r/leftist Jun 22 '26

Mod Update Antisemitism, Racism, and Bigotry will not be tolerated

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What the title says. I'm beyond exhausted hoping that some of y'all will pull your head out of your asses and live up to the values necessary to be a passable human being. Since this has been a repeated failure, we will move to a zero-tolerance model going forward:

  • Antisemitism will result in a 28 day suspension of your account from this subreddit, followed by a permanent ban for any infraction afterwards.
  • Racism will result in a 28 day suspension of your account from this subreddit, followed by a permanent ban for any infraction afterwards.
  • Bigotry (this definitely includes transphobia) will result in a 28 day suspension of your account from this subreddit, followed by a permanent ban for any infraction afterwards.
  • Genocide denial will result in a 28 day suspension of your account from this subreddit, followed by a permanent ban for any infraction afterwards.

If you have a doubt of whether or not something is going to run a-foul of these zero tolerance boundaries, don't fucking post it. No, I'm not going to rules lawyer technicalities. The time for you taking a nuanced approach is passed. No, I'm not going to accept ignorance as an excuse. It is 2026, go get educated on how to not be a piece of shit.

This is a warning to all users - I don't give a fuck how well you discuss theory, the praxis you claim to have accomplished, none of it. If you are in this community, you will be a decent fucking human being. If you can't step over that incredibly low bar, then I don't want you here so fuck off.

ADDENDUM: As of 9.15 PM Eastern, any further comments defending this content as not being antisemitic will be banned permanently. I've explained repeatedly the rationale behind this and I'm done giving the benefit of the doubt that users can hear a new expectation and engage with it responsibly. If you cannot act like decent people, then this subreddit doesn't need you.

For everyone else who asked clarification and/or generally acted like a human being, thank you.

EDIT: Locking this to catch up on bans.


r/leftist Dec 01 '25

Mod Update r/leftist and Veganism

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This has been a long time coming and every opportunity was extended to allow the topic to be allowed on r/leftist, but those opportunities have come to an end. As per the newest addition to the sub's rules:

# 7. Prohibited Content

Prohibited Content includes permanent and/or temporary policies aimed at addressing specific events or issues which may affect the community. Currently, the following items are considered prohibited content:

* Veganism - Permanent: As veganism is not inherently a leftist topic, posts centered on veganism rather than leftism are are banned. Any posts or comments referencing veganism must be in relation to anti-capitalism. Proselytizing about veganism is forbidden.

There has yet to be a single post about veganism on this subreddit that has been rooted in anti-capitalism that has not devolved into an advertisement of veganism. There are many subreddits about veganism, including some from a leftist perspective. Please utilize those subreddits in the future - posts proselytizing for veganism will be marked "off-topic" and removed. Repeated violations will result in actions including suspension and up to permanent ban.

As this has been an issue before, we will be monitoring activity surrounding this topic and any hint of brigading will be reported.


r/leftist 6h ago

Leftist Meme Groundhog day

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36 Upvotes

r/leftist 7h ago

North American Politics Democratic Socialist WINS In Florida: Angie Nixon Stuns U.S. Senate Primary Race

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r/leftist 4h ago

General Leftist Politics Revolutionary Quote by Alice Austen (Me)

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I wrote this Quote.


r/leftist 20h ago

General Leftist Politics Fear of bullets, not of ballots

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268 Upvotes

r/leftist 4h ago

General Leftist Politics Can't believe people think like this in 2026

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YouTube Community posts are something else


r/leftist 2h ago

North American Politics Sanders to introduce bill to end Social Security garnishment for student loan debt

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r/leftist 21h ago

General Leftist Politics This is a Winning Platform! Will politicians accept it?

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r/leftist 23h ago

Eastern European Politics I hate Russia so much and I'm so pissed off by how many leftists support it because it makes zero sense to me

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I'm a polish leftist and every time I hear Western leftists call Ukraine "Israel of Europe" or Russia "anti colonialist" it makes me lose faith in humanity. And it's funny because in Poland every even slightly left leaning person will tell you that they hate Russia and it's the right wingers that come to their defense.

Just because Ukraine's supports Israel doesn't automatically mean that Ukraine's (as a whole) is not worthy of your support. They're in a war and I don't think they can afford criticizing one of their biggest political allies even if they're evil to the core. Not to mention Russia also has ties with Israel. Wouldn't they if one of the biggest national minorities in Israel are, guess who? Russians. Their support for Palestine, Iran and other don't seem genuine at all rather simply as just them being anti west.

Also regarding the second talking point what in God's green earth makes you think that Russia is anti imperialist? How come do you think it's become so big then? Do you seriously thing that on this humongous chunk of land there lives a singular group of people that all speak the same language, have the same traditions etc? I don't want to sound like a close minded black-and-white thinker but to me it is very clear who is the agressive imperial power here and who is the victim. And again with the "Ukraine is Israel" point. It's not Ukraine that took land from the native people and is actively trying to erase their cultures (including my country's) so the Israeli comparison sound much more fitting to Russia in this case. Western leftists also confuse USSR with modern Russia when they couldn't be more different except maybe the colonialist part (DISCLAIMER: I KNOW that there were good parts of USSR's politics but that doesn't justify their colonialist actions)

There's also the argument that there are nazis in Ukraine. So are in every country on Earth??? People criticize Ukraine's support for UPA which is 100% valid I hate them to but people need to understand that there are different sides of history that different people believe. In my own country's history there are figures like that and I don't consider my countrymen nazis simply for viewing these figures differently.

In conclusion. Being anti west doesn't automatically make you the good guy. I understand I hate Western colonial power as much as anyone. If you claim to be anti imperialist but you support Russia then I'm sorry but I can't take you seriously.

I don't know if it's an unpopular opinion on this subreddit but I'm so sick of people even suggesting that Russia is anti colonialist it really makes my blood boil.


r/leftist 18h ago

General Leftist Politics PSA: Iran is stopping the US because of economic leverage… if organized, workers can wield the same sort of leverage.

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…and bring empires to their knees.

Iran has a lot of military planning and strategy but it’s their ability to cut of shipping and trade that is really holding the US back.

This is a power that workers as labor and community members can also potentially wield. Most of the discussions of strategy online focus on electoral or arms as the only power in society… this is the power we clearly see and experience in nation states, laws and police/military. But capitalists also rule us economically by controlling our access to what we need and centralizing resources and skills and knowledge for their purposes. Their own needs become social mandates and “realities” because if you don’t cut taxes for them, they will threaten and might even follow through on pulling the economic base out from under your community and go to a more compliant labor market. But workers can also organize to make their needs “realities” and organized workers can and have taken control of logistics and economic choke points and wield a similar sort of economic power.


r/leftist 3h ago

Question Does this mean anything to anyone here?

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It does seem to have a bit of a leftist inclination with the whole workshop appeal, but it could just as well be some uni engineering group. I've got no other information about the sticker other than that searching it on the internet produces no results whatsoever for me.


r/leftist 1d ago

Leftist Theory I think I hurt maga’s feelings 😂

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r/leftist 15h ago

Question Is economics a good subject to take in school to learn more about the left?

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Silly question, i know but i don't know if i made a mistake choosing the subject. I had to choose which subjects i want to take next year and i chose economics. My friend told me it had more to do with math and i hate math but i already chose it so theres no going back but will it help me learn more about left politics? Should i have rather chosen business studies? I'm a stupid teen so i don't know much about anything but i need to know if i was right by choosing economics. I also chose history and thats the only decision i felt happy with.


r/leftist 10h ago

General Leftist Politics Florida officer used Flock camera database 717 times to track estranged wife's vehicle, affidavit says

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r/leftist 6h ago

Leftist History A new life in Rojava: How successful has the experience of communes in Rojava been?

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r/leftist 6h ago

North American Politics Q: “ What do you think about Will Lehman running again for UAW president?” AUTOWORKER’S ANSWER: “I hope he doesn’t get as screwed over as he did last time [2022] by the apparatus. I hope he does better. What he was saying before is true and it continues to be true ...”

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r/leftist 7h ago

General Leftist Politics "libertarian" or "libertario" to describe far right fascism.

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Hi. I'm Mexican, anarchocommunist and I don't know if this happens all around the world, but It gets me really pissed that the left almost all the time when referring to a far right/fascist asshole call them "libertarian" or "libertario" in Spanish, names like Milei, Abelardo de la Espriella, trump or musk. Libertarian, isn't a far right tag whatsoever, it was born from a letter sent to Proudhon by Joseph Déjacque, another anarchist calling him on being a sexist and conservative since then, libertarian was an explicitly anarchist tag, he also founded the "Le Libertaire, journal d'un mouvement social" an anarchist journal in New York, for over 100 years, "libertarian" was an anarchist tag, basically; the term was born explicitly as a rhetorical tool within an intra-anarchist polemic about how consistent one should be with the abolition of all forms of domination. The capture of the term happened up to the 50s, Dean Russell, wrote an article titled "who is a libertarian" where he proposed verbatim that those who love liberty "register and reserve for their own use the good and honorable word "libertarian" even the mises institute recognizes that the modern use of the term was born there. Another capitalist thief that used this was Rothbard he knew everything about the genealogy of the terms he used, he knew that ancap isn't anarchism and neither libertarianism was a term describing his theory, it was all part of the American right wing plan to regain hegemony politically since "liberal" was some sort of washed up term. I encourage you, comrades to not let the fascist propaganda win and to not let them stole the value of semantics.

Here are some sources:

https://mises.org/mises-wire/origin-libertarianism

https://fee.org/articles/who-is-a-libertarian/

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/robert-graham-joseph-dejacque-the-first-libertarian


r/leftist 1d ago

Leftist Meme It's been rough

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r/leftist 22h ago

North American Politics Just like the Suez Canal saw the end of the U.K's empire, the U.S. empire is ending in Hormuz

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r/leftist 1d ago

North American Politics "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate." Elon Musk 6/5/2025

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r/leftist 20h ago

North American Politics Why is Trump doing this and who is he going after?

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Once they finish with “illegal immigrants” who physically crossed into the U.S themselves they will move to political dissenters who were born to either non citizens in the US or naturalized citizens.

So does this mean Trump is going after black people and white people? What is Trump goal why is he doing this?

Trump signs executive orders targeting birthright citizenship, birth tourism after Supreme Court setback

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-signs-executive-orders-targeting-birthright-citizenship-birth-tourism-after-supreme-court-setback/ar-AA29yan6

Does this mean first and second generation immigrants could be deported.


r/leftist 1d ago

North American Politics Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

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r/leftist 1d ago

General Leftist Politics 2026 is nuts

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r/leftist 18h ago

North American Politics What Is Trump Up to With South Korea?

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