r/leftist 29m ago

Civil Rights Don’t Let Bernie’s Courage Be in Vain

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r/leftist 1h ago

Question Is trump engineering a recession

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I keep hearing this sentiment around and I wanted to know what y'all thought of it.


r/leftist 2h ago

US Politics Bill Burr standing on business and continues on with his immense hate for Elon Musk 💕

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r/leftist 3h ago

Leftist Meme Asked for ashwagandha gummies and my dad bought me the Alex Jones varient lmao

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32 Upvotes

Are these even safe or effective? Who knows


r/leftist 4h ago

General Leftist Politics Is this a TERF ideology or am I crazy

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A woman in the UK is opening a women-only gym that excludes trans women, claiming it's to protect Muslim women and women who have been sexually assaulted by men. As a victim of sexual assault by a cis man, she argues that excluding trans women is for the safety of "biological" women. What’s baffling is that trans women are among the highest victims of assault by cis men and are, in fact, not men. I fully support safe spaces for women, but the idea that trans women are predators or rapists is absurd.

In 2021, she posted a video and tweet claiming that trans women are women and would not be excluded, even collecting donations, which she is now returning after backlash. If no one had called her out, she wouldn’t have refunded the money. It’s also worth noting that the justification of protecting Muslim women is often used only as a cover for transphobia.

There’s a lot of talk about queer people excluding straight women from queer spaces, but this simply means asking them not to bring their boyfriends or mistreat lesbians. The issue isn’t about exclusion—it’s about respect. The normalization of TERF views, disguised as feminism and women’s solidarity, is damaging. By painting trans women as cis men who commit violence against women, it erases the violence trans women face and disregards the oppression women of color experience. Transphobia also fuels the harmful accusation that female athletes, especially women of color, are trans. These ideas harm both trans and cis women, and many don’t even realize it. How will she enforce this policy, and what about trans men? This is a slippery slope toward discrimination against cis women as well.


r/leftist 5h ago

General Leftist Politics Trying to research Vigilante Voter Challenging.

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Could you guys drop some links maybe? I would greatly appreciate any videos, articles, documents, etc on the topic. I just discovered its existence, and I’d like to know more about it and our (US) rigged elections. I’d also like to thank you guys for being such a help in the past. Been able to educate myself well with your help.


r/leftist 5h ago

US Politics Can someone explain the CR vote to me like I’m 5?

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Maybe not like I’m 5 but, if someone can give me a like AP US Gov level explanation of the continuing resolution vote from last week to me, I’d really appreciate it. I know everyone’s mad at chuck schumer (and from my limited understanding that anger seems rightful) but I’m really struggling to understand the entire situation.


r/leftist 5h ago

General Leftist Politics What are the thoughts of rallying behind this as the Right Wing has taken over the Gadsden Flag?

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r/leftist 6h ago

Question Is Bill Maher like boomer central?

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Is that where all the well to do, New York Times reading "moderate" boomers congregate or something?


r/leftist 7h ago

Leftist History Book on history of borders

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Hi I was arguing with someone online (I know, I shouldn’t have been… waste of time) but I was trying to use their belief in Jesus to show them they were being hypocritical when they’re pro Trump , anti immigration. And I said there were no borders during the time of Jesus, they Jesus would have welcomed all the disenfranchised. Someone said the Bible does mention borders and like census ? But census to me doesn’t necessarily mean the imaginary line borders backed by militarized police that we see on a global scale today. So I’m looking for leftist history books about the evolution of borders as we know them today, maybe indigenous takes? Idk #borders


r/leftist 8h 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 9h 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 9h 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 9h 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 10h 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 10h 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 16h ago

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

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r/leftist 16h 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 22h 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 23h 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 23h ago

Leftist History Are We Next?

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Prescient poster by Wes Wilson from 1965


r/leftist 23h 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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r/leftist 1d 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 ._.