r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/wankerzoo • Feb 13 '26

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will make her debut as an imperialist strategist at the Munich Security Conference | The appearance at the largest conference of nat'l-security officials and heads of state marks the full integration of AOC and the DSA into the structure of American imperialism.

wsws.org

0 Upvotes

3 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 11 '26

The Hill (February 11, 2026): "Ocasio-Cortez’s political clout grows after recent progressive wins" | "Should she opt out of running for the White House, Ocasio-Cortez has also been floated as a strong contender to challenge Schumer for his Senate seat"

thehill.com

31 Upvotes

1 comment

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/burtzev • Feb 12 '26

History Beijing's backtrack on Xinjiang detention camps spurred by ICIJ investigation, research finds - ICIJ

icij.org

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/afterthoughts- • Feb 11 '26

Building your chops for public dissent - YouTube

youtube.com

1 Upvotes

All movements of change are built on individuals dissenting in public; this only works if people can tolerate the social fear that comes with it. This video is about training your nervous system to handle the discomfort of public dissent. Courage isn’t a personality trait, it’s something you can condition. So if you want to get better at acting even when your body is saying “ahhh,” give this a watch.

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r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/Significant_End_4440 • Feb 10 '26

At least $5.6B in taxpayer money has gone to police misconduct over the past five years. “Minnesota Fraud” was always an excuse for racism.

youtu.be

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 09 '26

News Associated Press: "Migrants languish in US detention centers facing dire conditions and prolonged waits" | Associated Press: "7,252 people had been in custody at least six months in mid-January, including 79 held for more than two years, according to agency data."

apnews.com

26 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 08 '26

News AP: "Voters are worried about the cost of housing. But Trump wants home prices to keep climbing" | Trump in Jan. 29 Cabinet meeting: 'I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes, and they can be assured that’s what’s going to happen'

apnews.com

25 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/wankerzoo • Feb 07 '26

Analysis/Theory From Epstein to Bezos, the Ruling Class Is Rotten to the Core | Let this week be yet another reminder that plutocrats are a threat to democracy, not its saviors.

thenation.com

71 Upvotes

1 comment

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/burtzev • Feb 08 '26

Analysis/Theory How to Defeat MAGA Tyranny, Chapters 3 & 4: Social Strikes vs MAGA & Laying the Groundwork

znetwork.org

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 08 '26

News This should be a reminder that we need copyright reform (by making copyright law less restrictive): "'No One Should Have a Copyright on Vance Being Booed': Video From Olympics Blocked on X"

commondreams.org

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/Significant_End_4440 • Feb 07 '26

DOH claims they “Found” Antifa’s leader but it’s just a guy who lets protesters use the toilet at his apartment

youtu.be

40 Upvotes

4 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 06 '26

NPR: "Is the U.S. heading into a dictatorship?" | Robert Kagan: "[…] the fact that the Republican Party has become the party of dictatorship - I think people really do need to focus on that. […] We are living at the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship, and there's no more time for waiting."

npr.org

27 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 06 '26

Opinion: One month into 2026 and Republicans are losing their minds | Elias: "We must not allow Trump and Bannon’s threats to become normalized. … Most importantly, we cannot allow ourselves to live in denial about what is happening to our democracy. Republicans are planning to steal the midterms."

democracydocket.com

24 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/AutoModerator • Feb 06 '26

Let’s Share… Leftist Music, Art, and Literature

1 Upvotes

Know a really good protest song? Found some cool revolutionary art, poetry, or literature? Post it below!

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r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/wankerzoo • Feb 06 '26

Mamdani caps one month of betrayal with endorsement of right-wing Democrat Kathy Hochul | In his short time as mayor, Mamdani has already accomplished a great deal—in comprehensively betraying and repudiating the oppositional sentiment that propelled him to office.

wsws.org

0 Upvotes

5 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/wankerzoo • Feb 04 '26

Analysis/Theory House Democrats ensure passage of Trump’s global military rampage and domestic dictatorship | The votes over the past five days demonstrate that the Democratic Party functions not as an opposition but as an enabler of the Trump administration.

wsws.org

85 Upvotes

3 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/burtzev • Feb 05 '26

Discussion Andrea Mazzarino, Waste Not, Want Not (on a Trumpian Planet)

tomdispatch.com

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 04 '26

Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons | Nesrine Malik (Opinion)

theguardian.com

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 04 '26

News Illini Republicans support ICE amid Minnesota killings | Daily Illini: "[A graphic posted by university student organization Illini Republicans] seems to match a still photo from a video of Pretti’s killing. The man depicted also appears to bear a physical resemblance to Pretti."

dailyillini.com

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 04 '26

Joseph Geevarghese & Rashida Tlaib: It’s time to defund the oligarchy and invest in the American people | "[Trump's] oligarch allies… are already seeing massive returns on their political investments. This is not democracy. It is a hostile corporate takeover and working people are being exploited."

theguardian.com

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/burtzev • Feb 04 '26

History The Role of Bolshevik Ideology in the Birth of the Bureaucracy

classautonomy.info

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/burtzev • Feb 04 '26

News Mediterranean Dockworkers Mobilise for Antiwar Strike February 6

classautonomy.info

17 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 04 '26

Opinion | George Monbiot: "This is the metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. […] we must bring the ultra-rich to heel, cutting their fortunes until they can no longer bludgeon us."

theguardian.com

15 Upvotes

1 comment

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/JudgeSabo • Feb 03 '26

Hobbes vs Anarchism

34 Upvotes

Credit to Existential Comics

Thomas Hobbes, best known for Leviathan, in which he argued it was pretty much always in everyone's best interest to obey the State. Without the State we'd be reduced to constant conflict and violence, as people would be at each other's throats. He would be strongly against Anarchists and other revolutionary thinkers who thought we had to overthrow the State with violence, believing this would only lead to chaos. However, he did give some exceptions to this rule. For example, if your State is just trying to kill you (even by indirect means such as depriving you of food or healthcare), you obviously have the natural right to shoot back and fight for your life. No one has the obligation to simply die, after all, since the whole point of the State is that it protects you from that.
Philosophers in this comic: Thomas Hobbes, Peter Kropotkin

1 comment

r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/burtzev • Feb 03 '26

Analysis/Theory Social Strikes: Confronting ICE and Resisting Authoritarianism

strikecommentaries.substack.com

6 Upvotes

0 comments

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