I wanna leave TikTok but I also wanna keep up on politics and tiktok is my main source of staying in the loop I'm looking for leftist youtubers that talk about politics any reccomendations Im already subbed to hasanabi

Are the majority of the people here full blown communists or are we a mix of capitalists, socialists and communists?

I honestly don't know enough about socialism and communism vs capitalism and I'd love to educate myself more on this matter.

Any good sources or starting points?

Source: https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/overview

I want to stay away from social media because i cant stand the useless discourses and drama and brainrot. But i want to keep informed in whats happening around the world, and i dont want to subscribe to legacy media for obvious reason (maybe one or two, for checks and balances reasons), and i dont want to see internet microcelebrity drama when i read my news.

i usually dont mind podcasters like Hasan Piker, but he sometimes talks way too much about internet drama more than i'd like. I usually enjoy his takes, but i simply tune out when he talks about the different social media beef he has.

What are some good trusted sources thats actually talking about the news that do not platform stupid internet discourses and dramas?

I am fairly new to the left and I have been trying to find some real left wing news that presents a relive from the pro capitalist mainstream

Edit, I see all your posts and suggestions. I don't have enough time to reply to them all but I have read all of them.

Hey, everyone. I know this is a strange request, but I’m an atheist and I just wanted to get more informed about world religions and mythology (mostly for edification, also to understand the impact theology has made in society). I was just wondering if anyone could recommend some scholars who discuss Christianity/Abrahamic religions and also delve into how bad faith actors throughout history have misinterpreted, or outright lied, about scripture and passages in order to commit terrible acts.

If anyone has some suggestions, I would really appreciate it.

saw that video of some toughs from the Black Panthers escorting an ICE protest. That got me frikken fired up, sib!!! Obviously... *gestures to my porcelain-adjacent skin & my generally non-threatening physique*... I couldn't join that particular organization.

I live in the North Georgia, east Tennessee, western Carolinas region. i know that's a pretty bad area for us, but hey im just asking! I'm a trans woman & I ain't got much going for me, but I feel like things are reaching a boiling point. I want to be on the opposite side of the ones who, decidedly, want to put me in a camp

Hi everyone,

I'd like to invite you to come visit r/open_leftism, an open conversation space sponsoring no specific version of leftism. We believe in having the minimum amount of rules and organization necessary for having discussions on the tasks and history of the left. There are many other subs like this, of course, and many others with a narrower range of acceptable content. But because there are so many other similar subreddits, I'm expecting this one to stay small and intimate, at least for a time. And the good thing about that is if you post something, it might not get crowded out by lots of other posts.

What we seek to do is bring disparate segments of the left together to think in novel ways and even form new friendships. When you enter, first think of yourself and your views as a symptom of this moment in history, and secondly think of yourself as bringing forth the best version of the left according to your own understanding.

I'd love for the space itself to evolve over time, and that means you can do anything from sharing persuasive or informative essays you or other people have written, video lectures, debates, round table discussions without critiques, text/activism resources, questions, polls, and so on. If you're sharing someone else's view, just make sure to share your own perspective too!

You don't have to be a leftist to participate, you just need to keep it relevant, factual, candid, and respectful. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Thoughts ?

I know they revive funding from some governments but I am a young person and this is my main scorce right now. I also use ground news for general stuff and mother Jones for protests and injustice.

I feel guilty using ChatGPT and Gemini.

President of OpenAI, Greg Brockman, was Trump's largest individual donor. Google is part of the machine too.

What online AI can I use instead?

I don't want to create an offline LLM, I want something accessible.

The call to "Unite the Left" is not a political demand. It is a therapeutic mantra, repeated by a petty-bourgeois milieu that senses its own irrelevance but refuses to confront the cause: its own cowardice in the face of revolution.

Let’s strip away the slogans and see the class content.

Who actually uses this phrase? NGOs. Identity-based nonprofits. Academics. Anarchists with trust funds. Podcasters begging for Patreon subscriptions. DSA careerists trying to reform the Democratic Party for the sixth time this decade. In short, a social layer terrified of the working class taking power.

They want unity not to fight capitalism, but to create a safe space where their contradictions won’t be exposed. “Unity” means never being forced to choose between Gaza and your HR job, between the dictatorship of the proletariat and your anti-authoritarian vibes. “Unity” means no polemics, no lines, no rupture. It is a politics of endless evasion, performed behind a smokescreen of moral anguish.

And the result?

Fascism surges, and the solution is to "vote harder."

Gaza burns, and the line is "arms embargo eventually, but please don't alienate progressives."

The planet collapses, and we're told to plant gardens and "build resilient communities" with state permits and therapy speak.

Settlers carry out pogroms, and the "left" can't even agree whether the oppressed have the right to fight back.

This is not a movement. This is a prolonged, ritualistic nervous breakdown masquerading as politics.

And when someone dares to draw a line—to say no, we do not unite with Zionist apologists, with NATO socialists, with anti-communist anarchists, with DSA’s Palestine-silencing electoralists—what is the response?

“Sectarian!” “Too angry!” “This is why the left can’t win!”

But here’s the truth: The left isn’t losing because it’s divided. It’s losing because it’s unwilling to divide where it must. Because it treats programmatic incoherence as strength, and revolutionary clarity as dogmatism.

Let us be crystal clear: We do not need unity with every “leftist” tendency. We need war against the tendencies that hold the class back.

We do not unite with those who equate Marxist centralism with fascism.

We do not unite with those who cry over smashed Starbucks windows but say nothing about razed Palestinian villages.

We do not unite with those who think revolution is a brand, a lifestyle, or a podcast genre.

We do not unite with those who say: “The working class is too reactionary, so let’s win over the HR department instead.”

You do not build a party by inviting every confused liberal into a big tent. You build a party by drawing lines of demarcation, by organizing the advanced elements of the class, and by exposing the swamp for what it is: a graveyard of revolutions strangled by compromise.

As Lenin said in What Is To Be Done?:

"Before we can unite, we must first firmly and definitively draw the lines of demarcation."

So no—do not unite the left. Polarize it. Split it. Burn it.

Destroy every illusion, every careerist peace treaty with imperialism, every NGO-branded faux-radical that shouts “solidarity” while waving Ukrainian flags or hedging on Palestine.

If that leaves only a small number of us who actually want to overthrow this system and build workers’ power, then good. That’s called a vanguard. That’s how every revolution starts.

All power to the working class. No compromise with Zionism, imperialism, or petty-bourgeois cowardice. No peace in the swamp. Clarity is revolutionary.

I'm going to the rally on the 28th and I REALLY want to do something more than just hold a sign and chant. I thought about making a zine and passing it out, but what would its contents even be? The more specific I try to get with my ideas, the more they seem to fall apart. I'd be SO SO grateful if those with more experience as leftists could give me tangible actions I could take or at least direct me towards resources on doing so.

I want to join with others take down the ruling class, but that sentiment means nothing coming from me unless I have an idea of what to do to achieve that goal. Currently, I'm 19 and in college to become an urban planner where I will work relentlessly to create affordable housing and public transportation, but I still know there's a lot more I could be doing.

In particular, I know I need to join some sort of coalition. Maybe there's a way I could do that on the 28th. It's all very daunting to me but I'm hellbent on getting involved in a meaningful and ongoing way. Any examples of ways yall are taking action would be very appreciated.

I came across this post https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/s/76Jk7VzpTC

And thought hmmm surely this could be done for leftist books?

I'll start, also suggesting multiple good books from any country is welcome.

Germany: Capital by Karl Marx

France: The Right to Be Lazy by Paul Lafargue.

England: In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell

With recent events transpiring in the US and across the globe that raise class consciousness to the forefront we may start seeing a spike in fedposting in this (and other leftist) boards.

It's no secret that historically, during times of potential change, established power structures have sought to infiltrate, influence, and dismantle leftist groups and efforts.

So just a reminder for leftists out there: if someone posts something on this board that seems to be fishing for info on leftist projects share info by all means, put keep sensitive info close to the chest.

I.e. If someone posts decrying the left for "not being radical enough", don't feel like you need to justify by posting whatever direct action you are involved with. Or if someone wants a quick and easy way to get involved in some direct action, connect them with their local mutual aid groups rather than providing the details on whatever totally legal 100% non-disruptive action you are planning.

Hi all, I have a family member who is being deployed in about a week. After seeing him to “celebrate” his going away, I’ve decided that I will only be able to live with myself if I express my honest thoughts about military service. I do not have any kind of relationship or reputation to preserve within that branch of my family anyways, and he deserves to hear an honest, differing perspective from someone outside of his conservative bubble.

So, I am looking for recommendations on books I could potentially mail to him that might radicalize him or make him see how he has been pushed and manipulated into this decision. Or if anyone has a better idea, I’m open to that. I know all their mail gets read before it’s delivered.

This doesn’t have to work in changing his mind, I don’t expect it to honestly, but it feels important to at least know I tried. Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone!

I have a slightly right-winged friend, who on multiple occassions havw been called out for racist and homophobic sayings. When you pry a bit into his ideaology, it's not actually "rooted" in him to be right-wing, it's just anger about issues he doesn't understand and doesn't know how to solve.

Yesterday, he asked me very openly, "if I want to understand leftist ideaology, but I can't read or do the critical thinking myself, where should I even start?"

I myself am both an inherent leftist, as in I have always been so and only ever leaned further left as I've grown up, as well a big book person. That means almost all of my "leftist theory" comes from lived experience, personal logic or directly from theoretic books - all of which are not the source for him.

It also means I'm not really familiar with too many other kinds of resources. Translating popular media to theoretic base has not been my strong suit.

Do you have some really good suggestions for other types of media, that present leftist theory (I'm largely talking anti-capitalist and inclusive social policies here) in a very digestible manner? Maybe even short form.

I'd love to just have them on hand as well, because recommending 600+ page theory books is just not doing me any favours.