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This is the fundamental difference between SAFTU and COSATU. SAFTU does not regard the ANC as a shield for workers or the SACP as a vanguard simply by virtue of its name or history. The ANC is a capitalist movement implementing neoliberal policies and austerity. The consequences are visible... in cuts to public services, from border management and crime prevention to schools, hospitals, land reform and agricultural support. The scale of the squeeze is measurable. By 2022/23, real non-interest spending per person had fallen back to around its 2008/09 level. The Institute for Economic Justice estimates that it will fall by a further 23% between 2019/20 and 2026/27, from R34,607 to R26,496 per person in 2024/25 rands. ( This means fewer real resources, on average, for the public services people depend on. When schools and hospitals are underfunded, staff and infrastructure are stretched, and families must pay privately for services they cannot afford, living standards fall and poverty deepens. Manufacturing’s share of GDP has fallen from about 22% in 1994 to just over 11%. One published estimate says that more than a million manufacturing jobs have been lost since 1994 when jobs that would have been created through continued growth are included. That is a counterfactual estimate, not a count of measured job losses. ( Eskom has been unbundled and the electricity market opened further to private capital, while the average Eskom tariff rose by 1,722% in nominal terms between 1994 and 2024. Privatisation and commercialisation have also made essential public services increasingly unaffordable. A government that makes people pay more while providing less cannot be a shield for workers. It is deepening the pressures on the working class. The capitalist class has more reason than workers to call the ANC a shield: its policies protect and advance their interests. A workers’ movement that cannot identify its class adversaries risks being co-opted into managing class conflict on behalf of the system. SAFTU believes no organisation can simply declare itself the vanguard. A vanguard earns that standing through struggle for the socialist transformation of society - not by title, nor by implementing the government’s anti-worker, pro-business policies. However, that does not prevent SAFTU from working with COSATU. We will pursue unity in action and take forward the four federations’ common declaration towards a confederation and a shared programme against austerity, job losses and attacks on public services.show more

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EFF MPL M Tshwaku, PhD14 дней назад

And this is the President of Cosatu. I think he needs a political school.

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Oyama Tuntulwana14 дней назад

Braaah ZV so the only correct Org is the 1 led by ur good self? Come on

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sipho14 дней назад

MXM wena

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People First🇿🇦🌍13 дней назад

Correct. I also simply wrote him off after hearing that rhetoric.

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Operation Vulindlela has become the mainstay economic programme of the GNU, but its ideological foundations are firmly neoliberal. At its heart is the proposition that the failures of the state and public institutions should be resolved by opening strategic public services and infrastructure to private capital: electricity, rail, ports, water and increasingly municipal services. The model is straightforward: nationalise the risks and privatise the profits. The public sector carries the historic debt, maintains much of the infrastructure, guarantees essential services and absorbs the risks, while profitable components and revenue streams are progressively opened to private investors. Government itself speaks of creating “bankable” projects and mechanisms to reduce the risks faced by private investors. This is not simply technical reform; it represents an ideological restructuring of the relationship between the state and capital, with private profitability increasingly determining how essential public infrastructure is financed and operated. Eskom provides the clearest warning of where this road can lead. For years SAFTU has demanded full disclosure of Eskom’s agreements with Independent Power Producers, yet the Federation says the complete contractual terms have not been placed in the public domain. We therefore describe these as secret agreements: contracts committing a public institution and ultimately electricity users to long-term financial obligations whose full terms workers and the public cannot adequately scrutinise. Some IPP arrangements have involved government guarantees and long-term purchasing commitments, while Eskom has confirmed that its contracts with privately owned diesel peaking plants contain take-or-pay provisions under which it pays for committed capacity whether that electricity is required or not. This captures SAFTU’s fundamental objection to the Vulindlela model: the state assumes or underwrites substantial risks while private investors secure protected revenue streams and returns. Similar approaches are now being extended into transmission, rail, ports, water and other public infrastructure. International experience gives workers every reason to scrutinise such restructuring carefully: opening public networks to private operators, guaranteeing returns and separating commercially attractive activities from the wider public-service obligation can become steps towards deeper privatisation. SAFTU rejects the idea that public-sector failure should be engineered or exploited to make privatisation appear inevitable.

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The reason they tell you to vote is because the ruling class knows the people cannot vote their way out of a capitalist dictatorship when both parties are completely controlled by capital. The only way to change a capitalist regime like the United States that values profits and property more than human life is to disrupt and take back the one thing the system cares about: Capital. To do this the working class must organize a mass movement to seize the means of production and put the economy directly in the hands of the people, not the oligarchs. A better world that puts people over profits is possible but only if we come together and fight for it!

The reason they tell you to vote is because the ruling class knows the people cannot vote their way out of a capitalist dictatorship when both parties are completely controlled by capital. The only way to change a capitalist regime like the United States that values profits and property more than human life is to disrupt and take back the one thing the system cares about: Capital. To do this the working class must organize a mass movement to seize the means of production and put the economy directly in the hands of the people, not the oligarchs. A better world that puts people over profits is possible but only if we come together and fight for it!

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Every time this MK song is sung, I still feel that deep shiver down my spine. Instinctively, I turn the volume up. And without apology, the tears come. This remains one of my most cherished songs of Umkhonto weSizwe. It connects me to sacrifice, courage, discipline, and a generation that believed liberation was worth everything. But consciousness does not stand still. My conscientisation into the African National Congress was forged through my family background and lived experiences in the farms and in Sada, one of the most neglected townships, pre- and post-1994. It was further sharpened in the Congress of South African Students (COSAS). I loved the ANC so profoundly that I was prepared to lay down my own life for its historic mission. Like millions, I did not sing on the periphery — I was inside, taking risks. What drew me to the ANC was the Freedom Charter, especially its economic demands: that the people shall share in the country’s wealth; that the land shall be shared among those who work it; that the mineral wealth, banks and monopoly industries shall belong to the people; and that there shall be work, security, a living wage, and dignity. This understanding was deepened by Morogoro, which warned that political freedom without economic transformation is a deception. “In our country – more than in any other part of the oppressed world – it is inconceivable for liberation to have meaning, without a return of the wealth of the land to the people as a whole. It is, therefore, a fundamental feature of our strategy that victory must embrace more than formal political democracy. To allow the existing economic forces to retain their interests, intact, is to feed the root of racial supremacy, and does not represent even the shadow of liberation.” That ANC was not defeated. It was stolen — captured by a black middle strata offered shares, boardrooms, and proximity to private capital in exchange for abandoning the historic mission. Class compromise replaced revolutionary purpose. Thus emerged the ANC of GEAR, privatisation, the NDP, and today Operation Vulindlela and GAIN — an ANC of neoliberalism and austerity, protecting monopoly capital and BEE tycoons while the working class suffers. I cannot, in conscience, abandon the working class for this project. So when this MK song is sung, the shiver still comes, the tears still fall — but I cry outside, with the working class, the unemployed, and the precarious. Because loyalty to the working class must always come before loyalty to any organisation. I have learnt to love the working class and the marginalised majority more than the ANC!

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29,250 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

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ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula

98,103 просмотров • 21 дней назад

In recent years, a misleading and dangerous narrative has gained traction in Somali political discourse, one that reduces Puntland to a tribal entity while positioning Somalia as the only legitimate national framework. This notion is not only inaccurate but also undermines the political reality on the ground. Puntland is not a tribe, it is a functioning government. And the people of Puntland are justified in putting Puntland first because it is the only government that has consistently provided them with services, stability, and a sense of civic belonging. A government, by definition, is an institution that delivers essential services such as security, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and public administration. It operates under a legal framework, often anchored in a constitution, and is staffed by institutions that enforce laws, collect revenue, and govern society. Puntland has fulfilled all of these functions. Since its founding in 1998, Puntland has operated with a constitution, a regional parliament, executive leadership, and a judiciary. It has established police forces, intelligence services, and military units that maintain peace in its territories. Puntland has built and operated public schools, hospitals, and administrative offices across its regions. These are the markers of a functioning government, not the features of a tribe. There is no tribe called Puntland. Rather, Puntland is a coalition of diverse communities and clans who voluntarily came together to build a regional authority in response to the collapse of Somalia’s central government. To describe Puntland as a tribe is to fundamentally misunderstand or deliberately distort the nature of its political structure. Tribes are kinship-based social formations; they do not have constitutions, flags, or formal governments that deliver public goods. Puntland is a political entity, a state government within the federal system of Somalia, that exists because it filled a vacuum created by the central state’s failure. That failure is not theoretical, it is lived and real. For decades, the Federal Government of Somalia has been unable to provide basic services to its citizens. Many regions of the country have been mired in conflict, neglect, and administrative collapse. In contrast, Puntland emerged as a self-reliant response to this vacuum. It did not wait for Mogadishu to bring security, law, and order. Instead, it built those systems on its own, using local capacity, leadership, and popular support. While the international community debated Somalia’s future, Puntland created one for its people. This is why many Puntlanders identify with Puntland first. It is not out of tribalism or secessionist ambition but because Puntland is the government that has served them. Loyalty is earned through service and protection. National identity cannot be forced from above; it must emerge from the legitimacy and performance of institutions. For Puntlanders, Puntland is not only a region but also a source of security, education, opportunity, and governance. In this context, putting Puntland first is a rational, even patriotic, act. Critics who attempt to diminish Puntland’s role by labeling it a tribal entity are engaging in a harmful narrative. Not only does this view ignore the facts, but it also disrespects the hard work of those who built Puntland’s institutions and continue to uphold them. Reducing Puntland to a tribe is a political distortion designed to strip its people of their agency and undermine their political achievements. It is both factually wrong and morally irresponsible.

In recent years, a misleading and dangerous narrative has gained traction in Somali political discourse, one that reduces Puntland to a tribal entity while positioning Somalia as the only legitimate national framework. This notion is not only inaccurate but also undermines the political reality on the ground. Puntland is not a tribe, it is a functioning government. And the people of Puntland are justified in putting Puntland first because it is the only government that has consistently provided them with services, stability, and a sense of civic belonging. A government, by definition, is an institution that delivers essential services such as security, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and public administration. It operates under a legal framework, often anchored in a constitution, and is staffed by institutions that enforce laws, collect revenue, and govern society. Puntland has fulfilled all of these functions. Since its founding in 1998, Puntland has operated with a constitution, a regional parliament, executive leadership, and a judiciary. It has established police forces, intelligence services, and military units that maintain peace in its territories. Puntland has built and operated public schools, hospitals, and administrative offices across its regions. These are the markers of a functioning government, not the features of a tribe. There is no tribe called Puntland. Rather, Puntland is a coalition of diverse communities and clans who voluntarily came together to build a regional authority in response to the collapse of Somalia’s central government. To describe Puntland as a tribe is to fundamentally misunderstand or deliberately distort the nature of its political structure. Tribes are kinship-based social formations; they do not have constitutions, flags, or formal governments that deliver public goods. Puntland is a political entity, a state government within the federal system of Somalia, that exists because it filled a vacuum created by the central state’s failure. That failure is not theoretical, it is lived and real. For decades, the Federal Government of Somalia has been unable to provide basic services to its citizens. Many regions of the country have been mired in conflict, neglect, and administrative collapse. In contrast, Puntland emerged as a self-reliant response to this vacuum. It did not wait for Mogadishu to bring security, law, and order. Instead, it built those systems on its own, using local capacity, leadership, and popular support. While the international community debated Somalia’s future, Puntland created one for its people. This is why many Puntlanders identify with Puntland first. It is not out of tribalism or secessionist ambition but because Puntland is the government that has served them. Loyalty is earned through service and protection. National identity cannot be forced from above; it must emerge from the legitimacy and performance of institutions. For Puntlanders, Puntland is not only a region but also a source of security, education, opportunity, and governance. In this context, putting Puntland first is a rational, even patriotic, act. Critics who attempt to diminish Puntland’s role by labeling it a tribal entity are engaging in a harmful narrative. Not only does this view ignore the facts, but it also disrespects the hard work of those who built Puntland’s institutions and continue to uphold them. Reducing Puntland to a tribe is a political distortion designed to strip its people of their agency and undermine their political achievements. It is both factually wrong and morally irresponsible.

Mustafe G Guufe

23,395 просмотров • 1 год назад

BREAKING: IRAN MESSAGE TO PALESTINE AND MUSLIMS IN THE REGION: Spokesman for the Khatim Al-Anbiya Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces: “Our defense is a defense of the dignity of the Islamic Ummah. To the Muslim brothers in the region and our loved ones in the land of Palestine, and especially patient Gaza: Today, from the Islamic Republic of Iran, we speak to you honestly and from the heart; a word of loyalty, love, and brotherhood. The Islamic Ummah and the Palestinian people have always been alive in the conscience of the people of Islamic Iran. Its name, since the first days of the victory of the revolution, has been imprinted in our awareness like a banner for a right that never falls, and for a nation that cannot be worn down no matter how heavy the hardships are, and whose will cannot be broken no matter how dire the events become. We tell you that today we are not fighting only to defend ourselves, nor only to avenge our own martyrs, but we are also fighting to defend the grievances of the Islamic Ummah, the Palestinian people, and their martyrs, who have a steadfast and deep-rooted share in this position. Palestine has never been the issue of one nation alone; rather, it has always been, and will continue to be, an issue of dignity, right, and justice, and an issue of the entire Islamic Ummah. O Islamic Ummah and O people of Palestine, do not think that you are alone in this battlefield against the usurping zionist regime; we are with you, upon a covenant that does not change and upon a position that does not waver. You are the nation of return and dignity; a nation that knows how to be patient, how to remain steadfast, and how to preserve its right from generation to generation. We pledge to you that we will remain steadfast by your side on this path until the right reaches its people and dear Palestine returns, free and proud, to its original owners.”

BREAKING: IRAN MESSAGE TO PALESTINE AND MUSLIMS IN THE REGION: Spokesman for the Khatim Al-Anbiya Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces: “Our defense is a defense of the dignity of the Islamic Ummah. To the Muslim brothers in the region and our loved ones in the land of Palestine, and especially patient Gaza: Today, from the Islamic Republic of Iran, we speak to you honestly and from the heart; a word of loyalty, love, and brotherhood. The Islamic Ummah and the Palestinian people have always been alive in the conscience of the people of Islamic Iran. Its name, since the first days of the victory of the revolution, has been imprinted in our awareness like a banner for a right that never falls, and for a nation that cannot be worn down no matter how heavy the hardships are, and whose will cannot be broken no matter how dire the events become. We tell you that today we are not fighting only to defend ourselves, nor only to avenge our own martyrs, but we are also fighting to defend the grievances of the Islamic Ummah, the Palestinian people, and their martyrs, who have a steadfast and deep-rooted share in this position. Palestine has never been the issue of one nation alone; rather, it has always been, and will continue to be, an issue of dignity, right, and justice, and an issue of the entire Islamic Ummah. O Islamic Ummah and O people of Palestine, do not think that you are alone in this battlefield against the usurping zionist regime; we are with you, upon a covenant that does not change and upon a position that does not waver. You are the nation of return and dignity; a nation that knows how to be patient, how to remain steadfast, and how to preserve its right from generation to generation. We pledge to you that we will remain steadfast by your side on this path until the right reaches its people and dear Palestine returns, free and proud, to its original owners.”

Sulaiman Ahmed

213,029 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

Brothers and sisters of Ireland, 🇮🇪 We gather not in silence, but in strength. We gather not in hate, but in hope. And we gather not to divide, but to demand. For the past number of days, our country has been brought to a standstill. Not by chaos without cause, but by people pushed to the edge. Farmers, workers, drivers, families, ordinary Irish people have taken to the roads, to the streets, to the gates of this nation’s lifelines because the cost of simply living has become too much to bear. They are not there for attention. They are there because they cannot afford not to be. Fuel prices have surged to unsustainable levels, driven by global crises and policies beyond the control of ordinary people. And yet, it is the ordinary people who are expected to carry the burden. They tell us support has been given. They tell us measures are in place. They tell us to be patient. But patience does not fill a tank. Patience does not keep a business alive. Patience does not put food on the table. Across Ireland, roads have been blocked, cities brought to a halt, and supply lines disrupted. Fuel depots, ports, even the country’s only oil refinery have been targeted in protest. Not out of malice but out of desperation. And now we see the response. The government condemns the protests. They speak of disruption, of law and order, of consequences. They warn of penalties and even bring in the Defence Forces to assist. But where was this urgency before? Where was this response when people were crying out for help? We ask not for chaos. We ask not for division. We ask for fairness. We ask for a government that listens before the country grinds to a halt. We ask for action before people are forced onto the streets to be heard. Because let us be clear: These protests did not appear out of nowhere. They are the result of years of pressure, rising costs, and people feeling ignored. You, in government, we ask you now!! Why does it take nationwide disruption before you listen? Why are workers and families pushed to breaking point before action is taken? Why must people blockade their own country just to be heard? We are not extremists. We are not criminals. We are citizens. And we are pissed of being ignored. Those standing on the roads today those sitting in tractors and trucks through the night those sacrificing income to make a point they are not the enemy of this country. They are the voice of it. And yes you best believe disruption is real. People are delayed, services affected, and frustration is growing. But that is what happens when a government stops listening and the people are left with no other choice. This is a peaceful movement. But it is a powerful one. And it carries a message that cannot be ignored! A country cannot function when its people cannot afford to live in it. So we say again: Serve your people first, or step aside. This is not your Ireland to manage from a distance. This is our Ireland, lived in every day by those now standing in protest. And until there is real action, real engagement, and real change the voices on those roads will not fade. They will grow louder. Éire Abú. Fergus (Ferg) Power The Irish Git Conor McGregor @real_eire @RealMessageEire

Brothers and sisters of Ireland, 🇮🇪 We gather not in silence, but in strength. We gather not in hate, but in hope. And we gather not to divide, but to demand. For the past number of days, our country has been brought to a standstill. Not by chaos without cause, but by people pushed to the edge. Farmers, workers, drivers, families, ordinary Irish people have taken to the roads, to the streets, to the gates of this nation’s lifelines because the cost of simply living has become too much to bear. They are not there for attention. They are there because they cannot afford not to be. Fuel prices have surged to unsustainable levels, driven by global crises and policies beyond the control of ordinary people. And yet, it is the ordinary people who are expected to carry the burden. They tell us support has been given. They tell us measures are in place. They tell us to be patient. But patience does not fill a tank. Patience does not keep a business alive. Patience does not put food on the table. Across Ireland, roads have been blocked, cities brought to a halt, and supply lines disrupted. Fuel depots, ports, even the country’s only oil refinery have been targeted in protest. Not out of malice but out of desperation. And now we see the response. The government condemns the protests. They speak of disruption, of law and order, of consequences. They warn of penalties and even bring in the Defence Forces to assist. But where was this urgency before? Where was this response when people were crying out for help? We ask not for chaos. We ask not for division. We ask for fairness. We ask for a government that listens before the country grinds to a halt. We ask for action before people are forced onto the streets to be heard. Because let us be clear: These protests did not appear out of nowhere. They are the result of years of pressure, rising costs, and people feeling ignored. You, in government, we ask you now!! Why does it take nationwide disruption before you listen? Why are workers and families pushed to breaking point before action is taken? Why must people blockade their own country just to be heard? We are not extremists. We are not criminals. We are citizens. And we are pissed of being ignored. Those standing on the roads today those sitting in tractors and trucks through the night those sacrificing income to make a point they are not the enemy of this country. They are the voice of it. And yes you best believe disruption is real. People are delayed, services affected, and frustration is growing. But that is what happens when a government stops listening and the people are left with no other choice. This is a peaceful movement. But it is a powerful one. And it carries a message that cannot be ignored! A country cannot function when its people cannot afford to live in it. So we say again: Serve your people first, or step aside. This is not your Ireland to manage from a distance. This is our Ireland, lived in every day by those now standing in protest. And until there is real action, real engagement, and real change the voices on those roads will not fade. They will grow louder. Éire Abú. Fergus (Ferg) Power The Irish Git Conor McGregor @real_eire @RealMessageEire

Éire

28,249 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад

AOC: For a very long time, “working class” was a euphemism for race and gender. And it was really about a very specific and only one slice of the working class. And we are talking about the actual working class in this country—people working, trying to put food on the table, put their kids through school, and, if they’re lucky, be able to save up for a rainy day. But increasingly, people are not able to do that. And I think that there is no discussion about the working class unless you are talking about all of the working class in America, which is a multiracial working class.

AOC: For a very long time, “working class” was a euphemism for race and gender. And it was really about a very specific and only one slice of the working class. And we are talking about the actual working class in this country—people working, trying to put food on the table, put their kids through school, and, if they’re lucky, be able to save up for a rainy day. But increasingly, people are not able to do that. And I think that there is no discussion about the working class unless you are talking about all of the working class in America, which is a multiracial working class.

Acyn

121,994 просмотров • 11 дней назад

AOC: We heard that CNN is not disclosing the party affiliation of the federal workers that are here tonight. And that's for a reason—because there is a fear over political retaliation by this administration and a singling out and isolating of career federal workers based on party affiliation, just in their participation in public civic discourse. And this is from a Republican party that claims to believe in free speech, which we know from their actions in the last couple of months, have actually been doing nothing but the opposite

AOC: We heard that CNN is not disclosing the party affiliation of the federal workers that are here tonight. And that's for a reason—because there is a fear over political retaliation by this administration and a singling out and isolating of career federal workers based on party affiliation, just in their participation in public civic discourse. And this is from a Republican party that claims to believe in free speech, which we know from their actions in the last couple of months, have actually been doing nothing but the opposite

Acyn

256,211 просмотров • 1 год назад

Israel likes to claim that it has equal rights for its Palestinian citizens. But it does not. The neighborhood of Akbara, in Safed has suffered from extreme neglect from the municipality. Their children do not have a local school and are not provided transportation, as required by law to get to school. They are also not hooked up to the sewage system leading to contamination of its water sources, and they are repeatedly denied building permits on their own land and do not have sufficient health services. That is why, as they say in this video, the residents feel like "fifth class citizens."

Israel likes to claim that it has equal rights for its Palestinian citizens. But it does not. The neighborhood of Akbara, in Safed has suffered from extreme neglect from the municipality. Their children do not have a local school and are not provided transportation, as required by law to get to school. They are also not hooked up to the sewage system leading to contamination of its water sources, and they are repeatedly denied building permits on their own land and do not have sufficient health services. That is why, as they say in this video, the residents feel like "fifth class citizens."

Shaiel Ben-Ephraim

15,510 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

To the Muslim brothers of the region and our dear ones in the land of Palestine, especially patient Gaza : Today, from the Islamic Republic of Iran, we speak to you with sincere words from the heart; words of loyalty, affection, and brotherhood. The Islamic Ummah and the Palestinian nation have always been alive in the conscience of the people of Islamic Iran, and their name, from the very first days of the victory of the revolution, has been like a flag for a right that never falls and for a nation that no matter how heavy the hardships are, cannot be worn down, and no matter how severe the events, its will is not broken, has been imprinted in our awareness. We tell you that today we are not fighting only to defend ourselves, nor just to avenge our own martyrs, but to defend the oppression of the Islamic Ummah and the Palestinian nation and its martyrs who have a firm and deep-rooted share in this stance. Palestine has never been the issue of a single nation alone; rather, it has always been, and will always be, the issue of dignity, rights, and justice, and the issue of the entire Islamic Ummah. O Islamic Ummah and O people of Palestine, Do not think that you are alone in this field of struggle against the usurping Zionist regime; we are with you, bound by a covenant that does not change and a position that does not weaken. You are the nation of return and dignity; a nation that knows how to be patient, how to remain steadfast, and how to preserve its rights from generation to generation. We pledge to you that on this path we will stand firmly by your side until the right reaches its rightful owners, and dear Palestine returns free and proud to its original owners. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

To the Muslim brothers of the region and our dear ones in the land of Palestine, especially patient Gaza : Today, from the Islamic Republic of Iran, we speak to you with sincere words from the heart; words of loyalty, affection, and brotherhood. The Islamic Ummah and the Palestinian nation have always been alive in the conscience of the people of Islamic Iran, and their name, from the very first days of the victory of the revolution, has been like a flag for a right that never falls and for a nation that no matter how heavy the hardships are, cannot be worn down, and no matter how severe the events, its will is not broken, has been imprinted in our awareness. We tell you that today we are not fighting only to defend ourselves, nor just to avenge our own martyrs, but to defend the oppression of the Islamic Ummah and the Palestinian nation and its martyrs who have a firm and deep-rooted share in this stance. Palestine has never been the issue of a single nation alone; rather, it has always been, and will always be, the issue of dignity, rights, and justice, and the issue of the entire Islamic Ummah. O Islamic Ummah and O people of Palestine, Do not think that you are alone in this field of struggle against the usurping Zionist regime; we are with you, bound by a covenant that does not change and a position that does not weaken. You are the nation of return and dignity; a nation that knows how to be patient, how to remain steadfast, and how to preserve its rights from generation to generation. We pledge to you that on this path we will stand firmly by your side until the right reaches its rightful owners, and dear Palestine returns free and proud to its original owners. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

True Promise - الوعد الصادق ✪🇮🇷

40,574 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

What makes Kshama Sawant different is she understands that in order to win victories for working people you have to confront capital: “Under capitalism we didn’t make it a class struggle, it is a class struggle because the capitalist class and their politicians fight to the bitter end for their interests. We have to do the same for the interests of the working class.” She is running as an independent socialist for Congress to take on the capitalist duopoly, end the wars, stop the genocide, and nationalize health care. Let’s support her!

What makes Kshama Sawant different is she understands that in order to win victories for working people you have to confront capital: “Under capitalism we didn’t make it a class struggle, it is a class struggle because the capitalist class and their politicians fight to the bitter end for their interests. We have to do the same for the interests of the working class.” She is running as an independent socialist for Congress to take on the capitalist duopoly, end the wars, stop the genocide, and nationalize health care. Let’s support her!

Power to the People ☭🕊

18,072 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

🚨🇺🇸 ‘THE COMING PERIOD IS NOT A PERIOD OF DEMORALISATION, THIS IS A PERIOD OF STRUGGLE.’ ‘The policies that Trump’s oligarchic government will pursue, the escalating war, this is going to engender opposition. This is not a period of demoralisation, this is a period of struggle.’ ‘In our view, the program is to reestablish and reconnect the working class with the socialist movement…the fight for revolutionary internationalism, opposition to capitalism and all of its agencies, that is the issue. Capitalism, a social and economic system based on profit, the exploitation of the working class for interests of the oligarchs.’ -Joseph Kishore, 2024 Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Equality Party joins us for Monday’s edition of Going Underground Don’t miss it, follow our Rumble channel: Socialist Equality Party (US) Joseph Kishore

🚨🇺🇸 ‘THE COMING PERIOD IS NOT A PERIOD OF DEMORALISATION, THIS IS A PERIOD OF STRUGGLE.’ ‘The policies that Trump’s oligarchic government will pursue, the escalating war, this is going to engender opposition. This is not a period of demoralisation, this is a period of struggle.’ ‘In our view, the program is to reestablish and reconnect the working class with the socialist movement…the fight for revolutionary internationalism, opposition to capitalism and all of its agencies, that is the issue. Capitalism, a social and economic system based on profit, the exploitation of the working class for interests of the oligarchs.’ -Joseph Kishore, 2024 Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Equality Party joins us for Monday’s edition of Going Underground Don’t miss it, follow our Rumble channel: Socialist Equality Party (US) Joseph Kishore

Going Underground

15,752 просмотров • 1 год назад

We are building a state that has enough strength and self-respect to do both at once: preserve its heritage and pursue ambitious plans. A Ukraine that values its past and believes in its own future. A state that is not afraid of the phrase “for the first time” – and that, for the first time, is doing what until recently could only have been a dream. For the first time, Ukraine and Europe will build an anti-ballistic shield together. A historic project in which Ukraine is not an observer, but one of the leaders – bringing together countries and Europe’s strongest defense companies. The FREYJA project has been launched. We will do everything necessary to build Europe’s anti-ballistic system by integrating all European anti-ballistic capabilities. So that the skies over our nations are protected. So that dictators cannot dictate how free people in Europe should live. So that the lives of people in Ukraine and in every European country do not depend on whether Putin and those like him have ballistic missiles or not. From an address on Ukrainian Statehood Day – the Day of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus–Ukraine. (2/5)

We are building a state that has enough strength and self-respect to do both at once: preserve its heritage and pursue ambitious plans. A Ukraine that values its past and believes in its own future. A state that is not afraid of the phrase “for the first time” – and that, for the first time, is doing what until recently could only have been a dream. For the first time, Ukraine and Europe will build an anti-ballistic shield together. A historic project in which Ukraine is not an observer, but one of the leaders – bringing together countries and Europe’s strongest defense companies. The FREYJA project has been launched. We will do everything necessary to build Europe’s anti-ballistic system by integrating all European anti-ballistic capabilities. So that the skies over our nations are protected. So that dictators cannot dictate how free people in Europe should live. So that the lives of people in Ukraine and in every European country do not depend on whether Putin and those like him have ballistic missiles or not. From an address on Ukrainian Statehood Day – the Day of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus–Ukraine. (2/5)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

149,127 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Kemi Badenoch, "Our country is running out of money" My view: She is literally complaining about the Conservative party's record 🤷‍♂️ When the Conservatives entered office in 2010, public-sector net debt was around £1 trillion. By March 2024, when they left office, it was £2.694 trillion. The Conservatives more than doubled our national debt while cutting public services, that takes a special fiscally irresponsible skill. Yes, Covid was an enormous and unavoidable shock: government pandemic measures cost roughly £380bn between 2020 and 2025. But that does not explain away the wider record. A decade of Conservative austerity hollowed out local councils, public health, social care and the NHS. Cutting prevention, timely treatment and support does not make illness disappear; it leaves people sicker for longer, pushes problems into A&E and hospitals, and ultimately costs more. Then came Brexit: a Conservative project that the OBR says will leave UK trade intensity around 15% lower and long-run productivity 4% lower than if we had remained in the EU. That means a smaller economy, weaker tax revenues and less money available for the services people rely on. Office for Budget Responsibility Britain is not “running out of money” by accident. We are living with the bill for 14 years of choices: austerity that damaged the foundations of public services, Brexit that made the country poorer, and repeated Conservative decisions to protect wealth while weakening the state.

Kemi Badenoch, "Our country is running out of money" My view: She is literally complaining about the Conservative party's record 🤷‍♂️ When the Conservatives entered office in 2010, public-sector net debt was around £1 trillion. By March 2024, when they left office, it was £2.694 trillion. The Conservatives more than doubled our national debt while cutting public services, that takes a special fiscally irresponsible skill. Yes, Covid was an enormous and unavoidable shock: government pandemic measures cost roughly £380bn between 2020 and 2025. But that does not explain away the wider record. A decade of Conservative austerity hollowed out local councils, public health, social care and the NHS. Cutting prevention, timely treatment and support does not make illness disappear; it leaves people sicker for longer, pushes problems into A&E and hospitals, and ultimately costs more. Then came Brexit: a Conservative project that the OBR says will leave UK trade intensity around 15% lower and long-run productivity 4% lower than if we had remained in the EU. That means a smaller economy, weaker tax revenues and less money available for the services people rely on. Office for Budget Responsibility Britain is not “running out of money” by accident. We are living with the bill for 14 years of choices: austerity that damaged the foundations of public services, Brexit that made the country poorer, and repeated Conservative decisions to protect wealth while weakening the state.

Farrukh

11,896 просмотров • 22 дней назад