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On this day in 1848, more than 40,000 French workers initiated the June Days Uprising after the state closed National Workshops that provided work to the unemployed, causing 10,000 casualties and 4,000 workers to be deported to Algeria.

The National Workshops had only been formed a few months earlier, when, on February 25th, a group of armed workers interrupted a session of the provisional government to demand "the organization of labor" and "the right to work".

In late June, the Second Republic began planning to close the workshops, leading to a national uprising. In sections of the city, hundreds of barricades were thrown up. The National Guard was sent in to quell the rebellion, and workers seized weapons from local armories to fight back.

The violence, which lasted just three days, resulted in more than 10,000 casualties and 4,000 participants to be deported to Algeria. Among the dead was Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris, killed while trying to negotiate peace with an angry crowd.

The rebellion was successfully crushed, and the episode put a hold on revolutionary ambitions of radical Republicans at the time. In its aftermath, the French Constitution of 1848 was adopted, mandating that executive power be wielded by a democratically elected president.

The first president under this framework was Napoleon Bonaparte, who dissolved the constitution during his first term in office.

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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 2 points 1 hour ago

Haha this sucks

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago
[-] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Misfit wanderer main character is forced to come back home and face their baggage is my favorite indie film subgenre

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 5 points 2 hours ago

Women want me
Fish want me
I’m the one who’s afraid

[-] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago

I've been off the grid for the last four days. What did I miss?

[-] blipblip@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago

US bombed Iran nuclear sites, a cool guy won the NYC dem primary for mayor over Coumo

[-] dualmindblade@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

How can New Yorkers be so gullible, Zohran's very name is a dog whistle!

Zohran = one letter off from Zofran

Zofran = the most popular prescription antiemetic

Antiemetic = one letter off from a slight misspelling of antisemitic

Communist liberals will have the gall to respond "this is a coincidence" and "he didn't choose his name" or "what are you talking about?". Oh yeah, maybe he should have chosen it then, since you wokies are all about that. What if his parents had named him Hitler, eh?

[-] FactuallyUnscrupulou@hexbear.net 3 points 3 hours ago

She Zohran'd on my Mamdani and now I'm anti-semitic.

[-] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 7 points 5 hours ago

where did @Dirt_Owl go? are they ok?

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 51 minutes ago

New account for opsec

[-] buh@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

changed the i to an o ig

[-] vertexarray@hexbear.net 4 points 4 hours ago

Where did I read something about Roman polytheism having room for complex material causes that eventually terminated at the influence of gods? It was something like describing a labour shortage as being caused by a famine, which was caused by changing weather patterns in the Mediterranean, which was caused by one god or another fucking with the weather. Not those exact causes and effects but in the ballpark

[-] blipblip@hexbear.net 5 points 4 hours ago

Did almost nothing at work yesterday, went home, did basically nothing be wash and feed myself and then slept poorly.

Woke up today in probably the best mood I've been in weeks, maybe months?

[-] buh@hexbear.net 3 points 5 hours ago

I'll be sure to vote for zohran twice in the general election even though I live in a completely different state 👍

[-] Goblin@hexbear.net 3 points 5 hours ago

Our tableau contract is about to expire and theres a non zero chance it won't get reupped. I'm about to remain the joker, that will fuck up so many things lmao

[-] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 7 points 7 hours ago

May Allah awaken the people and help them to see the evil doings of Israel AND the United States

a-little-trolling

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 3 points 6 hours ago

George Santos, please do a leftist rebranding, we dont want you in any position, we just think you're funny.

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 5 points 7 hours ago

"We need a real fourth International" My comrade in social democracy, we are still in the eternal Second International

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 3 points 6 hours ago

And on Twitter the free speech mask is slipping.

Every gullible hog in the suburbs is crashing out over Mamdani’s wins and calling for it to be illegal to be to the left of hitler, and of course, be a scaaaaaary Muslim! And of course the whole internet agrees.

Imagine the outrage if these were liberals saying nazism should be illegal and that all white Christians should be jailed for being “the religion of the nazis.”

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago
[-] Keld@hexbear.net 3 points 7 hours ago

Next year I'm gonna go hang out at the university at graduation time and hoot and applaud for all the people who don't have anyone waiting for them.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 8 hours ago

For anyone in PSL, what's the onboarding process like? I'm terrified of organizing from the social aspect, but I don't want that to be an excuse to not commit to making the world a better place. I have a few questions:

  1. What's the onboarding process generally like? I know it depends on local chapters, but is it super in-person, more online, etc?

  2. What works are generally in the training list? Are there tests, etc?

  3. What's the weekly expected commitment in terms of hours? I'm at a very busy time in my life, I may just end up as a volunteer rather than a cadre, but I'd love to be a committed member of a good org if I can.

Any thoughts? I know I can't expect answers for everything, but just a general idea would be nice.

[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 1 points 28 minutes ago

At least by my Instagram is a big part of their organizing but my local chapter seems kinda slow. So it probably depends on where you are. I know I have been to the region next to mine and they are always doing stuff.

[-] DoomBloomDialectic@hexbear.net 4 points 5 hours ago

I can tell you my experience! I'm in one of the larger west coast branches so YMMV in a small branch, or in the handful of branches even bigger than ours. I applied online August of last year, then what followed was:

nuts and bolts of onboarding, kinda long

  • Intro phone call getting to know you a bit - your political journey, interest in the party, etc. Then in my case, I was directed to the easiest way to plug into volunteer opportunities.
  • Was an active volunteer for a few months. This period varies wildly in length depending on a bunch of factors (recruitment needs, other competing priorities, etc). The party does tend to prioritize non-white, non-cis-male-presenting comrades in onboarding to avoid the chauvinistic tendencies of a lot of Western left groups, and to recruit from the segments of the working class with the most revolutionary potential. But the entirety of the applicant is considered, and I know people who volunteered for the better part of a year before joining, and some who were onboarded quite rapidly. Not something to take personally! And also, nothing wrong with staying a volunteer.
  • Two more meetings where you learn about the party's positions and what's expected of members, and after the second one you're a candidate member. Sometimes a meeting or two between these if they have further questions about you (again, not personal, just doing their job vetting). Unless you're interested in formal leadership, candidacy is much closer to full membership than not (def closer to it than being a volunteer). 
  • You take roughly 9-12 months of classes on the party's organizing strategy & the 101 of socialist history and theory, and then you're a full member assuming all goes well. This candidacy period is to ensure ideological alignment, to educate comrades who are new to socialism, and to train cadres on how PSL organizes. If you're already a theory head, a lot will be repeated and maybe even oversimplified info, but there is learning to be had regardless in collective study with comrades across all knowledge and experience levels! (For context, I'm currently still a candidate).

I followed the Alienated Too Online Communist to Touch Grass pipeline, but a lot of people are recruited through pre-existing organizing and the path might look ever-so-slightly different there (I think they probably skip the phone call screening?) Also in smaller branches/before streamlining some back end stuff, online applications were falling through the cracks a bit more often - if that happens to you, check out your local's Instagram and hit up an irl volunteer meeting to express interest there!

As far as workload expectation, while you can't be an "on-paper" member, there is a lot of flexibility in terms of what regularly showing up looks like for you. They understand that as a working class party, we have busy lives outside organizing just in terms of the daily hustle to survive. As long as you communicate about availability you should be good - I almost didn't join because I was scared of the commitment level, but A) a few comrades assuring me there's no quota and that there's flexibility and B) just realizing I was showing up as regularly as a volunteer as plenty of full members, made me decide membership was right for me (I still have intermittent self doubts though, that is extremely normal!!) 

And as far as social anxiety, that is an incredibly common social hurdle many of us face and a muscle that is built through practice and the collective support of your comrades. Social anxiety and other types of neurodivergence are insanely common in my local, I can't speak for everyone but I've always felt the Party is good at providing the structure and support systems to help build this skillset. And if you were to be around for the long haul, while I believe you'd definitely build a baseline aptitude with this, you may also find a more behind-the-scenes niche that plays to your more organic strengths.

Hope that was all helpful! Feel free to hmu with any questions and I'll try to answer to the best of my abilities and social capacity.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 3 points 4 hours ago

Thanks a bunch! Looks like for now, starting as a volunteer and feeling it out is best, hopefully it will grow from there in time. I appreciate it! And yea, I'd probably be a part of the "Alienated Too Online Communist to Touch Grass pipeline" too, haha.

[-] DoomBloomDialectic@hexbear.net 4 points 4 hours ago

best of luck comrade sankara-salute and nothing wrong with the pipeline, it's an increasingly common story among newer members. it means PSL's online reach/cred is growing, and hexbear, r/trueanon, and r/deprogram types need to be reached & activated too!!

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 4 hours ago

Yep! Seems like a common story and a good sign of increasing shifts. The quantitative buildup will result in a qualitative leap!

[-] tocopherol@hexbear.net 5 points 9 hours ago

Finally getting to watching the Tencent Three Body show, I'm liking it so far but some of the dialogue is great out of context, probably comes across better in Chinese

[-] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 7 points 10 hours ago

Was watching that terrible goosebumps series that came out a few months ago right after watching the last season of Cobra Kai, bored out of my mind and thinking "man... I bet these kids have absolute shit karate..."

[-] iArtemis@hexbear.net 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

funniest coincidence to come out of this is people hyping up mets memes to show support when they dead lost last night's game

[-] iArtemis@hexbear.net 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

like please don't put their luck anywhere near zohran, he seems like a nice guy

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 4 points 9 hours ago

As a Mets fan I second this.

[-] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago

Why do so many Chinese and Japanese political commentators take Trump and western politicians at their word about their political ideologies and aims? Do they not have politicians who misrepresent their views there?

[-] ThisMachinePostsHog@hexbear.net 11 points 15 hours ago

I'm 11 days sober (alcohol) for the first time in 2 years. The first few nights were hard, but each passing day gets easier after I've broken out of the cycle that I've been stuck in.

[-] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago

congrats, falling asleep without the help is the hardest part to get over (for me), keep it up! there's some difficulty humps to get over, it doesn't necessarily feel like a straight difficulty-downtrend... but it is only gonna get better! good work!

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 11 points 16 hours ago
[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 7 points 15 hours ago

still in hospital still attached to a wall

[-] halfpipe@hexbear.net 11 points 17 hours ago

We got to see an old school establishment Democrat with tens of millions in funding get rinsed by a 33 year old socialist. No matter what happens, I'm still happy.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 3 points 6 hours ago

The temper tantrum of amerikkkans is legendary.

If you live in New York, go on Twitter and look at how much these corn-syrup swilling American pigmen hate you. Use that as constant ragefuel to keep going.

Never feel bad for yanking the treats out of porky’s trotters. Seeing the pigs squeal is arguably the best part.

[-] homhom9000@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago

Me: electoralism is dead end

Also me: Get fucked Cuomo, Mamdani '25!!

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 6 points 15 hours ago

he's the same age I am? damn I should run for something.

[-] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 8 points 16 hours ago

arcane was hindered by being tied to league of legends settings, which works like 40k in that nothing ever happens and every faction has to follow core status quo (Noxus WILL Never truly lose hard enough to collapse, Zaun must always be the mad scientist city, Piltover must always stay rich etc)

[-] DoomBloomDialectic@hexbear.net 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

alright so today am i obligated to be marginally less blackpilled on electoralism? dark-grey pilled like some kind of industrial sludge? is that a thing? sludge-pilled, anyone??? is this anything????????

(congrats Zohran i’m glad nyc isn’t going to have skinnier, even-more-sex pest tony soprano for mayor)

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