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• The columns moved around - towards Buturlinovka and Borisoglebsk . There was no information about the occupation of the airfield.
• Aviation continues to strike at the columns. PMC. By this hour, it is known about the loss of three aircraft of army aviation. Information about the downed transport aircraft is not confirmed.
• In Voronezh itself, an oil depot is on fire: this is probably a consequence of a Ukrainian UAV strike.
• In Rostov , contrary to the statements of PMCs, the departments of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were not occupied, but only blocked. At the moment, Rostov is only under the partial control of the Wagners, the planned work of all military command and control bodies continues.
• To the south of Moscow, all possible routes of movement of PMCs are blocked.

So I had a convo w a lib recently and they said that I am hypocritical to have jeans or enjoy American TV and movies or enjoy anything in American culture or American inventions if I dislike the way our country is run and the state of our culture and politics. So I gave a few examples of things they like that would make them “hypocritical” by that logic. I said that they shouldn’t be allowed to eat ice cream or play Skyrim (umm no dragons for you, those are Chinese and Korean by origin) no more satellites because the big bad Soviets sent Sputnik. I obviously let them know I don’t actually believe that and they should be allowed to wear and eat and play what they want without having to tiptoe on eggshells around nonexistent ideological barriers. But just out of curiosity, what would be other examples of cultural influences or inventions that Libs/conservatives would have to divest themselves of(if they followed this dumb logic they way that they expect us to)?

Seeing mixed reports about the head of wagner rolling into Rostov, Russia. All kinds of other rumors swirling around. Anyone have any good info, or good sources to follow?

can't wait to see the results!

Whenever I see people working community farms or churches helping homeless people I feel like it’s a bad thing because people may get their needs met within capitalism and we should be doing it instead as part of base building. When I was reading ‘Cows save the planet’ and hearing about petite bourgeoisie doing things that relatively help the environment I was thinking that we are screwed as communists if [people are made to think that] entrepreneurs are saving the planet. Then I, of course realized we are screwed instead because of climate apocalypse. Is it bad if a church who is communist at heart is doing good work without intending to transcend capitalism as opposed to an anti-capitalist group doing the same? Am I being irrational, and/or is this normal?

It looks familiar but i can't remember where i seen it.

Borgerhout, a traditional right leaning district of the city of Antwerp, has been under 'communist' rule for a while now. A few years ago, after many years of activism, our marxist party surprisingly won the district elections (and one in another municipality called Zelzate), together with the left leaning Green party. We formed a coalition with them and started working towards a common goal: a progressive, local government in a high poverty and crime ridden district. The victory was such a surprise that we didn't even had a program ready. We had to write one after our victory.

Now, the district government does not have much power. It is responsible for Public Spaces, Greenery, Youth/Seniors, Sports and Culture. Important sectors like Housing and Healthcare are not their domain, but more on that later. It has to work with the rules set out by the city's government, which is a right leaning one. However, this did not stop us from reaching for the borders that were set, or even crossing them.

I want to discuss three victories our party has achieved in the meantime.

The first being a low effort, easy to reach information point in which the residents of the very culturally rich district can go to with their questions. Think questions about medical access, questions about food, we even give away free veggies and tell them what they can cook with it. All questions are welcome. There's even a story about a street cleaner who used to smoke, but thanks to the advice of the information point, which he passed every day, he managed to quit smoking. Even better, he started working out before his shifts on the little outside gym we installed next to it. So far, the information point is servicing many culturally different people from around the district, who managed to become much more informed about the possibilities they had. As I said, healthcare is not the district's responsibility. Making a healthcare point would not be allowed. What we did, though, is set up a place on a public square for volunteers to visit. 'Coincidentally', lots of healthcare volunteers and orgs 'found' their way to it and set up shop.

Our second effort is going against the city's guidelines and budgets. In the energy crisis of the past two years, the city government responded by trying to make public services more expensive in order to compensate for rising energy costs. This means local sport clubs, libraries, swimming pools etc. all got more expensive. In an act of rebellion, the district of Borgerhout increased the subsidies given to local initiatives, which prevented them from having to increase pricing. Borgerhout soon became the most active district in the city, with lots of new, ethnically diverse activities popping up. We also decided to make these activities free, and without registration, as we found out that many people still weren't able to find out about them. Instead, we went to the public squares, markets, parks and set up there in order to reach out to the public. This was a succes, as the activities brought in even more people.

Third, we wanted to celebrate diversity in our district. We found out that repressing native languages was not effective, and even that allowing people to keep developing their native language helps them to learn Dutch faster and better. So we made a festival around everyone's native language and invited them to come and exchange stories, languages and education on culture. This attracts thousands of diverse people yearly and it has brought all kinds of cultures together. This is just one festival of the many we organize. BorgerRio, another popular one, manages to attract over 50k people annually.

A bonus mention would be that we went and had talks with local youth about their needs. One need of an outdoor place to hang out while it rains was a big priority of theirs. So we made a few places where we set up bus stop looking sheds where they could hang out. Trouble and noise went down, and people living near these places are happy for the youth, who are happy themselves as well. It was such a simple yet effective thing to do.

This is far from the communist utopia we strive for. But this is a way we managed to make a difference. We went from one action group in Borgerhout to five very active groups. When we walk around the district with our Party's flag, people legit start cheering. People call us, because they know we are the party that does something for the people. We make a difference. It was a hard decision to start actually governing, but we're glad we did it. Electoral politics is still not our way to go, we keep focussed on action groups, workers at their workplace and organizing in the street. But electoral politics have also brought us extra funding through parliament as well as local victories and popularity. Our next goal is the District of Antwerp, the biggest one in the city, where we feel like having a good chance. It would be a massive victory, as it is one of the most imporant districts in the country.

Hi! Long time lurker, first time poster. Been discussing stuff with MLs of all stripes recently, and have come across a common statement used by a lot of Maoists which frustrates me.

They seem to always fall back on statements like "The CPC allows billionaires in their ranks, so they are revisionist."

Maoists have often used this as a kind of "gotcha" argument against more traditional MLs, or "Dengists" as they love to label us.

It's frustrating, because...I don't disagree really, allowing members of the bourgeoisie to hold political power is pretty much the definition of revisionism. The problem is, this feels more like a way to silence dissent or discussion rather than facilitate it. Feels like an overly simplistic hard line that simplifies history into binary divisions. Often followed by an implied "China is revisionist, therefore Maoism is the only working form of socialism."

I'm reaching out to people to see if anyone has any ways to combat this, in a way that encourages discussion rather than it just devolving into insults or truisms hurled back and forth without thought.

Looks like the search is over.

"What's the reason that we have 350 military bases* all over the world?"

Academic Michael Parenti on the US Empire's terror campaigns from a 2001 lecture made soon after 9/11.

This type of behavior is indicative of a larger cultural problem that devalues women and their contributions. It also creates an environment that reinforces the idea that men are superior and that women should not be taken seriously. By allowing this type of content, social media sites like Facebook are perpetuating this ideology.

This type of thinking is oppressive and is a form of fascism. In my opinion, if you are not a feminist, you are a fascist.

Sorry if the Facebook memes in the pic are disturbing. But I needed to make a point.