Listened to the TrueAnon episode on Mandelson with Marcus Barnett. A lot of what he said about British politics was correct but his analysis of Your Party and Greens (both projects that I’m broadly supportive of but not without some reservations) was just lazy and cynical.

£240m. With no tender. Palantir. I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers. Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal. Palantir out.

Israeli forces are massacring Palestinian journalists - committing war crimes on a scale that would normally make headline news - and yet Western media are still calling this a "ceasefire". Pure propaganda.

Of course Morocco is on there lol

It’s amazing how people who were totally silent on Gaza for two years have a voice about geopolitics now

Chat GPT when you find a hard lump on your body: nah bro don’t sweat it! Chat GPT when you have a runny nose: Dawg, I need you to drop everything you doing and get to the hospital

Finally watched Sinners and: 1. It’s fantastic 2. It’s one of the most flagrant pieces of anti communist propaganda I’ve ever seen

Thinking about it. I don’t think the Axis of Resistance was ever really going to be sustainable with IRI as the dominant node. Sanctions etc aside, you can’t really have any kind of strong internationalist commitment without internal stability and your own population’s basic needs being met.

If you're a person of good conscience, spare a thought today for the residents of the West Midlands—especially those of a Muslim background—who can now be certain that they're viewed below violent, rape & genocide-supporting football hooligans in the eyes of their govt & most of the political class.

I can only reply to criticisms of the western left re Iran with “ok but what do you want me to do? I’ve condemned the IRI, I don’t repeat its talking points. What else is there?” The political establishment of the UK and its allies is anti-regime, there’s enough symbolic force + support already!

It’s actually really good to see how insane our politicians have become now

Correct line!

As time goes on I think the annoying “you can believe both things” people are right. You have to lsupport the protesters and hope the most progressive elements win out (even though unlikely) because it’s wrong to cede opposition to theocratic tyranny to all of the worst people backing the protests.

The Iranian regime has always been internally unstable, thats why they had to kill record breaking levels of leftists, marxists, atheists etc, etc during the 80s - whilst there is undoubtedly external interests looking to ferment unrest in the country, they're doing so on very rich soil

I mean, you don’t generally need someone’s permission to endorse them, do you? And it doesn’t prevent him launching his own vision either.

All solidarity with the US Revolution!

This slate actually looks really good and representative of the left coalition: workers, activities, hippies, community activists

See you out there today! Amazing work, everyone yesterday was powerful.

Being a left wing man into politics, culture, theory and psychoanalysis there are literally too many good podcasts for me to listen too (+ competing with desire to listen to music). An embarrassment of riches!

liberals are impossible to satirize

Pulling a Spaceyesque move!

This analysis feels a little undercooked. Agree about western imperialism - and the reality is that Iran does back Palestinian resistance and the capacity of Palestinians to resist is fucked if Iran falls. And the hegemony of Israel and the Gulf over the Middle East will bring much oppression and

Absolutely horrendous. We have to get out in the streets about this like we have for Gaza and Iraq before that.

I’ve been tied up in “debate” with this deranged racist all evening. Very much my fault for engaging!

2026 In: Communism Anti-imperialism Anti-fascism Trans liberation Disability justice Marxist-Feminism Radical rank-and-file trade unionism Cultural elitism Difficult literature Lifting weights 10K+ steps per day

This year has been mostly really shit, hard and disappointing icl

Keir Starmer’s Labour government is prepared to let Palestine hunger strikers die. We cannot allow that. We must stand with the hunger strikers and immediate bail for the remand prisoners — now. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

A funny thing happened tonight tho. Me and my pals were at a pub dancing to whatever song they were playing and two drunk Essex women came up to us and were like “yes, we love gay men. We left our husbands back in Essex”. And 3/4 of my friends (including. me) are straight lol.

Feels important that everyone I’ve worked with as a union rep in my workplace (large govt org) has been either a woman or an ethnic minority or both.

Why are sociologists such a reactionary influence on the Left?

Honestly haven’t felt this demoralised since Dec 12th/13th 2019

Fucking hate everyone who wanked on about how great this Labour government was going to be. The asylum policies are unbelievably vile

Happy international men's day 🤍

Feeling very much on the edge of a breakdown. Many warning signs lol 🤪

I try not to focus on individuals but I really wish a humiliating downfall on Shabana Mahmood

I really hate liberal Zionism so much. It’s so much more dishonest that any Jabotinsky-derived reactionary fascist variety.

Been listening to a couple of artists who you could broadly categorise as “young people’s music” lately and whilst the music is good and interesting it’s also just extremely fucking bleak. Like the clearest manifestation of Mark Fisher’s depressive hedonia I’ve heard.

Philosophers of Mind with ED, y’all worried about the wrong “Hard Problem”

My favourite thing about the civil service is when people address each other as “colleagues”. Very cute!

My solution to the YP problems: Karie Murphy -> retirement Jezza -> honoured elder figurehead IAs - > Galloway’s party

Kind of darkly funny how Your Party is yet another thing ruined by baby boomers and Gen Xers

Bernie Sanders is too experienced and long in the tooth to have such a grindingly slow journey away from the trappings of Liberal/Labour Zionism

I find it annoying when people decrying polarisation as if there aren’t very real antagonisms in our society that need to be worked through. In a democracy experiencing serious underlying structural issues, this should be seen as a good thing.

It’s actually ethically unfathomable for me to condemn Hamas or any form of Palestinian resistance

A little nuance please. Racism CAN be pretty good for capitalism, actually. Capitalism relies on a particular class system for profit extraction. Racism tends to keep the working class divided and underclasses are usually motivators for keeping workers in line lest they fall into it.

Fucking Hope Not Hate referring to a protest arranged by nazis chanting hate outside homes where children live as peaceful, you fucking hate to see it! Utter trash.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody. Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.

The mad thing is we all have these fantasies of what we would have done during the holocaust (righteous protection of as many people as possible and going out of our way to support resistance and liberation) but we’re not doing shit about Gaza