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https://www.europesays.com/people/218943/ Majority of Spaniards unhappy with government’s handling of Ceuta crisis, poll shows #Balearics #BorderControl #ceuta #Conservatives #FarRight #IllegalImmigrants #LatestHeadlines #Majorca #Mallorca #migrants #Morocco #PedroSánchez #Politics #SmallBoats #Socialists #spain
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Majority of Spaniards unhappy with government’s handling of Ceuta crisis, poll shows
Nearly nine in 10 Spaniards blame Morocco for the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta in late July, while…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Balearics #bordercontrol #ceuta #conservatives #far-right #Illegalimmigrants #Latestheadlines #Majorca #Mallorca #Migrants #Morocco #politics #smallboats #Socialists
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@nora #gofundme
#Holocaust #Jews #Socialists #Disabled #Homosexuals #Roma #Gaza #Bosnia #Rohingya #Genocide #Sudan #Rwanda #Nigeria
#MutualAid #Gaza #PalestineSolidarity#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @Yemen #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
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I'm fascinated by Plato's theories... Could we function without rulers? Or is the solution with folks who have solutions and are thinking about the future without material connections? Hmmmm... Anything is better than the #ShipOfFools!
#Plato on #Democracy, #Tyranny, and the Ideal State
What would Plato have to say about today’s democracies?
Updated June 24, 2024
"Having experienced the limits of both #tyranny and democracy, Plato sought to devise another and better system of government. In the Republic, which in my view is nothing more than a thought experiment, he conceived of an ideal state ruled by a small number of people selected, after close observation and rigorous testing, from a highly educated elite.
"These so-called guardians would not hold any private property. Instead, they would live together in housing provided by the state, and receive from the citizens no more than their daily sustenance. In spite, or because, of these deprivations, the guardians would be the happiest of men. Were a guardian to become ‘infatuated with some youthful conceit of happiness’ and seek to appropriate the state to himself, he would have to 'learn how wisely Hesiod spoke, when he said, ‘half is more than the whole.’
"For Plato, if a person is to give good advice on the highest affairs of state, he or she must have expertise in justice, which is a part of virtue and self-knowledge. The person who rushes into politics without having found self-knowledge falls into error and makes himself and everyone else miserable. He who is not wise cannot be happy, and it is better for such a person to be commanded by a superior in wisdom.
"The #tyrant, who is the most #unjust of people, is also the #unhappiest. The tyrant is constantly overcome by lawless desires which lead him to commit all manner of heinous act. His soul is full of disorder and regret, and is incapable of doing what it truly desires (this is similar to Socrates' notion that a bad person is, in fact, not himself). The life of the political tyrant is even more wretched than that of the private tyrant, first, because the political tyrant is in a better position to feed his desires, and, second, because he is everywhere surrounded and watched by his enemies, and becomes at first their prisoner and at last their victim. [Sounds like Trump to me!]
"The best and most just of all rulers are those who are most reluctant to govern, while the worst and most unjust are those who are most eager. Therefore, if the state is to be well ordered, it must offer another and better life than that of ruler, for only then will they rule who are truly rich, not in silver and gold, but in #virtue and #wisdom, which are the true blessings of life. And the only life that looks down upon the life of political ambition is that of true philosophy."
#ShipOfFools #Socialists #Philosophers #Autists? #JustSaying...
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And this is why I love #MaineDSA!
#Maine #Socialists #SayNoToTrump
Posted by Todd Chretien | Jan 31, 2025 |
"Maine Democratic Socialists of America co-chair #SophieG welcomed more than one hundred members and friends from across the state who met in Portland over the weekend. Alongside nuts and bolts discussions and elections for the group’s organizing committees and working groups, Maine DSA welcomed solidarity greetings from allies and friends, including the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and the Maine-based #ImmigrantsRights organization #Presente! as well as reports from #MaineYouthPower and the #MaineGunSafetyCoalition. Members also hosted several workshops including a panel on the opportunities and pitfalls of electoral politics, renters organizing in the mid-coast, and the ABCs of being a good organizer.
"Maine DSA accomplished a lot over the last year. We elected #WesPelletier to serve alongside #KateSykes as #PortlandMaine’s two socialist city councilors. Comrades in #BrunswickMaine launched the #BrunswickRentersOrganization and made their voices heard in city council hearings—even if the city councilors 'value the class position of a landlord over the class position of a tenant' as DSAer #PeachCushing put it at the time.
"Members are also launching a new organizing committee in #SouthPortlandMaine as well as building up working groups to #DefendBodilyAutonomy—for #LGTBQ+ and #ReproductiveRights—and to expand our solidarity work with the #labor movement. In another sign of members’ increasing dedication, a full slate of candidates ran to fill more open leadership positions than last year. Yet, despite that good work, everyone recognized the depth of the danger facing working-class Mainers heading into Trump’s second term—not the least of which is the fact that local Republican county committees are openly celebrating Trump’s pardon for Maine’s very own #January6 #insurrectionists.
"Last week #PineAndRoses published a proposal to guide our organizing over the coming year and it was taken up at the conference. The resolution emphasizes the dangers Trump represents and frankly acknowledges that we are facing 'a period of increased attacks on #MarginalizedCommunities, the labor movement, #PublicEducation, and the working class as a whole.' As such, '#socialists must play a #frontline role in defending the #WorkingClass from attacks by the #FarRight' even as 'the political environment in Maine, as of 2025, presents opportunities to resist the Trump administration and make gains at the state and municipal levels.'
"In order to put this analysis to the test, Maine DSA aims to work side by side a wide array of allies to defend #Immigrants, the #TransCommunity, #IndigenousSovereignty, #Unions, public education, and #democracy in general while simultaneously building up the socialist movement’s reach across the state. During the debate, several members suggested the resolution ought to have a more clearly defined international section. One member proposed an amendment (which passed with a clear majority voting in favor) to specify that Maine DSA aims to 'challenge the #hegemony of the Democratic Party.' Thus amended, the resolution passed (nearly) unanimously. Now comes the hard work of trying to put ideas into action.
"As we do, the more #activists and organizers we can muster the better. So if you’re looking for a way to join the fight against Trump, please consider getting in touch with us and joining Maine DSA."
https://pineandroses.org/news/maine-socialists-say-no-to-trump/
#Organize #Resist #Unite!
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The only reason I posted this, is to remind normies and #statusquo types who are afraid of #anarchists :anarchoheart1: :anqueer_flag: :anarchismhebrew: :anarchoheart3: , #antifascists :antifa: , #socialists :socialiststar: #trans :heart_trans: and nb :heart_nb: people, pro-PalestineProtesters 🇵🇸 , #BLM ✊🏾 ✊🏿 , #dragperformers, and #JustStopOil or #ExtinctionRebellion :xr: :
Remember! OUR side doesn't do shit like this! ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOF2XjV6CQY
#CapitolRiots survivor #MichaelFanone talks about how he and his family are violently targeted by the #farright , including #ultras throwing poo at HIS MOTHER!!!! DISGUSTING!
#J6 #ProudBoys #USAFascistShitShow #6Janinsurrection #FCKNZS #ExtrêmeDroite