So would RFK Jr, so would Bernie Sanders, so would Marianne Williamson, so would Ron Paul, so would Cornel West. I can’t think of any presidential candidate that wouldn’t escalate on behalf of Israel outside of Gloria La Riva or other communists. It’s not even merely bipartisan, Zionism is universal for all politicians
Daou is one of the only bloomer success stories of public figures who moved left in an authentic way. Almost every grifter goes the other direction, following the money and low standards of the right
I just wanted to let y’all know that whenever one of them sees even the smallest expression of Palestinian solidarity it absolutely wrecks their shit....
Israel and zionist countries banned Palestinian flag displays, then they banned Palestinian flag colors on clothing, so now protesters slice open a watermelon and carry it around (Red, Green, Black) as the zionists can’t make it illegal to have a watermelon.
I’ve recently read"The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World" and want to hear what all of you think the answer is, because I feel like the book was missing something in its thesis and I am not very sure what that is.
It was the creation and spread of Capitalism, before this Europe was technologically and economically backwards compared to Eurasia. First applied by the Dutch in the 15th and 16th centuries, then significantly improved and expanded by the English a couple centuries later. Capitalism was not adopted by most of Europe at first, the feudal monarchs and Catholic church kept stomping out the budding capitalism enclaves in most of Europe.
Nation states however had to begin to form to protect themselves from other nation states. Napoleonic France, for instance, smashed apart the continental feudal system and forced them all to adopt modern systems to even come close to competing with French military concentrations and artillery production. As soon as there’s one or two Liberal Bourgeois nation states with the engines of Capital roaring, the others had to follow or be destroyed.
However, capitalism has to constantly expand and could not remain on Europe. This is where we see colonialism come into full swing. The first waves of colonizers and settlers and conquistadors and explorers were all hugely debt-ridden, fleeing from their debtors or seeking fortune in the new world and colonies. It was also mostly the poor dredges of society in Europe that were forced out into the colonies (see: Australia where they sent their prisoners and debtors), the actual foot soldiers of colonization had a gun trained on their back by banks and capitalists, even while they had their guns trained on the natives and indigenous people they colonized. Here you can see the system dumping its “externalities” and contradictions onto others outside the capitalist internal system, and sucking up resources and wealth and labor to fuel itself. Capitalism is not sustainable, it requires these inputs and outputs. A global capitalist system cannot exist in perpetuity without crisis and war.
Nowhere else in the world had this hot-zone of bourgeois nation states warring against each other that then had to expand outwards by force.
Paying $870k on sex work is absolutely staggering and there’s no way that he was a John for potentially thousands of escorts without being involved in human trafficking, statutory rape or just outright rape. The dude is a rapist and human trafficker. This isn’t “partying”. He took advantage of their addictions to cocaine as well I’m sure.
It is useful to point out the double standard between us lowly peasants and the upper class. Hunter’s father is the one who put harsh minimum sentences on millions of people for the same crimes his son gets away with without issue for years.
Also, Joe is laundering his corrupt money through his son so it is relevant. Hunter is the vessel through which all the Ukraine plunder flowed, and it’s a necessary part of understanding why the Democrats went so all in on Ukraine (heavy financial intertwining and corruption)
Israel has said they will level Damascus and kill Assad if Hezbollah invaded them, which seems odd but they are willing to drag a 3rd party into the war. If Syria and Lebanon are going in, Iran and Iraq likely will too at some level
As Gaza genocide continues, US prepares major escalation of war throughout Middle East (www.wsws.org)
Armchair Daou keeps being cool (hexbear.net)
'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side (www.nbcnews.com)
The Zionists are not okay
I just wanted to let y’all know that whenever one of them sees even the smallest expression of Palestinian solidarity it absolutely wrecks their shit....
From a materialist perspective, why did the the global north, the western global north in particular, become so powerful it could loot the rest of the world with borderline impunity?
I’ve recently read"The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World" and want to hear what all of you think the answer is, because I feel like the book was missing something in its thesis and I am not very sure what that is.
It was just revealed that Hunter Biden (President Joe Biden son) spent a staggering $870K on prostitutes, porn and sex club memberships (lemmygrad.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/2930016...
Sooo… Israel just gathered 300k troops to invade Gaza
Gaza has 2 million inhabitants, 42.3% of which are 14 and younger. Anyone else a little bit worried?