#democratic socialist

[witchofthe-forgotten]

Well, I live in the US so you can imagine how I’m doing right now

And I’m not a citizen, I’m a permanent resident with a green card. I’m a Canadian citizen. It would be so easy to get my wife and I across the border. And don’t get me wrong, we’re getting everything in place should it get way too dangerous.

But I’m a fighter, not a runner. I don’t hide when things get tough I fucking fight like a feral dog.

Freyja chose me for a reason. I’m a fucking warrior and you’ll take my rights and the rights of my people away from my bloody, beaten fists.

So I’m staying and fighting until I can’t fight anymore.

Fuck you. This is America and we CAN do better. Even if I have to claw my way to it.

[crazycatsiren]

Oh, and don't bother sending me anonymous messages with your bullshit excuses. I won't read them and you get blocked. I've been done with baloney justifications since way before this election. We are in this flaming pile of burning garbage and the lot of y'all privileged people's children would rather stay wrapped up in your self-righteous bubbles than face reality.

Never did I ever think, the thought of my naturalized citizenship could possibly be at stake would cross my mind, because the USA is a country of democracy, and yet here we fucking are in 2024.

[your-worst-boy]

you give these fucking "centrists/independents" every chance to say hey, yeah, fuck nazis. fuck fascism. fuck bigotry. the literal most simple fucking thing in the world. like comparable to saying "hmm, bad people are bad, I believe :-(" and they say nothing with their complacent ass.

YOU ARE FUNCTIONALLY A REPUBLICAN. at least own it. you are genuinely fucking spineless with ur routine of speaking when it's liberal shit u hate, and staying silent when it's conservative shit you won't admit you agree with.

won't even acknowledge the EXTREMELY TARGETED, VERY BLATANT policies against trans/gay ppl, women, poc...anyone who doesn't fit the 1950s nuclear family picture-perfect standard. And at this point I don't have to delve into what that looks like bc we all fucking know.

I'm embarrassed by your deep, DEEP fucking cowardice & ineptitude. your complacency in literally every aspect of your life will be your undoing.

"But since [...] no one pays attention when I outstretch my hand, since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you [...]"

"They will call to me but I will not answer; they will look to me but not find me, since they hated knowledge [...]"

"They will eat the fruit of their ways [...]"

"For the waywardness of the simple will kill them; and the complacency of fools will destroy them"

-Proverbs 1:28-32

I'm not even religious & that's embarrassing! ur own god says ur a pussy! amazing

[sajid-mollah]

Sajid's Life Story.....

My name is Sajid Mollah, and I come from a humble yet resilient background. I was raised in Saligram, a remote village nestled in the Nadia district of West Bengal, India. The economic condition of my family was not ideal, but we made do. Growing up, I harbored a deep love for writing, which I inherited from my father and grandfather. Although my grandfather was illiterate, he was renowned in our village for his storytelling and oral compositions. The stories I heard about his talent filled me with inspiration, even though I never had the chance to meet him.

I spent my early years writing poetry and stories, diving into the world of fiction with a passion. This creative pursuit continued relentlessly throughout my studies, up until I completed my graduation. However, after leaving my village to prepare for civil service exam in the city of Calcutta, my life took a significant turn. Fiction began to fade into the background as I became engrossed in the subjects of the civil services syllabus, particularly Indian economy and polity.The more I studied these subjects, the more I became captivated by public finance. My fascination with economics grew so strong that I enrolled in NSOU for a degree in economics, further deepening my understanding of this vital field. It was during this time that I realized something profound: fiction, though beautiful and artistic, could not create the tangible change I sought. My desire to contribute to the welfare of society and mankind had to be realized through non-fiction writing, rooted in research and reality."The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson resonates with me deeply. My life's purpose is no longer about crafting stories of imaginary worlds but about bringing forth the real issues affecting the majority of people on this planet.

Now, I devote myself to research, particularly in public finance, and my mission is to shed light on the economic struggles faced by 99% of society. Governments, in my view, are shaping policies that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest 1%, leaving the vast majority of people in suffering and deprivation. Through my research and writing, I hope to change that. I believe that by bringing these injustices to light, I can help guide the public towards economic prosperity and societal well-being.My words are not limited to the borders of India. I write for the world, for every human being who struggles under the weight of economic hardship. I see my work as a global effort to improve the lives of the many who are neglected by those in power.

Fiction once held my heart, but now it is facts, analysis, and truth that drive me forward. As I look ahead, I see a path illuminated by knowledge, and I am committed to walking it for the benefit of all.

This journey has shaped me profoundly, and although the story of my life is far too long to fit into a few pages, I have shared these reflections from the bottom of my heart.

[madamepestilence]

If you still support Biden after this massacre and you still tout that Trump is magically worse despite all the evidence presented that Biden is clearly willing, as Commander-in-Chief of all branches of the United States military and President of the United States,

to directly participate in a genocide, allowing a message on the official White House website directly congratulating and commending Israel for performing a massacre of 200+ Palestinians and the injuries of 400+ more Palestinians,

under the guise of a, "rescue mission," for a literal handful of captives, in which Israeli Zionist media directly thanks the US for its assistance, in which they directly admit the US military was involved,

in which Biden directly said, "There is no genocide happening in Gaza." on live TV like some sick combination between 1984's Ministry of Truth and Avatar the Last Airbender's There is no war in Ba Bing Se,

with soldiers having been disguised as doctors and humanitarian aid workers, in which the US is attempting to sanction the ICC and ICJ for their actions against Israel, in which the US is one of the only remaining countries defending Israel,

You are a fascist. Own it or drop it.

You do not care about freedom. You do not care about democracy. You do not care about societal change. You do not care about black and brown people. You do not care about the Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Palestine. You do not care about the global South.

You have two choices: own up to the fact that you're a fascist and don't bother voting, or fucking decolonize your ideology and work for a better future.

Biden is not the only option, you're just a fucking fascist. There are other Democratic candidates. There is Cornel West, the best option for the election. There is Jill Stein, the most likely to gain enough ballot access to win the election.

Prove to me you're not a fascist, you piece of shit.

Join a Socialist or Communist organization, like Communist Party USA, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Freedom Road Socialist Organization if you want to do underground work, Socialist Rifle Association if you want to learn how to fight, Unity-Struggle-Unity if you want to revolt on the date of the next US economic crash.

Hell, join a more liberal party if you're scared, like Democratic Socialists of America, or the Green Party.

The Democratic Party has shown its true colours, and it's fascism.

Become the better red. Become a Communist.

[secularprolifeconspectus]

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[achilleanfemme]

Resisting DSA's Culture of Disposability to Win the World we Deserve.

It’s National Convention season in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the time when every caucus with 20 members and a twitter account pulls out the knives and the slander to win over the majority of delegates at the National Convention to their positions... only to have them promptly ignored. Accusations of bullying, harassment, targeted destruction of caucus literature are par-for-the-course if you want to be given the blessing of joining DSA’s National Political Committee (NPC) and have half the organization immediately hate you.

Obviously, I am being hyperbolic, but a nugget of truth resides here: DSA has an organizational culture problem. Many of our members enter into a democratically-run, working-class political organization for the first time when they join DSA, and when they do, they bring the trappings of our oppressive, exploitative, and hyper-individualistic capitalist society with them. We come to DSA with our axes-of-oppression and axes-of-privilege along with us: those of gender, race, class, disability, neurotype, sexuality, nationality, language, etc. We come to DSA with our past wounds and the harms that we ourselves have carried out, knowingly or unknowingly. Democracy is always hard because building and exercising collective power requires trusting others. The vast majority of people who come to the Left come to our side battered, belittled, and betrayed by our imperialist-white supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy and how it manifests in our day-to-day lives and interactions. Therefore, when we are wounded by someone, or someone’s, inside of our organization, we respond to that harm in the same ways that we are taught to respond to that harm in our dominant culture—in ways that dehumanize, violate, punish, belittle, shame, harm, and cage. This organizational culture of disposability cannot stand if we want our organization to persist, grow, and win.

I have been involved in my fair share of conflicts since I joined DSA in January 2017. Freshly 20 years old and full of revolutionary fervor, I was a queer kid who’d spent the better part of the previous 5 years being abused by adults in my community and my family-of-origin for being honest about who I was. I had no idea how the legacy of those very fresh inflictions of pain and isolation would manifest in my body-mind and in my relationships. Zero. I did not grow up in a home environment that encouraged emotional maturity and productive conflict. So, I did the best I could to cope and hurt a few people along the way, in my personal and organizational life. I have over-reacted and called people out on Twitter. I have gossiped about minor disagreements instead of approaching my comrade directly. I have guarded my heart from the pain of losing a difficult political fight by pointing fingers at the people organizing closest to me. I am sure that many of you have done similar things. These antisocial behaviors have never gotten me any closer to what I have ultimately wanted, which is personal healing, genuine connection, and the joy that comes from solidarity and collective action. They have lost me more than a few close relationships. They have soured promising organizing efforts. They have made me feel helpless and alone.

I have also experienced harm at the hands of people in DSA, sometimes immense harm that has lost me jobs, caused me mental anguish, and encouraged the darkest whispers in the back of my mind to grow louder. I am sure a lot of people in the organization have experienced these things too, and it sucks. I am sorry. There is no excuse. You deserved better and more. I deserved better and more, too. Ultimately, as I have moved between moments of movement activity and moments of personal rest, healing, and growth over my years in DSA, I have come to the conclusion that I am in this fight for the rest of my life. I am not, however, comfortable resigning myself to an organizational reality that our commitment to abolitionist principles of solidarity, anti-carcerality, universal dignity, and reciprocal care simply stops inside our general meetings, slack channels, signal groups, and comrade-to-comrade relationships. 

Practically this means that mandatory censure, suspensions, and organizational expulsions (including de facto expulsions), cannot be entered into without democratic oversight and under the most extreme circumstances of harm. It means that when you sign-up to join DSA that you are committing yourself to practicing transformative justice and swear to respect the rights and dignity of every person in the organization, including those you do not personally like or politically disagree with, as long as they are willing to do the same. It means committing to the work of processing your own pain and refusing to project your past onto others. It means swallowing your ego and admitting when you are wrong or you have made a mistake. It means that when you inevitably fall short of these principles, that you agree to doing the hard thing, having the tough conversations, attending the restorative circle, learning about the importance of believing that none of your comrades are disposable, and committing yourself to furthering the work of solidarity and liberation. If all of us do not do this, if we give in to the forces (state-sanctioned, societal, and personal) that seek to pit us against one another and tear our organization down (as has happened many times before on the Left in the USA and abroad) then we lose. 

Today, I invite you to lay down old grievances, dust out your mental cupboards of resentment, and recommit yourself to the work of reciprocal care, of loving your comrades more than you love being right, of embracing the blessing that is leaving that message or email in your drafts until you’ve had more time to reflect, of solidarity and liberation. We have a world to win after all. ------------------------------

Much of this essay was inspired by the work and words of the amazing folks who created or participated in the following pieces of media, please support them! 

https://truthout.org/audio/to-transform-conflict-in-movements-we-must-learn-how-to-stay-in-it-together/ 

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you 

https://www.amazon.com/Break-Every-Yoke-Religion-Abolition/dp/0190949155 

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free 

https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Feminism-Now-Abolitionist-Papers/dp/1642592587/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1686951405&sr=1-1 

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[ashtonderoy]

Belleville Ontario in Ruins. Belleville Ontario News. 2023-11-20

Written by Ashton Deroy Photos taken 2023-11-20 Belleville Ontario is in ruins. If you have heard my Social Commentary in the past? I have said that Belleville Ontario will be a dysfunctional or not functional economy by 2033. This is the rubble of a Building Burned down by Homeless people starting illegal street fires. Something no one wants to report in Belleville Ontario. Either cause the…

[weareagitated]

(via Union Strong General Strike Power to the Workers Anarchist - Etsy)

[thenewdemocratus]

The American Prospect: Paul Starr: The Crash of The New Republic

The American Prospect I would put it differently and if I was writing for The American Prospect, well if I was writing for The American Prospect, they probably wouldn’t of published what I have to say about The New Republic, because I wasn’t backing the party line. But for the sake of this piece had I wrote this article at The Prospect about The New Republic I would’ve put it differently. I…

[crazycatsiren]

You know, the thing is, I'm a Chinese immigrant, and the hammer & sickle symbol makes me physically ill as much as the rising sun flag does.

But please, Pamela from Ohio, USA, tell me all about communism.

[truth4ourfreedom]

WORDS TO REMEMBER AS WE DEAL WITH THIS ATTACK ON OUR GREAT NATION!!!

We need to remind all of we patriots about this! Please like and reblog!

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