Sebrof
joined 1 year ago
Thanks for the heads up. This is no highbrow commentary so it's no big deal. I have noticed that my phone has been fucking up the links every time I create one here - Not sure why 
Discipline and consistency. 
Red Sails is a treasure. So much good stuff there.
Some shorter articles I've recently read found from red sails on how to study have reminded me that I have a tendency to spread myself too thin. While I want to read a bit of everything, it's better to have a plan and focus on deep understanding of a few works before moving on. So I'm working at catching up on Capital because it's a foundational text worth reading.
https://redsails.org/guidelines-for-myself/
Study diligently, grasp essentials. Concentrate on one subject rather than seeking superficial knowledge of many.
Work hard and have a plan, a focus and a method.
And https://redsails.org/general-rules-for-independent-study/
It is necessary to make up one’s mind what one wants to study. Sometimes a person wants to study, but does not know what. Things go well at a collective farm or a factory because there is a plan. So does self-education if there is a plan, if one does not skip from book to book — if one does not jump from history to literature and from literature to physics. It is no use studying like that...
It is not enough to make up one’s mind what one wants to study; it is necessary to elaborate a study plan. And that is the most difficult thing of all. The beginner usually knows neither the volume of knowledge they want to acquire nor the system, that is, the order in which they should study, read books, etc. In this they can be helped a lot by the lists of recommended literature, self-education manuals, curricula, text-books. But is best if one first talks with a specialist...
The city hall of my ex-locale would circle through various national flags thay they'd fly for a few days. It was always a fun game of guess the comprador of the week. They'd often fly the South Vietnam flag to appease the small business owners.
They'd also fly the Falun Dafa flag too.
USA's the trash heap of the world. Like a bug lamp that pulls in reactionaries across the world. Or a festering wound on the world, full of maggots. The place is cursed.
At the risk of getting off track, what Red Sails articles have you been reading? I always have a group of red sails tabs on my phone that I accumulate
A state committing a genocide, locking up those whom act or even speak against it, and deporting our fellow workers. Not a violent conflict.
Organizing those into a coherent mass capable of challenging the above. A violent conflict.
Can second what most people say here about recruitment or "networking". Yes, it's true that a many people at those lib rallies are too lib to be comrades, but it definitely is not true of the entirety and hence the potentials for recruitment and even agitation can't be written off.
The masses of America are becoming more open to some alternative, or at least know that the crisis calls for some type of action. But due to liberal hegemony, and lack of knowledge or exposure of existing orgs, many people will go to these liberal rallies. But many people are open to and, even want, more than what these rallies themselves provide.
Our org has used these as sites of recruitment as we've met people who wanted more but didn't know where else to go until they connected with us. We met people who went to the protests but were disappointed with them for the lack of mentioning Palestine or foreign policy (not counting the laughable "hands off NATO" slogans). In one case we agitated, as well. The protests weren't thay well organized, so it's easy to start making more radical chants and have people join. That serves also as a litmus test for their consciousness.
But all these are tasks of an organization, not a single person. If it is only you acting outside an org, then there it isnt politics, isn't strategy. If possible, join an org you can see eye-to-eye with*, and together build a strategy for these rising protests.
But if no org exists where you are, or they are all garbage, I get that struggle. That's how it had been for me for a long time. Building an org at your locale is possible, but lots of work. But again, the existing protests are already getting people together. So you'll know where to meet them.
Yeah, many are uber libs, but many potential recruits are waiting amongst them. But it requires orgs to get to them.
*(For joining an org, there is definitely an argument for not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. But I foolishly joined an org that I ended up having major disagreements with and there was much needless drama and pain before I had to leave. You want to feel good about the group you are part of.)
Yeah I am still playing catch up. Idk how others stay on top of two reading groups lol. I was never good at staying in top of readings. I want to read little bit of everything so I'm very slow at any one book. But that's just poor planning on my part
Here are some news sites I found and some context. Others much more knowledgeable than I can provide a better summary, but I hadn't seen a response yet so thought I'd give it a shot.
After the Second Civil War, a unity government called the Government of National Unity (GNU) came to power. This is the government of the prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
According to their own website
And as Reuters puts it,
It appears to be a militia under the GNU. Perhaps that isn't the correct framing though and others can provide a correction.
There is also a rival government, the Government of National Stability which is backed by the House of Representatives and is based in the east of the country. This government hasn't appeared in the stories I've seen yet, but it may come into play eventually.
The current events surround the death of the leader of the SSA
Armed groups clash in Libyan capital
Heavy gunfire, clashes in Libya’s Tripoli after killing of militia leader
State of emergency declared in Tripoli after senior officer’s death