Trump seeks to extradite Palestine solidarity funder James “Fergie” Chambers from Spain on “material support for terrorism” charges. Lawmakers and rights groups call it political persecution amid a broader crackdown on the U.S. left.
No substance to it though. It’s all very surface level angst. I’m unconvinced. I’m open to hearing more about how you think we should go about this though. Genuinely here to learn.
if you are still unconvinced by how resisting our kings would help, i don’t know what i could possibly tell you. organizing is the quick, boring but effective answer i can give you.
if you want the substance of it, we have 200 years of theory and history on how people resisted them as they currently exist, how they won concessions, what we can generally try, and where to find the people trying to do this.
we do have to be on the same page on who is causing most of these problems, though.
We have 200 years of failure. Even the left wing in the west are just another flavour of capitalist (and there’s an argument to be made in the east too at this stage). At no point did I say I was unconvinced that we should be resisting our kings. The fact is that capital (as in assets/things, ie not just financial) is power. How are we going to outcompete an adversary that can pump out millions of drones a month or bribe their way into gaining contracts to build up surveillance apparatus? Eventually theory needs to meet reality.
I guess our definitions of success are vastly different. I have Cuban friends and they left because the situation is intolerable due to the sanctions. Over 1m Cubans have left since the pandemic. I come from a country that was occupied for hundreds of years. Now our government is complicit with the occupiers. Venezuela just got usurped in an evening. Russia is a fascist shithole. Only China has managed to have any kind of coherent strategy to combat this by weaponising the greed that built the system against it. You see where I’m going with this. Having the weekend off isn’t a victory. It’s a bare minimum and not worth celebrating. Women are still treated like shit. Success isn’t being allow work for the man whilst maintaining the expectation to also raise a family. The common man is so completely and utterly outplayed at the moment.
How do you plan to fight imperialism without resources? Maybe I’m missing something but it doesn’t sound like you’ve thought this through properly.
how would you fight imperialism alongside imperialists?
People getting arrested for funding programs for Palestinians are not imperialists…
i have addressed this point in this thread.
No substance to it though. It’s all very surface level angst. I’m unconvinced. I’m open to hearing more about how you think we should go about this though. Genuinely here to learn.
if you are still unconvinced by how resisting our kings would help, i don’t know what i could possibly tell you. organizing is the quick, boring but effective answer i can give you.
if you want the substance of it, we have 200 years of theory and history on how people resisted them as they currently exist, how they won concessions, what we can generally try, and where to find the people trying to do this.
we do have to be on the same page on who is causing most of these problems, though.
We have 200 years of failure. Even the left wing in the west are just another flavour of capitalist (and there’s an argument to be made in the east too at this stage). At no point did I say I was unconvinced that we should be resisting our kings. The fact is that capital (as in assets/things, ie not just financial) is power. How are we going to outcompete an adversary that can pump out millions of drones a month or bribe their way into gaining contracts to build up surveillance apparatus? Eventually theory needs to meet reality.
take a closer look then. why do you have the right for a weekend? how are some countries not subject to capital (and are considered evil for that)?
are you afraid of the country that isn’t capable of even making enough missiles for their wars? when you are armed to the teeth?
you have to want it. and i can’t talk you into wanting to care about it.
I guess our definitions of success are vastly different. I have Cuban friends and they left because the situation is intolerable due to the sanctions. Over 1m Cubans have left since the pandemic. I come from a country that was occupied for hundreds of years. Now our government is complicit with the occupiers. Venezuela just got usurped in an evening. Russia is a fascist shithole. Only China has managed to have any kind of coherent strategy to combat this by weaponising the greed that built the system against it. You see where I’m going with this. Having the weekend off isn’t a victory. It’s a bare minimum and not worth celebrating. Women are still treated like shit. Success isn’t being allow work for the man whilst maintaining the expectation to also raise a family. The common man is so completely and utterly outplayed at the moment.