Of course.
Fuck this country.
Never voting for a democrat or republican again. They're all scum.
unless youre actually voting for a third party, not voting for the shinier turd is still a worthless position that does not improve anything
Aye that'll solve it.
Trump actively increased sanctions while biden reduced them. They're both shitty, but let's not pretend they're the same.
Not voting at all makes it easier for the vastly worse party to consolidate power.
Not voting at all makes it easier for the vastly worse party to consolidate power.
There is only one party: the party of the ruling class.
The bickering between democrats and republicans is just a show to distract people while making them think their side is making progress.
Both sides are just looking out for rich people. This will be true until we can get money out of politics.
Every year they have this vote. Every year is the same thing.
Death to America, death to the west, death to America's allies.
Can we get an embargo on the US?
By imposing sanctions on more and more Global South countries, the US is effectively embargoing itself.
BRICS: hold my beer
If the US and Israel are completely aligned in foreign policy, what keeps Israel from just becoming treated as another state of the US?
Israel has more power over the US than states.
Its ethnonationalist policies would violate Federal law pretty severely, and then the US is explicitly on the hook for Israel's war crimes, terrorism, assassinations, etc.
The US isn't on the hook for it's own war crimes, terrorism, or assassinations, so that wouldn't matter
The 51st state doing the work I see.
Also, Ukraine was the only country that abstained.
I think that's an understandable position, given their situation. They're receiving a lot of military support from the US, so it's not surprising that they'd at least be cautious about taking a position that might harm ties with the US.
In all seriousness, who does the embargo really benefit. Maybe it made sense during the Cold War when missiles were getting moved around, but now? Someone somewhere must be profiting from it, but it’s not the American people.
His conclusion is that a consistent part of the United States' foreign policy is based on stemming the "threat of a good example." This 'threat' refers to the possibility that a country could successfully develop outside the US-managed global system, thus presenting a model for other countries, including countries in which the United States has strong economic interests.
Nobody. It exists solely because of American's indoctrinated hate towards Communism.
I guess long term you could make the argument it threatens the ruling class, because if (more) communist ideals were proven successful then more nations would implement them.
It benefits the US empire. Duh?
Podcast recommendation for people like me who like to listen because they don't find time to read as much as they'd like and don't have first hand experience/memory of the Cuban revolution and the following intertwined history with the US, because, well, they weren't born yet:
https://blowback.show/Season-2
After a critically-acclaimed retelling of the Iraq War, season two of Blowback presents the unlikely story of the Cuban Revolution: America’s Cold War crusade brings the world to a nuclear-tipped showdown between the Kennedy brothers, Fidel Castro, the Soviet Union, the CIA, and the Mafia. Co-hosted by Brendan James and Noah Kulwin, season two is a 10-part account of how the United States tried and failed to thwart the creation of a socialist government less than a hundred miles to its south.
The style of the podcast, with two moderators, took some getting used to for me. But I learned to love it. It is very comprehensive and in-depth. You can find it pretty much everywhere; I listened to it on spotify.
It feels very cool to buy hand soap or whatever at the grocery store and see the box is stamped 'made in Iran / DPRK / Vietnam' though
Those countries can't swing Florida election results
News from around the world!
Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc