aleshasmiles

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[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 9 months ago

If I can't choose DC three times, then I will choose DC, Jerusalem, and London

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 11 months ago

Netanyahu is from Philadelphia. He can easily go back there.

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago

Inshalla Hamas will make sure he doesn't leave

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

Colonial settlers stealing land from indigenous populations and participating in ethnic cleansing are NOT "innocent civilians". They are free to leave the war zone they created anytime they like. For Palestinians, this is homeland defense.

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 1 year ago

They are attempting to separate the SS from the official Third Reich by distinguishing as a paramilitary force distinct from the Wermacht. This is only true in the most technical superficial sense. In reality, the Wermacht were invading most of Europe while the SS were literally facilitating the holocaust in all occupied territories.

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 1 year ago

The German ambassador to Canada literally participated in a standing ovation to an actual veteran of the Waffen SS

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, that's just Marxism

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Small correction, he was indeed a Marxist but he was a member of the more moderate Socialist Party, not the Communist Party.

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We didn't have much chance to discuss it in depth. He was hosting a local event where selected speakers take about 5 minutes to speak on a subject they are passionate about and he invited me to speak. I told him I wanted to talk about ending the embargo on cuba (which I did) and he said, oh that's ironic because I will be opening the event by celebrating our right to free speech and saying how my grandfather didn't have that right in Cuba. We both laughed and agreed we onviously don't agree on some things, then just focused on boring procedural stuff about the event. At the actual event he elaborated the details I included in op but not with the exact same words I chose

To be clear I don't think he supports embargoes or sanctions and certainly doesn't support war or invasions, but he just doesn't like communism at all and believes a lot of misinformation about communist led governments

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh is he? You know what, I will self crit here. I just assumed he is part Chinese because he talks about China a lot. My bad if I assumed wrong

Edit: I forgot his Twitter handle is spiritofho. You probably right. Well let's say Tings Chak then lol

 

Obviously I'm going to see the movie this week. I know a lot about the subject already, but I thought it would be nice to hype myself with a Marxist perspective of the events in the meantime. I recently listened to an episode of the Socialist Program with Brian Becker on this subject, and I'm hoping y'all can recommend some more content like that to refresh my memory on the topic and keep me grounded in the right state of mind. (I should clarify, I'm ok with documentaries, but I need mostly audio based content because- being a single parent -I am limited to consuming education mostly while I'm at work)

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Apparently it is available on Hulu which I happen to have. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but it would be extremely convenient now. So I don’t think for one second that Hulu would host anything which is even remotely praising of Stalin, but I’m wondering if it is at least tolerable for a socialist viewer. Is there any historical accuracy at all? Does humor and entertainment outweigh the ideological position of capitalist Hollywood at all? Will I just get mad if I watch it, or can I enjoy it in the sense that no western media will ever do justice to the history of the USSR and its ok to laugh a little?

 
 
 

It is the birthday of comrades Zhou Enlai and Rosa Luxembourg, and the death anniversary of comrades Hugo Chavez and Joseph Stalin.

I am celebrating their lives and accomplishments today! And a hearty Rest in Power to all of them! ¡Viva el comunismo! And may we carry on their revolutionary character today!

 

 
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