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Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” (hire cheapest wageslaves)
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/australia-junior-rates-workers-jobs
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CW: US Politics / Voting Rights
Trump’s Goal Is to Suppress Votes, Not Prevent Election Fraud
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/trump-save-act-voting-citizens/#VotingRights #SAVEAct #USPolitics #ElectionIntegrity #CivicEngagement
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Capos always keen to “reduce the cost of labor” - $1 a day prison labourers
https://jacobin.com/2024/10/forced-prison-labor-slavery-electionPrivatised detention centres exploiting Immigrants
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/settlement-forced-labor-case-against-private-prison-company-operating-immigration#CoreCivic #13thAmendment #ForcedLabor #Convictlabor #Capitalism
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Reformism is dumb because it's ineffective. The bourgeois revolutions prove that the only way to radically change the world is the revolutionary approach.
#Capitalism #WageSlavery #Domination #Reformism #ClimateChange: "In other words, there are at least two reasons to think the long-term horizons of the Left should go beyond reforming capitalism with better regulations or a bigger welfare state to transcending capitalist property relations entirely. One is philosophical: we don’t think it’s fair or reasonable that some people have to rent themselves out to capitalists while other people get to live off the labor of others.
But the other reason is practical. We’ve noticed that where important reforms have been achieved in the past, they’re eroded or even reversed by the efforts of the politically powerful capitalist class. As the Marxist theoretician Rosa Luxemburg once put it, reforms are important, but a workers’ movement whose long-term horizons are limited to reform ends up being like Sisyphus in Greek mythology — perpetually rolling a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down.
That’s bad enough when it comes to reforms that remove entirely avoidable forms of human misery. But it’s potentially catastrophic when it comes to the environmental issues that seem to be among the only problems with capitalism Hossenfelder has noticed. If we don’t take power out of the hands of the capitalists who are letting their unquenchable thirst for profit destroy the planet, our very survival as a species may be at risk."
https://jacobin.com/2023/11/capitalism-market-economy-sabine-hossenfelder-youtube/
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"A onetime member of an armed Marxist revolutionary movement, Mujica spent more than a decade in solitary confinement after the 1973 military coup in his country. When democracy was restored in 1985, he emerged from prison advocating disarmament and a turn to electoral politics. He cofounded the leftist Movimiento de Participación Popular (MPP) and began an improbable rise in democratic government. By the early 2000s, he became a high-ranking cabinet member and then, in 2009, was elected president himself. During his five-year term, he ran a tight ship, made international headlines with major progressive reforms, and saw his country maintain strong momentum in both economic and social indicators. Afterward he continued to serve as one of the country’s most influential senators.
Throughout his time in power, Pepe came across like an unfiltered grandpa, quick with stories and lessons from life, history, and philosophy. He did not present himself as a politician, nor did he speak like one. He did not prepare talking points, and he almost never wore a suit. It was as if he was just another neighbor chatting at a bar, sipping maté at the plaza."
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pepe-mujica-uruguay-movements-strategy/
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Neben der rechten Ideologie des "Transhumanismus", den #ElonMusk mit #Neuralink-Hirnchips und ähnlichem vorantreiben möchte, sind Leute wie er auch Fans des Longtermismus, den sie mit ihrem Einfluss zu propagieren versuchen.
'As I have previously written, longtermism is arguably the most influential ideology that few members of the general public have ever heard about. Longtermists have directly influenced reports from the secretary-general of the United Nations; a longtermist is currently running the RAND Corporation; they have the ears of billionaires like Musk; and the so-called Effective Altruism community, which gave rise to the longtermist ideology, has a mind-boggling $46.1 billion in committed funding. Longtermism is everywhere behind the scenes — it has a huge following in the tech sector — and champions of this view are increasingly pulling the strings of both major world governments and the business elite.'
Sowie ein etwas neuerer, deutschsprachiger Artikel:
#Longtermismus #Transhumanismus #Dystopie #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #AI #technoFascism #Technology #Tech #Rassismus #Kapitalismus
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#GlobalSumudFlotilla
#scioperogenerale"Il 3 ottobre del 1935 manifestazioni spontanee si tennero in tutto il mondo contro l’aggressione dell’#Italia fascista all’#Etiopia."
#GENOCIDIO #PULIZIAETNICA
#CeasefireNOW #GazaGenocide #Gaza #WestBank #Israel #Peace #3ottobrehttps://jacobinitalia.it/giu-le-mani-da-gaza-come-90-anni-fa-con-letiopia/
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"Revisiting the Comintern from the far side of its 1943 shuttering, one might see a vehicle always doomed to founder, sailing against the tide in a reactionary interwar conjuncture where incipient revolutionary-democratic mass politics became caught between the gears of imperialism, fascism, and Stalinism. For young communists in those electric years, however, the two, three, many Red Octobers that the Third International was charged with fostering — from Jakarta to Managua and from Emilia-Romagna to the Cape of Good Hope — appeared as a concrete, occasionally even imminent political prospect.
Their faith in the practicability of radical global transformation was fortified by daily participation within a real movement of thousands across every continent. For Brigitte Studer, “The Comintern employees who travelled the world on political missions made such internationalism a reality through their own activity, living their internationalism as action.” It is with these Travellers of the World Revolution, and their experience of life in the service of “one of the greatest collective experiments of the twentieth century,” that Studer’s new history of the Comintern is concerned.
Reading good Comintern history conjures the feeling of standing dead in the eye of the twentieth-century hurricane, immersed, nearly engulfed by the epochal storm winds of the age of extremes. Revolution and counterrevolution; communism and anti-communism; fascism and anti-fascism; colonialism and anti-colonialism; mass politics and state bureaucracy; intellectual-cultural innovation and censorship; interstate war and intrastate terror — these were the Olympian forces under whose caprices the foot soldiers of the Comintern lived (and died).”"
https://jacobin.com/2025/02/comintern-history-communism-history-stalinism/
#Communism #Comintern #CommunistInternational #History #Stalinism
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"Revisiting the Comintern from the far side of its 1943 shuttering, one might see a vehicle always doomed to founder, sailing against the tide in a reactionary interwar conjuncture where incipient revolutionary-democratic mass politics became caught between the gears of imperialism, fascism, and Stalinism. For young communists in those electric years, however, the two, three, many Red Octobers that the Third International was charged with fostering — from Jakarta to Managua and from Emilia-Romagna to the Cape of Good Hope — appeared as a concrete, occasionally even imminent political prospect.
Their faith in the practicability of radical global transformation was fortified by daily participation within a real movement of thousands across every continent. For Brigitte Studer, “The Comintern employees who travelled the world on political missions made such internationalism a reality through their own activity, living their internationalism as action.” It is with these Travellers of the World Revolution, and their experience of life in the service of “one of the greatest collective experiments of the twentieth century,” that Studer’s new history of the Comintern is concerned.
Reading good Comintern history conjures the feeling of standing dead in the eye of the twentieth-century hurricane, immersed, nearly engulfed by the epochal storm winds of the age of extremes. Revolution and counterrevolution; communism and anti-communism; fascism and anti-fascism; colonialism and anti-colonialism; mass politics and state bureaucracy; intellectual-cultural innovation and censorship; interstate war and intrastate terror — these were the Olympian forces under whose caprices the foot soldiers of the Comintern lived (and died).”"
https://jacobin.com/2025/02/comintern-history-communism-history-stalinism/
#Communism #Comintern #CommunistInternational #History #Stalinism
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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Jacobian". Looking around for info on what this could possibly mean in Mathematics, I came across this wikipedia page(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi_elliptic_functions).
The patterns, partway down the page, really appealed to me so I decided to play with them for today's #inkyDays drawing.
#Mathtober #mathober #MathArt #SciArt #ink #drawing #art #MastoArt
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Hope I did this right.
Here is the Jacobian for #mathober today:
https://codepen.io/fractalkitty/pen/bNEMBGO?editors=0110
Thanks @dpoulsen for the links and inspiration!
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Today's #Mathober is "Jacobian." The Jacobian determinant helps us find how areas of rectangles are transformed when mapped into a new coordinate system. I used the Jacobian determinant to figure out how to cut an onion so that the pieces are most uniform. The math has been featured in the New York Times and, recently, a great article by the Pudding.
When I published all the nitty-gritty mathematical details of the method in Mathematics Magazine, I titled the paper "How to Cut an Onion Optimally: A Love Letter to the Jacobian" because of how central the Jacobian determinant is to ask the calculations, including the evaluation of some gnarly integrals. If anyone wants access to the article, I'm putting my gift link in this post (limit to first 50). https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AUGKH2EDWISRJTQUMKJJ/full?target=10.1080/0025570X.2025.2521248
For Mathober, I constructed a representation of an onion and cut lines using straightedge and compass. Then, I painted the cells using alcohol markers. Finally, I free-handed the constructed lines using black marker. I like the effect.
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Porter: Who makes this thund’ring at the gate ?
Sure 'tis the Devil’s advocate.Satan: No ! He’s, in person, hither come.
Porter: Is he ? He shan’t want elbow room !
[Porter runs off, crying, The Devil, The Devil ! ! !]Enter the Pope. #DevilsAdvocate #PlotPoint https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Anti_Jacobin_Review_and_Protestant_A/Fxs2AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22devil%27s+advocate%22&pg=PA398&printsec=frontcover
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Die Schließung von Ramstein ist keine utopische Träumerei und erst recht kein Todesstoß für die Westpfalz. Sie wäre der notwendige Schritt aus der wirtschaftlichen Abhängigkeit von Washingtons Kriegen, hin zu einem souveränen, zivilen und zuverlässigen Motor für die gesamte Region.
https://jacobin.de/artikel/ramstein-usa-irankrieg-konversion-logistik
##usa #airbase #ramstein #westpfalz #konversion #kaiserslautern
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To #Unionize #Amazon, Disrupt the Flow
#Organizing logistics behemoths like Amazon and #Walmart will require the #labor movement to figure out how to disrupt the flow of #goods across the #supplychain rather than simply organizing individual #workplaces — and that requires a major rethinking of organizing #strategy.
https://jacobin.com/2025/06/unionize-amazon-disrupt-supply-chain
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A big no. Big Tech can suck my ass.
Big Tech Wants to Become Its Own Bank
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TURNING IT UP UNDER THE BRIDGE WITH JESS NUNES
The most recent Under the Bridge (UtB) event took place on Aug. 5, from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The community-driven event series is free, with suggested donations of $10 per person, and is open to attendees of all ages. Local DJ’s play energetic sets in a variety of genres, from house to trance to afrobeats.
UtB is organised by Jess Nunes, a DJ and musician. Nunes began putting on the events in May 2023, inviting her Instagram followers to the free event.
“There were only nine attendees that showed up,” Nunes said. “And then it just grew and grew. Even the following dance, we had twenty or so.”
By August of that year, they had almost two hundred attendees.
Nunes is an avid cyclist, first discovering the bridge while cycling a popular trail. The natural beauty of the surroundings—and a striking piece of graffiti, reading “Live Unlike Another”, inspired Nunes.
“I just sort of felt that, you know, we are living unlike another. We’re going to do something outside of the mould of this Southern Ontario grind that we all feel stuck in,” she said.
Nunes credits the space with giving UtB its unique energy and spirit.
“If it’s raining, we’re still protected by the bridge. The bridge itself is symbolic, it’s protection of the community,” she said.
The renegade, inclusive component of putting on donation-based dance events under a public bridge undoubtedly informs UtB’s communal atmosphere.
Nunes draws comparison with the original notion of raves in the 80s and 90s, grassroots events held in abandoned factories and open fields that encouraged free expression. This exciting, alternative use of public space has been central for UtB’s appeal.
Initially Nunes did not apply for a permit for UtB, believing that Kitchener council would not allow the events to go forward.
“They don’t want us to express ourselves in these ways. This is me sticking it to the man and saying: look what I can do,” she said.
Nunes has a deep appreciation of the transformative effect of music—she originally moved to Kitchener in 2014 to study Music Therapy at Wilfrid Laurier University. Coming from Thunder Bay, Nunes was initially surprised by the cultural conformity of the music scene in KW.
Gradually however—especially since the pandemic—she has seen community-driven events, with alternative forms of music, become more active and popular.
Nunes has been overwhelmed by the impact of the UtB and believes the positive energy the event series has brought to the community has been brought back.
“I just want to inspire people, even though you feel down and out—our culture here is just so fast paced, and we’re not really taking time to break out of moods, think for ourselves. I use Under the Bridge as propulsion towards this, getting through the adversity—we’re reaching for the stars,” Nunes said.
“Some amazing things have happened since I created Under the Bridge…I found my father after 35 years of not knowing who he was…He came to his first Under the Bridge last August,” she continued.
The Aug. 5 event landed on Nune’s son birthday—attendees are invited to dress up in animal costumes for the event.
“It’s just an opportunity to get silly,” Nunes said. “I usually like circus acts and stuff like that for the kids. And like, I would like to celebrate my son’s birthday, and he likes to be an astronaut every year…I love to see people get dressed up.”
Beginning with a Magic Show, the DJ lineup includes Nunes, Jonny Rocha, Robin Green, Jacobilly, Uncle Doobie and Arsh. A sound installation from local artist Important Hair, titled Used Classical Records, will be played in full, while vendors showcase and sell their artwork.
For more information, visit @Underthebridge_dance on Instagram.
#arshA #astronaut #inspiration #jacobilly #jessNunes #jonnyRocha #JoshMiltonBell #liveUnlikeAnother #LocalArt #localDjs #localMusic #magicShow #robinGreen #SouthernOntario #uncleDoobie #underTheBridge #usedClassicalRecords #UtB
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"Das Problem scheint vielmehr zu sein, dass man sich damit in einen Konflikt mit großen Teilen der etablierten Politik und Öffentlichkeit begibt. Diesen Konflikt zu führen und durchzuhalten, ist das Einfache, das schwer zu machen ist."
https://www.jacobin.de/artikel/linke-programmprozess-parteiprogramm-wahl
Guter Überblick über den aktuellen Zustand der #Linke'n.
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@AdeptVeritatis @hszakher @OSINTIntuit
Don’t see why I should do the research on the NATO-instigated proxy war against Russia via Ukraine on your behalf given that it’s widely acknowledged now that the CIA was behind the 2014 Maidan coup & the uS promised not to expand NATO up to Russia’s borders with Europe … but I’ve made the effort nonetheless!
There’s a lot more out there … but have a read of these for starters if you can be arsed:
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24165066.clearer-ever-ukraine-conflict-proxy-war/
https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/event/2014-coup-ukraine
https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
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Meine Hoffnung für die #SPD ist, dass sie sich ein wenig an der PSOE und an Pedro Sánchez orientieren.
Man kann durchaus Haltung zeigen, progressive antiimperialistische Politik machen UND ein korruptes Umfeld haben. -
#USA #LaborUnions #UAW #BigAuto: "The company knows that Toyota workers are watching,” said United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain on November 3. “And when the time comes, Toyota workers and all nonunion auto workers are going to be ready to stand up.”
That time has come — yesterday the UAW announced its plan, already in motion, to organize the whole auto sector. “Workers across the country, from the West to the Midwest and especially in the South, are reaching out to join our movement and to join the UAW,” said Fain in a new video.
The union says thousands of workers have reached out asking for support in unionizing their auto plants. They’ve scoured the old websites from previous union drives and filled out forms to be put in touch with an organizer."
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/uaw-nonunion-factory-organizing-toyota-mercedes-hyundai-rivian/
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"Il convoglio fantasma carico di esuli istriani che viene aggredito quando passa per #Bologna è l'ennesima falsificazione che gira attorno al confine orientale e alle #foibe."
#FakeNews #Negazionismo #RevisionismoStorico #Storia #12novembre
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🎲 Luck Shouldn’t Determine Our Fates
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/luck-capitalism-inequality-injustice-socialism/
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This is what the hashtag #deathcult is about https://jacobin.com/2022/07/free-market-neoliberalism-state-intervention-socialism/ looking at #mainstreming paths in the era of climatechaos and #XR
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This article. Completely agree.
As mainstream centrist #democrats belatedly, semi-humanely start to recognize the horror of #israel’s atrocities, it’s important not to frame those crimes as simply a #netayahu problem. Just as Trump is not the sole problem but rather a climactic symptom of a very broken American political system. #gaza #genocide #history #zionism #apartheid #EthnicCleansing
The Problem With Israel Is So Much Bigger Than Netanyahu https://jacobin.com/2025/08/democrats-bernie-netanyahu-zionism-apartheid
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Solidarity with our Kenyan brothers and sisters.✊🏿
The youth-led protests in Kenya are not just about taxes — they are about survival.Gen Z is standing up against corruption, state violence, economic injustice, and global indifference. They’re demanding housing, healthcare, food, land, and dignity.
https://jacobin.com/2025/09/kenya-oyoo-left-alliance-gen-z
#Kenya #GenZProtests #Solidarity #GlobalJustice #AfricaRising #Jacobin
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"Im Rahmen einer Umfrage von etwa 2.500 Teilnehmenden gaben 25% der Frauen an, einen Übergriff im Stadion erlebt zu haben, bei den Männern war es 1%.
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Partnerschaftsgewalt ist in den letzten fünf Jahren in Deutschland um 17,5% gestiegen.
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Gewalt gegen Frauen passiert immer im Kontext gesellschaftlich geförderter Machtverhältnisse. [...] Betroffene hätten oft nur die Wahl zwischen Gewalt und Armut."
https://www.jacobin.de/artikel/fussball-haeusliche-gewalt-em
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"A new agreement between the Trump administration and drug manufacturer Pfizer will exempt the giant from proposed pharmaceutical tariffs in exchange for allegedly cutting price for American consumers. The deal has inspired Trump to declare victory over Pfizer, telling CEO Albert Bourla, “I’m surprised you’re agreeing to this.”
However, on closer inspection, the deal appears to be more of a bailout for Pfizer than the American people, with broad promises of sweeping drug savings that, in typical Trump fashion, are unfounded.
Pfizer and Trump’s team-up came as a reported “blindside” to other pharmaceutical companies facing pressure to fall in line and buddy up with the administration before it imposes additional tariffs.
The deal, which sent Pfizer’s stock soaring, is well timed: Pfizer estimates it will lose upward of $18 billion in annual revenue by 2028 as the patents for four of its major pharmaceutical products expire, and generic versions enter the market."
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pfizer-bourla-trump-pharma-prices-dtc/
