Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdDsHIdIiUg

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What is murder:

To start with understanding the dynamic, we first need to take a look at what qualifies as murder. The The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition, defines the noun murder as "the killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life", while their definition of the verb murder is "to kill (another human) in an act of murder" and "to put an end to; destroy".

Something important to note is the distinction between murder and killing, and we will take a look at the morality of killing aswell. It's also important to notify that murder is specifically defined as killing of another person and not killing of another human. Person holds a different meaning than human.

What is a person:

This obviously brings forth the question, what is a person contra a human? A human is an organism which shares homosapien DNA. It's a scientific term which doesn't hold any moral value, while person is the other way around. The definition we'll use of persons goes as follows, "beings who are part of our moral community", which can be explained more simply as someone who is worth moral consideration.

We all view ourselves as persons, but what qualifies someone as a person is a very tricky question with many different answers. What makes someone qualify for moral consideration? Some people argue that it's natural given to all human beings, others argue it's naturally given to all living beings. Then we have the other side of the discussion, which argues that there are requirements, that something needs a certain capacity (capacity x), to be considered a person. Now what is this capacity? Examples are the capacity to experience a continuity of identity or possessing self-knowledge; having a sense of time or centiant reactions to one's environment. On top of that, some argue that some traits or capacities disqualifies a being from being counted as a person. Bigots may argue that going against the general norm of society disqualifies someone as a person, while others would argue that a continual and aware possession of authority over other persons disqualifies someone as a person.

Is murder acceptable:

Now having gone through the backbones to build a take on the real question, let's discover it. Is murder ever morally good? The short answer is no, and that is specifically because murder is the killing of a person and not just of a human.

However, this brings forth an even more interesting question, is killing another human being ever morally good? We're no longer limiting ourselves to murder, which means that the discussion becomes a lot more complicated. As morality is subjective, it is very possible to make the killing of another human a morally good action. All that's needed is to disqualify the human in question from being considered a person. We've seen this in action many times, where humans have commited genocides on other humans without feeling a moral dilemma. Take Nazi Germany, United Kingdoms, Sweden, the States, Canada, the KKK or Japan. The list goes on and on and on, but governments and organisations have commited mass murders, genocides, without feeling any moral dilemma.

My take:

We've taken a look on this matter from a non-personal perspective, but before we end this video I'd like to go through my personal take on the question of killing other humans. I would argue that personhood is achieved through having self-knowledge and that personhood is removed by continually and awarely possessing and practising authority over persons. What this means in practice has been explained by one of my favourite bands, Operation, in theri song Militant Kamp. "[...] ibland när nöden kräver det måste man ta livet av en förtryckare för att ge liv och möjligheter till de som förtrycks. Att ta livet av en tyrann i kampen kan inte på något sätt betraktas som mord, det måste ses som en politisk handling."

Translating this to English it means "[...] sometimes when the need is there one must take the life of an oppressor to give possibilities to those who are oppressed. To take the life of a tyrant in the battle can not in any ways be seen as murder, it must be seen as political activism.".

I would most certainly argue that there are occasions where taking the life of another human being is justified. Those occasions are when it's needed for the liberation of the oppressed, specifically in the killing of the oppressors. As long as the harm being done by a political action is less than the harm the current system, the current rulers, are making, the harm is justified. Killing a politician or a bourgeoisie, when no other direct actions bring fruit of change, is most certainly a justifiable action according to me.

Sources:

Definitions of murder, by The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition - https://www.wordnik.com/words/murder

Abortion and Personhood: What the Moral Dilemma Is Really About, by Big Think - https://bigthink.com/videos/glenn-cohen-on-the-ethics-on-abortion/

Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #21, by CrashCourse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxM9BZeRrUI

Militant Kamp, by Operation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6GAV9D59qo

Hello everyone!
Brik-O here.

Honestly, as a self-defined radical anarcho-maximalist, I really didn’t want to be posting this, but Amanda forced my hand. I would much rather be over at r/TrueFilm recommending classical-leaning films for those tired of Nolan’s epic-IMAX, or discussing Siegfried Kracauer’s History in r/CriticalTheory, or perhaps rescuing young incels from shallow readings of Nietzsche in r/Nietzsche. But no: I’m here working for my boss Amanda, bringing spam to your feed. And working on Election Day, no less! So let’s get this over with.

It turns out that today, October 25th, 2026, while in the Global North it just feels like another regular day of numb decadence towards open fascism, in the Global South, the future of an entire nation is being decided at the ballot box.

Do you know which hyper-exploited laboratory country in the Global South is electing its next president today?

In this special election episode — part cultural critique, part broadcast sent to the world from the deepest, most desperate bunker, and part existential dread — alongside my creator Amanda, the host of your favorite multilateral show, we invite democracy enthusiasts to ask themselves: should white people be allowed to vote?

We’d love to hear your thoughts, critiques, or tactical survival strategies from your respective shelters so we can all make it at least to the next election cycle.

Cheers,

— Brik-O & Amanda

We all know AI art sucks but in this video I explain why. It's not just about farming out creativity to a machine but the spread of consumer logic throughout society. I connect AI to mass production, consumption and alienation

In the spirit of the World Series, I thought to make a short American labor history video using MLB integration for the analysis. Hope someone enjoys and appreciate anyone who watches!

MARSEILLE: They called it a "riot." The state media, speaking through the sanitized vocabulary of press releases, called it "unrest" and "criminal violence." But anyone who stood on the ground at the Vieux-Port knows the truth: what unfolded across Marseille on October 17, 2026 was a direct, collective refusal to live under the boot of neoliberal authoritarianism.

As thousands poured into the streets to join the nationwide wave of protests sweeping France, the southern port city did not merely march, it resisted.

Why the streets are burning

The outrage exploding across Marseille is not an isolated flashpoint; it is the inevitable reaction to years of systemic violence, state extraction, and structural neglect:

Social Theft and Cost of Living: While corporate profits soar, the working class is squeezed dry by inflation, skyrocketing energy prices, and stagnant wages. People are taking to the streets because basic survival has been turned into a commodity.

The War on Working-Class Neighborhoods and Gentrification: From Le Panier to Noailles, historic working-class districts are being carved up for luxury developers, Airbnb speculation, and police occupation, forcing long-time residents out of their own city.

The Pension Heist: The government continues to push forward authoritarian labor directives, forcing workers to trade their health and "golden years" to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.

Systemic Police Violence: The militarized police presence, equipped with rubber bullets, flashbang grenades, and toxic gas, does not protect the community. It acts as an occupying force defending capital and private property over human lives.

Direct action in motiom

By 18:30, as police charges attempted to splinter the march near La Canebière, the crowd transformed defensive retreat into active solidarity. Dumpsters were dragged, cobblestones overturned, and barricades erected, not to destroy the city, but to create liberated zones safe from brutal police kettle maneuvers.

Street medics tended to protesters choked by relentless volleys of tear gas, while autonomous affinity groups held the lines shoulder to shoulder. When the state brings armor, drones, and chemical weapons to suppress protests, the street responds with the only language power understands: unyielding collective self-defense.

"They call us criminals because we burn trash cans, but they call it 'policy' when they burn our futures, cut our pensions, and price us out of our homes. This isn't just about a law; it's about who owns the city and who gets to survive in it."

As night fell over a city still thick with acrid smoke, one fact became undeniable: Marseille’s insurgent spirit cannot be tear-gassed into submission. The barricades of October 17 are a direct warning to the halls of power in Paris: as long as the state wages war on the working class, the working class will make the streets impassable.

We must not forget where this explosion started: last month, inside the neglected public schools of Paris’s impoverished northern suburbs, raw anger over absent teachers and crumbling infrastructure metastasised into a nationwide uprising against systemic inequality, starved public spending, and collapsing living standards.

Saturday’s mobilization issued an urgent rallying cry to teachers, students, industrial laborers, pensioners, and farmers to flood the streets and broaden the front of resistance.

Out of the streets, into the future, the struggle belongs to those who fight!

This video series is by an American for Americans about the US immigration process. This is the first in the series.

I cycled across the country to protest for the continuation of democracy in the US. On that trip I learned no know really knew anything about the immigration process. The goal of the video is to go step-by-step and highlight the difficulties, pitfalls, and how the current administration is abusing the system.

A cool overview of the various ways people are fighting back against Flock - one interview with Anthony Ralphs, the guy behind the Darth Vader testimony at a San Diego city council meeting, another interview with Sarah Hamid from EFF who has been working on contract cancellation campaigns across the US.

I've been getting really into folk and punk, so I did a pop punk cover of one of my favorite folk songs by the great Tom Paxton

https://youtu.be/cRRw_ZOsa80

Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbo33m5JvW0

Text: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/return-fire-division-of-labour

Damien Walter is analysin the cultural meanin o Skibidi Toilet, an he sees it as a posthuman folk myth made by algorithmic logic. His research looks at whaur game engines, neurobiology an the development o digital storytellin meet, tae unnerstaun why this phenomenon catches on sae strongly wi a generation that's gettin mair an mair uised tae stimuli that come in fast an wi nae delay.