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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was established on this day in 1919. CPUSA provided legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys, helped poor Southern farmers form sharecropper unions, and promoted communist ideas within the U.S.

The party was established after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution, and initially operated underground due to the Palmer Raids, a series of anti-immigrant, anti-labor, and anti-communist raids conducted by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.

CPUSA was an early opponent of segregation and racial discrimination, giving legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys and helping poor black farmers in the South organize sharecropper unions. Because of this, the party had a strong presence in Alabama in the 1930s. This history is detailed in "Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression" by historian Robin D.G. Kelley.

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[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago

Wife's old friend posted a deranged transphobic political cartoon on facebook and it made me log into the website for the first time in years and immediately get unfriended after arguing with someone in the comments for 5 minutes.

People like her are actively trying to make the world worse for my kid and I won't fucking stand for it. Before i had the baby I will be honest I'd let a lot of stuff slide because honestly I have the privilege of doing so and it was easier. Now it's like any little thing I don't push back on is affecting the world they'll grow up in.

Recently been worried that having a child would make me less useful to any communist cause but it appears it's already made me more useful

[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] DoghouseCharlie@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agent 47 you can't wear a women's maid outfit as a disguise. You'll have to find a male outfit because for some reason they all fit perfectly on you. Even the shoes.

But the skirt feels so breezy, I feel my tactical awareness and natural instincts will be heightened. And no one will call me out because they'll be too afraid I'll accuse them of a hate crime.

That's brilliant, 47, keep up the good work!

[–] DoghouseCharlie@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is my "Hitman 47 explores his gender by way of disguises" bit.

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[–] SunsetFruitbat@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

so I decided to go against my better judgement and decided to lay down in the dirt just to look at the night sky for like 10-20 minutes. it was worth it

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Dirt_Fruitbat

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

legitimately beautiful

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[–] President_Obama@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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[–] Shinji_Ikari@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I don't know where to put this, please someone watch. Its a publicfreakout video of a road rage incident, while the recording driver is listening to a Second Thought video on alienation in the work place. I don't know which comm it belongs in. Someone help

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/16739qw/road_raging_with_the_wrong_person/

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

the absolute timing on "like, what about all the other cogs?" omfg

this deserves mainposting

Actually this ought to be shared with second thought and deprogram circles too if it hasn't already

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Heard some pretty old school anti-asian racism as I got to the pub today to get dinner. :( I am visibly non-white and idk if it was in response to me. Just kinda shut it out. Just super weird to hear (if you want to know, it's the sucky sucky one)

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

meow-hug

Maybe I'm trying to distance myself from its prevalence, but I feel like you've either gotta be way too old or way too young to pull that one out these days?
Regardless, that's fucked. I'm sorry

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[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Bit idea: trans guy who gets into Andrew Tate alpha masculinity influencers, claims to only have transitioned because he hates women that much

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[–] moonlake@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Gamers, what are your thoughts on Starfield? Most reviewers are saying that the game is a mile wide, but an inch deep. I think that Bethesda designed it like that on purpose.

They understand that the modders are the reason why people are still playing Skyrim over ten years after its release. So they opted to go for quantity instead of quality. Becauuse the modders can easily add content to the game but it's harder for them to add new systems. So Bethesda made a bunch of different systems, knowing that modders will fill them with content. Tbh I think they made the right decision.

The best way to play any Bethesda game is to buy it 2 years after release on a 50% sale and install 160 mods. I'm gonna play it like that and it's probably gonna be a blast.

[–] companero@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It just looks so soulless. Everything is grey and the characters look like they were generated in MakeHuman. Even the UI looks incredibly boring and like it was slapped together in a weekend.

I don't think it provides the cohesive, alive base experience that previous Bethesda RPGs did, which I would argue is what allowed modding to be so successful.

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[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

warmest winter on record so-far

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

This is what SOCIETY turned me to

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Listening to a recent QAA episode and the conspiracy theorist they're focusing on expresses the view that

"Hitler was probably a very bad person, but he did stop pedophilia"

what-the-hell

Never heard this before

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[–] WashedAnus@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The worst possible thing has happened:

funny-clown-hammer has been mentioned in my IRL organizing.

[–] artificialset@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

it's so ogre

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

The Balkans are cool, everyone is at most a 4th cousin of eachother but will kill you if you confuse two overly specific microethnicities they made up.

[–] moondog@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

date i went on with a cute guy went way better than expected flag-gay-pride-mlm
might be bf material soon lenin-pogger

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[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

REPORTER: So, Mr. President, how do you feel you handled the AIDS crisis?

RONALD REAGAN: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! IT BURNS! IT BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNS!!

[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

wondering why I feel the need to upvote the mega

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[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

might consume some alcoholic beverages

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

ahh, the week's end. Time to put my feet up and browse the mod log

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

some guy at work "you wearing that (my mask) by law or by choice"

internally: "that's none of your fucking business, asswipe"

externally: "oh, by choice"

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[–] SunsetFruitbat@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

fuck, tonight such a majestic night. and I just want to lay down outside and just look at the night sky for like an hour. but I have nothing to lay down on except dirt I guess. but it's warm, it's not too dark since the moon is bright as hell, and it's just calm and nice. maybe a cloud or two, but it's perfect night now.

[–] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Read a reddit-logo linked from here and someone asked why neighborhoods with all the same equipment couldn’t just share it (especially lawn mowers and power tools because who the fuck uses those every day)

Even the thought made people exceptionally mad lmao

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[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love trans communists its like:

ohh my sharky I love them they so cute and fluffy blahaj I will love them and call them blahaj

:3 transshork-happy

but also:

The maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest and most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, and led to almost totally-equal redistribution of land among the peasantry ranmao mao-clap

The only cure to fascism is a bullet to the brain antifa-supersoldier cure-for-fascism barbara-pit

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[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

What you people who grew up non-racist don't understand is how hard it is to think of a funny racist joke and not be able to say it because you know better now.

I could have been a conservative standup comedian but I gave it all up to post on Hexbear.

[–] Sandinband@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

My friend is enjoying a book I recommended to her and I recommended another one over text and she sent me a screenshot showing she just bought it comfy

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago
[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Looking up countries' immigration rules and sorting by average height of women (descending). It's called having priorities

[–] biden@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Just saw a commercial for a “smart bed,” day ruined

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Today in facts that sound like I made them up: There are more kangaroos in Australia than Australians

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[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

fedposting Okay this guy is just fucking with me now. He just googled "When was 9/11?"

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[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As an autistic weirdo, it really depends on some random extrovert to adopt you to get any friends

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[–] Stoatmilk@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Trying to come up with the most contrarian take about the USSR, the best I got so far is "I agree with Bukharin, Stalin was a neo-Trotskyite"

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[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

"I fucking HATE the comments on this subreddit bro, they're so fucking bad" - guy in the comments on this subreddit

Death to America

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Just got hit by a memory where i was browsing through a used record store and found this

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[–] GorbinOutOverHere@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I hate that it's 2023 and I'm still limited to direct downloads of pirated games that are broken up into 5gb chunks just give me 100gb at a time google you fucks

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