In the so-called "communist party" of the U.S' 32nd National Convention, they've published a list of the preliminary resolutions that'll be voted for in their convention.

In general it fucking sucks like always, stuffed with too much fluff and hot air and barely any actual substance, and generally points in the direction that they'll take the Joe Biden direction of "Nothing will fundamentally change" with regards to their incoherency, disunity, and fundamental rightist status quo. of course I'm more here to point out the funny stuff that I always love to point out any chance I get, and that's the fact that CPUSA can not help itself in being the tail that's pinned to the donkey. AKA they want to enshrine into their party, again, that all good communists must vote blue no matter who to defeat Trump and fascism at the ballot box!

Section 5. The 2024 elections

WHEREAS the 2024 elections, at the federal, state, and local levels, represent a pivotal juncture, a moment of crisis. The crisis we face features the threat of fascism, bellicose militarism, brutal racism, military assaults on immigrant workers, anti-human attacks on women, people of color, and LGBTQ people, and an unrelenting war on workers, and especially their unions. The crisis also includes existential attacks on our environment and smashing democratic structures, including the right to vote.

From the unified democrat-republican capitalist government, right?

Right?

WHEREAS the MAGA forces have put forward a dangerous fascist agenda outlined in their 2025 Project that seeks to cut support for public institutions, Social Security, SNAP, public education, healthcare, union rights, and democratic and civil rights. Defeating Trump alone is not enough. We must defend the Constitution and defeat MAGA candidates at all levels in the 2024 election.

AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT?

WHEREAS the recent upsurge in labor militancy and the people’s movement has mobilized hundreds of thousands of people into action, resulting in significant victories such as union organizing drives, historic wins for labor by the UAW, Teamsters, SAG-AFTRA, the election of a progressive mayor in Chicago and Los Angeles, and the victory in Ohio to enshrine the right to reproductive healthcare into the state constitution. These, and many other recent examples, show that when we organize and fight back, we can win.

CPUSA: By "We" we of course mean to include ourselves in the accomplishments of other people whom we had nothing to do with.

WHEREAS growing working-class militancy and unity is decisive to defeat Trump, MAGA, and the extreme right at the ballot box in 2024. The Communist Party USA is part of, in the thick of, this deepening struggle. Communists are independent but in the mix of this exploding anti-extreme-right coalition.

"independent"

WHEREAS the corporate/financial extreme right and the extreme-right coalition have a strategy to disrupt, demoralize, and splinter the growing unity in the anti-fascist and people’s movement. Principled unity in action is an asset Communists bring to the table. Communists and our friends have a strategic role in building and maintaining unity within the anti-extreme-right coalition.

Here's a fun question. Who is the military-industrial complex siding with? lets take a look at which campaigns are the fine people of Lockheed Martin are pouring all their blood money into.

BOTH SIDES!

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that to defend the working class, people’s movement, and democracy, the Communist Party issues this urgent call to action to build a broad People’s Needs, Not MAGA Greed Campaign, an all-people’s front to win victory. We must go all out to support the all-people’s front for a maximum voter turnout on the critical issues affecting our lives.

Interesting wording here. They don't want to actually build anything, but are calling on someone else to actually put in the work of building an "all-people's front". Not even mentioning that they want this "all-people's front" to be explicitly used to vote . I think they're saying they want ACORN back but maybe without all the sexpestry.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Communist Party is committed to year-round organizing and mobilizing on the issues facing the working class, to build a broad-based grassroots movement on its behalf, and will encourage our members to work in their local communities with labor and other forces in targeted voter registration, education, and mobilization efforts, in support of the issues to help elect communist and progressive candidates, support voting rights for immigrants, and support progressive ballot initiatives. We call on our members to work on neighborhood-based canvassing and to get out the vote with labor and allies for the strongest pro-worker and progressive candidates at every level.

CPUSA has literally ran only one person back in 2022 since they were liquidated after the death of Gus Hall. This is also to include the fact that People's World, the mouthpiece of the party, has repeatedly condemned any progressive candidate that doesn't run with a blue D next to their name as fascist enablers and electoral spoilers. The only candidates they want people to vote for is whatever bog creature the DNC swamp coughs up.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a victory over rightwing candidates will be a decisive defeat for the corporate rightwing and fascist forces. This will help change the balance of forces and clear the way to change the direction of our nation–to slash the military budget, end the sending of weapons to Israel, tax the rich, win quality healthcare for all, strengthen the right to vote, strengthen union organizing rights, restore Roe v. Wade, and end police murder of unarmed people of color.

What the fuck was the 2020 election then? Where's the military budget slashing, the end of weapon shipments to Israel, taxes on the rich, universal healthcare, stronger voting rights, stronger labor rights, womens reproductive rights, and the cop fucking that we were supposed to see since 2020? How the fuck is any of that supposed to happen in 2024-48 when all of those were weakened steadily over 2020-24?

Fucking Liberals.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Communists will give full united support and participation in the broad front to defeat Trump, Trumpism, and the MAGA Republicans.

CPUSA party line is yet again officially going to be "Vote Blue No Matter Who!"

Submitted by the Political Action Commission, Communist Party USA

Completely politically inactive commision of the Collaborator Party USA

Slovak prime minister is shot.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/15/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot/

Al Qassam reporting that the IDF bombed their own troops on purpose

Barge collides with bridge Galveston Texas.

To rebuke the argument that Georgia's Foreign Agents Registration bill is necessary to prevent State Department NGOs from undermining Georgian sovereignty, the Foreign Ministers of Iceland and the Baltics have arrived in Tbilisi to participate in and encourage Georgia's ~~color-revolution~~ protests against the "Russia law"

Fico’s assassination attempt fucking sucks man. The one good political change in Europe in the last 5 years and he just gets shot by some old reactionary fuck. Fico and his party was the only example in Europe of an anti-NATO leftist group. If Fico dies then all that’s left is fucking Orban. Grim

This has got to be the clunkiest way they could have phrased that title lmao

Chud rep possibly. Idk.

Video of 18yo dragged out of family car to be press ganged into the meat grinder.

South Africa is in the ICJ again, asking for more provisional measures against Israel. Can't wait for the court to do fuck all. It's being livestreamed in al jazeera

The FARDC says that it foiled a coup by armed men that left two police officers and Christian Malanga, opposition leader of the United Congolese Party, dead in Kinshasa, DR Congo.

United Congolese Party

Headquarters: Washington, D.C.

too easy

director of a major lib think tank being absolutely ignorant about chinese manufacturing

Only the smartest adults in the room are running the empire

...and remember everyone: every palestinian that dies is actually an actor and every baby pulled out of the rubble is a doll. Therefore, please vote Joe Biden to continue supplying 2,000 pound bombs to "Israel" and get over it!

Small little US Ally Belgium Dumped a impressive 22 Billion of US Tresury Bonds on the Market , while China Dumbed 53 Billion in the Largest to date Selloff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZHZWie7OHc Taiwan parliament brawl.

Taiwan’s parliament descended into a brawl on Friday just days before the inauguration of Lai Ching-te, the new president.

Politicians pushed, hit and tackled each other, clambering across tables as they swarmed around the speaker’s seat in the legislative chamber after tempers became heated in a bitter dispute about parliamentary reforms.

The argument broke out over a push by the main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), and its allies, to give parliament greater powers of scrutiny over the government.

This includes a controversial move to criminalise officials who are deemed to make false statements in parliament – a proposal which has been rejected by Mr Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as “an unconstitutional abuse of power”.

The unruly scenes are likely to add to speculation that Mr Lai will face a tougher challenge than President Tsai Ing-wen, his predecessor, in gaining support for his legislative policies after he takes office.

• The Telegraph

Article in which the author accuses Biden of withholding information about Hamas leaders because he supports Hamas and wants a Palestine ruled by factions backed by Iran and the US

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/sinwar-exchange-rafah-biden-gaza

Israel’s plans for the “Day After” are clearly irrelevant, since Biden and his aides have formulated their own scenario: Hamas “technocrats”—i.e., the leadership in Doha—will constitute the Iranian-backed component in a Palestinian unity government in tandem with the U.S.-backed faction that now rules the West Bank, Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority.

If Israel finishes off Hamas, the Biden administration’s efforts to complete Obama’s Middle East security architecture will collapse. From that perspective, Team Biden prefers to sacrifice Sinwar and save Obama’s most important strategic initiative, which aims to override the traditional U.S.-led order of the Middle East and give birth to a new and unholy anatomy, tying America to an anti-American terror-state that embodies Jew hatred.

Incredible brain power at work here

Fucking around: IOF dronestriking Lebanese civilians
Finding out: Hezbollah dronestriking IOF garrison

https://twitter.com/ME_Observer_/status/1791091538065236202

Never get in a helicopter

TrueAnon rules for life proven correct again

Ukrainian President Signs Law to Send Prisoners to Front Lines

The authorities will also impose tougher sanctions against men who do not fulfill their obligations with the Army.

On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law approved on May 8 by Parliament that allows certain categories of prisoners to sign contracts with the Army.

With the approval of this law, Ukraine seeks to increase the number of soldiers in its ranks to reduce the gap in personnel that separates its army from the Russian Armed Forces.

The regulations allow prisoners who wish to shorten their sentences if they sign a contract to enlist in the Ukrainian Army. Prisoners convicted of rape, double murder, political corruption or crimes against national security cannot benefit from this measure.

Ukraine is seeking to recruit more soldiers with several legislative initiatives, including a new mobilization law that will come into force on next Saturday.

The authorities also plan to impose tougher sanctions against men of military age who do not fulfill their obligations with the Army.

Previously, on Wednesday, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that his country will provide an additional US$2 billion in military aid for Ukraine.

The funding will be directed toward providing weapons for Ukraine in the near future. It wil also be used for purchasing weapons and investing in Ukraine's military-industrial sector.

Last month, the U.S. approved a long-delayed support package for Ukraine worth about US$61 billion. The package includes US$49.9 billion for military assistance.

Israel kills more than 500 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7

My Grandpa, who was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, has refused to get into one since then because he knows they are death traps.

The Hades community is being extremely cool

https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/1cqsaoq/guess_melinoe_is_a_communist_confirmed/

My new phone's autocorrect has very quickly adopted the Maoist Standard English spelling, lmao

From The Red Stream (@theredstream) on Telegram:

Tens of thousands of people in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia have taken to the streets in protest of French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to reform New Caledonia’s electoral system. At least eight pro-independence activists had already been arrested before being released under pressure from protesters.

The latest wave of protests comes as the French National Assembly in Paris again gave a green light for the proposed constitutional changes, which native pro-independence parties fear will significantly affect their representation.

Last week, the National Assembly law committee debated the proposed constitutional amendment’s value. The bill should be debated again today, with a vote scheduled for May 14.

This move would allow an additional 11,000 mostly non-Indigenous people to determine the future of the French overseas territory, where voices favoring independence have grown.

My understanding of the situation is that there is a large, indigenous-led, and somewhat leftist movement for independence on New Caledonia. In order to avoid further erosion of the French colonial empire, Macron is pushing for an expansion of the franchise to people who have only recently moved to New Caledonia (i.e. non-indigenous) who presumably are less supportive of independence.

Does anyone have a clear idea on how the populations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, et all are pressuring their governments to do something? I know there is basically no freedom of expression or political activism in most MENA countries, but that's why I'm asking. Even if their leaders have gone full sellout to US / Zionist interests, the people definitely haven't. Erdoğan is a slimy fuck, but he's at least nominally answerable to the electorate. The Moroccan, Algerian, Jordanian etc leaders aren't. So are any of these populations trying to influence their governments? Protests? Disruptions? Some group of soldiers looking to depose Sisi? Are the authorities in all of these countries strong enough to just officially shrug their shoulders about the situation and clobber anyone who tries to speak up?

In Ukraine there is a massive concentration of ukrainian troops occurring in Kharkiv. I think they're preparing for another city defence. That or they're prepping an offensive.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordan-foils-arms-plot-kingdom-caught-iran-israel-shadow-war-2024-05-15/

They said the plot's aim was to destabilize Jordan, a country that could become a regional flashpoint in the Gaza crisis as it hosts a U.S. military base and shares borders with Israel as well as Syria and Iraq, both home to Iranian-backed militias.

COMPRADORS STRESSED

21 people remain stuck on the ship currently attached to the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

Ship grounded

A U.S. Navy ship participating in a military exercise in the Gulf of Guinea ran aground this week as it was leaving a port in West Africa.

The expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams got stuck around 1 p.m. Thursday, shortly after leaving Libreville, Gabon, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa said Friday in a statement.

The ship broke free at about 5 p.m. Thursday at high tide, said Lt. Cmdr. Jason Tross, a spokesman for NAVEUR-AF.

the student protest media liason who got interviewed (but instead of quoting her at all the zionist reporter just said she "spoke with nuance") should have recorded the interview and released the audio and a transcript

‘Old friend’ Putin arrives in China for state visit, summit with Xi Jinping

In discussions later, Xi greeted Putin as an “old friend”.He told the Russian president that China and Russia’s relationship had stood the test of time and that they had provided each other with “strategic guidance” in their more than 40 meetings over the past decade.“China is ready to work with Russia to stay each other’s good neighbour, good friend and good partner,” state news agency Xinhua reported Xi as saying. The two men are expected to continued discussions over tea and a walk in the park, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported.

I forget the twitter name, but I’ve been reading some analysis from a Vietnamese account. They gave some insights into the country’s dealings with Israel, primarily how Vietnam buys weapons from them because they’re one of the few countries that are willing to transfer technology to them, i.e. allows Vietnam to produce and modify the weapons domestically. They didn’t give too many details on how licensing worked or whether Israel receives any money from weapons modified by Vietnam, but the goal was self sufficiency which of course can’t happen if you’re reliant on westerners to give everything to you forever. And also how they’ve banned pro-Israeli content from the media lol.

I never thought warfare like this was possible, these men put Metal Gear characters to shame

Robert Fico's Assailant:

A 71-year-old man was immediately detained by Fico's bodyguards. According to multiple Slovak media outlets, the suspect is from Levice and possessed the firearm legally in connection with his private security job. He had authored three poetry books and founded a "Movement Against Violence".

Okay so apparently the Fico shooter is actually a huge nazi (with big scary ties to Russia), in one of his books intro he's crying about the "hundreds of thousands of gypsies who are a parasite on our social system", etc. etc.

Probably simply didn't like Fico (who is kind of a succdem but from his pov a scary communist) and decided to off him.

Okay so since there's a bit of confusion about this: The stuff that he's a liberal is made up, probably by gov sponsored media so they can smear the lib opposition, hungarian state media is blaring the same shit like that he was doing this because Fico wanted to subvert state media or some shit. the progressive liberals (aka liberals, the opposition) already said he was never a member.

Here's the book i was talking about: https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/efata-318489 put it in deepl.

Edit: There's apparently a video about him talking about how he wanted to off Fico for tampering with state media, i'm taking that with a grain of salt for now.

Edit 2: This is apparently him on a fash "migrant hunter" militia's memorial service for Jozef Tiso, the leader of the nazi regime during ww2 in slovakia.

watching some footage from the rescue operation and uhh... they weren't lying about the bad weather conditions at least

The China-Russia statement in a nutshell:

• The rise of multipolarity, in particular the strengthening of developing countries, is a process that is objectively occurring. Some countries are trying to fight this trend with hegemonism, masquerading their harmful politics under the guise of a "rules-based order". Russia and China want to use bilateral relations to build a more democratic world order.
• No country should gain security at the expense of another country's security.
• There are two fundamental principles that should be upheld. First, there should be no neo-colonialism nor hegemonism; countries should be able to freely pick whatever political, social, and economic systems they desire without pressure from outside, especially not sanctions. Second, the UN Charter should be the backbone of a multipolar world order.
• Countries which are trying to exert hegemonism, provoking regional tensions, etc - that is, the United States - are bad, and are using a Cold War model for modern times. This endangers the security of everybody.
• The United States is trying to exert military dominance everywhere via missile defense systems, various missile programs, military bases, submarine deals, etc. This is bad.
• The United States is trying to contain both Russia and China in particular using the aforementioned tactics. This is very destabilizing and bad.
• The United States should not use biological nor weapons in outer space to further exert military dominance. Those things should be off-limits to any country.
• The United States is provoking the DPRK and trying to cause a new war on the Korean Peninsula. The United States should take responsibility for Afghanistan and help them, rather than sanction them.

Then there's all the cooperation stuff between Russia and China:

• Deepening military cooperation, including joint air and naval patrols.
• More bilateral trade and investments, including in shipbuilding, civilian aviation, cars, equipment manufacturing, electronics, metallurgy, mining, etc.
• Deepening energy cooperation, including in nuclear energy, with the wider goal of keeping international energy stable.
• Further usage of local currencies in bilateral trade, more banks and institutions in that regard, etc.
• Education and scientific cooperation, study abroad programs, the teaching of each others' languages, etc.
• Cooperation in mass media, basically just doing journalism better and at higher quality.
• Cooperation inside various international organizations like the UN, World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, the SCO, BRICS, etc.

War trophy from the anti-French riots:
https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1791866361783660820

A protester (on the left) can be seen with a rare "Steyr HS .460" anti-materiel rifle which was captured during the raids.

Any thoughts that Jeff Bezos actually exposed that billionaire WhatsApp chat?

I am referring to this leak from 2 days ago which I assume has made the rounds here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/business-leaders-chat-group-eric-adams-columbia-protesters/

It seems weird that one shot right to the Washington Post, which isn't typically how these things leak out. Bezos was in allegedly in the chat, but I don't know if WP would have done this if there was anything incriminating about Bezos.

I love this as a fan theory, I love the intrigue. You have a group of your competition willing to throw themselves on the pire in increasingly obviously ways. You sit on the chat and then once the damage is done blast that out from your own newspaper. Maybe he had beef the Kind bar guy. Maybe this ordeal is fucking with his portfolio overall. Maybe he just wanted to throw his weight around and knock the other reptilians down a few pegs.