Jizz Festival posted:

Can anyone actually explain the dialectic in anything but the vaguest of terms?

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While conflict between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Army during the Syrian Civil War has been rare, compared to their fighting against other groups, there have been several skirmishes between the two forces. There has also been cooperation between the SDF and the government (and its ally Russia) against Turkey-backed rebel forces during the Northern Aleppo offensive. This has included Russian Air Force support for the advancing People's Protection Units (YPG, now part of the SDF),[1] Syrian government dependence (during the Battle of Aleppo) on YPG forces to cut off all the rebels' northern supply routes from Turkey nd YPG forces moving in to hold some areas taken by the Syrian government around Aleppo. Such Syrian government-YPG/SDF cooperation has been described by The Economist as a "tacit alliance".

Darkman Fanpage posted:

https://twitter.com/bootleg_stuff/status/944328207498711040

Terrorist Fistbump posted:

Read Politzer. Chapter 4 specifically, but the whole thing is like a 2 hour read at most. (I have a pdf of this book but can't remember where I got it. Maybe libgen?)

A Typical Goon posted:

she’s so stupid it physically pains me

GunnerJ posted:

She looks like she's no older than 30 so I am not sure how much I buy her vast troubled recollection of the Bad Old Days.

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

https://twitter.com/Annakhait/status/944483720316276736

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

https://twitter.com/Annakhait/status/944483720316276736

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

hmm so i wonder what's up with the maoist third-worldists these days, specifically the leading light communist organization (LLCO)

*cue the music*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WShMzwT-nM

their leader went to prison (possibly a drug arrest)

leader hands off the reins to a local cadre named uzi. from what i can tell, uzi expels the incarcerated leader.

infighting erupts between the three-member uzi faction (who call themselves the central directorate) and a rival faction called the commanders committee.

uzi becomes the "central director" of the central directorate. the commanders committee pejoratively refers to the central directorate as the "teacup committee" or the "teacups."

the commanders committee attack the teacups for being "stuck in extreme liberal identity politics" and for not "turning resources over to our third world, non-white, real leadership as instructed." (my question: isn't emphasis on needing non-white leadership also a form of identity politics? well, in any case...)

jason unruhe of maoist rebel news seems to have been part of the teacups along with other "mentally ill, gender and social weirdos" according to the commanders committee. unruhe resigned from the LLCO this month for unknown reasons.

there was also a dispute over resources going to the "ghana zone," as the commanders committee felt the "bangla zone" should be prioritized.

there are now two different websites calling themselves the LLCO. oh and the commanders committee wants to establish an alliance with the alt-right, or something.

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

https://twitter.com/Annakhait/status/944483720316276736

Hilario Baldness posted:

Russians got stockholm syndromed by potatoes

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

https://twitter.com/Annakhait/status/944063733097226240

GalacticAcid posted:

I am hoping someone can recommend some reading on the radical experimentation underway in Jackson, MS.

GalacticAcid posted:

I am hoping someone can recommend some reading on the radical experimentation underway in Jackson, MS.

Finicums Wake posted:

here's a nice longform article http://www.oxfordamerican.org/item/1296-the-socialist-experiment

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

take a deep dive into a really stupid thread

https://twitter.com/annakhait/status/942859542659964928

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Originally born in Saint Petersburg, Russia Anna moved to America when she was 4 years old. Her family came to America for better opportunity, freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. She is grateful for what America has provided for her and her family.

Best Giraffe posted:

I hope Comrade Mahmud did the arson, and not the suicide bombing, inshallah.

Marxist-Jezzinist posted:

im glad Leading Light Communists are here to interpret and synthesise the ideas of the masses into correct thought and action and i oppose all deviations left and right

Marxist-Jezzinist posted:

im glad Leading Light Communists are here to interpret and synthesise the ideas of the masses into correct thought and action and i oppose all deviations left and right

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

GalacticAcid posted:

I am hoping someone can recommend some reading on the radical experimentation underway in Jackson, MS.

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"The management of the Lenin farm, led by its director Grudinin, were able to resist takeover bids and the lure of quick, easy money, and convince their members that by staying together they had better long-term prospects. They have since demonstrated that. I must say that we are surprised about the success of that farm. No wonder the Communist Party is holding it up as a great example," Mr. Avarsky says.

The Lenin farm's proximity to the huge Moscow market has proven a huge advantage; its fresh produce commands premium prices in city supermarkets. It was also able to avoid the debt trap that has ruined so many other Russian farms by hiving off parcels of valuable real estate and selling it for huge sums. About 20 years ago they sold a plot of land next to Moscow's outer-ring highway to Russia's "mall king" Aras Agalarov (of recent Russiagate notoriety) to build the Vegas shopping center, and used the proceeds to buy modern farm equipment. Last year they sold another parcel to the Swedish furniture giant IKEA, and built a school for 600 local children. The farm has also constructed new housing for all its workers, a children's amusement park that attracts visitors from all over Moscow, and many other amenities for its members.

Workers on the farm, most of whom have been there – like Grudinin – since Soviet times, say they like the way things have turned out. The average salary on the farm, about 78,000 rubles ($1,350) per month, is three times the Russian average, while housing, medical care, and children's education is guaranteed.

"I feel secure here. I know I have a place to live, good wages and solid work," says Vladimir Dolgachev, an agronomist who oversees the farm's experimental orchards, where they are developing new strains of apples, pears, and cherries for the Russian market. "More than that, this is the kind of work I studied to do many years ago. So many professional agronomists have had to give it up, become salesmen or computer repairmen, or something, but I'm doing what I want."