Hello and welcome to back to our groups time honored tradition the Weekly Discussion Thread. Please [Make witty comment here, man it would be embarrassing if I forgot to fill this section when I post, I hope no one calls me out on it]. And enjoy our Weekly Discussion Thread
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• Theory discussion group now on Lemmygrad
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Drawings from the app Wplace
- From Russia
- From Vietnam
- From my Mexico(from our little marxist reading club)
okay there is nothing cringier than having NFL games outside the US and still having to play the US national anthem. why the hell they’re waving american flags in brazil? why is mr beast hosting this?
信仰之光 Marxist Literature Collection Exhibition, organized by the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute, opened at Nanjing Library on July 1, 2025, showcasing nearly 400 items including rare manuscripts by Marx and Engels.
Recently saw Ne Zha 2 and have started listening to Kneecap. Can confirm both are great and highly recommend.
where did you watch Ne zha?
It’s out in theaters in the US! Dubbed version mind you, but that was probably easier for our kiddo anyway.
Johnny keep walking! (年会不能停!), a chinese comedy/satire of corporate culture in China. Might be the most interesting film you see this year, it is a comedy with a great critique of corporate culture and the struggle between finance pilled leadership against production oriented leadership. You can find the movie on youtube but it’s muted in some parts to avoid copyright infringement i guess, i couldn’t find it in the pirate bay so if anyone can find please reply to me, i’ll try writing a review tomorrow it’s truly a great movie and you’ll likely never hear from it in western media.
Think I’m done with Dutch football. It has been hijacked by neonazi’s and there is no left wing club like we have in Belgium with Standard and Union for example. They can all go fuck themselves.
From protests against Gentrification in Mexico
While traveling I have reached a location where my mobile internet decided it could not possibly reach, so apart from camp site wifi I have no connection to the outside world. It is refreshing. Really makes you feel like you need to go out yourself and see what happens. No checking the reviews before entering something, just go and find out.
It was even better when I strolled into town and found the place plastered with GOOD NIGHT WHITE PRIDE stickers and other left wing shit. Some pretty cool people around here. Good for comrade networking.
Glad to be back on Lemmygrad again after such a long time, almost a year in fact. I really love this website and it’s community. I’ve made sure to back up the data from my password manager so I don’t lock myself out of my account again. I hope all of you comrades are having a good week.
Is there any advantagea for an EU state citizen to have their kids in the US for citizenship? I can only think of downsides tbh, don’t rich people literally give away their US citizenship because of tax issues? Idk seems stupid to me?
I know dual citizens who only lived in the US as babies and yet they have to pay US taxes on top of their own country’s taxes. And denouncing your US citizenship costs a lot of money, so they’re stuck.
also may not even exempt you from paying yankee taxes lol
greasy used car dealer of a country
At minimum you have to pay for 5 years or the rest of your life.
i gotta get a job man
Comrades, New Update on Indonesian Protests, as of right now the situation is calm and conducive, War Criminal prabowo Is still a Moron Btw. Oh and also a Demand been trending Online calld 17+8.
Demands :
-Short-term demands
•To the President: Pull the Armed Forces out of the civil law enforcement and ensure no criminalization of protesters Create an independent investigation commission on the cases of Affan Kurniawan, Umar Amarudin, and other victims of police brutality during the 28-30 August protest with clear mandate and transparency
•To the People’s Representative Council Freeze the pay raise and perks to the representatives and cancelation of new facilities (including pensions) Transparency of publication of funds Demand the Honorary Body of the People’s Representatives Council to probe into scandalous representatives
•To the Chairperson of Political Parties Sacking and sanction to unethical cadres in the People’s Representatives Council that were responsible for the unrest Announce the commitment of political parties to side with the people during crisis Involve every cadres for public dialogue with students and civil organizations
•To the Police Forces Free all detained protesters End to police brutality and adherence to standard operating procedure on demonstration Arrest and bring all officers and commanders who was involved in human rights violations to justice
•To the Armed Forces Return to barracks and cease the involvement in civil law enforcement Uphold internal discipline to prevent armed forces meddling with police affairs Public commitment of armed forces not to enter civilian space during democratic crises •To the Ministers in the economic sector Ensure reasonable wages to every workforces nationwide Take emergency measures to prevent mass layoffs and protect every contract laborers Open dialogue with labor unions
-Long-term demands
•Total cleansing and reform to the People’s Representatives Council Conduct independent audits and have the results publicized to the people. Increase the standards of preconditions to qualify as a member of parliament (i.e. no prior corruption cases) and standardize a KPI for evaluating every member. Remove any special privileges: Life pensions, special transportation and escorts, and taxes covered by the State Budget.
•Political parties reform and strengthen the executive watch Political parties must publish their first financial statements within this year, and DPR must ensure that the Opposition must function as it was supposed to.
•Draft fairer tax reform plan Reconsider the balance of transferring the State Budget from the central government to local governments. Repeal plans to increase taxes that may burden the people and draft a plan for a fairer tax reform. •Pass and uphold the Asset Seizure Draft Bill House of Representatives must pass the Asset Seizure Draft Bill within this year to demonstrate serious commitments to fight corruption in conjunction with strengthening the Corruption Eradication Commission and the Corruption Eradication Act
•Leadership and systemic reform to the police forces to achieve more professional and humanist policing DPR must reform the Police Act. The police must decentralize their functions: public enforcement, security, traffic control within 12 months for starters.
•Return the armed forces to the barracks without exception The government must revoke the mandate bestowed to the Indonesian National Armed Forces in civilian projects such as in large scale farming (food estate) within this year, and DPR must start to revise the Armed Forces Act
•Strengthen the National Commission on Human Rights and independent watchdogs DPR must revise the National Commission of Human Rights Act to broaden their responsibilities on freedom of speech. President must empower Ombudsman and Kompolnas
•Review policies from the economic and labor sectors Seriously review national strategic projects (PSN) and economic priorities by protecting the rights of indigenous people and the environment. Reevaluate the Omnibus Law on Job Creation that burdens the people especially workers, and audit the governance of Danantara and state owned enterprises.
What is Your Opinions Comrades ?
It’s a start. By making small demands, the hope may be to radicalize folks when the government inevitably fails to deliver on them. I’m sadly not optimistic about Indo in the short or medium term, but would love to be surprised.
Hello all.
Belgium will recognize the state of Palestine soon and will take measures against Israel
While not perfect, it goes to show that getting out in the street helps
I thought your PM was dead set aganst it
He probably still is and this deal is a compromise at best but it’s something. It will allow for sanctions against Israel.
Hello! It’s nice going stargazing
If only I lived somewhere with no light pollution
I hope one day you can get a chance to see them, somewhere without light pollution! It doesn’t help light pollution is growing in lots of places.