Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
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Opinion - Guest Essay
Aug. 30, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign.Mr. Kennedy and the rest of the Trump administration tell us, over and over, that they want to Make America Healthy Again. That’s a great slogan. I agree with it. The problem is that since coming into office President Trump and Mr. Kennedy have done exactly the opposite.
Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
Opinion - Guest Essay
Aug. 30, 2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign.Mr. Kennedy and the rest of the Trump administration tell us, over and over, that they want to Make America Healthy Again. That’s a great slogan. I agree with it. The problem is that since coming into office President Trump and Mr. Kennedy have done exactly the opposite.
Company behind Jack Daniel's says boycott is 'significant' as sales to Canada fall 62%
The parent company of American alcohol producers such as Jack Daniel's whisky and Woodford Reserve bourbon says sales to Canada dropped 62 per cent during the latest fiscal quarter compared to a year ago, as American alcohol remains off the shelves in many provinces.
After U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods in early March, a number of provinces retaliated, pulling American alcohol from store shelves. Alberta and Saskatchewan have since lifted the ban.
During a conference call with investors Thursday, officials with Brown-Forman — the parent company of brands such as Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve — noted other pressures, but said the boycott is causing a "significant impact."
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Company behind Jack Daniel's says boycott is 'significant' as sales to Canada fall 62%
The parent company of American alcohol producers such as Jack Daniel's whisky and Woodford Reserve bourbon says sales to Canada dropped 62 per cent during the latest fiscal quarter compared to a year ago, as American alcohol remains off the shelves in many provinces.
After U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods in early March, a number of provinces retaliated, pulling American alcohol from store shelves. Alberta and Saskatchewan have since lifted the ban.
During a conference call with investors Thursday, officials with Brown-Forman — the parent company of brands such as Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve — noted other pressures, but said the boycott is causing a "significant impact."
'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror
We held a virtual encounter with Al-Farra and his patients this past Monday via a video call. In the past few weeks, we've sought to document what starvation looks like in Gaza, to witness the gravity of the situation with our own eyes. Israel doesn't allow journalists into the Strip, but via video we've been able to conduct real-time, online tours of hospitals and clinics.
For this article we conducted four such tours, in different places, and conducted separate conversations with another 12 doctors, 10 of them volunteers from the United States and Britain, who are currently in the Gaza Strip or were there recently. What we saw there left no room for doubt about the scale of the horror.
'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror
In recent weeks we spoke by video with doctors around the Gaza Strip. Through virtual tours of medical facilities, we sought to document the situation in which thousands of children suffer from severe acute malnutrition.Yarden Michaeli (Haaretz)
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'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror
We held a virtual encounter with Al-Farra and his patients this past Monday via a video call. In the past few weeks, we've sought to document what starvation looks like in Gaza, to witness the gravity of the situation with our own eyes. Israel doesn't allow journalists into the Strip, but via video we've been able to conduct real-time, online tours of hospitals and clinics.
For this article we conducted four such tours, in different places, and conducted separate conversations with another 12 doctors, 10 of them volunteers from the United States and Britain, who are currently in the Gaza Strip or were there recently. What we saw there left no room for doubt about the scale of the horror.
'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror
In recent weeks we spoke by video with doctors around the Gaza Strip. Through virtual tours of medical facilities, we sought to document the situation in which thousands of children suffer from severe acute malnutrition.Yarden Michaeli (Haaretz)
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This article is ANTI SEMETIC! It's JEWISH CULTURE to Starve Children to Death and ANYBODY Against it is AGAINST JEWS!
-World Governments Apparently!
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos in which he criticized Covid vaccines
A top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanded the removal of YouTube videos of himself that were published by a physician and writer who has been critical of medical misinformation and public health officials in the Trump administration, according to a YouTube notice that was seen by the Guardian.
Jonathan Howard, a neurologist and psychiatrist in New York City, received an email from YouTube on Friday night, which stated that Vinay Prasad, who is the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, had demanded the removal of six videos of himself from Howard’s YouTube channel.
Howard’s entire channel has now been deleted by YouTube, which cited copyright infringement.
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos in which he criticized Covid vaccines
Channel was an attempt to ‘preserve’ what Trump officials in current Trump administration said during the pandemicStephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35494320
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.By Mujib MashalTyler Pager and Anupreeta Das
Mujib Mashal and Anupreeta Das reported from New Delhi, and Tyler Pager from Washington.
Aug. 30, 2025
During a phone call on June 17, Mr. Trump brought it up again, saying how proud he was of ending the military escalation. He mentioned that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor for which he had been openly campaigning. The not-so-subtle implication, according to people familiar with the call, was that Mr. Modi should do the same.The Indian leader bristled. He told Mr. Trump that U.S. involvement had nothing to do with the recent cease-fire. It had been settled directly between India and Pakistan.
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.By Mujib MashalTyler Pager and Anupreeta Das
Mujib Mashal and Anupreeta Das reported from New Delhi, and Tyler Pager from Washington.
Aug. 30, 2025During a phone call on June 17, Mr. Trump brought it up again, saying how proud he was of ending the military escalation. He mentioned that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor for which he had been openly campaigning. The not-so-subtle implication, according to people familiar with the call, was that Mr. Modi should do the same.The Indian leader bristled. He told Mr. Trump that U.S. involvement had nothing to do with the recent cease-fire. It had been settled directly between India and Pakistan.
Trump 🤝 Putin
Turning yesterday's friends into today's rivals.
Pooty now has soured previously cordial relations with Azerbaijan like that, and Armenia began to distance itself from Russia too.
Orange has that with... well... almost everyone.
Orange has that with… well… almost everyone.
That's why he was put into power, because everything Trump touches turns to shit.
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.
By Mujib MashalTyler Pager and Anupreeta Das
Mujib Mashal and Anupreeta Das reported from New Delhi, and Tyler Pager from Washington.
Aug. 30, 2025
During a phone call on June 17, Mr. Trump brought it up again, saying how proud he was of ending the military escalation. He mentioned that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor for which he had been openly campaigning. The not-so-subtle implication, according to people familiar with the call, was that Mr. Modi should do the same.The Indian leader bristled. He told Mr. Trump that U.S. involvement had nothing to do with the recent cease-fire. It had been settled directly between India and Pakistan.
US poll finds 60 percent of Gen Z voters back Hamas over Israel in Gaza war
A new survey has revealed a sharp generational split in United States attitudes towards Israel’s war on Gaza, with younger voters showing unprecedented support for Hamas as Israel carries out a genocide.
The poll, conducted by The Harris Poll and HarrisX between 20 and 21 August among 2,025 registered voters, asked respondents: “In the Israel-Hamas conflict, do you support more Israel or more Hamas?”
Sixty percent of voters aged 18–24 expressed greater support for Hamas, in stark contrast to older demographics, where backing for Israel rose steadily: 65 percent among ages 25–34, 70 percent among ages 35–44, 74 percent among ages 45–54, 84 percent among those aged 55–64, and 89 percent of voters over 65.
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But why do you continue to support Hamas? Isn't violence bad?
Parliamentary question | Persecution of homosexuals in the Palestinian autonomous areas | E-1346/2003 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-1346/03 by Ilka Schröder to the Councilwww.europarl.europa.eu
US poll finds 60 percent of Gen Z voters back Hamas over Israel in Gaza war
A new survey has revealed a sharp generational split in United States attitudes towards Israel’s war on Gaza, with younger voters showing unprecedented support for Hamas as Israel carries out a genocide.
The poll, conducted by The Harris Poll and HarrisX between 20 and 21 August among 2,025 registered voters, asked respondents: “In the Israel-Hamas conflict, do you support more Israel or more Hamas?”
Sixty percent of voters aged 18–24 expressed greater support for Hamas, in stark contrast to older demographics, where backing for Israel rose steadily: 65 percent among ages 25–34, 70 percent among ages 35–44, 74 percent among ages 45–54, 84 percent among those aged 55–64, and 89 percent of voters over 65.
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Voting for Team BLU or Team RED will not save you (and your fortress, too)
Parliamentarism/electoralism will not save you, it only serves to extend the misery on the Global South. I hope this meme is palatable enough to show you why.
May the Global South be liberated from the US empire and Western Imperialism.
sidenote: took me a fucking while to color-correct Heavy's shirt and banner, if looks too pink for you, you can blame it on my skill issue. lol.
FreeBSD offers a 32 bit variant still via their i386 image.
Expect a small learning curve if you've never used UNIX, but most things are similar enough that you'll be fine. If you're ok picking up the FreeBSD handbook.
Let's be honest.... GrapheneOS sucks the big one
I'm sorry but it's true. Graphene OS sucks the big one.... It's absolutely janky when it comes to its Android app support, it's UI is absolutely atrocious, and all around. It's simply a wonky operating system.
Not only that but the whole premise of of making an operating system built only for Google pixel hardware on top of Android Open source project is just silly when it comes to the idea of "privacy". That would be like trying to open up a gay nightclub in Qatar. Google could snap its fingers tomorrow and lock down the ability to unlock bootloaders.
What do you think? Am I wrong here guys?
The UI is just AOSP android, simple and ugly (imo) as always. It's not unique in that either, most OEMs have a skin based on AOSP in some way.
As for the app support, I have had very little issues over the past year on GrapheneOS. Aside from some apps being exclusive to the play store (ie they don't host them elsewhere and Aurora doesn't have a copy), I have a pretty seamless experience. And yes, including banking apps.
Tap to pay doesn't work (they're upfront about that) but NFC is still fully features in my experience.
Linux Tablet?
Hi Linux nerds,
I've started up classes recently, and with being a recent convert and all, was a little curious to hear if anyone had any recommendations for a tablet capable of handling the workload of a student and that runs linux. I'm a bit of a neophyte when it comes to hardware (especially tablets, I've never had one in my life), though I've got enough experience to run Fedora on my PC.
My needs are pretty simple, I just need to be able to run libreoffice and take notes on the machine during lectures. Any insights as to where I should be looking?
while it's a bit more than a tablet, I scooped up a gen 3 yoga x1 thinkpad off ebay for somewhere around $300 USD. i'm running bluefin on it and it works great for most of my general computing tasks. the screen folds back into a tablet mode and the keys recess when it does. that functionality "just works" on a fresh bluefin install for me.
the stylus that sits inside the body of the laptop doesn't function and i suspect that it is a (non-replaceable) battery issue. i bought a larger lenovo stylus for the device after some research and it works great (plus i can replace the battery). it's a CCAI21LP1520T4 model. i think it was about $35 USD.
the only downside is it's a bit heavier than a tablet and it can get kind of warm over time but i'm doing development on it and have several docker containers running for that purpose. that might be a me problem.
i like that it has a headphone jack and an sd card slot. there's also a sim card slot but i doubt that's usable with linux.
Similar expierience, got an Inspiron x360 for $150 - works great and its capable of doing so much more than a usual tablet since I have the same Debian Stable install as on my Desktop and work Laptop.
And everything worked out of the box, which kinda baffled me to be honest.
What you're looking for is PostmarketOS. On their website you can also see what tablet devices it runs on more or less perfectly and on which ones some of the features are missing.
I think their website answers all of your questions.
postmarketOS // real Linux distribution for phones
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphonespostmarketOS
Proud Boys members call for Pam Bondi's resignation for seeking to dismiss their $100 million lawsuit
Proud Boys members call for Pam Bondi's resignation for seeking to dismiss their $100 million lawsuit
The far-right Proud Boys are calling for Pam Bondi's resignation, after the Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss their lawsuit.Scott MacFarlane (CBS News)
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It's not the Wunderwaffe anymore: in Kiev, they complain that the F-16 is "too old" for Russian "dryers"
It's not the Wunderwaffe anymore: in Kiev, they complain that the F-16 is "too old" for Russian "dryers"
It's not the Wunderwaffe anymore: in Kiev, they complain that the F-16 is "too old" for Russian "dryers". The American F-16 fighters, promoted by Ukrainian propaganda, turned out to be too outdated to seriously resist...Pravda USA
Libs are so fucking funny. Y'all every bit as delusional as QAnon crackpots who think everyone in government is a Jewish lizard communist, except y'all think everyone who provides evidence against the current narrative or just doesn't uncritically swallow the State Department line is being paid by China or Russia.
Get a grip fr.
Exactly. Even if someone were to post a thousand "pro-Russian" articles (aka articles not blindly parroting western propaganda narratives) a month, it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the firehose volume of propaganda that western and western-aligned (& funded) outlets put out every day. If people are genuine and honest about wanting a "fair and balanced" coverage of the news, then we still have a very long way to go until we can balance the scales against the enormous and ubiquitous western propaganda machine.
But the West is too scared to even allow one single channel that challenges their narrative, hence why they banned RT. It was not enough for them that they had a hundred channels all parroting the western line and Russia had only one. Just that small amount of coverage of the other side's point of view was considered an existential threat by the ruling class. Not one dissenting voice can be tolerated. They must immediately be demonized.
Also there are a hundred subs on Reddit that all exclusively allow only anti-Russia content. If that is the kind of platform some people prefer, they can go there. What is so threatening about one poster on a news com of such an obscure platform like Lemmy posting content that contradicts the hegemonic narrative? Maybe, if you are so afraid that one single voice might be more convincing than a hundred voices saying the opposite, then perhaps that's because that one voice is telling the truth and the others are all lying...
NATO Should Have Dissolved in 1990 - Jeffrey Sachs
NATO Should Have Dissolved in 1990 - Sachs
NATO should have been dissolved back in 1990 as the alliance had fulfilled its mission of confronting the Soviet Union, renowned US economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs said.Sputnik International
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US Push to Split Russia, India and China Backfires — Driving Them Closer
US Push to Split Russia, India and China Backfires — Driving Them Closer
The Global South could benefit from cooperation between Russia, India and China, China Forum expert and economics Professor John Gong from the University of International Business and Economics tells Sputnik.Sputnik International
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~~While many European countries were heavily into colonizing, I don't think the Nordic countries were that excessive into the practice. At least, not to have an empire to extract resources like Britain, France, Spain, etc did.~~
It would appear I was wrong on this take.
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It's less obvious but can see how the Nordic countries fall in line with imperialist structures. I'll expound a bit but it is not in any way in disagreement.
The nordic countries lend weight to unequal IP restrictions and dollarization and the IMF, they never do anything material against imperialist wars (they actually want a piece of the pie by providing arms), and now that they are accepting their role as NATO pawns they are increasing their military budgets, cutting the welfare state, and allowing their fascistic political foemations to thrive while suppressing the left. They all openly tolerate "Israeli" genocidal fascism and even carry water for their project against domestic dissidents. Nordic countries are deeply embedded in global capital monopoly, the engine of imperialism, whether it is Norway as a petrostate or shipping logistics like in Sweden and Denmark. And they do not do this reluctantly and with policy against imperialist aims. Internally, they are fanning the flames against POC immigrants as the big scapegoat for why their lives are materially deteriorating - not their own state's willing deindustrialization or cuts to services.
To put it simply, they are liberals. They briefly were the selective snapshot of "successful" liberalism if you didn't peek behind the curtain of global exploitation (who grew that "luxurious" pineapple and what were they paid!?). The global financial system propped up states in their region as a means by which to oppose communists, as if communists were there to steal your children or do the genocides that imperialists constantly engaged in. That system is no longer intentionally doing this, it is neoliberal and there is no communist current in Europe. We now watch it decay into the hallmarks of fascism. The empire is pulling back its subsidies, reversing them, and all of "Europe" is collaborating for how to react to this in the worst possible way.
Julan Du and Chenggang Xu analyzed the Chinese model in a 2005 paper to assess whether it represents a type of market socialism or capitalism. They concluded that China's contemporary economic system represents a form of capitalism rather than market socialism because: (1) financial markets exist which permit private share ownership—a feature absent in the economic literature on market socialism; and (2) state profits are retained by enterprises rather than being distributed among the population in a social dividend or similar scheme, which are central features in most models of market socialism. Du and Xu concluded that China is not a market socialist economy, but an unstable form of capitalism.
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Great, plenty of other economists have concluded the opposite. Here are a few books you can read to educate yourself.
The East is Still Red – Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century
China provides a powerful example of what socialism can achieve. Not only is the Communist Party of China committed to Marxism, but it is a leading force for the development of Marxism.PRAXIS PRESS
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There’s four stages, they’ve been in the first for seventy-six years.
Doing the math it seems they’ll need another two hundred and twenty-six years to reach the final stage if they got to the second stage tomorrow.
I’m not sure if I have impossibly high standards or thinking it’s reasonable to wait another nearly quarter of a millennium might be incredibly low standards.
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Why on Earth would you imagine each stage lasts a specific number of years? Why on Earth do you think thr timer should only start at the founding of the PRC? Why on Earth are you framing it as every stage up until communism is a sacrifice as compared to capitalism, and not as a system gradually and rapidly improving further and further?
This is incredibly incoherent on your part, and thoroughly liberal.
Should I base it on the founding of the CCP in 1921 instead?
That’s a hundred and four years ago so the math would be closer to three hundred and twelve for the final stage.
China was a largely feudal county working its way out of brutal colonial exploitation - for which the exploiters have never paid reparations and still held on to Hong Kong for decades.
How long does it take to build productive forces and modernize while still subject to unequal exchange and general imperialism? That is a social and political question, so you tell me about where China was and what its path has been. How many other imoerialized countries jave eliminated absolute poverty, by the way? Not just taking decades to do it, but accomplish it at all.
Blah blah blah [points to China] “is this Ronald Reagan? “
Cite whatever paper you like this is dumbest take possible…
"Two Chinese said it. What, that isn't enough for you tankies!?"
- A definitely-not-racist liberal.
No, you are arrogant and this leads you to false confidence that you can correct people who know more than you by hastily googling, "studies that say China is capitalist" and quoting the first result, patting yourself on the back, and thinking, "you did well, kid".
Get your racist shit out of here.
Lemmy.world tolerates racism, same as what it wants to be, Reddit. And likely so does the society you live in.
Like I said, sort yourself out.
You didn't lay out any facts. Did you forget what I'm criticizing you for already?
I don't hear any sorting! Just whining to justify yourself. Get to it!
I’m just trying to understand your point.
Should I be insulting you by calling you an illiterate racist instead?
I already explained and you avoided it and started doing this pitiful little song and dance. Maybe you can pay someone to take you seriously, because I don't think anyone is going to do it for free.
Goodbye, chump
If I made a comment like this directed to you I would definitely get a rule one removal.
But I wouldn’t do that because I think it’s rude anyways.
Wikipedia has a list of Chinese billionaires. Software Developer salaries in China are similar to salaries in the west. Laborers appear to make far less than owners. I do not know why an individual needs billions. Seems to violate, "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs".
Maybe the billionaires do not own the capital their laborers use. Maybe the relationship between Chinese billionaire and worker is not exploitative as per the meme. Do the workers control their labor?
China Has Billionaires
US Presidents historically reach their highest approval ratings due to war. George W. Bush reached an all-time-high of 90% in 2001 as the wrathful nation geared up to invade Afghanistan, and his father George H. W.redsails.org
as i mentioned, china is a transitioning socialist economy. this is important to understanding it. here:
currently, a minority of chinese companies are private, and have been declining. they represent a very small minority of total revenue. a capitalist country will never be capable of distributing such enterprises to local jurisdictions like china is, or even almost eradicating poverty over these last few decades.
they are still using free markets for a minority of their economy, which does concentrate wealth. they are not numerous in relation to the size of their economy (or per capita), and some of the examples made of them when they step out of line really puts things into perspective.
Developer salaries in China are similar to salaries in the west
so... kinda high? i wish i was getting paid as much as a western dev, with the comparatively lower cost of living of a country like china. or mine.
The End of NATO and Zelensky's puppet regime?
The End of NATO and Zelensky's puppet regime?
The Putin-Trump Summit at Alaska, US, in August 2025 was a landmark event that will redefine the global security architecture, especially in Europe.Саймон Вествуд (New Eastern Outlook)
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I Miss Obama clearly stating that Russia is a regional threat who can only be dangerous for neighbours, it’s been 3 years of war? They got a bit more than half neighbouring territories, that is the end of nato? Russia already collapsed twice for the inability to understand they can’t win war, I’m just waiting for them to do the same thing they did with Afghanistan, go on until they collapse so that we can not hear from them for another 20 years, the propaganda there must be very strong, they couldn’t even keep Syria anymore; couldn’t even protect Iran, not sure where the hell is this global superpower, must be brain damage
The most useless and annoying micropower of history that could just have kept exporting gas and be happy, who is so narcissistic that thinks anyone wants to attack them
Thunderbird Shares New Details on Upcoming Pro Features (Thundermail's servers to be located in Germany! 🇩🇪)
FWIW:
The servers hosting Thundermail will initially be located in Germany with more countries to follow in the future.
Thunderbird Pro Features Detailed in New Update
Thunderbird Pro will offer Thundermail email service, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe even AI features. Email will be hosted on German servers.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
The architect of the Holodomor is the good guy here, huh?
Low effort ragebait.
.world libs on the debunked hOlODoMor yet again
en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Holodomo…
Holodomor - ProleWiki
This article is about the claim that the Soviet government deliberately starved Ukrainians. For the description of events, see Soviet famine of 1931–1933. The Holodomor...ProleWiki
The 1930s famine was a combination of drought, flooding, and mismanagement. Further, the Kulaks, wealthy bourgeois farmers, magnified matters by killing their own crops in the midst of a famine rather than letting the Red Army collectivize them. The Politburo was also kept in the dark about how bad the famine was getting:
From: Archive of the President of the Russian Federation. Fond 3, Record Series 40, File 80, Page 58.
Excerpt from the protocol number of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist party (Bolsheviks) “Regarding Measures to Prevent Failure to Sow in Ukraine, March 16th, 1932.
The Political Bureau believes that shortage of seed grain in Ukraine is many times worse than what was described in comrade Kosior’s telegram; therefore, the Political Bureau recommends the Central Committee of the Communist party of Ukraine to take all measures within its reach to prevent the threat of failing to sow [field crops] in Ukraine.Signed: Secretary of the Central Committee – J. STALIN
Letter to Joseph Stalin from Stanislaw Kosior, 1st secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine regarding the course and the perspectives of the sowing campaign in Ukraine, April 26th, 1932.
There are also isolated cases of starvation, and even whole villages [starving]; however, this is only the result of bungling on the local level, deviations [from the party line], especially in regard of kolkhozes. All rumours about “famine” in Ukraine must be unconditionally rejected. The crucial help that was provided for Ukraine will give us the opportunity to eradicate all such outbreaks [of starvation].
Letter from Joseph Stalin to Stanislaw Kosior, 1st secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, April 26th, 1932.
Comrade Kosior!You must read attached summaries. Judging by this information, it looks like the Soviet authority has ceased to exist in some areas of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Can this be true? Is the situation invillages in Ukraine this bad? Where are the operatives of the OGPU [Joint Main Political Directorate], what are they doing?
Could you verify this information and inform the Central Committee of
the All-Union Communist party about taken measures.Sincerely, J. Stalin
Völkischer Beobachter, a Nazi news outlet, reported on it as intentional, and then spread the story around. All evidence post-opening of the soviet archives points to it not being intentional. Stalin was no "architect" of the 1930s famine, neither was the Politburo in general.
::: spoiler Demystifying Stalin
I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.
- J. V. Stalin
- Nia Frome's "Tankies"
[8 min]
- W. E. B Dubois' On Stalin
[6 min]
- Domenico Losurdo's Primitive Thinking and Stalin as Scapegoat
[30 min]
- Domenico Losurdo's Stalin and Stalinism in History
[16 min]
[42 min]
[38 min]
[9 min]
- Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend
[5 hr 51 min]
- Ludo Martens' Another View of Stalin
[5 hr 25 min]
- Anna Louise Strong's This Soviet World
:::
::: spoiler Stalin's Major Theoretical Contributions to Marxism
I have come to communism because of daddy Stalin and nobody must come and tell me that I mustn’t read Stalin. I read him when it was very bad to read him. That was another time. And because I’m not very bright, and a hard-headed person, I keep on reading him. Especially in this new period, now that it is worse to read him. Then, as well as now, I still find a Seri of things that are very good.
- Che Guevara
- Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR
- Dialectical and Historical Materialism
- History of the CPSU (B)
- The Foundations of Leninism
- Marxism and the National Question
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Read Marxism and the National Question(Joseph Stalin, 1913) on ProleWiki
The period of counter-revolution in Russia brought not only "thunder and lightning" in its train, but also disillusionment in the movement and lack of faith in common...ProleWiki
The dark secret of Zelensky’s Ukraine behind the assassination of one of its founders
The dark secret of Zelensky’s Ukraine behind the assassination of one of its founders
Kiev will blame Russia for the murder of Maidan commandant Andrey Parubiy – but everyone knows the killers are much closer to homeRT
ML posts a source bucking western "media".world lib looks inside
"OmG MuSt Be TrOLl! No way our precious New York Lies would outright lie to usss!!"
Your inability to read.
The US murdered people en masse in japan during WW2, are they off the hook because nazi's were part of the axis powers and the US wasnt,
Dont be obtuse.More than one group can be bad at once. Ukraine having nazi's doesn't make Russia anyone to be supported. You can hate them both and you dont have to pick a side.
ffmpeg from apt or flatpak, do I need both? debian 13.0
flatpak should be newer than apt, correct if wrong.
I first installed FFmpeg extension with extra codecs from flatpak, executed a ffmpeg command that returned: command not found.
I then thought the flatpak package, as the name states, is an extension that needs the apt version to be installed to work, so I executed sudo apt install ffmpeg and after downloading, the command worked.
Should I get rid of flatpak's ffmpeg? Am I gaining functions with this package?
ffmpeg -version returnsffmpeg version 7.1.1-1+b1 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 14 (Debian 14.2.0-19)
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The ffmpeg from Flathub is a "runtime" package, intended to be used by other flatpak apps. It's not meant for CLI use.
Flatpak apps are not added to your $PATH. They're run with flatpak run appID. Though again, ffmpeg is not an app so it cannot be run this way. Though technically you could use it for CLI use by doing something like flatpak run --command=sh org.mozilla.firefox. This will open a shell inside the flatpak environment, which can use the ffmpeg flatpak runtime.
Though now that I think about it, it would be fun to create my own flatpak package for ffmpeg for CLI use. Should be pretty simple, it would just be a mostly empty package that relies on the ffmpeg-full flatpak runtime. Edit: and I did
The manifest is simply
id: my.custom.ffmpeg
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
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Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35481475
[not a gift article, but the link can be shared]By Christoph Koettl, Sanjana Varghese, Natalie Reneau and Aric Toler
August 31, 2025[has new video footage and clear evidence that it was a classic Israeli double-tap strike. And in classic NYT "neutral" fashion, the narrator refers to the IDF rationale with no context, as if there is no previous pattern of murder and lies by #Israel. But the headline and text do point the finger at Israel.]
Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
[not a gift article, but the link can be shared]By Christoph Koettl, Sanjana Varghese, Natalie Reneau and Aric Toler
August 31, 2025[has new video footage and clear evidence that it was a classic Israeli double-tap strike. And in classic NYT "neutral" fashion, the narrator refers to the IDF rationale with no context, as if there is no previous pattern of murder and lies by #Israel. But the headline and text do point the finger at Israel.]
Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a second time, killing first responders and journalists…www.nytimes.com
Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35481475
[not a gift article, but the link can be shared]By Christoph Koettl, Sanjana Varghese, Natalie Reneau and Aric Toler
August 31, 2025[has new video footage and clear evidence that it was a classic Israeli double-tap strike. And in classic NYT "neutral" fashion, the narrator refers to the IDF rationale with no context, as if there is no previous pattern of murder and lies by #Israel. But the headline and text do point the finger at Israel.]
Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
[not a gift article, but the link can be shared]By Christoph Koettl, Sanjana Varghese, Natalie Reneau and Aric Toler
August 31, 2025[has new video footage and clear evidence that it was a classic Israeli double-tap strike. And in classic NYT "neutral" fashion, the narrator refers to the IDF rationale with no context, as if there is no previous pattern of murder and lies by #Israel. But the headline and text do point the finger at Israel.]
Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a second time, killing first responders and journalists…www.nytimes.com
Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
[not a gift article, but the link can be shared]
By Christoph Koettl, Sanjana Varghese, Natalie Reneau and Aric Toler
August 31, 2025
[has new video footage and clear evidence that it was a classic Israeli double-tap strike. And in classic NYT "neutral" fashion, the narrator refers to the IDF rationale with no context, as if there is no previous pattern of murder and lies by #Israel. But the headline and text do point the finger at Israel.]
Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a second time, killing first responders and journalists…www.nytimes.com
USB-C ports no longer sending/receiving data (Lenovo X1 carbon)
I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12. The other day I noticed both of my USB-C ports are not receiving or sending data. External drives won't mount and my dock won't send signal to my monitor, but when I plug in my charging cable I am still getting power. When I use "lsblk" nothing shows up, even though sometimes I hear the chime signaling something has been plugged in (but it's inconsistent and sometimes doesn't chime).
Both of my USB-A ports are working properly and receive data, so it's only my USB-C ports.
I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.3. I tried to revert back to an earlier kernel in case that was the problem but it didn't fix the issue.
Anyone have a similar issue? Thanks!
Try turning off the device, remove the battery, then take a safety pin and compressed air and scrape out any dust I'm the usb-c port then spray with air. I had a issue with my phone charging but not getting data. I spent a solid 15mins doing the above and it fixed it.
A good test is to see how firmly the usb-c sticks in the port. If it comes out pretty easy or feels seated sloppily then it probably just needs a good cleaning.
Sorry for the delayed response. I tried the reset button and there wasn’t any blockage or weak connection to the port itself.
Turns out the computer had Lenovo premium service so a tech came out the next day and replaced the motherboard. Hopefully I won’t have another issue 😬
Why China's Socialist Development Threatens the West (w/ Carl Zha)
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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
A Marx reading group has been found to be anti-constitutional by a Hamburg court. As capitalist crisis continues to worsen, attempts to limit knowledge will get more and more intensive.
Klage der Marxistischen Abendschule: Ein Gespenst geht um im Verwaltungsgericht
Ein Hamburger Gericht äußert Zweifel an Karl Marx' Verfassungstreue. Steht jetzt jeder Marx-Lesekreis unter Verdacht?Amira Klute (taz)
I... I thought banning the omnipresent complete joke "leftist/Marxist book club" that literally does nothing, was, like, nonsense out of bad American "Cold War pulp novel" type fiction. Like, sure, I wouldn't be shocked if Cold War America did that, they banned every other way communists organise, but a sensible and "civilised" country banning a book club, that's just... absurd.
I should know better by now, to not let my jaw hit the floor when I see a headline ripped straight out of the Cold War appearing in the current news, but yet, I keep thinking it can't get crazier and then it does. It's almost getting to a point where we can play my favourite horror game down the party hall, throw a few real modern headlines and a few shocking taglines for similarly awful and insane real Cold War stories in a hat, mix them up, pull a headline and guess if it happened in the height of the Cold War or this year.
Cheap SBC x86-64 ?
Hi,
is it exist cheap ~$60 SBC in X86-64 ??
::: spoiler No thank you for Rapsberry PI
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I used Raspberry PI SBC for a while now.
But it's really hard to found a Linux distribution that support
- RPI (arm64)
- sysVinit 💖
- And that I like
Please don't bring systemD in this discussion thanks.
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( first row is for reference )
| brand | model | Price € | GPIO pair | CPU | Lan Ports | idle watt | Surface area cm² | Storage ports | WiFi / BT | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi | Pi 5 B (4GB) | 52 | 12 | Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz. | 1x 1GbE | 3 | 47 | SD | ||
| radxa1 | X4 | 90 | 12 | N100 ▼ | 1x 2.5GbE | 18W ? | 47.6 | M.22, eMMC2 | W6, BT5.2 | |
| HardKernel ? | ODROID H4 | 109 | ?? | N97 ▲ | 1x 2.5GbE | N.C -> 60W ? | 144 | eMMC, M.2*, SATA* | hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4/ |
last update: 2025-08-31
quick summary
Monolithic design: Systemd is a large, complex piece of software that combines many system management functions, rather than having separate, specialized tools as in the traditional Unix philosophy.rentry.co
Have you tried MX Linux? It is based on Debian, they have a distro for RPI, and they have no systemd
Yes, Nice distro, but unfortunately their RPI respin use systemD 👎 \
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forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.ph…
Thank you all for your input's ! \
So I have created a table , that I'll put in my first post.
Feel free to post update like
|brand|model|Price €|GPIO pair|CP|Lan Ports|idle watt|Surface area cm²|Storage ports| WiFi / BT|url| \
|Raspberry Pi|Pi 5 B (4GB)|52|12|Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz.|1x 1GbE|3|47|SD|||
or even without the row header
Democrats "Bringing a Pencil to a Knife Fight," Top Dem Says
Most striking to me about Martin’s overall message is that Democrats need to stop getting into arguments with each other.
“We have to stop settling on winning arguments with each other; we have to win elections,” Martin said. The way to win, the Party leader says, is to unify behind “one single goal to stop Donald Trump … and put this country back on track.”
And how to put the country back on track? By my count, Martin uttered Trump’s name 19 times in his main address. Obviously, it makes sense that the opposition party would have some things to say about the sitting president. But he hardly mentioned major issues like housing, a word he didn’t mention at all, even though Zohran Mamdani just weeks ago campaigned to victory on it. He didn’t mention inflation either, and only said healthcare twice and inequality once.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made this point even more explicitly in his speech, saying: “We do not have the luxury to fight amongst ourselves while that thing sits in the White House.”
(The irony here is that he leads a state in which the Democratic Party just days ago took the extraordinary step of withdrawing their endorsement of the Minneapolis mayoral candidate, state Senator Omar Fateh. Then there’s Mamdani, who still can’t get the endorsement of his own party’s leaders like Hakeem Jeffries, whose district Mamdani outperformed him in!)
The 2024 presidential ballot was shaped by Biden and the Party apparatus and not by the voters. Throughout the first half of the year, the White House and the Party tolerated no acknowledgment of the president’s frailty. In the name of not having any debate, the Party squashed any primary challenges to Biden and then left no time (or way) for a viable candidate to emerge, anointing Kamala Harris instead. The Democratic Party met this past week and emerged with an exact repeat, a strict adherence to where the puck was in a losing game.
Democrats "Bringing a Pencil to a Knife Fight," Top Dem Says
DNC Chair's unusual criticism delivered at party's first meeting since electionKen Klippenstein
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I’ve said it a hundred times. Look at the last 40 years of history where the GOP sabotages the country to increase wealth for a minority. Then later the Dems fix up enough. Then this happens repeatedly.
Look at the polling issues and taletell signs of ballot manipulation in several states. Going back to the 1990s.
Think of the games con artists play as good cop, bad cop, designed to extract wealth from their victims . It takes two actors to play .
I really do expect the Democrats will be allowed to win the midterms next year, and do nothing productive. They will not do tactics a real opposition party would do.
Then a democratic president will be allowed to win again. That president will do nothing particularly helpful other than bandages, so the next iteration will extract more wealth.
When the Dems win, it will silence, yet again, the proponents for paper ballots only.
And the next iteration of the gop in the 2030s will be worse than now.
And that is the most optimistic take on the future I have.
No. Originally it was a testing username for UNIX shell. I just hit the keys randomly for numbers. Well, somebody verified my account, giving it higher value and making it not temporary.
Then SDF also made a Lemmy instance, and not understanding that being a separate product, I re-used the same username.
Greta Thunberg speaks before departure of flotilla carrying aid to Gaza [video]
An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.
This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.
Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007... (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)
Additional information:
The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade
The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)
CannonFodder
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cecilkorik
in reply to CannonFodder • • •These children specifically were responsible for the kidnappings. /s
Denying them food until they die is the only way to achieve justice for Israel. /s
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CannonFodder
in reply to cecilkorik • • •ToastedPlanet
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in reply to ToastedPlanet • • •ToastedPlanet
in reply to CannonFodder • • •Yes, because Israel is explicitly a settler colonial project. They could keep attacking Gaza like they keep attacking Syria despite Syria not doing anything hostile to them. Israel is there to take land while killing and displacing the current inhabitants.
US support for Israel is not derived from popular support, but by the profits of the military industrial complex. As long the conflict is profitable it will continue.
mrdown
in reply to CannonFodder • • •goferking (he/him)
in reply to CannonFodder • • •CannonFodder
in reply to goferking (he/him) • • •goferking (he/him)
in reply to CannonFodder • • •We're at the point where Israel consistently calls everyone in the area hamas, or anyone opposing them. Even if hamas did surrender like that they'd continue because well not all of them laid down their arms, that baby was being trained to shoot us
This entire thread you're entire argument is just
people who have been starved, oppressed and ethnicly cleansed should just surrender to those doing it to them
CannonFodder
in reply to goferking (he/him) • • •goferking (he/him)
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in reply to Mrkawfee • • •ToastedPlanet
in reply to CannonFodder • • •Netanyahu's has explicitly stated it is the goal of his generation to deny Palestinian statehood.
Hamas should turn themselves over the ICJ, they won't, but this would not stop Israel. Right-wing groups want their opposing counterparts to exist so they have an excuse to commit more atrocities later. Hamas wants nothing more for everyone in Gaza to die so they can have two million martyrs. Israel's far right government wanted a pretext to carry out this genocide. It's undoubtedly part of why Netanyahu help found Hamas. Which has been known publicly since 2019. edit: typo
newrepublic.com/article/176962…
Hamas’s Main Source of Funding Might Surprise You
The New Republicmrdown
in reply to ToastedPlanet • • •ToastedPlanet
in reply to mrdown • • •mrdown
in reply to ToastedPlanet • • •ToastedPlanet
in reply to mrdown • • •If the Israelis who fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War were 18 in 1948 that would make them 77 years older or 95 years old. This is like Israel hunting down the Nazis on their death bed. At some point most of these people died of old age. It's going to be the odd centenarian who faces justice in 2030.
I am not a Nazi or a Zionist. I do not seek the total extermination of groups of people. This has no appeal to me. Put whoever in jail or prison that deserves it but you will likely be transferring them to a hospital and then a morgue shortly after.
Here is the current list of centenarians now as an example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…
Searching by Israeli I get seven matches:
- Dutch-Israeli | Holocaust survivor
[11]- Israeli | Air Force major general
[68]- German-born British-Israeli | Journalist, actor, businessman and Holocaust survivor
[180]- Israeli | Military official and expert
[222]- Ukrainian-Israeli | Olympic fencer
[262]- Israeli | Nuclear physicist
[277]- Polish-born Israeli | War veteran
[306]Unless you speak some of these languages I recommend the language translator option that should appear in the top right of your browser's search bar.
Are we arresting the Polish guy who fought in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 against the Nazis? He also fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War against Arabs.
jpost.com/opinion/article-8532…
Looks like the Major General and the Air Force Commander would fit squarely into the kind of people you would want in the Hauge.
There's also the Dutch-Israeli woman who is a holocaust survivor to consider.
nos.nl/artikel/2538252-107-jar…
And the British-Israeli holocaust survivor who rescued soldiers from the Battle of Normandy and is the oldest active journalist. But his quote about October 7th, published on January 7th, 2024 hasn't aged well.
Probably seemed like a reasonable statement a few months after October 7th.
jwire.com.au/walter-bingham-ki…
There is the Ukrainian Israeli Olympic fencer
Источник: sovsport.ru/chronicles/article…
(The site can copy the link when you paste a quote. Cool.)
And here's a softball, the Israeli nuclear physicist was in the Palmach. Easy Hague material.
Those are the seven who are 100 or older now. Is this something people are seriously interested engaging in for people younger than that who would now be in their nineties? Or does this context not even matter and people want these people in prison regardless? And is prison good enough or do people want blood? Punishing these people in any capacity won't undermine Zionism. There is no utility in such an endeavor if the goal is defeating Zionism, an ideology.
Also, since I identified seven Jewish centenarians which comes off as a sus thing to do and some people like saying things that start off with 'If you were a Jew', I'm a Russian-Jewish American and undoubtedly a mix of European ethnic groups as I am pasty white, but not an Israeli. edit: typo
elite strike force of the Haganah in Mandatory Palestine
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Mrkawfee
in reply to CannonFodder • • •You've fallen for Zionist propaganda. You have to read what they say in Hebrew, not English.
They are quite explicit that they want everyone in Gaza gone, a lot of them want them all dead. Hamas and the hostages is just the cover story for Western corporate media to gaslight the public.
Avicenna
in reply to CannonFodder • • •CannonFodder
in reply to Avicenna • • •ToastedPlanet
in reply to CannonFodder • • •'Do you condemn Hamas?' is a meme at this point. No one is taking that far-right talking point seriously.
Your argument is using a motte-and-bailey fallacy. It begins by solely blaming Hamas for the continuation of the war for not surrendering when it is quite clear that Israel has no intention of accepting such a surrender. Israel is actively ignoring a ceasefire proposal they previously agreed to right now.
Then when pressed your argument retreats to asserting most people refuse to put partial blame on Hamas. I condemn Hamas. A majority of people on here do. No one is interested in wasting their time saying that. 'Do you condemn Hamas' has been done quite a bit at this point. There's nothing weird about not taking your genocide apologia seriously.
CannonFodder
in reply to ToastedPlanet • • •If you all are so condemning of Hamas, why is the response to 'if only Hamas would surrender' so angry and attacking of Israel. Why deflect this way? Yes if Israel weren't doing bad stuff there would be less bad stuff happening; but that's a different thing.
You react vehemently against the notion that Hamas should surrender but claim you agree Hamas should surrender.
ToastedPlanet
in reply to CannonFodder • • •This is an appeal to common decency fallacy. No one is forced to do something because it is decent. Israel is proof of that with it's indecent attacks on civilians. The evidence we have indicates Israel's governments wants to be at war to maintain its grip on power. They are actively ignoring a proposal that is effectively equivalent to one they already agreed to previously.
My suspicion is that Israel only agreed thinking Hamas would not. Now that Hamas has agreed to it Israel is in an awkward spot. And no doubt Israel would be even more mask off if Hamas blatantly surrendered.
Because your argument is a collection of fallacies and genocide apologia. And it's not the first time it's been trotted out. Hamas isn't the organization bombing Gaza right now. And sure Hamas definitely wanted this to happen, but that doesn't excuse Israel's disregard of international law and human decency.
The idea that Israel would cease attacking civilians if Hamas surrendered is false based on the evidence of a genocide being live streamed to our phones. For Israel, the genocide is the goal. Netanyahu wants to form a greater Israel and deny Palestinian statehood.
There is no justification for attacking civilians. Calling Palestinians human shields is not a valid legal or moral argument, it is a dehumanization tactic. The fact that Israel is at war with Hamas doesn't matter. If Israel would follow international law this would end today. If Israel would acknowledge their shared humanity with the Palestinians this would end today.
Israel is the one bombing civilians. If Israel would stop bombing civilians this would end today. edit: typos
CannonFodder
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in reply to CannonFodder • • •Why can't you say war criminals should turn themselves over to the ICJ?
The actions of one group of people have no bearing over the actions of another group of people. Hamas does not control Israel. Hamas is not making Israel kill civilians. Israel can stop killing civilians whenever they want.
What is Israel winning here? Global isolation? Crimes against humanity? Increasing antisemitism?
No, killing children isn't worth making the world a worse place for all of us.
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in reply to mrdown • • •I don't support Israel's actions in Gaza.
I was just pointing out that by calling it an occupation, then an occupying force has the responsibility of providing safety and stability to the occupied lands. And Hamas, in that context, would be a barrier to that.
mrdown
in reply to CannonFodder • • •Do you mean the genocide and Israeli terrorism?
The only genocide supporter is you, Israel is the one doing a genocide right now. Even after a century a free Palestine would never be able to commit any genocide . Hamas said they will drop arms once occupation end. Even if they lie , Israel could easily reoccupy.
I only defend resistance against the occupying force the IDF, i never supported hamas killing innocent civilians.
You are the type of people who would have sided with slave owner and Nate turner killed kids during his revolt and talk about how Nate was the reason why slavery persisted. You would have sided with France and Britain and called Algerian and Indian resistance the reason why occupation lasted that long
No, Israel as a settler colonial power should get the hell out of Palestine . Hamas is not the barrier it was always Zionists and Israel. Some Arab proposed a one state for the beginning Zionists refused. Zionists leaders admitted that they always want the whole land. Israel decided to occupy Gaza and west bank in 67 nobody forced them to. The Oslo accords was PLO recognizing Israel and stop attacking it in exchange of end of occupation. What Israel did was the build illegal settlements making a two state hard if not impossible.
You Zionazis should go back to reddit because your stupid disgusting propaganda will never work
CannonFodder
in reply to mrdown • • •But your minimizing the atrocities of Hamas doesn't help the situation. Israel has gone off the deep end, just like the U.S. is going. But to not recognize Hamas' desire to wipe out the Jews in Israel shows a very poor understanding of the situation.
mrdown
in reply to CannonFodder • • •mrdown
in reply to CannonFodder • • •It's pretty clear that you are. You think you are smart by trying to sound neutral.
I repeat Hamas can't destroy Israel even if it want. Hamas said they would drop arms once the occupation end. If Hamas is lying and refuse to do so when Israel end occupation, an Palestinian army would be in charge to destroy them. Since Palestinians would be free , most of them would stop supporting it so Hamas can't survive
I never minimized Hamas atrocities during the 7 of October but you are minimizing what Israel is doing
Avicenna
in reply to CannonFodder • • •Oh I will never support a terrorist organization, so fuck hamas. But Israel state is by far the greater terrorist organization at this point. And no one buys the rhetoric that war goes on because of Hamas. How many times has Israel already killed the critical leaders of Hamas? And yet they still continue to terrorize and ethnically cleanse people of Gaza because of a terrorist organisation whose key leadership they have killed multiple times? That is what I call bs. This war is just a casus belli for the Netanyahu's government to stay in power so he has no intention of letting it end before he gets all its spoils. And apparently about 70 to 80 percent of Israeli people unfortunately share his views. It is insane how delusional it is to expect respect and peaceful reactions from your neighbours when all you do is spread hate and fear towards them.
And this is not the only example of deep state planting moles in terrorist organizations, be it to know in advance what they will do or to steer them towards actions which you think is beneficial to keep an oppressive government in place.
ParadoxSeahorse
in reply to CannonFodder • • •CannonFodder
in reply to ParadoxSeahorse • • •But I think a lot of commenters actually support Hamas, and the violence it keeps doing. But they won't actually admit that. So it makes it hard to understand.
mrdown
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in reply to CannonFodder • • •Andy
in reply to geneva_convenience • • •This article is by Yarden Michaelis and Nir Hassan. I hope folks are watching it for them, because I fear they're going to be arrested for publishing this. It's flatly illegal in Israel to publish stories that are "demoralizing to the war effort" regardless of veracity.
And then there's also right wing harassment and violence. I really applied these journalists for their courage and hope they stay safe.
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in reply to Andy • • •altphoto
in reply to geneva_convenience • • •Imagine how this whole thing eventually becomes history. 30 years into the future all current elder leaders of the US are pretty much dead or nearing death. All named I'm history books as asshole Nazis resulting in worse death counts than the original Holocaust. I'm pointing this out because I just gotta try. Literally I could be murdered to shut me up but the result won't change. What's done is done. Orange turd is going to get whatever the opposite of a world peace price is.
The only effect is ruining all our futures. Another bump in the road. No one ever remembers kings or Queens. Anyone remember what tlalalook or ketzahuatlmok price of the great Aztec whatever? Nah. No names. But 100 years from now there won't be a single descendant of the current leadership due to natural selection. Women just don't want to have sex with asshole racists. All their racism will have been for nothing. Everyone knows that the world's population will be older and decreasing and we'll just be more diversity in actual births.
It would be nice if they all ate a peanut and choked but there's no god doing anything about this. So it won't happen. Its more likely that they come out as full nazi and televise our visit to the incinerators. We non pure racists will be burnt alive in American concentration camps. That's our depressive future. But what comes next after liberation is a new wave of human freedom. For now I'm just going to try to enjoy my remaining freedoms until the day I get to scratch my name on the incinerator wall.
JTskulk
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