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Liverpool Comrade ☭

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Anti-rev ML. Vegan. She/her. Lives on Fashy Island. "The crisis consists in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." - Antonio Gramsci

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 9d

Wake up babe. New #zackwave banger just dropped.

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 22m

This is a great point by Parenti.

The repression in fascism is not everywhere all at once. Its very clearly targeted at specific groups.

Comrade Sasha 💜☭ 🇵🇸 @queermarxism.bsky.social · 2h

Michael Parenti, "Fascism in a Pinstriped Suit" from Dirty Truths (1996)

The concentration camp was never the normal condition for the average
gentile German. Unless one was Jewish, or poor and unemployed, or actively
leftist or otherwise openly anti-Nazi, Germany from 1933 until well into the
war was not a nightmarish place. All the "good Germans" had to do was obey
the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, avoid any sign of
political heterodoxy, and look the other way when unions were busted and
troublesome people disappeared.
Since many "middle Americans" already obey the law, pay their taxes, give
their sons to the army, are themselves distrustful of political heterodoxy, and
applaud when unions are broken and troublesome people are disposed of,
they probably could live without too much personal torment in a fascist state
—some of them certainly seem eager to do so. Orwell's imaginings to the
contrary, what is so terrifying about fascism is its "normality," its
compatibility with the collective sentiments of substantial numbers of
"normal" persons—though probably never a majority in any society.

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 34m

a man wearing a cleveland jersey says bars in white letters

ALT: a man wearing a cleveland jersey says bars in white letters

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 40m

I remember them. Not just a rip-off, but the "bored apes" were also a fascist dogwhistle.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u1-...

Hidden Racism Exposed: Ryder Ripps Calls Out Bored Ape Yacht Club (via @getyoassupshow)

YouTube video by Tony The Closer

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1h

This is what Israel is. And so long as we arm and otherwise support them, this is who we are as well.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 1h

Suffering from success at the Liverpool Green Party 👀

Email from Liverpool Green Party reads :

I'm very excited to announce that as of today we have over 1000 members of Liverpool Green Party!

We're so delighted to have everyone on board and looking forward to bringing you some very exciting activities and meetings going forward.

However that means our meeting for October 22nd is now fully booked.

We're locating a larger venue for our next meeting in November, so we won't have this problem again.

If you have said you're attending and can no longer make it, please let us know.

If spaces come up as part of that, or anything changes we'll email to let you know.

You're still welcome to join some of us at the Head of Steam after the event, from around 9pm.

Thanks!

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 1h

Tomorrow's headline :

"Rabid communist Zack Polanski crashes Bluesky! Is Britain safe from this populist eco-monster?"

Down detector reports issues with Bluesky outage.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2h

On Loose Women

Carole Malone "You hate rich people Zack."

Zack Polanski "No I just want to tax them fairly."

Green Party +10,000 members.

Carole Malone "You hate women Zack."

Zack "No I just don't demonise trans people"

Green Party +10,000 members.

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 2h

Bourgeois atheism blames religion and unreason for all the ills of humanity.

Marxian atheism traces the origins of religion and unreason in material conflicts and class struggle.

Excellent overview by TheFinnishBolshevik.

youtu.be/TD1RDH06T2Y?...

Let's talk about New Atheism

YouTube video by TheFinnishBolshevik

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 2h

Based.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4h

“If the straight question is, would I abolish the monarchy, yeah, absolutely” - @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking to me at Green conference:

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Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 2h

a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him

ALT: a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 3h

He'd like to join you, but unfortunately, his legs couldn't make it.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

In the month since I was elected leader of the Green Party, we have gained a new member equivalent of every single minute. 24/7.

We're all smiling. But we've also got a big job to do.

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Visibly enthusiastic, incredibly articulate and with a winning smile that never left his face, Zack seemed entirely at home

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

Ask them how socialist countries had full employment with zero billionaires.

Comrade Em ☭🩵🌱🍉🎮 @comradeem.bsky.social · 4h

"Without billionaires there'd be no jobs and everyone would be poorer"

I've genuinely been told that today.

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

The current slogan is "Make Hope Normal Again".

Also, gen AI images aren't very popular on bsky, for lots of reasons.

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

UK Labour are doing more to pump Reform that anyone else by stealing their agenda.

Electorally, that has been a disaster for everyone, apart from Reform, of course.

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

A lightning bolt PFP on bluesky. Holy dogwhistles!

Bio for bsky user @sapiens365.bsky.social with a lightning bolt PFP.

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

Note the decimal point error in the graph. All parties are listed as having 100 times as many members as they do in actuality. Whoops!

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

How ironic that Sultana is complaining about the lack of whips in the GPEW.

Her and Corbyn fell foul of that exact system in UK Labour!

Also, Zack is both anti-zionist and wants to withdraw from NATO.

Graph of UK political party membership from "The New Statesman" with the following text below it :

This has clearly rattled Your Party and Sultana in particular.

The Independent MP has been keen to assert the differences between Your Party and the Greens on issues such as the latter’s lack of a whipping system and on Sultana’s anti-Nato, anti-Zionist credentials.

However, Your Party insiders point out that none of the party’s policies have been decided yet. They will be set by members at the party’s conference in Liverpool at the end of next month.

The Greens’ response to this is mainly founded on the fact that unlike Your Party, the Green Party has been a force in British politics for more than 40 years.

“The Greens are the only real opposition on the left in British politics,” Polanski said, “standing up for fair taxes, a liveable planet and a future where compassion and courage matter more than corporate interests.”

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

Paywall free link to the article : archive.ph/zG6gP

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 4h

In Liverpool, the sense of local solidarity is largely due to decades of managed decline?

Hence "not English, not Irish, just Scouse".

Very similar to Glasgow and Newcastle in that respect? Or so I've been told.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 6h

The Green Party want to Abolish Landlords and the media are losing their minds about it!

Anyone can see this policy is desperately needed.
We need to build millions of council houses, cap rents, make homes fit for the future and we need the end landlord profiteering.
@elliechowns.bsky.social

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 5h

I don't think the racism is accidental though?

Its kind of the point for the racists?

They will couch it in terms of culture, religion or birthright, but it always boils down to racism and/or xenophobia.

Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 6h

Isn't civic nationalism the status quo?

If the left and right can agree on one thing its that we don't want the status quo any more.

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 7h

✅️ We'll overtake the Tories AND we'll replace Labour.

Help us do it 》 Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 7h

I think they like having you on the show as the perfect foil for Malone?

Keep up the good work Zack. You're winning hearts and minds!