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honorable harvest: indigenous economics w/ gregg castro
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To all new Marxists, I know the jargon can be daunting. Here's a list of a few definitions to help you get started:
Idealism = doing Marxism in the most ideal way
Revisionism = Seeing the world in a new light
Opportunism = taking opportunities
Adventurism = doing adventures
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NEW PATREON EP we're joined by charles xu and feiyang sun of @qiaocollective and @sov_media to discuss taiwan—its history, politics, class dynamics, and contemporary role as a site of contestation in the looming second cold war between the US and china
Jun 4
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china pt. 9: taiwan w/ feiyang sun and charles xu of @qiaocollective and @sov_media
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listen to our China series on Patreon featuring guests including @jasonhickel, @t_ings, ken hammond, @vijayprashad, @Jingjing_Li @qiaocollective ... patreon.com/collection/20064…
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Jun 4
"she gave a face to Iranian women"
The face:
« Marjane Satrapi est morte de tristesse », écrivent ses proches.
Elle a bouleversé le monde avec son oeuvre Persepolis, donné un visage au courage des Iraniennes, fait de leur combat une histoire universelle.
Les mollahs ne l'ont jamais fait taire. Sa disparition non plus n'effacera pas sa voix libre. Son oeuvre et sa mémoire resteront.
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Important context: These womens are the representation of the morality police in Iran
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guidance_…
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if I was a member of the ruling class in the US I wouldn't be able to ask for a more desirable opposition than the western left. fragmented, at each other's throats, untethered from any coherent material analysis, fixated on utopian fantasy, divorced from internationalism
Chris Smalls shot to prominence for playing a key role in the shock union win at a New York Amazon warehouse. He was charismatic and energetic at a time labor needed both.
But in the years since, his own ego has overwhelmed his political contributions. jacobin.com/2026/06/smalls-a…
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china pt. 9: taiwan w/ feiyang sun and charles xu of @qiaocollective and @sov_media
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listen to our China series on Patreon featuring guests including @jasonhickel, @t_ings, ken hammond, @vijayprashad, @Jingjing_Li @qiaocollective ... patreon.com/collection/20064…
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California is a great example of what happens when you push toothless, liberal centrism to its extremes. Working people suffer, living conditions degrade, and far right extremism thrives.
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Check out the latest episode of the Upstream podcast on The Rise (and fall) of the US Dollar:
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NEW EP we're joined by @FadhelKaboub for a conversation about US dollar hegemony, the path that brought us here, the path that could lead us out, BRICS, china, iran, and much more
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NEXT WEEK: the rise (and fall) of the US dollar w/ @FadhelKaboub
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NEW EP @HelenYaffe of @cubanalysis joins us to discuss the crisis caused by the fall of the USSR, how cuba navigated this "special period," and what it learned from losing its primary trading partner and
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China: New photonic engine uses white light to transfer information
America:
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Dog accidentally fires shotgun from vehicle, injuring woman in Nebraska
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My plan for solving the housing crisis:
1. Arrest Hasan Piker
2. Name every street after Charlie Kirk
3. Nationwide ban on the 3 trans athletes that play volleyball
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