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https://preview.redd.it/77nm17aa0w351.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b7ebb91aa4c36b975f2e9dfb1572734c74c5569 https://youtu.be/kq_wQ_Y8PmU ​ Hi all, The monopoly of violence held by the state is meant to be in "the common interest". I don't see a common interest in the murder of the populous by state agents at any time. This video is a brief discussion of the legal lethal violence as used by the state and particularly through police forces. Let me have your thoughts. I'd be grateful. Cheers. Submitted June 09, 2020 at 02:33PM by partypoliticalpuffin https://ift.tt/2zhlRP8

Just a thank you to those who have, so far, subscribed. ​ I have also talked about what the future is going to look like for the wider channel. ​ Please have a look at the video on the channel. If they have value for you then please leave a like, comment, share and subscribe. ​ If you can support the work of the channel it would be much appreciated. The links are all in the video and description. ​ I hope you and yours are all well and safe. ​ Cheers Submitted May 24, 2020 at 05:30PM by partypoliticalpuffin https://ift.tt/36s0wi5

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/14/labour-urges-tory-mps-to-admit-keir-starmer-video-was-doctored ​ The Tory Minister for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety, Nadine Dorries and Tory MP's, Lucy Allan and Maria Caulfield have no problem siding with the far-right . ​ After sharing a video from a far-right Twitter account that falsely claimed Keir Starmer obstructed the prosecution of grooming gang members when he led the CPS all three commented at what the video purported to show, with Dorries calling it “revealing”. ​ What is "revealing" is that they have no problem in accusing a former DPP of an attempt to obstruct justice in what is one of the most horrific crimes there can be. An organised criminal gang trafficking little girls who were essentially to be sold. ​ Of course, this is all done without any evidence, any sources cited, just a far-right-wing twitter account shouting anything to stir up racial hatred and division. ​ ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/07/we-need-to-build-on-the-furlough-scheme-not-cut-it-to-avoid-mass-unemployment A Return to the 80's for the UK? This article, rightly, makes the point that forcing people back to work during a pandemic when the status of who's been infected, who hasn't and if there is anyone resistant to Covid-19 is unknown. That's before we understand exactly what a second and third wave of this will be like and do to the wider community. ​ However, the line that really chimed with me was the opening one: ​ "A senior government source warned yesterday that people are “addicted” to the furlough scheme. “We have to get people back to work,” he said. ​ If you are outside the UK and younger than I, to be honest, that's probably 90% of those reading this, you may not be familiar with the modern industrial history and why a stupid, crass and clearly ignorant comment like that from the ruling class would "chime...

Happy Birthday, Karl Marx  Karl Marx at 200 - 2018 NYT Article of the bicentenary of the most remarkable political philosopher in the, let me see, oh, yes, roughly last two hundred years! Submitted May 05, 2020 at 04:49PM by Tommy__Douglas https://ift.tt/2WsWwcK

​ https://preview.redd.it/slab9xmw4ew41.png?width=971&format=png&auto=webp&s=1040b9bd410fced420dc96a8ae1d83496beb793a https://youtu.be/cJ88x7cNXwo Hi all, ​ The death of 22 people at the hands of one person seems to be impossible. Except, of course, if you have a semi-automatic rifle that can be capable of firing 600 rounds per minute. Then it could only take 3 seconds to mow down 22 people. ​ I will not give the individual responsible for this barbaric action any coverage here by naming them or describing their actions. The only people that should be spoken of are the people that lost their lives, their families and the wider society that will be traumatised by a loss of life so egregious that even during a time of pandemic it is still startling, stunning and horrifying. ​ However, there is something that has instantly come from this tragedy which I need to mention. ​ The reaction of the Canadian government to this situation is the right one. If you can clearl...

Title Page Graphic The Guardian, 01 May 2020, Revealed/NHS Procurement Official Privately Selling PPE ​It was only a matter of time before this sort of story became headline news. ​ I am sure this will be seen in some quarters as 'just someone making a living during these hard times'. Except that this is someone involved in procurement at what the Guardian identifies as a 'senior official'. ​ I know this is the 'natural' outcome from capitalism but I can only hope some good will come from this. That anyone that is on the fence as to whether capitalism really would trade peoples lives and safety for money will finally have that question answered. ​ I sincerely hope this guy doesn't have any family that is dependent on the likes of my wife who is on the front line of a Covid-19 ward. Let's hope that the nurse or doctor that could have been treating one of his loved ones isn't themselves sick from Covid-19 due to not having the right PPE or fo...

Hi there, Have you ever been trying to find some information about Left Wing politics that you just couldn't find? ​ Found yourself with a ton of disparate links that have bits and pieces of what you want but not quite what you need? ​ Been trying to get a picture of what group is what school or discipline of left-wing politics but not able to piece it together? ​ Yeah? Me too! ​ This project is an attempt to provide a central repository for the left online no matter the 'school' or 'discipline'. This subreddit is not the actual repository but a way to build a team that can work together to ultimately design, develop, deliver and maintain the 'library' itself. ​ I appreciate that this is a big undertaking. So, it is not something that I could do alone, nor would I want to. Any good central source of information usually comes from a dedicated team that all have something unique to offer whilst working towards a common goal but over quite a period ...

A place for members of r/LeftWing_Info_Project to chat with each other Submitted April 28, 2020 at 06:42PM by partypoliticalpuffin https://ift.tt/2yUa2O9

Being stopped from calling for greater unity and education outside of 'leftist' forums by?.... You may have seen that I have included below a Reddit post that I wrote. If you read the piece you would see that I was essentially making three important points. That people that are not politics nerds or junkies may not believe or understand that there could be an alternative system to that of capitalism That we on the left, that is the whole of the left, from Social Democrats on the right of the left, through Socialists and Communist and all the way to Anarchists on the left of the left*, can make it difficult, inaccessible, esoteric even for those on the outside of politics, and within for that matter, to understand why capitalism is not a divinely bestowed system to live by. That we on the left intersect on fundamental points and issues and need to make our positions ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM of the left accessible. *The spectrum shown here is very truncated and a...