Wassup, comrades? I used to post on here constantly. Then I very consciously took a break because I thought it would be good for me. Removing some internet stimuli from my life brought me some peace I hadn't felt in many years. More importantly, since I had some extra time on my hands I went ahead and organized a union. We won our certification vote yesterday.

There was a little more to it. Some people at other worksites had already started the campaign, but as soon as someone approached me about I jumped in all the way. It's the coolest thing I've done in years.

I just wanted to remind you all that working class organizing cuts through a lot of bullshit and it's good for the soul. I'm sure all run into frustrations with this project, but at least it's real.

If you're looking for direction for your political energy, the AFL-CIO organizing institute is something to look into. I went into the program a long time ago (decades ago). They gave me a little training and gave me a list of factories to apply to so I could work on organizing campaigns. The experienced has shaped my entire adult life and given me skills and experience that have made me both a better organizer and Marxist.

I am Joseph Stalin now.

Song about an American pilot shot down over Vietnam by a Soviet pilot.

This post was inspired by a combination of my ignorance regarding the geopolitical implications of currency exchange, a desire to understand what BRICS is and how it works, and comments in this post making fun of Paul Krugman. (https://hexbear.net/post/1040996)

In the comments to the linked post, comrades @[email protected] and @[email protected] discuss an article with an embedded video where economist Michael Hudson rips into some of Krugman's work. (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/05/ny-times-is-wrong-on-dedollarization-economist-michael-hudson-debunks-paul-krugmans-dollar-defense.html)

It's funny, but what I'm really interested in is an idea that Hudson presented. If I understand him correctly he states the following:

If countries conduct trade using American dollars, they have to first acquire these dollars by providing the US treasury with their own currency. This also requires establishing an American bank account. The US then uses that foreign currency to finance military bases/activities in places that require that currency.

The implications, as I understand them, are that you now have an American bank account holding at least some of your assets, and it's vulnerable to being seized by the US government. It also means that a byproduct of using dollars is that the US acquires the means to pay leases, bribes, contractors, etc. to facilitate military dominance all over the globe. Thus, many nations desire to increase their security by moving away from the dollar.

Comrades, help me out. Is this correct? What other basic things are there to know? Is this really why dollar dominance is so important?

I'm a federal employee being required to work during the shutdown (if it happens). I have a critical public safety related job. I'll probably get paid when it's all over. However, I have a lot of coworkers that are really getting fucked

Because I hate hearing about bourgeois bullshit I haven't been paying attention to congressional news. Well, now they got my attention. What the hell is going on over there?

John Bachtell, former national committee chairperson of CPUSA, continues the party's decades long tradition of making shit up to discredit the left's greatest accomplishments. Liberals hate that Stalin and the greater communist movement destroyed the independence of Ukraine's ruling class and brought an end to the centuries of antisemitic violence they used to preserve their power.

SMDH my dickhead.

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Enjoy your passover dinners, internet communist friends. Drink wine and curse Tsar Nicholas for me. I'm delaying my personal passover until Sunday. Hopefully the Angel of Death understands.

Netflix has a new series called "How to Become a Tyrant." Based on the first 2 seconds of the preview (as far as I got) it looks unbearable. Yet, I am intensely curious. If any of you are brave enough/sufficiently reckless with your mental health, I'd love to hear what bullshit is being streamed into millions of homes.

There has to be opportunities for spectacular dunks. Please entertain me.