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Josiah Walrus
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Class struggle guy. Infantile Communist. Product of non-Ivy League public schools.
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Lebanese cultural scholar and journalist Elia Ayoub and writer/journalist Jake Hanrahan discuss Israeli state violence in Lebanon/Gaza. Lots of history, cultural detail, and first hand knowledge in this exchange. Recorded right before Israel's invasion of Lebanon. open.spotify.com/show/053vsnz...

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Podcast ¡ [object Object] ¡ A podcast focused on the niche details of modern warfare. No frills, no elitism, just warfare for anoraks. Podcast by Jake Hanrahan - jakehanrahan.com

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It’s 1:15am in #Beirut#Israel#Lebanon

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In the ravaged city of Kherson, where Ukraine-controlled territory and Russian forces are separated by the Dnipro River, civilians are routinely targeted by Russian kamikaze drones. Terrified locals refer to the new strategy as “a human safari.”

‘Human safari’: Kherson civilians hunted down by Russian drones
‘Human safari’: Kherson civilians hunted down by Russian drones

Editor’s note: Some of the Kherson locals interviewed for this story refused to be identified by last name due to fear for their safety. KHERSON – On a warm September evening, Olha Chernyshova’s day ...

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Listening to Knowledge Fight 967 where Dan goes to the Tucker Carlson tour date where Alex Jones is a guest. Tucker sounds sloshed and I kept thinking of the "once successful comedian"trope of like Lenny Bruce, Crusty the Clown, or the guy from the movie "Fame" who has totally burned out and hits...

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Walz won on substance, referring to pretty solid new deal Minnesota approaches to healthcare/childcare/housing. He looked nervous but endearing/genuine. Vance didn't lose composure but also had a shallow talking point pool circling too often back to "evil immigrants" showing a lack of policy chops.

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1/ I'm not one of the people who throws "liberal" as an inherent smear or to prove my authentic communist/socialist/anarchist cred. But I did just have another negative encounter with highly partisan Democrats whose views are blinkered by the need to constantly attack anyone critiquing Biden.

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Lefty Hooligan on the interplay between radical organizing and direct action and elections since the 1960s. "To vote for the lesser evil is an unmitigated horror but presumably to allow a fascist movement to seize power is the sham lesser evil." leftyhooligan.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/v...

Voting: “Lefty” Hooligan, “What’s Left?”, October 2024
Voting: “Lefty” Hooligan, “What’s Left?”, October 2024

Every four years I write variations on the same old crap. Parsing reformism versus revolution, critiquing “diversity of tactics,” quipping “I vote and I riot.” My usual “Lefty” Hooligan election ye…

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Josiah Walrus
@josiahwalrus1.bsky.social
Class struggle guy. Infantile Communist. Product of non-Ivy League public schools.
85 followers352 following155 posts