LWDT 8: Hitting the Marx

[Torrocca]

Of fucking course the CIA got the Bolivian military to stage a coup against a democratically-elected government. This shit is fucking disgusting.

Evo Morales did nothing wrong other than resigning. He even called for another election, but of course the South American right-wing, as usual, doesn't really care about democracy.

And in light of the fact that it was the police who led this coup, I guess when can add this to the pile of reasons why the police, as an institution, is bad.

They made it obvious they didn't care about the democratic process the moment they started screaming about election fraud and then destroyed tons of ballots to prevent any investigation into their claims.

Either way, this is a fucking travesty.

[Liriena]

At this rate we need unironically a south american thread.

I dig the idea, tbh. I want to scream at South American liberals for a few hours guilt-free

[Liriena]

Honestly I think that American leftists should abandon the faces of Marx and Lenin and instead hold up people who are closer to home like Rosa Parks and John Brown.

Figures who didn't lead millions of people to their deaths, for sure.

Marx

Figures who didn't lead millions of people to their deaths, for sure.

The history understander has logged on

[Genivaria]

Honestly I think that American leftists should abandon the faces of Marx and Lenin and instead hold up people who are closer to home like Rosa Parks and John Brown.

Figures who didn't lead millions of people to their deaths, for sure.

I was gonna say people who weren't foreign but yeah I'll also take that.

[The East Marches II]

Of fucking course the CIA got the Bolivian military to stage a coup against a democratically-elected government. This shit is fucking disgusting.

Evo Morales did nothing wrong other than resigning. He even called for another election, but of course the South American right-wing, as usual, doesn't really care about democracy.

And in light of the fact that it was the police who led this coup, I guess when can add this to the pile of reasons why the police, as an institution, is bad.

There has been no coverage of this during the Trump Reality TV show. Tell us what is going on.

[Rostavykhan]

Honestly I think that American leftists should abandon the faces of Marx and Lenin and instead hold up people who are closer to home like Rosa Parks and John Brown.

Figures who didn't lead millions of people to their deaths, for sure.

Lenin Did Nothing Wrong.

[Liriena]

Evo Morales did nothing wrong other than resigning. He even called for another election, but of course the South American right-wing, as usual, doesn't really care about democracy.

And in light of the fact that it was the police who led this coup, I guess when can add this to the pile of reasons why the police, as an institution, is bad.

They made it obvious they didn't care about the democratic process the moment they started screaming about election fraud and then destroyed tons of ballots to prevent any investigation into their claims.

You also gotta give a shout out for the civility fetishists of the South American right who said absolutely nothing while their Bolivian buddies kidnapped and tortured the mayor of Vinto and set public buildings on fire.

[Torrocca]

Evo Morales did nothing wrong other than resigning. He even called for another election, but of course the South American right-wing, as usual, doesn't really care about democracy.

And in light of the fact that it was the police who led this coup, I guess when can add this to the pile of reasons why the police, as an institution, is bad.

There has been no coverage of this during the Trump Reality TV show. Tell us what is going on.

Long story short, the opposition parties used a false narrative of election fraud to stage a military coup (with CIA backing, more than likely) against a democratically-elected Socialist who's been president for the past 14 years in Bolivia and who, among other things, has halved poverty across the country.

[Puczovska]

I am not sure how to answer the question on what eras of the USSR were Socialist because it depends what you define Socialism as and whether you consider the undermining of Socialist values in the USSR as being important to whether it was Socialism or not.

[Liriena]

Evo Morales did nothing wrong other than resigning. He even called for another election, but of course the South American right-wing, as usual, doesn't really care about democracy.

And in light of the fact that it was the police who led this coup, I guess when can add this to the pile of reasons why the police, as an institution, is bad.

There has been no coverage of this during the Trump Reality TV show. Tell us what is going on.

Bolivia had a presidential election. The socialist Evo Morales, who's been in power for well over a decade, won in the first round by a very narrow margin. Cue claims of fraud from the opposition, followed by protests, followed by riots, followed by a police mutiny, followed by Morales calling for another election, followed by the military "encouraging" forcing Morales to resign.

[Pasong Tirad]

Figures who didn't lead millions of people to their deaths, for sure.

I was gonna say people who weren't foreign but yeah I'll also take that.

Eugene Debs is a rad dude

[Genivaria]

Figures who didn't lead millions of people to their deaths, for sure.

Lenin Did Nothing Wrong.

He indeed played his part as puppet of the Kaiser well.

[Nakena]

At this rate we need unironically a south american thread.

I dig the idea, tbh. I want to scream at South American liberals for a few hours guilt-free

Enjoy the South America General (SAG) Thread then

[Rostavykhan]

Lenin Did Nothing Wrong.

He indeed played his part as puppet of the Kaiser well.

And set the stage for The USSR to crush the vile G*rman state two decades later.

I see it as an absolute win.

[Pasong Tirad]

There has been no coverage of this during the Trump Reality TV show. Tell us what is going on.

Bolivia had a presidential election. The socialist Evo Morales, who's been in power for well over a decade, won in the first round by a very narrow margin. Cue claims of fraud from the opposition, followed by protests, followed by riots, followed by a police mutiny, followed by Morales calling for another election, followed by the military "encouraging" forcing Morales to resign.

[Torrocca]

I generally despise Tik Tok memes but

[Genivaria]

He indeed played his part as puppet of the Kaiser well.

And set the stage for The USSR to crush the vile G*rman state two decades later.

I see it as an absolute win.

You support the reactionary Soviet state? Boooo!

[The East Marches II]

There has been no coverage of this during the Trump Reality TV show. Tell us what is going on.

Bolivia had a presidential election. The socialist Evo Morales, who's been in power for well over a decade, won in the first round by a very narrow margin. Cue claims of fraud from the opposition, followed by protests, followed by riots, followed by a police mutiny, followed by Morales calling for another election, followed by the military "encouraging" forcing Morales to resign.

That is really spicy. I'm shocked the Bolivian military had anything to say even. I wasn't aware they really had a military.

[Genivaria]

Fun fact, the lovely American classic 'This Land is Your Land' was written by Woody Guthrie a leftist and socialist who was blacklisted by the HUAC.

[The East Marches II]

And set the stage for The USSR to crush the vile G*rman state two decades later.

I see it as an absolute win.

You support the reactionary Soviet state? Boooo!

Come with me Genosse, we need to have talk :^)

[Genivaria]

You support the reactionary Soviet state? Boooo!

Come with me Genosse, we need to have talk :^)

Get this sick shit outta my face.

[The East Marches II]

Come with me Genosse, we need to have talk :^)

Get this sick shit outta my face.

P-pls, they'll shoot me too if you don't come with. TAKE ME WITH YOU TO THE WEST

[Luminesa]

It's hard finding a fellow pro-life left winger to date to be honest.

I'm sure there's someone. Not a whole lot of left-wing pro-lifers though, unfortunately.

[Luminesa]

Get this sick shit outta my face.

P-pls, they'll shoot me too if you don't come with. TAKE ME WITH YOU TO THE WEST

Just climb the wall, Marches.

[Luminesa]

I'm sure there's someone. Not a whole lot of left-wing pro-lifers though, unfortunately.

Geh it feels awkward and frustrating with someone's view on abortion being a dealbreaker on dating them.

Well...hmmm...I dunno if Christian Mingle would be any help...but where have you been searching?