toggling between 3 hockey games in between commercial breaks 👍

NEXT WEEK: a socialist california w/ @ramsey4gov.bsky.social

their relentless assault and doctrinal warfare against communism and dialectical materialism left us with no alternative tools for analysis. and finally, the steady diet of racism we are fed provided the fail safe in case any information countering their propaganda successfully made its way to us

the deliberate emphasis on rote memorization and the absence of critical thinking development in our education system primed us for their propaganda. their purchase of news stations, newspapers, and cultural products gave them a mass distribution mechanism for their propaganda

the structural imperatives of capital accumulation necessitate the violence and the violence is perpetrated by individuals who take pleasure in it. capital is a process that works through individuals and the individuals doing its bidding represent the worst of humanity on a most profound level

but they also want to destroy it because they have a deep, penetrating hatred for the working class and they get a sick pleasure from violating and murdering people. they'd rather the world end than see a single working person receive the full value of their labor or live a free life

this is exactly why the US ruling class and the government that it owns and controls is waging wars on venezuela, cuba, Iran, lebanon, etc. because they see what chinese socialism can do for people and they want to destroy it because it threatens their model of wealth accumulation

your government is using your tax dollars not to better your life but to worsen the lives of people in China and all throughout the global south because instead of giving up a single cent the ruling class would rather destroy any examples of a better world

people are burning down their workplaces, firebombing tech oligarchs' homes, and assassinating insurance CEOs on the street because life in the united states has become unbearable. meanwhile 90 percent of people in china own their homes and 91 percent feel the government serves the people

if you're wondering why the liberal establishment has always offered more respect and courtesy to fascists like JD Vance than they do to anyone on the left it's because they agree more with fascists than anyone even remotely left of center

I did not realize that watching videos of Israeli tourists being publicly shamed would be so therapeutic

the democratic party shelters and fundraises for sexual abusers and epstein associates within its own ranks and is somehow also the party that liberal feminists will shame you for not voting for

it's journalistic malpractice to report on eric swallwell's sexual misconduct allegations without mentioning that it was an open secret among democratic leadership who continued to support him throughout regardless

so insane!!

it's the same reason they believe that dressing up in costumes is activism or why they believe a politician's words over their actions

they truly believe that making light of fascism will materially weaken it, just like they believe pointing out Trump's hypocrisy will defeat him

libs were dancing outside a concentration camp with dildos because their ideology asserts that reality is a battle of ideas as opposed to a class struggle waged through a material struggle for power

OUT TODAY matteo capasso breaks down the global implications of this war with a historical and dialectical materialist analysis // full episode on patreon.com/upstreampodcast or check out the teaser anywhere you get your podz 🎧

yes thousands have been killed and food will be unaffordable to most of us but have you considered that a dying empire gets to puff out its chest for a few months

US-led global capitalism managed to hobble into the 21st century. but it's now clear to anyone with a working brain that it has reached a point of profound, perhaps terminal crisis. and nothing demonstrates this as clearly as Iran

"there needs to be a force that stands up to the united states and Israel" there already is it's called the axis of resistance

the most expensive investment the US has made throughout its existence has been crushing socialism and sovereignty globally. trillions of dollars, hundreds of millions of lives. it would rather see the world burn than watch that investment crumble

the war on Iran cannot be understood as separate from NATO's war with Russia, from Israel's genocide on palestine and ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon, from the kidnapping of maduro or the starving of cuba. the thread that ties these all together is sovereignty—something the US cannot allow

“The US cannot afford regional stability in West Asia because such stability would inevitably facilitate alternative economic partnerships and potentially undermine the dollar-denominated oil system that underpins US global financial dominance." – Matteo Capasso

NEXT WEEK'S PATREON
iran pt. 4: towards a multipolar world w/ matteo capasso

this party cannot be reformed or changed from within. we need a real labor party that rejects Israel and embraces cooperation in a multipolar world. this will never happen until people stop voting democrat

"where are the democrats in response to this" by brother they just genocided the palestinians in gaza, they're taking a short break so they have the energy to genocide another people in 2028

NEW EP renzo llorente joins us for a discussion on counterrevolution in Cuba and the many forms it takes—from sabotage to military incursions to ideological warfare

just a reminder that the democrats had a supermajority, the executive, the senate, and the house and they bailed out wall st., stayed in iraq, and passed a conservative heritage foundation healthcare bill. this is a right wing party and they keep telling you this over and over and over again

I feel like we're finally ready to start planning a Democratic People's Republic of Korea series