This is a public school in South Carolina. Report them. 😡

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I recently discovered a genre of music called "national socialist black metal". The name is self-explanatory, it's nazis making black metal music.

I don't personally support any censorship in art, but I'd like to get your opinion on this.

So I consider myself a leftist and align myself with every left cause I can think of, but I find myself often frustrated and excluded from left spaces.

One example I was discussing comedians I like and mentioned I enjoy ones who push things to the line so to speak and make occasional jokes about race and sexuality because I find these relatable, for reference these comedians are almost all gay or black yet I had leftists telling me I can’t be left if I laugh at gay jokes ( even though a fuckin gay guy was telling the joke )

It seems to me like most left spaces claim to be for the working class yet are made up of mainly highly educated middle class people who likely haven’t faced many of the difficulties that they aim to ease.

Even in discussions there is so much double speak making topics inaccessible to people like me, and I honestly think the left put to much pride in wordy explanations and telling people they must learn this and that.

In the event of an uprising the 99% that will make it possible for us to have power are excluded, I’m not into the whole masculinity obsession that has swept the world but having grown up in Ireland and having ties to people that were volunteers during the British Invasion one thing is clear.

Any true left power which wants to take power needs strong fearless men who are capable of extreme violence in a higher ratio than great thinkers, both are important but I think more people who will take direct action matters more than people who write manifestos and plans.

Yet most left spaces I enter seem to be full of great thinkers and philosophers yet really lacking people with the strength and will to take action and the same people who would be willing to do so often feel alienated by some middle class white phd student.

Does this make sense to you guys or am I just waffling ?

In an interview with The New Yorker, Democratic Socialists of America national co-chair Megan Romer stated that DSA supported a free Palestine, meaning the establishment of a single state.

DSA's position is consistent, not only with the historical Palestinian vision for liberation, but also with its own democratic platform and with basic human decency.

The One Democratic State Initiative welcomes this decision and calls on all democratic organizations worldwide to also support the establishment of a democratic state instead of a settler one in Palestine.

Link to the full interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RWsHLvBntg

A thread to gather Powerful/Empowering Songs.

I'll make a Start:

https://youtu.be/JnzazrGufjI?is=RqVBxwzTe_XWB-UW

https://youtu.be/XzTYPhnzEE4?is=dE3FcOfGhlA4ywh0

https://youtu.be/yAMXodcypAM?is=ds0riSoxZettw81k

https://youtu.be/tBLcaPYVSWo?is=E2r_2XuZFUnUn6_t

https://youtu.be/gjQEtdKj_B0?is=4WRw3w19q6CwgM8D

https://youtu.be/4jWFPLjYEaw?is=j-5_GuvpXlV8XQ6w

Filler Text

One of the biggest arguments I keep hearing is that “Democratic socialists” who are going to vote for Dems come midterms are just “capitalist enablers which will take away from any progress towards socialism”

but my question is what revolution is going to happen if leftists arent trying to join or even possibly take over the democrats?

Americans mostly vote on single issues that are common to them (e.g. Christian men vote Republican b/c of reactionary policies). Shouldn’t leftists be focused on using that as a means to create the conditions necessary for a revolution?

I know it sounds silly and its asked a lot but I want to discuss it myself so I understand where people are coming from

EDIT: for clarification/context I am not voting 3rd party

chatgpt confused me more

The title is self-explanatory.

The One Democratic State Initiative is a Palestinian political organization working to revive the historical Palestinian vision for liberation —a single Palestinian state, for all of its citizens— and to mobilize individuals, entities and political parties, in Palestine and abroad, behind it.

Hasnieh Al-Natsheh and Alain Alameddine, two of its coordinators, are ready to answer your questions up until midnight, Occupied Palestine time. They'll make sure to answer any remaining questions tomorrow. Check out our website and ask away!