No True Leftist - the Problem With the Terminally Online Left
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🔥 Dec 11, 2025 - From Organize Magazine - Maybe you’ve read Hwang Dongyun’s book “Anarchism in Korea,” or George Katsiaficas’ essay Peter Kropotkin and People’s Uprisings: From the Paris Commune to the Kwangju Uprising. However, as abundant as such examples of past attempts are, th...
The December 9 protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Three
The fragmentation of Africa into more than fifty states along colonial borders was not the “inevitable” outcome of a bourgeois-democratic stage, but the direct product of the counterrevolutionary role of Pabloism.
The Rich Wrote the Laws So that They Get all the Money, While the Left Was Sleeping
I endlessly hear people complaining that we should tax billionaires, which we should. But the more fundamental question that is rarely asked is, why do we
CrimethInc. : It's Safer in the Front : Taking the Offensive against Tyranny
Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy.
There’s no reason to sleep curled up and bent. It’s not comfortable, it’s not good for you, and it doesn’t protect you from danger. If you’re worried about an attack, you should stay awake or sleep lightly with limbs unfurled for action.”
For members of targeted groups, the initial impulse is often to withdraw, to go into hiding. Yet when it comes to both individual and collective self-preservation, it can be wiser to act assertively at the beginning, while it is still possible to influence the course of events. Even if this goes badly, it can be better to bring the conflict to a head immediately, before one’s adversary becomes more powerful. If nothing else, this strategy has the virtue of making it impossible to lull oneself into a false sense of security while the threat increases.
We (MUST) Keep Us Safe: An interview with a Long-Term, Anonymous Anarchist Comrade on Repression, Trauma, Security Culture, and Revolutionary Solidarity – 🏴 Anarchist Federation
🔥 Jan 12, 2025 - From The Final Straw Radio - Download This Episode This week, we’re featuring an anonymized chat with a longtime anarchist on lessons learned trying to be free while being targeted by state repression. We talk about experiencing trauma, the need for strong relationships and movements offering shelter and strong alternatives to…
Kamala Harris appears likely to be the Democratic presidential nominee. A look back at her political career reveals a politician who matched every progressive achievement with a conservative one.
Chinese regulators begin testing GenAI models on socialist values
Winston Ma, adjunct professor of law at the New York University School of Law, says because of U.S. sanctions, China's artificial intelligence players are facing issues with their financing and computing capabilities, forcing them to focus on the commercialization and application of large language models rather than the models themselves.
(1) Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China by John Garnaut
Regular Sinocism readers are no doubt familiar with John Garnaut, one of the top journalists covering China before he joined the Australian government, first as a speech writer for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and then as a China policy advisor. John led the Australian government’s analysis of and response to PRC/CCP interference and influence efforts in the country, and his work has since had significant influence in other Western capitals.