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Yahya Sinwar personally allowed captive to spent time with a friend after Israel killed the captive's family

Yarden Bibas: I asked Hamas chief Sinwar to hold me together with my friend David Cunio

In an interview with Israeli TV, Yarden Bibas said that after learning his wife and children were killed, the Hamas leader asked how he could help and let him spend a few days with his friend, another hostage still in Gaza

^Haaretz

#Palestine

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JeSuisUnHombre

in reply to geneva_convenience • 3 giorni fa • •

Humanity fully expected from the side that's trying to protect families

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lost_faith

in reply to JeSuisUnHombre • 3 giorni fa • •

This is the second such article I've seen where the Israeli prisoners were treated fairly vs what the Palestinians experienced in Israeli prisons. The other story was about an Israeli being given someones prayer stuff. Funny how the "Bad Guys" are more humane to their prisoners

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Evilsandwichman [none/use name]

in reply to geneva_convenience • 3 giorni fa • •

Silvia Cunio: act of unexpected humanity

You think that's surprising, just wait'll you hear about Palestinians in general!

FranklyIGiveADarn via Memes

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FranklyIGiveADarn
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Trans Rights Are Workers Rights

#memes

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daggermoon

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

Do right-wingers lament the lack of trans people on the right?

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to daggermoon • 3 giorni fa • •

Chasers unfortunately exist.

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turdcollector69

in reply to daggermoon • 3 giorni fa • •

No. As a rule basically anything you see here that the right is "panicking" about is a nothing burger to them.

It's the same with their news feed, they get articles about how the left is "panicking" over shit nobody actually cares about.

More and more were hating fictionalized versions of each other and the ensuing culture war gives the 1% room to pave over our rights.

We're to the point now where the "wft I love/hate X now" meme isn't a joke. The culture war is fully driving people's values, not ideology.

This is the main reason why people vote for trump, they want to win the culture war and don't give a fuck about ideology.

Next time you see a headline or article ask yourself if you actually give a shit or if you're being told to give a shit. You'll be surprised how often it's the latter.

95% of the memes here (like this one) here are just strawmen for culture war fodder.

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PartyAt15thAndSummit

in reply to turdcollector69 • 3 giorni fa • •

Strawmen? On Lemmy? Say it ain't so.

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daggermoon

in reply to turdcollector69 • 2 giorni fa • •

I need to remember that more often.

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Clark

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

Why are big companies like Google and Microsoft supportive for leftists if leftists in the USA want to destroy capitalism? It's weird.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Clark • 3 giorni fa • •

These companies aren't supporting the end of capitalism. They subsume and coopt socially progressive movements to better support their own profits. Capital does this with anything, it doesn't care about what the message or movement is, which is why many companies are tuning back progressive messaging in the current social climate.

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FranklyIGiveADarn

in reply to Clark • 3 giorni fa • •

Man could you imagine if we had Google/MS bucks behind us? Instead it's like 30 people with $2 between us.

Google and Microsoft do not support the left at all.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

Orgs like PSL seem to be doing well!

Home Page - Party for Socialism and Liberation

Liberation News PSL on Twitter

^PSL

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TranscendentalEmpire

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 giorni fa • •

Eh..... The PSL is less of a political party and more of a political "think tank" funded by Neville Singham. The entire party is basically just the host of BreakThrough News.

Which I don't really mind the left having a think tank funded by a billionaire, I just wish they did more than self promote such a small pool of people and didn't represent themselves as an actual political party.

Despite claiming that they have representation in over 50 cities, they lack any kind of physical fingerprint outside of NYC. And despite being based out of NYC but have been completely silent on the mayoral race.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to TranscendentalEmpire • 3 giorni fa • •

Local branches get up to a lot more than what happens at the national level, plus a lot of the work is done behind the scenes. There's more than just NYC, the local chapters do good work.

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TranscendentalEmpire

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 giorni fa • •

I'm guessing there's a bit of a difference between chapters? The closest one to me doesn't seem to do much but sporadically organize protests.

There's also been a lot of accusations of coverups of sexual assault and anti trans biase over the years. I mean at least bad enough to have its own section in the prolewiki.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to TranscendentalEmpire • 3 giorni fa • •

There's decent variance. The ones I have experience with have all been pro-trans, with queer membership. Allegations do exist, but it doesn't appear to be beyond a local level. Talk to your local directly.

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Clark

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

With all that money against leftists, leftists couldn't race head to head with the right wing in the USA. So I don't think they are against you either.

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Leftists are not racing head to head with the right wing in the US Empire. The DNC and GOP are both right-wing, leftism is largely found in smaller parties like PSL.

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grue

in reply to Clark • 3 giorni fa • •

They aren't. Your question has no valid answer because the assumption it presupposes is false.

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Sentient Loom

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They support identity politics to keep people at each others' throats (divide and conquer by identity) while cloaking themselves in empty rhetoric (nominal "support") that makes them look moral but accomplishes nothing beyond identity-division.

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Clark

in reply to Sentient Loom • 3 giorni fa • •

That makes sense but I have always related them with the USA leftists as they support LGBT, woke, Palestine supporters. Just one time Microsoft supported Israel for a very short period but other than that... But what you say wasn't something I considered. I will keep it in mind

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Corporations absolutely do not support Palestine, especially not big tech companies. They often deal directly with Israeli intelligence.

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WoodScientist

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If you're not woke, you're asleep.

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Revan343

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Why do you believe big companies support leftists?

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Clark

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Because they all support diversity, equity, woke etc, which are leftist movements in the USA. They advertise for positions always stating these movements. Why do you think they support the right wing?

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Clark • 3 giorni fa • •

They feign social progressivism while affirming right-wing economics, which is the peak of liberalism.

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Kras Mazov

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That's just a surface level analysis. The moment LGBT people started being accepted, not because of people's benevolence but because of much fighting and struggle to be accepted and recognized, capitalism realized that we could be marketed to, that we were just another profit source, so it started reacting accordingly, that's why terms like Rainbow Capitalism exists.

You can easily see this every pride month were companies will change their logos to pride themed ones, unless it's in a country where being LGBT is illegal. We are only a concern as long as we are profitable.

Furthermore it is not that companies are inherently right wing, but rather that they are a part of capitalism which is in itself a right wing system.

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DarkAri

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They aren't it's just many programmers are nonbinary because that tends to go with intelligence. Not that being intelligent makes you nonbinary just that being intelligent makes it hard to be stupid and pretend like you are something other than yourself. Before the desert monoreligions took over nonbinary and queer identities were very prevalent in society. People were always gay and genderweird, but religion and authoritarianism and slave ethics made people think we are the weird ones when really they are the weird ones living a lie. They accuse us of "gender ideology" even though we barely even believe in gender and they are obsessed with it and gender roles. They accuse us of "gay ideology" even though we mostly keep it to ourselves and they build their entire identity on being "normal", and constantly badmouth us, which ironically they aren't even. They are repressed and confused and virtually lobotomized. They are motivated primarily by fear and acceptance. They are jealous and envious that someone else can be brave and be themselves when they are miserable little assholes who can never even stand up for themselves or even know a single true thing about themselves outside of the dark corner of their mind they reserve for masturbation.

They can never allow us fairness because if they did we would just completely dominate them and their entire culture. Most of us are not only intelligent but strong and honest. We are survivors. We are brave. We are principled. That's how we ended up becoming human in this ridiculous world of exploitation and gaslighting. We are beautiful because we actually care and take an interest in ourselves. We have good character because anyone will use any excuse, no matter how small to try to exclude us or get rid of us. They can't compete with us so they have to lie and other us as much as possible.

Yet if there is one thing that's going well in this world, people are at least learning to be and know themselves. People are quickly embracing their queerness and natural genders instead of this stupid nonsense from the past in the religious world. Modern humans are starting to become like the greeks and Romans and Persians and Egyptian again. Finally starting to be happy, and progress as a species, and we are finally starting to get back to that level of civilization after a near 2000 year dark age.

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RobotToaster

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They support liberalism, not leftism.

They like making a big deal out of their tokenistic support of LGBT/BIPOC/etc, to distract from them trampling over workers rights.

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Sentient Loom

in reply to RobotToaster • 3 giorni fa • •

They support liberalism

No they don't. They only support making money and cornering markets for themselves. They'll take corporate socialism and using the law to crush opinions. The idea that they "support" anything ideological is utterly wrong.

Anticipating somebody's response:

Exactly. You just described liberalism.

No I didn't. Corporations have no ideology. It's pure warfare and there are no rules or values beyond making money for themselves, not on any larger societal scale. They're just algorithms for increasing profit.

to distract from them trampling over workers rights.

100% yes

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Sentient Loom • 3 giorni fa • •

"Corporate socialism" does not exist. Corporations push liberalism as a part of cultural hegemony, as does the state. Capital does not care about anything but profit, but cultural hegemony is the means to protect property relations.

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Sentient Loom

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 giorni fa • •

Corporate socialism is when the government gives them our tax dollars to totalize top-down control. That's not liberalism, that's just power. They'll trample "liberalism" to make a dollar.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Sentient Loom • 3 giorni fa • •

That's not what socialism is to begin with, that's just the state within capitalism affirming corporate power, which is a part of liberalism. "Liberalism" has always generally been that which affirms capitalism, ideologically, it isn't a moral code.

Using taxes for things isn't socialism, socialism is a mode of production where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy.

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Sentient Loom

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 giorni fa • •

That’s not what socialism is to begin with

But that's what corporate socialism is

“Liberalism” has always generally been that which affirms capitalism

That's one function of it (in context) but that's not the definition. That's not "what it is." Also, these corporations would trample capitalism itself to gain more power.

socialism is a mode of production where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy.

I'm not talking about socialism, I'm talking about corporate socialism, which is not a form of socialism. It's a term which demonstrates how anti-liberal and anti-meritocratic and even anti-capitalist the top-down government-corporate control network is.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Sentient Loom • 3 giorni fa • •

"Corporate socialism" does not exist. It isn't socialist in any way. What it is is thoroughly capitalist, and is an example of the state under capitalism affirming corporate interests. A closer descriptor would be "state capitalism."

Corporations cannot "trample capitalism itself for more power." The only power corporations hold within capitalism comes from their ability to reproduce on an expanded scale in capital circulation. If corporations trampled on capitalism, they would erase themselves.

What you describe as "anti-liberal," "anti-meritocratic," and "anti-capitalist" is the peak of liberalism and capitalism itself. The late stage capitalism has not transcended capitalism, and is not denoted as "corporate socialism." That's just word salad.

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Sentient Loom

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 giorni fa • •

It isn’t socialist in any way

Doesn't matter. All my descriptions match reality. And these are the terms we use to refer to these aspects of reality. Corporate socialism is very real, even if it isn't socialism. Get used to it because it's a fixture of our society.

If corporations trampled on capitalism, they would erase themselves.

Nobody in any board room will ever care about that large-scale erasure. They will each act in support of their career and their shareholders' profits. Destroying the environment may ultimately erase all corporations. They don't care. They cannot care. They are an algorithm for increasing profits. Larger ideological values are irrelevant. So-called capitalism (to the extent that it even exists) is a product of all this high-concept greedy animal behavior, not the cause.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Sentient Loom • 3 giorni fa • •

The process you define as "corporate socialism" is just regular capitalism. There's no utility in defining it the way you do, that's like calling Tennis "Paddle Soccer" or something even more outlandish. It doesn't meaningfully describe anything.

As for corporations trampling the environment, risking themselves, etc, yes, that's correct. It isn't human greed, though, it's because capitalism as a system selects for higher profits, those best capable of fulfilling their duty to best reproduce on an expanded scale, best chase higher absolute profits as the rate of profit falls. The ideological aspect only applies in affirming cultural hegemony, ie in protecting their right to continue this process of plunder.

In that way, it is thoroughly liberal, as in liberalism is the justification, and is thoroughly capitalist, in that this is the self-defeating stage of capitalism itself. None of this has transcended capitalism, though, it isn't morphing into anything new, until a qualitative leap in property relations happens and public ownership in the hands of the working class becomed the principle aspect of the economy.

The contradictions within capitalism induce its demise, but these contradictions are characteristic of capitalism, and are not beyond or outside it.

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Sentient Loom

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 giorni fa • •

There’s no utility in defining it the way

I ready described such utility in how it opposes our shallow images of "cApiTaLisM" (and meritocracy etc). Capitalism as instantiated doesn't match our descriptions of it. Human greed is the constant engine. Liberalism emerged from that emergent environment, and in some ways helps maintain aspects of those systems. But corporations will never actually support any ideology, whether that ideology supports or opposes "capitalism." Corporations (or rather the humans whose greed is their engine) will, at best, stab us in the eyes and ears with ANY fractured ideological images that gets them some near-term increase in power or profits.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Sentient Loom • 2 giorni fa • •

We are speaking largely past each other. Capitalism was not a choice, it emerged naturally from mercantilism and early industrial manufacturing within the boundaries of feudalism. It was never a choice to adopt it, it arose naturally as it subsumed everything else, extending the domain of private property.

The utility of Liberalism is in its ability to affirm existing property relations. This is pressed down by the state, and additionally the large corporations. This is called "cultural hegemony," capitalism is maintained by the ideological superstructure.

Corporations, individual capitalists, etc did not choose capitalism, correct. They are the best at gathering profits. Capitalism as a system selects for them, because capital is a control system, if you fail to compete you fall.

Power is only useful as far as it increases profits, because profits are what is systemically driven. Humans are not in control of capitalism, capital is.

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ShinkanTrain

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 giorni fa • •

I like the idea of just renaming things to criticize something else entirely.

Air conditioning? You mean weather lich witchcraft, we're not doing necromancy in my christian home

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Exquisite bit

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Sleepless One

in reply to Sentient Loom • 3 giorni fa • •

The "socialism for the rich" talking point and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

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Sentient Loom

in reply to Sleepless One • 3 giorni fa • •

If nobody ever coined that term then everything would still be exactly the same.

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ScreamoBMO [they/them]

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In addition to people differentiating between leftism and liberalism:

Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would critique capital end up reinforcing it instead...

Communists are allowed to post on YouTube because YouTube gets ad revenue off of their content without meaningfully changing our ability to actually affect change, at least from YouTube’s perspective.

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Infamousblt [any]

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Why are big companies like Google and Microsoft supportive for leftists

Lol in what universe is this true?

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CatoPosting [they/them, he/him]

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

I can't bring myself to upvote any of the Incel-origin memes. Ascribing correctness to attractive white people feels too sus.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

Struggle informs theory, and theory in turn counsels action. That's why those at the summits of power do everything that can to ridicule and condemn and censor these ideas.

-Leslie Feinberg

Works by Leslie Feinberg:

Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue

Transgender Warriors

Lavender & Red

Transgender Liberation: A Marxist View

That queer theory broadly shares Western Marxist proclivities towards pessimism and theoreticism is exemplified in its treatment of categories such as normativity, the universal, the bodily, the virtual, and science. Trans people’s experience impels us to seek further afield for a theory adequate to our situation, rejecting the chauvinist anticommunism that other leftists take for granted, and discovering underappreciated benefits to “sympathizing with the monster.” From this deparochialized perspective, it makes as little sense for a Marxist-Leninist to be transphobic as it does for a trans person to be anticommunist.

-Nia Frome

The Problem of Recognition in Transitional States, or Sympathy for the Monster

Bonus: My intro Marxist-Leninist reading list

Read Transgender Liberation: A Marxist View (Leslie Feinberg) on ProleWiki

^ProleWiki

Cowbee [he/they]

2024-11-12 13:19:57

Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism

"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."
Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? | Audiobook
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook
The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.
Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!
Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Mao Tse-Tung

Revolution. Socialism. Liberation. - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. Our home is in the working class.
^{admin (Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO)}

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RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

What does "40%" mean in this context?

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Revan343

in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • 3 giorni fa • •

Iirc there was a stat that ~40% of trans people attempt suicide

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RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️

in reply to Revan343 • 3 giorni fa • •

Oh.. 😢

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GeneralVincent

in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • 3 giorni fa • •

A 2020 academic study with a sample size of 372 respondents found that 40 percent of transgender people had attempted suicide. It found that interpersonal microaggressions and emotional neglect by family members were the leading contributors to the attempts.

Similarly, in 2016, the National Transgender Discrimination Survey found that 41 percent of 6,450 respondents said they had previously attempted suicide. By comparison, the CDC found that in 2020, 0.36 percent of the population had attempted suicide.

According to a 2022 survey by The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ suicide prevention organization, nearly 1 in 5 young people who identified as transgender or non-binary have attempted suicide.

Meanwhile, a 2018 study of more than 120,000 children age 11 to 19 found that 41.8 percent of non-binary adolescents—those who do not identify as definitively male or female—had attempted suicide

source

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RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️

in reply to GeneralVincent • 3 giorni fa • •

Thanks. That's so sad 😢

~Also~ ~I've~ ~gotten~ ~so~ ~worried~ ~of~ ~the~ ~use~ ~of~ ~em-dashes,~ ~so~ ~I'm~ ~glad~ ~you~ ~had~ ~a~ ~source.~

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GeneralVincent

in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • 3 giorni fa • •

Yeah a bunch of maga think that's an insult, and not just evidence of their cruelty and ignorance.

~also~ ~yeah~ ~i~ ~just~ ~copy~ ~and~ ~pasted~ ~tbh~ ~so~ ~could~ ~be~ ~ai~ ~used~ ~by~ ~the~ ~source, ~ ~idk~

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HiddenLayer555

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Adding to the other replies, right wing transphobes routinely hail the suicide rate as a badge of honour. They love joking about it and insinuating it should be higher. They're really not quiet about expressing that they absolutely want trans people to kill themselves.

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Corridor8031

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

this is just what i think,
but it might be, that someone who questions gender identity, might also question capitalsim instead of just accepting the rethorics..

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eldavi

in reply to Corridor8031 • 3 giorni fa • •

anything that forces you to question the status quo will prod you into questioning other things.

for me, it's being queer; brown; and on the spectrum, which are all things that get you frequent rejection from almost all status-quo-loving groups of people.

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the_ego

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

I have to correct you:
it's 41%, please get your memes right

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lolola

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"Please stay away from me. Ok thanks for accepting me."

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Woman

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barnaclebutt

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 3 giorni fa • •

I'm on-board with everything else, but is not farting all the time just basic manners?

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TheMadBeagle

in reply to barnaclebutt • 3 giorni fa • •

It is, but the post still stands, you don't need to hold in that fart to be a women, people can still find it rude though.

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eldavi

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TIL i do women things. lol

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Maverick

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How is this a meme

solo via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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50 fact briefs about climate change science published in collaboration with Gigafact!

Fact Briefs Summary Page
In April 2024 we announced the (renewed) collaboration between Gigafact and Skeptical Science to create fact briefs, short but credibly sourced summaries that offer “yes/no” answers in response to claims found online. Initially, we published new fact briefs on Saturdays, but switched to Tuesdays earlier this year and while we try to have a new fact brief out each week, we sometimes miss a week due to time constraints and vacations.

50 fact briefs published in collaboration with Gigafact!

^{Skeptical Science}

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crandlecan

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~~Republican spam? 👀~~

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harc

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Is it? Had fast look and the site... looks like rightwing bullshit, but the science seems right?

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Qkall

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This site is a fucking mess. I had to go to an entirely different site to find the damn list on one page.

Edit
...totally missed op provided that. But I clicked the link before coming to the comments

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harc

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I guess, and from the other comment, this might be a design decision. For some reason some people seem to respond better to sites looking like that rather than something more resonable. Nice psyop they got there.

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solo

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Sorry, I don't understand why you say this. Can you explain?

Edit: Maybe it's the "skeptical" thing. Well this site is about the following

Explaining climate change science & rebutting global warming misinformation
Global warming is real and human-caused. It is leading to large-scale climate change. Under the guise of climate "skepticism", the public is bombarded with misinformation that casts doubt on the reality of human-caused global warming. This website gets skeptical about global warming "skepticism".
Our mission is simple: debunk climate misinformation by presenting peer-reviewed science and explaining the techniques of science denial, discourses of climate delay, and climate solutions denial.

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crandlecan

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Ah. That is what I didn't find. Good. Thank you.

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The web we know is efficient—but fragile. Power and innovation have drifted away from users and into platforms. A new generation of open architectures—ActivityPub, Solid, and beyond—offers a way to take control back.

techtonicshift.vivaldi.net/202…

Roads to the User-Owned Web - TechTonic Shift

The web we know is efficient—but fragile. Power and innovation have drifted away from users and into platforms. A new generation of open architectures…

^{ghrasko (TechTonic Shift)}

#fediverse #openweb #SolidProject #DigitalAutonomy #europeanalternatives #edAI #TechForEurope #TechTonicShift #UserOwnedWeb

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witchescauldron

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Interesting, this is the part of the social tech path we need. At the #OMN we work on the more grassroots and activist path of this native #openweb push.

#openweb #omn

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rule

#onehundredninetysix

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verdare

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An inquisitor knows that the proper way to do it is to push her off a tall ledge.

If she air-dashes back, she’s trans.

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Rozaŭtuno

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sherikaz via Comic Strips

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8 men own same wealth as half the world

Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world

Meet the 8 men who are wealthier than half the globe

bloomberg.com/billionaires/

Meet the 8 men who are wealthier than half the globe

Meet the 8 men whose wealth equals that of the world's poorest 3.6 billion people

^{Aimee Picchi (CBS News)}

#comicstrips

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Rozaŭtuno

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Help. I can't unsee Loss.

schizoidman via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Spain's power plants are burning more gas since blackout, sending gas demand up

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/spains-power-plants-are-burning-more-gas-since-blackout-sending-gas-demand-up-2025-10-21/

#climate

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EU criticised for pausing sanctions on Israel in response to Trump Gaza efforts

The EU has been criticised for pausing sanctions against Israel’s government in response to Donald Trump’s peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, as the fragile ceasefire came under threat.

After meeting EU foreign ministers on Monday, the European foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced a pause on efforts to suspend preferential trade with Israel and sanctions against people responsible for fuelling the conflict on both sides

EU criticised for pausing sanctions on Israel in response to Trump Gaza efforts

Pause on move to freeze preferential trade pact comes amid scramble to shore up fragile ceasefire

^{Jennifer Rankin (The Guardian)}

#World

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middlemanSI

in reply to geneva_convenience • 3 giorni fa • •

All the effort Taco is doing is towards enriching himself. And even that is done by his staff. So they announce peace, continue killing and everybody just forgets genocide? Bravo (/s)

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geneva_convenience

in reply to middlemanSI • 3 giorni fa • •

Just forget about Israel still killing people in the West Bank (and in Gaza) please.

The EU is a subservient to Israel. They never put on sanctions and now drop their threats at the earliest fake opportunity.

geneva_convenience via Europe

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EU criticised for pausing sanctions on Israel in response to Trump Gaza efforts

The EU has been criticised for pausing sanctions against Israel’s government in response to Donald Trump’s peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, as the fragile ceasefire came under threat.

EU criticised for pausing sanctions on Israel in response to Trump Gaza efforts

Pause on move to freeze preferential trade pact comes amid scramble to shore up fragile ceasefire

^{Jennifer Rankin (The Guardian)}

#europe

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Tangentism

in reply to geneva_convenience • 3 giorni fa • •

It's not even sanctions, it's just pausing "preferential trade with Israel".

The EU want to list everything because.. trade but also because European bureaucrats love a bit of colonialism

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geneva_convenience

in reply to Tangentism • 3 giorni fa • •

Indeed. The EU postponed sanctioning Israel for two years and the second there is a fake ceasefire they use it as a pretense to throw implementing the sanctions out the window.

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SnokenKeekaGuard via Memes

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I miss when all my school supplies came with art like this

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55775585

#memes

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tlmcleod

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Food and cats. They really knew their audience back then

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eldavi

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your school sounds lit; i wish i had gone. lol

Libera Folio

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”Esperanto estas por mi fenestro al la mondo”

Por kio utilas Esperanto? Juna esperantisto en Kabulo, respondas: ”Mi esperas, ke Esperanto helpos al mi lerni pri aliaj kulturoj kaj komuniki kun homoj ekster mia lando. Ĝi donas al mi senton, ke mi ne estas tute izolita.” Sed dum li mesaĝadis kun Libera Folio, la retligo kun la ekstera mondo estis interrompita de la talibanoj.

liberafolio.org/2025/10/21/esp…

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Track_Shovel via solarpunk memes

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A nation that destroys its soil...

#memes

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Jim East

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Meh. I've never even seen such a soil, and I can grow food just fine here. Society has overstayed its welcome anyway.

silence7 via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Illinois Wants Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Need to Figure Out How to Make It Happen.

Illinois Wants Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Need to Figure Out How to Make It Happen. - Inside Climate News

It’s the seventh state to pass a law requiring climate education in public schools. The requirement will kick in next fall.

^{Inside Climate News}

#climate

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klammeraffe

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I’m guessing you would have to forcefully remove all of the conservative nuts jobs from positions within the education departments.

Cement is pretty cheap, and you can mix it with any sort of rocks you find if you need it. Sand is good too whatever.

silence7 via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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US DOE climate report colored by past views of its authors, critics say | A review by POLITICO’s E&E News found that most of the authors have spoken out against the endangerment finding

Sole sourcing for this; no other coverage yet.

DOE climate report colored by past views of its authors, critics say - E&E News by POLITICO

A review by POLITICO's E&E News found that most of the authors have spoken out against the endangerment finding, once called the "holy grail" of climate

^{Scott Waldman (E&E News by POLITICO)}

#climate

schizoidman via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate

The current US administration wants to protect fossil fuel profits, slow the clean energy transition and curb China’s influence — whatever the cost to allies or the climate.

Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate

As China secures its role in clean tech exports, the US is doubling down on fossil fuels – and pushing allies to buy US gas.

^{The Conversation}

#climate

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Mihies

in reply to schizoidman • 3 giorni fa • •

I fear that EU will cave to the Orange as it usually does after a week or so. Read the article - it already did, no surprises there.

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captainastronaut

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The US still has allies?

Track_Shovel via solarpunk memes

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😭😭😭

#memes

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Sunoc

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Broadfern

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Cutest exoskeleton!

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Rimu via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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The coal industry is collapsing

https://www.forbes.com/sites/we-dont-have-time/2025/10/19/russias-coal-collapse-marks-the-end-of-fossil-fuels-post-war-illusion/

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rrrurboatlibad

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Excellent

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Tollana1234567

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it actually make sense, and has been known for a while, why they are invading ukraine, less reliance on russian oils and minerals have gotten vlad very concerned and flailing about his hold on the world. thats why he invaded ukraine he needs thier resources and upped his propaganda machine, and pressured his russian agents in the west. better of gettin it from places like china instead of volatile russia.

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HaraldvonBlauzahn via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Just Stupid

cross-posted from: piefed.ca/post/228244

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Just Stupid — Bloomberg

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Just Stupid — Bloomberg - CleanTechnica

Two thirds of the heat related deaths in the UK this summer can be traced directly to burning fossil fuels a new study shows.

^{Steve Hanley (CleanTechnica)}

#climate

HaraldvonBlauzahn via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Renewable Energy Is Booming Despite Trump’s Efforts to Slow It | With federal subsidies ending or becoming hard to claim, companies are racing ahead with solar, wind and battery projects.

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/28846168

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/business/energy-environment/trump-renewable-energy-batteries.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU8.9qS_.aAvyAtanMXcH

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grimpy via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?

One day it struck me that the world would be a very different place if environmental crimes were treated in the same way as murders. So, why aren’t they? And should they be?

At the moment such crimes can, mistakenly, feel distant and abstract. If someone came into your flat and set fire to your furniture, stole your valuables, killed your pet, added poison to your water … what would you do? You’d be terrified. You’d go to the police. You might want revenge. You’d certainly want justice. It would be entirely obvious to you that a crime had been committed.

Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?

Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?

^{Julia Shaw (The Guardian)}

#climate

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selkiesidhe

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Considering we all live in Earth's climate, yes.

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bss03

in reply to grimpy • 3 giorni fa • •

I don't know what you mean by "like murder".

Do I think we need more capital punishment? Absolutely not. We should never kill person that's already restrained from doing harm, even if their intent is clear.

Do I think there could be more meaningful liability? Yes. I think restorative justice means not just MUCH heavier fines (large percent of gross income for the entire period they are in violation) that are earmarked for environment restoration / pollution control efforts, but also time spent doing the work, on-site to restore / clean / contain for everyone in the decision/authority chain, across organizations.

I also think anyone that has been convicted/punished from wrong environment decision/action more than once could be subject to monitoring, publication, and shaming. Whatever education is part of the restorative justice is not enough, and society has to engage in prevention as a defense.

They should be treated more as "crimes against persons" than "property crimes": probably.

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HaraldvonBlauzahn via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Netherlands: Zero-emission zones lead to boom in electric vans and trucks

cross-posted from: piefed.social/post/1371451

Netherlands: Zero-emission zones lead to boom in electric vans and trucks - electrive.com

A new analysis by Clean Cities examines the initial impact of the introduction of zero-emission zones for freight transport (ZEZ-F) in Dutch cities. One finding: registrations of electric vans and trucks are skyrocketing in the country.

^{Chris Randall (electrive.com)}

#climate

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HaraldvonBlauzahn via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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EV adoption surges in developing nations, challenging oil demand narrative

cross-posted from: piefed.social/post/1371452

There’s a comforting story that oil bulls like to tell themselves to stave off worries about the future: While the privileged few in Europe and California might have lost their minds over electric vehicles, billions of drivers in the Global South are readying themselves to provide the next wave of petroleum demand.
Those who believe this might want to have a look at the cars and two-wheelers that people are actually buying right now. Far from trailing the rich world in their enthusiasm for battery cars, developing nations are surging ahead.

[...]

Things are moving even faster in nations wholly dependent on imports. More than three-quarters of the value of vehicles brought into Nepal, Sri Lanka and Djibouti last year was purely electric. Import shares in Ethiopia and Laos were 40 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. Plug-in sales increased by 60 per cent in developing countries as a whole in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency.

https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/ev-adoption-surges-in-developing-nations-challenging-oil-demand-narrative-125081100114_1.html

#climate

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Otter Raft via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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The northern migration of the temperate forest isn’t proceeding as expected

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favour of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal forest is showing surprising resilience.

The northern migration of the temperate forest isn’t proceeding as expected

Maple forests aren’t spreading north as quickly as predicted.

^{The Conversation}

#climate

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Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands

Crowdsourcing photos is a neat way to gauge the health of those ecosystems. I've quoted some excerpts from the article below.

A link to the study: doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae06…

Peatlands are among the world’s most important yet underappreciated ecosystems. They are a type of wetland that covers a small fraction of the Earth’s land, while containing the most carbon-rich soils in the world.
Healthy peatlands shape water cycles, support unique biodiversity and sustain communities. Yet for all their importance, we still lack a clear picture of how peatlands are changing through time.
When peatlands are drained, degraded or burned, the carbon they hold is released into the atmosphere. More than three million square kilometres of wetlands have been drained by humans since 1700, meaning we have lost a huge amount of carbon sequestration potential globally. This makes it all the more important for us to understand and conserve remaining peatlands.
Our study, called The PeatPic Project, used smartphone photography to collect data. We connected with peatland researchers around the world via social media and word of mouth and asked them to collect photographs of their peatlands during 2021 and 2022. We gathered more than 3,700 photographs from 27 peatlands in 10 countries.
We analyzed these photographs to look at the plant colour, telling us how green leaves are across the year, and providing rich information on the vegetation growing there. Changes in green leaf colour indicate when plants start their growing season.
They also indicate how green or healthy plants are, how much nutrient plants take up and when they turn brown in the autumn. Colour shifts can also signal changes in moisture or nutrient conditions, temperature stress or disturbance.

Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands

The PeatPic Project used over 3,700 smartphone photographs from 27 peatlands in 10 countries to gather data about how climate change is impacting them.

^{The Conversation}

#climate

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StinkyFingerItchyBum

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This technology could feed a world of 10 billion.

Yeah, but for how long? Climate change, soil erosion and aquifer depletion.

solo via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024

^{World Meteorological Organization}

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robocall

in reply to solo • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 3 giorni fa) • •

Plants be happy

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naeap

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Depends
They start to give off CO2 when it gets to hot - or at least can't take up as much anymore

We aren't just losing storage, nature joins us in producing more CO2 the hotter it gets

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Zubgub

in reply to robocall • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 3 giorni fa) • •

Plants can only consume so much.

sciencealert.com/trees-struggl…

Trees Struggling to Absorb CO2, Leading Emissions to Skyrocket : ScienceAlert

Recording-breaking carbon emissions in 2023 could be a sign that nature's carbon removal systems are failing, a study awaiting peer-review warns.

^{Tessa Koumoundouros (ScienceAlert)}

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Hypx

in reply to solo • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 3 giorni fa) • •

I hope people here are realizing that our current strategies are not working. They are mostly just "feel-good" solutions like paper straws, and will not eliminate the need for fossil fuels. Which is why I keep pushing for green hydrogen, because I already knew this and want real solutions to be pursued.

schizoidman via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

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Prospects Dim for Denmark’s Renewable Energy Star

Orsted, which helped create and dominated the offshore wind industry, has felt a huge impact from these setbacks. The company said last week that it would lay off 2,000 people, or 25 percent of its staff, over the next two years.
Instead of lining up new, multibillion-dollar wind farms to build in shallow waters around the globe, Orsted will mainly focus on finishing those it has under construction and managing them or selling them off.
Orsted said 235 of the 500 layoffs planned for this quarter would be in Denmark
Wood Mackenzie, an energy consulting firm, forecast that less than 50 percent of the cumulative targets set by national governments, excluding China, for offshore wind for the end of the decade will be achieved.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/business/denmark-orsted-wind-farms-trump.html

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This Hydrogen has no Color

Peregrine Hydrogen has an unusual idea for making clean Hydrogen, one that it says fits into existing industrial processes. One of the world's largest Phosphate mining companies is interested.

^{Hanno Böck (industrydecarbonization.com)}

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Five

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Produced and consumed in Morocco, replaces another energy reclamation method, no mention of quickly approaching peak phosphorus.

Approaching peak phosphorus - Nature Plants

Any long-term solution to the projected decline in phosphate supply must involve improving phosphorus use efficiency in crop plants.

^Nature

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Americans can’t afford their cars any more and Wall Street is worried

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/37630345

If only we had invented and built some sort of alternative mode of collective transportation. Maybe it could be in tunnels and ride on metallic rails. It would serve many people and make periodic stops to the same locations instead of the highway clusterf- we have today. Sad that we don't, but a man can dream though. A man can dream though. A man can dream.

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Chinese freighter halves EU delivery time on maiden Arctic voyage to UK

[quote]The Istanbul Bridge’s maiden voyage, originally expected to take 18 days, was delayed by two days due to a storm off the coast of Norway but the ship still reached Europe earlier than the 40 to 50 days it takes freighters going through the Suez Can

The Istanbul Bridge's maiden voyage, originally expected to take 18 days, was delayed by two days due to a storm off the coast of Norway but the ship still reached Europe earlier than the 40 to 50 days it takes freighters going through the Suez Canal or around the Cape of Good Hope.
The new Northern Sea Route, running entirely through Arctic waters and within Russia's exclusive economic zone, can now be navigated by ships due to global warming.

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Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

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We're already circling around +1.5℃. I'd bet on +2.0℃ by 2040.

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Yeah. Two years ago, mainstream studies were estimating 3°C by 2100 - and it's well documented at this point how climate scientists deliberately underestimate predicted rates of warning to avoid being seen as alarmist.

At this point I agree with 2°C by 2040 and bet on 3°C by 2050. 5°C by 2100, 10°C if some of the worst case feedback loops exist.

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Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

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Brazil’s first private Amazon road paves new trade route to China as pro-deforestation mindset prevails

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Brazil’s government has signed a 30-year contract to privatize a section of the BR-364 highway, a key part of its plan to create an overland corridor to Peru to streamline commodity exports to China.
Critics warn that expanding the highway into well-preserved rainforest risks repeating its history by attracting illegal loggers and land grabbers, a pattern that previously cleared vast areas for agriculture.
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Fueled by soybean, corn and beef production, [the Brazilian state of] Rondônia is now one of Brazil’s leading agribusiness states, where a pro-deforestation mindset prevails, rooted in a population largely disconnected from the forest, rivers and traditional Amazonian culture. This view gained renewed momentum under Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right president from 2019-2022, who won all 52 of Rondônia’s municipalities in both the 2018 and 2022 elections.
Cutting across Rondônia, BR-364 has become a key route for moving grain, beef and minerals to ports on the Madeira River in Porto Velho. From there, commodities from Brazil’s central-west region are shipped downriver to foreign markets via the Atlantic Ocean.

Brazil's first private Amazon road paves new trade route to China

A road that once opened the Amazon to destruction is being expanded, and critics fear history will repeat itself.

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So much for green china

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The disasters we talk about shape our priorities and determine our preparedness

In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide.
Today, this mission is more urgent than ever as disasters strike more often and with greater force.
And although substantial progress has been made, there is still much to achieve in reducing disaster risks and their impacts.
One of the main culprits for overlooking certain disasters is the way we talk about them. We tend to focus more on the narratives surrounding rapid-onset events — wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes — versus long-term crises like climate change.

The disasters we talk about shape our priorities and determine our preparedness

From drought to soil degradation and environmental pollution, why does society overlook the most impactful disasters?

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Russia’s Arctic Sea route sells speed at the planet's expense, another new study finds

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44071783

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A recent study published in Nature Communications by Pengjun Zhao, Yunlin Li, Caixia Zhang and co-authors examines how the opening of Arctic shipping routes is set to reshape not just the global shipping traffic, but global carbon emissions. The research points to possible environmental advantages from shorter routes, but also reveals hidden risks that complicate the promise of this new era in maritime trade.
Here is the study published in Nature
Key points:
A Shorter Route Doesn’t Guarantee a Cleaner Route: The Arctic shipping route can cut some journeys by up to 40%, particularly between Northern Europe and Northeast Asia, but efficiency gains may be offset by induced shipping demand and shifts in global fleet patterns.
Arctic Emissions Could Surge: Maritime emissions within the Arctic could rise sharply, from 0.22% to as much as 2.72% of global shipping emissions, creating a new climate hotspot.
Heavy Emitters Set to Dominate: Oil, gas, and chemical tankers are expected to make up the bulk of NSR traffic, amplifying the carbon footprint of rerouted shipping flows.
Policy Matters More Than Distance Saved: The study finds that relying on current IMO targets or Green Corridors only modestly reduces emissions. Only a robust Net-Zero strategy with cleaner fuels, caps, and regional implementation could fully offset added Arctic emissions.
Risks of Carbon Inequality: Route shifts may concentrate emissions in specific areas while reducing them elsewhere, creating localized “hot spots” of pollution exposure.
Technological & Environmental Constraints: Short-term fuel savings may be undermined by Arctic-specific challenges such as extreme weather, heavy fuel oils, spill risks, inadequate infrastructure, and regulatory gaps.
The findings in the study do support claims that the Northern Sea Route is a shorter and cheaper alternative to existing shipping routes. However, the study is only the latest to sound the alarm over the potential environmental and safety risks inherent to the route.
In recent weeks, the Bellona research group presented their findings from years of analysis into the dangers posed by the Northern Sea Route. You'll find a video on the linked site for some of the main findings.

Russia’s Arctic route sells speed, at the planet's expense - ArcticToday

Researchers are sounding the alarm that the Northern Sea Route is not the climate boon its advocates promise

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Exposed: Uncontrolled biogas expansion funded by public purse

[quote]More than €37 billion in public money available and €28 billion of private investments committed – with added risks to climate and health A [url=https://eeb.org/library/biogas-policies-in-the-eu-levelling-up-or-locking-in/]new report[/url] from t

More than €37 billion in public money available and €28 billion of private investments committed – with added risks to climate and health
A new report from the Methane Matters coalition – a consortium of civil society organisations – finds that The EU has handed the biogas industry billions of euros of public money to expand, without ensuring adequate environmental controls.

Exposed: Uncontrolled biogas expansion funded by public purse

More than €37 billion in public money available and €28 billion of private investments committed - with added risks to climate and health A new report from the Methane Matters coalition - a consortium of civil society organisations – finds that The E…

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‘We are witnessing a fire-sale of the world’s rainforests’ – global banks earn billions from deforestation

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44051179

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US banks earned the most globally, making $5.4 billion, with Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock topping the list. In the US, the SEC’s climate-related financial disclosure rules remain suspended, and attempts to pass the FOREST Act, an import regulation like the UK’s law banning imports grown on illegally deforested land, have stalled.
EU banks generated $3.5 billion, led by BNP Paribas and Rabobank, while UK banks made $1.2 billion, with HSBC, aberdeen Group and Schroders at the top. The EU’s flagship deforestation law, due to enter into application at the end of 2025 has already been delayed by 12-months [...] and remains at risk of additional delays.
Chinese financial institutions made $1.2 billion, almost entirely from credit-related deals and fees – despite the country’s green finance policy requiring banks to restrict lending for companies with ESG concerns. In China, Green Finance Guidelines introduced in 2022 could be utilised to outline how banks should identify, monitor, prevent and control their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. However, China remains the biggest international financier of companies that trade and produce goods linked to deforestation.
Together, banks in all other countries including Indonesia and Brazil earned $15.9 billion.
The UK passed a law in 2021 prohibiting the use of products linked to illegally deforested land, but it has yet to come into fully force. Once it does, the Treasury must conduct a review of the UK’s role in financing global deforestation.

Global banks earn billions from deforestation

New Global Witness research exposes glaring contradiction at the heart of forest finance, as Brazil prepares to launch flagship tropical forest fund at COP30

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The world isn't getting better despite 'despite some conflicts and crisis'. The world is getting worse through design. The biggest obstacle right now is that most people still refuse to attack the satus quo. How can't it be obvious by now that our governments act AGAINST our interest? How can people still tell themselves that they do enough by voting?

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Australia's Queensland reverses policy, pledges to keep using coal power

Australia's Queensland state government said on Friday it would run coal power plants at least into the 2040s, reversing a previous plan to pivot rapidly to renewables

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/australias-queensland-reverses-policy-pledges-keep-using-coal-power-2025-10-10/

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Yeah, why use renewable energy when you can use a dirty finite resource that will almost certainly rise in price over their time horizon.

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VW boss Blume: EU's ban on new petrol cars by 2035 'unrealistic'

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VW boss Blume: EU's ban on new petrol cars by 2035 'unrealistic'

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27% of Volkswagens sales are electric. It is entirly possible to get the other 73% done in a decade. Especially given the growth of the sector.

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OK, to go into some more detail: The big car makers could actually make it if their management wants to. They have invested a bit into electrical technology, though by far not enough.

Then there are companies like Bosch which have developed electrical technology since a long time. Bosch is today one of the most important suppliers of eBike drive components.

But what is the far bigger problem for industrial policy are the car companies' suppliers, of which many are still focused on 100% combustion engines and the parts around them. They have no future. And unfortunately, they have a disproportionate economic share in entire regions.

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“Politically correct” cycle lane plans would put “economic vitality” of town at “serious risk”, warns Labour MP – due to loss of six car parking spaces

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“Politically correct” cycle lane plans would put “economic vitality” of town at “serious risk”, warns Labour MP – due to loss of six car parking spaces

Ayr cycle lanes risk economic vitality of town

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Imagine if cars only now started to become a thing and we were living in a walkable city with viable public transportation.

We would probably as a society question why do cars need to be so large and require massive empty parking lots.

It would be crazy to pave over a whole park in the center of a green walkable town.

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Teachers scrambled after ICE released tear gas outside a Chicago elementary school

Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while the Trump administration spends millions to militarize American cities.

For the last month, the Trump administration has kept Chicago under siege. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested a 15-year-old U.S. citizen earlier this week after unleashing tear gas into a crowded residential neighborhood. Earlier in October, masked federal agents raided a five-story apartment building in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Chicago and zip-tied naked children as they dragged their parents away.

The Trump administration claims that Chicago is unsafe and needs order, despite the fact that the city experienced its lowest homicide rate in 60 years this summer. But instead of investing in underfunded schools or attempting to eradicate poverty, which have been shown to increase public safety, the administration is pouring millions into the militarization of American cities and fighting a court battle to federalize the National Guard in Chicago.

Teachers Scrambled After ICE Released Tear Gas Outside a Chicago Elementary School

Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while Trump spends millions to militarize American cities.

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The #HindRajabFoundation and Al Jazeera Channel - قناة الجزيرة reveal the full chain of responsibility behind the murder of 6-year-old Hind Rajab — uncovering who gave the orders and who carried them out.
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