Hello comrades 🫡 I urge you all to watch the entire documentary that Al Jazeera just put out. An obvious warning for absolutely despicable and horrific video material. But it's very well put together, with experts commenting on a lot of video clips put out by IOF soldiers on social media, with the focus of what exactly makes it alleged war crimes or clear cut war crimes. Truly abhorrent footage, not exactly a documentary that sparks joy.
Kovpak 1mo ago • 100%
Currently using the "Zen Browser", which is another Firefox fork. Uses BetterFox for its default settings, and has decent privacy features built in... At least compared to default Firefox.
It has tabs in the sidebar instead of the top (vertical tabs?). At first I didn't like it, but now I don't think I could live without it :). Feels a lot less cluttered.
Kovpak 1mo ago • 100%
Reader mode is one of the reasons why I keep going back to Firefox or Firefox forks :). I really love how it just works, and how it also can unlock semi-paywalled (soft-locked) articles.
Kovpak 2mo ago • 100%
Yea. The entire comment section, and guy himself are going through all the DPRK-bad tropes.
Not really related, but I recently re-watched Avatar: The Last Airbender, the animated series. There is so much blatant anti-"communist" propaganda throughout. Like the whole "no war in Ba Sing Se" thing is clearly designed to mimic "communist brainwashing", Stasi and everything related to bad/lib/western takes on non-western intelligence service(s). The same bad tropes are also repeated in Legend of Korra, with the equality movement, "the great uniter" and so on.
They're all clearly written to be the bad guys, and everything they believe in is compared to the usual anti-communist propaganda - equality=bad, he's actually a bad guy (liar) underneath the mask. The great uniter=bad, sends people to concentration camps while promising unity.
Again just reminds me of a classic joke:
"A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink..."
"I have to admit, I'm always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up," the CIA agent says.
"Thank you," the KGB says. "We do our best but truly, it's nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them."
The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. "Thank you friend, but you must be confused... There's no propaganda in America."
Kovpak 2mo ago • 100%
He streams quite often, not continuously sadly. I think he said in some comment, that he's afraid of being demonetized or something.
This [guy/channel](https://www.youtube.com/@peterfairlie2296) has "hacked" into a DPRK-based satellite, which he then streams to YouTube. Some more background [on how he did it here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-4HmRK1N-s). He's pretty standard in terms of the "shitlib" takes on DPRK, blah blah Kim Regime, blah blah brainwashing. But it's interesting nonetheless having pretty much full access to entire days of whatever they're showing on TV in the DPRK :).
Kovpak 2mo ago • 100%
Makes sense then :). Not trying to be mean or ableist, it's just hard for me to keep focus with the AI voices. Hopefully the AI based TTS-voices will get even better in the future!
Kovpak 2mo ago • 66%
The content of video itself is great, but I personally dislike the whole AI voice thing. It makes it a bit of a monotonous listening experience.
Kovpak 3mo ago • 100%
Who's "Unlearning Economics"? Haven't watched any of his videos. Watched plenty of BE's, but his videos are very "hit or miss". His newest take regarding Maduro seems very... Odd. I'm wondering if he's doing alright.
Kovpak 3mo ago • 100%
Rest in peace, comrade Nguyen Phu Trong!
NYTimes is already out there wishing for a "less conservative communist leader":
Mr. Trong represented a conservative Marxist-Leninist faction within the party, which includes another faction seen as more pragmatic and moderate. His death is likely to raise hopes in the West that a less doctrinaire leader could emerge. Mr. Trong, the only one in the 18-member Politburo who grew up during the Vietnam War, was a generation older than many of his peers.
Kovpak 4mo ago • 100%
Thank you comrade! <3
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Growing up in the west (Europe), I never even once heard about serfdom and what kind of role it played in Tibet, prior to the Chinese Red Army liberation. Never once heard the perspective or stories from former serfs. This documentary suddenly popped up in my YT feed. It's quite astonishing thinking about it. How I've only ever been exposed to the "Free Tibet!"-crowd and their arguments, while never actually learning about (or hearing about) the actual material and living conditions of the serf population. Even though this will clearly be called "CPC propaganda" or whatever, it's really refreshing to get another perspective and some nuance on the history of Tibet. Great watch with some harrowing stories from former serfs. Really puts things into perspective.
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Can't believe I missed this masterpiece of a video 😂 The Miami Cubans are really something else
Kovpak 6mo ago • 100%
Unfortunately, I don't know. But he has a lot of socials, and seems to be a nice bloke. You could probably send him a message. He's been a tour guide for Koryo Tours, so he might have brought some books and resources back home with him :)
Kovpak 7mo ago • 100%
Hey, Danish guy here. It look like it's advertisement placed on scaffolding. Apparently the ad companies don't care about the laws/rules on advertisements on scaffolding, so the ad companies abuse that Copenhagen politicians haven't enforced the rules regarding those ads.
In Copenhagen, the major has very recently commented on it, calling it "The Wild West" (link to article, use DeepL or other tools for translations).
So usually it's not advertisements placed on a building itself, but on the scaffolds they use, when they're renovating buildings, or doing roof-work/repairs, etc.
Kovpak 9mo ago • 100%
In Denmark the conflict in Russia/Ukraine has resulted in accepting American troops being stationed here, and of course a massive $20 billion USD investment in the military, over the next 10 years. The articles are in Danish, use a translator if you're interested.
Denmark has for at least 70 years always said no to having American troops stationed in our country, so it's quite a big move. Very few political parties have been criticizing it this time around, except for the most left-wing ones (obviously including our very-small communist party).
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I don't really enjoy most of his takes in general, but seeing this in "mainstream media", I thought it kind of sobering.
Kovpak 12mo ago • 100%
Kovpak 12mo ago • 100%
Ja, det var skønt at se så mange mennesker på gaden :)! Der kom mange flere, end hvad Politiet havde forventet 😅 . De var kun mødt 2 eller 3 patruljer op til at starte med.
Participated in a pro-Palestine protest today in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was wonderful :). 2.500 people had signed up for the event. Some said 10.000 people showed up, others are saying 15.000. It was absolutely packed with people of all kinds and ages. I went with my 60+ year old dad. I don't have enough pictures to make justice of the scale, but we went from a part of Copenhagen named "Nørrebro", and walked to the Danish parliament. Photo from the parliament [here](https://i.imgur.com/5dWQUgk.jpeg) and [here](https://i.imgur.com/1YWLlD0.jpeg). A birds-eye view of how many showed up at the parliament: https://odysee.com/@kovpak:c/394458251600888:1
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BreakThroughNews doing wonderful work and coverage. Highly recommend to check their videos out.
Kovpak 1y ago • 100%
Currently reading Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media by Parenti :). A great book, but also somewhat depressing. Even though it's quite old, it definitely still holds up. It kind of seems like nothing has changed.
Kovpak 1y ago • 100%
The first few seasons are great. The 4th season is a bit of a mess. First it was cancelled, and later renewed, if I remember correctly.
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Originally posted on the GETchan YouTube channel, but was since taken down for violating ToS or something like that. I reuploaded it to Odysee, but it can also be found on [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/the-red-banner-is-raised-palestinian-communist-song)
Kovpak 1y ago • 100%
You can read something China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said here.
Basically saying to show restraint, to limit civilian casualties. And that the UN should push for a two-state solution.
Otherwise, you can follow the CPC's official news paper, People's Daily, and their "World" publishing here
And in general, Xinhua, the largest media organ in China: here. Also this and this.
Kovpak 1y ago • 100%
Vimeo took the video down, obviously.
I uploaded it to LBRY/Odysee: https://odysee.com/abujamalpflpinterview:c
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An interview made in December 2022, with Abu Jamal, the Spokesperson of the Armed Wing of PFLP, the "Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades". Some great answers in this interview, e.g.: Q: > The zionists, along with their Western allies, have described and designated the Abu Ali Mustafa Bridgades and the Popular Front as "terrorists". Can you explain the difference between armed resistance and terrorism? The difference between terrorists and freedom fighers? A: >By the way, zionists do not classify us alone as terrorists. They classify everyone that does not uphold their own terrorist thoughts as *gentiles* or *goyim*. >This is a term that is not so different from "terrorist", because it gives zionists the green light to murder non-Jews and to take away their property, their honor and their lands. Therefore, from a zionist perspective, all human beings are terrorists as long as they are not zionists themselves. >What is truly terrorism is to gather foreigners from all around the world, to arm them and then build them a state on the land of a people that has a 5000 years-old civilization. >True terrorism is to bombard civilians with warplanes and internationally banned weapons, to impose a blockade on them, to commit genocide on them, and to displace them. >We are simply exercising the right to self-defense - which is guaranteed to us by international laws - through simple and primitive weapons against the most powerful military power on earth. >Did you know that the only place in which it is legally allowed to put dead bodies on trial, and then incarcerate them is the zionist colonial entity? >Hasn't this state murdered our people and then imprisoned them inside its graveyards? Graveyards which we call the "Graveyards of Numbers"? >Terrorism is the ethnic genocide that the zionist entity is committing on our people, every minute that it is allowed to exist on our land.
Kovpak 1y ago • 100%
+1 for Sorry to Bother You. Just watched it today, fantastic watch. Didn't expect anything else from good ol' Boots Riley :)
Previously, the website for Michael Parenti's work was not working very well. [His personal assistant](https://i.imgur.com/esMUKqL.png), whoever he/she/they is/are, have resurrected it! You can access the new website here: https://michael-parenti.org And the YouTube channel here, with **a lot** of Michael Parenti's talks and lectures: https://www.youtube.com/@themichaelparentilibrary It's an absolute blessing :)
**Государственное страхование Р.С.Ф.С.Р. Страховка - верная помощь в беде.** **Text on poster:** >Mandatory insurance only provides first aid. It is possible to provide the whole farm with voluntary insurance. Don't forget about voluntary insurance. If you spare a penny, you'll pay with a penny. Kind of feels like a based version of a modern insurance company commercial
