It’s such a well know piece of software now, I can’t believe that’s even an issue. The other definition of the word probably has a fraction of the people who know about it.

The post title comes from something Michael Parenti said: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11292604-communism-ladies-and-gentlemen-i-say-it-without-flinching

The tweet is the tweet. The only context needed is the apathy and chauvinism of the Amerikkkan populace.

I’m glad this was written and I get so frustrated seeing so many people talk so much shit about Venezuela that is obviously false. One can listen to so many people in Venezuela who have reiterated and shown over and over again that the government was not “overthrown”, but people have such unserious politics. You can also see Jorge Arreaza talk about the situation with Max Blumenthal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3tkbNB13bE

I think the internet makes their job a lot harder, even if it seemingly simultaneously makes it a lot easier lol.

Thanks for posting this!

Not selling to Israel could make all the other right-wing countries they sell to nervous. But stuff like this from China is such a betrayal. About as much of one as Vietnam buying arms from Israel. It sucks that the only principled countries are the ones that are the most targeted by the US, and have the least capability to help others (although they certainly do what they can, like the Cuban doctors program, or Yemen keeping Palestine close).

Pretty much no consequences for anyone supporting and allowing the genocide to continue. With Russia-Ukraine, they obviously didn’t want to piss off either side, because they’ve got customers on both sides they want to sell to. But every ruling class knows that there are no consequences for getting in on the action killing Palestinians. And Palestinians aren’t a market they can make a handsome profit in.