Munrock
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If that monument has to exist, let them keep the Nazi names on the 'victim' list.
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4d ago
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Be careful who you back up with, as well, if you live in a country that could potentially get sanctioned by the US i.e. if you live outside the US.
Munrock
7d ago
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Yeah the 'I expect a complete apology...' has the same texture as 'Five demands not one less' from HK 2019.
It's making demands of the authority figures of a community that are designed to undermine them whether they accede or not.
Munrock
3w ago
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it can only be changed via an elected employee representative in a collective workforce agreement which I sincerely doubt they have.
"But we're all one big family at [insert corporation]! You wouldn't hold out on your family, would ya, sport? 🥺"
Munrock
3w ago
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"Oh shit they've built a fence! Now we have to go the long way round if we wish to meddle in their elections!"
Munrock
3w ago
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Sounds like a golden opportunity. MAGAs are usually so painfully close to class consciousness but the stupid political ecosystem you all have over there makes everything adversarial and so they dig in and cover their ears when they anticipate interacting with someone such as a communist. Being neighbours with one gives you the opportunity to build a rapport with them without them reactively closing their minds off and othering you. It's a fantastic opportunity, so long as you haven't already othered them first.
Munrock
4w ago
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This list reminds me of how every now and then a liberal will pop up on xitter or some other public space and proclaim that they're uncomfortable with what's happening in Gaza being compared to the Holocaust because "the Holocaust was on a whole other level of cruelty", and I'm never sure if they're saying that out of idiocy or malice.
Munrock
4w ago
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baristas [...] unproductive labor
The coffee beans and hot water don't turn into coffee without the barista's labour.
The existence of instant coffee doesn't make it unnecessary labour: in the case of instant coffee the work was done earlier.
The fact that I can brew my own coffee doesn't make it unnecessary or unproductive labour either. It's production whether I do it or pay a barista to do it.
And it's not unskilled labour: if the coffee machines in any of the coffee shops I go to were self-service, they'd break down within hours from misuse. And when you have a really skilled barista, you can taste it.
You should tell your mutuals-with acquaintance that whoever's insisting to them that baristas are unproductive ought to be chewing coffee instead of drinking it.
Munrock
1mo ago
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I think it's just credit cards.
They definitey don't to wechatpay or alipay.
But I bet there are other ways to get funds to African Stream if you contact them about it.
Munrock
1mo ago
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They're on Patreon.
As soon as I found out they were susended I went over to support them
Munrock
1mo ago
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The unions are part of the top legislative body.
Munrock
1mo ago
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Hasn't the Northwest Passage melted clear already?
Munrock
1mo ago
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Not if you want leftists to think they're labels that leftists came up with.
Maybe I'm paranoid. If it wasn't for OP's post history I'd be accusing, but as it is I'm just wanting people to consider who benefits from this kind of terminology being created.
Munrock
1mo ago
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What?
Munrock
1mo ago
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White people before they visit Tibet: "Oh, the government requires we have a guide with us? Ohoho, is that to stop us from seeing things we shouldn't see? Is that to stop Tibetans from seeing how glorious and enlightened we are as we prance about with our unfettered freedom?"
White people coming back from Tibet: "It's a good thing we had a guide with us. They don't warn you about how thin the air is! [they do] We didn't think we'd need any help with breathing [because we assume we're better than everyone else]. Some of us would have literally died if our guide didn't arrange for oxygen tanks for our hotel rooms."
Munrock
1mo ago
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Yeah they did. Speculation: one of the videogame companies channeling funds into fusion reactor research may be the result of some bargaining over this.
Munrock
1mo ago
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Some of the sources I get news about China from are definitely not supporting China for any reason other than it’s not the US.
Is it that, or are they supporting China because it's not the US and it's playing an instrumental role in undermining US domination of global south countries?
What I mean to say is if those channels understand that the US is evil, then they have a commendable reason for supporting China.
Munrock
1mo ago
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Maybe, but there are better options now.
Munrock
2mo ago
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And if it was, it was framed as an example of how brainwashed we are.
When you decide if he gets your critical support, the transphobia accusation is 100% legit. But the stuff I hear about him not being socialist, grifting, opportunism... the man has held the same positions on Western Imperialism and worker's rights consistently since the 70s. Demonstrably so. Loudly so.
Say I view a lemmy post or mastodon toot on a different site, getting there from a link shared via any other medium: how do I view it through my home instance? For example if I view a lemmy.ml thread on lemmy.ml, I can read it but can't a comment or vote as I'm not 'logged in.' Presumably the solution is to convert the URL to a lemmygrad one, but I'm not sure how to go about it. The URL usually has just a post ID, which presumably is unique only to that instance, and not something my home instance would necessarily recognise.
This was a lecture given to foreign teachers, in English, by Miriam Lau - former member of the Legislative Council (Hong Kong's legislative branch of government) and former member of the National People's Congress. The context of this lecture is that teachers in Hong Kong must now pass an exam showing sufficient understanding of the National Security Laws and its implementation, in order to apply for new jobs. Note that Miriam Lau is not a Marxist-Leninist or Communist. She's a Pro-Beijing Conservative Liberal, and a solicitor (although there were a lot of snarky liberals in the audience that had no idea who she was and just assumed she was a Commie). However, there's a lot of useful information here for debunking the accusations libs make that the NSL destroys Hong Kong's freedoms. One thing I learned from this lecture is that the Court of Final Appeal (HK's highest court) has the power of final adjudication in HK. You can't take your case to a higher court after the CFA makes a ruling. It's like if California didn't answer to the Supreme Court, had its own "Supreme Court of California" instead, and *didn't have any nationality requirements for its judges apart from the Chief Justice*, with most of the judges being foreigners. Compare that to any autonomous territory in any other country. [Part 1 - The Constitution, The Basic Law, and One Country Two Systems](https://bayfiles.com/OeIb7508z1/Copy_of_PPT_Session_1_Constitution_and_Basic_Law_One_Country_Two_Systems_pdf) [Part 2 - National Security Law](https://bayfiles.com/Q3I57e01z1/Copy_of_PPT_Session_2_NSL_pdf)
(In this instance, legally safe ones) I went to a lecture today entitled >Relationship between the PRC Constitution, the Hong Kong Basic Law, “One Country, Two Systems” and the Hong Kong National Security Law and I wanted to share the slides, 'cos it was a good talk for anyone interested in how the National Security Law actually works, and it also introduces the basics of how the Central Government and Hong Kong regional government function (the lecture was for English speaking teachers in Hong Kong, so a lot of them were clueless). And a lot of useful facts to debunk accusations that HK's autonomy is fake. The files are in pdf format. Also the speaker was Miriam Lau, who used to be a member of the National People's Congress. First time I got to meet someone from China's highest organ of state power (but she's not communist though; she's a Beijing loyalist conservative). edit: post is [here](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/881429)
One of their games, *China: Mao's Legacy* is only HKD15 (less than 2 Euros) on Steam at the moment. It looks like a political simulator playing as Hua Guofeng with a lot of historical narrative events that give you the option to deviate from what Hua actually did. Obviously that kind of gaming experience will vary greatly depending on the ideology of its writers, so I'm wondering if anyone here has experience with them.
S02E03 Just sharing this info because it feels good to see it acknowledged. edit: removed a spoiler because apparently the spoiler tags don't hide the text when the post appears in lists
My Surfshark subscription just ran out. I found it a little sus when they removed their Russian endpoints after the Ukraine war started, so I don't want to renew with them. If they're going to bend the knee when it comes to US policies against Russia, where are they going to stand when the three-letter agencies ask for backdoors? Open to any and all suggestions!
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He started out as a comedian and satirical columnist in Hong Kong. As tensions in the city rose in 2019 he became outspokenly pro-China, pro-Socialism and pro-Community, and still managed to keep a cheerful, humorous vibe in all his work.
Can anyone in Mainland China confirm if it's true that it's a half-day public holiday for women today? Here in HKSAR it's just another day, except for some greeting card gifs over whatsapp
Unfortunately it didn't spawn Marx or Engels :( I think I triggered it too late. Or just unlucky.
I love watching this. You can see how the union position is morally unassailable. You can see how the Tory select committee member is just probing at their position, fishing for answers that he can spin to make the union look like it's working against worker interests or just illegitimate, and completely disinterested in replies that don't have that potential. Meanwhile the Labour MP's approach is far more engaged in an actual dialogue with the union reps, actually responding to their answers and trying to resolve conflicting issues. Lynch is based as fuck, and UK mainstream media never actually gives people a chance to see it.
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He describes the neoliberal/Thatcherite system that the energy market uses to generate obscene profits for the energy industry, and how the price capping measures they're introducing to literally nothing to relieve consumers. The most damning point he makes, though, is that on conventional Western media there's no way he'd be given the 20 minutes needed to explain how governments are scamming their citizens. They'd cut him off at 20 seconds to let another 'expert' interrupt him or just move on completely. In sum, there is *no way* this scam could be pulled off if Government, Media and Energy Olicarchs weren't working together.
