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May there be the day that the world is under red flags and golden hammers may there be the day
That the working class overthrows the ruling class
May there be the day that manhattan crumbles under the weight of the millions killed to support it
Glory to the revolution comrades!

Unite and get organized. That much is obvious. But can we talk about the things that aren't so obvious?

1. Digital is king. That's a fact. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X. It doesn't matter. Do what you have to do, but do it there too. Overnight, we all became campaign volunteers, and it worked. We didn't even know how to create content (at least I didn't), but we were reposting videos every five minutes, targeting different audiences. Neoliberals, people leaning left, whoever. What mattered was showing everyone what was at stake.

2. Don't engage. See a reactionary's video pop up in your feed? Scroll past it. Don't interact. See a post on X spouting nonsense? Ignore it. Let them talk to themselves.

They already have the machine. The algorithm runs at the pace capital demands. We disrupted that rhythm. We forced Meta to work overtime trying to block our content from reaching their audiences. Every now and then, they succeeded. But most of the time, it was already too late.

3. Unity across the board. Your friend or family member with liberal views isn't your enemy. They have something to lose, too. Maybe they just don't understand that yet. For a long time, I tried using logic to persuade these people and change a few minds. It didn't work. So what does work? Speak their language. Engage with the reality they live in. Ask about their family, their mom, their aunt. Sooner or later, a situation comes up where someone is struggling and could be doing better if it weren't for the government. That's where you come in. Talk about it, let the conversation flow, and fuel their indignation by expressing your own. Say, "Man, it's so unfair that you and your family have to go through this. You shouldn't have to deal with any of this." The rest practically takes care of itself.

4. Get involved. You saw what happened in the streets. We have the students to thank for that. They took the lead, and we followed. Of course, in some places where you live, even that might not be possible. But let's be honest: mobilization happens on many different levels. Can't take to the streets? Find some content, read it, and pass it along. Pay for someone's bus fare so they can go. Try to make a difference, even when it seems insignificant.

On the day of the runoff election, I gave two people a ride to the polling station because they couldn't leave work early enough to vote. I don't even know them but it wasn't anything extraordinary. And at the same time, it was everything.

My mom reconnected with relatives on a side of the family she'd grown distant from. She talked things through with a lot of people. We know she managed to win over at least three voters. Even an Uber driver. All of this matters so much because every little bit counts. Believe in change, and be part of it.

Anyway, I'm not claiming to have all the answers, and everyone knows what they have at their disposal and what they can do. But after seeing what happened here, I've started believing again that it's possible to stop this fascist wave sweeping across the world. We just need to put in more effort than we have so far. Or maybe the same amount of effort... just in the right places.

I'd also like to invite other Brazilians in this sub to share their stories. Let's inspire the world! Important elections are coming up. Unite!

I keep seeing conservatives posting about her using her as anti communist and socialist propaganda

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https://x.com/jacobin/status/2114797963499262106

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Just want to preface this by saying I am very new to socialism. Maybe I'm a bad socialist or just uneducated, maybe this kind of question has been asked 1000 times before, idk. Also, sorry for the rant that follows.

I recently joined a socialist student group who are involved in organising for the international youth strike in the UK. Talking to a lot of them, they seem to have very idealistic views of how impactful their actions are. They support Jeremy Corbyn and Your Party as the "Socialist Party". They put up posters on bins next to posters of other socialist groups that they disagree with, such as the RCP (when I asked who they were, they refused to explain, acting like talking about it was taboo or would cause a mob to form around us). They have a stall to hand out leaflets and get new members.

Thing is, having very recently been on the outside of socialism (yes, I know, I'm barely inside as it is), I know that none of this works, because I and everyone I've known before joining has had the same opinions on these things. People don't pay attention to posters on bins, and if they do, they aren't aware of all these different divisions and conflicting groups among socialists - they assume all those posters belong to the same single group of people. Most people view Jeremy Corbyn as a weak leader who had no solid stance during Brexit and wanted nuclear disarmament, who then started a new party that immediately turned into a mess of infighting. Handing out leaflets doesn't work, most people view it as a group of annoying weirdos shoving paper in your face - only people who have a pre-existing interest or curiosity towards it, like myself, willingly go to the stall. You can't make first contact because that's annoying, you have to let people come to you, but very few people do that.

Above all this, the majority of people don't know anything about socialism outside of what media or history class mentions - which often associates socialism with the Nazi party or with Communism in China or the Soviet Union. Most have a negative view of socialism - the classic "they're going to take my house, pay doctors the same wage as cleaners, and force us to use a communal toothbrush". If they do have some sort of positive view, it is usually in reference to social democracy, the Scandinavian model or what Zohran Mamdani is currently kind of attempting.

At the end of all of this, which I'll be honest was also partially venting my frustrations, I do genuinely find the concept of socialism awesome and want to help somehow. As much as I find the people in the socialist group I joined to be somewhat naive, I'm also impressed that they're actually trying, which is more than I can say for most people or even for myself. Maybe I'm too critical, or a pessimist, or a bad socialist, but I want to help - just in a way that won't be futile as I know that the methods they've been using are.

So, I'm hoping someone can offer advice. How can we actually have an effect? Increase the numbers joining the youth strike? Surely there are better ways to attract people to socialist ideals, or at least make them more aware of it so that they aren't immediately inclined towards a negative view of it?

Even if you're as clueless as I am about this, if you've read to the end, thank you for humouring me.

联合国最令人失望的地方在于它所宣扬的国际法、和平与民族自决原则，在强国的战略利益面前往往难以得到有效落实。以巴勒斯坦问题为例，面对巴勒斯坦人民长期遭受的苦难，国际社会通过了多少决议？

又有多少真正转化成了能够改变现实的行动？当谴责不断重复、平民仍在承受战争的代价时，人们有理由质疑这套国际机制究竟发挥了多大作用。更令人愤怒的是，国际秩序从来不是在真空中运行的。拥有强大经济、军事和外交影响力的国家，往往更有能力左右规则的执行，而弱小民族即使诉诸国际法，也未必能获得相应的保护。

这种现实已经充分暴露了现存国际机制的局限与不平等。所谓国际和平，不能只是强国口中的漂亮辞令。所谓国际法，也不能沦为选择性适用的工具。如果一个国际机制能够反复发表声明，却始终无法有效阻止侵略、保护平民、落实民族自决，那么它就必须接受严厉的质疑与批判。国际组织的权威不应建立在空洞的宣言之上，而应体现在它能否真正保护那些缺乏强权庇护的人民。

In which a socialist journalist calls for the many to pull down the AI giants.

Has anyone else noticed the regularity with which English translations of Marx and Engels will use the phrase "in a word", and then follow it with a clarification clause of about five or six words. Always makes me chuckle.

I'd be interested to know if that's an artefact of translation from the German, or if it was just common parlance at the time. Maybe they just threw it in to provide some brief levity.

Example, from the Principles of Communism on marxists.org:

>The proletariat, or the class of proletarians, is, in a word, the working class of the 19th century.

https://x.com/CarlZha/status/2115058957840798135