiled rich kids:

[time-reclaimer-deactivated20210]

I hope the money goes to something important but i know it wont

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Well, do I have some good news for you!

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

Reblog if you're gay or want to take down capitalism.

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[brightbefouryoureblue-deactivat]

man…like please don’t make this bomb about yourself like why do we even have to say this anymore? stop saying ‘we’re fucked’ as you type this from your bedroom like please spare one shred of empathy for the people of Afghanistan that have been experiencing american terrorism for over 16 years

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In this context, ‘we’ refers to humanity.

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[pusheen]

[philippelebonducdebourgogne]

We need to talk about this (re: Tjen Folket & their protecting a rapist)

TW: rape, rape apologism, mentions of CSA, child sex slavery, physical and emotional abuse.

A year or so ago Kjæran Dahle raped me. I stayed with him for a long while because he convinced me he would do better, but I realized that while he never did rape me again he would constantly pressure me into sex to the point where I had to say I wanted to stop having sex with him entirely because the possibility that I might consent kept him pestering me. Throughout our relationship he would beg, pout and whine when I didnt want to have sex or get him off, and always demanded to know why I didnt want to. After many rounds of criticism he eventually stopped the direct pressuring, but even then when I turned down sex he would refuse to do anything but cuddle in bed, constantly try to get me to want to have sex and get really silent and seemingly sad when I turned him down. I really felt like a shit partner because of this, and didnt stop to think that what he was doing was fucked up. After breaking up with him I came forth to my comrades a day or so before new year and did honestly not really expect it to be a big issue. He’s stolen money from our organization before and people were generally really pissed with him, and I expected this to the straw that broke the camels back. I was really shocked when they never did anything in response. They’ve been “investigating” for two months, which has caused me to become isolated from our organization.

They’ve told me that he’s been suspended from our commie org, but hes been allowed to continue to organize in our front organizations and it honestly disgusts me.When i reached forth to the leadership there (who are also maoist cadre) they expressed doubt he raped me because we “seemed so happy”. Because I’ve dedicated all my time and spoons to organizing this has entirely socially isolated me. I’ve been met with victim blaming, really hurtful language, freezing out, I’ve been shut out of the process of investigation, they’ve endangered my life by speaking to my rapist without my consent, they’ve told many more people intimate details about my rape without asking me, and most of all I’ve met no comeradery. It is obvious that theyre unprepared to deal with rape, but this is no defense. As cadre they should be prepared to help rape victims and fight rapists. This is rape culture. Internally they’re discussing using the banner “bring bats to rapists knees” for the 8th of march, but in reality they’re choosing a rapist thief over a dedicated activist. Theyre using fighting rape culture as a slogan and as a way to agitate, but in reality theyre a major contributor to it.

This is why rapists thrive in the global left, and honestly the whole process has been many times more traumatic than the rape itself. I ask that you do not engage with this organisation, do not promote them in any way, and that you hold them accountable for their failures until they rectify their gender praxis and throughoutly educate themselves.

Source

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Things like this keep happening in radical left organizations because so many of them don’t have institutional measures in place to deal with cases of harassment and assault, sexual or otherwise.

Those that do are able to deal with the offending person quickly and efficiently, usually by immediately suspending or expelling that member. And you almost never hear of these success stories, only the cases where the response was muddled or inadequate, which unfortunately reflect on the left as a whole.

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During the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist paints the communist hammer and sickle along with the words “Viva Russia” after crossing out a fascist slogan.

Photograph by Gerda Taro

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Dude was probably British or American, because Russia in Spanish only has one S.

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Will there be a democratic socialist split out of the Democrats because of this?

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I wouldn’t count on it. Not anything dramatic as a split, but maybe a disorganized hemorrhaging of its more progressive membership.

[zivazivc]

I’m screaming what they did in the new episode!

[gabs-sam]

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Everyone knows Tomatopotamus 3 was the true masterpiece.

[captainbeverlycrusher]

Sickbay dream team back together at last!!!

[lagonegirl]

That is impressive yet sad all at the same time. 

[toothyblowjob]

this was standard in my school system back in like, 2011

[infinitimatti]

yeah this really has nothing to do with the current political climate. it may have been slightly changed and adapted but a lot of this stuff has always been part of teaching how to find good sources. 5th grade seems early for that but what the hell do I know, haha.

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Honestly, I wish they’d teach kids this kind of critical thinking earlier and more often.

[berniesrevolution]

Happy Black History Month