



We have already crossed twenty-five years into the new century. The last century began with the promise of a proletarian revolution. Two world wars and tens of millions of deaths later, revolutions did occur in several states — but did they truly bring about the emancipation of the proletariat? By the century’s end, the Soviet Union had vanished, and in China and other so-called “socialist” states, private capital was flourishing. On the other hand, fascism has returned in the new century — bringing with it the spectre of world war and genocide. ... read full post


cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30167537 ... read full post
Alice Celik writes about the dissolution of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK):
“[...] armed struggle is over; now is the time for a political strategy. A risky but calculated move, in response to a profound popular aspiration.”

I was recently thinking of running for office within my locality. I would probably have to run under the purview of the Democratic party purely because of the outreach and funding. However, I despise the Democratic Party and have felt we need to do away with it due to it's radioactive nature (especially within my y'all queda red territory). In my eyes now there are no good politicians as there are no good cops. I feel as though working within the systems rules has become cyclical. We have to work with what we are given because it is all we have, democrats get elected, nothing drastically changes, rinse and repeat. Each local position is restrained in ehat they can do. ... read full post