Also, I was banned afterward…

Hi everyone. I’ll try to keep this short & as pain free as possible. Until last year, I had no real interest in politics. Now, I feel like the balls rolling one way or another & there’s no turning back. Change is going to happen & I feel like it’s going to get worse. That being said, I would like to be more involved & engaged, but I’m still very new to all of this. It wasn’t until last night that I realized what antifa stands for & that the left has been wrongly accused of being terrorists. I know that sounds ignorant, but it is what it is. That being said, I’d like to start by educating myself. Can you recommend your top 3 documentaries, books, and political figures (past & present) that you feel really define the leftist ideology? Thank you.

I’ve been following Democratic Socialists of America for a while now. I haven’t yet signed up to be a member, though. Wondering if anyone can provide insight as to why it would or wouldn’t be a good idea to join.

Everything I've ever done's been met with resistance,

Life grabbed a strap on and fucked my existence,

I keep on persistent, but ya'all for instance,

I never lived anywhere longer than a fish did,

Misfit, tripping on some long lost hits that,

Took me to a place where dog gone crits went,

I've been local and I've gone long distance,

I stay token, I'm a fan of when the shit hits,

It's a time filled with strife, we got these unions on strike and cooperates like "take a hike"

Now I was taught to kill em with kindness,

But Luigi seemed to be the G to heat up the fire,

Plus the president is a liar,

And a rapist, insurrectionest, capitalist vampire,

Damn Tyler, you gotta hold your hands higher,

Man requires society to stand by em,

I stand by em, necessities I can't buy em,

Societies collapsing and it's time to take a stand!

Riot!

If we have to, kay?

The planet is dying and we don't have all day!

I'm here to proclaim the truths the man won't say,

They're robbing us blind because they have no shame!

They want better conditions and I'm with em, but these elephant ass bitches are hitten em with division,

Fuck em

What the difference is in the schism is they recommend that rugged individualism,

This goes beyond a bad mission,

My vision is: they won't even know what hit em,

We'll clip em off at the wings, let's bring on the cataclysm,

Fuck this shit! lets take down the whole system!

The new society won't tolerate bigots,

Stand up if you fuck with the Resistance!

Feedback is welcome.

Notice how nobody with power in the DNC seems to be addressing how wanton consumerism is part of what got us here? I've been told that there is no such thing as a corporate democrat, that only "russia bots" and "maga turds" say stuff like that, yet they present no evidence whatsoever to the contrary.

I understand we've currently got bigger fish to fry, it's just something I've observed that I needed to get out of my mind, and this seemed like the place.

I am curious as I’ve seen a lot of Athiests on here, anyone Christian? Jewish? Muslim?

https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/51483-british-attitudes-to-the-british-empire

this is acc a rlly interesting post and even tho it says the results show majority think the empire was wrong i am acc a little worried bc if you count ppl who think the empire was a good and bad thing then this numbers acc beat out a lot of the ppl who think empire was a straight up bad thing which let’s be honest it was bad like it was basically bad and there was nothing good about it.

also worries me that a majority of british ppl think we should teach about both good and bad things about the empire which is already troubling as those good things that get taught can easily end up outweighing the bad, when in reality it’s only the bad things we should teach about it as the brits shouldn’t even have been in the lands to begin with.

overall i’m very worried about this study bc it shows that majority still think there was good with the empire even if there was some bad also the fact ppl think it was also good is worrying to begin with, but yh what do you guys think? bc it rlly does seem the centrist and right wing ppl won out here or at least from my interpretation from ppl on the r/england subreddit who feel it was both good and bad

“but many biological males are in women’s sports and that’s dangerous!!”

“trans people are mentally ill, and we shouldn’t encourage their delusions!”

“the t needs to be split, because the lgb is completely different!”

“I used to play with trucks when I was 4, now I’m a just a masc lesbian, it’s called being a tomboy!!”

and the most common one, “sex and gender are the same”

Hello, I’m curious how a left-leaning person differentiates between a regular social conservative or traditionalist and a far right-person? For example are religious Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Sikhs, and Muslims far right for holding to their historic positions on moral or social issues? If not, why aren’t they? If yes, aren’t you kinda discriminating against people for their culture and traditions?

Hey I recently argued with another left person about the military. The Person argued that you need the military to defend a country and therefore it is perfectly fine if a person chooses to go into this institution. I disagree because in my opinion if you define yourself as a left person and you decide that you want to join the military it is a bit contradicting, because you define a state with your life and that to me is core patriotism. But I could not respond to the argument on a practical level because the person always circled back to yeah but we need a military to defend this country would you want that people defend you if there is a war. so my question now is how do you argue in this case/what are arguments you would mention? I don't know if this is the right place to ask but would love to hear your responses

Posting this for my US people. We can organize a set date when we reach the number of people we need! It’s time to take action and let these loser frat bros know we won’t let them takeover! https://generalstrikeus.com/

Aluminum foil for my family

https://youtu.be/Lg_aUOSLuRo?si=_loPgoy9eh3ex_Pa

Not sure this is where I should ask, apologies. Can anyone recommend a domain host that at isn’t pure capitalist bullshit. I don’t want my hard earned dimes going to any sort of fascist apologists.

My birthday gift to myself arrived today and it cheered me up a little so I wanted to share it with all of you. Reality's been a motherfucker lately and I know we're all feeling it, but don't lose hope! Keep your chin tucked, fists up, and give no ground. We're going to have to get our hands really dirty but we can win this fight.

That's it. That's all I've got. I love you.

It was truly heartwarming to see the vulnerability shown by him embraced by this community. Its just so refreshing to see that in these crazy times. I just wanted to say thank you for showing overwhelming empathy and decency to someone in need. Keep up the great work everyone!

I know both sides of the arguments, and I get where we branch left and they stay center/right. But ever since the election, the tension has been so intense.

I am admittedly very new to reddit, so most of my knowledge of the tension is from tik tok. I don’t know if you all have a better handle on it over here? No one is willing to give an inch either way on tik tok, yet we have such a dangerous and common enemy.

Today, when Bernie posted that video on yt/tt, I was miserable watching it. I thought about how every leftist I know/follow likes Bernie, and every liberal too. And they were all going to click on this video, listen, agree, and probably discuss it amongst themselves. And is something like that not common ground enough??

Why can’t we just have a Bernie Club (probs a better name needed) that uses Bernie as a bridge. He’s never going to be president, and he’s not perfect. But his values and beliefs might as well be carved into stone for how consistent he’s been and how well we all know him.

And we’d have this mixed group of people who agree on this list of things that we all want. And talking about that list of things consistently and respectfully, though that seems to be the hardest part on both ends.

And if we had a strong Bernie Club like that, with clear goals and morals, if we ever have an election again, we might have a stronger voice? It won’t be Bernie, but people will run for the dem seat (or a third party, I know, I’m just clinging to a lifeboat here okay) and may take our collective voice in when planning their platform. If Bernie is still alive, they’ll chase his endorsement. If Bernie dies before then, they’ll try to overcome his shadow.

Does this sound really dumb, I’m sorry? I do consider myself a leftist, but I’m not as educated as I know a lot of you are. I just get so frustrated sometimes. And having people I love both lib and leftist, I feel like the middle ground is so rewarding. But social media makes it look like we’re on different planets. And both sides (on tik tok at least) talk about the other like a completely lost cause. No one can accept an ounce of blame or give an ounce of grace. It’s depressing and terrifying to have all this going on in the world and also be so broken on the left.

Thank you,

i was scrolling through tiktok earlier and a post came up about two UFC fighters, Bryce Mitchell and Conor McGregor. I’ll summarize their recent controversies quickly; Bryce Mitchell came onto a podcast and said “I honestly think Hitler was a good guy based on my own research – not my public education, indoctrination. I really do think before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy I’d go fishing with,” and Conor ranted on twitter about one of his former opponents, Khabib Nurmagomedov where he dropped the N word and ranted about his father, wife, family, country etc. My main issue comes from the fact that a concerning amount of people are defending/agreeing with them and I’ve noticed there’s a trend of this along with other examples of them popping into the woodwork with these type of communities. So does anybody know why they’re there?

And then I get on here and yall act like I'm a neo nazi advocating for fascism

Looking for some others, besides truthout.

Yes, I understand that NPR and PBS are state media, but we grew up with them. They taught us about government. See 'school house rock'.

I know this is more media fever in this 'administration' but I think this is important to post.

If mods don't feel that way, please remove it.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281162/fcc-npr-pbs-investigation