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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

While this is the wrong mega I just wanted to congratulate you. I had similar experiences to you and it took me time and effort working towards gaining a sense of self.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Like many folks mentioned there's plenty of work to be done in making a party function.

You could help your financial departments with record keeping, your tech departments with nerd shit like updating and maintaining websites, your arts and propaganda department with drawing cool shit, your history/research/archivist department digitize old shit or organize documents, hell even just volunteering to be the dweeb that helps keep all the social media stuff posted up-to-date is important work.

People put all the glory on field work but forget that without a support network to make sure they're well-equipped to do the work they'd be hella nerfed from the get-go. Always remember that any form of work no matter how little it seems to be is always necessary in some way shape or form to the overall movement and whatever contribution you can make no matter how small is always appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Just for clarification for anyone that don't know, ups corporate use "layed off" not in the sense of firing people permanently but as a "There's not enough work for the current number of people today, so employees at whatever level of seniority chosen to the bottom of the seniority list are to not come to work today."

Ups fired a bunch of management and contractors but can not fire union employees without cause, leading to the management tactic of 'lay offs'. A short-sighted tactic that they make leaving them constantly one step behind the changing levels of workflow where they cut too hard during low periods then struggle to replenish during the inevitable high periods.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

Because that would be uncivil and make us as bad as Trump.

But don't worry we'll get him on treason charges this time!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I believe I do agree. A more balanced and all-encompassing perception of the working class is needed. It would be one thing if you had a balanced perception and decided to focus on sections for tactical reasons as a part of some plan or another. But it feels like folks are eagerly wearing horse blinders and outright proud to miss the forest for a few trees.

I can only hope recruiting and retaining more diversity can help balance out the internal culture of the movement among the brits

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

Palestine has every right to defend itself and any vote for the American president is an endorsement of genocide

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

But you know, every time I say that homeowners should indeed face jailtime for shooting a fleeting burglar in the back I face the same people with the same arguments

Homeowners who murder people should be thrown in jail.

Pedophiles should be thrown in jail.

Very easy and simple to say.

I don't understand how you gotta keep running defense for pedophiles.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Blood on your hands

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Do you endorse genocide?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's wild that one of the women I met had the same thing to say as you about the English side of the movement, we even shared a good laugh over calling it a bit too much of a hooliganish boys club at times. Said that the gap between gender representation heavily unbalances the movement and isolates the movement from a whole wide swath of the working class.

I was screaming internally when she said that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Yeah I was just meeting some of the more known members of the British communist movement that had ties with Galloway's group and I'm surprised by how much ideologically alike we are and get along famously while discussing shit like stalin-era green policies to offset their rapid industrialization, dunking on the French, and even talking about the urgent need to reform the agricultural industry to end animal cruelty while ensuring the people have a quality balanced and healthy diet, etc.

But when it comes to discussing Trans issues it's like a damn line in the sand where they become indistinguishable from the hogs. Like thankfully they had tact to stay silent on it when my Trans comrades were around and talk about things we all hold in common but whenever a conversation would lead to lgbtq+ issues the switch would flip and I'd have to spend a decent chunk of time trying to get the conversation away from the topic.

It was pretty frustrating having folks you agree with on an overwhelming number of topics but have one of them where there's a clear break of differences that you'd know would be irreconcilable if pressed.

I don't really envy you folks over the pond with your divided communist movement. But I'd honestly say the same thing about us Yankees if I was in your shoes lmao.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nazis have been fleeing to Ukraine for the past decade, the media's only now just catching up to how many damn rats built their nests there.

 

Fucking clowns volunteer yourselves into the frontlines

 
 
 

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but lacks a mall

 

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now yes^___^

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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