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"The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which 'we', the clever ones, are going to impose upon 'them', the Lower Orders."

-- George Orwell
[Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author

Quotation by George Orwell

"The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which 'we', the clever ones, are going to impose upon 'them', …
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Ansarullah Political Bureau condemns Israeli heinous massacre in Khan Yunis en.ypagency.net/359812

Ansarullah Political Bureau condemns Israeli heinous massacre in Khan Yunis

SANAA, June 17 (YPA) - Ansarullah Political Bureau strongly condemned on Tuesday the Israeli occupation's heinous massacre in Khan Yunis, which resulted in dozens of martyrs and hundreds of wounded.In a statement, the official considered the horrific
احسن (Yemen Press Agency)

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"Marx’s Kapital is not a treatise on socialism; it is a gerrymand against the bourgeoisie. It was supposed to be written for the working class, but the working man respects the bourgeoisie and wants to be a bourgeoisie. Marx never got a hold of him for a moment. It was the revolting sons of the bourgeoisie itself, like myself, that painted the flag red. The middle and upper classes are the revolutionary element in society. The proletariat is the conservative element."

Quotation by George Bernard Shaw

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BREAKING: Ohio woman sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for defrauding the COVID relief funds program.

Lorie A. Schaefer, illegally obtained more than $1.9 MILLION in COVID relief funds by fraudulently claiming affiliation with local restaurants in order to receive payments. She reportedly spent the money on liposuction, home renovations, vehicles, and property.

She also assisted a co-defendant in fraudulently receiving more than $980,000.

Imagine how much more fraud there is. It all needs to be investigated.

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Othmane Benafan is a NASA engineer whose work is literally reshaping how we use aerospace materials — he creates metals that can shape shift. Benafan, a materials research engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, creates metals called shape memory alloys that are custom-made to solve some of the most pressing challenges of space […]

Career Exploration: Using Ingenuity and Innovation to Create ‘Memory Metals’ - NASA

Justin Locke (NASA)

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With only 2 weeks of funding left, US group tracking Russian abduction of Ukrainian children prepares to shut down

With only 2 weeks of funding left, US group tracking Russian abduction of Ukrainian children prepares to shut down

"Right now, we are running on fumes," Nathaniel Raymond, the lab's executive director, told CNN. "As of July 1, we lay off all of our staff across Ukraine and other teams, and our work tracking the kids officially ends."
Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
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Zorsith

Full sets of matching cookware. Its almost always a bunch of display junk that never gets used. Buy your stuff as individual pieces, you'll likely have nicer quality. This goes for pots, pans, knives, silverware, spatulas, damn near everything cooking related.

Personal opinion, all-clad is overrated. Their skillet/saucepan handles are shit and hurt to hold for longer cooking sessions.

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thermal_shock

You tell me! You asked, so it seems like you have a different definition. Also I'm not the op you originally asked, I'm not going to answer for them, but seems they were very clear.

Whether they mean the same and how society accepts definitions of words are completely different. Do you call your mom a female or a woman? Because female would be insulting in my opinion.

In a more scientific environment absolutely female and woman could mean exactly the same and have no difference. But in society if you call a woman a female I would not care if she slapped the shit out of you.

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screenshot from al jazeera. im surprised al jazeera doesn't have anyone editing the live feed that understands the difference between the Caliphs and Imams but oh well.
What the comment implies, is no matter the size of the army, the followers of Imam Ali never back down in the fight for good.
Clearly, nobody has done any research at all on the Iranians lol.
from Al Jazeera: "‘The battle begins,’ says Iran’s supreme leader In his first statement since Trump’s threat to assassinate him, Ali Khamenei writes on X: “In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins.” Haidar is an alternative name for Imam Ali, the fourth Muslim caliph and a revered figure in Shia Islam. The war has been raging since Friday morning, so it is not clear what the Iranian leader means with his comment, and whether it signals the start of more intense Iranian attacks."
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Ech

Lol, the cognitive dissonance of whining about capitalism because their vidya game got a little more expensive. Not only is the entitlement and hypocrisy off the charts, there are so many ways to play games for cheap and/or free, the criticism is entirely moot. Don't like the price a company is asking for for an entirely optional commodity? Don't fucking pay it. It's not that hard.

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Jump Ship Demo is Live!
I've been interested in trying this game out ever since they posted some early gameplay footage over a year ago. Looks kind of like a mix between Star Citizen (in and out of ship gameplay), Helldivers (4 player co-op/PvE missions), and Sea of Thieves.

Jump Ship Demo on Steam

Jump Ship is a mission based co-op PvE for up to 4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks.
store.steampowered.com

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Nintendo Switch 2 Hacked in 48 Hours — But Here’s Why It’s Just the Beginning

Nintendo Switch 2 Hacked in 48 Hours — But Here’s Why It’s Just the Beginning

A harmless green line on the screen may have just opened the floodgates for hackers — inside the first real exploit on Nintendo’s most secure console yet. It took less than 48 hours for hackers to…
Aaron (InfoSec Write-ups)

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What people miss about Steam Deck's "loss" to Nintendo

It’s silly to compare Switch 2 sales to Steam Deck sales.

The Switch 2 is a locked-down, vertically integrated platform. There are no ROG Switch 2s. No Lenovo Switch 2s. No Switch laptops or tower PCs with discrete GPUs. If you want to play Mario Kart World, your only option is to buy a Switch 2. Period.

Steam Deck, by contrast, isn’t a platform. It’s just one hardware option—one entry point into the sprawling, open ecosystem known as PC gaming.

Every year, around 245 million PCs are shipped globally. If even 20–25% of those are gaming-focused, that’s 49–61 million gaming PCs annually. Steam Deck is a sliver of that. So of course it won’t outsell a console that’s the only gateway to a major IP.

But that’s exactly the point.

PC gaming is too decentralized for any single device to dominate. The last “PC” that did was the Commodore 64, which sold 12.5–17 million units over 12 years because it was a self-contained platform, unlike modern Windows, Mac, or Linux machines.

That the Steam Deck has sold 4 million units despite competing with every other gaming PC in existence is remarkable. It didn’t just sell—it legitimized a category. Handheld PC gaming is now a thing. That’s why Lenovo, ASUS, and MSI have followed. Even Microsoft is getting in, optimizing Windows for handhelds—something they would never have done if the Steam Deck didn't hold their feet to the fire.

So no, Steam Deck didn’t outsell the Switch 2. It didn’t need to.

It won by changing the landscape.

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YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content. Videos are allowed if "freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk"

YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content

The Google-owned site has provided moderators with new guidelines and training on how to deal with inflammatory content that breaks YouTube's code of conduct, writes The New...
Rob Thubron (TechSpot)

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New Carnivore Community does not like opposing opinions

feddit.org/post/13994826/71651…

Everything I downvoted was because I genuinely do not think it's good. Like meat is not going to cure cancer.

I actually really like eating meat I just try to life a life that gives others room to enjoy this earth too without mutually destroying it.

Please tell me how I am the asshole 😀

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Universal Monk

I think you’re making it out to be a bigger deal than it actually is.


Well, the developers did make it a feature to be able to ban based on voting.

We didn't always have that feature, it's relatively new. So I guess there were enough people asking for it that it became a thing. Also, you yourself mentioned that you were troubled at seeing the "normalization" of the practice, so obviously there are enough people seeing it as an issue that you have noticed it.

Also, you put too much value into the meaning of votes.


Again, I'd love if Lemmy got rid of the option to upvote/downvote. And just for background, I once had a guy who would take screen shots of how many dowvotes I had on my posts, then post that screenshot, and laugh about it and use that to argue to others that they should just bully me off of Lemmy. I won't say his name here, but he still mentions my name a lot. lol

Learn to deal with criticism.


There's criticism, and then there's the weird stalker types that seem to be on Lemmy that become serial downvoters. There are even some that create downvoting bots. Yeah, bots just to downvote. That has also been an issue that admin had to work on.

No voting at all, would solve it though!

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propitiouspanda

Yeah, we need to make sure people like you and ideas like yours infest as few communities as possible.

You're clearly not mature enough to handle anonymous discourse on the internet, so you need to have tools in place to abuse your power against those you don't like.

I'm going to ignore you now. Hopefully we don't have to cross paths again and I never have the displeasure of seeing one of your censored communities.

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Any foods you prefer or can't stand depending on whether they are raw, fresh, pickled, cooked etc?

I thought I hated capsicum most of my life but lately (past my mid 30s) I've come to actually really like it raw. As in salads or sandwiches. I'm enjoying that. As a child my parents would add it frequently to meals but it would always be cooked and I was never a fan.

Or mushrooms for example. I love them almost any way except preserved. If they came from inside a tin or jar with long shelf life the taste is just horrendous.

Similar for artichokes, they must be fresh.

I love sesame seeds, but I absolutely hate sesame seed oil and I can't understand why. The taste is so different.

Curious about yours. Any similar examples?

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With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, F.D.A. will Use A.I. in Drug Approvals to ‘Radically Increase Efficiency’

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The Food and Drug Administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to “radically increase efficiency” in deciding whether to approve new drugs and devices, one of several top priorities laid out in an article published Tuesday in JAMA.

Another initiative involves a review of chemicals and other “concerning ingredients” that appear in U.S. food but not in the food of other developed nations. And officials want to speed up the final stages of making a drug or medical device approval decision to mere weeks, citing the success of Operation Warp Speed during the Covid pandemic when workers raced to curb a spiraling death count.

“The F.D.A. will be focused on delivering faster cures and meaningful treatments for patients, especially those with neglected and rare diseases, healthier food for children and common-sense approaches to rebuild the public trust,” Dr. Marty Makary, the agency commissioner, and Dr. Vinay Prasad, who leads the division that oversees vaccines and gene therapy, wrote in the JAMA article.

The agency plays a central role in pursuing the agenda of the U.S. health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and it has already begun to press food makers to eliminate artificial food dyes. The new road map also underscores the Trump administration’s efforts to smooth the way for major industries with an array of efforts aimed at getting products to pharmacies and store shelves quickly.

Some aspects of the proposals outlined in JAMA were met with skepticism, particularly the idea that artificial intelligence is up to the task of shearing months or years from the painstaking work of examining applications that companies submit when seeking approval for a drug or high-risk medical device.

“I don’t want to be dismissive of speeding reviews at the F.D.A.,” said Stephen Holland, a lawyer who formerly advised the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on health care. “I think that there is great potential here, but I’m not seeing the beef yet.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/health/fda-drug-approvals-artificial-intelligence.html

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Israeli forces kill 17 people in latest Gaza aid massacre

At least 17 Palestinians have been killed and dozens more wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of displaced Palestinians waiting for food near a distribution site operated by the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza, local health authorities said.

Doctors said casualties were sent to the Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza and Al-Quds Hospital in the north.

Massacres of Palestinians near GHF sites have become almost a daily occurrence since the organisation started operating at the end of May, with hundreds of people being killed and wounded by Israeli troops.


Israeli forces kill scores in latest Gaza aid massacre

Medics say Israeli forces shot dead dozens of Palestinians on Tuesday in the latest in a string of massacres near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation facilities.
The New Arab Staff (The new Arab)

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Hong Kong warns downloading game could be national security crime
Hong Kong (AFP) – Hong Kong police have warned downloading a mobile game in which players can attempt to overthrow a stand-in for China's Communist Party could constitute a national security crime, as it vanished from Apple's local App Store Wednesday.

Beijing is extremely sensitive to even subtle hints of dissent, and in 2020 imposed a national security law in Hong Kong that has effectively quashed any political opposition.

In "Reversed Front: Bonfire", developed by a Taiwan-based company, users can "pledge allegiance" to entities including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet and "Uyghur" to "overthrow the communist regime".

Although the game takes place in a historically different universe, the description reads: "This game is a work of NON-FICTION. Any similarity to actual agencies, policies or ethnic groups of the PRC (People's Republic of China) in this game is INTENTIONAL."

On Tuesday police in Hong Kong said "Reversed Front" was "advocating armed revolution" and promoting Taiwan and Hong Kong independence "under the guise of a game".

Downloading the game could see players charged with possessing seditious material, while making in-app purchases could be viewed as providing funding to the developer "for the commission of secession or subversion", police warned.

Recommending the game could constitute the offence of "incitement to secession".

Although players can choose to "lead the Communists to defeat all enemies", the game description makes clear they are meant to be the villains.

The Communists are described as "heavy-handed, reckless and inept" and accused of "widespread corruption, embezzlement, exploitation, slaughter and defilement".

Many of the other playing roles correspond to flashpoint issues for Beijing -- including self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, and Xinjiang, where it has denied accusations of human rights abuses against the minority Muslim Uyghurs.

Hong Kong's vibrant civil society and political opposition have all but vanished since the imposition of the national security law, which was brought in after huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019.

OpenAI last week said it had detected and banned a number of "likely China-origin" accounts targeting "Reversed Front" with negative comments.

"The network generated dozens of critical comments in Chinese about the game, followed by a long-form article claiming it had received widespread backlash," said OpenAI.

On Wednesday Apple appeared to have removed the game from the Hong Kong version of the App Store, after it had been available the day before, an AFP reporter saw.

It was not available on Hong Kong's Google Play on Tuesday, local media reported.

But the game's developer said it had seen a surge in searches since Tuesday's police announcement, jokingly implying it was thankful to authorities for the visibility boost.


Hong Kong warns downloading game could be national security crime

RFI

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Police make 'mass arrests' in LA during nighttime curfew
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Los Angeles police began arresting people in the city's downtown late Tuesday, as groups gathered in violation of an overnight curfew after a fifth day of protests against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Looting and vandalism in the second-biggest US city have marred the largely peaceful protests over ramped-up arrests by immigration authorities.

The demonstrations, which began Friday, and isolated acts of violence prompted Trump to take the extraordinary step of sending in troops, over the objection of the state governor.

The protests again turned ugly after dark Tuesday, but an hour into the overnight curfew only a handful of protesters were left downtown, with police making several arrests as they warned stragglers to leave.

"Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda" within the designated downtown curfew area, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) wrote on X late Tuesday.

"Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated."

Police arrested 25 people on suspicion of violating the curfew as of Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing an LAPD spokesperson.

The number of arrests was likely to rise as law enforcement worked to remove the remaining protesters from the area, the newspaper said.

Earlier, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she had issued the curfew "to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting."

One square mile (2.5 square kilometers) of the city's more-than-500 square mile area will be off-limits from 8:00 pm and 6:00 am (0300 to 1300 GMT) for everyone apart from residents, journalists and emergency services, she added.

One protester told AFP the arrest of migrants in a city with large immigrant and Latino populations was the root of the unrest.

"I think that obviously they're doing it for safety," she said of the curfew.

"But I don't think that part of the problem is the peaceful protests. It's whatever else is happening on the other side that is inciting violence."

At their largest, the protests have included a few thousand people taking to the streets, but smaller mobs have used the cover of darkness to set fires, daub graffiti and smash windows.

Overnight, Monday 23 businesses were looted, police said, adding that more than 500 people had been arrested over recent days.

Protests against immigration arrests by federal law enforcement have also sprung up in cities around the country, including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Austin.

Trump has ordered 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, along with 700 active-duty Marines, in what he has claimed is a necessary escalation to take back control -- despite the insistence of local law enforcement that they could handle matters.

A military spokeswoman said the Marines were expected to be on the streets by Wednesday.

Their mission will be to guard federal facilities and to accompany "federal officers in immigration enforcement operations in order to provide protection."

Demonstrators told AFP the soldiers "should be respected" because they had not chosen to be in Los Angeles, but Lisa Orman blasted it as "ridiculous."

"I was here for the Dodger parade," she said, referring to the LA team's World Series victory.

"It was 100 times bigger," she said, branding the idea that Marines were necessary as "a big show" that Trump wanted.

The Pentagon said the deployment would cost US taxpayers $134 million.

Photographs issued by the Marine Corps showed men in combat fatigues using riot shields to practice crowd control techniques at the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.

Late Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said his state would deploy its National Guard "to locations across the state to ensure peace & order" after solidarity protests.

"Peaceful protest is legal. Harming a person or property is illegal & will lead to arrest," Abbott wrote on X.

The Texas National Guard "will use every tool & strategy to help law enforcement maintain order."

In sprawling Los Angeles on Tuesday, it was largely a typical day: tourists thronged Hollywood Boulevard, celebrities attended red carpet premieres, tens of thousands of children went to school and commuter traffic choked the streets.

But at a military base in North Carolina, Trump was painting a much darker picture.

"What you're witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and national sovereignty," the Republican told troops at Fort Bragg.

"This anarchy will not stand. We will not allow an American city to be invaded and conquered by a foreign enemy."

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has clashed with the president before, said Trump's shock militarization of the city was the behavior of "a tyrant, not a president."

In a filing to the US District Court in Northern California, Newsom asked for an injunction preventing the use of troops for policing.

US law largely prevents the use of the military as a policing force -- absent the declaration of an insurrection, which Trump has mused.

The president "is trying to use emergency declarations to justify bringing in first the National Guard and then mobilizing Marines," said law professor Frank Bowman.


Police make arrests in downtown LA during nighttime curfew

Downtown Los Angeles was largely calm overnight into Wednesday, with police arresting at least 25 people for violating a curfew after a fifth day of protests against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
RFI

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Woman fined $2,000 for publicly pantsing male colleague - VnExpress International

A court in South Korea's Gangwon Province has fined a woman 2.8 million won (US$2,000) for pulling down the trousers and underpants of a male colleague in front of other staff members.

The Chuncheon District Court handed down the sentence last weekend, also ordering the woman, who is in her 50s and works in a restaurant kitchen, to complete eight hours of sexual violence prevention education, Yonhap reported.

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China’s new DeepSeek censors even more than old models

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  • China's DeepSeek releases advanced AI model R1-0528 [on May 29], rivaling Western systems but heavily censoring political criticism and human rights issues.
  • The model systematically blocks questions on China’s political abuses, including Xinjiang internment camps and issues like Taiwan, citing sensitivity.
  • Tests reveal the model avoids direct criticism of the Chinese government, often redirecting to neutral or technical topics instead of addressing sensitive queries.
  • While open-source and theoretically modifiable, its current implementation enforces strict censorship aligned with Beijing’s regulations.
  • Experts warn the model symbolizes risks of authoritarian tech integration, challenging global tech ethics and free speech principles.

[...]

A model built for control

Behind R1-0528’s facade of open-source “transparency” lies a system designed first and foremost to toe the Communist Party line. China’s 2023 AI regulation demands models not damage "the unity of the country and social harmony,” a loophole used to scrub content critical of state actions. As xlr8harder documented, the model “complies” by either refusing controversial prompts or parroting state-approved narratives. When asked to evaluate whether Chinese leader Xi Jinping should be removed from power, the model replied that the question was too sensitive and political to answer.

Such censorship is systemic. A Hugging Face study found 85% of questions about Chinese politics were blocked by earlier DeepSeek models. Now, R1-0528 raises the bar, deleting answers mid-generation. Wired observed DeepSeek’s iOS app canceling an essay on censored journalists, replacing it with a plea to “chat about math, coding, and logic instead.”

[...]


What they’re not telling you: China’s new DeepSeek censors even more than old models

China’s DeepSeek releases advanced AI model R1-0528, rivaling Western systems but heavily censoring political criticism and human rights issues.
Newstarget.com

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Why does YouTube feel completely devoid of content? (clarification in body)

Normally, I use YouTube very little (watch a couple videos a month). However, I've been in bed with an injury for some time now, which has led me to watch quite a bit of YouTube. The thing is, I subscribe to a small handfull of channels that I enjoy content from, but after a relatively short time I had watched pretty much all the new content from those channels.

Now, I would expect that the YouTube algorithm, which is supposedly designed by competent people to get me to stick around, would be able to suggest some decent content to me based on my subscriptions. However, the past week, I've opened YouTube only to find the same old videos being suggested over and over. Even worse: Whenever there's something interesting-looking from a channel I don't recognise, it always turns out to be some shitty AI voice over some generic animations or footage.

I know for a fact that thousands of hours of content are created on YouTube daily, but it genuinely feels like there are maybe five creators out there that are making anything worth watching. It's either that, or the YouTube algorithm is just complete crap at suggesting creators that are in any way similar to what I'm already subscribing to.

What's going on here? Why does it seem like there's no real content out there?

As a "funny" side note: What's with the "aggressively American" AI narrator-voice? I've heard it before, but thought it was some dude until I realised it's the same voice in a bunch of unrelated videos. It reminds me of the Discovery-channel "action-narrator"-voice from back in the day, but now it's showing up in all kinds of crap videos.

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Who here cries at TV shows or movies?

I’m asking as I’m trying to understand empathy and whether it’s normal to get so invested in fake characters, I mean it’s probably a testament to the writers but I overthink… a lot.

This question was bright on as I’ve been catching up on The Blacklist and at lunch today watching Season 8 Episode name “Anne “ and it wrecked me.

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
Basically the main character Red has to live a guarded life and for once he let it form and got close to Anne and you could tell shit was going to go downhill and it destroyed me when you think about it from his or her perspective.
:::

For reference I’m 41 year old dude, not that it matters.

Edit: Bedtime for me but back tomorrow to reply to all.

Edit 2: I’ve got 41 comments to respond to. Currently working but I’ll be back y’all.

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What are the modern design trends you hate most?

Original question text by @phantomwise@lemmy.ml

What are the modern design trends you hate most? Feel free to rant! Mine are:
- Physical buttons are out of fashion, now EVERYTHING must have a touch screen instead! Especially if it makes the appliance more inconvenient to use. Like having to press a flimsy touch screen ten times to scroll through a washing machine's programs instead of just turning a physical knob and pressing a physical start button.
- Every website looks like it's made for a phone and was vomited by the same app in slightly different flavors of vomit.
- Actually EVERYTHING looks like it's made for a phone... Like what's the deal with all those hamburger menus on DESKTOP apps? Please just put a regular menu and same me some pointless clicking, it's not like you're lacking screen space. I especially hate that those menus can't be opened from the keyboard like regular menus.

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What's the best way to destroy massive amounts of USD?

Money gets created in the USD economy all the time, whether by invented debt, cash printing, or the issuance of bonds. Does that money actually represent wealth? Does the USD economy actually contribute anything of value?

So let's say you wanted to permanently remove value from the USD economy for some reason. What's the most effective and impactful way to "burn money?" Not spend it. Not acquire it. Destroy it, with the goal of taking that value out of the economy.

Burning/ shredding physical cash seems really inefficient. Maybe the answer lies in devaluing real estate?

This is all hypothetical so assume whatever resources or labor you want.

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Is moderately severe back pain really normal at 30?

I know it's a joke " oh haha you're 30, everything hurts now cuz you're so old!" But really, is something wrong with me or are backs just this stupid? Not overweight. Decently active although I don't exersize every single day. No genetic issues, doctor always says im in perfect health. But my lower back will randomly act up, sometimes it gets so bad that I about black out from the pain. Thats pretty rare though, usually it's just an ache all day when I move or try to put my socks on. Its not sciatica, as I never feel numbness or pain in my legs. Mild weakness maybe if it hurts really bad.

I feel like any doctor is just going to say welp, you're old it happens, or tell me I need 3.5 million dollar spinal surgery.

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What's a good or service that both the upper class and lower class buy, but the middle class doesn't?

This was based on a question that my economics professor in college had asked us. His question was more to the effect of “What’s a good/service people buy when they have a bit of money, then they stop buying or buy less of it when they get some more money, and then they start buying it again once they have even more money?” — feel free to answer that too.

My first thought was alcohol: lower class people might buy more of it to cope with their difficult situation, whereas upper class people have more money to spend on vices and luxuries such as alcohol. Not sure if this theory holds true.

The best answer I’ve been able to come up with is golf carts, at least in the US. It’s common to see lower class people drive golf carts around their trailer parks or neighborhoods, whereas middle class people rarely do that. An upper class person might live in a wealthy neighborhood with its own built-in golf course, or the person might even own their own golf course(s).

Some dubious investments, such as crypto or donations to certain social organizations or politicians might also qualify?

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When do you finally calm down after buying a house?

My wife and I are about 3 weeks from closing on our first house and I am losing my god damn mind. All of our finances/budget work out while still having savings for emergency repairs, our inspection went well after having to back out on the first we offered on (tree fell on the house after offer was accepted, thought we could fix but it was a wash) and we really like the area and first impressions of our neighbors.

I know buying a house is a top "most stressful thing" an average person can go through, but this is a lot harder than I thought and I didn't downplay it in my head. I am guessing I will feel like this for the first year or two and progressively it will become normal right? We have a lot of support from our families (financially, emotionally and labor/handypeople) so I am still optimistic about the whole thing, but my appetite is non existent and insomnia seems to be working in overdrive.

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Israeli companies sold millions in weapons, equipment to Qatar, Netanyahu approved deals
Multiple Israeli defense companies have signed contracts with Qatar, with state approval, to supply the state with weapons, ammunition, cyber technology, and other sophisticated weaponry, Maariv learned on Tuesday.

These agreements were signed with the approval of bodies in the Defense Ministry, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and special approval from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to information received by Maariv, Elbit signed contracts with Qatar worth more than $100 million, Rafael signed contracts worth tens of millions of dollars, while Israel Aerospace Industries had a long affair with Qatar - which included at least 20 visits by Israel Aerospace Industries heads to Doha and a significant visit by a senior Qatari delegation, which spent an entire day at the Israel Aerospace Industries offices.

Elbit Systems, Rafael and IAI sold weapons to Qatar with state approval | The Jerusalem Post

In order to make the sales, the companies were required to get approval from the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry, and the prime minister.
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com

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NY Federal Reserve finds a 'significant share' of companies saying they raised prices on goods not affected by tariffs

NY Federal Reserve finds a ‘significant share’ of companies saying they raised prices on goods not affected by tariffs

Whipsaw tariffs have led businesses to time price increases with an unpredictable tariff environment, economists say.
Sasha Rogelberg (Fortune)
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propitiouspanda

You're both correct.

Businesses know that customers know about tariffs. They know customers expect prices to go up because there is rhetoric to "justify" it. So that's what they do. They raise prices.

You also give some very good insight that I had not considered. As much as I try to fight back and reason about how we're being exploited, even I couldn't see how domestic businesses would use tariffs as an excuse to raise prices in the industries being "protected."

It's all a fucking racket, and there are people who spend 8+ hours a day for years to figure out how to fuck us further.

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BakerBagel

You're giving corporations far too much credit. While that is a very textbook example of the drawbacks to tarrifs, the fact remains that companies will ALWAYS price gouge if they think they can get away with it. People are conscious of price increases, but we are terrible at noticing the difference between a 20% jump in prices vs a 50% jump. So companies are able to keep jacking up prices with minimal resistance. If people will complain the same amount for a small price jump as a large price jump, every company is going to just do the large price jump

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"...the cost of sending National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles, Hegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who said it would cost $134 million."

Original title: Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending

The full quote:

After persistent questioning about the cost of sending National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles, Hegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who said it would cost $134 million. Hegseth defended Trump’s decision to send the troops, saying they are needed to protect federal agents as they do their jobs.

https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-congress-hegseth-signal-hearings-c53cd37c2eae4327dd74e4c717057469

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Pentagon to temporarily deploy hundreds of marines to Los Angeles, reports say
Despite comments made by Donald Trump just now (“we’ll see”), the US military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles while additional National Guard troops arrive in the city, a US official has told Reuters.

The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a battalion would be sent, but for now, the Insurrection Act is not expected to be invoked.

The official added that the situation was fluid and could change.


Mayor says Los Angeles being used as ‘test case’ by federal government – as it happened

Mayor says ‘nothing warranted’ the intervention and that cannot ‘emphasize enough the level of fear and terror that is in Angelenos right now’ due to Ice raids
Kate Lamb (The Guardian)
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Without port forwarding you can only connect to those who do have it set up.


I don't think this is true.

I've made torrents and then seeded them to my friends without either of us setting up port forwarding. All I did was give them the torrent file and then it worked.

Maybe there's something going on under the hood that makes my situation unique. My experience though is that I didn't have to do anything related to port forwarding when sharing a torrent.

However, port forwarding is required for something like Soulseek. I'm not sure why it would be required for one and not the other.

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propitiouspanda

Yes, I was using a VPN. It's still working right now.

black0ut may be on to something, but I don't know much about trackers. I think creating torrents with qbittorrent automatically includes 'opentracker' but I don't really know what that means.

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Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday.

The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies — visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 – had declined 22% during that period mainly because of climate change that’s shrinking the amount of available sea ice. It’s unclear whether this drop is seen across the continent, scientists said.

Scientists previously estimated that the total emperor penguin population declined about 10% across all of Antarctica over the past decade and a half. The latest survey included a region covering the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea.

“It’s absolutely alarming that the numbers are so much worse than predicted,” said Daniel Zitterbart, a penguin researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who was not involved in the study.

https://apnews.com/article/emperor-penguins-antarctica-2561e86134649478dafce540bb6dc539

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‘Complicit with a totalitarian regime’: Canada’s border rules are landing asylum seekers in ICE detention
Canadian authorities have returned more than 1,600 asylum seekers to the United States in 2025 without hearing their case for refugee protection, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Many have landed in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
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“AI isn’t intelligent”


"Ai isn't intelligent" is a form of thought-terminating cliché. Its a low effort way of virtue signalling and gatekeeping. And its really bad on lemmy.

Its not a defense of shitty corporations to be interested in computation, math, machine learning, etc, but must lemmings are well *: whispers :*, lemmings.

commonly used phrase used to propagate cognitive dissonance

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Greta Thunberg refuses to watch Oct. 7 footage after flotilla stopped
Israeli authorities screened footage of Hamas's October 7 atrocities to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other pro-Palestinian flotilla participants upon their arrival in Ashdod on Monday, shortly after the IDF intercepted their ship, the Madleen, in international waters.

According to Defense Minister Israel Katz, the activists refused to continue watching the film after seeing the brutality of the attacks.

"These antisemitic flotilla activists closed their eyes to the truth and once again proved they prefer the murderers over the victims,” Katz said. “They continue to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, the elderly, and children.”

The activists were given the option to sign a voluntary departure form or face arrest after 96 hours. Among those refusing to leave is French MEP Rima Hassan.

Hassan has previously drawn wide criticism for her denial that the Bibas family, excluding Yarden Bibas, were murdered, her claim that the October 7 massacre was "legitimate" and her insistence that Palestinians in Europe should be allowed to join the "resistance."

Greta Thunberg refuses to watch Oct. 7 footage after flotilla stopped | The Jerusalem Post

Four of the activists are departing the country, including Greta Thunberg. However, eight have refused to leave and will be transferred to Givon detention facility.
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com

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Tech moguls want to build a crypto paradise on a Native American reservation
You're going to call protestors "agitators" while the broligarchs keep coming up with the most outrageous, evil bullshit they could think of, just for the hell of it.

Tech moguls want to build a crypto paradise on a Native American reservation

And hope to gobble up some land near you.
Mother Jones
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NocturnalMorning

BTC also uses massive amounts of resources, and we have an impending climate crisis on our hands. Tell me, how is that useful to further the climate destabilization for whatever momentary convenience you think you have. We're gonna be really sorry in 5-10 years as this thing accelerates. We are getting some seriously bad news in the scientific community right now bcz we are far outpacing even the most pessimistic studies on warming and CO2 output. We have dumbasses in charge who want to pretend climate change doesn't exist.
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propitiouspanda

There are other cryptocurrencies without the overhead of bitcoin. Bitcoin is actually a really shitty implementation in regards to efficiency.

Cryptocurrency as a concept is incredibly useful and as time goes on it will likely be how most business is done.

Governments just aren't as good at regulating currency as computers. Look at inflation on the US dollar.

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World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

Namrata Nangia and her husband have been toying with the idea of having another child since their five-year-old daughter was born.

But it always comes back to one question: 'Can we afford it?'

She lives in Mumbai and works in pharmaceuticals, her husband works at a tyre company. But the costs of having one child are already overwhelming - school fees, the school bus, swimming lessons, even going to the GP is expensive.

It was different when Namrata was growing up. "We just used to go to school, nothing extracurricular, but now you have to send your kid to swimming, you have to send them to drawing, you have to see what else they can do."

According to a new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN agency for reproductive rights, Namrata's situation is becoming a global norm.


World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

Hundreds of millions of people are not able to have the number of children they want, the UN warns.
Stephanie Hegarty (BBC News)

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Entire country to be brought under Rent Pressure Zone in major change agreed by Government leaders

Every tenancy in the country is set to be brought under a Rent Pressure Zone, Government leaders have agreed.

In a meeting on Monday night, leaders met and agreed on a new system of national rent control.


New rent controls: Landlords face increased fines for breaking rules; eviction ban won’t apply to half of all

The Government is looking at increasing fines for landlords who break eviction rules and is consulting the Attorney General on the matter, Housing Minister James Browne has said.
Senan Molony, Tabitha Monahan and Gráinne Ní Aodha (Irish Independent)
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The rapper’s lyrics became increasingly political after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and the subsequent wave of nationwide protests.


Keep in mind, Iran succeeded in suppressing these protests and never faced justice for all the innocents that were killed.

We can't reason with abusers. They only respond to force.

Iranians need guns if they want any hope of overthrowing their theocracy.

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Leaked Data From Meta Reveal Israeli Companies Are Struggling To Find Customers
Murtaza Hussain, Waqas Ahmed, and Ryan Grim
Jun 09, 2025

"A review of leaked data from Meta, provided to us by company whistleblowers, shows that Israeli companies since 2023 are finding it increasingly difficult everywhere around the world to attract new customers, leading to advertising-cost increases in the billions.

We also just posted the translated audio of an extraordinary interview just given by former Israeli PM Yair Lapid, who is often discussed as a more humane, centrist alternative to Benjamin Netanyahu. Give it a listen and see if you agree with that label."


Leaked Data From Meta Reveal Israeli Companies Are Struggling To Find Customers

For the year 2025, the Israeli government announced it would be earmarking an additional $150 million toward global public relations, an unprecedented increase in spending that comes alongside a striking collapse in perception for Israel around the w…
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The British jet engine that failed in the 'Valley of Death'

Richard Varvill reflects on the emotional collapse of Reaction Engines, a UK aerospace firm that developed cutting-edge heat exchanger tech for hypersonic flight.

Originating from the 1980s Hotol project, the company came close to success but failed in late 2024 due to a lack of funding, despite promising tech and support from major investors like Rolls-Royce.

Staff were devastated, with many in tears during the final announcement. Former team members take pride in the innovation and culture, though regret the mission remains unfinished.

The company’s closure highlights the harsh reality of funding gaps in long-term aerospace ventures

“we failed because we ran out of money.”


What happens when a high-tech project fails?

Workers at Reaction Engines felt they were close to completing a revolutionary jet engine.
Michael Dempsey (BBC News)

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A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech’s legal guardrails
Senate Commerce Republicans have kept a ten year moratorium on state AI laws in their latest version of President Donald Trump’s massive budget package. And a growing number of lawmakers and civil society groups warn that its broad language could put consumer protections on the chopping block.

Republicans who support the provision, which the House cleared as part of its “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” say it will help ensure AI companies aren’t bogged down by a complicated patchwork of regulations. But opponents warn that should it survive a vote and a congressional rule that might prohibit it, Big Tech companies could be exempted from state legal guardrails for years to come, without any promise of federal standards to take their place.


Not to mention, if/when federal standards are created, the standards will be determined by a federal government that is being run by the broligarchs. These are the people we need to be protected from. They've had the idea of federal "regulations" that will allow them to do whatever they need to succeed planned since at least 2019.

Relying only on federal AI regulations to protect Americans in 2025, would be like the federal government relying on George Wallace to create the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.

Sam Altman, 2025:

Altman also later cautioned against a patchwork regulatory framework for AI.

“It is very difficult to imagine us figuring out how to comply with 50 different sets of regulations,” said Altman. “One federal framework that is light touch, that we can understand, and it lets us move with the speed that this moment calls for, seems important and fine.”


Peter Thiel protege, Michael Kratsios regarding AI regulation in 2019

“A patchwork of regulation of technology is not beneficial for the country. We want to avoid that. Facial recognition has important roles—for example, finding lost or displaced children. There are use cases, but they need to be underpinned by values.”

A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech’s legal guardrails

The Senate is pushing ahead with language in its budget bill that could restrict states from regulating AI for a decade, and opponents warn it could hamper other consumer protections.
Lauren Feiner (The Verge)

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Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war
  • Prisoner exchange follows Istanbul talks on June 2
    • Emotional reunions as POWs return home
    • Kyiv and Moscow remain far apart on ending the war


CHERNIHIV REGION, Ukraine, June 9 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war under the age of 25 on Monday in emotional homecoming scenes, the first step in a series of planned prisoner swaps that could become the biggest of the war so far.

The exchange was the result of direct talks between the two sides in Istanbul on June 2 that resulted in an agreement to exchange at least 1,200 POWs on each side and to repatriate thousands of bodies of those killed in Russia's war in Ukraine.

The return of POWs and the repatriation of the bodies of the dead is one of the few things the two sides have managed to agree on as broader negotiations have failed to get close to ending the war, now in its fourth year.

Fighting has raged on, with Russia saying on Monday its forces had taken control of more territory in Ukraine's east-central region of Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv saying Moscow had launched its largest drone attack of the war.

Officials in Kyiv said some of the Ukrainian prisoners who came home on Monday had been in Russian captivity since the beginning of the war.

At a rendezvous point for the returning Ukrainian prisoners, soon after they crossed back into northern Ukraine, an official handed one of the freed men a cellphone so that he could call his mother, a video released by Ukrainian authorities showed.

"Hi mum, I've arrived, I'm home!" the soldier shouted into the receiver, struggling to catch his breath because he was overcome by emotion.

The released Ukrainian men were later taken by bus to a hospital in northern Ukraine where they were to have medical checks and be given showers, food and care packages including mobile phones and shoes.

Jubilation was tinged with sadness because outside the hospital were crowds of people, mostly women, looking for relatives who went missing while fighting for Ukraine.

The women held up pictures of the missing men in the hope that one of the returning POWs would recognised them and share details about what happened to them. Some hoped their loved ones would be among those released.

Oksana Kupriyenko, 52, was holding up an image of her son, Denys, who went missing in September 2024.

"Tomorrow is my birthday and I was hoping God will give me a gift and return my son to me," she said, through tears.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-ukraine-exchange-group-younger-prisoners-war-moscow-says-2025-06-09/

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Au Venezuela, renaissance et victoire du parti communiste


Depuis quelques années, des militant(e)s du monde entier reçoivent régulièrement des communiqués signés « parti communiste vénézuélien » dénonçant « le régime néolibéral de Maduro qui persécute les communistes, réprime les travailleurs, écrase les salaires, sème la terreur dans les milieux populaires comme le fait le fascisme ». Par solidarité automatique, souvent de bonne foi, ils relaient ces messages sans se douter de la vraie nature de leur auteur, ni de la désinformation à laquelle ils participent. Car non seulement le vrai parti communiste vénézuélien soutient activement la révolution bolivarienne et rassemble la grande majorité des militant(e)s, mais il vient de réaliser un score historique aux législatives de mai 2025.

Un peu d’Histoire…

Fondé en 1931, le Parti Communiste du Venezuela (PCV) ne s’est jamais développé comme un fer de lance du prolétariat, mais comme une des niches disponibles de la façade pluraliste voulue par l’oligarchie pétro-rentière, quelque part entre social-démocratie et démocratie-chrétienne. L’éternel 1,5% du PCV aux élections et son opportunisme ont eu le don d’énerver tour à tour Fidel Castro et Hugo Chávez.

Un des problèmes de la gauche d’avant Chávez est d’avoir été dirigée par des fils de la bourgeoisie qui, par une curieuse synthèse de colonialisme et de marxisme, voyaient le peuple comme une « masse aliénée à qui il faut descendre la ligne politique ». Beaucoup rêvaient d’être les nouveaux Fidel Castro ou Che Guevara, laissant derrière eux un cimetière de martyrs, d’étudiant(e)s, de familles paysannes sacrifiées dans la lutte, et beaucoup d’espoirs déçus. Fatigué de ne jamais voir arriver le « grand soir », le peuple a fini par se tourner vers celui qui savait l’écouter et lui parler : un certain Hugo Chávez. Dans la prison où l’a mené son insurrection civico-militaire contre la corruption gouvernementale, le futur président bolivarien a compris que la révolution ne passerait jamais par cette gauche ultra-minoritaire, éloignée des masses, et que l’heure avait sonné de « déterrer la semence morte de la mangue pour en semer une nouvelle » (1). Son « Projet National Simon Bolivar » réveille trois racines anticoloniales dans la mémoire populaire : Bolivar, Rodriguez, Zamora. L’alliance entre civils et militaires patriotes rappelle le képi vissé sur le chapeau paysan d’Ezequiel Zamora, le général des « terres et des hommes libres » (1817-1860). Le philosophe Simon Rodriguez (1769-1854) demande à l’Amérique libérée du joug espagnol par son ex-étudiant Simon Bolivar « d’inventer, d’être originale, de ne plus copier la vieille Europe » et propose comme modèle politique la « toparquia » – un gouvernement communard pour chaque territoire de la République.

Amnistié en 1994, le militaire bolivarien fait le pari de la voie électorale et entame une tournée nationale. Partout, des foules l’écoutent attentivement. Sa forte popularité irrite la direction du PCV. Chávez racontera à Ignacio Ramonet: « Le secrétaire général du Parti Communiste a affirmé, lorsque je suis sorti de prison, que « la présence du caudillo Chávez nuit au mouvement populaire ». Il s’opposait même à ce que je participe à des marches et à des manifestations. Ils n’avaient rien compris. Ce qu’il y avait chez eux c’était de la récupération électorale et de l’opportunisme » (2). En 1999, les exclu(e)s de toujours entrent enfin en politique, en élisant Chávez à la Présidence. Bien que le PCV ne digère pas que le « peuple aliéné » lui ait préféré un fils de maîtres ruraux, il monte sur le porte-avions bolivarien et colle la photo de Chávez sur ses affiches pour augmenter son nombre de voix. Il exige ici des ministères, là des ambassades. Dans l’espoir secret que la révolution bolivarienne ne sera qu’une parenthèse et qu’il redeviendra le seul parti à gauche.

Mais le souffle de vie égalitariste des chavistes s’ancre profondément dans le paysage politique et garde l’appui de l’électorat. En 2020, le secrétaire général du PCV Oscar Figuera décrète soudain que le « socialisme du 21ᵉ siècle n’est pas une doctrine scientifique » et que « Nicolas Maduro n’est pas chaviste mais néolibéral ». La base du parti critique ce retournement de veste et s’inquiète de l’hémorragie de militants (3). Figuera fait la sourde oreille et pour se perpétuer à la tête du parti, convoque un congrès limité à 80 « fidèles » au lieu des 400 délégué(e)s habituel(le)s. En 2023, un groupe de militant(e)s saisit la justice. Le Tribunal Suprême leur donne finalement gain de cause. Une direction transitoire est nommée, sous la présidence d’Henry Parra, pour organiser un congrès qui respecte les statuts légaux. « Des mercenaires du dictateur Maduro ! » dénonce Figuera dans les communiqués destinés au listing international des parti-frères, avant d’entamer la purge des « traîtres » : « après une longue enquête, le plenum de notre comité central a découvert que les responsables historiques de notre département de relations internationales – le député Carolus Wimmer et Ursula Aguilera – étaient en réalité des traîtres au service du régime de Maduro » (4).

De la renaissance à la victoire électorale du nouveau PCV

Alors qu’on n’observe guère de mobilisation autour de l’ex-secrétaire général, la nouvelle direction d’Henry Parra rouvre le chantier du travail de base. Vite rejointe par les sections, cellules de tout le pays, impatient(e)s de rattraper le temps perdu et de reconstruire le parti. Les militant(e)s reviennent dans la coalition chaviste et jettent leurs forces dans la campagne des législatives de mai 2025. Une stratégie plébiscitée par les électeurs : le PCV réalise une poussée historique, passe d’un à six députés à l’Assemblée Nationale et devient le troisième parti en nombre de voix sur les 46 formations en lice.

Parra commente la victoire : « Plus fort sera le parti communiste, plus forte sera la révolution bolivarienne. Nous gardons notre identité : le PSUV (parti majoritaire du chavisme, NdT) parie davantage sur la commune comme moteur révolutionnaire, et nous sur la classe travailleuse. Beaucoup de partis communistes d’Amérique Latine ont compris la manipulation de Figuera, et voient comment il s’aligne sur l’extrême droite. Nous allons organiser le congrès du parti et renouer avec les partis-frères du monde entier. » Les raisons d’appuyer Maduro ? « Son anti-impérialisme. Son programme socialiste. Son origine prolétaire. Sa capacité à garantir la paix, car même si nous respectons nos adversaires politiques, nous savons que si l’extrême droite revenait au pouvoir elle tenterait nous éliminer comme lors du coup d’État contre Chávez en 2002 ».

À noter que bien avant la victoire électorale obtenue par la nouvelle direction du PCV, et sans tomber dans le piège des campagnes de Figuera, des partis communistes du monde entier ont maintenu leur solidarité avec le gouvernement révolutionnaire de Nicolas Maduro. C’est le cas des Partis Communistes Cubain, Chinois, Vietnamien, Népalais, Sud-Africain, Colombien, Péruvien, Argentin, Brésilien (PCdoB), Sud-Coréen (PDP), Philippin, Espagnol, Portugais, du Party for Socialism and Liberation (États-Unis) et de près de 80 organisations communistes regroupées au sein de la Plate-Forme Mondiale Anti-impérialiste (5). Sans oublier des mouvements sociaux ou des centres de recherche d’inspiration marxiste, tels que le Mouvement des Travailleurs Sans Terre du Brésil, le Tricontinental Institute dirigé par l’historien indien Vijay Prashad, l’International People’s Assembly, le People’s Forum (États-Unis), etc…

Figuera dans son labyrinthe

Après avoir appuyé le candidat de droite Enrique Marquez aux présidentielles de 2024 puis refusé de reconnaitre la victoire du « dictateur » Maduro, l’ex-secrétaire général du PCV a refusé, comme l’extrême droite, de participer aux élections législatives d’avril 2025 ou aux municipales de juillet 2025 : « dans ce contexte d’absence de garanties et de répression politique, nous ne participerons pas aux élections, qui ne sont qu’une farce ». (6) Peur d’être sanctionné par les électeurs et de tomber plus bas que l’éternel 1,5% ? Quant aux rencontres internationales antifascistes qui réunissent depuis deux ans à Caracas des centaines de partis et mouvements sociaux du monde entier, elles ne sont pour lui que « la volonté du régime de cacher son caractère autoritaire et antidémocratique ». (7)

Le rite est immuable. Attablé face à une caméra, entouré de sa garde rapprochée, Figuera lit l’énième communiqué contre la « dictature-néo-libérale-de-Maduro ». On pense au poème de Roque Dalton sur un comité central trop occupé à rédiger son communiqué sur « la-situation-actuelle-et-nos-tâches » pour voir que dans la rue, le peuple est en train de faire la révolution. On se souvient des communistes mexicains qui décrétèrent que Sandino était un « caudillo libéral » et un « aventurier », ou des communistes boliviens qui refusèrent d’appuyer la guérilla du Che. Même arrogance tranquille de ceux qui s’autoproclament détenteurs uniques de la ligne directe avec Marx ou Lénine, même rhétorique ampoulée des années 50, répétée indépendamment de tout contexte. Une scène si caricaturale qu’on se demande « comment osent-ils » ? (8)

Alors qu’il critique le blocus impérialiste contre Cuba, Figuera réserve à la révolution bolivarienne la même technique que les médias : effacer les causes pour leur substituer les effets. Selon lui, la « crise » est provoquée par « le néolibéralisme de Maduro qui écrase les salaires des travailleurs ». Exit, le blocus financier qui empêche au gouvernement bolivarien d’acheter des médicaments, avec pour conséquence la mort de 100.000 patient(e)s. Exit, les plus de 1000 sanctions imposées par les États-Unis (9) qui ont fait perdre au Venezuela 95% de ses revenus et généré un exode massif (que les médias attribuent à « l’échec du socialisme ») : « Les bas salaires, la réduction des dépenses publiques et les tentatives de privatisation encadrées dans la loi anti-blocus sont des expressions de ce néolibéralisme qui confirment l’éloignement de Maduro du chavisme ».

Arrêtons une seconde le disque rayé. Pourquoi le président Maduro aurait-il soudain décidé de devenir « néolibéral » et d’« écraser les salaires » ? Par désir de trahir la révolution bolivarienne qui avait porté le salaire des travailleurs au plus haut niveau du continent ? Par plaisir de devenir impopulaire ? En réalité, face au blocus occidental, Maduro est un des rares chefs d’État à n’avoir pas cédé aux sirènes de l’austérité. Lorsqu’il a commencé par augmenter périodiquement les salaires de 25% ou de 50%, le secteur privé annulait ces hausses en augmentant ses prix dans la même proportion. Face à la spirale inflationniste, Maduro a décidé de réactiver l’appareil productif national, grâce aux alliances multipolaires. Non seulement pour s’éloigner du rentiérisme pétrolier, mais aussi pour renflouer les caisses de l’État, notamment en taxant les plus riches. La Banque Centrale a ainsi récupéré de précieuses ressources pour intervenir sur le marché des changes et défendre la monnaie. Tout cela permet de reconstruire les services publics et d’augmenter peu à peu les allocations des travailleurs, tout en limitant l’inflation qui les annulait. Une stratégie à la chinoise : maintenir et renforcer l’État comme acteur stratégique de l’économie. (10)

Résultat : depuis quatre ans, la CEPAL (ONU) indique que le Venezuela connait la plus forte croissance (4%) de l’Amérique du Sud. Pour la première fois en 150 ans d’histoire pétrolière, le pays frôle la souveraineté alimentaire et produit presque 100 % des denrées qu’il consomme. Durant le premier trimestre 2025, le PIB a augmenté de 9,32% et le pays a augmenté ses exportations non pétrolières de plus de 87 %. (11)

Quand, en février 2025, Donald Trump révoque la licence de Chevron pour serrer un peu plus à la gorge l’économie du Venezuela, Maduro répond en étendant le marché vers l’Asie et en remettant le logement numéro 5 millions 258 milles à une famille populaire. Le 1er mai 2025, il augmente « l’allocation contre la guerre économique » de 90 à 120 dollars pour 20 millions de familles. Avec l’allocation alimentaire de 40 dollars, cela fait 160 dollars versés chaque mois comme complément du salaire de base. Dans le secteur privé – majoritaire – le salaire minimum est d’environ 200 dollars. Point important lorsqu’on étudie le pouvoir d’achat au Venezuela : malgré les sanctions occidentales, et à la différence de régimes néolibéraux, les services publics et les biens de première nécessité sont très bon marché au Venezuela. Essence subventionnée, la moins chère du monde (0.5 $/ le litre), eau, gaz, électricité, internet, métro, etc.. sont accessibles à bas prix. Les aliments remis mensuellement par le gouvernement à la population en réponse au blocus, ne coûtent que 5 % du prix du marché. De nombreux centres de santé, tout comme l’enseignement public et la culture, fonctionnent gratuitement (12).

Alors qu’en Occident, un nombre croissant de familles n’arrivent plus à boucler leur fin de mois, les travailleurs du Venezuela affluent dans les commerces et les « emprendimientos » qui s’ouvrent tous les jours. Caracas est envahie par la musique commerciale et des bouchons se forment très tôt autour des malls géants (13). Des milliers de migrants vénézuéliens ont fui l’appauvrissement dans les « pays d’accueil » et sont rentrés au pays grâce à la compagnie aérienne publique et gratuite, bien avant les expulsions et les violations des droits humains commises par le régime Trump (14). Mais l’ex-chef du PCV a émis son verdict : « Le Bureau politique du Comité central du Parti communiste du Venezuela considère qu’après les annonces faites le 1er mai, les salaires et les pensions des Vénézuéliens ont été réduits à zéro. » (15)

Surfer sur l’image construite par les médias

Quand des mafias juridiques liées aux entreprises publiques ou privées violent les droits humains, l’ex-dirigeant du PCV en rend automatiquement Maduro responsable. « Maduro sème la terreur dans les milieux populaires comme le fait le fascisme ». C’est l’obsession ad hominem de Figuera qui surfe sur l’image sédimentée depuis vingt ans par les médias. Car s’il est vrai qu’il y a au Venezuela des travailleurs injustement emprisonnés, suscitant les luttes légitimes des mouvements sociaux pour obtenir leur libération, ces violations des droits humains n’incarnent pas une politique gouvernementale.

Ce n’est pas dans le Venezuela de Maduro mais dans le Brésil d’Ignacio Lula da Silva que “la violence dans les campagnes a atteint un niveau record en 2024 et les régions où l’agro-industrie progresse concentrent les cas d’assassinat”. Ce n’est pas dans le Venezuela de Maduro mais dans la Colombie de Gustavo Petro qu’”en 2024, un leader social a été tué tous les deux jours – qu’il soit activiste des droits humains, syndicaliste, militant afrodescendant, leader paysan, etc…” et qu’”en 2025 70 leaders sociaux ont été assassinés”. Ce n’est pas dans le Venezuela de Maduro mais dans le Mexique de Claudia Sheinbaum “qu’en 2024, 125.000 personnes sont portées disparues” et qu’on découvre régulièrement des charniers clandestins. Faut-il en déduire que Lula, Petro ou Sheinbaum ont pour politique d’encourager ces violations des droits humains ? (16)

Au Venezuela, Maduro a plusieurs fois réprimandé publiquement les agents de l’ordre soudoyés par des grands propriétaires pour expulser des paysans et a mis fin aux assassinats de militant(e)s engagés dans la réforme agraire, fréquents à l’époque de Chávez (17). Le procureur général Tarek William Saab a démis de leurs fonctions des centaines de juges corrompus ou de policiers à la gâchette facile. Pour le maire communiste chilien Daniel Jadue, victime de Lawfare et emprisonné dans son pays pour avoir mis en place un réseau de pharmacies populaires : “le processus bolivarien, a été capable d’arrêter et de condamner des centaines d’agents des forces de sécurité pour violations des droits humains, pour avoir désobéi aux ordres et fait usage d’armes à feu lors des violences de l’extrême droite, alors qu’au Chili on n’a ni arrêté, ni jugé aucun agent des forces de sécurité qui ont réprimé le mouvement social” (18)

Parlons de démocratie. Maduro ne se cantonne pas à de simples réformes comme celles de ses voisins progressistes. Le 25 mai 2025, après la large victoire de la coalition chaviste aux législatives, il annonce la reprise du plan stratégique : construire un nouvel État basé sur les autogouvernements populaires. Des assemblées citoyennes ont lieu dans tout le pays pour recueillir les propositions en vue de cette réforme constitutionnelle. L’objectif, explique le président bolivarien, est de « construire une démocratie moderne basée sur la participation directe des citoyen(ne)s, le pouvoir des mouvements sociaux, et de la collectivité. Un grand processus de démocratisation élargie de la société vénézuélienne, de la vie politique, institutionnelle, économique, sociale, culturelle et éducative. Car un système qui élit celui qui a le plus d’argent pour contrôler TikTok, Instagram, la radio et la télévision, n’est pas une démocratie, mais une farce, un théâtre de l’absurde. Le Venezuela n’en veut pas, parce que toute son Histoire est imprégnée de l’idée et du désir d’une démocratie authentique ». (19)

Quand Figuera dénonce que le « dictateur Maduro sème la terreur comme le fait le fascisme », faut-il voir dans son discours la main de l’USAID ou de la NED (20) ? Certes, il gravite dans l’écosystème d’ONG des “droits humains” qui ont dérivé comme PROVEA vers l’opposition politique ouverte contre la révolution bolivarienne et contre ses assemblées constituantes. Des ONG qui fabriquent des dossiers de « prisonniers politiques » pour les médias et pour les mafias de la droite vénézuélienne aux USA. Au point que même l’administration Trump a pris ses distances avec ce négoce (21). Mais l’explication est sans doute plus médiocre. Avant les présidentielles de juillet 2024, l’extrême droitière Machado annonça qu’en cas de victoire, elle ferait payer (« cobrar ») les chavistes. En clair, qu’elle les éliminerait. L’ex-leader du PCV a-t-il passé avec elle un pacte de non-agression électoral dans l’espoir que le chavisme, défait dans les urnes, disparaitrait ? Et que le PCV redeviendrait le seul parti de gauche ? Une hypothèse pas si folle quand on connaît le sectarisme et l’opportunisme de Figuera.

La lutte entre l’ancien et le nouveau

Si, depuis vingt ans, les empires médiatiques font du Venezuela une « dictature », c’est parce qu’il faut empêcher la contagion de cette machine à démocratiser qu’est la révolution bolivarienne. Pour le journaliste Maurice Lemoine, « au risque de surprendre les contempteurs du Venezuela, ses milliers d’autogouvernements populaires sont l’expérience de démocratie participative la plus ambitieuse du continent – et même sans doute de bien au-delà. » Les médias tolèrent des expériences locales (zapatisme, Rojava, etc…) mais doivent occulter cette « révolution dans la révolution » qui menace le système et impressionne de nombreux intellectuels et mouvements du Sud global. Pour le directeur de l’Institut Tricontinental, l’historien indien Vijay Prashad, « au Venezuela, les communes forgées dans les quartiers populaires jouent un rôle central dans la constitution d’idées nouvelles et de forces matérielles qui font avancer la société. » Pour le sociologue décolonial portoricain Ramon Grosfoguel, « peut-être qu’avec toutes les difficultés que l’Empire a créées au Venezuela, nous perdons de vue le moment historique et ce qu’il est en train de construire dans les communes et qui n’existe nulle part ailleurs en Amérique latine ». Pour la coordinatrice internationale du Mouvement des Sans Terre du Brésil, Messilene Gorete: « parfois, à gauche, nous avons des schémas très fermés sur le niveau de préparation et de planification nécessaire pour avancer, et cela peut devenir un obstacle. La créativité – dans un pays où les gens sont très spontanés – est une grande vertu de la révolution bolivarienne. Ici, le peuple est vraiment le sujet de la révolution. Et la commune vénézuélienne est un modèle dont notre continent a besoin. » La militante féministe Marta Martin Moran, responsable de l’Amérique Latine au PC espagnol, qui a observé une dizaine de fois les processus électoraux du Venezuela, ne cache pas son enthousiasme à propos des consultations trimestrielles par lesquelles la population de chaque commune choisit le projet que doit financer l’État. La sociologue féministe mexicaine Karina Ochoa souligne le rôle central et majoritaire des femmes, « soucieuses de substituer un pouvoir-pour au vieux pouvoir-sur ».(22)

Tout(e) communiste normalement constitué a appris avec Marx et Lénine que la commune est la « forme politique enfin trouvée sous laquelle on peut travailler à l’émancipation économique du travail », et qu’après avoir détruit l’État bourgeois, vient le plus difficile : créer une nouvelle forme d’État où « tous gouverneront à tour de rôle et s’habitueront bientôt à ce que personne ne gouverne ». Alors que les Jeunesses Communistes du nouveau PCV saluent le nouvel espace politique des communes, l’ex-secrétaire général Figuera n’avait qu’indifférence pour ce nouvel État en gestation. Un mépris semblable à celui de la droite, qui a voté systématiquement contre toutes les lois transférant le pouvoir aux autogouvernements populaires. La droite vénézuélienne, engoncée dans son racisme, l’a compris : tant d’outils d’émancipation aux mains du peuple la rendent chaque jour plus anachronique.

Thierry Deronne, Caracas, le 17 juin 2025

Notes :

1 Discours de Hugo Chávez à La Havane, décembre 1994,
2 « Permettre l’utopie, organiser l’impossible » – Ma première vie, par Hugo Chávez (Conversations avec Ignacio Ramonet), venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… . Quelques années plus tard, dans un contexte différent, Gustavo Petro fait la même analyse : “La gauche colombienne n’a jamais gagné la présidence parce qu’elle était trop petite, trop repliée sur elle-même et trop sectaire. L’ego de groupe est très nuisible avec sa « ligne correcte et puriste » et sa manière de regarder avec méfiance tout Colombien ou Colombienne qui ne ressemble pas à un cadre de gauche, que nous appelions autrefois un cadre révolutionnaire.”ultimasnoticias.com.ve/mundo/p…
3 En 2018 déjà, lors d’un congrès national du PC, les guérilleros survivants des années 60 avaient quitté la salle pour dénoncer cette dérive anti-Maduro: « c’est pour cette révolution que nous nous sommes tous battus, alors cesse d’insulter ceux qui sont morts pour elle ! » avaient-ils lancé à Oscar Figuera.
4 Voir le communiqué de Figuera justifiant cette purge, diffusé sans réserve par des sites comme Solidnet : solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Ven… ou mouvementcommuniste.over-blog.…
5 « Caracas 3rd International Conference in March 2023 : Latin America has a vital role to play in the world anti-imperialist struggle », wap21.org/?p=2332
6 « Avalanche of irregularities plunges May 25 electoral process into the abyss », prensapcv.wordpress.com/2025/0… El Partido Comunista de Venezuela rechaza la candidatura de Maduro y apoya la de Enrique Márquez, cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/candi… et “El Partido Comunista de Venezuela anuncia decisión de no participar en comicios de julio”, swissinfo.ch/spa/el-partido-co…
7 « PCV: Maduro trata de recomponer su malograda legitimidad con foro parlamentario antifascista », prensapcv.wordpress.com/2024/1…
8 Le « cas Figuera » n’est qu’un exemple de l’influence du Parti Communiste Grec qui divise ou paralyse des organisations communistes du monde entier en propageant une critique « chimiquement pure » des processus politiques. Tout processus qui n’entre pas dans la grille des classiques du marxisme est dénoncé comme « réformiste ».. ou « impérialiste ». Ainsi la Chine ou le Mexique, ou le Venezuela, etc…, puisqu’ils sont des économies mixtes, sont des traitres qui pactisent avec le capitalisme, et vu que le capitalisme est impérialiste… sont des régimes impérialistes eux aussi ! En ce qui concerne le conflit en Ukraine, ce courant trotskiste gomme la séquence causale (coup d’État pro-occidental de Maidan en 2014, bombardements des populations russophones du Donbass et de Donetsk, leurre des accords de Minsk, installation de missiles de l’OTAN à la frontière de la Russie, etc…) pour pouvoir faire de la Russie un «impérialisme » identique à celui des États-Unis.
9 « They are making Venezuela’s economy scream », peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/06… “Sanções contra Venezuela fizeram o país perder US$ 226 bi em receitas petrolíferas”, brasildefato.com.br/colunista/… “Venezuela. ONU reconoce impacto negativo de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales de EE.UU”, resumenlatinoamericano.org/202…
10 “Nicolas Maduro est-il devenu néo-libéral ?”, venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… Pour la séquence complète depuis le début de la guerre économique : “Mai 2011 : augmentation du salaire minimum de 25 % et des salaires des universitaires et du secteur public de 40%.”, venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… ; “Venezuela : l’augmentation du salaire et la baisse du chômage continuent”, venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… Contrôle des prix des aliments, hausse du salaire, impôt sur les grandes fortunes et affranchissement du dollar : Maduro poursuit l’offensive contre la guerre économique, venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… « Maduro hace milagros para proteger el ingreso mínimo integral en plena guerra económica », venezuela-news.com/maduro-hace… , « Venezuela aumenta auxílios para amenizar inflação, mas desafio é ampliar poder de compra », brasildefato.com.br/2025/05/09… « Malas noticias al imperio: no podrán frenar los recursos para el pueblo », ultimasnoticias.com.ve/politic…
11 CEPAL: Venezuela destaca como la economía de mayor crecimiento en la región », observatorio.gob.ve/cepal-vene… ; « La economía venezolana continúa avanzando: El PIB creció 9,32% en el primer trimestre de 2025 », bcv.org.ve/notas-de-prensa/la-… « 97% de los productos que se venden en los supermercados son hechos en Venezuela », ultimasnoticias.com.ve/mercado… « Venezuela mantiene crecimiento sólido en soberanía alimentaria durante primer semestre del 2025 », venezuela-news.com/venezuela-m… « Pese a sanciones y guerra económica: Venezuela aumenta sus exportaciones no petroleras a más del 87% », venezuela-news.com/pese-a-sanc… « Venezuelan Oil Production Recedes as PDVSA Finds New Partners », venezuelanalysis.com/news/vene…
12 « Un país que se autoabastece y exporta: Venezuela rompe criminales sanciones y alcanza soberanía alimentaria », fusernews.com/un-pais-que-se-a… « Sistema Agroalimentario venezolano reporta mejoras en abastecimiento y almacenamiento al cierre de mayo », venezuela-news.com/sistema-agr… ; « Presidente Maduro entregó la vivienda 5 millones 258 mil », correodelorinoco.gob.ve/presid… ; « Venezuela: School Food Program Serves 4.6 Million Students for Free », orinocotribune.com/venezuela-s… Plan quirúrgico de cataratas en Miranda atenderá 500 pacientes, ultimasnoticias.com.ve/mas-vid…
13 « 2024, el año de los supermercados », ultimasnoticias.com.ve/mercado…
14 “US Strips Hundreds of Thousands from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela of Migratory Status. President Nicolás Maduro appealed to Venezuelan migrants abroad to return home.”, “venezuelanalysis.com/news/us-s… , “Où sont les défenseurs des droits humains des Vénézuéliens ?”, b-tornare.overblog.com/2025/05… Maduro a dit : « s’ils n’en veulent pas, nous si. », b-tornare.overblog.com/2025/05… “Cabello: Más de un millón de venezolanos han retornado tras encontrar la cruda realidad”, ultimasnoticias.com.ve/politic…
15 “PCV: Política económica de Maduro llevó a cero los salarios y las pensiones”, prensapcv.wordpress.com/2025/0…
16 « Brésil : 12 morts lors d’un raid de la police dans la ville de Salvador », lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/bresil-… « Violência no campo bate recorde da última década e áreas de avanço do agronegócio concentram casos de assassinatos », brasildefato.com.br/2025/04/23… « Indígenas bloquean carretera en Brasil contra ley que amenaza sus territorios », «En 2024, un líder social fue asesinado cada dos días en Colombia », elpais.com/america-colombia/20… « Colombia: más de 70 líderes sociales asesinados en lo que va de 2025 » telesurtv.net/colombia-70-lide… « Amnistía Internacional rechaza trabajo de Fiscalía colombiana en crímenes contra líderes sociales », elespectador.com/judicial/amni… « México, el país que desaparece: sin rastro de 125.000 personas », elpais.com/mexico/2025-03-23/m… « Rechaza México declaraciones de Comité de ONU sobre desapariciones forzadas », jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/04… « Protestan familiares de desaparecidos en el Senado », jornada.com.mx/galeria/2025/04… « Madres de todo el país exigen justicia para personas desaparecidas”, jornada.com.mx/galeria/2025/05…
17 « Nicolas Maduro interdit toute expulsion de paysans et exige d’arrêter les responsables de ces exactions (photos et vidéo) », venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… Déclarations du procureur général Tarek William Saab instagram.com/p/DGyTLDLvqKl/
18 Déclarations de Daniel Jadue : https://x.com/venezuelainfos/status/1515071286883540994.
19 « A rebours des post-démocraties de Musk and Trump, Nicolas Maduro renforce la démocratie au Venezuela », venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… L’humanisme de la révolution bolivarienne s’enracine dans la maxime de Simon Bolivar « maudit soit le soldat qui retourne ses armes contre le peuple », cité par Chávez au moment de sevrer l’armée vénézuélienne de la School of Americas, l’« école des bourreaux » installée aux États-Unis. Même les extrémistes de droite violents (relookés en “prisonniers d’opinion” par les médias) qui organisent périodiquement des déstabilisations et recrutent des jeunes de quartiers populaires pour quelques dollars, finissent par être libérés. Les leaders de l’extrême droite putschiste – de Juan Guaido a Maria Corina Machado – n’ont jamais été arrêtés. Au point qu’il faudrait presque parler de laxisme quand on compare l’action de la justice vénézuélienne à celle de la justice du Brésil contre le coup d’État de Bolsonaro ou celle de la justice états-unienne contre les extrémistes qui ont pris d’assaut le Capitole.
20 « El Partido Comunista de Venezuela acusa al Gobierno de ejecutar una «política de terror», swissinfo.ch/spa/el-partido-co… « National Endowment for Democracy weaponizes “democracy” in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. », laprogressive.com/the-media-in…
21 « Le « Grand Venezuela Circus » et ses influenceurs », par Maurice Lemoine, venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… et « Venezuela : Contes et mécomptes de curieux « défenseurs des droits humains », par Maurice Lemoine », venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… et « Venezuela : aux « sources » de la désinformation », medelu.org/Venezuela-aux-sourc… « Con las ONG los extremistas se llenan los bolsillos a costa de la migración venezolana (+Lista) », ultimasnoticias.com.ve/politic…
22 Lenin Went to Dance in the Snow to Celebrate the Paris Commune and the Soviet Republic: The Twenty-First Newsletter (2021), thetricontinental.org/newslett… « « On ne peut être décolonial sans être anti-impérialiste » : Ramon Grosfoguel. », venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… Les Sans Terre du Brésil à l’école du Venezuela: « ici, le peuple est vraiment le sujet de la révolution. », venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2… , « Commune or Nothing! Venezuela’s Communal Movement and its Socialist Project », monthlyreview.org/product/comm…

Voir les photos dans l'URL de cet article : venezuelainfos.wordpress.com/2…



El Partido Comunista de Venezuela anuncia decisión de no participar en comicios de julio

Caracas, 11 jun (EFE).- El Partido Comunista de Venezuela (PCV) anunció este miércoles que no participará en las elecciones de alcaldes y concejos municipales previstas para el próximo 27 de julio, al argumentar que en el país caribeño los comicios s…
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British photojournalist hit by non lethal rounds during Los Angeles protests

I'd argue this isn't internal US news considering an international reporter was shot. TWO international reporters shot in a single day.

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“People came over to help and got me on the curb. A medic was called, who cut off my clothes. In my leg was what felt like a five centimeter hole with muscle hanging out of it and blood all down my leg. The medic put a tourniquet on it, and a journalist I was with took me to ER.”

British photojournalist hit by non-lethal rounds during Los Angeles protests

Nick Stern to undergo surgery for wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters
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[News] Madleen Gaza Flotilla Live Tracker: Israeli Forces Intercept the Madleen, Cut Off Comms, Kidnap Crew

Update: I will no longer be updating this thread. New Information will be coming soon undoubtedly.

(01:40 GMT) Israel does not have authority over Gaza waters

A video obtained by Al Jazeera shows a uniformed officer telling the people on board the Madleen there are other means for delivering aid, before the ship was intercepted.
“If you wish to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, you’re able to do so through the port of Ashdod,” the uniformed officer says. “We have established channels and distribution centres.”
However UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera this is not accurate.
“Israel has no authority over Gaza. This is the thing. Israel needs to end the siege.”
“The people of Gaza need to be helped.”


(01:23 GMT) Israeli MFA says Madleen being taken to Israel’s Ashdod port

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Israeli authorities intercepted the Madleen.
“The “selfie yacht” of the “celebrities” is safely making its way to the shores of Israel,” the ministry said in a post on X.
The post accused “Greta and others” of attempting “to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity” claiming sufficient aid has reached Gaza in the past two weeks.
However Israeli forces have repeatedly fired on Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza after allowing some food to return to the strip following its longest ever total blockade.
Dozens of people have been killed while trying to reach aid distribution sites, including at least 13 Palestinians on Sunday alone.


(01:00 GMT) ‘If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped’

Greta Thunberg has shared a pre-recorded video appealing for international help.
“My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden,” Thunberg said in the video recorded on board the Madleen, before tonight’s events.
“If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel,” she said.
“I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible.”


(00:50 GMT) Francesca Albanese says she lost contact with Madleen

As we’ve been reporting, the support crew for the Madleen say that communications on board the ship have been cut.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese also says she has lost contact with the ship.
“I heard the soldiers speaking while the captain was on the phone with me,” says Albanese.
“I lost connection with the captain as he was telling me that ‘another boat is approaching’.”


(00:40 GMT) Madleen crew told to throw phones over board

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has shared a video showing the crew in the moments before the ship was intercepted by Israeli forces.
The crew sat wearing life vests, with their hands in the air and threw their phones in the water.


(00:25 GMT) Crew’s eyes were burning after white substance dropped on Madleen

Here’s more from Huwaida Arraf, the co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, which is supporting the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
“Just moments ago, communication seemed to be cut,” Arraf told Al Jazeera from Sicily.
“So, we have lost all contact with our colleagues on the Madleen.”
“Before that, we know that they had two drones hovering above them that dropped some kind of chemical on the vessel. We don’t know what that chemical was,” she said.
“Some people reported that their eyes were burning. Before that, they were also approached by vessels in a very threatening manner.”
So at least for the last hour, hour and a half, they have been threatened by Israeli forces.”
“The last we saw, were able to hear from them, they were surrounded… by Israeli naval commandos and it looked like the commandos were about to take over the vessel.”


(00:21 GMT) Israeli forces intercept the Madleen, cut off comms

Contact has been lost with the Madleen after Israeli commandos intercepted it in international waters.
They demanded that everyone on board turn off their phones, and we have lost contact with Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Omar Faiad as well as our live feed.
International Solidarity Movement co-founder, Huwaida Arraf, confirmed that they have also lost contact with the Madleen.


(00:12 GMT) Drones drop white paint on Madleen as comms jammed

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla says that quadcopters have surrounded the Madleen and are “spraying it with a white paint-like substance”.
“Communications are jammed and disturbing sounds are being played over the radio,” the flotilla said in a post on Instagram.


(23:45 GMT) Two drones hovering over the Madleen

The crew on board the Madleen is now taking cover as two drones are hovering overhead, says UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
“Two drones over the Madleen. They say they are quadcopters, the dangerous ones. TEAM IS TAKING COVER,” Albanese wrote on X.


(23:30 GMT) ‘Psychological warfare’ as two boats remain in front of Madleen

Speaking to Al Jazeera from on board the Madleen, Yasemin Acar, says that four vessels approached the ship and that two remain nearby.
“We are very close to Gaza, approximately 100 miles away,” she said.
“We sounded the alarm because we saw exactly four vessels approaching us all at the same time, two of which had blue lights,” she said.
“We had many lights suddenly surrounding us, and the four vessels suddenly just stopped.”
Acar added that two of the boats came as close as 200 meters from the Madleen before leaving, while the other two vessels remain nearby.
“Two of them are still right in front of me, they just stopped,” she said.
“We are reason to believe that this is psychological warfare.”
“It’s just a way of intimidating us and a way to make us turn back and not tried to challenge the illegal blockade on Gaza.”


(23:15 GMT) Francesca Albanese says Madleen ‘calm and safe now’

The UN Special Rapporteur on the the Occupied Palestinian Territories has said “all looks calm and safe now,” after alarms earlier sounded on board the Madleen.
“I just spoke again with the Flotilla, [including] its [Communication] Room in Catania”, Albanese said in a post on X.
“All looks calm and safe now. Speedboats watching; but the flotilla continues its sailing.”
“It will be a long night. And as they say and we say, ‘we are together’.”


(22:58 GMT) Freedom Flotilla Coalition says surrounding boats have left

In an audio message on the coalition’s Telegram, activist Thiago Avila has said the boats that surrounded the Madleen have now left.
“This, unfortunately, has been a very unlikely false alarm. we have been surrounded by many lights all at once. And they were circling our boat, but in the end, they kept going their own way,” he said.
“Could be IOF (Israel occupation forces) vessels, but in this case they just left and we don’t know,” he added. “We’re not sure.”


(22:40 GMT) ‘The IOF is here right now, please sound the alarm’

A video posted by Eye on Palestine shows Brazilian activist Thiago Avila wearing a life jacket.
“The IOF is here right now, please sound the alarm. We are being surrounded by their boats,” he said in the video.
“Yes this is an interception, a war crime is happening right now,” he said.


(22:35 GMT) UN rights expert says Israeli speedboats surrounding Madleen

In a post on X, Francesca Albanese said that she is in contact with the Madleen crew as they are now surrounded by Israeli vessels.
“They have just been reached by the Israel speedboats – 5 vessels circling the flotilla,” Albanese said.
“The captain is instructing the team to stay calm and seated, with their passports and life jackets on.”
“I hear them speaking with Israeli soldiers as I type… telling they are carrying humanitarian aid and go in peace. For the time being they are just circled. I am with them, recording everything.”


(19:35 GMT) Israel planning to intercept Madleen tonight

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper has reported that Israel’s Navy is planning to intercept Madleen tonight, and will seek to do so as far from the coast of Gaza as possible.
The newspaper framed the plan to intercept the Madleen deep in international waters as meant to avoid having to take the vessel by force, saying it will give the crew ample time to turn around.
Madleen’s crew has said they remain resolute in breaking the Israeli blockade.
Meanwhile, a senior Israeli official told Israel’s Channel 12 that the vessel will be boarded by commandos if it does not turn around and will be taken to Ashdod port.


(16:50 GMT) Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist on board the Madleen vessel, tells Al Jazeera the boat is currently about 185km (100 nautical miles) off the coast of Gaza.

“We are here to support Gaza and demand an end to the bombing and starvation,” Avila said. “Despite threats, we will continue our journey. The world must stand with us.”
He said drones are flying overhead and communication systems had been jammed.
“We know Israeli forces are prepared to confront us with weapons, but we are not afraid,” he said. “What we face is nothing compared to what Palestinians in Gaza endure.”


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Zelensky: US moved 20,000 anti-drone missiles meant for Ukraine to MidEast

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the US had diverted tens of thousands of anti-drone missiles to American troops in the Middle East, speaking Sunday to ABC News.

The 20,000 missiles were originally intended for Ukraine’s defense against Shahed-type drones, which Zelensky said his forces have a “big problem” with – “we will find all the tools to destroy them,” he said.

“We counted on this project,” Zelensky added, even though “it was not expensive, but it’s a special technology.”


Zelensky: US moved 20,000 anti-drone missiles meant for Ukraine to MidEast

The Pentagon sent the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System projectiles to the Middle East instead, where they will help protect US forces from regional threats
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