I have no real input in this discussion other than reading it and being fascinated. I just wanted to say that I love the phrase: the sun at eight or nine in the morning.

I’m about halfway through and when I kind of lost interest. I should get back into it.

What’s the commie bookstore in your city? Name??

I’ll look for it. I saw it in a newsarticle from my country’s region, which is pro-western, anti-israel.in theory but sending weapons nonetheless in practice kind of country.

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/03/05/israel-gaza-hamas-seksueel-geweld-vrouw-vn-rapport/

Ok so this is the full link (in Dutch).

The last sentence of this screenshot literally translates to: researchers spoke to Israeli institutions but were not able to speak to victims directly.

The Israeli authorities didn’t let the researchers talk to any of the alleged victims personally so, yeah, there’s that.

Israeli state: “These people have been raped and coerced by Hamas!” Investigators: “can we talk to them directly?” Israeli stats: “no.”

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1155

Thanks. I’m not one for techno-optimism but maybe it has some good ideas.

Really wish we wouldn’t because that money could be used in our country. People duying on the street from cold, malnutrition, homelessness. But we’re sending money to a country that’s doomed to fail its war effort and last year vetod a very generous peace deal that Russia proposed. Screw that.

Another poster mentioned that he himself has actually studied economics and was a professor of economy.

I think the best behind the bastards episodes are the ones on Kissinger (6 pqrts) and the ones on the police (also 6 parts). The funnest however I think are on Alex Jones with those guys from the Alex Jones podcast and the ones on Kellogs becquse wtf.

Does anyone still believe this? It’s been debunked so many times.

For me, Einstein was based, and his essay “why socialism?” Is always one of the first things I send to people who know nothing. Not because it’s going to convince them, but because it was written by Albert Einstein, and that will get people’s attention.

Djeezus Engels you madman. The entire grammar in 48 hours.

The fragile cd 1 is just fantastic depreasion music all around.

My cat wants to eat the rich. But she is also afraid to go outside.

Awesome! Thanks comrade!

Edit: there’s a couple that are not on here. Are you willing to update it? The finnish bolshevik has a playlist with some more Parenti lectures. Check this playlist parenti library

Edit: if you need help with the podcast, I’m happy to help.

You clearly care, deeply. I look forward to reading something you write on the subject, or to see you organise.

At least those people are looking at places where actual revolutions happened and were sustained. Contrary to the US, where unions get busted, action groeps cointelpro-d, leaders assassinated, police violence used, and only the threat of the USSR to gain any social progress. And where QoL is on a steady decline? Please give me a better example.

Furthermore, historically, no one socialist nation has ever existed without being under continuous attack from those very forces - religious, fascists, corporatists, so I don’t know what your on about. You’re clearly passionate but I read your comments as incredibly idealistic to a fault.

Edit: and what’s happening now is the very likely possibility of a 2nd Trump administration and this insane 2025 plan they’re cooking up. So I don’t even know where you are getting your information.

As soon as you have any actual answer on how to demonstrably improve peoples’ lives and do this either within this system in a way that they’ll let you, or without this system in a way that they won’t assassinate you, I’m with you. I’m serious about that. But you don’t have an answer, I already know, because all I see is posturing and arm chair theorizing.

Edit for Michael Parenti who ofcourse has absolutely amazing things to day on the issue: https://youtu.be/6gtUaGV6mNI?feature=shared

Read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin for an indication of a functioning anarchist society years after it was established. Amazing book.