“A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of communism!” These immortal words from the Communist Manifesto (and the title of this podcast!) herald the most important piece of political literature ever written. In our final episode of the season, we go through the Manifesto chapter by chapter and explain the ongoing relevance of this amazing document.
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Nagpaabot ng pagbati sa Partido si Ka Madaay Gasic, tagapagsalita ng NPA-Mindoro (Lucio de Guzman Command). Naglunsad ng programa para sa ika-57 anibersaryo ng Partido ang yunit ng NPA sa isang larangan sa isla ng Mindoro.
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The socio-cultural project, located in the popular neighborhood of San Isidro in Old Havana, was created by Cuban actor and filmmaker Jorge Perugorria, winner of the 2023 National Film Award, who has also explored visual arts techniques.
Titled “Tenth Anniversary Assembly,” the exhibition includes works by artists who have exhibited individually at the gallery throughout its decade of existence, including Roberto Fabelo, winner of the 2004 National Visual Arts Award, Eduardo Abela, Levi Otra, May Reguera, and Jorge Perugorria himself.
The opening of the exhibition brought together numerous figures from the national culture, underscoring the gallery’s central role in the city’s artistic life.
Founded in December 2015, Gorria Gallery Workshop has become a vital hub for promoting art and community integration in one of Havana’s most vibrant neighborhoods.
The exhibition will remain open to the public until March 2026.
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Maiksing mensahe ni Ka Cleo del Mundo, tagapagsalita ng NPA-Southern Tagalog (Melito Glor Command), sa ika-57 anibersaryo ng CPP.
Ang bidyo ay kuha sa isang pagdiriwang ng NPA-Southern Tagalog sa anibersaryo ng Partido.
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For those who lived through Richard Nixon’s lurch toward authoritarian rule, the period after his reelection in a landslide in November 1972 was frightening. (And it was a real landslide, with 60 percent of the vote.) Nixon soon launched a brutal “Christmas” bombing of Vietnam and prepared further revenge against his “enemies list” at home. […]
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Turning Point USA is the organisation that promotes an America/Israel-first agenda in the US, while Turning Point UK pushes the same agenda in the UK.
All I want for Christmas is mass-deportations. https://t.co/L3jFHG6Dxb
— Turning Point UK
(@TPointUK) December 25, 2025
All I want for Christmas is mass-deportations. https://t.co/L3jFHG6Dxb
— Turning Point UK
Turning Point UK were responding to the above tweet from Your Party MP Zarah Sultana. ‘Jingle halal’ is a phrase Muslims have used for some time to describe their engagement with Christmas:
Pov: You enter into my family’s muslim household today!! Jingle Halal pic.twitter.com/WPDIs9otQm
—
(@womanftgucci) December 24, 2024
Finally time for the jingle halal Christmas content
pic.twitter.com/5tj7PbTSRI
— Cat Supremacist
(@Moonbae222) November 9, 2025
Many right-wingers were incredibly offended by Sultana’s tweet, as they’re now offended by any tweet which features a Brown person:
Islam is the worst religion on earth …
Don’t change my mind it’s made up https://t.co/TvVJYPcgiI
— SHAADYSHIN (@Shaadyshin) December 26, 2025
As people have pointed out, what they’re deathly offended by is a harmless online trend:
There’s a lot of people who ain’t in touch with seasonal memes… go to Tik Tok or insta and look up jingle halal ffs man.
https://t.co/7qK4TQhtYr
— Neal (@TheOriginalNeal) December 26, 2025
You’ll notice the right are bouncing between two extremes this year:
Some right-wingers are complaining that Sultana has offended their religion, which is odd, because the Christian message of Christmas is that you should be more welcoming of people you don’t know:
If we appropriated their holidays we would have the police knocking at our door. https://t.co/KDkjyBlhym
— Hugh Anthony (@TheHughAnthony) December 26, 2025
“There’s so much Islamophobia in the UK! We Muslims, especially Pakistani Muslims are oppressed and mistreated!”
“I’m going to passive aggressively insult Christians on Christmas now. I’m a victim of bigotry! Trust me bro!” https://t.co/LSdhwvuIED
— AmooAmy (@Amyisthebomb) December 26, 2025
As we’ve reported, Turning Point UK is attempting to import the unhinged Christian nonsense of our American cousins:
Activists from the ‘King’s Army’ block traffic in Soho in protest of the immoral culture in the ‘sex district’. pic.twitter.com/sVHN0F1qSW
— Turning Point UK
While Turning Point don’t like the idea of Brits having consensual gay sex, they seem to be more than comfortable with the acts that Russell Brand is alleged to have committed:
Turning Point USA getting Russell Brand to speak at their events https://t.co/N9S581Is19 pic.twitter.com/5mL6ZF68OR
— 679 Enthusiast (@marionumber4) December 24, 2025
Russell Brand who pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault closes the Turning Point USA grift-fest. Apparently he proclaimed that 'the devil is real', just like those who rape and sexually assault women then. pic.twitter.com/OOyKrhqtsM
— The Rev. Anton Mittens
(@MittensOff) October 18, 2025
The founder of Turning Point was none other than Charlie Kirk. As noted, under Kirk, the organisation pursued a position which was both America and Israel first. Since he died, however, competing forces in the American right have gone to war with one another:
This is why the Turning Point USA conference included voices which spoke out against Israel’s influence and those who welcomed it:
“Is it America First to take money from a foreign lobby so you’ll send taxpayer dollars to that country?
The question kind of answers itself. Obviously it isn’t.”
— Tucker Carlson makes Ben Shapiro mad with an excellent point pic.twitter.com/LgB65yXuAL
— ADAM (@AdameMedia) December 19, 2025
We’re happy for the American right to fight this one out amongst themselves…we’re less happy for them to be trying to influence our own politics.
And as you may have noticed, the Yankification of British politics is picking up steam:
Yankification of British politics is genuinely mental, the average British person does not give a shit about same sex marriage being legal lmao, although I suppose reforms voter base is the reprobates who may have a problem with it https://t.co/2eJQzrU9cX
— R (@rjb_1998) July 4, 2025
christian yankification of the far-right reaching new heights of cringe i see https://t.co/FcrVnap1dJ
— Arbeitology (@Arbeitologist) October 5, 2025
Whilst thousands of children in his constituency live in disgraceful poverty, the reactionary fascist lunatic Rupert Lowe is spouting nonsense about bringing back the death penalty at PMQs.
A deranged development in the ongoing Yankification of British politics. https://t.co/vOitRo0JL0
— Samuel Sweek
(@samuelsweek) November 12, 2025
“Man of God" Tommy Robinson today at the “Putting Christ Back into Christmas” event.
Check out the bit when the vicars (or whatever) lay their hands on him—he looks quite uncomfortable.
— Wokerati Marty (@WokeratiMarty) December 13, 2025
The reason it’s picking up steam is obvious — wealthy US donors pushing their influence abroad. And the more money these people have, the more this will happen.
This is no different from the Russian interference that people are worried about, except this psy-op is conducted out in the open.
And lest we forget, the tweet which inspired this article was calling for ‘mass deportations’ in response to a British-born politician. Who the fuck are these Americans to tell us who we need to deport?
And yes – we understand Turning Point UK employs British people, but our issue is with the puppet masters – not the puppets.
As people’s personal wealth continues to diminish, we need to ensure they understand the big driver of growing inequality is the American oligarchy, and everything else is a distraction from that.
Featured image via Zarah Sultana
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China high-speed rail expansion surpasses 50,000 km, reinforcing its global lead in infrastructure, innovation, and regional economic integration.
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China’s high-speed rail expansion has reached a historic milestone: on Friday, December 27, 2025, the national network officially exceeded 50,000 kilometers of operating track with the inauguration of the Xi’an–Yan’an line. According to China Railway, this achievement not only cements China’s position as the world’s largest and most advanced high-speed rail (HSR) system, but also marks a transformative phase in the country’s strategy for balanced regional development, technological self-reliance, and sustainable economic growth.
The new 299-kilometer Xi’an–Yan’an line—designed for speeds up to 350 km/h—slashes travel time between the two cities from 130 minutes to just 68 minutes. Serving 10 stations and operating up to 38 high-speed trains daily, the route connects key urban centers in Shaanxi Province while supporting rural revitalization in historically underdeveloped northern regions.
“This is not just about adding kilometers,” said Sun Zhang, rail transit expert and professor at Tongji University in Shanghai. “It’s about creating a national nervous system that integrates cities, industries, and people into a cohesive economic body.”
The 50,000-kilometer threshold represents more than a numerical record—it signifies the near-completion of China’s “Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal” high-speed rail blueprint, first outlined in the 2016 revision of the Medium- and Long-Term Railway Network Plan. This backbone network now enables:
Just hours after the Xi’an–Yan’an launch, another critical route—the Wuhan–Yichang section of the Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed corridor—also entered service, cutting travel time between central Hubei cities to 69 minutes. Together, these projects strengthen the Yangtze River Economic Belt, one of China’s most vital development axes.
Read China Railway’s official statement on the 50,000 km milestone
Critically, China’s HSR network now exceeds the combined total of all other countries—a testament to its sustained infrastructure investment during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025). Over this period, China added approximately 12,000 kilometers of high-speed rail, extending service to 128 previously unconnected counties and accelerating the “Western Development” and “Rural Revitalization” strategies.
Pan Helin, a member of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s expert committee, emphasized that this expansion reflects a shift from quantity-driven construction to quality-oriented integration. “We are no longer just building tracks,” he said. “We are building corridor economies, transport hubs, and new engines of growth.”
Indeed, studies show that every 1 billion yuan invested in high-speed rail generates 3.5 billion yuan in regional GDP over five years, primarily through tourism, real estate, logistics, and talent mobility. For provinces like Shaanxi and Hubei, the new lines are expected to attract manufacturing, education, and medical investments previously concentrated in coastal megacities.
Explore World Bank analysis on high-speed rail’s economic impact in China
The China high-speed rail expansion carries profound global implications. At a time when many Western nations struggle to maintain aging rail systems—let alone build new ones—China’s achievement demonstrates an alternative model of state-led, long-term infrastructure planning that prioritizes public good over short-term profit.
This model has already inspired Global South nations from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, where Chinese-built high-speed lines are under construction or operation. The Jakarta–Bandung HSR, inaugurated in 2023, has reduced travel time by 75% and become a symbol of South-South technological cooperation.
Moreover, China’s advances are not limited to passenger rail. On December 8, 2025, the country successfully tested the world’s first 35,000-ton heavy-haul freight train—a breakthrough with potential to revolutionize bulk transport in mining, energy, and agriculture sectors worldwide.
Simultaneously, China is pushing the boundaries of speed and efficiency. The CR450 EMU, the world’s fastest high-speed train, recently set new records: 453 km/h in single operation and 896 km/h in relative passing speed during tests on the Wuhan–Yichang line. This train establishes the first global technical benchmark for 400 km/h-class rail systems, with improvements in energy efficiency, cabin noise, and braking performance.
Review International Union of Railways (UIC) report on China’s rail innovation
For critics who dismiss China’s infrastructure drive as “debt-fueled overreach,” the data tells a different story: rail projects are increasingly market-oriented, with rising passenger revenues, integrated real estate development, and smart logistics hubs generating sustainable returns. More importantly, they serve a strategic purpose: reducing regional inequality, enhancing national cohesion, and insulating the economy from external shocks.
As Professor Sun noted, “Rail is no longer just transport—it is industrial policy, urban planning, and national security rolled into steel and concrete.”
With the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) poised to accelerate the development of an intelligent, green, and globally competitive transport system, China’s rail network will likely surpass 60,000 kilometers by 2030. But the true measure of success won’t be in kilometers—it will be in how many lives are connected, how many regions are uplifted, and how many nations choose to follow this path of infrastructure-led development.
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