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cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Apr 7

Bush accidentally the economy so that Trump could intentionally the economy.

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Mar 19

Going just from the subliminal message on the cover here.

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Feb 14

The Pentagon is going to build a time machine so they can give Crooks shooting lessons.

Defense stocks drop after Trump says Pentagon spending could be halved

Shares of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin were under pressure after President Donald Trump raised the idea of large cuts to defense spending.

www.cnbc.com

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Feb 7

Sadness in his eyes.

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cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Feb 7

Baran & Sweezy want you to turn down that godawful rock and/or roll music.

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · Feb 5

Marxist theorist Michael Burawoy has tragically died on Feb. 3. On his website at Uni Berkeley, this is the last publication of his, listed as forthcoming in Sociological Review: "Why and How Should Sociologists Speak Out on Palestine?"

burawoy.berkeley.edu/Settler%20Co...

#sociology

burawoy.berkeley.edu

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · Feb 5

The CIA being ovethrown by a right-wing coup is, one must admit, a pretty hilarious outcome for the Agency

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.

"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover

The spy agency’s workforce received a buyout-style offer on Tuesday.

www.wsj.com

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cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 29

"On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its ‘great intellects'"

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 29

Gonna have to be that guy here and point out Marx devotes most of Chapter 16 in Vol I to dunking on Mill.

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cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 28

Congo protesters attack Kinshasa embassies over conflict in east

Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired tear gas at protesters in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday, after embassies were attacked over the conflict in the country's east.

www.reuters.com

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · Jan 22

lol, lmfao even.

RTE news update: "European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen has deleted a tweet congratulating Micheál Martin for being appointed Taoiseach."

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cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 22

Big fan of Noel Ignatiev collating his trolling efforts on Facebook on his blog.
blog.pmpress.org/2019/09/02/m...

My Mentioning Israel Touches a Nerve - PM Press

By Noel Ignatiev On April 14 someone posted on Facebook an article from the New York Times reporting that prosecutors were planning to charge Frazier Glenn Cross (also known as Frazier Glenn Miller), ...

blog.pmpress.org

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 20

RETVRN but just for book covers like this.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Jan 15

In Rio de Janeiro, some criminals coated this road with oil so that police vehicles wouldn't be able to access the neighborhood.

GloboNews @globo-news.bsky.social · Jan 15

Blindado da PM derrapa durante operação no RJ. Criminosos jogaram óleo na rua para impedir acesso de veículo dos policiais.

➡ Assista ao #JornalGNews: glo.bo/39WjXAu #GloboNews

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cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 15

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLU4...

Kofia - Leve Palestina, krossa sionismen

YouTube video by John Silver

www.youtube.com

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 15

Didn't know there was Brits involved in the 4th International arms factory supplying the FLN in Algeria.

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · Jan 13

mark zuckerberg’s divorce is so powerful its effects are reaching backwards in time

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cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 14

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-t...

Brave New World | Herman Mark Schwartz

A third industrial divide?

www.phenomenalworld.org

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 13

Health authorities have identified a strange condition afflicting the Irish historian community. Observed symptoms include specious argumentation in public fora and coyness about certain aspects of their CV. Some physicians have labeled this condition 'Dan David syndrome'.

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 13

Guy who was watching a Joe Rogan podcast is now humming the Deutschlandlied.

cangaceiro @maddurdu.bsky.social · Jan 9

Guy who's only read Dialectics of Dependency by Ruy Mauro Marini voice:

"Getting a lot of Marxist Dependency Theory and theories of superexploitation vibes off this."