I was looking through Lenin quotes on the Marxist archive and found this gem. This is exactly how i felt when I was taught Hegel works in philosophy.
Love our diva lenin
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why are they cutting people in half?
I know times are tough right now, and I know that many of us (me included) are busy with the Epstein files. These files are interesting, and important, but be aware that releasing these files might just be another manoeuvre by the current administration and elite to distract us. There are red herrings in these files as well. Please do not get distracted and pre-occupied.
Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Palestine, and plenty more countries are still under imperialist threat or occupation. Workers rights and social security are being played with. ICE is roaming around the streets in the US and already is in Europe (though more covertly). The capitalist elite are playing the game on multiple dimensions. We must resist them.
The proletariat must be organised.
Thus, I kindly remind to get outside and get organised IRL :
We have a world to win.
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Thanks for also (re)posting your full post also on here :)
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Apologies if this is the wrong tag, also I used the google auto-translate function for this article.
I really had to share this with you all.
So as of this week the CDU announced that they want to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism in Germany….
The article states (again it was translated with google translate)
After the attack in berlin, Dobrindt wants to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism.
Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt has announced a strengthened fight against left-wing extremism.
“The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution should focus more closely on this phenomenon, the CSU politician said in Berlin. The agency will be reinforced with additional staff for this purpose. Dobrindt emphasized that this would not lead to a reduction in resources in other areas such as right-wing extremism and Islamism.
At the beginning of the year, an apparently left-wing extremist arson attack on a cable bridge in western Berlin led to a power outage lasting several days in the southwest of the capital. Following the attack, so-called "volcano groups" claimed responsibility. The Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Prosecutor General today offered a reward of up to one million euros for information leading to the identification of the perpetrators.”
Anyways I find this concerning since there are hardly any leftists in Germany, so anyone could be accused of being an extremist.
Leave your thoughts below and share the story further.
Article source: (I am sure u can also find other sources covering this topic):
Deutchlandfunk: Dobrindt wants to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism. January 27, 2026.
I once saw a tiktok leftist saying similar shit (though he had a degree in psychology). I did warn him though in the comments that even if the scientific facts are what they claim to be, we still cant fall or use the same rhetoric as the nazis did. luckily he understood.
lemmygrad is wild. I love it.
RIP LEGEND
My grandma is half-russian half German, but never had the chance to grow up in the Ussr. She was born in Poland in 1933. Its a very complex history, and just that you know my grandma is a commie too. Her half-sister did though. So I do think about it a lot not just because of my Marxists affinity but also because of the family history that still is very much uncertain.
Also my mother (grandmas daughter) grew up right next to the GDR, they also watched a lot of GDR TV Illegally. When I moved to Belgium (we had to leave Germany due to poverty and neo-Nazi attacks on us, im half Italian). I ended up having teachers from the former soviet union even former Olympians. All of them were kind to me, in comparison to my elitist German teachers who only cared about those Germans who's grandparents/great-grandparents were actual nazis
So I think about it the soviet union in a historical, a Marxist and a sort of family related sense, and hopefully imagine how our lives could have been better if my grandmother and mother had the same chances as her sister and cousins/nephews did.
Hi there I studied archaeology and have read half of the book and critically reviewed it in a class. basically in the book he is trying to give a brief history of the earliest stages of humanity. His takes are very liberal, sensationalist and it doesn't take he history of other parts of the world into account. He also tends to mix chronologies up a little, like its not written in a linear order which just further helps to confuse the reader. Also for people who study history, archaeology or anthropology it feels a bit hollow.
as someone who studied archaeology just be aware that sapiens is extremely sensationalist
I was just watching Weltspiegel this evening which was so conflating and very biased. They first went like yes trump is bad and all (for the case of greenland) and then they interviewed a "specialist" who was constantly claiming that russia is the biggest threat to greenland and not the actual fact that trump is the main cause in this situation. The rest of that edition consisted out of cuba bashing, interviewing US military trainees in Hawaii (and portraying them as heroic) and really bad coverage on iran. I swear to god it was the most US asslicking bullshit that i have ever seen, and I guess germany is goingto keep sucking trumps dick.
Hi there everyone, I wanted to create this post in order to document the current evolving situation regarding Venezuela, The Nobel Peace Prize, and the Trumps/Us actions that are currently happening. You can leave screenshots of evidence, talking points etc. in the comments below.
FYI (for those who did not know)
Machado is a fed
Machado is associated with Yales World Fellow-program, which is associated with Langley (which is the CIA). She was in the class of 2009.
Current situation (starting from 09/12/2025), obviously the situation predates that date.
As you may know the fed “María Corina Machado” is currently in “Hiding” and her daughter had to accept her Nobel peace prize. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/9/nobel-institute-calls-off-machado-press-conference-ahead-of-award-ceremony https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/10/venezuelan-nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-corina-machado-not-attend-ceremony-oslo
There were protests in Oslo regarding the nomination of Machado.
During the Nobel Peace prize ceremony, Nobel Peace Prize Committee Chair urged Venezuela's Maduro to step down “Mr. Maduro, accept the election results and step down” (image tweet by clash report on twitter/x)
10/12/2025 The US seized oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
11/12/2025 01:03 AM: US releases video it says shows troops seizing tanker off Venezuela, they boarded the ship via helicopter. The US is claiming that "the tanker has been sanctioned for many years" and that it had been involved in an "illicit oil shipping network that has been supporting foreign terrorist organisations" .Venezuela's government has responded by accusing the US of "theft" and "international piracy", and has previously said it believes the US is actually trying to depose its President Nicolás Maduro. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy07yk63x80t
Update on Venezuela as of 03/01/2026
•03/01/2026: The United States launched a large-scale military strike against Venezuela, including air and possibly ground operations in and around Caracas, as reported by multiple international news outlets. The Venezuelan government labelled the strikes military aggression and condemned them as an illegal attack on its sovereignty.
03/01/2026: U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores had been captured and flown out of the country in an extraordinary operation early Saturday, a dramatic escalation in U.S.–Venezuelan conflict.
03/01/2026: Trump stated that the United States would temporarily “run” Venezuela until a transition of power could be arranged, without providing clear legal or logistical detail on how governance would be affected.
03/01/2026: U.S. Attorney General **Pam Bondi said Maduro and Flores would face criminal charges in the United States on longstanding drug-related indictments filed in 2020.
03/01/2026: Venezuelan authorities and state media have rejected U.S. justifications, describing the removal of Maduro and the strikes as kidnapping and military aggression and have demanded proof of life while mobilizing security forces.
03/01/2026: Explosions were reported across key military sites in Venezuela, including Fuerte Tiuna and other strategic installations; Venezuelan Defence Ministry officials pledged resistance, and armoured vehicles were seen in Caracas amid protests.
Late December 2025 – early January 2026: The U.S. had been escalating pressure on Venezuela for months through military buildup in the Caribbean, repeated strikes on vessels accused of trafficking, and naval deployments, which Caracas and many independent analysts framed as hostile acts toward Venezuelan sovereignty.
International Responses: The action drew global concern, with some U.S. lawmakers warning it risks regional conflict, and allied nations critical of the intervention. Venezuela called for a UN Security Council meeting to address what it termed U.S. military aggression.
Sources:
“Why Trump ordered a US attack on Caracas and captured Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro” The Guardian, 3 January 2026.
“Trump claims US captured Venezuela’s president in military assault on Caracas” The Guardian, 3 January 2026.
“Caracas explosions: US attacks Venezuela and captures Nicolás Maduro – live updates” The Guardian (Live Blog), 3 January 2026.
“Trump says US will run Venezuela after capturing Nicolás Maduro” The Guardian, 3 January 2026.
“Venezuela crises live: Trump tells US ‘captured’ Maduro and will run country” BBC News (Live Reporting), 3 January 2026.
“US says Maduro and wife will face trial in America after capture” BBC News, 3 January 2026.
“Trump says US captured Venezuela’s Maduro after military strike on Caracas” Reuters, 3 January 2026.
“Venezuela rejects US military aggression after strikes on Caracas” Reuters, 3 January 2026.
“Live: Loud explosions heard in Caracas as Trump claims US captured Maduro” Al Jazeera (Live Blog), 3 January 2026.
“In photos: US strikes hit military sites across Venezuela” Le Monde, 3 January 2026.
“Timeline: US military buildup near Venezuela and escalation toward January 2026” Military.com, 6 December 2025.
“Venezuela calls urgent UN Security Council meeting to halt US military aggression” Venezuelanalysis, 2 January 2026.
“2026 United States strikes in Venezuela” Wikipedia, last updated 3 January 2026.
I apologize if this is written badly, again the situation is evolving. So I encourage everyone to comment updates and evidence below. Feel free to discuss and comment ur views on the situation.
I am going to use the tag #AllEyesOnVenezuela (sorry if i sound like a lib) on my socials for awareness and to make sure that US propaganda is not dominating the conversation.
I mean the main issues with most western-Europeans academics, like Varoufakis is, is that they tend to monopolize the discourse and vocabulary in order to drive a profit for themselves. He will never actually achieve any change, he will just make the conversation around it more exclusive .
Apparently somebody found this on the ACP-discord yesterday (not sure if its somebody infiltrating the ACP). 
I have recently made post about reporting any ACP (American Communist Party) infiltrators. Though in this post I want to provide evidence to you all on the Deprogram-Forum, and the rest of Lemmy-grad on how the ACP is deliberately brigading other leftists reddit-subs. The Attached Image is the evidence that this was a planned and organized brigade.
The call to brigade other leftists’ spaces, came from the chairman of the ACP himself, Haz Al-Din (his reddit username is Infrared Show). He posted this call on r/AskSocialists which is now a completely ACP-compromised subreddit. It was then reposted on r/LeftAgainstACP, and this is also how most of us found out.
Current situation Summary:
There were many attempts of the ACP trying to brigade leftists’ subs, and also even conservative subs (for rage bait I guess, or spreading more reactionary bs)
Many actual leftists made posts about it, and a call to ban them if you see them.
Thus far ACP people have tried to brigade or brigaded: r/AskSocialists (successfully), r/Socialism, r/TankieTheDeprogram (unsuccessfully), r/SocialistGaming (you could mostly find ACP apologist on my anti-ACP post in that sub, which are promptly banned).
When I searched ACP, in the reddit search bar I even saw that they were posting in r/ConservativeYouth, where the post was immediately removed from.
They also actively tried to target r/GenZeDong.
If you want to add more subs that have been infiltrated by the ACP, pls leave them below in the comments section.
The ACP
As a brief reminder the ACP is not our friend, nor are they actual leftists. Jackson Hinkle (among others) founded the ACP, and its current chairman is Haz Al Din. Midwestern Marx is also another ACP affiliated figure.
They claim to be Marxist–Leninist, but many critics argue they are not Marxist at all, instead promoting a blend of socially conservative, nationalist, and pro-authoritarian politics. Essentially Strasserims, Nazbolism. They are Nazis who use the USSR as an aesthetic branding.
They oppose much of what communism has stood for historically: they reject liberal-left “woke” politics, express support for nationalist and reactionary stances. In practice, their activities have centred on online propaganda (TikTok, Twitter), political positioning, and alignment with authoritarian regimes. They also call themselves** MAGA-Communists,** and socially conservative and claim that Marxism is historically conservative.
This is not Marxism, so please report them if you see them.
What can we do?
-Get organized in IRL, support unions and actual leftists’ parties.
If you have more solutions pls leave them below
Also this post is not meant to cause mass hysteria, its purpose is to document what the ACP has done yesterday and start a conversation.
Anyway, leave your thoughts, comments, and feedback below.
N.B: I am not going to add links here right now because I am not sure how it works with tracking on this platform, and I do not want to invite the ACP in.
So, somebody recently asked me to do a Marxist–Leninist reading of the conservative-left party Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) the party is currently still operating under that name, though a potential rebranding is expected. I am half German, so I figured I would write a short, factual overview of what the party is, where it comes from, and how it positions itself.
We can discuss theory and critique in the comments afterward.
Quick Summary
Sahra Wagenknecht: Background & Profile
Sahra Wagenknecht is one of the most prominent figures in German politics, known for her mix of left-leaning economic positions and culturally conservative messaging.
Born in the GDR to an East-German mother and Iranian father, she entered the PDS (the post-SED party) in the early 1990s. Her early writings were more traditionally Marxist, though her later positions diverge sharply from orthodox Marxism.
Served as Bundestag representative, economic spokesperson, and co-chair of the parliamentary faction. She became known for criticizing neoliberal reforms and EU austerity.
Repeated disputes with other factions of Die Linke, especially over migration, cultural politics, and foreign policy, led to her eventual split.
Combines left-wing economic rhetoric with conservative cultural critiques. Highly media-savvy and frequently on talk shows. She also writes a lot of books.
Her marriage to Oskar Lafontaine further ties her to older social-democratic and post-communist political networks.
The BSW: Ideological & Policy Profile
The BSW positions itself as a party for “social justice, economic stability, and common sense,” blending social-democratic economics with socially conservative themes.
Strongly interventionist; supports state regulation and higher taxes on the wealthy. Critical of privatization; favours re-municipalization of key services. Focus on cost-of-living issues, housing, and industrial decline. Pro-industrial strategy but anti-corporate in rhetoric.
Rejects identity politics and “lifestyle leftism.” More restrictive migration stance than most European left parties. Emphasis on social cohesion, stability, and communitarian values.
Critical of NATO and U.S. foreign policy. Opposes weapons deliveries to Ukraine, favours negotiations and sanctions relief. Seeks restoration of economic ties with Russia (while officially condemning the invasion). Sceptical of deeper EU integration.
Supports climate goals but rejects consumption bans and “eco-austerity.” Emphasizes technological investment over regulatory restrictions.
Controversies, Local-Level Behaviour & Criticism
While BSW has achieved notable success in eastern state elections, it often cooperates with conservative or centrist parties at the local/state level, which critics view as inconsistent with its left-economic message .
The party sharply criticizes identity politics, gender policies, and cultural liberalism. This appeals to certain working-class voters but alienates much of the traditional left.
Opponents argue its Ukraine and NATO positions echo Russian narratives. These are political allegations; the party denies them, and verified evidence of Kremlin funding is lacking.
There was some suspicion on who funded the party , German news and donation watch list one family (listed as Thomas Stanger) that donated millions to the party.
Backlash over Ukraine-related remarks:
Wagenknecht has faced criticism for comments perceived as overly sympathetic to Russia or dismissive of Ukrainian concerns, though some viral claims are unverified or misrepresented.
The BSW is not a Marxist–Leninist party, nor does it claim to be its program is reformist, populist, and firmly within the framework of capitalist parliamentary politics.
Anyways, if you find something that is incorrect pls feel free to correct me. Also leave your comments and thoughts below.
N.B: This is in no way to promote this party. This post is more about informing people about it and critically discussing issues arising from such parties.
This was originally posted in r/TankieTheDeprogram by firefighter 430 (not the same image though). On reddit the ACP (American Communist Party) is infiltrating subreddits, and tried to infiltrate the tankie one too. Be aware that the ACP is not marxist nor are they communist. Pls stay safe everyone on lemmygrad.
Hello comrades,
(Origianlly posted in r/TankieTheDeprogram)
Belgium is in the middle of a nationwide strike week against the austerity agenda of Bart De Wever’s Arizona-coalition and right on cue, MR president Georges-Louis Bouchez, and Education Minister Valérie Glatigny (MR) held a conference in Liège to promote their neoliberal education reforms. It went about as well as you would expect.
Around 500 protesters, mobilized by Antifa and other left-wing groups, gathered near the Liège conference centre. When police blocked access, the crowd moved toward City Hall. About ten protesters tried to force the doors open, windows were smashed, and the offices of La Meuse and RTL were hit with paint, fruit, and eggs. As they deserve.
Police had prepared heavily: large deployments, container barricades, closed bridges and parks, and water cannons were eventually used to disperse the crowd in front of City Hall. This follows similar clashes at an MR meeting in September.
As expected, Bouchez filed a complaint and demanded the dissolution of Antifa, “liberals” once again showing that they are for fascism.
And of course, the Belgian subreddits are doing what they always do: handwringing over broken windows and paint, rather than supporting workers, students, and activists who are actually resisting the Arizona-coalition’s policies.
Feel free to discuss Belgian politics, the current union strikes, and the broader implications of these protests. How do you see working-class resistance developing in Wallonia and Flanders? What lessons can other movements take from these actions?
Also, please send solidarity to the workers on strike or, if you can, consider supporting or joining their union actions.
N.B.: I might make a separate post later about the Belgian protests, as well as the fact that the ARIZONA coalition finalized their budget agreement without taking the unions’ demands into account
Sources (links not included to avoid tracking):
VRT News: “Protest tegen MR-voorzitter Bouchez in Luik escaleert: demonstranten proberen stadhuis binnen te dringen”
RTL “Conference du MR à Liège: tout s’est déroulé dans le calme, 400 manifestants sur place”
Qu4tre: “Un mur de containers près du Palais des Congrès pour la venue de Georges-Louis Bouchez”
TodayinLiege: “La venue du président du MR G.L. Bouchez au Palais des Congrès ce mercredi fait craindre des heurts”
there should totally be a liberation flotilla but who will provide the arms, who will fight, who will give them a navy?