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Interesting for everyone, but particularly relevant to the anarchists:

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Doug Jones attempting to weaponise Confederate bigotry:

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https://twitter.com/kiranopal/status/938113507144462337

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Interesting history:

https://twitter.com/meaganmday/status/938076860902031360

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-shark-and-the-hound-day

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Interesting…

Could be positive, but has some nasty failure possibilities.

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This whole podcast is worthwhile, but the last twenty minutes are particularly relevant to techniques of imperialist propaganda.

A long running theme of left Twitter is “even the fantasies of establishment Dems are appalling”.

A common feature of LibTwitter is fantasy tweets along the lines of “on Earth 2, my favourite Democrat reaches a bipartisan deal with the GOP in order to slightly improve the appearance of horrific class exploitation”.

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The US military under the control of the Trumpists brings a whole new meaning to “the stupid, it burns…”.

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The last bit, at 26:19, is particularly interesting.

Published on May 23, 2015UK Rapper Akala talking on the following topics: reclaiming the n-word, n***ers in paris, medical apartheid, rap music, lynchings, great britain empire, white man’s burden, the monarchy, immigration, christian fundamentalism, idea of white is right, growing up pressures, marriage, bully parents, white racism violence, Black music, white privilege, police role in society, killing of Black men, inherited privilege, corporate exploitation, global systems of trade, english language, fall of western empire, the return of China, Haitian revolution, reparations, Caribbean, Obama

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The one about how no-ones going to look at your browser history needs this link

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Stalinists are scum. Are all capitalists responsible for the Gestapo?

@GhoulishGrace is an anarcho-communist, BTW. I expect her reaction to comparisons to the GDR or USSR would be rather vigorous.

(also, as a reminder: I’m not a communist. Usually a reformist DemSoc, forced into revolutionary DemSoc by circumstances)

agreed. Growing up in Alabama, there is such a conversation about race there. And up North if even mention black people, people look at me like I have two heads. You aren’t allowed to . discuss it

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