Hello, im looking for ideas to help the cause. I got good graphic design skills, but no ideas on how to share leftist ideology with it without being cringy or shallow

I’m helping a friend, “Mariam” (pseudonym, to protect her until she’s through the asylum process), raise money to leave Tunisia.

She’s a young trans woman. Gender identity and expression are criminalized there, and the Tunisian human rights group Damj has documented a sharp rise in arrests of trans women. Prison often means men’s facilities and sexual violence. She’s been on hormones she ordered from abroad, her body is changing, and she can’t hide it much longer. Her family is hostile, and the one local trans support network she reached out to collapsed after its president was targeted.

She’s a native French speaker, has prepared her asylum case herself, and her plan is France. Funds cover her flight, essentials, an emergency fund for the asylum period, and certified translation of her diploma so she can finish her degree.

Any amount helps, and sharing helps too: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-trans-woman-flee-tunisia-and-seek-asylum-ux5km

Happy to answer questions in the comments.

This backlash against the right is correct, it's human.

The Zionist Parliament elections have concluded. Some Palestinians called for participation, believing it to be a means of influence. Others, however, called for a boycott, recognizing the danger that participation poses to our presence on our land and our cause.

In any case, a government led by one Zionist or another will be formed to carry out their common genocidal settler-colonial project. The progress of their project is determined by the balance of power. Therefore, confronting it requires systematic efforts to build the capacity of our people. For this reason, the One Democratic State initiative proposes organizing efforts in the following areas:

Confronting concessionary Palestinian proposals: Concessionary proposals dominate Palestinian discourse today, such as the two-state problem, binationalism, the pursuit of equal rights within the occupying state, and the limiting liberation to ending apartheid. There is no clear, unified document that presents the Palestinian vision and defines the non-negotiable Palestinian ceiling for liberation. Therefore, we must work to formulate and adopt one.

Restoring the cohesion of Palestinian society: The occupation has succeeded in fragmenting Palestinian society into Jerusalem, 1948 Palestine, Gaza, the West Bank, and the Diaspora. Consequently, Palestinian discourse—and even Palestinian political organizations—have become fragmented across these regions. We must work to counter this fragmentation by building political groups, cultural frameworks, and media platforms that transcend these regional boundaries.

Leading the global movement in support of Palestine: Today, there is not a single movement supporting Palestine, but rather multiple movements. Their discourses are contradictory; some oppose genocide or the Netanyahu government but fail to grasp Zionism’s settler colonial essence; and their actions are often governed by social media algorithms and trends. Therefore, it is essential to engage with them, educate them, and guide them on how to become a force for the Palestinian liberation project.

The One Democratic State Initiative has been working toward those goals for years. It calls on people in Palestine, Al-Sham, and the world to contribute to our efforts or to coordinate efforts, to build strength and accumulate momentum until the Jewish state is dismantled and Palestine is liberated.

Read more: odsi.co

Get in touch: [odsi@odsi.co](mailto:odsi@odsi.co)

Sign up: odsi.co/en/sign-up-en

I tried to talk Miami cubans in the un meeting council that,yes the regime is authoritarian but they can’t get their damn head out their ass to see how the blockade is severely causing their people harm they keep crying (free cuba free cuba) too much to forget how the embargo affects all its economy and limits trade with foreign countries. Same with racists on instagram or religious fanatics. I fucking hate this world and what it comes to we have lost our fucking minds people advocating for genocide in gaza and cuba and racism and homophobia i just want us to live in harmony and not division but its the fucking conservatives who live in a ecochamber that we will fail to progress. Sorry so the rant i just had enough of ignorance no matter how hard i try to have a civil discussion somedays i feel like john brown

The ceremonial tying of the purple ribbon around the new spouses wrist.

For the record: ritual is emotionally devoid of meaning in our families (4/4 erase culture/identity) to the best of our abilities. 'You' don't really have a choice. We are a constructionist, reflective, blank slatists entity. To understand the underpinning theory of the family will create a more simplistic form of living and of analyzing interpersonal engagements.

In other words, we swim in psychology and sociology and by necessity have characters that will devalue any ritualistic function and emotion stoking. Though, of course, emotions are to be played with to a good degree. But in a flatter way. We really do try to stand outside of evolutionary adaptive structures and outside our cultural framing. That just means a flatness to emotion and identity framing.

A group of people so devoid of style and importance. They took the erasure of the ape to heart. Their only concerns were books.

Yet. In such plain dress, an adornment of a purple string bracelet gave the game away. One of the meager luxuries of ritual the families enjoyed.

(For Trump) 'i am' the Greatest Human to ever live.

I love you

As I love all

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Lyndon Page

I think Noah does a great job to explain how to handle Zionist when they throwing up the anti semitism card

Edit: I made a more concise comment about which strategies we used, and I'll leave it up here, since my intention with this post is to genuinely help other countries who might face similar problems with fascism. If anyone wants to read the rest of the text, I basically tell most of the story of how it happened. Here goes the list:

1) Study the enemy and use the same strategies to appeal to bigger crowds (maybe alarming language and AI images, maybe something else)

2) Appeal to what right wing/centrist prople actually care about - so avoid talking too much about LGBTQ+, feminism, racism and other marginalized groups they don't care about, and focus on matters like economy and corruption

3) Create a channel or group to reunite ALL of you, and promote it nonstop

4) To break the algorithm, completely ignore anything from the other side, and engage only in anti-fascist content. By engage I mean interact with ALL buttons: like, comment, repost, share, copy link and save. Don't be afraid to look cringe, fighting fascism is more important - and if millions of you are doing the same, no one's gonna judge you for being "annoying" online lol

5) Create symbolism (like the "L" with our hans to represent Lula) and catchy chantings and rhymes so it stucks in everyone's head

6) Use the enemy's scandals against them, sharing only negative things about the fascists, while still ignoring their posts completely. Make people FEAR the fascists (as they should) by using that alarming language and saying everyone's rights are at risk. The fear increases overall engagement. And then give them hope: make it clear you can do it, you just have to convince EVERYONE you can.

7) Raise one hashtag at a time, then all of you should use the same specific hashtag nonstop, until you move on to another (make the hashtags highlight negative aspects about the fascists)

8) Count on trustworthy celebrities to also fight against the fascists and join the movement - influencers should be making videos about the democratic party vs fascists all the time so you can engage the way I previously mentioned, actors should feel the pressure to "take a side" and singers could help by offering free shows during pacific protests. Ignore the fascist celebrities, or even the ones who don't take a stand. Focus on engaging the content ONLY of people who are talking against fascism.

9) Occupy the streets in a pacific way, using those catchy chants and spreading the sentiment of hope and genuine unity with each other. This way, the fascists will have a hard time making you look bad and/or violent. (saying this cause our protests felt like giant parties where everyone loved each other)

10) Make everyone vote. Grab your parents and grandparents - take them on wheelchairs if needed. If anyone needs help with transportation, the ones with cars should be available to give free rides. Everyone should help everyone to vote.

I guess that's it. I'm only posting this cause I truly wanna help other countries, cause I know the way we fought was essential for Lula to win ❤️

Ps: This is only the begging of our fight. Our congress and senate is full of fascists, so we're ready to keep protesting and occupying the streets for the next 4 years, whenever it's necessary.

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How to fight fascism: The Brazilian Way

Text by me, a brazilian who joined the fight very early on.

Heres how we did it:

Bolsonaro Son was leading the elections in the first round, and, in Brasil, we NEVER saw a candidate who was in second place actually turn the tables and win the second round. All of the odds were against us. So all of us who were heavily opposed to bolsonarismo (our cursed brazilian fascism) were already desperate enough.

Who were we, the first anti-fascists? LGBTQ+ people, people of color, natives, disabled people, students, feminists, and most of our youth.

What did we do at first? We observed the enemy. We watched how they captivated the "simple minded" crowd. We watched how they dominated social media with incessant posting (also bots) and how they appealed to issues that were very generalized in our society. Instead of appealing to human rights of marginalized groups or preserving our Amazon forest, they appealed to very basic and general mattersthat affected the everyday life of a "regular" citizen - like the economy (they claimed Lula had made it worse, which is false), corruption, combating criminals and such. They promoted their "causes" using cringe AI designs and alarming sentences. And they also depended heavily on bots and fake news.

After observing, we started to create materials that were similar to theirs. We made cringe AI designs, but talking about how Bolsonaro Son would end our public health system (which most of our population depends on), how he would cut retirement funds, how he would cut programs that help disabled and poor people (many people here depend on these assistances as well) etc. Since a huge anti-corruption sentiment was installed in our population, we also used that in our favor: we made images with alarming language talking about Bolsonaro Son's corruption scandals, and how he was deeply involved with criminals. We used impacting images from 2020, so people would remember that 700 thoudans of people died in total, but 400 thounsands could've survived if Bolsonaro Dad had brought the covid vaccine here sooner (which he denied simply because he thought a worldwide pandemic was not a big deal). Many of us lost loved ones during the pandemic, so we knew this would impact at least some people. We also mentioned the fact that Bolsonaro Son defended a child assassin, spreading images of the poor child (the child's mom was with us, so we didn't exploit her image without consent). And we reminded everyone of how Bolsonaro Dad tried to assassinate Lula and one of our STF ministers in a failed attempt at a coup - which is why Bolsonaro Dad was arrested.

But then, an important character showed up: Janones. A politician who was on Lula's side, and noticed that Lula, being an elder, didn't know what do to with his campaign online. Janones created a channel called "Exército do Lula", which translates to "Lula's Army". Bolsonaro Son already had a channel like that, so I suspect he was also inspired by the enemy. Everyone who was already anti-fascist joined the group immediately. Suddenly, we had the means to act together in organized and coordinated ways.

Janones became our "general", and we became the "soldiers". He would give us different "missions" from time to time. The first one was to break the Meta algorithm: we had to engage with every single anti-fascist content we could find. I'm talking: like, comment, repost, share with someone, copy the link and also save - basically, interact with ALL of the buttons. We all agreed to leave the "online shame" behind and become one of those annoying aunts who post ALL THE TIME. And we all did so. ALL OF US. We didn't use bots. We didn't cheat. We didn't spread fake news. We broke Meta's algorithm in a 100% organic and honest way.

Meanwhile, everyone started to share and promote the channel, so it just grew bigger and bigger, until there were literally millions of people in the "army". We kept sharing it, and by the time the elections were about to happen, there were more than 10 millions of people in the channel.

We didn't focus on bolsonaristas - they're a lost cause, either completely blind or legitimately bad people who agree with everything the Bolsonaros say. Bolsonaristas also didn't believe in any news that talked badly about the Bolsonaros, so sharing any content with them was useless. We focused on the people who were in the middle, indecisive, and those who didn't vote in the first round. Those of us who were willing to talk to other people in an attempt to gather more votes were instructed to sound more neutral, and to make those indecisive people search about the informations we were sharing all by themselves. Janones instructed us to ask the general public to google about Bolsonaro Son's scaldals without giving our personal opinions.

Regular citizens were talking not only to people they knew, but also knocking on random people's doors. We were also instructed to not openly demonize the Bolsonaros. Other citizens would walk around the streets with megaphones, talking about Bolsonaro Son's scandals that were not being covered by traditional media (since the big local media favored him). They would also talk about all of the good things that Lula's government provided to our population (like the many assistance programs for poor people, heavily funding public education, and the whole public health system).

Everyday, our "general" Janones came up with specific hashtags for us to post - and so we did. Millions of people posting the very same hashtag, basically at the same time. Bolsonaro Son's many scandals made it easier to come up with hashtags, to be honest.

And then there was the whole "left wing vs right wing" thing. Many right wing politicians declared support to Lula, since normal right wing people are not bolsonaristas - and we used that in our favor. We started to post about how the right wing and the left wing were working together against bolsonarismo, and in favor of our democracy and sovereignty. Many indecisive people leaned more into the right wing, so this helped tremendously. We kept reminding them their vote is a secret, so they didn't have to publicly announce they were voting for Lula, and no one needed to know.

Another thing that we used in our favor: religion. Bolsonaro Son and his politician friends had a project to make Brasil an entirely evangelical country, so they were very disrespectful to other religions, even to catholics - and a great amount of our population is catholic. We also reminded christians in general that Jesus would never approve of the things the Bolsonaros did - like stealing money, defending a child assassin, posing with weapons, threatening the opposition, going to orgies while being married, having a vice president who raped a 13 year old girl, among other things. The catholic church also gave a statement against Bolsonaro, and that brought even more catholics to our side.

With all the noise we were making by breaking the algorithm, soon the entire world was watching our elections. That made it possible not only for the catholic church to make a statement, but also for many foreign celebrities to support Lula. Fans of these celebrities who were indecisive were impacted by this too. Also, the entire world got to know that Trump was meddling with our elections, and that Meta was boycotting Lula's campaign while favoring Bolsonaro's.

Local celebrities were also heavily on Lula's side - celebrities that were very respected and well liked by the general public. All of them publicly announced their support to Lula. An organization created a series of documentaries about Bolsonaro Son's scandals - and each episode was presented by one of these well liked celebrities with huge fandoms. Their fans watched the videos for idols, but each video exposed absurd scandals involving the whole Bolsonaro family. These celebrities didn't receive any money for the videos in question, by the way.

Then we occupied the streets. Janones would decide on a date, and basically ALL of us would go out. Millions of us marched the streets in many cities, gathering more and more attention. Our protests were compared to that huge Lady Gaga's show in Copacabana, because there were literally MILLIONS of people on the streets of each one of our biggest cities. Everything was pacific and, honestly, very moving. Some very famous and respected local singers had free shows during the protests, which attracted even more people to the streets. The big brazilian media didn't properly cover our huge protests, but independent journalists and other influencers did - and, since we broke Meta's algorithm, the images and videos reached everyone.

During the last debate, Bolsonaro Son made an ableist comment about Lula having nine fingers. Lula was enraged, because he lost a finger while working extra hours when he was only 17 years old... While Bolsonaro Son never had to work a single day in his life (he's a nepobaby who always lived off of public money through his daddy). Bolsonaro Son's first "job" was a fake one where he didn't even have to show up, and it was given to him by his daddy too. Many disabled people were enraged as well and made their decision to vote for Lula right after that debate.

And now comes the most important and beautiful part: we all went to vote. ALL OF US. People from the Northeast embarked in literal boats in the middle of the night only to vote for Lula. People from the Northeast also filled MANY buses, traveling MILES only to vote for Lula. The Northeast is our precious gem: they're very loyal to Lula, since he transformed the region, that used to be very poor, and now is THE best of the whole country when it comes to education. I'm very proud to say my family comes from the Northeast.

Bolsonaro Son tried for a coup (like his criminal daddy), along with huge airlines/ bus companies and mayors who are bolsonaristas. They did everything they could so that the regions where Lula had the most votes wouldn't have access to transportation. Many cities had very little busses in circulation, which is considered a crime here, but the corrupt people in power did nothing about it. So what did WE do? We made NOISE. Soon, regular citizens who owned cars started to give free rides to everyone they could. MANY people did that. Very old people went out to vote too, even though they're not obligated to do so. Many grandchildren brought their grandparents to vote in WHEELCHAIRS. I convinced my 82 years old grandma to vote as well. One of my aunts lives in a rest home and can barely walk, but she still insisted on voting.

In the end, although we did everything we could, many people who would've voted for Lula could not make it in time. They were either too late because there were not enough busses and there's only so much regular people with regular cars can do. Some of them (all from the Northeast) had their flights canceled by those airlines companies I mentioned before.

But we fought so hard that Lula won the election regardless. We were fighting against Big Tech, Trump, huge companies, bots with fake news, corrupt people in power, traditional media, a tremendously big defamation campaign against Lula that's been going on for years, literal criminals who threaned multiple people to sell their votes, businesses who pressured their workers to vote for Bolsonaro... But we did it. We fucking did it!

We played fair against people who play dirty, and we WON. Lula would've had even more votes if Bolsonaro Son didn't make it impossible for some people to vote - even so, we won. And, if we did it, you can do it too.

But guys: you have to fight! You have to get together and act together. You need help from celebrities, activists and trustworthy politicians. You have to study the enemy and use similar tactics. You have to bring people to your side using the right language. You have to focus on those who are not lost causes. You have to act in an organized and coordinated way. You have to become the annoying aunt who posts and shares stuff all the time to BREAK THE ALGORITHM. You have to make NOISE. BE LOUD. Make the whole world know.

I sincerely hope everyone who's fighting against fascism ends up succeeding too. Let's kill fascism and bury it six feet deep!

Remember: regular citizens have power too. If everyone does their part, you can be an unstoppable force.

To our friends and young people in the US,

We are reaching out to you directly from Brazil, down here in South America. Recently, through the power of young voters, working people, and community organizing, we managed to push back against the rise of far-right extremism and MAGA-style politics in our country. It was a massive victory for the people.

Right now, you are in the middle of a crucial election, and you have the power to do the exact same thing.

Brazilians have always loved American culture, and our people have a deep history of friendship. We are not rivals, and we never will be. But to keep our democracy strong and bring back genuine cooperation and peace across the Americas, we need you to get organized and mobilized right now.

* Organize online: Build dedicated channels on social media, share creator content, and master digital campaigning. Look into the digital strategies used by Andre Janones and the Workers' Party in Brazil to counter disinformation effectively.

* Mobilize on the ground: Gather, protest, and make your voices heard. Show the world that Trump and MAGA do not represent the majority of Americans, and that you stand for unity, not division.

URGENT: Far-right allies and figures linked to the previous administration, like Flavio Bolsonaro, have fled to the US to escape accountability for corruption, money laundering, and attempts to undermine our democracy. We urge the American public and officials not to grant safe haven to those trying to destabilize foreign democracies.

When our President, Lula, was a young factory worker, he lost a finger operating a heavy press at 3 AM. Far-right politicians used to mock him for it, calling him nine-fingered. But we reclaimed that insult. Much like the famous American slogan 'We are the 99%,' we say: WE ARE ALL 9-FINGERS!

Let that lost finger symbolize the hard work, sweat, and dignity of everyday working people that is being taken from us.

Stand with us. Share this message, mobilize your campuses, and let us secure a peaceful, democratic future for the entire American continent together!

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We all know the Republican Party is the sword of the oligarchs, multinational business lobbies, powerful & predatory industries/tycoons, and general corporatocracy.

We know the GOP is full of reactionary/regressive "leaders" that are nothing more then stereotypical snake oil salespeople, con-artists, scam-artists, grifters, and hustlers.

We know that the worst of the worst have created and fostered a type of lowest common denominator style populism (A cult mob) to more easily misinform/mislead.

We know this sphere is full of Ultra Rich Powerful Predatory Bad Actors of varying disgusting types. We've seen that not only with the Epstein nightmare but with Vivek Ramaswamy and his ad. Truly fucking horrible and gross.

The powerful & predatory of this sphere are against the Labour Movement, against the Environmentalist Movement, against the Women's Rights Movement/Civil Rights Movement, against the Peace Movement, and pretty much everything else that is about making a brighter & better world.

It won't fix everything but lessening their Death Cult influence is a big step in the right direction. Period.

I haven’t done much of my own research, (beginner in politics..) , I am working on that actively when I’m not so busy. Just a quick post , but what are your guys opinions on mark carney? (Current prime-minister of Canada) , I’m open to any opinions. Thank you!