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Joti Brar, Chair of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Marxist-Leninist:
"The EU is an imperialist club whose whole purpose is to keep Europe free of communism and open to US/Nato bases. It will not be reformed, it must be disbanded.
A united Europe can only be formed after a wave of socialist revolution has dismantled European imperialism."
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"The EU is an imperialist club whose whole purpose is to keep Europe free of communism and open to US/Nato bases. It will not be reformed, it must be disbanded.
A united Europe can only be formed after a wave of socialist revolution has dismantled European imperialism."
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Billy Moore is an ex-fighter turned YouTube "influencer". His show was once interviews with famous scousers and villains.
The last few years he has followed a lot of the Liverpool social media accounts and turned very reactionary and anti-immigration advocate.
This article speaks of Billy and his change. The one thing it doesn't grasp is how too much of a coincidence the change in all these Liverpool social media personalities are.
I don't doubt for one minute that they have been bought by the state.
https://www.livpost.co.uk/whats-going-on-with-billy-moore/
The last few years he has followed a lot of the Liverpool social media accounts and turned very reactionary and anti-immigration advocate.
This article speaks of Billy and his change. The one thing it doesn't grasp is how too much of a coincidence the change in all these Liverpool social media personalities are.
I don't doubt for one minute that they have been bought by the state.
https://www.livpost.co.uk/whats-going-on-with-billy-moore/
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What’s going on with Billy Moore?
The Prayer Before Dawn star is going viral for all the wrong reasons. We ask him if he’s really turned to the “far-right.”
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There is nothing progressive or 'pro-worker' about this position.
And there's certainly nothing clever about combining anti-worker rhetoric with what appear to be more progressive positions re imperialist war. This is, in fact, the definition of demagoguery: combining progressive demands with reactionary ones in order to lead the masses up the garden path.
In this particular case, it's a pretty sordid attempt to get a few votes by pandering to anti-immigration prejudices. Winning votes by reinforcing pervasive bourgeois propaganda instead of doing the hard work of exposing those lies is the textbook definition of opportunism. That is: selling out the real, long-term interests of the working class in order to gain some short-term real or perceived gain.
Quite a few of those who have signed up to promote this programme know well that the one of the most urgent tasks facing socialists in Britain today is that of opening the eyes of the masses to the ways in which they are kept divided (and are therefore also kept poor and under control).
Immigration narratives are the oldest (and therefore most embedded) form of culture-wars, divide-and-rule propaganda. Their only purpose is to keep the working class fighting itself; to keep us punching down instead of punching up.
Shame on all those parties and individuals who call themselves socialist and spout this filth. They are charlatans and traitors to their class.
https://x.com/JesseWinney/status/2043613491169227100
And there's certainly nothing clever about combining anti-worker rhetoric with what appear to be more progressive positions re imperialist war. This is, in fact, the definition of demagoguery: combining progressive demands with reactionary ones in order to lead the masses up the garden path.
In this particular case, it's a pretty sordid attempt to get a few votes by pandering to anti-immigration prejudices. Winning votes by reinforcing pervasive bourgeois propaganda instead of doing the hard work of exposing those lies is the textbook definition of opportunism. That is: selling out the real, long-term interests of the working class in order to gain some short-term real or perceived gain.
Quite a few of those who have signed up to promote this programme know well that the one of the most urgent tasks facing socialists in Britain today is that of opening the eyes of the masses to the ways in which they are kept divided (and are therefore also kept poor and under control).
Immigration narratives are the oldest (and therefore most embedded) form of culture-wars, divide-and-rule propaganda. Their only purpose is to keep the working class fighting itself; to keep us punching down instead of punching up.
Shame on all those parties and individuals who call themselves socialist and spout this filth. They are charlatans and traitors to their class.
https://x.com/JesseWinney/status/2043613491169227100
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The Workers Party's message of 'Stop the Wars - Stop the Boats' must be taken to working class communities most impacted by mass migration: the undercutting of wages, unsafe streets and overwhelmed infrastructure. All this is connected to the criminal wars…
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Capital and its entourage
A caricature by A.Vasilenko from Kiev appeared on the pages of the Soviet satirical magazine "Krokodil" in its issue №33 of 1983.
The imperialism, the big Capital with its portfolio of "Monopolies" is accompanied and guarded by its loyal servants, clockwise from top left: Zionism, Colonialism, Military-Industrial Complex, Nazism, Racism, and the CIA.
#Caricature #Krokodil
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A caricature by A.Vasilenko from Kiev appeared on the pages of the Soviet satirical magazine "Krokodil" in its issue №33 of 1983.
The imperialism, the big Capital with its portfolio of "Monopolies" is accompanied and guarded by its loyal servants, clockwise from top left: Zionism, Colonialism, Military-Industrial Complex, Nazism, Racism, and the CIA.
#Caricature #Krokodil
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"Operation Weserübung", the Blitzkrieg overture
— On April 9, 1940, Nazi Germany attacked Norway and Denmark
As part of the invasion and occupation of Norway, Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany on the morning of April 9th 1940.
Denmark capitulated after a few hours, whereas Norway fought heroically until the 2nd of May against Hitler's superior troops.
"Operation Weserübung", which was the code word for the attack on Norway and Denmark, aimed at giving the German navy enhanced operative conditions in the Atlantic Ocean and to ensure the important shipment of Swedish iron ore to the German armaments industry from the Norwegian port city of Narvik.
Denmark, a well-developed and highly productive agricultural nation, played an important role in supplying the German military with food. The Danish state paid via a so called "Clearing Account" farmers and producers for everything, the Germans took.
The politicians chose full collaboration with the Nazis and Denmark was used by the propaganda as example of "friendly protective occupation". The Danish police co-operated closely with the Nazis, and when the Communist Party of Denmark was sent underground on June 22nd 1941, they began a manhunt, which continued for years. The communists began building the resistance movement with underground press and sabotage. In 1943, the tide was turning and on August 29th, the collaborator government was forced to step down as result of intensified sabotage and a general strike. Until the Nazi capitulation, the underground "Freedom Council" was de facto the legitimate government.
In Norway, thanks to the quick response of the military forces defending Oslo fjord, the main German assault ship Blücher was sunk and the capture of Oslo was delayed by a few hours, allowing the Norwegian government and the Royal house to escape to Britain, to coordinate sabotage raids against the Nazi occupiers and to distribute the underground press in Norwegian from there.
On August 10, 1940, the Communist Party of Norway issued a call to intensify the fight against the German occupiers. In autumn of 1940, anti-Nazi demonstrations were held in Bergen, Trondheim and Sarpsborg.
Resistance took various forms. Some Norwegians took part in the armed resistance, others supported them and many Norwegians committed acts of civil disobedience.
The National Unity Party, headed by the infamous V.Quisling, collaborated with the Germans and formed a puppet government. The party attracted civil servants and representatives of business circles who actively cooperated with Germany, in particular, fulfilled German orders from the occupation administration and the German army and military industry. As of April 1st 1941, 275 enterprises in Norway were fulfilling orders from the Wehrmacht.
During the occupation, Norwegian police continued to operate in Norway. Its officers carried out orders of the German occupation administration and participated in search and arrests of communists, anti-fascists, resistance fighters, Jews, etc., although some of the police helped the anti-German forces.
In both countries, KZ camps were in operation. Resistance fighters were tortured, executed and transported to KZ camps in Germany. Many didn't return.
The Nazis in Denmark capitulated on May 4th 1945, with effect from May 5th. In Norway, on May 8th.
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The liberation of Norway started in October of 1944 by the Soviet troops during the Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation (see: Saved by the Russians).
Before the liberation, the German occupiers with the support of Norwegian collaborators, applied the "scorched earth" tactic, forcibly removed two thirds of the civilian population of Northern Norway and destroyed a significant part of residential and other constructions.
During the liberation, Norwegian volunteer units were created in Finnmark, plus Norwegian units came from Great Britain and the Norwegian "police" from Sweden. With the support of Soviet troops, they participated in the further liberation of Northern Norway in the winter of 1944-45.
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— On April 9, 1940, Nazi Germany attacked Norway and Denmark
As part of the invasion and occupation of Norway, Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany on the morning of April 9th 1940.
Denmark capitulated after a few hours, whereas Norway fought heroically until the 2nd of May against Hitler's superior troops.
"Operation Weserübung", which was the code word for the attack on Norway and Denmark, aimed at giving the German navy enhanced operative conditions in the Atlantic Ocean and to ensure the important shipment of Swedish iron ore to the German armaments industry from the Norwegian port city of Narvik.
Denmark, a well-developed and highly productive agricultural nation, played an important role in supplying the German military with food. The Danish state paid via a so called "Clearing Account" farmers and producers for everything, the Germans took.
The politicians chose full collaboration with the Nazis and Denmark was used by the propaganda as example of "friendly protective occupation". The Danish police co-operated closely with the Nazis, and when the Communist Party of Denmark was sent underground on June 22nd 1941, they began a manhunt, which continued for years. The communists began building the resistance movement with underground press and sabotage. In 1943, the tide was turning and on August 29th, the collaborator government was forced to step down as result of intensified sabotage and a general strike. Until the Nazi capitulation, the underground "Freedom Council" was de facto the legitimate government.
In Norway, thanks to the quick response of the military forces defending Oslo fjord, the main German assault ship Blücher was sunk and the capture of Oslo was delayed by a few hours, allowing the Norwegian government and the Royal house to escape to Britain, to coordinate sabotage raids against the Nazi occupiers and to distribute the underground press in Norwegian from there.
On August 10, 1940, the Communist Party of Norway issued a call to intensify the fight against the German occupiers. In autumn of 1940, anti-Nazi demonstrations were held in Bergen, Trondheim and Sarpsborg.
Resistance took various forms. Some Norwegians took part in the armed resistance, others supported them and many Norwegians committed acts of civil disobedience.
The National Unity Party, headed by the infamous V.Quisling, collaborated with the Germans and formed a puppet government. The party attracted civil servants and representatives of business circles who actively cooperated with Germany, in particular, fulfilled German orders from the occupation administration and the German army and military industry. As of April 1st 1941, 275 enterprises in Norway were fulfilling orders from the Wehrmacht.
During the occupation, Norwegian police continued to operate in Norway. Its officers carried out orders of the German occupation administration and participated in search and arrests of communists, anti-fascists, resistance fighters, Jews, etc., although some of the police helped the anti-German forces.
In both countries, KZ camps were in operation. Resistance fighters were tortured, executed and transported to KZ camps in Germany. Many didn't return.
The Nazis in Denmark capitulated on May 4th 1945, with effect from May 5th. In Norway, on May 8th.
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The liberation of Norway started in October of 1944 by the Soviet troops during the Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation (see: Saved by the Russians).
Before the liberation, the German occupiers with the support of Norwegian collaborators, applied the "scorched earth" tactic, forcibly removed two thirds of the civilian population of Northern Norway and destroyed a significant part of residential and other constructions.
During the liberation, Norwegian volunteer units were created in Finnmark, plus Norwegian units came from Great Britain and the Norwegian "police" from Sweden. With the support of Soviet troops, they participated in the further liberation of Northern Norway in the winter of 1944-45.
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A very interesting video about the Mosley family and their attempt to bring Mussolini's fascism to Britain.
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On April 16, 1886, Ernst Thälmann was born - an outstanding figure in the German and international workers' movement, a revolutionary, anti-fascist, and leader of the Communist Party of Germany.
Ernst Thälmann was born into a working-class family in Hamburg. From an early age, he joined the struggle of the port city's workers for their rights and socialism, joining the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1903. During the First World War, he conducted anti-imperialist agitation among soldiers and gained great popularity among former proletarians and peasants who had been forced to fight for the interests of German big capital.
In 1920, Thälmann, together with the Hamburg organization of Social Democrats, joined the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and a year later became a member of the Central Committee. Ernst was always at the "forefront" of the class struggle, actively organizing the proletarian masses for strikes and protests. In October 1923, when Germany faced a severe economic crisis, a rebellion of the proletarian masses led by Thälmann took place in Hamburg, which was brutally suppressed. Thälmann managed to evade police pursuit and continue his work. Soon after, he joined the Politburo of the Central Committee of the KPD and in 1925 became the party leader.
In the late 1920s, the fascists, who sought to establish a dictatorship to suppress all progressive forces, raised their heads. They saw Ernst Thälmann as their main opponent, under whose leadership the Communists resisted the stormtroopers' gangs and exposed fascist leaders in the Reichstag and in newspapers. Defeating the Communists legally was an insurmountable task for the NSDAP, so the fascists resorted to crime - they set fire to the Reichstag and then blamed the Communists for the crime. On March 3, 1933, Thälmann was arrested by the police and soon convicted. The leader of the German Communists spent 11 years in prison before being transferred to the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944.
On August 18, 1944, when the defeat of the Reich became inevitable, Hitler and Himmler ordered the execution of Thälmann to prevent his liberation by Soviet forces. But by killing the revolutionary, they failed to stifle the great ideas for which he died. Soon after, the Red Army liberated Germany, and in 1949, the German Democratic Republic, a socialist German state, was established.
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Ernst Thälmann was born into a working-class family in Hamburg. From an early age, he joined the struggle of the port city's workers for their rights and socialism, joining the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1903. During the First World War, he conducted anti-imperialist agitation among soldiers and gained great popularity among former proletarians and peasants who had been forced to fight for the interests of German big capital.
In 1920, Thälmann, together with the Hamburg organization of Social Democrats, joined the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and a year later became a member of the Central Committee. Ernst was always at the "forefront" of the class struggle, actively organizing the proletarian masses for strikes and protests. In October 1923, when Germany faced a severe economic crisis, a rebellion of the proletarian masses led by Thälmann took place in Hamburg, which was brutally suppressed. Thälmann managed to evade police pursuit and continue his work. Soon after, he joined the Politburo of the Central Committee of the KPD and in 1925 became the party leader.
In the late 1920s, the fascists, who sought to establish a dictatorship to suppress all progressive forces, raised their heads. They saw Ernst Thälmann as their main opponent, under whose leadership the Communists resisted the stormtroopers' gangs and exposed fascist leaders in the Reichstag and in newspapers. Defeating the Communists legally was an insurmountable task for the NSDAP, so the fascists resorted to crime - they set fire to the Reichstag and then blamed the Communists for the crime. On March 3, 1933, Thälmann was arrested by the police and soon convicted. The leader of the German Communists spent 11 years in prison before being transferred to the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944.
On August 18, 1944, when the defeat of the Reich became inevitable, Hitler and Himmler ordered the execution of Thälmann to prevent his liberation by Soviet forces. But by killing the revolutionary, they failed to stifle the great ideas for which he died. Soon after, the Red Army liberated Germany, and in 1949, the German Democratic Republic, a socialist German state, was established.
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The only way for capitalism to create profit is to subjugate. The severity of your subjugation depends on ability, resistance and class awareness.
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