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26 - Epilogue to Brest-Litovsk | The SIckle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union Get more from The SIckle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union on Patreon

Two-fer today! The latest episode of “The Sickle and the Hammer” is out on Patreon, with early access starting at just $5!

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25 - An Unacceptable Peace, Ratified | Podcast Episode on RSS.com The saga of ending Soviet Russia’s participation in World War 1 comes to an end.Please consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/sovietpodSources:Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks in Power: ...

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A Critique of Western Marxism
A Critique of Western Marxism YouTube video by Red Pen

Literally no notes on this. It is a perfect summation of why the answer is clearly, definitively, resoundingly “yes, China is socialist.”

Dialectical material analysis FTW yet again!

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There are a lot of MAGA who are jumping ship, saying they “didn’t know” or “think” it would “get this bad,” or variations thereof.

The working class CANNOT let these people escape the consequences of their actions. They must be held accountable for their role in American fascism.

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Americans are individualistic, vengeful, lose their minds if deprived of creature comforts, and kept ignorant and politically sidelined.

Cubans are communal, forgiving, survive with nothing thanks to the illegal blockade, and some of the most informed and educated people on Earth.

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Answering Trump’s war threats, Cuban workers plan mass May Day defense rallies HAVANA—As the Trump administration tightens its energy blockade on Cuba and threatens war and regime change, the Cuban labor movement—along with all of Cuban society—is gearing up for a mass mobilizat...

Cuba Libre!

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Ngl, the Iran lego videos are going HARD. What’s amazing is, most of the people I know who watch them are just nodding in agreement.

Everyone understands these videos are telling no lies.

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25 - An Unacceptable Peace, Ratified | The SIckle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union Get more from The SIckle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union on Patreon

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Warehouses across the US are being set ablaze. Most well-known is in Ontario, CA. The employee who set the fire repeated, “All you had to do was pay us enough to live.”

Joining an organization to engage in community action is still best. But I’ll be honest… I and a lot of others don’t hate this.

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Learn to name what you're seeing
Learn to name what you're seeing YouTube video by Lady Izdihar

Sharing a post from Lazy Izdihar today. This was really great, very succinct, and not only explains the importance of understanding theory as a way to be able to accurately describe and understand the world, and how to relate to it; it’s also just solid life advice. youtube.com/shorts/JLWw9...

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Reminder:

The Palestinian gen0c1de is still happening.

ICE is still killing people.

Cuba is still being strangled.

AI is still destroying society.

The Epstein class is still in charge.

The working class still needs to organize.

This does not end unless we make it end.

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At least 254 killed in Israel’s devastating attacks across Lebanon Israel carries out 100 strikes across Lebanon in 10 minutes, health minister says hospitals overwhelmed with victims.

This is what a “ceasefire” looks like for the US empire and its unsinkable aircraft carrier in West Asia.

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“For the advance of a revolution, it is usually not enough that the “lower classes do not want”, it is also required that the “upper classes are not able” to continue the old way of life.”

- V. I. Lenin, “The Collapse of the Second International”

It is up to us to make the status quo unbearable.

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Trump warns deadline ‘final’ as Iran pushes proposal to end war US president says proposal not enough to avert threat to infrastructure should Iran fail to open Strait of Hormuz.

Trump refuses to acknowledge bombing civilian infrastructure is a war crime and calls Iranians “animals.”

If socialist USSR or China ever did or said 1/100th of what capitalist US does or says…

Capitalism is the supreme war crime.

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Almost everything that has happened in the last 40 years can be directly or indirectly traced back to Khrushchev, Gorbachev, and the illegal dissolution of the USSR. We truly are living in the worst timeline. Does anyone think any of this would be happening if the SU were still around?

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I have been thinking quite a bit lately about what kind of world we would be living in if the USSR had not been illegally dissolved. The betrayal of socialism and communism by Khrushchev and Gorbachev set back human civilization by at least a century.

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Someone needs to do an updated version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” The problem is, so many enormous, earth-shattering events have happened since the song came out in 1989, an updated song would take 5 hours to get through, just listing everything.

Any musicians out there up to the challenge?!

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Hi, thank you so much for reaching out, and I am very glad you are enjoying the show! At this point, I am no longer in need of a graphic designer. “The Sickle and the Hammer” has a new thumbnail debuting soon. But thanks again!

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Gonna start trying to post at least once daily, whether it’s a funny meme or a take on the news. Here’s a chuckle to get us started.

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¡Yo acuso!—‘I accuse!’: Open letter to the world from a Cuban woman Ikay Romay is a Cuban actress known her roles in films such as Maite (1994), Guantanamera (1995), The Useless Death of My Pal, and Manolo (1989). To all humanity, to mothers of the world, to doctors w...

Ignore all the propaganda and BS from mainstream media and the government; let the Cuban voice speak for itself, and be heard around the world.

They understand what is happening to them, and why. Their resilience should inspire us. If they can do it, so can we.

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24 - An Unacceptable Peace, Accepted | Podcast Episode on RSS.com To fight or not to fight… that is the question!Please consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/sovietpodSources:Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in ...

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US Awaits Response to Peace Plan as Iran Keeps Up Attacks — Bloomberg Iran kept up missile and drone attacks on Israel and Arab Gulf states, even after the US floated a plan to end a war that’s wreaked havoc across the Middle East and in global markets.

Trump’s “peace plan” is a joke. The US and Israel are LOSING. They’ve proven time and again not to be trustworthy. No way is Iran going to accept limits on their missile arsenal. If anything, they’re going to expand it, and drones. This now ends when Iran says it does.

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Front page - National Network On Cuba The NNOC is a U.S.-based umbrella organization composed of more than 60 organizations advocating for an end to Washington’s hostility towards Cuba, especially the inhumane U.S. economic blockade again...

Some of you may have heard about the Nuestro America flotilla for aid to Cuba. Please do not donate. There is no guarantee donations are not going to subsidize travel expenses to Cuba. That money is desperately needed in Cuba itself!

If you want to donate or get involved, check out nnoc.org

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24 - An Unacceptable Peace, Accepted | Daniel Get more from Daniel on Patreon

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Lenin fights for an end to the fighting:

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Women at War: Communism vs. Fascism (Full)
Women at War: Communism vs. Fascism (Full) YouTube video by Red Pen

Today is International Women’s Day. I’m sure the reason it’s not celebrated in the US has nothing to do with its roots in feminism.

For 109th anniversary of the February Revolution, check out this episode of my show.

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Also, this video slaps.

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23 - Prologue to Brest-Litovsk | Podcast Episode on RSS.com It’s that episode on the international aspects of the Russian Revolution you’ve been waiting for!Please consider supporting me on Patreon! patreon.com/sovietpodSource:Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsh...

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IF this turns out to be the start of WWIII (hopefully not), it is curious that all 3 world wars will be started by capitalist nations bumping up against the limits and contradictions of capitalist production and imperialism, desperate to overcome them but to also avoid socialism… hmm… 🤔

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The US and Israel have quickly realized they bit off more than they can chew with Iran.

This is the crisis moment that presents the opening. Nothing is promised but the opportunity!

We must do the work ourselves. The time to get involved is not tomorrow, not after the war, not later, NOW!

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Please resist the urge to celebrate the killing of the Ayatollah as a great moment for Iran and Iranian democracy. Foreign intervention does not create freedom; only the organized masses can do that.

Chinese proverb: ”An egg broken from the outside is food. Broken from the inside, it is new life.”

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US, Israel launch attack on Iran, explosions in Israel, Gulf Arab states A US official tells Al Jazeera that attacks were carried out as a joint military operation between Israel and the US.

We are a RABID DOG. It’s been 2 months, and we have already illegally kidnapped a sovereign head of state (Venezuela), put another sovereign state in a chokehold (Cuba), and now we’ve launched a war against a THIRD sovereign state (Iran).

Find a local protest and help end this.

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