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Hold the line and don’t vote for g*nocide. That’s what Sabrina Salvati recently argued on the ‘Bad Faith’ podcast.

The podcaster (@SabbySabs2) and member of Revolutionary Blackout Network (@revblacknetwork) argued that if left-leaning voters had organised to build an independent party rather than backing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016, perhaps that could have changed the duopoly that defines U.S. politics today, where presidential elections are a contest on who is the ‘lesser of two evils’ candidate. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris asks voters who question her record over Palestine if they want Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in office. At the same time, Trump tries to scare voters by inaccurately describing Harris as a Marxist.

Fearmongering on both sides is what the US ruling class is forcing people to choose between in the 2024 presidential election coming up in November. Meanwhile, progressive and socialist candidates offering real solutions to people’s everyday problems while advocating to end aggressive U.S. imperialist policies abroad and its support for pariah states like Israel barely get mainstream media coverage and are barred from televised debates.

What do you think? Is there hope in the US breaking away from the duopoly of Republicans vs Democrats? Can there really be a third-party option that can alter the direction of US imperialism without the billions of dollars that both Democrats and Republicans raise through their connections to Wall Street and domestic and foreign lobby groups? According to OpenSecrets’ in 2020, Trump’s campaign raised $774 million, while Biden’s campaign became the first to raise over $1 billion from donors. Can third parties compete when Democratic and Republican candidates spend that money?

Video credit: @badfaithpod (X) @briebriejoy (X)

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Did you know that Tupac, the son of a Black Panther revolutionary, read the works of communist leader Joseph Stalin? Maybe you should, too.

Tupac Shakur was shot dead on this day in 1996–remembered not only as a Hip Hop legend but also for his unapologetic, radical views on class struggle and Black liberation.

#Tupac #2Pac #TupacShakur

On 9/11, Matt Nelson self-immolated in front of the Israeli consulate in Boston. He published a video describing what caused him to engage in such an extreme act of protest, citing the genocide in Palestine and other injustices in the world. He also stated that we are all “slaves to capitalism.”

Nelson is the third person to self-immolate to call attention to Palestine. Aaron Bushnell, a member of the US air force, self-immolated in February 2024 and a woman whose identity is unknown also did so in December 2023.

In the immediate aftermath of his self-immolation, local media in Boston covered the event as having occurred in front of the Four Seasons hotel. The hotel is on the same block as the Israeli consulate. Many have highlighted the media’s continuous failure to report on these acts of protest accurately.

#Palestine🇵🇸 #AaronBushnell #Protest

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5663149

Donald Trump maliciously spread outlandish claims about Haitian immigrants to millions watching his debate with fellow presidential hopeful Kamala Harris. He alleged, without evidence, that Caribbean newcomers residing in Springfield, Ohio were stealing and eating local pets.

Thankfully, ABC’s co-moderator David Muir was on the ball and called the ex-president out - noting that the top Springfield official said there had been no reports of pets being harmed, injured or abused by the city’s immigrants.

Trump’s baseless claim fits into a long history of anti-Haitian attitudes in the US. Worse, it could put Haitians in the US in danger, with racists emboldened by his words. Despite Washington’s role in destabilising Haiti through coups, installed dictatorship and economic subjugation, the US political class is never shy to scapegoat Haitians migrating to the US to escape the instability in their native country.

Across Republican and Democrat administrations, Haitians have been a prime target of US migration policies. A public health rule called Title 42 has been used to swiftly remove migrants, particularly Haitians, found at the US-Mexico border. Metering has seen those seeking asylum at the border put on a waitlist and told to remain in Mexico until it’s their ‘turn’ to begin the asylum process. This is nothing new: presidents such as Democrat Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan subjected Haitian immigrants to special procedures that saw them detained and fast-tracked for deportation.

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