He added that the decision “plays into the hands of those who, like La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), thrive on exploiting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, according to France 24.

So he condemned it because he believes it will actually help Melenchon.

It will never not be funny to me how the West still treats Hong Kong as not part of China and gets bitten every time. And China playing 5d chess by letting them maintain that illusion.

Massie has been objectively genuinly more anti-imperialist than “the squad”

The last ten years of elections have demonstrated that Democrats cannot win without participation from their left flank.

All the more reason that one of the primary tasks of anyone working within the DSA should be to cut the connection to the Democrats.

Here’s papa Stalin taking your observation to its logical conclusion:

Fascism is the bourgeoisie’s fighting organisation that relies on the active support of Social-Democracy. Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism. There is no ground for assuming that the fighting organisation of the bourgeoisie can achieve decisive successes in battles, or in governing the country, without the active support of Social-Democracy. There is just as little ground for thinking that Social-Democracy can achieve decisive successes in battles, or in governing the country, without the active support of the fighting organisation of the bourgeoisie. These organisations do not negate, but supplement each other. They are not antipodes, they are twins. Fascism is an informal political bloc of these two chief organisations; a bloc, which arose in the circumstances of the post-war crisis of imperialism, and which is intended for combating the proletarian revolution. The bourgeoisie cannot retain power without such a bloc. It would therefore be a mistake to think that “pacifism” signifies the liquidation of fascism. In the present situation, “pacifism” is the strengthening of fascism with its moderate, Social-Democratic wing pushed into the forefront.

(emphasis mine)

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/09/20.htm

It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.

Bourgeois Republic is the best shell for Imperialism as all of recent history proves.

But when it comes time to pick a side, they always manage to pick the wrong one

That’s because they’re not picking a side, they’re dropping the pretense of not having been on that side all along.

I’m sure a plane to Miami is being prepared as we speak.

Also the Counter-revolution of 1776 by Gerald Horne

Nah, they just have a different definition of victory and goals.

Probably marked-up 1000+%

The Axis of Resistance didn’t choose their fate either. The only choice they made is to resist rather than submit, so the same as Russia.

Always the plan.

Or you could interpret it as depicting the “progressive” Student’s Republic maintaining colonial control of Africa. But considering it’s made in Taiwan you’re probably right.

Correlation is not causation, but

Crisis is usually good for business (for the big players)

They realized pink-shirt capitalism (predictably) didn’t solve their problems, so they’re swinging back to brown-shirt capitalism.

Turns out people really do believe that ‘Stalin ate all the grain with his big spoon’.

This part always gets me:

Some students seemed unaware of Hitler’s atrocities, while others said they chose the theme because it would be reportedly easy to convert their school uniforms into Nazi costumes.

Because he called Mao a dictator, not because he joked about a meme.