#Election Boycott

[themassespress]

Elections Strengthen Our Enemies

Full title: Elections strengthen our enemies: Clarifying bourgeois democracy and debunking some common “revolutionary” arguments for voting By the Austin Revolutionary Study Group Originally posted here: https://atxrevstudy.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/elections-strengthen-our-enemies-clarifying-bourgeois-democracy-and-debunking-some-common-revolutionary-arguments-for-voting/ Part 1: Key points on…

[jackass-democrats]

Truckers For Trump.

Watch all the socialist democrat's heads explode in the comments 😂 TDS has destroyed more democrat lives than any of their drugs.

As always, never buy anything made in china. Don't ever trust a democrat and NEVER leave your child alone with one.

[phoenix-is-still-here]

For everyone boycotting esc this year and being upset that Israel made it to the final: let this be a lesson for any upcomming elections. Boycotting is a great medium of public protest. But if you boycott an election you have to live with what other people vote for.

Well it's all half as bad in this case - you wouldn't believe how little eurovision matters to the average person on the street - but remember this.

If you want yo have a say in the results you have to participate first.

[phantom-of-the-memes]

⚠️ The general election in the Republic of Ireland is happening tomorrow, November 29th⚠️

Here’s what you need to know if you are a leftist/ just want Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael out of government.

Firstly, why do we need to get them out?

Because they have been in power for almost 100 years! 100 years of a “centre” right government. We have not even had a centre left government in all this time, never mind a left government. Something has to fucking change. Even if you’re not a socialist like me, you have to acknowledge that all the problems currently in Ireland have been caused, or at least not dealt with by them. They’re the ones in power! And yet they talk about the issues in Ireland and how something has to be done… Simon Harris is a joke with his “a new energy” signs. Cunt you’re the current fucking Taoiseach!

So, who should you vote for?

If you truly want change, and a government that is for the people, vote People Before Profit number one. They are actually putting actions behind their words. They have explicitly said that they will refuse to go into government with FF or FG. They want the other left parties to form a left coalition with them, and also make a stand to refuse a right government. Other left parties, however, are quite lukewarm on the situation, and won’t join the coalition. But still put other left parties for number two and three. Some are more preferable than others. But change is change.

Ok if you’re not a socialist like me, there are other options. Sinn Féin is centre left, so if a bit more conservative than others. This makes it the third most voted for party generally. It’s a bit more palatable to the general public than the commies I vote for lol. I don’t agree with the majority of their policies, especially with them dialling back their support for trans people. I assume to appeal to FF and FG supporters. As a trans person I wouldn’t personally vote for them. But I understand the logic of being strategic about your vote. They’re the most likely to win out of the left parties.

Why should you still vote for parties that likely won’t win the overall vote?

Because they will still get seats! This isn’t a presidential election where it’s all or nothing. The majority winner gets to be the ones in power. But this is a democracy. More votes for a party means more seats for them in the Dáil. So it does matter.

What is each party’s stance on taking action against Israel?

Here’s a very helpful graphic from the ucd bds group on Instagram (ucd_bds):

See FF and FG’s stance? Exactly.

Who you should definitely not vote for?

Aontú are literal nazis. Their main selling point is that they hate immigrants. They want to strip their rights and practically stop immigration all together. They also hate women, and want to criminalise abortion again. The members of the party were big parts of the pro life movement that tried to stop the abortion referendum. Of course they also hate trans and queer people. Basically any and all minorities. They aim to bring fascism to our government. Don’t let this happen. This is also why voting is so important, so we can prevent this.

And this should go without saying, but don’t fucking vote for the joker independent candidates that have signs around saying shit like “make crime illegal”. It’s not even a joke to vote for them. You’re an asshole if you throw your vote away like that.

Remember to find out where your local polling station is, and bring your polling card, on Friday the 29th of November.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

[fixing-bad-posts]

lord who does roughly end me, lave here, lust, and press sutures to me.

[odinsblog]

Former U.S. President, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of “Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid,” Jimmy Carter, speaking on AIPAC’s outsized influence on American politics, in 2007. (source)

[motherofplatypus]

Assrael hooligans causing troubles in Amsterdam

Quick summary of what those hooligans have done in the past two days:

-Destroying properties in Amsterdam

-Shouting chants for death to Arabs and genocide in Gaza

-Attacking taxi driver

-Disrespecting the victims of Spain flood a few days ago

The locals rightfully fought back, but as usual, western media instead call the people of Amsterdam as "antisemitic", despite the videos and Amsterdam city councilor himself confirmed it was started by those assrael hooligans.

You can watch the video of those hooligans attacking the taxi driver, chanting death threats, and disrupting moment of silence to Spain victim here.

[lets-make-light-now]

Acting US president genocide Joe Biden started the Genocide.

Donald Trump already said that he will support Israel and sustain the genocide.

Why democracy? USA is Israel's little Bitch. Israel comes before USA

[comrade-onion]

Creds to Earth Liberation Studios on Twitter

[themassespress]

Boycott the Election! Build the Revolutionary Movement!

By the Central Organizing Committee of the Revolutionary Maoist Coalition Election season is upon us. Nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in a genocide which receives the full and unapologetic support of both major parties. Four years of leadership under Joe Biden failed to secure even the most basic promises made during the Democratic Party’s 2020 campaign as the decrepit dotard has…

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

A lot of nice liberals are just like, fundamentally apolitical.

They see their “side” as like, a club that proves they’re Nice, but they treat politics like a sports game - the stakes are just so low to them and they really think they can just shake hands with their opponents afterwards. Be friends “outside of” the game. They’ll have friends they “agree to disagree” with on like, basic human rights, sometimes for groups they’re a part of! or that their friends or relatives are a part of!!

Because they just don’t think “politics” are That Serious. Sure, some of em will get real mad about Trump, but it’s mostly because he’s not playing by the rules. Crickets when someone on “their team” does the same evil shit--crickets at BEST because they’ll also give like mealy mouthed excuses for why “their” guy Had To Do That Though. For a lot of them, now that Trump’s gone, they don’t need to think about “politics” at all anymore.

In the rise of international fascism and with human rights being stripped away at a rapid rate in so many places I hope some people like this will get a fucking wake up call that this is deadly fucking serious.

People are dying because of the “politics” that you “agree to disagree on”, that you politely shake your head at and then go home and do literally nothing about, or even make worse because you can’t stop yourself from giving money to the bigots trying to strip away human rights, can’t stop yourself from making your social circles actively hostile to marginalized people by constantly inviting bigots around, can’t stop yourself from making excuse after excuse for the violence more vulnerable people are facing.

This is why people actually doing the work talk disparagingly about liberals. Too many of you are totally fine with things being as horrifyingly bad as they were ten years ago, and are getting used to how horrifyingly bad things are now at such a rapid rate you might as well not care about that either.

Too many of you lead self centered lives where you treat oppression as basically entertainment like celebrity gossip or sports instead of something you could impact, something with horrifying consequences for people you SHOULD care about.

Things are getting worse, and only mass movements, with actual actions and planned campaigns, can save us. And if you’re a Nice Liberal who wants to actually be nice, I hope you’ll consider giving up the idea that the current system is suddenly somehow going to start keeping fascism in check, and join movements to protect vulnerable people.

[forgottencartoons]

ok USA tumblrinas, where is the list of all the places we’re boycotting because they are associated with Tr*mp? I know we’ve got one, if not many. I also know we are always down to quit giving someone our money. I know we’re starting with the obvious, like McDonalds and Facebook, but where else are we not letting them use us for coin? Whose stocks are we tanking? Disneyworld is off the list of places we’re going until Florida has bodily autonomy rights, right?

[agentoffangirling]

If you as a person are reacting to Harris losing by saying that it's time to end the boycott, that you're going back to McDonald's and Starbucks, I will bet that you never boycotted in the first place

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

also if you're proudly saying shit like "errrrrrrm anyway i'm going back to starbucks!! 😋" because you think pro-palestinian activists cost Kamala the election then I genuinely hope you spend the rest of the day curled over on the toilet shitting your brains out.

[originalleftist]

WARNING: An Elon Musk PAC has created a fake voter registration site targeting voters in swing states. The site does not actually help them register to vote, but does collect their data for the Trump campaign to use in its door-to-door canvasing.

As noted in the article, this exploits a legal loophole re door to door canvasing to allow the PAC to coordinate with the Trump campaign.

Ironically, this might actually hurt Trump in a way, as its aimed at his supporters, and is collecting data from people in key swing states without actually registering them to vote. But it's still likely going to disenfranchise people but leading them to think they've registered when they have not, as well as deceiving them into handing over personal information to Musk and Trump.

Enough. Musk should be immediately indicted for fraud.