🔴 The dangerous acceleration of remote-controlled warfare
✍🏻 Judi Rever
The tech industry’s emerging role as a defense contractor is transforming the global battlefield in ways that frighten and mesmerize. We’re now seeing how data-driven technology is shaping modern warfare, though it’s hard to fully fathom the level of death and destruction that is in store.
One of the most chilling examples of Silicon Valley’s military advance is Israel’s use of Amazon and Google cloud services and AI technology to store surveillance information on Gaza’s population, as part of a contract called Project Nimbus. The technology is helping Israel process and analyze vast amounts of data on Palestinians, including facial recognition and demographic information. The AI tools have been reportedly used to monitor and force Palestinians off their land, and in some cases, have enabled Israel’s military to carry out aerial assassinations that have killed and injured scores of civilians.
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https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-dangerous-acceleration-of-remote-controlled-warfare
✍🏻 Judi Rever
The tech industry’s emerging role as a defense contractor is transforming the global battlefield in ways that frighten and mesmerize. We’re now seeing how data-driven technology is shaping modern warfare, though it’s hard to fully fathom the level of death and destruction that is in store.
One of the most chilling examples of Silicon Valley’s military advance is Israel’s use of Amazon and Google cloud services and AI technology to store surveillance information on Gaza’s population, as part of a contract called Project Nimbus. The technology is helping Israel process and analyze vast amounts of data on Palestinians, including facial recognition and demographic information. The AI tools have been reportedly used to monitor and force Palestinians off their land, and in some cases, have enabled Israel’s military to carry out aerial assassinations that have killed and injured scores of civilians.
Read more:
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-dangerous-acceleration-of-remote-controlled-warfare
Canadiandimension
The dangerous acceleration of remote-controlled warfare
We should not blindly accept what tech companies and their benefactors in government and the weapons industry impose, nor should we fuel AI-enabled wars as consumers. We need to scrutinize this paradigm shift and, at the very least, understand how these technologies…
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The October Revolution cannot be regarded merely as a revolution "within national bounds." It is, primarily, a revolution of an international, world order, for it signifies a radical turn in the world history of mankind, a turn from the old, capitalist world to the new, socialist world.
Revolutions in the past usually ended by one group of exploiters at the helm of government being replaced by another group of exploiters. The exploiters changed, exploitation remained. Such was the case during the liberation movements of the slaves. Such was the case during the period of the uprisings of the serfs. Such was the case during the period of the well-known "great" revolutions in England, France and Germany. I am not speaking of the Paris Commune, which was the first glorious, heroic, yet unsuccessful attempt on the part of the proletariat to turn history against capitalism.
The October Revolution differs from these revolutions in principle. Its aim is not to replace one form of exploitation by another form of exploitation, one group of exploiters by another group of exploiters, but to abolish all exploitation of man by man, to abolish all groups of exploiters, to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat, to establish the power of the most revolutionary class of all the oppressed classes that have ever existed, to organise a new, classless, socialist society.
It is precisely for this reason that the victory of the October Revolution signifies a radical change in the history of mankind, a radical change in the historical destiny of world capitalism, a radical change in the liberation movement of the world proletariat, a radical change in the methods of struggle and the forms of organisation, in the manner of life and traditions, in the culture and ideology of the exploited masses throughout the world.
That is the basic reason why the October Revolution is a revolution of an international, world order.
J. V. Stalin
The International Character of the October Revolution On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution November 6-7, 1927
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Revolutions in the past usually ended by one group of exploiters at the helm of government being replaced by another group of exploiters. The exploiters changed, exploitation remained. Such was the case during the liberation movements of the slaves. Such was the case during the period of the uprisings of the serfs. Such was the case during the period of the well-known "great" revolutions in England, France and Germany. I am not speaking of the Paris Commune, which was the first glorious, heroic, yet unsuccessful attempt on the part of the proletariat to turn history against capitalism.
The October Revolution differs from these revolutions in principle. Its aim is not to replace one form of exploitation by another form of exploitation, one group of exploiters by another group of exploiters, but to abolish all exploitation of man by man, to abolish all groups of exploiters, to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat, to establish the power of the most revolutionary class of all the oppressed classes that have ever existed, to organise a new, classless, socialist society.
It is precisely for this reason that the victory of the October Revolution signifies a radical change in the history of mankind, a radical change in the historical destiny of world capitalism, a radical change in the liberation movement of the world proletariat, a radical change in the methods of struggle and the forms of organisation, in the manner of life and traditions, in the culture and ideology of the exploited masses throughout the world.
That is the basic reason why the October Revolution is a revolution of an international, world order.
J. V. Stalin
The International Character of the October Revolution On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution November 6-7, 1927
#Stalin #OctoberRevolution
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This so-called bipartisan system prevailing in America and Britain has been one of the most powerful means of preventing the rise of an independent working-class, i.e., genuinely socialist, party.
V. I. Lenin
The Results and Significance of the U.S. Presidential Elections
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V. I. Lenin
The Results and Significance of the U.S. Presidential Elections
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Lenin making a speech at the unveiling of a temporary monument to Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in Voskresenskaya Square, November 7, 1918
This was on the first anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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This was on the first anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Speech:
We are unveiling a memorial to Marx and Engels, the leaders of the world workers’ revolution.
Humanity has for ages suffered and languished under the oppression of a tiny handful of exploiters who maltreated millions of labourers. But whereas the exploiters of an earlier period, the landowners, robbed and maltreated the peasant serfs, who were disunited, scattered and ignorant, the exploiters of the new period, the capitalists, came face to face with the vanguard of the downtrodden people, the urban, factory, industrial workers. They were united by the factory, they were enlightened by urban life, they were steeled by the common strike struggle and by revolutionary action.
It is to the great historic merit of Marx and Engels that they proved by scientific analysis the inevitability of capitalism’s collapse and its transition to communism, under which there will be no more exploitation of man by man.
It is to the great historic merit of Marx and Engels that they indicated to the workers of the world their role, their task, their mission, namely, to be the first to rise in the revolutionary struggle against capital and to rally around themselves in this struggle all working and exploited people.
We are living at a wonderful time, when this prophecy of the great socialists is beginning to be realised. We all see the dawn of the world socialist revolution of the proletariat breaking in several countries. The unspeakable horrors of the imperialist butchery of nations are everywhere evoking a heroic upsurge of the oppressed and multiplying their strength in the struggle for emancipation.
Let this memorial to Marx and Engels again and again remind the millions of workers and peasants that we are not alone in our struggle. Side by side with us the workers of more advanced countries are rising. Hard battles still lie ahead of them and us. In common struggle capitalist oppression will be broken, and socialism finally won!
#Lenin
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Today, we commemorate 107 years since the october revolution in russia, a historic event that shattered the oppressive machinery of tsarist autocracy and paved the way for a socialist state rooted in the power of the proletariat. led by the bolsheviks, the revolution was a resounding answer to the imperialist war, the hunger for land reform, and the demand for workers' democracy. it represented not just a struggle against monarchy and capital but a definitive statement: the means of production, and indeed society itself, must be placed in the hands of those who labor, rather than a wealthy few.
a century later, the world remains ensnared in the contradictions of capitalism. exploitation, economic crises, and imperialist conflicts endure, as capital continues to consolidate wealth and power in the hands of a small ruling class. the fundamental demands of 1917, economic justice, collective ownership, and an end to imperialism, remain as relevant as ever in the face of capitalism's ongoing failures.
in honoring the october revolution, we remember the soviets, those councils of workers, peasants, and soldiers who embodied the principles of proletarian democracy and served as the backbone of socialist transformation. the soviets offered a radical vision: a society without oppression, built on solidarity and the true, democratic participation of the working class. their legacy reminds us that socialism is not only achievable but necessary for true liberation from the chains of class exploitation and imperialist domination.
today, as we reflect on the revolution’s enduring impact, let us reignite its revolutionary spirit in the struggles we face. the fight for socialism is far from over, and the call of the october revolution, all power to the soviets!, resonates louder than ever in the quest for a world free from exploitation and oppression.
Long live the spirit of the October Revolution! 🚩
@Communism
a century later, the world remains ensnared in the contradictions of capitalism. exploitation, economic crises, and imperialist conflicts endure, as capital continues to consolidate wealth and power in the hands of a small ruling class. the fundamental demands of 1917, economic justice, collective ownership, and an end to imperialism, remain as relevant as ever in the face of capitalism's ongoing failures.
in honoring the october revolution, we remember the soviets, those councils of workers, peasants, and soldiers who embodied the principles of proletarian democracy and served as the backbone of socialist transformation. the soviets offered a radical vision: a society without oppression, built on solidarity and the true, democratic participation of the working class. their legacy reminds us that socialism is not only achievable but necessary for true liberation from the chains of class exploitation and imperialist domination.
today, as we reflect on the revolution’s enduring impact, let us reignite its revolutionary spirit in the struggles we face. the fight for socialism is far from over, and the call of the october revolution, all power to the soviets!, resonates louder than ever in the quest for a world free from exploitation and oppression.
Long live the spirit of the October Revolution! 🚩
@Communism
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Here are colorful images from those roaring early years after the soviets took power – scenes that shook the ruling class to their core and ignited a spark of inspiration in millions of people around the world.
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Good-morning, Revolution:
You're the very best friend
I ever had.
We gonna pal around together from now on.
Say, listen, Revolution:
You know, the boss where I used to work,
The guy that gimme the air to cut down expenses,
He wrote a long letter to the papers about you:
Said you was a trouble maker, a alien-enemy,
In other words a son-of-a-bitch.
He called up the police
And told 'em to watch out for a guy
Named Revolution.
You see,
The boss knows you're my friend.
He sees us hangin' out together.
He knows we're hungry, and ragged,
And ain't got a damn thing in this world -
And are gonna do something about it.
The boss's got all he needs, certainly,
Eats swell,
Owns a lotta houses,
Goes vacationin',
Breaks strikes,
Runs politics, bribes police,
Pays off congress,
And struts all over the earth -
But me, I ain't never had enough to eat.
Me, I ain't never been warm in winter.
Me, I ain't never known security -
All my life, been livin' hand to mouth,
Hand to mouth.
Listen, Revolution,
We're buddies, see-
Together,
We can take everything:
Factories, arsenals, houses, ships,
Railroads, forests, fields, orchards,
Bus lines, telegraphs, radios,
(Jesus! Raise hell with radios!)
Steel mills, coal mines, oil wells, gas,
All the tools of production,
(Great day in the morning!)
Everything -
And turn 'em over to the people who work.
Rule and run 'em for us people who work.
Boy! Them radios
Broadcasting that very first morning to USSR:
Another member the International Soviet's done come
Greetings to the Socialist Soviet Republics
Hey you rising workers everywhere greetings
And we'll sign it: Germany
Sign it: China
Sign it: Africa
Sign it: Poland
Sign it: Italy
Sign it: America
Sign it with my one name: Worker
On that day when no one will be hungry, cold, oppressed,
Anywhere in the world again.
That's our job!
I been starvin' too long,
Ain't you?
Let's go, Revolution! -
Langston Hughes, USA 1932
@Communism
You're the very best friend
I ever had.
We gonna pal around together from now on.
Say, listen, Revolution:
You know, the boss where I used to work,
The guy that gimme the air to cut down expenses,
He wrote a long letter to the papers about you:
Said you was a trouble maker, a alien-enemy,
In other words a son-of-a-bitch.
He called up the police
And told 'em to watch out for a guy
Named Revolution.
You see,
The boss knows you're my friend.
He sees us hangin' out together.
He knows we're hungry, and ragged,
And ain't got a damn thing in this world -
And are gonna do something about it.
The boss's got all he needs, certainly,
Eats swell,
Owns a lotta houses,
Goes vacationin',
Breaks strikes,
Runs politics, bribes police,
Pays off congress,
And struts all over the earth -
But me, I ain't never had enough to eat.
Me, I ain't never been warm in winter.
Me, I ain't never known security -
All my life, been livin' hand to mouth,
Hand to mouth.
Listen, Revolution,
We're buddies, see-
Together,
We can take everything:
Factories, arsenals, houses, ships,
Railroads, forests, fields, orchards,
Bus lines, telegraphs, radios,
(Jesus! Raise hell with radios!)
Steel mills, coal mines, oil wells, gas,
All the tools of production,
(Great day in the morning!)
Everything -
And turn 'em over to the people who work.
Rule and run 'em for us people who work.
Boy! Them radios
Broadcasting that very first morning to USSR:
Another member the International Soviet's done come
Greetings to the Socialist Soviet Republics
Hey you rising workers everywhere greetings
And we'll sign it: Germany
Sign it: China
Sign it: Africa
Sign it: Poland
Sign it: Italy
Sign it: America
Sign it with my one name: Worker
On that day when no one will be hungry, cold, oppressed,
Anywhere in the world again.
That's our job!
I been starvin' too long,
Ain't you?
Let's go, Revolution! -
Langston Hughes, USA 1932
@Communism
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On this day in 1918, revolutionary communist leader Karl Liebknecht declared Germany a Free Socialist Republic, saying “the day of the revolution has come.”
Inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution a year earlier, Germany’s uprising encompassed hundreds of thousands of workers, women, and soldiers. Many soldiers deserted the front after being fed up with being used as canon fodder by the rich.
The monarchy was abolished and workers’ councils swept the country. Women voted for the first time in German history.
Within weeks, the Social Democratic Party, which today rules Germany, collaborated with the paramilitary Freikorps to crush the revolution. They even bombed workers who participated in a general strike across Berlin. Leading members of the Freikorps were early Nazi Party members and the Freikorps itself would later be dissolved into the Nazi Party's paramilitary wing, the Sturmabteilung.
theredstream
Inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution a year earlier, Germany’s uprising encompassed hundreds of thousands of workers, women, and soldiers. Many soldiers deserted the front after being fed up with being used as canon fodder by the rich.
The monarchy was abolished and workers’ councils swept the country. Women voted for the first time in German history.
Within weeks, the Social Democratic Party, which today rules Germany, collaborated with the paramilitary Freikorps to crush the revolution. They even bombed workers who participated in a general strike across Berlin. Leading members of the Freikorps were early Nazi Party members and the Freikorps itself would later be dissolved into the Nazi Party's paramilitary wing, the Sturmabteilung.
theredstream
#KarlLiebknecht #WorkersUprising #RedNovember #Germany
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