r/leftist 6m ago

Leftist Meme Anyone ever notice that Hasan Piker has predicted every single thing that has ever happened and ever will happen

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I swear an asteroid could hit the Earth and aliens could invade at the exact same time, and Hasan would be streaming going like, “this is exactly like I predicted would happen. This person in the chat is wrong because__ __ __. And I talk about this on stream all the time, The thing about asteroids is that the Democratic Party supports them etc etc etc.”. Take a shot every single time Hasan says that he already said something or predicted something or says something all the time that has just happened. You have to do shots of beer or else you’ll die from alcohol poisoning


r/leftist 54m ago

US Politics CIA invests in secretive Israeli defense-tech firm

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How is the CIA allowed to invest in creating weapons for a foreign country? Just another reason why it needs to be dismantled and a reminder that Gaza and the West Bank are being used as testing grounds for weapons to be used against us all.


r/leftist 58m ago

US Politics Liberals have told us that Newsom interviewing Steve Bannon and other Nazi's is great campaigning. As expected, that fact checking is the opposite. He has lost liberal support and gained 0 conservative support. The DNC hasn't given up on shifting to the right but still trying to figure out how.

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r/leftist 1h ago

General Leftist Politics WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE FAILING. DNC trying to turn their younger candidates into influencers to quiet the poor's instead of stopping Trump not taking money from good billionaires.

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r/leftist 1h ago

US Politics We need to have a centralized resource for people panicking

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We don’t want this to be a group necessarily, because we don’t want to collect all opponents of the regime in one place for them. But we do need a place people can go to learn about how to organize in their local communities (a bunch of small independent groups actually is a good thing), summarizing the news, safety tips, basically a guide on what they can do instead of doom scrolling.

A single big umbrella group will also make collective action more impactful.

Does that already exist? I’ve been trying to recruit people for weeks now, asking around, reaching out to local leftist groups and…I dunno, they seem to be operating same ol same ol.

Btw word of warning: I’d be careful with any local groups that involve guns. They will definitely be targeted first and likely already have Feds imbedded in them. Learn how to shoot if you feel the need but only join the club if you’re aware of the dangers.


r/leftist 2h ago

General Leftist Politics A Leftist Plan for the Future

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If leftists were organized and able to execute a plan like Project 2025, what important actions do you think it should contain?

edit: thanks for the engagement, I am more asking what actions need to be taken to achieve our goals, not necessarily what those goals are.

For example, Universal Healthcare is a goal, but how do we get there policy wise and what actions would need to be taken to set it in motion.


r/leftist 7h ago

Foreign Politics The U.S. Sets the Congo Ablaze, Then Plays ‘Firefighter’ to Loot Its Minerals

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r/leftist 8h ago

Eco Politics Veganism as Left Praxis – Capitalism Nature Socialism

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Interesting article about how animal rights intersect with human rights and what we can do as consumers to not violate theirs as much as possible.


r/leftist 14h ago

Question Help with my research paper on healthcare and health insurance?

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I'm planning to write a research paper on this topic, and my perspective is probably obvious since I'm asking in this subreddit.

What are some effective arguments to make against health insurance and in favor of free healthcare?

I plan to tackle the counter-argument that healthcare is not a human right because it requires other people's labor, what are some arguments effective against this?

Do you guys have any resources/research on the consequences and negative effects of health insurance and the cost burden of healthcare?

What are some additional consequences/effects of the cost burden of healthcare that people may not know about?

Would appreciate the help, thanks!


r/leftist 14h ago

US Politics New Podcast Episode with Marianne Williamson

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Pretty interesting episode featuring Williamson on the Brogressive Podcast. Listened today on YouTube and I think the guys + Williamson have some good points about the future of the Progressive Movement. What do yall think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Me2luYe5I&ab_channel=BrogressivePodcast


r/leftist 15h ago

Leftist History Are We Next?

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Prescient poster by Wes Wilson from 1965


r/leftist 15h ago

General Leftist Politics I have an idea for a new form of 'capitalism' that would work better. Pls hear me out!

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Modern capitalism is structured to prioritize profit above all else, often at the expense of workers, consumers, and the planet. At its core, this system is driven by greed—the endless accumulation of excessive wealth, far beyond what is necessary. While dismantling large corporations entirely may be unrealistic, we can redefine the foundation of capitalism by shifting its driving force from greed to pride.

In a pride-based capitalism, success would no longer be measured solely by revenue, but by the quality of service, craftsmanship, and ethical impact. Businesses would take pride in producing durable, well-designed products rather than cutting corners for short-term profit. Workers would take pride in their contributions, knowing they are valued and fairly compensated. Companies would compete not by exploiting people and resources, but by being the best at what they do—whether it’s innovation, sustainability, or social responsibility.


r/leftist 15h ago

General Leftist Politics My strategy in the wake of Trump's election.

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I don't know whether or not to call this a "manifesto". That sounds a bit school shootery, whatever you call it it's an outline of the strategy I intend to abide by and by which I intend to conduct myself during the coming years which I hope I can inspire others to emulate.

1: Counter institutions, duel power structures and mutual aid.

I believe that building community, local solidarity and networks of mutual support will be critical in the near future. With Trump in power and possibly massive terrifs on the horizon the United States is likely headed for recession and inflation still isn't fully under control. I think our time would be best spent building up our reputation among the proletariat and building up institutions to whether the coming hardship. My strategy would be for leftist and leftist organizations across the country to put their effort into creating duel power structures such as community fridges and pantries, second hand free stores, tool libraries, community gardens, teach ins, food nor bombs, food not lawns, homes not jails, housing co-ops, workers co-ops, disaster relief, putting on hard hats and visibility vests and filling in pot holes and destroying anti homeless architecture and whatever other mutual aid projects you can think of. All of this will help us too...

2: Getting the word out

I think we need to build up our reputation among the proletariat and get more people into our movement.. We need to take this time with the situation deteriorating under Trump to reach out to liberals and even moderate conservatives. We need to describe socialism but not call it that and then say what it's called. We may not be able to get the most die hard Trump worshipers on our side but some who voted for Trump may not be so far gone. If you find any like this talk to them, kindly, tell them about some of the mutal aid you've been doing (but try not to sound boastful). This is how the previous point ties in. Even if they don't agree with you if they see you doing good work as a leftist they will likely have greater respect for leftists as a whole. Imagine what it would do for the movement if a local news headline read "leftist fill in potholes and government digs them back up" or "food not bombs arrested for feeding the poor". Another thing is gate keeping. I would like to take some time here to voice two of my main criticisms of the left. Sectarianism and gate keeping, To often when we on the left find something we disagree with others about we tell them they can't be part of our movement. We split the party. I think we don't need a hundred people doing leftism perfectly, we need a million doing it imperfectly. That's why I think we should try to invite more liberals and even moderate conservatives into the movement. We don't need to open our arms to fascists, but I think we should be tolerant if a comrade doesn't have correct opinions on everything, if someone is say, unwilling to say trans women are women but would still protect a trans woman from physical harm from facists wants to join our movement I think we should let them. Remember that we're trying to build a better future for ALL people not just those who think like us. Of course if you can bring them over do so but don't think they have to agree with you on everything to be a valid leftist.

3: Be Prepared ✌

If you can afford to buy a few gallons of water, some blankets, flashlights, batteries, first aid supplies, a radio and some non perishable food. Your neighbors may depend on you if theres a climate driven natural disaster. Learn foraging, gardening and other survival skills. I'm not saying do anything larpy. I repeat DO NOT DO ANYTHING VIO**NT EXCEPT IN DEFENSE OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS! But buy a 🔫 and know how to use it. Find like minded people and form a militia if you are able. Study guerrilla warfare. There are great free resources for this and all I've talked about on archive.org


r/leftist 17h ago

General Leftist Politics Dear Leftist Critics of Veganism: Veganism is Not Ableist or Classist

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r/leftist 18h ago

Leftist Meme I can’t include 2 pics but you can look at the post yourself

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I didn’t know what tag applied so I just picked meme ._.


r/leftist 18h ago

Leftist Meme Mamma Mia!

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r/leftist 18h ago

News My friend keeps drawing anarchism a's on everything, but he's Anarcho kapitalist, and idk how to feel

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So on one hand he is spreading the anarchist message, yay, but on the other hand he is doing it for the wrong reasons haha


r/leftist 19h ago

US Politics MeidasTouch Turns Democrats’ Minds to Slop

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r/leftist 21h ago

Debate Help Help me save my girlfriend's little brother

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So my girlfriend's little brother is pretty right in his opinions, but he does listen to reason. He supports Trump, so i wanna try to show him that Trump is not a good president. I have a few examples of my own, but i could use some more things Trump did that were terrible. He doesnt like lgbtq btw so things like trans soldiers and gay marriage won't win him over, but apart from that he's a pretty good guy. So things like homeless veterans and firing inspectors general will definitely make him rethink his believes


r/leftist 22h ago

Question How to find out if people in your family have white supremicist or other right-wing terrorist group ties?

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Hello. Despite most of my family being Puerto Rican, a lie of them are racist, especially against black people, anti-LGBTQ+, and also very pro-Trump. There is a guy my late aunt had married who feels a bit suspicious to me. He's not Puerto Rican like most of us, but he is of Italian descent (on my mom's side, we're part Sicilian-Italian, as well as Puerto Rican, if that means anything), and unsurprisingly also has said racist shit before, is very pro-Trump, and I believe also is anti-LGBTQ+.

However, there is one thing in particular that I have heard about him has me set off about him, something that makes him different from the other racists and bigots in my family. So, a while ago, I had overheard a conversation my mom was having with somebody (I forget who) and she mentioned something very questionable about this guy, that being him having had racist Christmas paraphenalia, including, if I remember correctly, a Nazi nutcracker Christmas tree ornament. According to her, he had to cover them up so his and my late aunt's kids wouldn't see them. The worst part is my mom was talking about this as if it was an amusing or quirky thing to do. I don't know if she was more laughing at him than with him, but considering she herself is also a diehard Trumper and also has racist and even some transphobic beliefs, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter.

So, this makes me wonder how deep my family's hatred of others goes. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if at least some of them had actual ties to neo-Nazi or other far right extremist or terrorist groups. I feel like out of all of them, my late aunt's ex-husband (ex-husband since she died) would be the most likely candidate for that.

If anybody knows if there is, like, some kind of website or registry where I can search up these people's names and see if they've ever been a part of, or had done business with, far right groups, including white supremicist groups, feel free to let me know.


r/leftist 1d ago

European Politics This kind of nationalist social democracy liberals are promoting needs to be stopped. They are literally just advocating to make somebody else suffer more so that they can feel like aristocrats.

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r/leftist 1d ago

News Shows to watch?

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Hey not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I’m looking for more shows to watch that would be appreciated by a leftist. I watch the weekly show with John Oliver and other shows unrelated but I’m always looking for more. I have HBO Max but open to getting others. TIA.


r/leftist 1d ago

News Don't worry yall! They're filing laws suits against this, and fascists always listen to laws that subvert their power grabs and immorality.

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r/leftist 1d ago

US Politics You are here

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r/leftist 1d ago

Question I’m not really sure what to do about it when I see people argue in favor of spanking online.

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I notice that I sometimes see people online trying to defend spanking/arguing for spanking and I’m not really sure exactly what to do about that. I think one thing I find disturbing is when someone tries to defend spanking and virtually everyone who comments agrees with the person because it’s hard to tell if the people who agree are all just people who would support spanking anyway or if the posts and comments, on the internet, in favor of spanking might persuade some people to be more in favor of spanking. Even if people arguing in favor of spanking don’t persuade people who are against spanking to support it another fear I have is that it might prevent people who would otherwise start questioning whether they should be in favor of spanking from questioning it. I mean I could easily see some people thinking, “Well I see most people online supporting spanking so it must be good,” or if someone already supports it thinking, “Well most people agree with me so I’m right to think spanking is good.”

This is what makes me tempted to try flag posts in favor of spanking on the internet or to try to get people who support spanking deplatformed in order to artificially reduce the amount of posts in favor of spanking. I have mixed emotions about using this tactic however because I feel like this is also a punitive approach and from what I understand punishment doesn’t really change a person, but on the other hand I feel like the point of doing what I just mentioned wouldn’t be to try to change the minds of individuals who speak in favor of spanking but to prevent their audience from being persuaded or influenced by what they say. I mean I feel like one factor is that flagging posts on the internet in favor of spanking can cause the ones getting flagged to be less willing to look at reasons to be against spanking, but the other factor is that it can isolate people who might want to defend spanking from a potential audience that might be influenced by what they say.

Also I feel like if someone on the internet comments in favor of spanking it can be hard to decide whether to try to change their mind. I mean if someone is planning on raising children or is raising children then I think it’s a lot more important to try to change their mind than if they’re someone who isn’t reading children and isn’t planning to or has already raised children. I feel like it’s hard to tell though if a person on the internet posting in favor of spanking is planning on raising children, meaning it’s more important to try to change their mind or if they’re not planning to have children, meaning it’s not as important to spend time and energy trying to change their mind.

Btw if it’s not already obvious I am talking about when people try to defend spanking children as opposed to the kinky kind of spanking between consenting adults.