#stand with the prc

[the-leegend-99]

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On October 1st, 1949, after nearly three decades of brutal civil war against the country's bourgeois and ultraconservative forces (who still occupy Taiwan) and nearly two decades of fighting against the Japanese invasion and the European and US colonial forces, the Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. China has experienced many struggles since then, but it is undeniable that there have been 75 years of liberation. A country that was once feudal, backward, prey to famine and illiteracy, and totally colonized by the West through violence, unequal treaties and the opium forced on it, today is the world's second largest economy, a leader in scientific research and renewable energy, all with one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and has managed to abolish poverty for its population of over a billion people. Great inequalities and problems remain in Chinese development, but the Chinese people, developing Mao's communist innovations, have written history like few others in the world, and will continue to write it. Because it is the people in struggle who write history.

[the-leegend-99]

Imagine if you had a fascist government in your country, and it was defeated save for a small pocket defended by a foreign State, and then that fascist pocket "liberalized" while fully maintaining the nationalists and anti-communists in power even though with a democratic "flavor", doing massive propaganda work among its citizens to try and make them refuse to even identify with the national identity they share with you, and still serving as a military base to try and destabilize your country and provoke it into war. That's what Taiwan is. You'd want it back too, as is the case with the PRC.

im trying to ask this in good faith but why should china want the taiwan island? that is also been this way for a long time. why should it matter?

im from a country whose borders were redrawn smaller during the soviet time, but no one talks about the areas lost to modern russia and that we need to regain that land.

Do they want the island itself apropos of any other context? Probably not. If the island were part of Japan or the Philippines or had historically been an entirely independent nation, then while there may be other non-territorial conflicts I wouldn't imagine China would be too interested in taking over the island.

The fact is that Taiwan is unceded Chinese territory and the ROC has not controlled Taiwan for a "long time". The KMT retreated to Taiwan at the end of 1949. The modern Taiwanese independence movement started in the 1990s. The Chinese Civil War never formally ended. There is a long-standing ceasefire between the PRC and the ROC, but they have never signed a peace treaty and both sides still formally claim sovereignty over the entirety of China.

Within the ROC itself, there is still a major division between proponents of Chinese unification and proponents of Taiwanese independence. While support for secession and independence has grown in recent years, neither side can claim that they are representative of the interests of the people of Taiwan as a whole. This is why despite having been in power for nearly 10 years now, the DPP still hasn't initiated any formal processes towards independence. The country is still called the "Republic of China" and its constitution still claims the entirety of China as their rightful territory.

The PRC is committed to peaceful reunification and rejects any notion of Taiwanese secession or independence. They view such movements as regional unrest within territory that they rightfully have jurisdiction over, and are opposed to any foreign interference in Chinese affairs. They have never considered the ROC or Taiwan to be a sovereign nation and reject any interpretation of cross-Strait affairs that asserts such a view.

Like I said in my previous post: there is a difference between territory ceded to another sovereign nation via treaty and unceded territory that is occupied by the losing side of a civil war.

[violottie]

"Some good news from Saleem Z Aburas as IOF tanks have finally left the vicinity of Al-Amal hospital and the trapped humans finally were able to leave after 40 days." from Wear The Peace, 03/Mar/2024:

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2023 NPC Lectures: #5 NPC Budget and State Asset Supervision

This is the fifth in a series of seven lectures given to the 170 members of the PRC National People’s Congress Standing Committee. The Standing Committee is the standing legislative body of China; the full 3000-member NPC meets for two weeks every March. Translations in this series: 2023 NPC Lectures: #1 PRC Constitutional System and Practice 2023 NPC Lectures: #2 NPC Standing Committee…

[noeggets]

saw a post that said this so i'm stealing it

"You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then tag 10 people! No skipping."

[thefirsthogokage]

Motaz lost another important person to him in another war crime against paramedics.

Pictures from Motaz' stories.

Captions from @a-captions-blog (thank you!)

[OP plain text: Motaz lost another important person to him in another war crimes against paramedics. \End PT]

[Image descriptions: Photos of Motaz Azaiza with Mohammed Omari, overlaid with text. Long descriptions follow.

1. The two pose together in Red Crescent clothing. The text says, ‘Another big loss for me. Like a father, Mohammed Omari. He got killed by Israeli snipers while doing his humanitarion work to evacuate injured people from Gaza city to the sout as the PRCS coordinated with the ICRC and they got the permission to do their job. They shoted him in the chest.

2. A photo of the two in an ambulance, with Mohammed at the wheel. The text reads, ‘I used to get my first aid training/first responder training with him.’

3. A photo of Mohammed in Red Crescent clothing, standing with a little person similarly dressed. The text says, ‘He was a human. Israel killed him.’

4. A photo of the two along with two other people, all in Red Crescent shirts. The text says, ‘First they killed Hatem then they killed four others. Now they killed Mohammed.’

5. A photo of two Mohammed and another person in Red Crescent clothing helping an injured person on the ground. The text reads, ‘Mohammed and Fadi. Fadi passed couple weeks ago after the Israeli tanks opened fire on the ambulance he rides.’

6. A photo of Mohammed in a blue zip-up jacket and jeans, sitting cross legged outdoors and smiling at the camera. The text reads, ‘Miss you my friend. I am sure you and khaled in a better place.’ \End descriptions]

[screamingfromuz]

Hi there! I am reaching out because someone sent me a question about how to help Gazan civilians without accidentally helping Hamas or spreading more hate against Israelis. I honestly feel lost on this myself, but as far as I can tell you are someone who has done real activism in Israel. Do you have suggestions for diaspora Jews who want to help fight for peace?

So a small disclaimer to the Gaza problem. We have 2 main problems with getting aid into Gaza, the first is the limited amount of aid that is allowed in, sending more money cannot make it go in faster. Problem number 2 is that much of the physical aid ends in Hamas's hands or in the black market and there is nothing we can do with that. I have heard recommendations to wait and see who opens a field hospital on the Rafah border crossing, and donate to them. Despite that, here are some charities to help Palestinians both in and out of Gaza.

I will admit, most of my activism is focused on deradicalization on the Israeli side and solidarity work, so I had to ask around for some of those charities. Some of the groups I know of do not currently have an international donation link, so if I get more good ones, I'll make another post.

Gaza:

Medical aid for Palestinians-

Anera-

Doctors without borders-

Palestinians outside of Gaza and Peace movements:

Palestinian red Crescent- they also work in Gaza, but as the main source for Palestinian ambulances in the WB, I put them here.

mistaclim (Looking the occupation the the eye)- this group is helping to protect Palestinians from the illegal settlers

Keshet- this is a big one. they support Bedouin communities in normal times, and now they are working on getting bomb shelters to the unrecognized villages, and providing a mental health first aid line.

standing together- totally biased, as I am a member of this organization.

Women wage peace- a feminist based solidarity group

Haqel- they represents Palestinians in cases related to land ownership and access. there work is still ongoing even during the war

Center for Jewish non Violence - a diaspora org that also does a lot of work in the South Hebron Hills.

[apas-95]

ultimately, there stands a very pivotal difference between the USSR and the PRC. both eventually came to a common point: civil unrest, economic hardship, and an imminent coup backed by the propaganda and discrete-funding arms of the Free World. in the Soviet Union, the Soviet Army (formerly the Red Army) were an arm of the state. in China, the People's Liberation Army were an arm of the proletarian party. the Soviet Army opened fire on the central committee and forcibly abolished the soviets. the PLA did not. and, for the 30 years since, the west hued and cried, and put millions of dollars towards anyone willing to denounce China for it

[lukedanger]

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Ask Game - Mechanics and Story

Knight-Commanders, what is the story told by those numbers on your character sheet? Here is an ask game list with some questions themed around that:

What led the future Knight-Commander to take their base class?

What led to the Knight-Commander picking their archetype, or staying the standard class?

If they chose to multiclass, what does it reflect about them? If they did not, why? Story or player reasons.

What prestige classes did they go for, and why? If not, would one fit them or did they qualify for one?

Which class features would particularly stand out with them - Rage, Channel Positive/Negative Energy, Animal Companions, etc.?

What about their skills and feats - what story is told by their skill selection, or was it pure gameplay?

Is there an alternative class or archetype that is in-game that may fit them better, and if so why did they not take that path?

Is a respec part of their story, and if so why? If not, if they had to respec into something else what would it be?

How does their Background choice reflect their character, and how does it play into their build?

How does their ancestry (race) play into their class and mythic path - do they overlap, or what dynamic is created from that combination?

How does their mythic path synergize with their build?

How does their mythic path synergize with their personality - does it augment it, or is it in contrast? Something in-between?

Which mythic abilities/spells would be iconic to them, and was it their preference or did they prefer something less iconic?

What about another mythic path that they did not take? Is there one that would fit them, build or personality wise, and what might that have looked like?

In your story, does the Knight-Commander consciously choose their mythic path at Drezen, or was it thrust upon them by their actions or some other outside force?

How well do they play mechanically with their romance, if any? If not, which party member do they synchronize best with?

Do they overlap with a party member in role or narrative presence, and if so how do they contrast from said party member?

Did any of their companions multiclass or take a PRC they do not start with, and if so what is the story behind this?

What is their favored weapon(s) or spell(s), and why?

Is there an item in-game that you felt became iconic to the Knight-Commander?

If the Knight-Commander could get a unique item, what would it be and what would it do?

What is the Commander’s opinion of their mythic patrons/advisors - the Hand of the Inheritor, Aivu or the Desnan Adepts, Zacharias, the Aeon in the mirror, Hal, Yozz and Noticula, etc.?

What units did they pick in the Military Council (Infantry, Archers, Cavalry, Spellcasters, Grand Tier), and why?

When the option to pick was available, which mythic units did they unlock and why?

[workersolidarity]

[ 📹 Palestinian residents inspect the ruins of their homes after a night of violent bombardment by the Israeli occupation army targeting the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. ]

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LATEST WAVE OF ISRAELI BOMBING FORCES HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES IN AL-SHUJAIYA

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have turned the attention of their bombing and shelling in the Gaza Strip towards the few remaining neighborhoods still standing, with particular concentration of forces and shelling targeting the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

According to reporting in the Arabic and Hebrew media, the Israeli occupation army bombed several residential homes in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, while occupation tanks and armored vehicles advanced towards the eastern neighborhoods of the city, resulting in the deaths of a number of Palestinian civilians and wounding even more.

Local medical sources reported the arrival dead and wounded civilians to the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City following several raids on the Al-Shujaiya and other neighborhoods east of the city.

Reporting states that hundreds of families were forced to evacuate their homes towards other neighborhoods of the city, further crowding areas already filled with displaced families.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported receiving more the 30 wounded Palestinians, with the majority of the Zionist army's victims being children and women from the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood.

PRCS added that their crews are working around the clock to save victims of Israeli bombing and shelling, while countless victims remain trapped under the rubble of their homes and shelters, with paramedic crews unable to reach sites due to the continued shelling of the occupation army, emphasizing that nowhere in the Strip is safe from the occupation's bombs.

Meanwhile, the bombing of the occupation forces also targeted the neighborhoods of Al-Daraj and Al-Zaytoun, east and southeast of Gaza City, wounding a number of civilians.

Similarly, the Israeli occupation forces also bombed residential buildings in the Nuseirat Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of four Palestinians and wounding at least 16 others who were transported to Al-Awda Hospital in Al-Nuseirat.

Additionally, several citizens were killed, and others wounded, after occupation warplanes bombed the town of Al-Zawaida, also in central Gaza, while a young man was killed, and another wounded, by Zionist sniper fire in the vicinity of the Al-Alam roundabout, west of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The current death toll resulting from the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip has now exceeded 37'765 Palestinians killed, while another 86'429 others have been wounded since October 7th, 2023.

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

[probablyasocialecologist]

As overseas Hongkongers and Tibetans based in the US, UK, and Canada, we wholly condemn the Israeli apartheid state’s settler-colonial occupation of Palestine and support Palestinian liberation. We call on the US, UK, and Canadian governments to withdraw military support to Israel, demand Israel to cease its attacks on Gaza, and end the genocidal siege. We also call on our fellow exiled and diaspora communities to stand in solidarity with Palestinian liberation.

Solidarity does not entail conflating different experiences of oppression and suffering. However, we hope to point out that colonizers often share the same tools. The People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s elite police academies have sought to “explore the successful experience of Israel’s anti-terror strategies” to apply to East Turkestan. China’s Minority Ethnic Commissioner has suggested the state should draw upon Israeli settler strategies—as well as historic American and Russian expansionism—in its own colonization of Uyghur and Tibetan land. As our oppressors and colonizers borrow tactics from each other, we, as the oppressed and colonized, lend each other our understanding and solidarity. It is in this vein that we urge fellow Hongkongers and Tibetans to understand Palestinian suffering in its own context. 

[the-leegend-99]

"Why would China care about getting Taiwan back" I don't know, why would they care about getting back a piece of territory in the hands of US stooges who spread anti-communist and bellicist propaganda against China?

As OP notes, the People's Republic of China has been incredibly diplomatic, calm and measures in its relationship with Taiwan, and offered the slowest, most gradual path to reunification to appease its government. Unfortunately, its government is currently ran by warmongering liberals who don't even hold a majority among the Taiwanese people who bothered to vote.

about taiwan. but im still confused as to why should china care. they havent controlled taiwan for some time and seems to just cause conflict. why not just leave taiwan be and be happy with the mainland. what good does claiming taiwanese island bring? why do they care if an island belongs to them or not?

What good does the ROC claiming the mainland bring? Why does the KMT care about the ROC being the legitimate successor to Sun Yat-sen's Republic? Why is the DPP bribing right-wing US warhawks and inviting US destroyers into the Taiwan Strait?

This is not a situation where a bunch of nasty evil communists are persecuting an innocent island nation. This is a situation where a right-wing counter-revolutionary army, upon losing a civil war, occupied the island and maintained a military dictatorship for 45 years, only eventually opening up to democracy after massive amounts of protests and unrest. The PRC was the only democracy in China for those 45 years. They were fighting to liberate the Taiwanese people, not to oppress them.

After the ROC abolished the military dictatorship and repealed the law declaring the CPC to be rebels and enemies of the nation, the CPC and the KMT began to engage in peaceful dialog, leading to the 1992 Consensus. This consensus formed the basis of informal PRC-ROC relations, under the shared belief that Taiwan is a territory of China.

The election of the pro-independence DPP in 2016 has threatened the prospects of peaceful reunification. Unlike the KMT, the DPP has never had any relations with the CPC and is firmly opposed to reunification. Cross-Strait dialog between the two governments was cut off and the ROC quickly began to take a much more antagonistic role towards the PRC.

The PRC does not want a war. The Taiwanese people do not want a war. The KMT does not want a war. It is only the DPP and a bunch of US imperialists who have been bribed by the DPP who want a war. This is why the PRC has condemned foreign interference in Chinese affairs and condemned the separatist movement in Taiwan.

The PRC does not even want political control over Taiwan. They have proposed a "one China, two systems" approach to reunification that would enable the Taiwanese government to maintain its current legal system and operate with a high degree of autonomy. They know that the Taiwanese people would not soon accept CPC control over the island and they are not proposing that as a solution. But if the separatists get their way and start the Civil War all over again, it's very likely that that is what will happen, with many innocent lives lost to boot.

The DPP could choose at any point to resume the peaceful cross-Strait dialogues that the KMT had been engaging in. But they would rather continue their nonsensical rhetoric and wordplay where they can have their cake and eat it too; where the 1992 Consensus was never a consensus and where Taiwan is already independent despite never having declared independence. More worryingly, they want to continue courting US imperialists and engaging in behavior intended to provoke armed conflict in the region. They would rather start a war than risk having to acknowledge Taiwan's status as a territory of China.

If you want to understand the PRC's position better, this publication by the PRC is a good summary of their current position on the subject.

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2023 NPC Lectures: #3 Improving the Socialist Legal System with Chinese Characteristics

This is the third in a series of seven lectures presented in 2023 to members of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. Translations in this series: 2023 NPC Lectures: #1 PRC Constitutional System and Practice 2023 NPC Lectures: #2 NPC Standing Committee Organization and Procedures Sources on PRC law: multiple perspectives Some Chinese laws are available in English translation on…

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Your post on continuity errors reminds me that the one that bothers me most in Animorphs is that in book 8, Ax reads the entire World Book encyclopedia and apparently remembers all of it, but in later books he's never heard of World War Two (MM3) or the nation of China (#46). Maybe it's trivial, but it makes part of Ax's arc toward the end of the series when he wrestles with human atrocities seem kind of forced.

So. Your Mileage May Vary on this one, but. My read of MM3 is that Ax has specifically never heard of the Holocaust. Like, you're right that he has no context for U.S.-U.K. troops storming Normandy beaches, and doesn't instantly understand when/where he is the way Marco does. But I think it's possible he's read a few encyclopedia articles on the subject without knowing about that particular battle. Rachel mentions the Holocaust, Ax asks her what that is, and she briefly explains. If that got left out of a world history book or an almanac, then that's potentially a pointed omission.

It might fall in the same category as Tobias joking about his complete lack of knowledge of the War of 1812 (which he mentions in #8 and IIRC #23). I assume that that's a deliberate callout on Applegate's part — we really don't cover the War of 1812 in most U.S. schools, because it's such a bad mark on the U.S.'s history. The U.S. and U.K. get in a trade dispute, the U.S. invades Canada in revenge, the U.S. murders 1000s of Native Americans on the chance they might be allied with the British, the U.S. murders 1000s of enslaved Black Americans on the chance they might be allied with the British, the Brits burn the White House, everyone decides to call it a draw. The whole thing is shameful, to say the least.

If Ax's almanacs don't cover the Holocaust, then I think you can read MM3 as drawing pointed attention to that omission because the whole point of MM3 is that we sanitize history to force the issue of "glory in battle" and "we happy few, we band of brothers" after the fact. That said, it's also 100% possible that Ax's knowledge of human history is just inconsistently written. Because that's been known to happen as well.

As for him not having heard of China... Uhhh, okay, what if he's mostly just encountered the acronym PRC before, and doesn't remember what it stands for? I've seen world atlases refer to China just as PRC before.

[lil-tachyon]

Noticed that you take socialist banners as inspiration on your art and that made me curious about your political views, Are you a socialist or Marxist? Os just kinda left leaning?

I really enjoy your blog btw

I’m glad you’re into what I do! I appreciate the very direct question so I’ll try to give a very direct answer.

I would consider myself an anarcho-communist. At least, that’s the kind of society I’d like to live in. I genuinely believe the abolition of private property, states, and hierarchies is a real (if very difficult) possibility and is in the best interest of the vast majority of people. That said, I’m an anticapitalist and a socialist first and I’m broadly (if critically) supportive of most movements that have had any success fending off capital. I’m not so naïve that I ignore the real historical failures of anarchism to create alternatives to capitalism on the scale of the USSR,PRC, Cuba, etc.

My politics are still evolving and I only really became radicalized in the last couple years. But anarchism still makes the most sense to me.

That’s what I’ll say for now. I try to be transparent about the things I believe but also I’m literally a guy who draws robots on the internet. Nobody who follows this blog needs me to lecture them on politics lol. If anybody reading this wants more detail about my views you can send me an ask but depending on the question I may not answer it publicly. An email (tachyonart@gmail.com) may be better.

To keep this somewhat relevant to what I normally post about, here’s the New Jersey ancom flag I drew a little while back:

And some articles about socialist experiments in the Garden State:

-“The Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train” about the Stelton Colony in what is now Piscataway.

-“Uncle Sam’s House: Anarchy in Piscataway” same topic but more focused specifically on the Goldman House (no, not that Goldman although I believe she visited the colony at some point), one of the last-standing and most distinctive structures from the Stelton Colony. Plus I’ll take any opportunity to plug Weird NJ.

-“Jersey Roots: Looking for Utopia in Colt’s Neck” on the Fourierest North American Phalanx Community.

-“All About the Utopia That Was Once in Perth Amboy, NJ” about the Raritan Bay Union, founded by dissatisfied former members of the North American Phalanx.

Also if anybody has the original newspaper article that talks about Peter Kropotkin visiting Jersey City, please send it my way. I’ve seen it referenced in a few places but I can’t track it down.

Peace,

Logan