• SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    7 天前

    After quitting my job I have decided to walk the Camino to Santiago from my house. It will take me probably three months, maybe more if I do some side quests.

    Afterwards I will write my version of the Motorcycle Diaries.

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      6 天前

      This is an excellent idea. Everyone should do a Haj whether it is to Mecca or just hitting the road with nothing but what they can carry. There is something zen and psychically purifying about making miles. I loved life on the road but my back loves nights in a bed.

  • Anarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    8·
    7 天前

    https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10715293?scrollToComments=true

    https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10795711?scrollToComments=true

    Judas fucking Priest, why‽ Why does Hexbear have so many worthless fuckwads on it trying to start fights with me? If I wanted pinheads whinging at me because they decided that I was blinking my eyes the wrong way, I would have stayed on Fedbook, Reddit or 4shit!

    I am honestly tempted to simply stop sharing my content there; I’m tired of dealing with this shit.

    • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      10·
      6 天前

      I genuinely think there was an influx of brain-stewed rad-libshits that have been well-cooked by state department propaganda and narratives. Our one thread BadEmpanada’s take on China was fuckin’ more atrocious than ever at first before level-heads prevailed.

    • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
      5·
      6 天前

      One thing it makes me think of is, like… I think one of the most important lessons I learned from my time on Twitter, which is probably a lesson some of these people have yet to learn, is to just say less on matters I don’t know enough about. Twitter kinda pushed me materially to learn that lesson because if I mouthed off too ignorantly, I could get steamrolled and humiliated, which wasn’t exactly fun. On top of that, reading up on “no investigation, no right to speak” hit home for me the importance of understanding rather than trying to invent narrative out of thin air.

      In particular, the comment with the person who admitted at the end to have had a fried brain and misread is what made me think of it. Had that person taken a moment to process and consider before reacting, they probably wouldn’t have said what they did in the first place.

      Another important lesson has been internalizing how context can be more important than universalized principles. I think this is something I’ve internalized largely as a result of having to contend with “critical support” of nations and peoples whose cause is overall just, but whose cultural beliefs or practices are not something I seem to be very aligned with. So how this relates: with the second comment you linked, they appear to be trying to force universal principle over context and in the process, are dismissing important history just to insist on some pet peeve about phrasing. It seems to me that it is the same kind of thinking that would have an atheist “leftist” rejecting Iran because of its religiosity, while ignoring the importance of its anti-imperialism and self-determination; in this case, rejecting the whole of a historical piece because a single aspect of it steps outside what they deem okay.

  • Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml
    5·
    6 天前

    Another Trump assassination attempt, the cartel is going apeshit, and a racial slur at the BAFTA’s. I slept through quite a day.

  • Jeanne-Paul Marat@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    6 天前

    I wonder if there’s any major difference (psychologically, biology, etc) in showering vs bathing everyday. Because presumably humans evolved to bathe (in rivers and such) rather than shower. But idk I’m not a paleontologist

    Edit: anthropologist. I dont…why did I say paleontologist?

  • Space Dengism@lemmygrad.ml
    24·
    7 天前

    Dr. Cornel West gave a fantastic interview with the Jacobin yesterday. He has an incredible ability to inspire people into action. Before we even have a conversation about the principles of a left resistance, we actually need a left resistance

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      10·
      7 天前

      Fuck that. cornell west is a dem soc grifter who says shit like Hamas are as bad as the idf. Fuck that guy and fuck jacobin while you are at it.

        • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
          2·
          6 天前

          The unthreatening “left” are everywhere. west worked at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard for decades without getting fired. You don’t get to work at those institutions by saying people should seize the means of production.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    25·
    13 天前

    I see Dutch leftists unironically saying we need art against rising fascism like, my guy learn self defense maybe

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
        12·
        13 天前

        Thank you so much! I’m actually about to put out a much smaller guide too, as a sort-of absolute basics guide, so if that sounds more up your alley then I’ll be sure to ping you when it drops!

        • Narri N.@lemmygrad.ml
          8·
          13 天前

          Hey if it’s too much of a hassle I’d like to get pinged once you’re done also! By what you wrote in that comment lower this approach of two courses sounds better for my frayed ability to concentrate :D

        • prof_tincoa@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          6·
          13 天前

          Sure ping me. Though I’m starting at Section 0 anyways, so I guess there’s gonna be quite some overlap.

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
            8·
            13 天前

            Some, but my goal is instead to condense the first several sections into one month-long course, not just an expansion of section 0. I notice that a lot of people seem to drop off the later in the guide they go, so I want to have 2 guides, one barebones and one comprehensive. The current guide will be restructured so as to be more thorough, and the new will be stripped down as much as possible without losing clarity.

        • DumbBrokeLeftist@lemmygrad.ml
          3·
          12 天前

          Would love a ping as well! I just recently got seven of my friends and I to begin developing a community run Introduction to Marxism-Leninism class using your list. We’re only using Section 0 - 4 for the intro class and if all goes well, we’ll be creating more classes with the later sections.

          We just started Week 3 of our prep work. We read and take notes independently then get together in person once a week to synthesize an ‘official’ summary to use for the class once all the material is prepared.

          Thank you very much for the list, it’s been very good and has been a great resource for collaborating with my local comrades.

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
            4·
            12 天前

            Thank you so much, that’s incredibly humbling to hear! The fact that a guide I made has actually had real-world benefits and utility is what makes continuing to maintain it worth it. Will definitely ping you!

    • Kasama ☭@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      9·
      7 天前

      Hey Canadians,

      You’re no different from Statesians. Stop pretending. Your harboring of nazis and genocide of indigenous peoples in fact makes you very similar to them.

      • yunah-knowles@lemmygrad.ml
        7·
        6 天前
        1. silly question but are you pinoy :3 .? heh :3
        2. the way canadians are so dedicated to Enshrining the Victims Of Gommunism, the way they proudly hosted flagrant ukrainian nazis, the way they ignore the fact that their brutal oppression of their natives was equally as sick and deplorable as their Impolite USAmerican counterparts–that sort of blithe deflection and pretense is the most insufferable part. fuck the canadian propaganda of heated rivalry, death to justin trudeau
        • Kasama ☭@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          6·
          7 天前

          silly question but are you pinoy :3 .? heh :3

          Yes, but unfortunately I live in the US. I should actually start studying filipino (I only know a couple words) and maybe chinese if I ever decide to travel to China.

        • lamassu@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          4·
          7 天前

          In a hilarious series of events, the victims of communism memorial no longer contains the names of any people. None of them could be confirmed to be not a Nazi.

          • yunah-knowles@lemmygrad.ml
            2·
            6 天前

            ya i know!! kkklanada might as well have just saved themselves the extra metal and just changed the name to “Fascists We Would Have Preferred To Survive Over Red Menace”

          • yunah-knowles@lemmygrad.ml
            2·
            6 天前

            im exaggerating and mostly joking but i recall its both funded by canada gov (so im predisposed to be wary of it) and it seems to adopt a homonationalist lens in regards to russia. bear in mind i did not watch it for myself idgaf but i have heard avout the plot from people ik (some who r fans) + osmosis basically. as with all things western on the topic of russia it is very russia critical, which is like, usually fine except it’s always unilateral and absolute about the topic when it comes from west which is steeped in russophobia already.

            i mean ya, russia is like, famously bad on the topic of lgbtqia. im not saying thats good at all, though similarly to projects like burkina faso thats why i have critical support for them, but i also have seen some writeups for how it has this continuing pervasive anti-russia lens during the runtime, and it’s like, i’m never really going to trust very anti russia plot points from west which continually fails to prove it no longer believes russia is ethnic communist degenerates.

            it kind of seems like homonationalism: it has a major focus on russia failures with queer people, i think theres a clip where hes talking to yankees and they insinuate gay sex illegal over in russia (it’s not, ‘lgbtqia propaganda’ isnt which is like, okay, still bad, but im not trusting anti-other-state homophobia position from a yankee) and like, okay. this would be okay at best if not a little clumsy, but then you add in how almost every other russian character apart from ilya and his gf is dickhead and things get weird.

            ilya’s big arc with his identity ends with him rejecting his national identity, and the family of his that remains in russia are evil people. his dad at the least is irredeemable jackass and his mom is desd and his brother sucks. the only other pretty nice russian character is his gf who apparently speaks eng and may have dual citizenship. you can see why my skepticism doubles.

            overall, it’s a pretty anti russia story, which like, okay, again that would be more acceptable from russian creator, but it’s not, i know it’s canadian product. and i respond to it same way i would respond to usa funding movie about queer chinese girl going to states and completely disavowing her cultural identity because of glorious freedoms. there is room to improve but im not taking the fucking canadians gov word on it bc i know their ulterior motives.

            is it that serious? no. not really. its not as bad a piece of propaganda as like call of duty where killing arabs on screen is fantasy teens grow up to fulfill in us army.

            but west continues to fund the far right militia in ukraine and uses them as vessel for NATO expansion, which canada has had a big role in, all while not examining homophobia locally in terrorist states of usa and canada, and my contempt for it is kind of enhanced becausw canada gets away w its soft power bullshit since people think its Nicer than USA, and it continues to be very russophobic so no i dont give heated rivalry benefit of doubt

            ETA: rereading chinawatcherwatcher comment and actually finally taking in that ilyas dad is evil abusive man who was in high role in russian gov WHILE HAVING DEMENTIA completely convinces me. already people chomp for russia regime change but like, i have no doubts this show is sowing it further however subtly

            • chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.ml
              3·
              6 天前

              i watched it and had pretty mixed feelings about it all around. as far as the russophobia is concerned though, i actually thought everything to do with ilya’s (the russian main character) family had much worse implications than anything else. the issues for queer people in russia are at least believable, but the ancillary stuff was not: ilya’s father was both an important figure in the government, and also suffering from dementia at the same time, for multiple years (i mean, really???). and ilya’s brother was a coked up exploitative asshole trying to milk ilya for everything that he was worth. that stuff really stuck out to me as russophobic, because what kind of government except a totally inept and fake one would keep on a prominent figure with dementia? this despite all the issues in the past with western gov leaders having dementia (biden, reagan, possibly even bush, etc).

              • yunah-knowles@lemmygrad.ml
                1·
                6 天前

                oh yeah. ive heard a lot about the family itself bc ilyas dad is jackass who we are meant to hate, mother dies cuz her relationship w him is bad and she khs, brother is mooch who then goes on to hate on him when he comes out or whatever or refuses to send money back. so it’s like, kind of cartoonish evil but i didnt say cuz i didnt see the arcs, in general if that’s what the russian rep is like, almost unilaterally dickish except for ilya who chooses to leave russia and then goes on to hate on it (i think he says he doesnt want the passport wtf doe she mean) that’s pretty bad. aladdin levels of ‘subtle’ racism

                didnt know he had dementia though so funny bruh. incompetent senile oriental despots!

                • chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.ml
                  2·
                  6 天前

                  the only other russian representation in the show is a woman who is his longstanding “deep friends with benefits,” but she’s played off as being more worldly and therefore less russian: she speaks english fluently, she travels to see him in various US/canadian cities, etc etc. otherwise yes, all of the other russians in the show are definitely cartoonishly evil lol

            • yunah-knowles@lemmygrad.ml
              2·
              6 天前

              like at best ik western people are going to consume this and its going to feed their already very negative and lacking understanding of russia (slava ukraini is a phrase so many non ukrainian people seem to repeat uncritically) which, alone, wouldnt be the problem since someone seeing something thats criticizing something worthwhile (homophobia) and then interpreting that wrongly/extending it disproportionately and untruthfully is stupid silly and their problem but the most uncharitable writeups ive seen have basically reported on peculiar stereotyping in the show which if u understand russophobia as a permitted orientalism just makes it like. weird and possibly dehumanizing for group that people have come back around to being called asiatic hordes in recent years

              again, idgaf, honestly, the show not important for all the words i spend on it, but like, tjats just my critical take. and any canayank jerkoff content already pisses me off to be honest

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    16·
    10 天前

    Anxiety has been killing me these days, i feel so powerless just observing my country and other latin american countries just standing still against the ongoing genocide preparations towards Cuba. Like when are we going to start developing ANY deterrence against the fascist americans, there is a negative amount of sense of urgency here.