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I wrote an essay on the current state of gender politics, and the question of a "gender binary." If you've smelled something off about the way people talk about trans existence and feminism in the last decade, give it a read
redblair.substack.com/p/a-pa…
Ah yes, I remember when Marx spoke of "ruthless criticism of all that exists ... by those who have done the spadework," or when Lenin printed What Is to Be Done? as an internal memo of the Rabocheye Dyelo
There is an oppositional left in the org, it needs principled comrades to join to strengthen the left line. It doesn’t happen magically, and it doesn’t happen with commenting from outside the org.
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Ties into my previous thread on entryism
teapaw.org/redryder1/status/21106…
Since the workers under bourgeois rule will never be completely organized or completely radical, the entryist must ask the worker to both join their union or party, and subsequently struggle within it to make it more radical. Quite an ask
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chrybbles retweeted
This is Bernstein esque revisionism par excellence lmao. EH Carr described it perfectly here (Bolshevik Revolution vol 2)
"When talking to D.S.A.-ers, I often had the sense that they sincerely believed in a class revolution that they were not in any immediate way working toward."
This one should make the rounds @benwallacewells
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
chrybbles retweeted
Netanyahu displayed this map of the Middle East, divided into different factions, during his speech on Israel's security earlier today.
I have about an hour a day before work, or my side job, or errands, when I can engage in any sort of intellectual pursuit, and it's a bit like trying to listen to a song one note at a time
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It's frustrating not just that the trots openly apply this strategy, but that more "respectable" organizations like the DSA are doing the same without acknowledging that's what they're doing
teapaw.org/ctizzie/status/1943691…
They are saying what dem socs themselves insist and that's bad now? Dem socs want us to simultaneously trust entryism, then be outraged when entryism is rightly identified. What a horrible political strategy based on self-absorbed, self-selected know betters and built on lies.
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chrybbles retweeted
What’s interesting about polls that show Israeli society is callously, overwhelmingly pro-genocide is that no US liberal zionist politician or pundit is EVER asked about this central fact. Ever. It’s just never talked about in US discourse because it’s grossly inconvenient.
Israel's elections are coming up on Oct 27. Polling suggests that Netanyahu & Eisenkot's blocks are ~ tied w/ neither one capturing a majority.
Of course, from the perspective of Palestinians, Lebanese & others in the region, there's little difference between the two, because they both echo majority Israeli Jewish opinion on topics related to Palestine, Lebanon & other countries in the region (Israeli govt policy does actually roughly reflect the will of its Jewish population).
To give you an idea of such views, I spent 3 months last year collecting & analyzing every Israeli survey since Oct 7 (over 70 were deemed reliable and used for the analysis) & compiled them all into a database with an accompanying 7,500 word write-up (the article is linked below; link to the database in the article).
A sample of the views of Israeli society is provided below w/ the range based on surveys between October 7 2023 and July 4 2025 (Israeli Jews only):
· 94% say not enough or appropriate amount of firepower was used by IDF in Gaza (only 2% to 3% say too much firepower was used)
· 78% to 93% say IDF has “performed” very good or excellent in Gaza (with 83% giving it high marks on “moral conduct”)
· 77% to 83% say Israel should not take into account suffering of civilian population when fighting in Gaza
· 77% to 82% are not distressed by humanitarian situation in Gaza
· 70% believe you should not be able to post messages on social media that express sympathy for civilians in Gaza
· 50% to 68% say Israel should not allow humanitarian aid into Gaza
· 76% to 87% believe number of Palestinian “war” casualties is justified
· 90% say Israel is doing too much or appropriate amount to “avoid” civilian casualties in Gaza (only 7% believe it’s doing too little)
· 62% to 82% support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza
Much more detail in article below (in comments)
notesfromunderground.me/2025…
When our culture is saturated with discourse that prioritizes empathy for the perpetrator, extends them the benefit of ambiguity, and challenges the viewpoint of the victim, it primes people to think this way about every abuser, including their own
I think people have a very tough time understanding that victims of a nonconsensual encounter offffften try to convince themselves for a long time that it was consensual before arriving to the conclusion that they were violated. It's too complicated for them to understand
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I have intentionally avoided all this chatter about that lesbian bar and what ought to be the best practices in our post-covid society, but many of it still pops up on my social media and I can't help but wonder what any of this has to do with the business of a bar?
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chrybbles retweeted
Ok but the demand isn’t to “end aid” or “no US tax dollars”, it’s a full arms embargo (to say nothing of BDS.) the “end aid” line is literally Netanyahu’s position, as laid out by IMEU last January when he and Lindsay Graham first announced it -> imeupolicyproject.org/memos/…
After Benjamin Netanyahu, who I believe is a war criminal, just came and went from New York, I’ve been thinking a lot about the world my first granddaughter is about to enter.
No child should have to grow up wondering whether the next bomb is going to hit their home. No parent should have to wonder whether they can feed their kid or keep them alive. And American taxpayer dollars should not be used to keep fueling that suffering.
Susan Collins has voted again and again to send billions in military aid to Israel throughout this war. She’s part of the same broken Washington system that keeps funding these conflicts while working people here get screwed.
When I get to the United States Senate, I’m going to do everything in my power to stop the killing, get humanitarian aid to the people who need it, and stop writing blank checks for endless wars.
I've been clear where I stand since Day One, and Mainers can check my website to see where I stand.
jacksonformaine.com/prioriti…
That talk on the fascism of fitness is one of those things that causes people to balk at first because it seems like a maximalist response to a non-issue. But then the response from the critics who emerge from the woodwork demonstrates that it is, indeed, a real problem
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