Pay or Okay report: how companies make you pay for privacy
So-called ‘Pay or Okay’ systems are on the rise in Europe. First introduced by newspapers in Austria and Germany, Meta adopted the approach for Instagram and Facebook in 2023. By now, many websites across Europe are using similar systems. Instead of giving users a genuine choice whether to accept or reject ad tracking, ‘Pay or Okay’ systems ask for a payment if you want to refuse “consent”. This leads to “North Korean consent rates” of 99.9%. Many news companies claim that the approach is necessary to finance quality media. In reality, digital advertising makes up at best 10% of the revenue of European press. Given the upcoming guidelines by the EDPB on this topic, this report analyses the industry’s arguments and the actual economic impact of ‘Pay or Okay’.
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Colbert’s show cost over $100 million annually and reportedly lost $40–50 million each year. But this alone does not explain its termination. Television history is filled with unprofitable yet high-profile productions that networks sustained for strategic reasons.
The political atmosphere surrounding the decision and the mounting evidence of behind-the-scenes coercion offer further insight into Colbert’s firing. Paramount Global, CBS’s parent company, is in the midst of an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which would create a $28 billion behemoth called Paramount Skydance Corporation. Skydance CEO is David Ellison, son of Oracle’s Larry Ellison, a multibillionaire. Both Ellisons are Trump supporters.
The merger is undergoing regulatory scrutiny—particularly by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), now under the direct control of the Trump administration. The deal’s approval has been delayed until at least October 2025, and its fate clearly hangs on Paramount’s ability to placate the White House.
This is the same Trump administration that has made a specialty of waging legal and financial war on the media. Most recently, Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal ($10 billion). Previously, he settled a defamation lawsuit with ABC News ($15 million) and, most relevantly, with Paramount itself—$16 million paid to settle a suit related to a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.
Colbert publicly denounced the latter settlement, calling it a “big fat bribe.” Days later, CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show.
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Corporate mergers, political pressure and economic decline are reshaping American media.World Socialist Web Site
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CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Colbert’s show cost over $100 million annually and reportedly lost $40–50 million each year. But this alone does not explain its termination. Television history is filled with unprofitable yet high-profile productions that networks sustained for strategic reasons.
The political atmosphere surrounding the decision and the mounting evidence of behind-the-scenes coercion offer further insight into Colbert’s firing. Paramount Global, CBS’s parent company, is in the midst of an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which would create a $28 billion behemoth called Paramount Skydance Corporation. Skydance CEO is David Ellison, son of Oracle’s Larry Ellison, a multibillionaire. Both Ellisons are Trump supporters.
The merger is undergoing regulatory scrutiny—particularly by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), now under the direct control of the Trump administration. The deal’s approval has been delayed until at least October 2025, and its fate clearly hangs on Paramount’s ability to placate the White House.
This is the same Trump administration that has made a specialty of waging legal and financial war on the media. Most recently, Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal ($10 billion). Previously, he settled a defamation lawsuit with ABC News ($15 million) and, most relevantly, with Paramount itself—$16 million paid to settle a suit related to a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.
Colbert publicly denounced the latter settlement, calling it a “big fat bribe.” Days later, CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show.
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Corporate mergers, political pressure and economic decline are reshaping American media.World Socialist Web Site
AIPAC-Backed Lawmakers Are Pushing AI Funding for Israel
A wish list of legislative items prioritized by the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) earlier this year has been nearly entirely fulfilled by the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including tens of millions of dollars a year for the Israeli military to develop artificial intelligence technologies.
Congressional Republicans have, as usual, turned the must-pass annual defense policy legislation into a defense industry bonanza. The latest version of the NDAA that advanced in the House last week authorizes $848 billion in spending for the US military, much of which will be funneled (with additional revenue from Donald Trump’s megabill) straight to private defense contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Israel, unsurprisingly, is another major winner, thanks in part to the lobbying forces of AIPAC in Washington, DC. The group spent more than $100 million on the 2024 federal elections, setting a campaign spending record. Nearly two-thirds of Congress have accepted AIPAC money, ensuring a united bipartisan front in support of Israel even as the country wages what many experts have definitively concluded is a genocide in Gaza.
AIPAC-Backed Lawmakers Are Pushing AI Funding for Israel
Congressional Republicans have delivered on the pro-Israel organization AIPAC’s wish list in the latest military spending bill, including tens of millions of dollars a year for the Israeli military to develop AI technologies.jacobin.com
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Free online tool hub – from text utilities to SEO tools, no sign-up, no ads, works instantly ⚡
Just stumbled upon this clean and super lightweight website offering a bunch of handy tools —
from text utilities to emoji generators, love calculators, email extractors, SEO helpers, and more.
✅ No login
✅ No pop-ups
✅ No tracking
✅ Everything works instantly in-browser
Honestly feels like a throwback to when websites were simple and fast.
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Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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You stumbled across this site? Wow, what an odd coincidence! It seems exactly like this other site that you said you made here:
And I do mean exactly.
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🎯 A free collection of 40+ web tools – from dev utilities to productivity boosters
I've been working on a small project called Shatoolshub –
it's a hub of online tools like:Meta tag generator
Password generator
Text repeater
Emoji tools
Email extractors
GST and Stock calculators
And lots more
No login needed, free to use, ad-free. Built mostly in JavaScript/HTML.
It’s meant to be lightweight, mobile-friendly, and fast.
Open to feedback and suggestions if anyone has ideas on improving it!
Shatoolshub
Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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🎯 A free collection of 40+ web tools – from dev utilities to productivity boosters
I've been working on a small project called Shatoolshub –
it's a hub of online tools like:
Meta tag generator
Password generator
Text repeater
Emoji tools
Email extractors
GST and Stock calculators
And lots more
No login needed, free to use, ad-free. Built mostly in JavaScript/HTML.
It’s meant to be lightweight, mobile-friendly, and fast.
Open to feedback and suggestions if anyone has ideas on improving it!
Shatoolshub
Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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You made this site, you say? What an odd coincidence! Were you inspired by the site you say you "stumbled upon" here?
Because it sure seems like the exact same site. 🤔😑🙄
Free online tool hub – from text utilities to SEO tools, no sign-up, no ads, works instantly ⚡
Just stumbled upon this clean and super lightweight website offering a bunch of handy tools —
from text utilities to emoji generators, love calculators, email extractors, SEO helpers, and more.✅ No login
✅ No pop-ups
✅ No tracking
✅ Everything works instantly in-browserHonestly feels like a throwback to when websites were simple and fast.
Check it out 👉 shatoolshub.com/
Shatoolshub
Discover free and powerful online tools on Shatoolshub including email extractor, text repeater, password generator, and more. Make your daily tasks easier!shatoolshub.com
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AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today
AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today
Google is making video AI models harder to ignore.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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Goldman Sachs is getting worried about the economy
Goldman Sachs warns of slower U.S. growth as tariffs weigh on consumer spending
The U.S. economy is headed into a period of noticeably slower growth thanks to the tariff impact on inflation and, by consequence, consumer spending, according to Goldman SachsJeff Cox, CNBC (NBC News)
Getting Started with Go - Trevors-Tutorials.com #2
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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Trevors-Tutorials.com is where you can find free programming tutorials. The focus is on Go and Ebitengine game development. Watch the for more info.
The Go Programming Language
Go is an open source programming language that makes it simple to build secure, scalable systems.go.dev
Getting Started with Go - Trevors-Tutorials.com #2
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
This video complements the text tutorial at trevors-tutorials.com/0002-get…
Trevors-Tutorials.com is where you can find free programming tutorials. The focus is on Go and Ebitengine game development. Watch the for more info.
The Go Programming Language
Go is an open source programming language that makes it simple to build secure, scalable systems.go.dev
Shouting into the void
Copilot on teams Android keeps turning itself on. I looked through docs & found I was doing things correctly. So I opened it up out of frustration.
I know it means nothing, but I had to say (type?) it out loud. I have really come to hate Windows since 11 was forced on us at work.
Ironically, it'll just ape back what you want to hear by being sympathetic towards my concerns, addressing nothing.
Don't know who's more pathetic, the chatbot or me 🥲
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so you can keep Windows for work but use Linux for everything else
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From Canada to Finland, a US neo-Nazi fight club is rapidly spreading across the globe
From Canada to Finland, a US neo-Nazi fight club is rapidly spreading across the globe
Active clubs that use martial arts to espouse far-right, fascist ideologies are proliferating in the US and abroadBen Makuch (The Guardian)
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Trust in the US is eroding. Now the question isn’t if the dollar will lose supremacy: it’s when
Trust in the US is eroding. The question isn’t if the dollar will lose supremacy – it’s when
De-dollarisation is not a threat to global stability. Countries are simply questioning the rules of a game long rigged in Washington’s favourKenneth Mohammed (The Guardian)
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Nascita e deflagrazione del castello costruito per serbare le più care armi della vecchia New York - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Nascita e deflagrazione del castello costruito per serbare le più care armi della vecchia New York - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Alto e cupo, superbo a vedersi, sorge lungo il fiume Hudson come un OOPArt (artefatto misterioso) fuoriuscito da un portale verso l’epoca dei laird sui loro scranni di quercia e delle scintillanti spade che si accompagnavano alle cornamuse degli Alti…Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
NYC leaders call for inspection after video shows poor conditions at Federal Plaza detention center
MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- There are growing questions surrounding video showing crowded conditions inside a federal immigration center in Manhattan, and now New York City leaders are calling for a full inspection.
If video tells the story, then the New York Immigration Coalition hopes images from inside 26 Federal Plaza bring about a much-needed change.
The organization released footage recorded on the 10th floor of the center, which shows men sleeping on the floor in crowded and unsanitary conditions.
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Norman Finkelstein discusses the assault on academic freedom
Norman Finkelstein discusses the assault on academic freedom
Instance PeerTube généraliste francophone. General French-speaking PeerTube instance.Mes Numériques
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India resumes tourist visas for Chinese: First time since 2020 border clash; Beijing welcomes move
India resumes tourist visas for Chinese: First time since 2020 border clash; Beijing welcomes move
India News: NEW DELHI: India will restart issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens from July 24, its embassy in China announced on Wednesday, marking the first s.TOI News Desk (The Times Of India)
NYC leaders call for inspection after video shows poor conditions at Federal Plaza detention center
NYC leaders call for inspection after video shows poor conditions at Federal Plaza detention center
There are growing questions surrounding video showing crowded conditions inside a federal immigration center in Manhattan, and now New York City leaders are calling for a full inspection.Joe Torres (ABC7 New York)
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Iranian helicopter confronts US warship approaching territorial waters
Iranian helicopter confronts US warship approaching territorial waters
Iranian state media describe the confrontation as ‘tense’, while US military says the encounter was ‘professional’.Al Jazeera
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Me trying to read a page of a book after years of crippling phone addiction
Me trying to read a page of a book after years of crippling phone addiction
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Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US
The proposed update to Switzerland’s Ordinance on the Surveillance of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (VÜPF: Verordnung über die Überwachung des Post- und Fernmeldeverkehrs) represents a significant expansion of state surveillance powers, worse than the surveillance powers of the USA. If enacted, it would have serious consequences for encrypted services such as Threema, an encrypted WhatsApp alternative and Proton Mail as well as VPN providers based in Switzerland.
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US | Tuta
Revision of Swiss surveillance law VÜPF would directly target VPN & encrypted chat and email providers based in Switzerland.Tuta
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Switzerland never had solid privacy laws - and is known for intelligence service overreach for decades.
They had a Stasi like system of "who to imprison" when "the time comes".
They listen to all IP traffic in and out the country - which is concerning in times of traffic pattern analysis.
And they are known for their close cooperation with US intelligence services.
Protons (and Threemas) claim of "soo good swiss privacy laws" is nothing more than swiss-washing. And they know it.
Proton has already given away data of its customers (climate activists) to the swiss authorities. And only talked about it when the press got onto it.
Buried in Proton's AI announcement today is a pretty shocking detail about their service 👀
Buried in Proton's AI announcement today is a pretty shocking detail about their service 👀Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.
#Proton #Switzerland #Privacy #EuroStack #ProtonMailSurveillance: le géant des mails cryptés Proton prêt à quitter Genève
Andy Yen, patron du service de courriel et Cloud aux 100 millions d’utilisateurs, refuse l’espionnage que veut imposer la Confédération.Pierre-Alexandre Sallier (Tamedia Publications romandes S.A.)
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WordPress-ActivityPub v 7.1.0 Introduces Following Capabilities
The latest release of the ActivityPub WordPress plugin introduces new functionality for performing remote follows directly from WordPress. Here's why that's important for the future of WordPress on the Fediverse.
WordPress-ActivityPub v 7.1.0 Introduces Following Capabilities
The ActivityPub plugin team at Automattic has been doing some amazing work. Over the past few years, this single-person project has shifted from a single-person effort to a team of full-time developers. With the release of the 7.x branch of the ActvityPub integration plugin, project devs announced that they would be working on bringing remote following capabilities to the plugin itself.Today, version 7.1.0 was released with a very early sneak peak at this new feature. While it’s currently hidden behind an “Advanced Options” toggle, it’s now possible to use the ActivityPub plugin to directly follow other Actors on the network.
Screenshot courtesy of ActivityPub for WordPress
This is still a relatively new feature, and the plumbing hasn’t been completely fleshed out yet. Team member Konstantin Obenland explains further in the announcement:
There’s really no functionality around it yet, beyond following accounts from other instances, as we have yet to start processing incoming posts and adding the ability to interact with them. But if you just can’t wait to show your appreciation for other accounts by following them, go wild!
Why is this Important?
The connection from WordPress to the rest of the Fediverse has always kind of been in a weird place. While the main ActivityPub integration for WordPress generally works great for sending articles to subscribers, following people directly from the WordPress dashboard has been messy. Right now, if you wanted to use your WordPress blog as an actual Fediverse account, you would need the following things:
- Friends – a social dashboard for WordPress, still in the early stages. This piece is primarily used for following other people in the Fediverse.
- Enable Mastodon Apps – This implements a substantial amount of the Mastodon API, so that you can post microblog updates directly to your WordPress site.
- Event Bridge for ActivityPub – This technically adds support for federated Events, by converting your site’s events calendar into something people on the network can subscribe to and indicate their attendance.
With these three pieces, it’s possible to cobble together something that comes close to being a complete Fediverse user experience. Still, this process takes time to set up, can be prone to configuration issues, and sometimes has missing features. Having different plugins that all touch the ActivityPub integration can also be harder to test code and report issues.
We use Tusky with our site for social purposes. It’s pretty good, but definitely could be better.
By introducing remote following functionality directly into the ActivityPub plugin, the project team will effectively provide standard mechanisms for other plugins to directly rely on. In the near future, this might mean that you won’t have to rely on Friends to be the broker of your social connections. Instead, Friends can just use what’s already put in place by the core plugin, and focus on ways to just work as a social dashboard.Also, Starter Packs!
One other thing worth mentioning involves preliminary support for the Fediverse Starter Kits, a proposed recreation of Bluesky’s Starter Pack functionality. While there have been a number of attempts to make something similar for the Fediverse in the past, there has yet to be a Fediverse standard for lists filled with recommended users to follow. However, the WordPress team has put in the effort to support Pixelfed‘s Starter Kit Data Schema as a point of reference.
A screenshot of the importer in action. Credit: Matthias Pfefferle
In all, this release iterates on the current ActivityPub stack for WordPress, and could provide a stable foundation for a lot of future functionality that we’ve all come to expect from platforms such as Mastodon, Misskey, or even Bonfire.
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StarterKit Extension Documentation Specification Base Structure { "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "type": "Collection", "id": "https://example.org/recommendations/category-name...dansup (GitHub)
A Call from the Workers of Gaza to Labor Unions Around the World: A Cry in the Face of Starvation and Genocide
A Call from the Workers of Gaza to Labor Unions Around the World:A Cry in the Face of Starvation and Genocide
To all free workers everywhere,
To our comrades in trade unions and labor federations around the world,
We bring to you the statement of the workers of Gaza, issued by the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions, addressed to the workers and unions of the world—this final appeal they have named “A Cry Before Death.” It reaches us from the midst of hunger and siege, from beneath the rubble of factories and homes, and from the heart of a continuing war of extermination that has gone on for nearly 22 months alongside a systematic policy of mass starvation executed by “Israel” with direct support from the United States and its European partners.
The statement reads: “The Israeli war has destroyed 80% of Gaza’s homes, all of its factories, workshops, and sources of livelihood, and most of its farmland has been bulldozed.”
Indeed, the lives of workers, fishermen, farmers, and all productive social sectors in the besieged Strip have been turned into a living hell. Their families are now without shelter and without income. There is no food and no medicine. One worker says: “We are besieged by American and European weapons, choked by hunger, neglect, and silence — all in an attempt to destroy our lives, to break our resilience, and to crush the will of resistance in our people.”
We address you today once again, not merely as victims, but as the workers of Palestine: an integral part of the popular and working classes of this world, struggling for justice, liberation, and dignity. And we call upon you to:
Break the silence and complicity, raise your voices within your unions and federations, and denounce the policies of starvation, siege, and massacre in Gaza.
Pressure your governments to end arms deals and military cooperation with the occupation, and to impose sanctions on the Zionist settler-colonial and apartheid regime.
Boycott companies that support the occupation, and withdraw union investments from any company, institution, or entity involved in funding or profiting from the war.
Organize days of rage and global solidarity in factories and workshops, in ports and airports, in the streets and public squares, in support of Palestine and its brave people.
We especially appeal to the unions of seafarers and port workers, urging them to refuse to load or unload “Israeli” ships or those bound for Zionist ports, and to halt any form of maritime or commercial cooperation with the tools of war and siege. Your strong hands and awakened consciences are capable of halting the machinery of extermination and stopping the shipments of death sent to Palestine. Show all humanity the power of the struggling working class when it rises united in defense of justice and human values.
From here, we proudly and gratefully salute our comrades, the port workers in Greece, for their principled and courageous stance, and their leading role in boycotting “Israeli” ships and rejecting complicity in war crimes. We also salute the labor unions in Norway, Spain, France, Canada, and elsewhere for their pioneering role in impactful solidarity with our people through the boycott of occupation institutions. We call upon all labor unions around the world to cut ties with the so-called “Histadrut”, the Zionist organization that claims to belong to the working class while participating in the siege of Palestinian workers, justifying the genocide in Gaza, and serving as an integral part of the Israeli occupation apparatus.
Comrades,
What is being carried out today in Gaza is a crime of mass starvation in full view of the world: its aim is to displace us and expel us from our land. This is not only a war of physical extermination; it is a series of crimes that surpass everything committed by Nazism and fascism in Europe. It is carried out with the aim of subjugating us by destroying the very conditions of life and human dignity. Yet the popular working classes and their free unions around the world possess a legacy of history, strength, and courage sufficient to defeat these criminal policies — if they unite their ranks and raise their voice in confrontation with colonialism, Zionism, and the savagery of capitalism.We promise you:
We will rebuild the universities, schools, institutions, and factories of Gaza again, as we have always done after every American-Zionist war of destruction. And we will continue our steadfastness, no matter how great the hardships and challenges.Let us turn anger into action, and solidarity into a concrete stance.
Let us break the policy of starvation and raise the banner of labor struggle for justice—For a free Palestine, from the river to the sea.The Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil)
23 July 2025(Text of the statement from the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions – Gaza)
The Workers’ Cry Before Death
A cry we raise to speak to the consciences and dignity of our comrades in the unions, to call for mobilization in support of children who cannot find milk or a morsel of bread, for mothers whose breasts have dried up, for patients waiting to die of hunger, for elders who fear dying of hunger, and for workers who can find neither work nor bread.
Our free comrades, For 22 months, the occupation has carried out the killing of civilians and the destruction of homes—destroying 80% of Gaza’s houses, all of its factories, bulldozing most of its agricultural lands, and closing off most sources of livelihood.
Honorable colleagues, We think well of you, so roll up your sleeves to break the siege on Gaza. We await from you a human and moral role to save Gaza from a blockade in which the criminal occupation has sealed every window for the entry of food, medicine, and water to its people.
Our union comrades, We await your role in delivering the cry of the children and workers of Gaza to decision-makers and to the streets. You are the most worthy of carrying this responsibility—so be our support, move the streets, and stop the arms deals that are killing children, women, and workers. Mobilize the sympathizers and supporters to break the siege on Gaza, and deliver your free voice to the decision-makers.
There is no excuse for those who abandon Gaza and its people, or who abandon the workers.
Gaza will remain a witness to those who stood with the cry for humanity and the cry for freedom, and it will remain a symbol for the free people of the world.
A Call from the Workers of Gaza to Labor Unions Around the World: A Cry in the Face of Starvation and Genocide
A Call from the Workers of Gaza to Labor Unions Around the World: A Cry in the Face of Starvation and Genocide To all free workers everywhere, To our comrades in trade unions and labor federations around the world, We bring to you the statement of th…Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement
Please share this statement with your labor unions and local political organizations wherever you are on this planet.
The workers of the world have more power than we think and our brothers in sisters in Gaza are crying out for our help.
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It's a quote from Marx talking about why the Paris Commune adopted different political forms than that of the republicans. Saying "ready-made" in this case would be saying that the form of government of an insurgent working class is essentially different from the typical bourgeois state, and that the working class can't simply try to operate the bourgeois state, ready-made because it already exists. Effectively this means that Marx is clear that in order for the working class to free itself, the bourgeois state must be destroyed and replaced by a government created by the working class, and, judging by the Commune and later experiences, will be constructed amid the struggle to destroy the bourgeois state.
Sorry if that's a lot for an innocuous question. But if you're still curious, for fuller context:
The direct antithesis to the empire was the Commune. The cry of “social republic” ... did but express a vague aspiration after a republic that was not only to supercede the monarchical form of class rule, but class rule itself. The Commune was the positive form of that republic. ...
But the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.
The centralized state power, with its ubiquitous organs of standing army, police, bureaucracy, clergy, and judicature – organs wrought after the plan of a systematic and hierarchic division of labor – originates from the days of absolute monarchy, serving nascent middle class society as a mighty weapon in its struggle against feudalism. Still, its development remained clogged by all manner of medieval rubbish, seignorial rights, local privileges, municipal and guild monopolies, and provincial constitutions. The gigantic broom of the French Revolution of the 18th century swept away all these relics of bygone times, thus clearing simultaneously the social soil of its last hinderances to the superstructure of the modern state edifice raised under the First Empire, itself the offspring of the coalition wars of old semi-feudal Europe against modern France.
During the subsequent regimes, the government, placed under parliamentary control – that is, under the direct control of the propertied classes – became not only a hotbed of huge national debts and crushing taxes; with its irresistible allurements of place, pelf, and patronage, it became not only the bone of contention between the rival factions and adventurers of the ruling classes; but its political character changed simultaneously with the economic changes of society. At the same pace at which the progress of modern industry developed, widened, intensified the class antagonism between capital and labor, the state power assumed more and more the character of the national power of capital over labor, of a public force organized for social enslavement, of an engine of class despotism.
After every revolution marking a progressive phase in the class struggle, the purely repressive character of the state power stands out in bolder and bolder relief...
Later on in the same section Marx describes the different political form of the Commune, mentioning mandated revocable delegation in place of representation, combining executive and legislative functions into the assemblies of delegates, and so on.
@Provinto@lemmy.ml gave an excellent answer, but I figured I'd take my shot at simplifying further.
Essentially, the bourgeois state is formed over time to support bourgeois society. A revolution that tries to wield it in its own favor has to contend with the fact that over time, the state as a superstructure is fully compatible with its respective base, capitalism. In order to change the base and superstructure, an entirely new state needs to take its place, not just in name but in structure, otherwise the old superstructure left hanging will wrest back control, like what happened at the Paris Commune.
The Promised LAN
Saw this posted over on HackerNews, and loved it. I'm big on self-hosting, and this is an incredibly exciting idea to me.
The Promised LAN is a closed, membership only network of friends that operate a 24/7 always-on LAN party, running since 2021. The vast majority of documentation is maintained on the LAN, but this website serves to give interested folks, prospective members or friends an idea of what the Promised LAN is, and how it works.
Their manifesto is also worth reading. My personal favorite part:
We do not wish to, nor will we, rebuild the internet. We do not wish to, nor will we, scale this. We will never be friends with enough people, as hard as we may try. Participation hinges on us all having fun. As a result, membership will never be open, and we will never have enough connected LANs to deal with the technical and social problems that start to happen with scale. This is a feature, not a bug.This is a call for you to do the same. Build your own LAN. Connect it with friends’ homes. Remember what is missing from your life, and fill it in. Use software you know how to operate and get it running. Build slowly. Build your community. Do it with joy. Remember how we got here. Rebuild a community space that doesn’t need to be mediated by faceless corporations and ad revenue. Build something sustainable that brings you joy. Rebuild something you use daily.
Bring back what we’re missing.
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Should i install a discontinued custom recovery ? And how to keep root after update on LineageOS!
Am using my redmi note 8 with lineageos built in custom recovery. And my device was rooted. Recently i installed a OTA update and i loose my root access. As i don't own a laptop (i used my friend laptop to flash custom rom and magisk) it's cery inconvenient to lose root on every OTA update.
I researched about it and find magisk don't root android in a deeper level but in a surface level, thats why an OTA update wipes root access.
So recently i was looking at custom recovery like orangefox and twrp fir fixing this issue. For my device orangefox dropped development and rwrp have updates only one a year and last one was yeras ago...
What should i do ? How can i really keep root on an OTA update without a PC or Second device with OTG cable ?
Is there any other root manager that don't allow to lose root after OTA updates ? And is this issue caused by updating the recovery along with the OTA update ? Just so confusing!
Or should i avoid rooting at all ?
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