Every major Palestinian political figure part of the resistance will remain jailed as all of this is, as always, on imperialist terms. Even if Hamas will try to bring negotiations to their advantage as much as possible, it will mean no more than minuscule concessions. An "erasure of Palestinian politics", to paraphrase Vijay Prashad. Regardless, "ceasefire", because it really is no more than that when we're speaking of settler colonialism and genocide. The Oslo Accords were always a joke, as history teaches us that you don't "negotiate", or "engage in dialogue" with oppressors; you resist and crush them. Yet watch the "international community" rhetorically invoke the "two state solution" again in 3....

I didn't, really. Barely ever used Reddit to begin with. I just wanted a platform to chat and engage with every now and then, and this federated, decentralized alternative is principally superior and is a historical necessity. The reason you "struggle" is because Reddit wants to keep you trapped in its ecosystem and addicted by centralizing online communication spaces.

Already wrote this somewhere else, but might well share it here: Reddit is a cesspool US deep state cut-out propaganda and censorship platform like all of these US-based platforms are, they answer to the US state dept and empire and we all know it. Doesn’t matter if it’s META, X or Reddit (and fuck, Google and YouTube obviously) - they all follow the same line. They’ll crack down on leftist subs, even r/russia due to the official US position, yet keep racist Western subs around (like r/europe) and other liberal shitholes of all kinds I don’t give a shit to even name or remember, even fascist subs and of course the genocide apologists on r/“israel”.

If we do the math with the official death toll so far into this genocide, it amounts to one Palestinian killed by the Zionist entity roughly around this minute mark every hour. But I don't think there's any place for an "or" in this matter, as injury is, let's be real, pretty much constant with the relentless destruction and massacre that the settler colonial Zionist entity constantly engages in. It also doesn't even take into account gradual injury due to disease, starvation, and lack of healthcare.

This is an incredibly naïve understanding of how branding and human cognition work. To claim a corporate logo is a "neutral placeholder" is to ignore the entire multi-trillion dollar industry of marketing and the last century of psychological research.

A logo is not a "placeholder" but instead it's the visual distillation of a brand's entire propaganda campaign.

Every commercial, billboard, and sponsored post you've ever seen for that brand has worked to create a subconscious association between that symbol and a set of feelings, aspirations, or identities (Nike = "achievement", Coca Cola = "taste", Apple = "innovation/creativity", and whatever other crap). Seeing the logo fires that neural pathway without the "prerequisite" for a full ad. The commercial already happened in our heads, across years. And it still constantly does under capitalism, hence commodity fetishism is a thing.

The primary goal of all advertising is not to make you buy something right now, but to ensure their brand is the first one you think of when you have a need. A logo constantly flashing in your visual field does exactly that. It's a maintenance ad, whether deliberate or not, keeping the brand's presence active in your subconsciousness.

It is a territorial claim on mental space, and by arguing that their symbols have a right to exist in our public and digital spaces "just for identification," corporations are claiming a right to permanent, free real estate in our minds.

It's almost like calling a national flag of any country "just a piece of colored cloth" because it ignores the immense weight of symbolic meaning, cultural conditioning, and ideological power that whatever given symbol carries. In this case, it's a flag that flies not for a nation or people but for the empire of capital. Even if it was a defunct company, it still once served this purpose, even if now "retired."

Not really "Games" related, but besides well established Marxist channels like Hakim, Lady Izdhihar, and Yugopnik, as well as news outlets like Breakthrough news, Mintpress, Grayzone, Mondoweiss, etc.. Some of mine but far from all:

Indie Nile is pretty good. A Palestinian drag artist who makes videos talking about Palestine, the Zionist entity and Western double-standards.

This guy is very informative when it comes to the perspective of the former eastern Ukraine which were liberated, particularly Mariupol and countering Western propaganda regarding the proxy war. Not explicitly a leftist but still enjoyable to watch.

DPRK Explained for learning about the DPRK.

Another DPRK channel

A channel uploading old radio broadcasts mostly from West Asia and North Africa, but also others including Cuba The Libyan Jamahiriya uploads are of particular interest, and there are also ones from various SSRs.

Channel archiving and preserving Jamahiriya-era Libyan revolutionary media, very important.

Mostly shorts-content based news channel focusing on the AES Sahel states recommended for those wanting to keep up with the news there. Not perfect but provides a good overview for further reading.

Channel about Mahmoud Darwish poetry

Ambient videos based on historical scenes and atmospheres

Tell me reformism is a dead end without telling me reformism is a dead end

It's so refreshing to see France, and more broadly the West, having its own rhetoric used against it. This time it comes from the victim and is actually true instead of being an empty projection. The same nation that "they should to be grateful towards", in the neocolonialist Macron's words, is complicit in a continuing regional proxy insurgency beginning in Mali in 2007 (funnily enough, the same year that AFRICOM was founded) that only snowballed following the 2011 NATO invasion of Libya. The AES are rolling out military equipment and increasing spending + training at a rapid pace, and Burkina Faso's military spending alone has practically doubled since 2022. Though so far we are still only bearing witness to the early phase of the AES, as complete national liberation will take time. Even the soon-to-be rump statelet of Ukraine is now doing much of the West's dirty work in Africa, a useful testing ground for drone warfare in its own proxy conflict..