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Between the grand Iran clusterfuck and the deporable deployment conditions, Trump is quietly whittling away his chances of the military backing the next coup attempt we all know he's gunning for.

One of the things I tell baby leftist to do when learning praxis is to start with what they had when they were younger. So many examples of solidarity, anarchist calisthenics, and basic resistance can be found in people's younger days, and they don't even realize this.

At this point, "Western Civilization" is a dog-whistle and a white supremacist "us against them" framing. And it's been that way for a long, long time. The very name "Europe" has a similar connotation (It came from "Europenses," an us against them framing against the Islamic nations).

Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com · 3h ago

UT-Austin has proposed altering its core curriculum to emphasize areas like Western Civilization, Great Questions of Human Life, and Computer Science & AI. The overhaul follows the passage of a controversial Texas law. https://chroni.cl/4c97M5N

once again this is useful for demonstrating that the media that spent 25 years using "gotta support the troops we love the troops do you support our brave troops" as a cudgel against anyone opposed to war were full of shit this entire time. they never even cared a little tiny bit about the troops

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.

Leftists are **always** berated for going outside the party (Green Party, etc.) & told to unite & work inside the system. When we do we're berated for being divisive **within** the party & told to go somewhere else. Basically, Centrists hate Leftists. And many Centrists will partner w/ Fascists.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 6h ago

For my Sick Burns Friday post, I argued that centrists should welcome DSA candidates as a much-needed counterweight to the growing extremism of today's Republican parties. www.burnsnotice.com/actually-cen...