Drew ☭
@simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
perpetual good take haver, marxist-leninist, views my own
my writing: https://simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
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my writing: https://simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
links: https://linktr.ee/comradedrew
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How the CIA Killed a Democracy for Bananas: The Story of Jacobo Arbenz
YouTube video by Comrade Drew
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New Video Out Now:
The Tragedy of Jacobo Arbenz and Guatemala - A look into the United Fruit Company, a symbol of American interventionism and capitalist greed
A fruit company led to 36 years of civil war and genocide
Check it out if you can and let me know what you think
youtu.be/Ccq4gbdL3kY
The Tragedy of Jacobo Arbenz and Guatemala - A look into the United Fruit Company, a symbol of American interventionism and capitalist greed
A fruit company led to 36 years of civil war and genocide
Check it out if you can and let me know what you think
youtu.be/Ccq4gbdL3kY
imagine being opps with marx and engels in the middle of the nineteenth century i'd kms 😭
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
imagine being opps with marx and engels in the middle of the nineteenth century i'd kms 😭
Every political journey begins with a page, a paragraph, a spark.
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
Basic Communist/Socialist Reading List
These 5 Works are Necessary Reads for Every Communist & Socialist
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Every political journey begins with a page, a paragraph, a spark.
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
Where is this coordinated effort to ensure a better outcome for all?
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Where is this coordinated effort to ensure a better outcome for all?
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
New piece in my American Socialists series is out.
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
American Socialists: Daniel Hoan
From WWI to WWII, Hoan is the longest serving American Socialist ever elected to office.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New piece in my American Socialists series is out.
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
If you like what I do and you want to help me keep doing it while I drag myself through college, you can toss a buck my way on Ko-fi:
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Everything I write stays free.
But every donation buys me a few more hours to breathe, read, think, write, and keep this whole thing going.
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Everything I write stays free.
But every donation buys me a few more hours to breathe, read, think, write, and keep this whole thing going.
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Send Comrade Drew of Simplifying Socialism a coffee!
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November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you like what I do and you want to help me keep doing it while I drag myself through college, you can toss a buck my way on Ko-fi:
ko-fi.com/comradedrew
Everything I write stays free.
But every donation buys me a few more hours to breathe, read, think, write, and keep this whole thing going.
ko-fi.com/comradedrew
Everything I write stays free.
But every donation buys me a few more hours to breathe, read, think, write, and keep this whole thing going.
If the ruling class didn’t fear you, they wouldn’t spend this much money convincing you to fear yourself.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If the ruling class didn’t fear you, they wouldn’t spend this much money convincing you to fear yourself.
libbed out successfully
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
libbed out successfully
I don’t want left and right to reconcile. I want the exploited to wake up.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I don’t want left and right to reconcile. I want the exploited to wake up.
Get to go with a college classmate to a Young Democrats of Michigan conference tomorrow in Lansing.
Maybe I can convince some of the college kids to join the good fight…off the record, of course.
Get to get my lib on 🤭
Maybe I can convince some of the college kids to join the good fight…off the record, of course.
Get to get my lib on 🤭
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Get to go with a college classmate to a Young Democrats of Michigan conference tomorrow in Lansing.
Maybe I can convince some of the college kids to join the good fight…off the record, of course.
Get to get my lib on 🤭
Maybe I can convince some of the college kids to join the good fight…off the record, of course.
Get to get my lib on 🤭
People say socialism is unrealistic. I say infinite growth on a finite planet is a fairy tale for adults.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
People say socialism is unrealistic. I say infinite growth on a finite planet is a fairy tale for adults.
Just made this for my . . . interpersonal communication class.
I'll update when I receive my grade 👍
I'll update when I receive my grade 👍
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just made this for my . . . interpersonal communication class.
I'll update when I receive my grade 👍
I'll update when I receive my grade 👍
Would the Epstein Files Break the Two-Party System?
Don't hold your breath.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Got in trouble for standing up to that Republican candidate from last week. I was told it was poor behavior as someone who represents the organization.
I DO NOT represent the college or the paper. I represent myself 100% of the time in accordance with college and organizational guidelines.
I DO NOT represent the college or the paper. I represent myself 100% of the time in accordance with college and organizational guidelines.
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Got in trouble for standing up to that Republican candidate from last week. I was told it was poor behavior as someone who represents the organization.
I DO NOT represent the college or the paper. I represent myself 100% of the time in accordance with college and organizational guidelines.
I DO NOT represent the college or the paper. I represent myself 100% of the time in accordance with college and organizational guidelines.
Legend
Hero of Stalingrad Igor Mykhaylov. Only 8 years old, Igor carried cartridges and water, collected and handed over German leaflets to the command, and more than once tracked down German spies. In December 1942, together with his father, he was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad".
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Legend
Reposted by Drew ☭
"The Discovery of Imperialism" - Soviet Poster (1964)
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"The Discovery of Imperialism" - Soviet Poster (1964)
I'm bored and I have free time in the newsroom. What should I write?
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm bored and I have free time in the newsroom. What should I write?
Reposted by Drew ☭
It is good to be a leftist. It is good to be left wing.
Please repost and get this out there.
Please repost and get this out there.
It's Good to Be A Leftist
To be Left-Wing means you fight for the people, the oppressed. No amount of ruling class propaganda or Nazi lies will ever change that fact.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It is good to be a leftist. It is good to be left wing.
Please repost and get this out there.
Please repost and get this out there.
Reposted by Drew ☭
Came in the mail today. First publisher I've seen that has them in English. And they are publishing all 16 volumes.
Super exciting as these materials have been out of print for a long long time.
Super exciting as these materials have been out of print for a long long time.
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Came in the mail today. First publisher I've seen that has them in English. And they are publishing all 16 volumes.
Super exciting as these materials have been out of print for a long long time.
Super exciting as these materials have been out of print for a long long time.
Yesterday, I had to cover a Republican candidate coming to the school to speak with the Republican club.
After everyone asks their questions, he looks at me and asks if I have anything to ask and then he asked my political views.
I say I’m a Socialist and he responds with a shit-eating grin
1/3
After everyone asks their questions, he looks at me and asks if I have anything to ask and then he asked my political views.
I say I’m a Socialist and he responds with a shit-eating grin
1/3
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Yesterday, I had to cover a Republican candidate coming to the school to speak with the Republican club.
After everyone asks their questions, he looks at me and asks if I have anything to ask and then he asked my political views.
I say I’m a Socialist and he responds with a shit-eating grin
1/3
After everyone asks their questions, he looks at me and asks if I have anything to ask and then he asked my political views.
I say I’m a Socialist and he responds with a shit-eating grin
1/3
In case you missed it, I started a new series going over the true history of Socialism in America, the history you were never taught. The first article is on Emil Seidel, the legendary Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee.
Full article: ⤵️
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
Full article: ⤵️
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
American Socialists: Emil Seidel
The first Socialist mayor of Milwaukee
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In case you missed it, I started a new series going over the true history of Socialism in America, the history you were never taught. The first article is on Emil Seidel, the legendary Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee.
Full article: ⤵️
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
Full article: ⤵️
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
Beginning a new series of articles titled "American Socialists," teaching the history of Socialism in the United States that you were (most likely) never taught.
First article is on Emil Seidel and will be out Monday morning.
First article is on Emil Seidel and will be out Monday morning.
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Beginning a new series of articles titled "American Socialists," teaching the history of Socialism in the United States that you were (most likely) never taught.
First article is on Emil Seidel and will be out Monday morning.
First article is on Emil Seidel and will be out Monday morning.
My thoughts on the victory of Zohran Mamdani and what it means for the American left ⬇️
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open.substack.com/pub/simplify...
On the Victory of Zohran Mamdani
It was the best of electoral politics; it was the worst of electoral politics
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November 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My thoughts on the victory of Zohran Mamdani and what it means for the American left ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/simplify...
open.substack.com/pub/simplify...