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Captain Subaru cranberry blast: the falafel lobbyist
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Keynesian basic left liberal,gender fluid, she/ her labor unions are vital
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com liberal currents needs more irish demographics so why not give him a call?
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Troy you dumbfuck
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I gotta get my hands on that clem atlee biography
It's actually impressive how much of this analysis from both men here is just completely wrong
WWII was the best thing to happen to Labour.

@iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss in the latest episode.

Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#originstory #labourparty #ww2
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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On the idea of WW2 producing a version of central planning that was distinct from the USSR: the USSR & Stalin were briefly incredibly popular during and after WW2 in the UK because of the effectiveness of wartime propaganda. And how actually "planned" the UK economy was varied massively
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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On WW2 not being divisive on the left. It forced Labour to reckon with pacifism that was so deep embedded in the movement that the idea of a general strike to stop war was floated at the TUC in the early 30s, and ofc Lansbury resigned because of it (not to mention the CPGB's opposition until 41)
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Kamala Harris dropping in on an HBCU event in TN-07 is good actually. The GOP is spending over a million dollars on the race, thus lowering the salience of the race isn't really possible at this point. Trying to rally Black turnout in Nashville is a logical counter-strategy.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
naw that's just the one home depot in iowa that doubles as a slipknot museum
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November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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long time chomsky haters vindicated
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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This is especially ironic because for the last 5 years the party's MPs have held this thought simultaneously alongside the idea that this change has already occured and they simply need to tell people and they'll change their mind
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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It's really interesting that as the labour movement has declined in relevance, Labour MPs have been the ones who broadly define what "Labour" is. And they've decided to define it as something they personally hate and wish was totally different
Once you've seen this you can't unsee it (ht @stephenkb.bsky.social). politicians trying to describe things as "is this Labour", "this is not Labour", "there is nothing Labour about this", "this has the mandate of Labour, it partakes of the Labour nature" as a substitute for good or bad.
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Certain Leftists have decided that it's too hard to figure out what is actually antisemitic anymore.
i think you have to specify 'what left antisemtitism', ID how it is leftist and not racist, and argue Why that relative mole more a concern than the mountain of worse on the right.

because saying college kids concerned about livestreamed genocide equates to antisemitism blew a ton of credibility
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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It is ironically the same POV of the ultra-nationalist far-right in Israel! "If you disagree with our policies, well, you're anti-Zionist!"

But that's bullshit. You can fervently dissent against any policy by Israel's current government without opposing democratic self-determination.
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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And the thing is, Zionism is the belief in the right of the Jewish people to democratic self-determination in their ancestral homeland.

The greatest con antisemites ever pulled was convincing so many people that if they have any criticism of the Israeli government, they're anti-Zionist.
It's not even that it's too hard, it's that antizionism is actually an extremely powerful and popular presence within leftist and cultural spaces (despite their claims of being an abominably persecuted ideology) and they don't want to risk their social standing within the movement by challenging it.
Certain Leftists have decided that it's too hard to figure out what is actually antisemitic anymore.
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Lula really should denounce Chomsky
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
HAHHAHAHA
this is fuckin pathetic and delusional
AHhhahahshhahahhahahahah
“Chomsky continued to correspond with [Epstein] at least until the summer of 2019, even after the Herald’s series led to widespread outcry and the Justice Department publicly announced a fresh probe.”
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
www.miamiherald.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
CHomsky's generally shitty honestly
God if this is the thing that finally kills his reputation, it took long enough.
“Chomsky continued to correspond with [Epstein] at least until the summer of 2019, even after the Herald’s series led to widespread outcry and the Justice Department publicly announced a fresh probe.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
what a beautiful sweater
OMG 😍😭
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Even having muted a whole lot of politics words and phrases, I still constantly see trans people freaking out about things the government is doing, people I specifically remember spent 2024 shitting on the democratic candidate.

Trans community develop a self preservation instinct challenge.
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
watching my beautiful laundrette because its 40 now
You can't tell me Paul thomas anderson didn't take inspiration for the staging Alfred Molina boogie nights scene where the mullet dude strangles Omar
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Matt Stoller when the Epstein files get released and someone did a ctrl-f search through it replacing every mention of 'Trump' with 'Obama':
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
take those bastards to court, babe
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.

The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM