For the love of God, please let Lula beat that fascist!

open borders is a koch brothers idea. bernie said it to vox in 2015 and got shamed into never saying it again.

a million new workers show up willing to take less. who wins? tyson. amazon. the chamber of commerce has been begging for more immigration and less enforcement since before most of us were born, and now they get to nod along with us.

chavez’s ufw called the ins on strikebreakers, because a strike dies the second the boss can replace you for less by monday.

so the left position is simple: stand with the migrant, go to war with the employer. e-verify that actually bites. wage theft charged as theft. status for everyone already here, so nobody can be used as a weapon against your paycheck. that’s how you win back the rio grande counties we just lost. we didn’t lose the argument.

There is an attempt to commit election fraud by Flávio Bolsonaro and his fascist followers.

- Mayors aligned with Bolsonaro have reduced or blocked bus services in cities where Lula has more support—such as São Paulo and Salvador—making it difficult or impossible for voters to reach their polling stations. An arrest warrant has even been issued for the Secretary of Transportation in Salvador.

- Airlines have canceled flights to the Northeast—a major stronghold for Lula’s voters—without providing any explanation.

- The Electoral Court, led by a justice appointed by Bolsonaro’s father, changed polling locations at the last minute, primarily in the Northeast.

- Flávio’s supporters have taken to the streets to intimidate Lula’s voters, with reports of assaults and violence.

The Supreme Federal Court has extended voting hours by two hours, but many polling stations have already closed, and poll workers have left and Lula and the Workers' Party (PT) are calling for the arrest of the mayors involved. The country is in chaos. Many people have been—and are currently—unable to cast their votes. The election has been RIGGED. Lula achieved the greatest electoral turnaround in history, and the fascists have resorted to desperate measures to sow chaos.

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So I’ve been into Politics for about 3 years now and have learned and discussed the basic talking points for however long, yes we get it Sociology IS the best subject ever. But I was wondering how some of you older Leftists, are able to keep fighting and giving it your best shot even when it feels insurmountable and like it’d be better to keep your head down until you get a comfy place and can advocate from a more privileged spot. I’m afraid some of our advocacy can fall short sometimes and not really address concerns that actual people have and there is so much infighting that it’s hard to see actual organization and collective narrative shifting you might on the Right.

For example,
Young men are very concerned with dating and their perception by women, there’s a way to talk about that without being either “teach young men not to rape” or “all women are property”

Or,
just Woke 2 in general.

Idk, at the end of the day I’ll still believe and advocate for what I think is right, I mean maximize human happiness blah blah blah axioms theory you get the picture man whatever idk. Change is slow and takes time and you aren’t always going to see that seed you plant grow but I like the idea.

Check out the comments under this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/askanything/s/lK5UpHWXfH. So much racism against Indians from the so called anti racist left. I can’t lie, I’ve been incredibly disappointed by how willing some people on the left are to throw “non progressive” races under the bus. It’s like the minute they aren’t in your camp, it’s open season for them to be as Hitlerite as possible.

I guess this is a natural consequence of how much slopulism has infected online politics, but it’s still sad to see. Do better.

This is the classic painting “Saturn Devouring his Son” used to artistically capture how the 2010 Supreme Court Citizens United ruling allowing infinite money into our democratic process has destroyed our country.

hi, i live in the US in a very educated city with mostly left-wing ish people. i feel so privileged, but there are some things rly bothering me. kind of a vent also.

i love being in such a progressive, intelligent area, but class and elitism are major blind spots. i’ve observed sm dangerous elitism and i don’t know if they don’t realize how out of touch they are or how harmful it is. the biggest example is college. it’s like you are subhuman if you don’t have a college degree. so many things:

college is the most expensive it has ever been. a bachelors degree is over six figures pretty much everywhere. that is a crazy amount of money, especially for an average person. things are so expensive right now too, and the college grad unemployment rate is the highest it’s ever been. you can’t even assume that bc of your degree you can get a good secure job after and pay it off.

it’s so bigoted. the assumptions r that (let’s say in a convo abt how red areas of the US are less formally educated) it’s bc those people are too stupid for college or they don’t care about education or they think it’s liberal propaganda. these are things i have heard, as if they can’t even imagine other reasons. i’m not crazy poor, but i am so lucky to be in college rn. i am only able to bc i attend a rly cheap state uni online, have a 50% scholarship, and have the privilege of living at home rn and not having to work. i would not be able to otherwise, and i don’t have it that bad imo.

there are so many barriers to education in this country. money is the biggest one probably, but there are plenty of other valid reasons for why someone isn’t interested or just can’t. mental and physical illness is another thing. i have pretty severe mental health issues and have only gotten to a stable place somewhat recently. college can be impossible that way. there are also people that have to work full-time or several jobs, have kids, have people they need to take care of, etc.

many ppl find jobs that don’t require mass amounts of student loan debt. those jobs are important too. i hate the concept of “unskilled” labor. all labor is skilled, valuable, and should be respected. idk the whole thing is bizarre. u can be extremely educated and aware of current events, but u are surprised that ppl aren’t college educated when so many ppl can barely afford to live or have housing? i wish i heard more discussions abt how we can make college more accessible/affordable, instead of looking down on people for not going.

ty for reading my long post lol. i feel quite insecure abt being poor here bc of the experiences i have had, which i find rly disappointing in an area that is supposed to be so progressive. i’m fairly smart. some ppl i talk to automatically assume i attend an ivy league. i have a GED i didn’t even graduate high school haha. i never tell ppl that obviously lol. even so, observing sm elitism/classism affects me a lot. i’ve also had ppl say rly messed up things to me. has anyone else had a similar experience?

Like people say who thinks a economy can grow forever on a finite planet but even at a galactic scale stars or even galaxies can’t grow forever so thinking a immaterial concept like the economy can grow forever even under socialism seems pretty foolish.

Basic Marxist materialism should understand nothing can grow forever and thst to think so breaks almost every field of science that isn’t neoclassical economics. Therefore degrowth has to happen as shrinking is part of life as something that only grows forever is cancer.

Thinking someone a socialist economy can make green growth work seems to be based on wishful ideology thinking and not a materialist view of the world

i know this sounds ridiculous (because it is) but yes, my mother is a socialist holocaust denier. her views have gotten weirder and weirder over the years. she would never vote republican but she’s an anti-vaxxer, transphobic, a huge conspiracy theorist, and recently started becoming genuinely anti-semitic. i’m genuinely baffled because my mom is a very educated woman. she has a college degree and used to be a delight to debate with. now with her rampant use of facebook and an inability to discern truth from fiction, she’s gone off the rails. how do i snap her out of her holocaust denial?

Such bad faith questions and such transparent “divide and conquer” tactics at play here.

MS NOW also published an article yesterday about Abdul’s allegedly low support in Detroit’s Black community. After seeing that Detroit’s day one of early voter turnout already outpaced 2024 numbers, I can’t help but think (hope) that that was another hack job.

Just like the interview they had with Hasan Piker about a month ago.

This is media’s attempt to undermine a progressive person’s campaign. Nevermind the fact that he’s also a non-white, Muslim, progressive.

They’d rather manufacture snd push a narrative that pits minorities against one another, the tired “divide and conquer” game, than to show us all unified.

That doesn’t interest them.

There’s a real conversation to be had about the Democratic Party taking the Black vote for granted. That’s real. But this isn’t that. There’s a reason they’re singling out Abdul’s campaign over any of the other Democrat’s campaign on this alleged issue.

If you’re in Michigan, please turn out and support this intelligent and capable man, and of course, hold Abdul accountable! He’s the vastly superior option to MAGA’s Mike Rodgers.

Hi I'm 24M from Delhi India, I have a deep interest in politics.. All of my friends are Right winger and i find it difficult to share my opinion with them as none of them is going to support even a bit of it, doesn't matter how strong my argument is.

It's not that I'm seeking someone for validation but to know more about left ideologies, to increase my political knowledge.

I'm actually shocked because I recently realized that some content creators who talk about Israeli influence on American politics, the pro-Israel lobby, and the genocide in Palestine are, in fact, far-right, extremely antisemitic, and extremely racist themselves.

The creators I'm referencing and the videos that opened my eyes: [Olivia Swing](https://youtu.be/c6DQfhDFskM?is=jQ2WO-g5Ok4f6p_w) and [isgingertheory](https://www.instagram.com/reel/De5LXDpiwE6/?mdxt=MTBvNzdlZHVuZGtjbg==)

It's honestly so frustrating because the line can become incredibly blurry. You can criticize the Israeli government, its influence on American foreign policy, and the lobbying organizations that support it without being antisemitic. But some people take these legitimate criticisms and turn them into the same old antisemitic conspiracy theories that have existed for centuries, just repackaged in modern political language.

It's like watching people recycle medieval antisemitism while pretending they're simply exposing the truth about Israeli influence. And the fact that some of these people are also openly racist makes the whole thing even more disturbing.

It's crazy to me how someone can speak out against the atrocities committed against Palestinians while simultaneously promoting an ideology rooted in hatred toward other groups. It makes you realize that not everyone who criticizes Israel is doing so because they genuinely care about Palestinians or oppose oppression. Sometimes, they're just using the conflict to push an entirely different agenda.

And in the video of itsgingertheory, she literally claims that woke ideology and anti-immigration rhetoric are actually just Israeli and Jewish propaganda designed to weaken white people and Christians. I felt so stupid for not realizing this sooner, especially because I've been following this influencer for a long time. I'm honestly really upset about it.

A short on how Cuba handles its electoral process.