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The events after October 7th are really fucking with my mental wellbeing. First of all I want to say that I know the west has always been fucked up. But the sheer amount of hate, propaganda and lying that has been going on ever since is just sickening.
Like, I am actively trying to fight against a genocide by protesting, raising awareness, aiding strikers and whatnot. I see images of dead children on the daily. I see images of starving people on the daily. I see war crimes being committed. Every. Single. Day. But somehow the media and the politicians and other people are trying to make it seems like I am in the wrong? For opposing apartheid and genocide? It makes me sick. It is despicable. It makes me seriously doubt why I am living in this society. How on earth will I ever be able to function normally when they very society I need to contribute to, is supporting genocide? I can’t wrap my mind around it.
This is exactly how I feel as a covid-aware disabled person living in current reality. I have had genuine crises of ideology through it. Myself and people like me have, in effect, been abandoned by all, in whom as a communist I place the utmost confidence for radical positive change, and that is such a fucked up contradiction to navigate. I have watched friends and friends of friends die and continue to die to this shit as the world moves on and tells us we are in the wrong and actively punishes us for caring, and those of us not lucky enough to remain to struggle easily forgotten.
I have no faith in anyone anymore, especially not in the imperial core and especially not after witnessing the fallout of last October. Not after seeing everyone go back to brunch in '21 throwing any semblance of community care and public health away. Not after being in the summer of '20 George Floyd riots in my city and seeing in real-time the BLM movement co-opted and defanged right in my backyard. It feels like more and more of a depraved and hopeless situation in the western world- and most of all in the US- to me.
It’s not in my nature to stop resising, as I’m sure can be said for you, too. I said it elsewhere and I’ll say it here: as long as I’m alive and able, I’m not going out without giving these people hell to pay and I will never stop doing what I can for the struggle and what little of my comrades in that struggle remain that I can cling to. I owe no less to myself at the very least; you owe it to yourself. We are correct, and that has to amount to something in the end.
“I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.”
The propaganda really does hurt, especially seeing what it does to others. So many people I love I now have to contend with being pretty much fascists who at near every chance given will gleefully talk my ear off about how stupid the Palestinians are for not liking the US or how protestors should be locked up/run over; they even donate to the IDF. Perfectly intelligent and empathetic people suddenly acting like monsters. It’s made it so much harder to be around those close to me.
It fucking sucks seeing people you care about defend Israel. It makes me mistrust the people around me
Feeling gaslit by the imperialists and genocidal sociopaths. You’re on the right side, comrade. Thanks for putting your ethics and morals into action.
the very society I need to contribute to, is supporting genocide
Are you finding that to be true even with younger people? I would expect them to be at least less disinformed than older folks. If so, it might make sense to focus your efforts there.
But I hear you. Where I live, it’s as if Palestine doesn’t even exist. Only one protest was organized after October 7th, and since then it seems everyone is back to normal.
You have been blessed by Smiling che
Update on the cat: the surgery was successful, only one tooth was removed. I have already brought her back home. She is displeased. Her paw seems to be hurting somewhat due to the anesthesia catheter. Additionally, we’ll need to get her kidneys checked, because blood biochemistry had some stats in red.
Keep wondering if it’s easier with children, because they can at least point where they’re hurting. But then realise it’s probably worse, mentally.
Good job catto
I get that. I’m sure your cat will have a speedy recovery, though.
Thank you
There are talks about Senegal kicking out Fr*nce out of their country. Would be based.
Now there’s a string of anti-imperialist West African countries from the coast to Lake Chad. Very good, especially since they all border eachother.
Yet another week on planet Earth
There’s this somewhat popular left wing reporter in The Netherlands who posted an instagram pic of a sticker that said Fuck NATO and it brought out the socdems in the comments. I started beefing with some of them and their responses boiled down to CONSPIRACY NUT/RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA/ITS JUST NOT TRUE REEEE and that was it. Everything I don’t like is fake.
I called America a “white supremacist state” and I was banned recently from a leftist forum.
They hated you, for you spoke the truth
I’m so happy with Left Laser. A true left wing channel to deradicalize people, and I think it’s working
It really is
Same with me, tbh.
Based country
I hope you all have a nice week :D
Samesies
Joskeeee
If you ever meet him you should be like “hey my internet bestie follows you on TikTok”
I’ll just tell him since we see eachother often
omg Jos will learn of my existence
I wish you an equally tolerable 168-hour period
You too comrade oppo 🫡
You too!
Baaaaah
I hope you have a nice week too.
smol
Hope you have a nice week too
da kat
kitty
You tooooooo :D
POV: me whenever I see a reactionary
So true bestie
And I hope you have a better week than we do
Nice fort! Where’s that?
Marinid Tombs , Fes , Morocco .
Nice!
I wanna go there!
Marvelous. Reminds me of Turkey.
I don’t have a piece of nationalism in me EXCEPT FOR TONIGHT WHEN WE PLAY AGAINST G*ERMANY
I mean is being anti-germany realy nationalistic?
It should be common sense really
I hope you have fun watching your sport game
Naturellement
The Flemish Nationalist party released their party program for the upcoming elections.
Their nemesis towards the Islam has ended. Woke is public enemy number one now.
All my homies hate seasonal allergies
Heard that climate change is making seasonal allergies worse, something to do with how winters are warmer
Makes sense. I never had them as a child/teenager. It only started a few years ago really when February started showing spring like weather.
Mine haven’t started up yet thankfully, but I expect them to be early this year.
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“Five years ago, this country was not civilized”
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Our party has started a push for nationalizing the recently declared bankrupt bus manufacturer in Belgium. We want to keep the productive forces capable of building (electric) buses instead of just letting them go bankrupt, forcing 2500 people out of a job.
I’d love to see more peoples talk about what their organizations are up to on grad, can we normalize that please?
Sounds like a great plan! Is there any process you can legally follow for this? Will the financial receiver not just ignore you and just asset strip the place?
I don’t know really, it’s the first time I see something like this. I know the Belgian government did something similar during the banking crisis years ago, so I guess it’s possible?
As for the asset strip: the company will go bankrupt if they don’t find someone to take over. So far no realistic offer has been made. The government is perfectly able to do just that. It’s a lost cause I think with neoliberals in charge, but it’s goot to get the message of nationalization out there for the people to consider.
A Belgian newspaper is rating politicians based on their last year efforts on a scale from 1 to 5 stars. One of our politicians, Jos D’Haese, got rated 4.5/5 as the highest rated politician. I thought it was pretty cool.
A few notable points: he lowered politicians’ wages, is the most popular politician on social media and manages to constantly agitate the other parties.
Damn Jos slaps
You can meet him on May 3rd at our event in Antwerp. Maybe he can sign your pfp.
I have money now so I could afford the travel
Would be funny
Laos mentioned
You?cannot forget about Laos
