Republicans threaten to deport Mamdani, conduct mass roundups in response to New York mayoral primary
Republicans threaten to deport Mamdani, conduct mass roundups in response to New York mayoral primary
On the one hand, it's always concerning to see the rise of threats to imprison political opposition.
On the other hand, this is a pivotal moment. This is one of those things that you could lift straight from Andor or the Martian Revolution series or any other radical fiction because it's just cookie-cutter dropped in to so many revolutions of history that it just almost has to happen. The milquetoast electoral reformer gains some success in the light of the horrors of the authoritarian regime, the regime loses its shit and responds with an over-the-top militant reaction, which in turn triggers an actual militant defense capable of breaking the stalemate of liberalism.
In other words, for those of us who want revolution in some form or another, who see the American empire and all empires as systems of oppression, they're playing right into our hands with this response, assuming New Yorkers & Angelinos and other Americans are capable of effective resistance.
One must hope. For the earth. For mankind.
Martian Revolution series
What's that?
The TLDR is that a history podcaster started doing a martian sci-fi arc on his podcast series about political revolution, but delivered it 100% straight without any fanfare. It’s quirky but very good.
What the other guy said. Look up the "Revolutions" podcast and start at episode 11.1. I really like it because it's sort of him distilling a lot of the patterns he's noticed studying revolutions into fiction. A lot of fun.
nice name you got there ;)
There's always been a significant portion of American society that would have much preferred if the US would have intervened in WW2 on behalf of the Nazi instead of the allies. Imo that subsect of our population has never really changed in their belief, they just moderated their language to make their beliefs more digestible.
The amazing thing to me is that Communism has consistently been a dog whistle for these people for generations, being a substitute for a plethora of slurs aimed at a plethora of different people.
They are now attempting to utilize the same defunct laws that their grandparents made to strip away what little power we the people still have. Strange that there are laws against communist political parties but not against fascism.....the actual people we engaged in a totalitarian war against.
Never forget that in 1939 the second biggest Nazi party in the world was in America. Massive rally at Madison Square Garden, etc.
The official line was that John Wayne didn't get sent to Europe to fight because he was more valuable to the war effort boosting morale in the home front. The secret reason was that they weren't quite sure which direction he'd be shooting.
I heard once that the main reason why the US helped the Allies instead of the Axis was that they stood to make bank on the restoration of Europe if the Allies did win.
Yes, and the USSR (a communist country who started fighting to defeat fascism) was winning against the nazis before US involvement. The US and imperialist allies couldn’t have the Soviet Union win and spread their socialist revolution. It was for money and power, not because capitalist countries have an issue with fascism. Fascism is capitalism in decay. Communism isn’t the evil they want you to believe…it is actually liberation for all. Capitalists and their cronies want to keep you subjugated to them and their interests….and they have spent billions propagandizing to ensure you think of communism as a boogeyman.
A country founded on genocide and explicit principle of setting up free market, is against even slight implementation of common sense policy of affordable education and healthcare.
Colour me shocked.
These stunads have never been to NY. They really don’t realize the clout they’re giving Zohran by doing this.
So, the gambit of authoritarian regimes in those situations is: If you see an opposition leaving controlled status and gaining popularity, and you know that suppressing that popularity (at their home) is hard, the main course of action is beating it down, brutally. Thought you could put hope into a candidate of your own choosing as people? Well, we will just put him into a prison and/or deport him, and/or terrorise you with blunt force, while telling everyone outside your group, that you are part of the evil to be defeated.
If that works or backfires on them heavily depends on conviction and organisation of the (working class) people of New York. So if you are part of that, don't let yourself be intimidated, and be prepared for some fucked up suppression attempts. (best way of preparing is joining with organisations and networking with friends and neighbours for mutual aid and independent communication/info networks when shit hits the fan.)
Meanwhile, The News is giving us exhaustive coverage of a billionaire wedding, because some people are just better than we are.
I wonder how much of that is about ginning up outrage and then directing that energy at "liberals", because something something "Bezos owns WashPo".
I saw the same thing when people are/were ginning up anger at "Big Tech" (with Zuck standing in as the poster boy for this, gee, I wonder why the right wing/corporate media would do this) because something something liberals in California and my "free speech".
Democracy: exists for one second
Republicans: violently shitting their adult diapers
Fascism.
Arm yourselves.
There's this guy Rafael "Cancun" Cruz in Texas that should be deported too.
Good use of his non preferred name. After al he doesn't believe their use.
Reminds me of history, when nazi germany and imperial japan would perform "reprisals", basically, they would arbitrally round up random non-combatants, most of them who aren't even resistance, and shoot them to death in "execution" style in public, as a way to "punish" resistance activities.
Oh like Japanese internment camps?
Or drop nukes on civilian cities.
Or bomb a harbor without provocation.
What's your fucking point? There were plenty of atrocities during World War 2. You just don't hear as much about the ones the winners made, because history is written by victors.
And it sounds like mainstream Democrats are aligning with Republicans on this. What a surprise!
And THERE'S the key that EVERYONE should take away from this.
Every time Socialism comes close to winning on a national platform, the Democrats scuttle it like they're a fuckin U-boat. This is the problem. This is why they're not our allies, they're the controlled opposition of the fascist party.
I disagree. The KEY that everyone should take away from this is VOTE IN THE MOTHAFUCKIN PRIMARIES. That’s how NYC elected a democratic socialist candidate to the Democratic Party. Progressives run all the time, but primaries are largely decided by retirees. They’re the reason we always get centrists.
Nothing makes a Democrat show their true colors quicker than the scent of socialism.
Yeah, the Establishment Dems are nearly as pissed off as the MAGAs. If the Nazis come for Zohran, don't expect the Dems to offer any help.
These idiots are going to go over every aspect of his personal life until they find something that they can potentially throw at him in court, then try to arrest him and tie him up in the judicial system like they’re doing to Kilmar.
Hopefully he’s never worn a tan suit
New Yorkers are literally the last people I would try threatening, let alone actually trying to "round up."
They don't have time for that shit
I'm not so sure. They had plenty of time for stop and frisk:
In 2016, a reported 12,404 stops were made under the stop-and-frisk program. The stop-and-frisk program has previously taken place on a much wider scale. Between 2003 and 2013, over 100,000 stops were made per year, with 685,724 people being stopped at the height of the program in 2011.
The program also became the subject of a racial-profiling controversy. Ninety percent of those stopped in 2017 were African-American or Latino, mostly aged 14–24. By contrast, 54.1% of the population of New York City in 2010 was African-American or Latino; however, 74.4% of individuals arrested overall were of those two racial groups.
What about an assassination attempt? Do mayoral candidates get security detail?
so far they have just bent over backwars assisting ICE
New Yorkers? My ass. Adams is the fuck who let ‘em in.
This is how New Yorkers handle ICE.
No we haven't. The NYPD has, but ACAB is true everywhere, so that's no surprise.
I notice they didn't shit their pants epiplectic over Hakeem Jeffries winning anything. Guess we know who we gotta throw our weight behind.
Eugene Debs Two, Electric Boogaloo?
I wrote a comment that kinda called this 20h ago. So predictable.
BURN THE WITCH!
"Democracy"
It’s funny a candidate running on egg price is being called a communist.
Honestly I think free bus is ok but public grocery might not really work, given grocery is a marketplace platform business, so only have 5 stores is not a scale that would bring down the price even your operating on zero margin. But regardless, I do think young New Yorkers deserves a chance to try something different ideas, plus I love zionists going nuts.
I appreciate his response to criticism of his city-run grocery store initiative. I can't recall the exact wording, but it was something like "If it doesn't work, we'll cancel it". I don't mind an experiment like this as long as the people involved are results-oriented and willing to pivot if evidence shows it's not working.
There's more to grocery stores than just prices. Careful placement can mitigate the problem of food deserts, where people just don't have reliable access to groceries, especially fresh foods. To my mind, it would be fine if such public groceries ran in the red, because robust public services should rank higher than profit when government is involved.
State terrorism: a critical tool for the Nazis
"We are all domestic terrorists"
They already told us who they are.