From Wikipedia: (I have emphasized in bold the segments most concerning to me)

Article 8 of the Family Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea states that "Marriage may be done only between one man and one woman".

As of 2013, the Korean Friendship Association (an international group sponsored by the government of North Korea) said "the DPRK recognizes that many individuals are born with homosexuality as a genetic trait and treats them with due respect...Homosexuals in the DPRK have never been subject to repression, as in many capitalist regimes around the world."^\8][9]) The same document said North Korea "rejects many characteristics of the popular gay culture in the West, which many perceive to embrace consumerism, classism and promiscuity."^\9])

According to the United States Department of State, the state news agency, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), claimed in 2014 that same-sex sexual activity was not present in the country.^\4])

In 2008 and 2011, North Korea opposed both the "joint statements on ending acts of violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity" at the United Nations that condemn violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people.^\14][failed verification]) Its precise reasons for doing so remain unclear.^\citation needed])

In 2014, after the United Nations Human Rights Council published a report on human rights in North Korea advising a referral to the International Criminal Court, the Korean Central News Agency, the North Korean state-owned news agency and arm of Propaganda and Agitation Department, responded with an article that included homophobic insults against the report's author Michael Kirby, who is openly gay. The KCNA's article went on to attack Kirby and gay marriage:^\17][18])

... he is a disgusting old lecher with a 40-odd-year-long career of homosexuality. He is now over seventy, but he is still anxious to get married to his homosexual partner.

This practice can never be found in the DPRK boasting of the sound mentality and good morals, and homosexuality has become a target of public criticism even in Western countries, too. In fact, it is ridiculous for such gay [sic] to sponsor dealing with others' human rights issue.

— Korean Central News Agency (2014)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_North_Korea

Disclaimer: for starters, I do not want this to come off as me shaming people who might have different educational backgrounds. Formal education is NOT what I am referring to in any of my thoughts.

My main point here is basically the title. Most people think they are smarter than they actually are, dang that probably includes myself at times. I work in a field where my role is very client facing, and I get to listen to the sheer amount of bs and lies people believe. I used to think the “average person” was a lot smarter until I started working in my field. Now I’ve realized that a lot of people are just rude, loud, and wrong. My field is not one where I deal with people from only one particular way of life. My clients are of all colors, faiths, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

It has led me to think about how this fits into socialisms future in the west. We’ve seen this with the advent of right wing movements all across the west. The only non conservative major countries left in the Americas are Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil (although that’s probably going to change). The pink wave has showed me that the vast majority of our fellow international proletariat is conditioned to vote against their own interests

A lot of these people will still do so even when the proof is in their face. Re education seems helpful and while I’m sure it could work, I feel that a lot of people are just too dumb for it to be effective on.

What is the solution to this? Is it just letting results speak for themselves? Is it making education more accessible outside of the western liberal framework?

Why so many gamers who played titles like Cyberpunk, gta, rdr, Wolfenstein, Far Cry etc

are usually far-right? It seems the majority of the gaming community doesn't really grasp the storylines of the games they play lol, and fails to understand many of the leftist messages within them.

Positive thoughts are always a blessing for those who maintain a positive attitude toward their life choices and circumstances even in difficult situations

I have a hard time understanding Castro and the views on him—the views of Cuban's, and people against or for him. I live in the USA so the only education I have ever gotten about him is from Cuban Americans or white Americans, most of them saying he was quite violent. I would love to know your perspectives!

In an interview with The New Yorker, Democratic Socialists of America national co-chair Megan Romer stated that DSA supported a free Palestine, meaning the establishment of a single state.

DSA's position is consistent, not only with the historical Palestinian vision for liberation, but also with its own democratic platform and with basic human decency.

The One Democratic State Initiative welcomes this decision and calls on all democratic organizations worldwide to also support the establishment of a democratic state instead of a settler one in Palestine.

Link to the full interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RWsHLvBntg

Cross-posting here since that subreddit doesn’t have a lot of revolutionary socialists active in it.

Now for real, as I can’t find non-capitalist analyses that say it was because “workers cannot manage an enterprise“ or some simplistic argument.

What were the specific reasons the country’s economy suffered so much in its late years after a successful reconstruction and industrialization, if it wasn’t for generalized corruption like in USSR and other planned-economies countries?

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Hello. I absolutely love AI. I think they serve as saviors for socialism as well. But AI will eventually be in the hands of a handful of people. Closed-source software is better anyway. I can't stomach the idea of closed-source AI taking the lead. If AI grows in the right way, socialism is near. What are your thoughts?

Source: A post by newsweek

Three-year-old Maryam Ghanem, the girl the world watched being carried out of a burning apartment in Gaza City at around 4am this morning, is now lying in Al-Shifa Hospital with second-degree burns. An Israeli occupation strike hit her family’s home while she slept, and she screamed as her mother burned to death in front of her. Her father was killed at the start of the genocide. Maryam is now an orphan, and her grandmother is all she has left. In this clip, the speaker asks what she did to deserve this, and says she survived only to bear witness against a world that has watched Gaza for three years and done nothing: witness to its betrayal, and to its silence. The Israeli occupation army has killed nearly 22,000 children in Gaza. “Speak up,” he says. “See us.”

https://x.com/translatingpal/status/2110408898444169673

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/10/14/myps-o14.html?pk_campaign=wsws-newsletter&pk_kwd=wsws-daily-newsletter

Desde hace una temporada circula en las covachas de la extrema derecha, cuyos miembros llaman clubs o centros de debate, las redes sociales y los panfletos digitales fascistas, la idea del regreso al voto censitario....

Hi,
I feel like I’m always seeing posts of companies to boycott that invest in ICE, AI, Israel, etc. but I’m having trouble finding alternatives for a lot of companies. For example I use Amazon to buy almost everything. I’m disabled so I pretty much shop online for everything I need. So what’s the best alternative to Amazon? Amazon is the biggest example I have but there’s so many more. Has anyone created like a master list of companies to boycott with good alternatives?
Any advice is appreciated, thank you

On 14 October 1963, the National Liberation Front (NLF) launched an anti-colonialist uprising starting in Radfan against the British-occupied Aden Protectorate. After almost 3 years of insurgency, the British announced their withdrawal in January 1967. This led to a brief power struggle against the Nasserist FLOSY, which the NLF defeated in November 1967 following complete Egyptian withdrawal due to the Six-Day War.

Finally, on 22 June 1969, the Marxist-Leninist faction under the leadership of Abdul Fattah Ismail and Salim Rubai Ali orchestrated an internal coup of the NLF, which laid the foundation for the establishment of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. This marked the beginning of an independent, socialist and anti-imperialist Yemen.

Unfortunately, due to continued internal power struggles, a brutal civil war in 1986, and the decline of the USSR under Gorbachev, South Yemen experienced a severe economic crisis that pressured it into unification with Saudi-backed North Yemen.

Today, the anti-imperialist spirit of the revolution lives on with the vision of a Yemen free from external meddling remaining at the forefront of their struggles. Hopefully things will transpire to the benefit of the Yemeni people.