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Žižek on the internal contradictions of local communes, Master and the Global Capital.
Some members of Switzerland’s House of Representatives have set up a Swiss-Greenland friendship group, amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Arctic. 🇨🇭🇩🇰

According to the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, the move comes in response to repeated demands and threats from US President Donald Trump to acquire the island from Denmark.

Read more here 👉 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-democracy/swiss-lawmakers-form-swiss-greenland-friendship-group/90759814
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Tamara Funiciello: «Jetzt müssen wir erst mal die Geschichte aufhalten»

Mit einer beispiellosen Mobilisierung hat SP-Nationalrätin Tamara Funiciello die Bürgerlichen im Parlament geärgert. Die Linke, sagt sie, müsse sich mit wirksamen Aktionen gegen den Rechtsrutsch stellen – und dürfe den Glauben an die Veränderbarkeit der Welt nicht verlieren.

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via WOZ Die Wochenzeitung - Schweiz (author: Sarah Schmalz, Annika Lutzke)
TIL about Yuval Noah Harari's philosophy of fiction. He argues that human beings are able to cooperate in large numbers due to their capacity to believe in things that exist purely in imagination like gods, nation, money and human rights. [source, comments]
How do you topple an autocrat?

First, identify segments of his support base that are not permanently committed to his reign, but whose backing is essential to his power.

Analyze their interests. Identify what is more important to them than maintaining his reign. Identify their vulnerabilities.

Identify a form of activity that could put that segment of the autocrat’s supporters in a situation in which they will prefer to withdraw their support.

Engage in that activity—whatever it takes.

Repeat as needed until enough sectors of society shift their commitments.

The anti-Tesla protests of spring 2025 demonstrated the effectiveness of this strategy.

Facing a unified front of fascist demagogues, Christian nationalists, and tech billionaires, protesters applied pressure to Tesla dealerships and forced Musk out of Washington within just three months.

https://crimethinc.com/TurningTide