General Discussion Thread - Juche 113, Week 4
General Discussion Thread - Juche 113, Week 4
Welcome again to everybody! Make yourself at home. Enjoy some musics. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is our weekly discussion thread.
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you'd better listen to the music in the description or gosh knows what'll happen
Hope we're all having a decent January so far, I've been at odds with my landlord for a while now and I can't do much about it, but the grad keeps me sane in reminding me that I'm not the literal leech on society between the two of us.
Watched the ICJ ruling. Wholly disappointing IMO- they essentially gave a "warning" and requested Israel report back in a month. No mention of even the possibility of a ceasefire, no statement as to whether Israel's acts and its government's statements have constituted a genocide, simply a request for Israel to essentially ensure it does not.
The ruling was never going to change Israel's actions anyways (but now it appears it cannot even bring itself to try), but if there is any little justice to be had in this, it is that the court has surely ruled against its legitimacy in all future rulings- maybe they will change their tune in time (doubt it) but there can be no justice to be had in Brussels, just another imperialist farce.
I'm currently reading, What Is to Be Done? by Nikolay Chernyshevsky. Does the title sound familiar? This novel had a considerable influence on Russian Marxists and particularly Lenin: he read the book countless times, practically knew it by heart, and even named his prominent pamphlet after it. Within the story, we follow Verochka, who escapes the clutches of a controlling mother and an arranged marriage in the pursuit of starting a sewing cooperative. It's a great read so far!
wondering if i should cover the russia ukraine unit or israel palestine unit in my american studies course
i know more about ukraine russia, and have a good reference for info on it (thank you Yogthos). the book is by timothy Snyder, an eastern european turbolib. I want to argue with it so much.
but israel palestine is just a lot more. It would be bad to ignore it, and let liberals have a monopoly on the narrative. the unit is sympathetic but i can already sense 'i condemn hamas' from the unit.
Lol i feel like an asshole but i am completely right. I told some dude off german descent that his grandfather that worked in the german navy was definirely a nazi.
I want to buy an NKVD uniform.
Hey, so, is the US going to balkanize or what?
I'm pleasantly surprised at the premiere of Hazbin Hotel, I've been waiting for it for years and it's finally here.
Yesterday I was finally able to apply to be a party member and today I have gotten back to work. I am really anxious regarding the geography exam I have to take before university, I feel like every minute is filled with fear until May. At least I have gotten back to reading, I'll try to catch up to the reading group on the long run. Health is fine, thank you for the cheers.
Have a nice Lenin themed week comrades.
Just finished reading Parenti’s Assassination of Julius Caeser, and it was fantastic. I particularly loved his breakdown at the end of the book about the pitfalls of studying classical history and the barriers put in place that contribute to the narratives around it formed by “gentlemen historians” over the centuries.
So Ukrainian refugees have get togethers in my city every Sunday and you'd think they'd be able to hide the fascist flags during those but nope they are there
https://nitter.net/zhao_dashuai/status/1750195067795718540#m
The strain on Israel 's logistics is showing.
The IDF can't seem to equip all of their frontline troops with rifles that has a full picatinny rail.
For a CQC set up, this is as bare-bones as it gets.
Do you know Lenin's body is still intact? (they are still embalmed)
anybody want to watch Indian temple building politics should look at https://youtu.be/UERGIoGgNBE?si=ebk02_O4oizrjPdZ
it has english subtitles.
So I wrote a part of our (local) election program for the upcoming elections here and before it got launched one of my main points got hijacked by other parties and quickly realized by the current city government lol. Good news, I guess, too bad that we can't use it now.
Currently watching TheFinishBolshevik's Marxist Economy series, seems great so far I'm a couple episodes in
I'm not quite sure why, but this feels somewhat like tagline material.
Russian minds are stirred by quite a different thing. Neither Berlin, nor Korea nor the atom bomb is attracting here as much attention as the tremendous fact that Russia is planting trees!
