it seems there's an independent candidate called dan sullivan, but there's a republican called the same way. trump asked his buddy elon to fix that, and elon proceed to delete the profile of that dastardly "woke" politician...

but in a movement typical of our nazi genius, he deleted the wrong profile

when i start snailmailing memes + diatribes i'm gonna want reprints of these bad boys

I want to ask some opinions about Counter Hegemony and the so called positional war by Gramsci. How in modern times can positional war and counter hegemony be pursued, Gramsci formulated his theory in times were newspaper were the main form of information and people needed to actually be out there to get informed they would need to frequent public spaces my doubt is how can his theory fully apply to the current state of things? We live in an era were communication and information travels and gets read nearly totally on-line were the algorithms makes everyone live in their echo chamber and get the information of their echo chamber and do not get alternative information if not in times of crisis were they are actively searching for responses, how can counter hegemony of the organic intellectuals be organized if the main and nearly total form of information is managed by the same men who seek to destroy that ideas and get that ideas themselves become another echo chamber were you reach always the same restricted number people or get straight up censored. Is counter hegemony in a world were nearly no one gets informed through paper or by actually searching sources possible or is it possible only during times of crisis were people start to actively search for responses out of the system and so the positional war of slowly getting the revolutionary ideas into common sense for preparing for revolution no longer possible and we should search other paths in the west. What alternatives I have missed?, What am I not considering?, Is Gramsci theory just surpassed? What are the alternatives if there are?

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On 25 October 2026, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Wenhua Zongheng jointly convened in Beijing to discuss 'China's Socialist Modernisation and Perspectives from the Global South'.

The event marked the launch of two major publications: Volume 4, Issue 1 of the international edition of Wenhua Zongheng, Building a New Development Theory from the Global South, and the Tricontinental dossier, Walking on Two Legs: The Socialism of Chinese Modernisation.

The discussion explored how China's path of socialist modernisation resonates with the developmental aspirations of the Global South.

This article is from earlier this year, in march, but I felt it was worth posting in coordination with my last post.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13151073

The Pentagon just declared war on... Chinese flashcards? 🇨🇳🇺🇸

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently puffed out his chest to announce the dismantling of 80 "propaganda cells" across U.S. universities. But what high-tech espionage ring did they actually bust? Subsidized language lessons, cultural exchanges, and free dictionaries.

In this video, we break down the massive evidence gap behind the Confucius Institute hoax. After years of DOJ investigations and a grueling 8-month Senate probe, how many language teachers were indicted for espionage? Zero.

So, what is Washington actually afraid of? We expose the true motive behind the ban (hint: it's the exact same reason they panicked over TikTok and Red Note), the blatant hypocrisy of U.S. regime-change operations overseas like the NED and USAID, and how this entire "national security" panic is really just a cover to protect domestic corporate monopolies from affordable foreign innovation.

The U.S. brings colour revolutions; China brings dictionaries. Don't fall for the geopolitical hype.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13151282

CodePink's co-founder Medea Benjamin is in China for the first time in over three decades. Back then she came to investigate China's sweatshops and the terrible conditions workers faced as the country embarked on its massive journey which ultimately saw 800 million lifted from extreme poverty.

Today, the China she sees is worlds apart. Modern, clean, safe, and not at all concerned with war with the United States. Or anyone else, for that matter.

Medea joined me in the Reports on China studio for a one-on-one chat about being arrested multiple times on Capitol Hill, Western media lies, racism in America, trying to teach ordinary Americans that China is not an enemy, and so much more.

Notions of fairness as pushed by the exploiting classes are based in falsehood, fancy, and fakery. Whether it is explicit caste saying an entire group deserves their "lesser" position or more fluid notions of what one deserves, such as through individualist narratives to do with personal responsibility, the capitalists, the imperialists, the colonizers: they all look for ways to justify their exploitation as fair and just.

Sometimes they use religion as a means of validating, laundering, and sanctifying these narratives, teaching people that they will get what they want by being "good" and not get what they want by being "bad". These notions of "good" and "bad" are, for the exploiting classes, defined in the manner which is most convenient to continuing their exploitation. Violence is presented as bad when it challenges exploitation and presented as good, as self defense when it protects systems of exploitation.

This produces people who suffer all the more when, upon experiencing hardship in life, they struggle to understand "why me." I, they think, "did everything right." I "did what they said I should do yet still I suffer." It can bring on a sort of nihilist defeatism. "If I did everything I was supposed to and still suffer, then what was the point of all this?"

Revolutionary fairness, or we could call it liberation fairness or communist fairness, is different. This kind of fairness is rooted in human need and logistical efforts toward getting needs consistently met. Revolutionary fairness may sometimes mean rationing few resources among many, but it is not inherently about impoverishment or scarcity.

A revolutionary entity that has advanced resources can produce more advanced outcomes for people. Rationing can transform into dramatic gains in quality of life.

It is worth noting that an exploitative entity can have an abundance of resources and still engineer scarce conditions for the masses, under which they experience avoidable hardship simply because the exploitative dynamic demands that they do. This is sometimes the case under modern capitalism, such as when grocery stores are full of more food than people can buy and eat before it expires, while some are going hungry. Or when housing infrastructure is there to house the people, but due to the exploitative mandates of private property and the landlord, some are homeless.

So, the difference between bourgeois fairness and revolutionary fairness is not "how much resources they have." The difference is in how they use those resources. Revolutionary fairness going through famine will do its best to ration fairly and work hard to overcome the problem. Bourgeois fairness sitting on prosperity will make some suffer and blame them for their position of suffering. Revolutionary fairness with prosperity will uplift millions in quality of life. Bourgeois fairness going through famine will hoard resources for the wealthy and seek to use military force to crush unrest.

In other words, bourgeois prosperity is prosperity for the exploiting classes. Revolutionary prosperity is prosperity for the masses. So, bourgeois fairness isn't fair at all. It is only through revolutionary fairness that we can actualize fairness for the masses.

Is the West facing a deeper crisis of capitalism, militarism and imperial power?

In Episode 6 of The Southern Question, Ammar Ali Jan, Ameem Lutfi and Adeem Suhail examine the structural forces behind the growing global crisis, from unrest in France and Europe’s austerity policies to escalating conflicts in West Asia, the war in Ukraine, and the changing balance of global power.

Moving beyond explanations centred on immigration, political extremism or the crisis of liberal democracy, this conversation explores how militarism, imperialism and economic inequality are connected—and why the consequences are especially significant for countries across the Global South.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• The Crisis of the West: What do protests, political instability and social unrest reveal about the condition of Western societies?

• Militarism and Austerity: How can governments justify expanding military budgets while public services, schools and welfare systems face mounting pressure?

• War and Capitalism: How do military spending, arms industries and defence contracts shape modern economies?

• France and the Crisis of Democracy: The relationship between colonial history, state power, labour protests and the rise of the far right.

• Ukraine and West Asia: How do contemporary conflicts expose the connections between military power, economic interests and global politics?

• The Global South and Sovereignty: Why do industrial capacity, technological development, financial autonomy and national defence matter for countries facing external pressure?

• Imperialism and Development: Can countries build an independent developmental path amid global economic and military competition?

• The Future of Global Power: What can countries such as China, Cuba and Vietnam teach us about development, sovereignty and long-term strategy?

The discussion also examines the relationship between artificial intelligence, technology companies, military contracts and the changing political economy of war.

Rather than treating these crises as isolated events, this episode asks a larger question: Are militarism and war becoming central to the way the global economic order sustains itself?

Israel's election has produced a political deadlock, with Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot struggling to secure a governing majority as votes continue to be counted. But would a change of government actually change Israel's policies toward Palestine, Iran, and the wider Middle East? Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that Washington has warned Gulf Arab governments to prepare for a possible short but intense military campaign against Iran following the U.S. midterm elections. As the region braces for another potential confrontation, could Israel's political uncertainty coincide with a dangerous new escalation?

In this interview, Kevork Almassian is joined by independent journalist Sulaiman Ahmed of ‪@MoralResistance‬​ to examine Israel's election results, the role of Palestinian Arab voters, the country's anti-war movement, and the debate over apartheid and political representation. They also discuss American military preparations against Iran, a Drop Site News investigation alleging covert UAE assistance to Ansar Allah against Saudi-backed forces in Yemen, Jordan's deadly airstrikes in southern Syria, and the Mecca Pact negotiations between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. Are regional alliances beginning to shift as another major confrontation approaches?

The GZD matrix server is down because my oldest server (running smoothly without a break since 2012) has finally given up. I am now diagnosing the issue and I will edit this post as I know more. This may take a few days to resolve.

🫡 RIP 2012 Mac Mini A1347, you will be missed (unless I can get those juche necromancy machines working).

When Starbucks recently opened locations in Xinjiang, the "professional" China-watching community went into a complete meltdown. Why? Because the reality of what is actually happening on the ground in China is actively destroying their carefully crafted, multi-million dollar propaganda narratives.

In this video, I break down the absolute hypocrisy of western media outlets like the BBC, who celebrate Uyghur culture abroad while claiming it’s being erased in China—only to panic when you show them footage of Uyghurs proudly expressing that exact same culture in Xinjiang today. We look at the ridiculous claims from think-tank "experts," the inconvenient truth about who actually secured UNESCO heritage status for Uyghur Muqam, and why the US government is so desperate to stop Americans from seeing Xinjiang with their own eyes.

Finally, we discuss why this lazy, low-effort Xinjiang propaganda is suddenly crawling out of hibernation, and how the world is waking up to the blatant hypocrisy of those demanding outrage over China while cheering on actual, live-streamed atrocities in Gaza.

sorry, flavio...bolsonaros clan won't escape their crimes this time, or...as the cariocas would say: "A mentira tem perna curta" (Lies have short legs)

Welcome again to everybody. Make yourselves at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.

☭ Matrix homeserver and space
☭ Theory discussion group on /c/theory@lemmygrad.ml
☭ Find theory on ProleWiki, marxists.org, Anna's Archive

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13109974

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Mohammad Al-Bukhaiti, a senior member of Ansarulah's political bureau and governor of the Yemeni province of Dhamar, about the Yemeni Armed Forces' war with Saudi Arabia and its successful advances across Yemeni territory previously controlled by its Saudi-backed rivals.

Speaking on October 20, 2026, Al-Bukhaiti confirmed that the Ansarulah-aligned Yemeni Armed Forces captured Mount Han overlooking the strategically significant city of Taiz.

This marks the latest advance in a military offensive that has seen Ansarulah, known popularly as the Houthis, seize new territory and hammer Saudi Arabia following the collapse of a four  year ceasefire between Sanaa and Riyadh.

Ansarulah's success seems to have the House of Saud on the ropes, with Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman calling on the UK, Egypt, Syria and possibly even Israel for help in beating back the onslaught.

Hekmat Aboukhater provided translation and research assistance for this interview.

Maybe im wrong but with the incoming winter I think the Russians are gonna slow down their offensives again, so I think its probably gonna go into the 5th year. Honestly at this point my question is if it'll go onto the 6th and so on.

Honestly when the Kursk offensive failed I thought it was going to be over by last year, let alone this one.

Benjamin Netanyahu says the mission against Iran is unfinished as Donald Trump weighs new military options, including possible use of the GBU-43/B “Mother of All Bombs.” In this interview, Kevork Almassian speaks with Iranian analyst Ehsan Safarnejad about whether Washington and Israel are climbing a nuclear escalation ladder, Iran’s possible response through the Strait of Hormuz, threats against U.S. forces in the region, and the growing debate inside Iran over whether the country now needs a nuclear deterrent.

The discussion also examines the rapidly deepening Iran-Russia strategic relationship following Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Tehran and the newly published Makkah defence agreement between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Could this trilateral pact remain a defensive arrangement, or are we witnessing the foundations of a wider regional bloc designed to contain Iran?

Longtime friend of the show Navid Zarrinal returns to guesthost an interview with Shirin Saeidi, who was fired from her position at the University of Arkansas for her political positions.

They discuss the failure of Iranian Studies scholars to produce work related to modern Iran, defend their colleagues against Zionist repression, and adequately confronting US imperialism.