The Joint Statement by the three parties is weak. We need to be absolutely unequivocally clear about one thing.
It is AMERICANS and ISRAELIS who should be advocating for revolutionary defeatism, not the people of Iran.
all in the service of imperialist interests, against the interests of peoples, their independence and their right to self-determination in an effort to dominate and control the region and the world.”
“The war of aggression launched by the Netanyahu criminal government and the United States Imperialism in the early hours of Saturday morning against Iran has ignited a full-scale war and dragged the region and its peoples towards more disasters and civilian casualties
Joint Statement by the Communist parties of Iran 🇮🇷 (Tudeh), Israel (Maki), and the U.S. (CPUSA)
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I guess Kristi Noem was all bark no bite.
I’ve tried to make the shift from shitposts to serious work. Over the past year we’ve grown from 0 to nearly 4,000 subscribers on substack.
My writing does not get pushed by the bluesky algorithm at all, but it would mean the world if you took a minute to check out my page.
We must always fight imperialism at every level on every continent. I do believe it is the greatest threat to humanity, not least because it makes people abandon theirs.
It is a long essay, but I think it’s well worth the read.
Please check it out if you have the time.
Reported footage from Tehran shows an apocalyptic US-Israel axis bombing of Iran.
The US has nothing left to save its hegemony other than raining death and destruction from the sky.
The Atlantic # @TheAtlantic X.com Benjamin Netanyahu's long career was built on conflict avoidance-then, October 7 transformed and radicalized him, @Yair_Rosenberg argues: The Israel of October 6 Is Never Coming Back From theatlantic.com * Readers added context Netanyahu, by his own admission, has been trying to pull the US into war with Iran for decades x.com/i/status/20286... Do you find this helpful? Rate it 5:15 PM • 3/2/26 • 5.8M Views • 3.7K LT 1.2K 1.1K 990
I just want to put it out there that I have been a longtime hater of The Atlantic.
They are a neofascist publication and have been since the beginning—they just don’t even try to hide it anymore, like at all.
Line graph showing the price of Brent oil from around 2017 to 2025. Price of oil is now at 84.29$ a barrel
Gee, I wonder why the Western oligarch class is so keen to start a war...
The price of Brent oil has exceeded $84 per barrel for the first time since June 2024 due to the US/Israeli violence.
That's what we call a materialist critique ;)
Frame it.
To fight for people, for the betterment of humanity, is the highest calling one could receive.
Please do not complain about having to pay $0.33 more per gallon of gas right now, you sound ridiculously ignorant.
Nuclear weapons dominate our imagination, but are they truly humanity’s greatest threat?
In my latest essay, I argue that the bomb is only the most dramatic expression of a deeper system: imperialism.
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The financial oligarchy needs to be obliterated
You are not choosing. You are being conditioned.
The algorithm doesn’t force you to consume, it makes certain you want to. This is capitalism refined.
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How China is reporting on the Epstein Files.
Most people think exploitation means low wages or bad bosses. For Marx, it means something far more structural: profit itself depends on surplus labor.
Rising wages don’t eliminate exploitation. They can intensify it.
New essay:
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Most people think exploitation means low wages or bad bosses. For Marx, it means something far more structural: profit itself depends on surplus labor.
Rising wages don’t eliminate exploitation. They can intensify it.
New essay:
open.substack.com/pub/simplify...
If you want to support my writing, Ko-fi tips go straight toward my education: gas for my 5x/week commute (2 hours round trip), secondhand textbooks, tuition, and IWW dues, plus a little bit of breathing room to write.
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If you want to support my writing, Ko-fi tips go straight toward my education: gas for my 5x/week commute (2 hours round trip), secondhand textbooks, tuition, and IWW dues, plus a little bit of breathing room to write.
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Climate collapse is not an accident. It’s the predictable outcome of an economic system built on endless growth, fossil finance, and asset protection.
A longform breakdown of why reform keeps stalling and what systemic change would actually require.
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The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
Starting this one today! I've been putting this one off for a little while because I didnt know if I had the stomach to read through yet. But decided just to rip the bandaid off get it over with.
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
That's really unfortunate to hear. That's a huge pet-peeve with leftist literature.
I remember seeing Hakim recommend it a while back and that's when I picked it up.
I appreciate that. We have to return organizing to the forefront. Many organizations are good at mobilizing, but their organizing--actually empowering regular people instead of dedicated activists--is very much lacking.
Fun fact: Harry Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act, calling it a "slave-labor bill."
Unfortunately, the majority of his party in Congress disagreed with that assessment and voted to pass the legislation anyway.
Notable opponents included progressive Vito Marcantonio & populist Wayne Morse.
On my bookshelf right now. It's written from an American teacher living in the USSR's perspective, correct? I definitely need to get on it and push through my reading list.
Far from being a consequence of the Red Scares, racial divides were manufactured by the state to defend against the ultimate threat: a multiracial labor movement and a collective class consciousness transcending artificial segmentation.
My newest piece:
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