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I could have sworn I remember seeing a book about Marxism and the occult mentioned here sometime. But when I look that up all I see is chud shit about le communism and Satan!!!@!

So, am I crazy or does a cool book about that topic exist somewhere?

What reading should I give my uncle? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net

[–] CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

A really great article actually, was it only ever the article and not a book? However, I got to say that there still seems to be a lot of anticommunist priming in nearly every sentence. And calling women in communist state positions advocating for liberation "cultural imperialists" is a little over the top. I forgot what it's like to be in the weird in-between zone where you recognize socialism as a successful system that has already achieved great success for worker libration but still have to do the anticommunist song and dance to be "taken seriously", maybe even from your own perspective yourself.

What reading should I give my uncle? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net

[–] CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I didn't even know this was in State and Rev, is it near the end? Is the critique regarding ex owners and all that?

What reading should I give my uncle? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net

[–] CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've read TANS and thought it was really nice and digestible too. I've been in the process of working through How the World Works for a couple years now as well, it's great for when I have the time to focus on something a little more academic. Too bad Cockshott is such a reactionary shithead.

What reading should I give my uncle? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net

[–] CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly I thought the same. I was listening to S4A's audiobook of it and even with all his asides adding in context it was a lot to take in. It is still really great and I still need to finish it.

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What reading should I give my uncle? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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My uncle asked me for a primer on socialism. I was thinking maybe Socialism Made Easy or Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Anything that might be better?

For context my whole family are through and through vote blue liberals. It's sad to say but most of them didn't even like/vote for Bernie during the primary cycles. They aren't really hardcore anticommunists though and have always been good on unions and labor generally, moreso the problem is really anti-Trump/pro-Dem brainworms. Maybe there's something more modern to share that I don't know of.

USA's Socialist Presidential Candidate speaks against the Israeli Apartheid Regime in c/news@hexbear.net

[–] CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I've been following their Instagram and damnnn it's got me hyped to get involved when I'm back in the US next year. I really hope PSL hits the ground running immediately after the election and doesn't lose any momentum.

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Huey and Fred emotes? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net to c/emoji@hexbear.net

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I know we have the react wut ones, but it would be great if we had actual proper emotes for the top BPP members. If someone can let me know a good way to make my own I can try too, suggestions for good pictures also welcome.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/videos@hexbear.net

[–] CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

smuglord

I can't even stand opening the link. I already know it'll just be full of shit.

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Trying to download some emotes that I don't see in the whyesseff's git repo. (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net to c/emoji@hexbear.net

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I'm putting the emotes in this post to see if I can extract them at a high enough quality. Doubt it but we'll see.

markkks-juggalo sicko-fem xi-button

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Best relief funds to donate to? (crisisrelief.un.org)

submitted 4 months ago by CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2486560

Title says it. Where should I donate that will be the most effective to giving relief on the ground? I have seem some individual fundraisers but I'm not sure how that might translate to material relief given the invasion starting. Is the Occupied Palestinian Territoriy Fund legit and a good org to give money to?

Side note since the OPTF seems to he officially connected to the UN is that not a tacit admission that Israel is Palestinian Territory?

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Best relief funds to donate to? (crisisrelief.un.org)

submitted 4 months ago by CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net to c/palestine@lemmygrad.ml

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Title says it. Where should I donate that will be the most effective to giving relief on the ground? I have seem some individual fundraisers but I'm not sure how that might translate to material relief given the invasion starting. Is the Occupied Palestinian Territoriy Fund legit and a good org to give money to?

Side note since the OPTF seems to he officially connected to the UN is that not a tacit admission that Israel is Palestinian Territory?

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Regarding the PSL Post (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I appreciate everyone's responses a lot. I also think it was good to remove the post because there was some reactionary stuff in the google doc I linked. I found it through one of the articles that Bad Mouse's link led to, not in any of the other comments. I only looked at the "first hand accounts" links in the doc and didn't even double check what else there was so that's my error.

I had a feeling the take would be that there are certainly big flaws, as there are in any org, with any group of people, but PSL is still one of the few vehicles for socialist agitation that there actually exists, and by joining it we can help improve it.

I'm likely going to be moving to San Francisco when I'm back in the states in case anyone has recommendations about specific orgs in the bay that are certainly good.

Also I got to say Bad Mouse's ultra turn also bummed me out a little. It seems like such a baby leftist thing to do to just shit on a socialist party from across an ocean and then refuse to elaborate.