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@leftist4dead
Hi I like your username, it’s very clever— bit sad you’re not actually in the left 4 dead fandom tho.
Bahaha apologize for the slow response. I didn’t even know this fandom was still alive? 😅
The 1st one was very well made - rage quit every time. 🤣 but after the 1st one, I just never followed the series much.
But welcome to the shit show, regardless. 😂☺️
Israel blows up Gaza's "Palace of Justice" compound which housed the Palestinian Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance & the Magistrate. 100,000s of vital case documents are gone. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is a War Crime!
Israel's soldiers took victory images inside the Palestinian Supreme Court before blowing it up into pieces. This proves the facility constituted ZERO danger to the Israeli military & no militants were hiding inside it at the time it was destroyed. Again, a war crime!
The Israeli army, on Monday, blew up the main courthouse in the Gaza Strip, known as Palace of Justice, located in south Gaza City, Anadolu
This is fucked.
It will never be lost on me that $400B in PPP loans during the pandemic were completely forgiven. Those loans, of course, largely benefited the rich.
But no, 40 million of the most economically marginalized Americans cannot have $10-20K canceled from their student debt burden.
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I know this space has been quiet for quite some time, and I apologize about that.
As someone who is navigating major depressive disorder, multiple traumas, and just everyday stress in life; sometimes I just need a break - from everything.
I feel pretty out of the loop, politics wise - if I am being honest. However, I plan to bring more y’all’s way soon.
Much love, stay safe. ♥️
i hope you feel better ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Firstly, thank you so much. This was super sweet of you and your kind words do not go unnoticed.
Life has still been very hectic, but there are changes brewing. My mental health is on the up, or more so - I refuse to be held down by whatever is happening in my life any longer.
Please reach out if you ever need anything! 🥰
some things that have happened since you stopped hearing about p/alestine after the “ceasefire” was declared
1,000+ palestinians were arrested in a mass-arrest campaign designed to, and i quote, “instill fear” - including children
al-aqsa mosque and worshippers were attacked and beaten
literal children, not even teens, children, were arrested and tried in a military court (this is not new, thousands of children have faced this terrorization over the years. Isr@el is the only country in the world that tries children in military courts. 500-700 children are prosecuted each year.)
a soldier deliberately ran over a child on a bike for having a pales/tinian flag on his bike. an adult man ran over a child with his car. on purpose. the child is 12. read that again.
sheikh jarrah was blockaded, illegally
whatsapp blocked the accounts of over 100 pal/estinian journalists
silwan, another pal/estinian neighborhood like sheikh j/arrah, is being violently ethnically cleansed to make way for more settlers
Isr@el has forced social media sites to censor the hashtags “free pal/estine” and “save sheikh ja/rrah” many posts and accounts have been deleted
25 pales/tinians have been murdered by the ID/F and settlers
in Jaffa, 300 arab families are under force expulsion orders to make way for more settlers. 300 families.
suicide rates in g/aza have risen to an all-time high due to PTSD and hopelessness
Pales/tinians in G/aza still do not have access to safe drinking water, electricity, medical care, and nutrition. families are still being displaced from their homes by settler colonialism. There is still an inability to mobilize freely, pursue a career, seek an education, or gain access to decent healthcare or mental health resources. The occupation, genocide, and ethnic cleansing continues whether you see on your feed or not.
Hospitals are struggling for nurses right now because people are leaving the profession entirely or leaving for temporary travel contract positions that pay well. They have been treated poorly, underpaid for the work they do, and inadequately protected this year, and they’re done.
My brother in law said they’re advertising for a position in his normal unit, offering twice his salary. But they won’t offer him extra to stay after risking his life working in the COVID unit for months, so he’s out. It’s absolutely insulting, and so many industries are going to have a major reckoning coming up.
My father retired early because they refused to hire just one person to help with the work load. They had to hire 5 people to replace him.
This is a common occurrence amongst his retired coffee group.
One lady was a head nurse that ran two floor at her hospital. They wanted her to take on more work. She agreed to do so oy if they gave her a small raise and hired an assistant for her. They refused so she retired early. They had to replace her with 20 people.
You are NOT replaceable!!! They tell you this to make you complacent to their exploration of you.
Fun fact! This sort of reckoning happened after the Black Plague, also! I'm no historian, (and history side of tumblr, please come in with the accuracy) but I did look into the history of the Black Plague for writing purposes, and in that case, it was because there were so few people left that peasants started agitating for better treatment and fairer wages, and because there were so few people who could do the work they had been doing that they were able to gain better wages and better hours. Historically, the labour shortage created by pandemics means a heightened bargaining capacity for workers of all sorts - an if there was ever a time to take advantage of knowing history, it's now. Because the thing is, in these "unprecedented times" there are precedents, and the precedent leans toward workers. During the Black Death, villages emptied, fields were left, and people migrated to find work that paid them better and offered a better way of life. Wages for lower-class workers rose drastically. In Oxfordshire; a plowman who had earned two shillings per week before the plague could command 10 shillings per week afterward. Pay rates for artisans increased, too. In Paris, wages for masons quadrupled between 1351 and 1355.
This isn't to say that the elites just let this happen, either. Laws were passed to limit wage increases, and threats were made, but the workers had economic bargaining power on their side. Labour was in such short supply that employers and landlords had to take what they could get. The people held out - and so can (and should!) YOU.
This was the start of peasant revolts, popular rebellions, and - ultimately, more labour protections, political representation for the lower classes, lower taxes, and an end to serfdom. People could afford to own their own land, the feudal system vanished, and eventually, the Renaissance would rise. In these unprecedented times, there is a precedent, and that precedent is that when workers know their worth, agitate for better and for more, when they hold out and unite, they force the elites to loosen the reigns, giving more power, autonomy, rights, and profits back into the hands of the workers, and with that freedom, society improves.
Know your worth. Know that you have bargaining power. Let's make this pandemic part of the precedent. <3
👆 “Historically, the labour shortage created by pandemics means a heightened bargaining capacity for workers of all sorts - an if there was ever a time to take advantage of knowing history, it's now. Because the thing is, in these "unprecedented times" there are precedents, and the precedent leans toward workers. “
Rest In Power George
This should be everyone’s kink 🤤
April is Autism Acceptance Month. Whatever you do this month, do NOT support Autism Speaks and do NOT "light it up blue".
Listen to Autistic people and amplify Autistic voices. Support Autism organizations that are led by Autistic people, such as the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (@autisticadvocacy) and the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (@awn-network).
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I know this space has been quiet for quite some time, and I apologize about that.
As someone who is navigating major depressive disorder, multiple traumas, and just everyday stress in life; sometimes I just need a break - from everything.
I feel pretty out of the loop, politics wise - if I am being honest. However, I plan to bring more y’all’s way soon.
Much love, stay safe. ♥️
A GLOSSARY OF LEFTIST DISCOURSE
Introduction and disclaimer I thought it would be useful to have a point of reference for terminology we encounter often, which may result in miscommunication or misunderstanding. This list is imperfect, but it will hopefully be useful as a starting point to explain to ourselves or others things we may not have fully understood or internalised. I do not claim to be an authority on these concepts, but I would hope that this post can be used as a tool to co-educate, rather than as an arena in which to attack or argue. Paix entre nous, guerre aux tyrans! Solidarity forever, comrades.
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Ancap (noun; adjective; slang) Anarcho-capitalist. A branch of capitalist thought that advocates deregulation of the capitalist economy so much as to desire the means to privately exploit labour unencumbered by even state controls. Functionally the pursuit of corporate havens for slave labour.
Ancom (noun; adjective; slang) Anarcho-communist. A branch of communism that embraces the anarchist rejection of state authority on the grounds that statehood is inherently abusive. Characterised by devolution to grassroots organisation and decentralisation, as opposed to outright eschewal of infrastructure.
Bourgeois (noun; plural bourgeoisie; adjective, bourgeois) Traditionally, the socio-economic class who have recourse to profit from the labour of others (proletariat). Characterised by white-collar work, education, property or business ownership, some degree of upward mobility, though these qualifiers have arguably become increasingly complicated in the 21st Century with even many bourgeoisie being themselves subject to wage-slavery.
Capital (noun) The material position of wealth, privilege, political-economic influence, and the power to profit from the labour of others (those others being proletariat). Frequently expanded to refer to the actual people who occupy this role (e.g. Jeff Bezos, Boris Johnson, Ellen Degeneres), but strictly speaking refers to the position itself.
Capitalism (noun) The political-economic system which relies on the perpetual exploitation of disenfranchised classes’ (proletariat) labour in order that enfranchised classes (bourgeoisie) are able to both profit therefrom and retain monopoly on the means of production. Characterised by economic inequality, privatisation, wealth accumulation, indefinite and unsustainable growth.
Capitalist (noun, plural capitalists; adjective) The class of bourgeoisie who possess the power to employ and exploit others. Strictly speaking, this only includes those with enough control over the means of production as to actively exclude others recourse thereto and thus make them reliant on wages.
Colonialism (noun; adjective, colonial) The political-economic process of annexing foreign territory as a means of profit. Historically, this derives from feudalist military-expansionism, but was in many ways central to the advent of the modern era and the spread of capitalism globally.
Communism (noun; adjective, communist) A political ideology and system of governance in which the proletariat possess the means of production, and thus the needs of each is provided by the association of workers. Characterised by unilaterally socialised services, public ownership of all resources, total eschewal of liquid economics. Also: communist (noun, plural communists): subscriber to the above.
Cultural imperialism (noun) An exercise of systemic abuse perpetrated through popular depictions (e.g. in media) rather than material political means, whereby it is presumed that (primarily) Western/European cultural norms are superior to others.
Decentralise (verb; adjective, decentralised; noun, decentralisation) To deconstruct or cede authority from a single, primary position, resituating it at a local level, empowering regional autonomy. This devolution can take many forms, such as geographic (e.g. local councils, county authorities), cultural/ethnic (tribal bands, minority representation associations), or professional/disciplinary (workers’ councils, unions, guilds).
Decolonise (verb; noun, decolonisation; adjective, decolonial) To dismantle colonial infrastructure. This usually refers to ceding (stolen) land rights back to indigenous populations, may include forming new sovereign governments, and essentially never involves forced migration.
Direct action (noun) The active pursuit of (usually proletarian or leftist) aims through practical means, such as squatting, blockading, or guerilla gardening, rather than via bureaucracy, democracy, or appeal to state representatives which serve as a buffer between the alienated masses and our due, up to and including the forcible seizure of the means of production.
Fascism (noun; adjective, fascist) A political system of authoritarian control over populations, particularly with tiered citizenship denying basic human rights to specific (especially ethnic) groups. Characterised by forced seizure of government, subversion of democracy, suppression and criminalisation of opposition, targeted ethnic violence/extermination, policies of eugenics, usually with overtures to nationalist supremacy and military conquest.
Feudalism (noun; adjective, feudalist) The political-economic system which relies on miltary-expansionism and hierarchical control of land and resources, with a unique class system involving military service and nobility which has become largely obsolete. Generally held to be relegated to history, but directly leading to the advent of colonialism and capitalism.
Hegemony (noun; adjective, hegemonic) A social condition which becomes so pervasive and normalised that any alternative comes to be seen as impossible, generally engineered by the ruling class through simultaneous measures of force and consent in order to pacify underclasses.
Imperialism (noun; adjective, imperialist) A political process of ruling over people and especially other nations from a centralised control structure. This is often achieved through military occupation, but frequently takes the form of legislation or even corruption of local governance. ‘The highest stage of capitalism’.
Imperial-colonial (adjective; noun, imperial-colonialism) Pertaining to the form of colonialism in which a region or territory is ruled by an absentee, centralised government, usually resulting in resources being exported from colonies to the centre/metropole for the profit and privilege of the ruling class to the exclusion of indigenous populations.
Internationalist (adjective; noun, internationalism) Pertaining to policy which prioritises mutual aid and cooperation at a state level while maintaining regional autonomy. A central premise of Lenin’s Soviet strategy to unite proletariat globally.
Liberal (adjective; noun) Socio-political ideology espousing capitalism as the best means to emancipate disenfranchised classes from their evident oppression, prioritising reform of exploitative systems and defending against leftist movements to fully dismantle them.
Lumpenproletariat (noun, plural same; adjective) The lowest socio-economic class, often referring to those forced to beg or engage in criminal activity to meet needs. Marx and Engels contrasted this group with the proletariat as being impossible to mobilise via class consciousness, while Frantz Fanon and Fred Hampton viewed the lumpenproletariat as vital to anti-capitalist and especially decolonial action.
Marxism (noun) A very wide body of theory and its associated ideology, subscribing to Marx’s principles of mobilisation through class consciousness, bottom-up revolution, and active destruction of hierarchical structures, classically with an emphasis on phenomenological inevitability.
Marxism-Leninism (noun; adjective, Marxist-Leninist) The branch of Marxist theory developed by Lenin, adopted by the Soviet Union and most communist states since as official policy. Significantly espouses a ‘vanguard party’ to seize the means of production on behalf of the proletariat. Characterised by pragmatic (revolutionary) transition from capitalism, internationalist anti-imperialism, socialist democracy.
Marxist-feminist (noun; adjective) A branch of feminist theory identifying capitalism as the ultimate source of (at least contemporary) patriarchal oppression, generally emphasising intersectionality, class consciousness, and solidarity, and standing in direct contrast to liberal feminism.
The means of production (noun) The material components required to produce goods, such as tools, facilities, and raw materials. A basic premise underlying Marxist analysis is the empirical truth that proletariat are fully able to self-manage, given direct access to these components, and bourgeoisie therefore have no function but to control, exploit, and alienate.
Nationalise (verb) To legislate against private ownership of a given resource and resituate said resource in state apparatus. A central tenet of socialism and communism is certain resources being publicly/state owned or controlled, and most capitalist societies also feature state control of certain resources. Sometimes synonymous with ‘socialise’.
Nationalism (noun; adjective, nationalist) The pursuit of the interests of a specific national identity over others, usually including targeted violence, the real threat of exclusion and expulsion, propagandised rhetoric of ‘true’ members of said national identity, dangerous dogwhistles. Many minority nationalist movements (e.g. Kurdish, Basque, Iroquois) relate more to anti-colonial resistance, and Leninist internationalism supports these, but only as long as the relevant group remains oppressed.
Neo-colonial (adjective; noun, neo-colonialism) Pertaining to a more recent practice whereby an economic power annexes foreign territory without explicitly controlling or occupying it, usually through corporate monopoly or land seizure, but generally includes political engineering of local governing bodies.
Petite bourgeois (noun; adjective) Those bourgeoisie who have not got recourse to profit or significant wealth accumulation, but nevertheless rely on the labour of others (proletariat). Often small business owners or lower management, with limited (vocational) education, generally alienated from the means of production yet in a position to allocate resources to employees under them.
Praxis (noun) The synthesis of theory and practice; practical activity directly informed by and in keeping with theoretical principles.
Proletariat (noun, plural same; adjective proletarian) Traditionally, the socio-economic class whose only source of meeting needs is through (selling) labour. Characterised by blue-collar work, manual/’unskilled’ labour, lack of formal education, lack of property, alienation from the means of production (under capitalism). A large amount of leftist theory relates to the liberation of the proletariat and their claiming the means of production, and their right to self-determination.
Settler-colonial (adjective; noun, settler-colonialism) The form of colonialism in which colonisers fully occupy and establish centralised governmental infrastructure on (stolen) land. Characterised by forcibly displaced indigenous populations, erasure of indigenous people and culture, legislation around indigenous status forming a tiered system of citizenship, nationalist propaganda.
Socialism (noun; adjective, socialist) Political-economic system of publicly provided infrastructural support (of e.g. healthcare, education, housing, food). Often used interchangeably with ‘communism’, but differs in maintaining private property and potentially liquid economics. For this reason, Lenin viewed it as an interstitial condition between capitalism and full communism. Also: socialist (noun, plural socialists): subscriber to the above.
Subaltern (adjective; noun) The class most fully removed from the centralised position of privilege, without recourse to even basic infrastructural support, usually, though not exclusively, in imperial-colonial contexts. In many ways overlapping with lumpenproletariat, the term is more likely to refer to rural Indians than homeless Londoners.
Tankie (noun; adjective; slang) Traditionally, those British communists who endorsed the Soviet military suppression of the Hungarian and Czech revolutions (of 1956 and 1968, respectively), the term has come to be used for any advocates or apologists of authoritarian state communism.
Third world (noun; adjective) Traditionally, those countries or regions which were neither aligned with the capitalist West or the communist Eastern Bloc, but tertiary and therefore the more disenfranchised, the term has been resignified by global capitalist hegemony, referring to ‘developing’ nations which fall outside of exploitable markets (in part due to confusion with Mao Zedong’s ‘Three Worlds Theory’).
“In Europe they–”
WHERE in Europe??!? WHERE??? You mean Iceland?? Azerbaijan? The Netherlands? Liechtenstein???? THERE ARE 50 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. ALL WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES. SO PRAY TELL ME, WHERE IN FUCKING EUROPE.
THANK YOU.
“In Africa they-“
WHERE in Africa??!? WHERE??? You mean Ghana?? Egypt? Djibouti? Lesotho???? THERE ARE 58 COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. ALL WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES. SO PRAY TELL ME, WHERE IN FUCKING AFRICA.
“In Asia they -”
WHERE in Asia??!? WHERE??? You mean China? Pakistan? India? Japan? Iran? THERE ARE 48 COUNTRIES IN ASIA. ALL WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES. SO PRAY TELL ME, WHERE IN FUCKING ASIA.
“In Latin America they-“
WHERE in Latin America??!? WHERE??? You mean Mexico?? Chile? Brazil? Cuba???? THERE ARE 20 COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA. ALL WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES. SO PRAY TELL ME, WHERE IN FUCKING LATIN AMERICA.
“In America they-“
HAVE WHITE SUPREMACY!!
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Black History Month also include the LGBTQIA+ community & disabled people. If you don't include them, then don't bother!
