I kid you not. Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (sic), says, "We can't allow another 1917 to happen to Russia." It seems that anything but zoological nationalism is a concept totally alien to Russian political life. #Russia

Here's my compromise: we can bring back death by firing squad, but only for members of the Trump and Netanyahu administrations.

They've been preparing for precisely this outcome for years, as if the US tanking the global economy by tearing apart supply chains had been the most obvious move by the US at the twilight of its global hegemony.

Zelenskyy feeds on applause.

I was very clear that the arson attacks were unacceptable & that our Jewish communities were fearful. For Labour to try & weaponise antisemitism against the only Jewish political leader in the UK is a choice. People see Labour for who they are. They will continue to fail.

Noticeable how Trump's rantings are increasingly being ignored. Most consequentially by Iran but more broadly as well. The US administration is now like a toxic waste dump. You wish it wasn't there but it is and you just have to contain it to the extent you don't have to think about it.

Israel has never regarded Palestinians as human beings equal to Israeli Jews. That was, and remains, the root of the problem - and barely anyone addresses it. Reality read by the brave and brilliant Gideon Levy

The strict division between lumpenproletariat and proletariat needs to be fully enforced across the left-wing movement. Praising theft won't get you anywhere in terms of elections. It will never appeal to the masses, regardless of the charm of the criminal underworld we often see depicted on screen.

Socialism is when poor, of course!

This is an incoherent vision of politics and political economy, the Louvre is a public institution, you are literally stealing from The People

#BREAKING | Israelis are trying to break into the Supreme Court building, updates soon as possible

Actual criminals are mostly impulsive stupid fuckos, not badasses. Usually a great deal more sadistic and violent than movie standards allowed for a long time, too. Jean Valjean was a character in a novel, not an accurate depiction of reality.

Putin knows the war is not existential. He just says so, hoping we will believe him and then restrain ourself. Its a bluff, and we are not calling him out. This is the reason the war escalates!

I'm tired.

The Institute of Demography and Social Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine states that the population of Ukraine is about 28–30 million people, and since the start of Russia’s aggression, around six million people have fled Ukraine.

Earth has been the exclusive home of humanity for 300,000 years, but besides that it's pretty great

There was never 99%. Peasantry, the working class, and the PMC—they all have distinct economic interests. IMO, the working class will secure its interests only by some modern version of left-wing accelerationism—industrial policy, state-run enterprises, reserve management, and price controls.

Two things can be true at the same time: 1. Russia's economy is in deepening crisis that without a change of course could threaten cohesion of a post-Putin Russian state. 2. As long as Putin holds the system he built together the Russian state remains an acute threat to Europe.

U.S. naval operations against Iran have expanded beyond the Middle East, as U.S. forces on Tuesday seized a tanker ship suspected of smuggling oil in the Indian Ocean and escorted at least one other vessel off India’s western coast, officials said.

It's hard to tell if liberal commenters believe the right doesn't have agency or if they think criticizing the opposition is low-brow and "unproductive" partisanship. There is a reflex in liberal circles for 'performative humility' to signal introspection and seriousness.

We shouldn’t overestimate Zelenskyy’s role in global affairs.

The EU just disregarded one of the largest transnational petition ever made by the european people. The main responsibles are Italy and Germany. The italian MFA Tajani proposed to sanction individual settlers instead.

“New Australia Institute research published today shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing its imports of Australian gas than the Australian Government makes from the export of our gas.” #auspol

There's a reason Angela Merkel didn't like Friedrich Merz. There hasn't been a more repelling German chancellor in decades.

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So EU leaders meet to discuss taking a position on their relationship with Israel. Spain, Ireland & others leading the position. However two of the big EU players, Germany & Italy blocked any change. When refugees flood your lands Meloni, suggest you look at why! Shame on you Merz & Meloni.

While he's not saying anything new, it's chilling to see psychos like him being convinced of his moral superiority and spreading zero-sum game theories as if they're rapping. It's like some ghetto knowledge fuelled by big money.

i'm a bit of a defender of the Soviet Union, but I think we have to acknowledge and learn from the USSR's failures and misdeeds rather than whitewash them for agitprop

In just purely objective terms there’s only one country in the Middle East that currently occupies the territory of three different countries and bombs another three

Budanov has no loyalists in the Presidential Office.

You can basically extend this principle to any asset. Profit is a historically contingent form of surplus value (at least, according to Marxist economics). Theoretically, nobody can stop the working class from claiming profits of industrial assets. Nobody but the enemies of the working class.

Israel's hegemonic ideology is Kahanism: pursuing a Jewish non-democratic one state where Palestinians are subjugated, expelled or dead. Some say this is an inevitable continuation of Zionism, others that it is a corruption of Zionism. I disagree with both accounts, but don't mind either. 1/

Israeli comedian Tom Aharon, whose grandparents immigrated from Yemen, had this bit on his old show in which he mock-asked if all these people who call him “Sephardi” think he’s a matador.

20 years of pickup truck design progress in one photo

This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon

No words. Bloomberg is calling that racial equality. Selling critical assets to American corporations is now called racial equality.

technology is not neutral, it’s good

The Stalinesque gigantomania of American and Chinese tech industry culture is not financially and environmentally sustainable. It's a path that risks breaking the tech sector and global economy with it. Whoever aims for smaller instead will win big.

Kyiv terror attack update: Before the shooting began, the attacker reportedly set fire to his own apartment.

In Kyiv, the shooter was reportedly shot dead by officers of the KORD during his arrest. According to Ukrainska Pravda, the suspect is identified as Dmytro Vasylovych Vasylchenkov, born on April 21, 1968. He was born in Moscow and is a Ukrainian citizen.

⚡️ Update: Death toll rises to 6 in Kyiv shooting; 9 injured. One of the previously hospitalized victims has died of their injuries, bringing the total number of fatalities to six. Nine people remain injured.

Stunning lyrics by Siba Alkhiami, a German-based artist, against Israel's repression of Palestinians.

The war against Iran is inevitably bending towards signing a new JCPOA.

Trump always lies. Iran sometimes lies. So overall, Iran is more trustworthy

The hippies grew up to be Reaganites and the Occupy generation grew up to be vain influencers who will do or say anything for engagements. *GETS BLACK BAGGED AND SHOVED INTO A VAN*

When it's gambling with your own money it's working class. When it's gambling with other people's money it's investment banking.