Crack A Barrel 🏴‍☠️👁️‍🗨️

"Don't talk to the cops"
Poster spotted in NYC

Pro Gaza graffiti mural, Cardiff

My city ❤️ #Cardiff #FreePalestine

I love seeing me some sweet graffiti, and I really want to get into it myself. Maybe not full pieces, but I’d definitely love to put my tag out there.

Splitting the left into even more parties isn’t the answer—it just doubles the problems. Honestly, we might as well all back the Greens at this point. Hell, even the Lib Dems probably have a better shot at building a socialist UK government than Corbyn’s new vanity project.

He mishandled Brexit, lost twice to the Conservatives, and couldn’t even keep control of his own party. So why anyone thought putting him back in charge would lead to a different outcome is beyond me.

I’d never heard of Zarah Sultana before all this, so I can’t say if she’s really worth the hype. What I can say is Jeremy Corbyn is overrated—not as a campaigner or activist, but as a leader. His record speaks for itself.

Too often, leaders in these movements seem more concerned with clinging to power than with equality or justice. They talk about change, but when it comes down to it, they repeat the same old mistakes that keep us stuck.

Then came the botched membership fees. And now? A lawsuit against their own team. Honestly, the Joker had it right: “It would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic.” Is this really the left’s fate—eaten alive by ego and petty squabbles?

Jeremy Corbyn’s new party is already living up to my expectations. I thought they’d at least pick a name before tearing each other apart. Instead, we’ve got co-founders accusing leadership of being a sexist boys’ club before the ink’s even dry.

The only real way forward is a massive shift in how social media companies are allowed to operate. That, and improving people’s living standards. Without tackling both, the far right will always find an opening to exploit.

On top of that, people naturally resist being blamed for things they don’t feel are their responsibility. So when the politician they support does something awful, they deflect: “That’s not on me.” Social media makes this denial even easier, fueling extremism without accountability.

Algorithms feed users one-sided narratives, creating echo chambers that people never intentionally join. They’re dragged in gradually, until it feels too late. What starts as innocent scrolling becomes suffocating exposure to a single worldview.

Unregulated, easily manipulated social media is, in my view, a root cause of the rise in extremist right-wing elements. These groups have always existed, but now people who might never have engaged with them are being pulled in—slowly, subtly, through the algorithms.

Nearly all armed militia groups in the U.S. are right-wing. That’s why the left isn’t preparing for a shooting war: they know they’d never win that way. In America, the battlefield already tilts heavily toward conservative forces.

Yes, some individual officers or soldiers might act on their own morality, but as institutions, security forces lean right. Add to that the fact that most U.S. gun owners are conservative or center-right, and the imbalance becomes very clear.

That’s why it seems reasonable to believe they see armed conflict as the best way to cement control. Violence makes future manipulation easier. Let’s not forget: the military and police are not left-wing. They won’t rush to defend progressive groups if things escalate.

Conservative and right-wing media have been fearmongering their way toward armed conflict for years. Culture-war arguments only go so far, especially once they gain real power. Distraction stops working when people are struggling to put food on the table.

We The People ✊
LA, CA

Day 42
Gas prices up.
Egg prices doubled.
The world thinks we’re assholes.
Our neighbors think we’re assholes.
Tariffs will crater the economy.
An unelected billionaire on the spectrum is letting children, fire experts.
They have voted to take your Medicare and social security. You paid for it.

Republicans are fukn evil. Something is missing, empathy, heart, character. How do you say you’re a Christian while desecrating every word Jesus taught?
How do you back a 34 time convicted rapist? You’re supporting an OBVIOUS Russian asset against your own country.
Soulless, corrupt, republicans

"Fuck ICE"
Spotted in San Antonio, Texas

“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Robert Silverberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/silver... was born on this day, so here's some of his Japanese and French book covers (artist: 緒賀岳志, 真鍋博, Tibor Csernus and Manchu):

graph showing value with worker on one side and employer on the other. Employer walks off with 75% labeled as "surplus value"

Any questions, other than when are workers going to rise up and get their fair share?

the REALITY Surroundings Garth AMERICA IS ABOUT FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS! BUT NOT FOR YOU @garthtoons garthtoons.com 2022 Garth German đ BLM

Let’s never forget who came to our aid…and who has done nothing but spew lies and threats.

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