“Whatever the final number proves to be, it may have carried out one of the worst state-sanctioned massacres of unarmed civilians anywhere in nearly a half century in order to survive.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
“Whatever the final number proves to be, it may have carried out one of the worst state-sanctioned massacres of unarmed civilians anywhere in nearly a half century in order to survive.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Where is this Kautsky quote from? I've found some other paragraphs in his texts that are confiming that he was some kind of darwinian ecosocialist, but not this specific quote.
Ohne eine konsequente Aufarbeitung wird die politische Linke in dieser Katastrophe verstrickt bleiben. Zu einer solchen Aufarbeitung soll der Text einen Beitrag leisten. 7/
Noch heute, nach mehr als 100 Jahren, ist die politische Linke so tief von den Folgen der bolschewistischen Politik geprägt, dass sich sagen lässt, der Bolschewismus ist ihre andauernde politische Katastrophe. /6
Diese Folgen sind leider in einem Ausmaß eingetreten, das sich diese frühen Kritiker nicht vorstellen konnten. /5
Dazu werden Texte herangezogen, die bereits zur Zeit der Ereignisse der russischen Revolution die autoritäre Politik der Bolschewiki kritisierten und auf deren fatale Folgen für die sozialistische Bewegung hinwiesen. /4
Dazu werden Texte analysiert, die verwendet werden, um diese Behauptung zu stützen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass diese Texte die Behauptung nicht unterstützen. /3
Der Text untersucht die in der politischen Linken weit verbreitete Behauptung, dass die ›Oktoberrevolution‹ die erste erfolgreiche proletarische Revolution gewesen sei, auf ihren tatsächlichen historischen Gehalt. /2
Rotes Buchcover mit dem Titel »Reclaim the Red. Zur Kritik des älteren und neueren Marxismus-Leninismus«, herausgegeben vom Kantine Festival.
In diesem kleinen Band, der kürzlich vom Kantine Festival im Nachgang zur letzjährigen »Kantine Zone« veröffentlicht wurde, ist ein Beitrag von mir mit dem Titel »Mythos Oktoberrevolution. Zum Zusammenhang von Bolschewismus, Stalinismus und Terrorismus« abgedruckt. /1
NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." The moves would also affect weather forecasting centers. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
I used to walk past this site on an almost daily basis and play football there as a kid. It's now effectively a cemetery because the risks of reaching formal burial grounds were too high. "To walk any distance was to risk being killed by the constant shelling."
sudantribune.com/article302188/
Hamza Howidy muss bleiben!
Dem Anti-Hamas-Aktivisten droht die Abschiebung aus Deutschland. Unter Lebensgefahr kämpfte er gegen die Hamas und für Menschenrechte in Gaza. Wir solidarisieren uns mit Hamza! Unterzeichnet die Petition!
#fckhms
www.openpetition.de/petition/onl...
📢 JUST LAUNCHED: The 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index 📉#RightsIndex25
🌍 Workers’ rights are collapsing globally — with only 7 countries scoring top marks out of 151
⚠️ 87% violated the right to strike
🛑 Democracy and labour justice are under attack
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-global-...
80 years ago today, the Allies brought an end to Nazi rule, and with it, the world began to uncover the full scale of the horrors inflicted on the Jewish people.
If we held one minute of silence for every Holocaust victim, we would be silent for 11 and a half years.
Never again
A recent heatwave in Central Asia was up to 10°C hotter compared to the preindustrial climate – a change described by one of our scientists as "frankly bonkers."
Our study also found an unusually rapid increase in March temperatures in the region. We've never seen anything like it before.
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After thousands in Gaza took the streets calling for an end to Hamas rule, the terrorists executed at least 6 protesters and tortured others.
An activist who lost his eye reports: "Not a single journalist in the Gaza Strip speaks about Hamas's crimes."
Will you be their voices?
The silence of the so-called pro-Palestine movement is indeed self-revealing. This article by Yariv Mohar is essential reading for everyone who cares about #HumanRights.
#Gaza #Hamas
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
I'm sorry, I read psychoanalysis mostly in German, so I'm not into such translation issues.
Ihab Hassan on x yesterday:
"Hamas's nightmare has begun in Gaza: thousands are protesting, chanting, 'Down with Hamas, we’ve had enough, Hamas!'"
Brave are those people in Gaza who protest against Hamas. Success and solidarity—that’s what I wish them.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
»Hundreds of Palestinians have joined protests in northern Gaza, shouting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war with Israel, in what has been described as the largest protest against the militant group inside the territory since the 7 October attacks.« #HamasOut
In these times of culture war in the U.S., nuanced articles like this one by Franklin Foer are very rare. Critical of #Trump, but also of #Columbia University's administration and, above all, some faculty who also bear responsibility for the chaos. But he ends with a note of hope.
"Why haven’t we learned our lesson? Maybe because it’s hard to admit that this research is risky now and to take the requisite steps to keep us safe without also admitting it was always risky. And that perhaps we were misled on purpose." @zey.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
»Die im Sondierungspapier geplanten Maßnahmen werden weder die soziale Sicherheit verbessern noch die gesellschaftliche Polarisierung abbauen.«
www.anzeiger-verlag.de/osterholz/ar...
Not exactly the Seattle comrades, but Attac is still there and they are massively advocating for peace with Russia already since 2014. So they have been in the same boat as Trump for a number of years now.
Long Covid warning: 'Silent organ damage is a real problem' 11:33 am today As many as 400 million people worldwide - about five percent of the global population - have Long Covid. File photo. Photo: 123rf.com
Warnung vor Long Covid: „Stille Organschäden sind ein echtes Problem“
"Wir denken, dass die stillen Organschäden ein echtes Problem für die spätere Entwicklung von Krankheiten darstellen. Wenn man jung und gesund ist, kann man ein gewisses Maß an Schädigung des Systems …
New: Translations from the ISR’s 1942 Seminar on Needs, spec. passages where Adorno & Horkheimer are uncharacteristically explicit that classless society is the critical criterion of critical theory + the discussions on their respective “Theses” on Need! Link below
A visualisation of how European states will likely develop in population numbers with vs. without immigration (based on average net migration levels).
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
Antifaschismus muss auch bewaffnet die Freiheit als Bedingung zur Befreiung von Ausbeutung gegen autoritäre und faschistoide Regime verteidigen. Die militärische Unterstützung der Ukraine und Israels ist praktischer Antifaschismus. #Selensky #Ukraine #Israel #Antifaschismus #DieLinke