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Anura Kumara Dissanayake

2024-12-05T16:52:48Z

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{{Infobox politician|name=Anura Kumara Dissanayake|native_name=අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க|birth_name=Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake|birth_date=24 November 1968 (age 55)|birth_place=Galewela, [[Ceylon]]|political_orientation=[[Marxism]] [[Democratic Socialism]] [[Anti-Racism]]|political_party=[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]|image=Anura Kumara Dissanayake 2023 (cropped).jpg}}

'''Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake''', commonly known by his initials '''AKD''', is a [[Sri Lankan]] politician who has served as president of the country from 23 September 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Tamil Guardian|title=Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared Sri Lankan president|date=2024-11-22|url=https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/anura-kumara-dissanayake-declared-sri-lankan-president}}</ref>

He is the leader of [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]], officially a Leftist and Marxist-Leninist party in Sri Lanka, and is the leader of [[National People's Power]], a Left coalition.

It has been claimed that both parties are Sinhala ethnonationalist parties with little connection to socialism.<ref name=":0" />

However, party officials of the JVP have committed to Marxism-Leninism, regardless of opposing claims.<ref>https://lankacnews.com/%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92-%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%BA-%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92/comment-page-1/</ref>

He has previously supported Sinhala nationalist policies and rhetoric and has throughout his political life advocated against the Tamil people.<ref name=":0" />

Although, now he has proclaimed an anti-racist stance toward Tamils and has supported a 13th amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution which would grant Tamils more rights and also make Tamil an official language. <ref>https://newsin.asia/tussle-over-giving-lankan-tamils-devolution-of-power-under-the-13-th-amendment/</ref>

== Early life and political involvement ==
Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born 24 November 1968 in central Sri Lanka to working parents.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI|newspaper=ABC News|title=Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist president?|date=2024-11-23|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/anura-kumara-dissanayake-sri-lankas-new-marxist-president-113922204}}</ref>

He first became politically while in school, opposing Tamil liberation in demonstrations against an agreement made with the [[Republic of India]] that would grant a degree of self rule to the ethnic minority.<ref name=":1" />

He joined the [[Socialist Students' Union]], the student wing of the ostensibly leftist [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] party. In 1987 the JVP staged an armed insurrection against the government of Sri Lanka and Dissanayake went underground while most of the leadership of the JVP was killed or imprisoned.<ref name=":1" />

In 1993 he entered national politics in an effort to rebuild the party under [[Somawansa Amarasinghe]]. In 1994 the party won a seat in parliament, and in 1997 Dissanayake became national organizer of the Socialist Students' Union. He was added to the JVP Central Committee that year and joined the party politburo the next year.<ref name=":1" />

== Mainstream political career ==
In 2000 Dissanayake was elected to parliament after JVP entered into an alliance with [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]], then president of Sri Lanka. The alliance was created to oppose a propsed ceasefire agreement between then-Prime Minister [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]] and the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. He opposed the ceasefire agreement when it was signed in 2002.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

In 2004 he and his party campaigned explicitly against a ceasefire and formed an alliance with the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] and that year became Minister of Agriculture, Lands, and Irrigation. The same year he opposed aid distribution efforts in majority Tamil regions after a tsunami devastated the area.<ref name=":0" />

In 2005 he and other JVP members resigned from the government due to the ongoing peace process and backed the anti-ceasefire candidate [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]].<ref name=":0" />

In 2006 he was involved in the founding of the [[Joint Front to Protect the Nation]], which was founded by the JVP in opposition to any ceasefire talks and in favor of military action.<ref name=":0" />

The JVP went on to support the 2009 campaign which destroyed the LTTE and resulted in up to 169,796 deaths of mostly civilians. During this time the JVP protested outside embassies and the United Nations office in Sri Lanka in protest of any efforts to investigate human rights abuses by Sri Lanka.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

Now, he and the JVP/NPP have proclaimed to support a Sri Lanka free of racism of any type<ref>https://www.jvpsrilanka.com/english/lets-build-a-country-where-every-citizen-can-live-with-pride-comrade-anura-dissanayake/</ref>

He became leader of JVP when the left of the party broke away in 2014 and formed the [[National People's Power]] coalition in 2019, which included 21 groups.

Now, the JVP/NPP has proclaimed to support a socialist-market economy with similarities to countries like Vietnam. <ref>https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/JVP-led-NPP-believes-in-a-unique-Sri-Lankan-economic-model-based-on-socialist-principles-Nalinda-Jayatissa-former-MP/231-273197#</ref>

In 2019 he ran for president for the first time, losing to [[Gotabaya Rajapaksa]], who was forced to flee the country amidst widespread protests two years later.<ref name=":1" />

== 2024 campaign ==
He ran again in 2024. He promised to dissolve parliament 'the very night' of victory, and promised to continue to grant Buddhism special status in Sri Lanka. His party also openly associated with [[Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara]], leader of the Sinhala reactionary nationalist and fascist [[Bodu Bala Sena]] party. He toured the majority Tamil North-East of Sri Lanka during his campaign, and while there emphasized that he would not implement a proposed constitutional amendment which would grant greater powers to Tamils. He positioned the JVP as staunchly anti-federalist. He also promised during his campaign that no one accused of human rights violations and war crimes in the 2009 genocide would be punished.<ref name=":0" />

However, he has said that he would open a Truth and Reconciliation committee similar to South Africa’s in looking over previous war crimes committed including against Tamils<ref>https://kathmandupost.com/columns/2024/09/25/mandate-for-change-in-sri-lanka</ref>

In addition to historical racism against Tamil people in Sri Lanka, the JVP has historically held racist views toward people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka, with his party describing them as a 'fifth column'.<ref name=":0" />

During the campaign trail Tamil-minority groups, such as the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have declared AKD as not being racist. <ref>https://asianmirror.lk/news/item/38078-sumanthiran-defends-dissanayake-s-controversial-remarks</ref>

His party/coalition (JVP/NPP) won the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections in a landslide including in Tamil strongholds, such as Jaffna. <ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lanka-parliamentary-election-how-the-npp-won-over-sri-lankas-ethnic-minorities/article68876413.ece</ref>

== Presidency ==
One of Dissanayake's first acts as president was the appointment of [[Sampath Thuyacontha]] as Secretary of Defense. Thuyacontha has boasted of "causing chaos" during the 2009 genocide and there are reasons to believe he is responsible for war crimes committed during the 2009 genocide. He has admitted to leading a helicopter gunship squadron involved in 400 missions during that genocide. He has also claimed personal involvement in 60 missions during the later state of the fighting. However at this time legal proceedings have not been opened against him. After the genocide, he was sent abroad as a diplomat, reportedly in a move to shield him from prosecution.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Tamil Guardian|title=Another accused Sri Lankan war criminal appointed as Defence Secretary|date=2024-11-23|url=https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/another-accused-sri-lankan-war-criminal-appointed-defence-secretary}}</ref>

Dissanayake has also returned land owned by the government and army to Tamils after making a promise that he would give government/army occupied land back to their rightful Tamil owners.<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/sri-lankan-army-begins-tamil-land-restoration-with-closure-of-paruthithurai-camp-2635974-2024-11-19?fbclid=IwY2xjawGq-65leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRzMGIuvizKlYJBkeP_Y3dcLnu4HSsrT57-i6Cs26NUL3nrSMSWMG_NW3g_aem_1UIzkM7k__mUQsj2ichwfQ</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Current heads of state]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan politicians]]

Murray Rothbard

2024-11-21T21:23:18Z

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{{Infobox politician|name=Murray Rothbard|image_size=200|birth_date=March 2, 1926|birth_place=[[New York City]], [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=January 7, 1995|death_place=New York City, New York, United States|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[Right-libertarianism]] 
[[Anarcho-capitalism]] |political_party=[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]|image=Murray Rothbard.png}}

'''Murray Newton Rothbard''' (March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Austrian economics|Austrian economist]]. He was a follower of [[Ludwig von Mises]] and a friend of [[Ayn Rand]]. He supported [[segregation]] and the [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] member [[David Duke]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Gary Anderson|newspaper=Business Insider|title=Exposing the Racist History Of Libertarianism And Murray Rothbard|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10?op=1&r=US&IR=T|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730173811/https://www.businessinsider.com/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10?op=1&r=US&IR=T|archive-date=2021-07-30}}</ref> and wanted to legalize the sale of children.<ref>{{Citation|author=Murray Rothbard|year=1982|title=The Ethics of Liberty|chapter=Children and Rights|chapter-url=https://mises.org/library/children-and-rights|quote=Now if a parent may own his child (within the framework of non-aggression and runaway freedom), then he may also transfer that ownership to someone else. He may give the child out for adoption, or he may sell the rights to the child in a voluntary contract. In short, we must face the fact that the purely free society will have a flourishing free market in children.}}</ref>

In 1992, Rothbard released a program calling for the abolition of [[welfare]] and [[Civil rights movement|civil rights]] laws. Despite claiming to be a libertarian, he wanted to unleash the [[police]] against homeless people and allow them "to administer instant punishment."<ref>{{Citation|author=Murray Rothbard|year=1992|title=A Program for Right-Wing Populism|title-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819095055/https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/02/murray-n-rothbard/program-right-wing-populism/}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Economists]]
[[Category:Anarcho-capitalists]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rothbard, Murray}}

Vaush

2024-09-26T18:56:43Z

216.162.93.194: stats update

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'''Ian Kochinski''', formerly '''IrishLaddie''', best known by his internet moniker '''Vaush''', is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[YouTube]] and [[Twitch]] streamer who primarily discusses [[politics]], [[philosophy]], and [[gaming]]. He has described himself as a [[Libertarian socialism|libertarian socialist]] and an [[Anarchism|anarchist]], but for all intents and purposes is a [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]], as he supports [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] figures like [[Joe Biden]] and institutions such as [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and the [[European Union|EU]] (sometimes going as far as to distort [[Marxism|Marxist]] theory in order to do so),<ref>{{News citation|author=[[BadEmpanada]]|newspaper=Twitter|title=Vaush misread stuff so badly in his latest video that it led me to make a serious youtube comment that I now must post here. the lack of non-US knowledge is clear in his misreading of Lenin especially|date=2020-08-20|url=https://twitter.com/RadEmpanada/status/1296701957739077633|archive-url=https://archive.ph/MQ3bo|archive-date=2020-10-26|retrieved=2022-04-17}}</ref> all the while regurgitating pro-[[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] propaganda about states and figures which aren't amenable to [[Imperial core|Western]] interests. Vaush is also a serial sexual predator<ref>For a detailed discussion, see [[EssenceOfThought]] (2022-09-24).: [https://youtu.be/U-RWyFOpwZk "That Time Vaush's Career Should Have Died (But Sadly Didn't)"]. [[YouTube]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220924134419/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-RWyFOpwZk Archived] from the original on 2022-09-24.</ref> and a [[Pedophilia|pedophile]].<ref>('''NSFW''') Vaush saved drawn images of child pornography on his computer: https://vxtwitter.com/hayasaka_aryan/status/1755376676899332291?s=19</ref>

== Ideological criticism ==

===Anti-communism===
Vaush whitewashed [[George Orwell]]'s reporting of [[Left-wing politics|leftists]], non-white and [[LGBT+]] peoples to the [[Information Research Department]] (IRD) within the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] government, as acceptible by claiming that Orwell was reporting "[[Stalinism|Stalinists]]".<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPtoNq4wvQ&t=2755s|channel=Vaush|title=Feb 25, 2023 Trump wins & Biden loses in Ohio, INSANE anti-trans bills, JP is deteriorating|date=2023-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310150109/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_xyUtgwls|archive-date=2023-03-10|quote=I don't give a fuck if Stalinists are reported to the state, I don't give a shit.}}</ref>

Vaush called the promotion of George Orwell's anti-communist writings by the IRD and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] as "based".<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPtoNq4wvQ&t=2765s|channel=Vaush|title=Feb 25, 2023 Trump wins & Biden loses in Ohio, INSANE anti-trans bills, JP is deteriorating|date=2023-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310150109/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_xyUtgwls|archive-date=2023-03-10|quote=“This office [IRD] not only got the rights to Orwell's works but also directly translated and published Animal Farm and his other garbage works into 20 languages on every continent on Earth.”
Based
“In fact, Orwell's entire literary reputation is due to direct CIA and other anti-communist organisation efforts at popularising his nonsense, which is…”
Based. Based CIA.}}</ref>

===Promotion of U.S. imperialism===
On the 11 December, 2020 stream Vaush made the "joke" that [[Republic of Iraq|Iraqis]] have him to thank for stopping and preventing [[United States imperialism|U.S. imperialism]] in Iraq due to his position to vote for Biden.<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxn2aNbqa6w&t=13060s|channel=Vaush|title=GOING OVER VIDEOS CRITICIZING ME {{!}} CHILL STREAM|date=2020-12-11|quote=…you [[https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Hakim Hakim]] are lucky that I personally got Biden into office because otherwise – is Hakim from Iraq? Well, hey listen ok, we're going to get Biden to get those troops out of Iraq ok – wait did he already do that? We are going to keep Biden from fucking bombing anymore of your airports ok. That's what we're going to do! You're welcome Hakim!
I know, I know it–, I know it sucks, because frantically Democrats and Republicans both have a pretty fucking bad record when it comes to foreign policy, but listen you. Ok, I got Biden elected and I'm gonna wield that infinite power, alright, and I'm gonna make sure we quit fucking around in the Middle East ok. We're gonna pull troops out of – we're gonna pull troops out of [[Afghanistan]], we're gonna pay reparations to the countries we bomb, we're gonna stop that [[Yemen]] shit, we're gonna start arguing with [[Saudi Arabia]], we're going to reinstitute the nuclear fucking arms shit deal with [[Iran]] – the nuclear treatus [sic], we're going to establish fuckin' one state council solution with [[Israel]] and [[Palestine]] – 'cos I feel that's closest we're going to be able to get – um, we're gonna – we're gonna do it. "This won't happen under Biden." Goddamn right it will. It will 'cos of me. 'Cos of all the socialist influence I have in the Democratic party. Yeah, we're gonna lift sanctions on [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela|Vuvuzuela]] [sic], we're gonna fix the world. "No it won't Vaush." Do you think I'm being serious man?}}</ref>

On the 3 Febuary, 2023 Vaush advocated expanding [[United States imperialism|U.S. imperialism]] in a [[Twitter|tweet]]. Responding to a tweet criticising the number of [[U.S. Military]] bases in the [[Asia-Pacific]], Vaush stated that "We [[[:en:United_States_of_America|U.S.]]] need more"<ref>{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=[[Twitter]]|date=2023-02-03|url=https://twitter.com/VaushV/status/1621586438814072834|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230204024826/https://twitter.com/VaushV/status/1621586438814072834|archive-date=2023-02-04|retrieved=2023-02-04|quote=We need more}}</ref>

On the 23 February, 2023 Vaush advocated for the removal of indigenous peoples from their homeland in order to recieve English education in the U.S.<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPtoNq4wvQ&t=5405s|channel=Vaush|title=Feb 25, 2023 Trump wins & Biden loses in Ohio, INSANE anti-trans bills, JP is deteriorating|date=2023-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310150109/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_xyUtgwls|archive-date=2023-03-10|quote=I know that Hakim is Iraqi, but I think they should have, like, airlifted him and brought him over to an American English class and had him sit there for 20 straight years after the Iraq War began – which was about 20 years ago – solely so that he wouldn't have made this retarded fucking video.}}</ref>

===Settler apologia===

In a debate with the Youtuber [[Professor Flowers]] on the subject of [[decolonization]] and [[black nationalism]], Vaush compared [[Republic of South Africa|South African]] [[Settler|settlers]] who gained their "home" via [[apartheid]] to [[Jewish]] people who faced persecution by [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|the Nazi party]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=BadEmpanada|newspaper=[[YouTube]]|title=Vaush Knows Nothing About Decolonization and Self-Determination, Yet Sure Has Some Strong Opinions!|date=2021-09-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zJxP2hgpc|retrieved=2023-03-06}}</ref>

== Bigotry ==

===Anti-Semitism===
While discussing the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazis]] in a debate with [[NonCompete]], Vaush said [[Judaism|Jews]] disproportionately controlled banks in [[German Reich (1918–1933)|Weimar Germany]].<ref name=":0">{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lR1FdFefcA&t=3050s|channel=Vaush|title=HE HUNG UP - Absurd Debate w/ NonCompete Quickly Derails|quote=There was a disproportionate number of Jewish control of banks in Germany during the Weimar Republic.}}</ref>

===Racism===
Vaush has called Black people "subhuman"<ref>{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=Discord|url=https://i.redd.it/q1bs0pmcuk661.png|archive-url=https://archive.ph/DP5nR|archive-date=2020-12-21|quote=you guys know ive called black and trans people subhuman too}}</ref> and intentionally said the N-word in a debate.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=YouTube|title=Am I a Jew? Arguing with Nazis on THE KILLSTREAM|date=2019-05-14|url=https://i.imgur.com/TMMwFra.png|archive-url=https://archive.ph/C7g1n|archive-date=2020-11-15|quote=In this video, I drop an n-bomb. Biiiig one; hard 'R' [...] It was a power move which I am entirely unashamed of}}</ref> He is against preserving Black culture even though it was systematically repressed by the United States.<ref>{{Web citation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722205131/https://twitter.com/high_define/status/1258520435655766022|archive-date=2022-07-22|quote=Wait, fuck Black culture—I don't give a fuck about preserving culture. What? That's exactly the same as a white ethnonationalist argument.}}</ref>

===Transphobia===
Vaush has called the [[LGBT+]] community "cancerous"<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Streamable|url=https://streamable.com/fdy60u|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308145927/https://streamable.com/fdy60u|archive-date=2022-03-08|quote=The left community online, particularly the LGBT community, is cancerous as fuck. If you're not an idiot, you will agree with me.}}</ref> and "[[Ableism|mentally ill]]."<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Streamable|title=I know this is fundamentally reactionary thinking, but still, I can’t think of anything else|url=https://streamable.com/uu2mkv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308152603/https://streamable.com/uu2mkv|archive-date=2022-03-08|quote=A lot of the people who are trying to cancel [[Contrapoints]] are fucking dejected, worthless, mentally ill, basement-dweller, fucking queer people who have absolutely nothing to offer the world apart from their bitter scorn.}}</ref>

== Support for pedophilia ==
Vaush has repeatedly defended child pornography<ref name=":1">{{News citation|author=Beige Goat|newspaper=Twitter|title=Context, for what it's worth.|date=2020-11-09|url=https://twitter.com/beigegoat45/status/1325705005886746624|retrieved=2022-04-17|quote=In fact — and this is gonna be a real hot take — I have yet to hear a convincing moral or legal argument as to why possession of child pornography should be illegal.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=Streamable|title=Livestream clip|url=https://streamable.com/kd2967|quote=If you're not paying for child pornography there is no argument in favor of morally condemning people who view it.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=Streamable|title=Livestream with Cult of Dusty Codcast|url=https://streamable.com/55rhyz|quote=I assign this to literally everything. Um, I don't even think, like, owning child pornography is immoral.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=Streamable|title=Livestream with Cult of Dusty Codcast|url=https://streamable.com/ibzzqs|quote=I would not say that it is unethical for a person to purchase child pornography}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=Streamable|title=Livestream clip|url=https://streamable.com/ykb9ih|quote=If you're not paying for child porn, if you're just getting it, there is no moral or legal argument against that doesn't also rope in you guys for the things you have purchased.}}</ref> and believes the age of consent should be lowered under socialism.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=Vaush|newspaper=Discord|date=2018-02-13|url=https://i.redd.it/z3nrrkf179l51.png|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806085802/https://i.redd.it/z3nrrkf179l51.png|archive-date=2022-08-06|quote=As those imbalances (or at least some of them) are redressed through the advent of socialism, the age of consent should therefor [sic] be lowered.}}</ref>

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[[Category:YouTube channels]]
[[Category:Imperialist propaganda]]
[[Category:Child pornography defenders]]
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BadEmpanada

2024-09-26T18:55:08Z

216.162.93.194: welp forgot to add last updated in September 2024 on the bottom also the info is already outdated

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'''BadEmpanada''' is an [[Australia|Australian]]-[[Argentine Republic|Argentine]] [[YouTube|YouTuber]]. He makes long-form video essays about [[history]], [[settler colonialism]], [[imperialism]], [[Latin America|Latin American]] politics, and other topics<ref>{{Web citation|author=BadEmpanada|newspaper=[[YouTube]]|title=About|date=2019-01-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzmizB92LJ9oxf5T_snZNA/about|retrieved=2023-01-01}}</ref> from a [[Communism|communist]] perspective. BadEmpanada also has a [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjY9R3_6sxfUViabj93Vnhw stream clips channel] and a [https://www.youtube.com/@Georsj/featured Spanish language channel].

== Criticism ==

===Behaviour ===
On stream he often engages toxic behaviour, including involving himself in petty drama between content creators<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG-IeglWKgE|channel=Destiny|title=BadEmpanada Debates Destiny For Prof Flowers, Infrared Haz Jumps Into Twitch Chat|date=2022-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRIL6AFv4wg|channel=LonerBox Live|title=Debating BadEmpanada (White Coloniser)|date=2022-05-25}}</ref> (although he has since stated that he would like to avoid petty internet drama in the future)<ref>BadEmpanada 2 (2022-07-22).: [https://youtu.be/8aPx2HcM5-4 "Moving Forward"]. YouTube. Retrieved 2022-07-22.</ref>, making unsubstantiated claims,<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ObceIasVHs|channel=BadEmpanada 2|title=I Miss BayArea415, The King of LARP|date=2022-04-16}}</ref> engaging in "debate bro" behaviour such as reductio ad absurdum<ref name=":1" />, and promoting misinformation.<ref name=":0">{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TeV48CdJ0U|channel=BadEmpanada 2|title=BayArea415 Shuts Down EVERYTHING?! Goodbye to the King!|date=2021-08-21}}</ref>

BadEmpanada has also celebrated the doxxing and subsequent retirement of [[Bay Area415|BayArea415]] from the internet. He questioned whether BayArea415 was "really at risk" after [[Fascism|fascists]] revealed his identity.<ref name=":0" />

=== Criticism of AES ===
BadEmpanada blindly criticises [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]] projects such as [[People's Republic of China|China]] calling it "[[Capitalism|capitalist]]", "[[Imperialism|imperialist]]" and "communist in name only."<ref name=":1">{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpTL_nz0qsw&t=449s|channel=BadEmpanada 2|title=Let's Read Michael Parenti on Dengist China|date=2021-06-22}}</ref>

=== Pro-imperialist talking points ===
In 2024 BadEmpanada opposed the democratically elected anti-imperialist government of [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela|Venezuela]], siding with the zionist<ref>https://xcancel.com/MariaCorinaYA/status/1129486995691069440</ref> opposition instead.<ref>https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=1-vtCFVNa_Y</ref> He also chose to support the 2024 [[color revolution]]<ref>https://korybko.substack.com/p/bangladesh-has-descended-into-the</ref> in [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]].<ref>https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=suWO2eIbjyA</ref> His video criticizing [[The Grayzone]] has earned the approval of notorious anti-communist and [[Bellingcat]]-founder Eliot Higgins.<ref>https://xcancel.com/RodericDay/status/1291421283998203912#m</ref>

=== Strawmanning ===
In a video about supposed 'Chinese imperialism', BayArea415 stated that he preferred not to throw around terms like 'backwards' or 'underdeveloped' in reference to [[Third World]] countries and showed a clip from [[Michael Parenti|Michael Parenti's]] famous "[[Library:US Interventionism, the Third World, and the USSR|''Yellow Lecture'']]" explaining why.<ref><blockquote>"By the way, I don't really like the term 'underdeveloped' or 'backwards country' [...]. As this is more of a historical or Marxist terminology of explaining overexploitation from capitalists, I really like how Michael Parenti explains it here."</blockquote>[[Trending Now! Network]] (2021-09-04).: [https://youtu.be/rcMuA3-JL7E "'Is China Imperialist?' Comrade Report/Bay Area 415 REACTION & WATCH ALONG"]. YouTube.</ref> BadEmpanada took this as Bay quoting Parenti out of context in order to defend China, when this was not at all the case. BadEmpanada then proceeded to quote Parenti criticising China.<ref name=":1" />

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzmizB92LJ9oxf5T_snZNA YouTube]
*[https://www.instagram.com/BadEmpanada/ Instagram]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/badempanada Twitch]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Communist YouTube channels]]
[[Category:BreadTube]]

Midwestern Marx

2024-09-26T12:23:17Z

216.162.93.194: Added Infobox

{{Infobox youtuber|name=Midwestern Marx|image=File:Midwestern_Marx_logo.png|image_size=200|Ideology=[[Marxism-Leninism]] (De Jure) [[MAGA_Communism|MAGA "Communism"]] (De Facto) [[Patriotic_socialism|Patriotic Socialism]] (De Facto)|views=4,996,039 (September 2024)|subscribers=50,700 (September 2024)|years_active=2020–present|channel_website=[https://www.youtube.com/c/MidwesternMarx Midwestern Marx]}}'''Midwestern Marx''' is a [[United States of America|US]]-based [[Revisionism|revisionist]] online publishing house. Its content includes online articles, book series, academic journals<ref>''[https://www.midwesternmarx.com/journalofamericansocialiststudies.html Journal of American Socialist Studies (JASS)]''</ref> (ISSN 2769-1055), and online videos. The organization

erroneously pushes [[patriotic socialism]], and thus supports [[United States imperialism|U.S. imperialism]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Kayla Popuchet|newspaper=Midwestern Marx|title=In Defense of U.S. Proletarian Patriotism: A comradely response to Danny Haiphong’s “Marxist” Polemic on Patriotic Socialism.|date=2021-12-05|url=https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/in-defense-of-us-proletarian-patriotism-a-comradely-response-to-danny-haiphongs-marxist-polemic-on-patriotic-socialism-by-kayla-popuchet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602182445/https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/in-defense-of-us-proletarian-patriotism-a-comradely-response-to-danny-haiphongs-marxist-polemic-on-patriotic-socialism-by-kayla-popuchet|archive-date=2023-06-02|quote=Put simply, the United States, as every country, is not a product of genocide and slavery, nor is it a product of freedom and liberty, it is a product of class antagonisms and struggle, in this regard it is not exceptional.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Roderic Day|newspaper=Twitter|title=Untitled Twitter Thread|date=2023-06-06|url=https://twitter.com/RodericDay/status/1666063389733298176}}</ref>

== Staff ==
The staff consists of 6 members of the editorial board, more than 30 writers, and 3 Spanish-English translators. Additionally, there are more than a dozen writers for the Youth League.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Midwestern Marx|newspaper=Midwestern Marx|title=Midwestern Marx Staff|date=2024-01-23|url=https://www.midwesternmarx.com/staff.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123083144/https://www.midwesternmarx.com/staff.html|archive-date=2024-01-23|retrieved=2024-01-23}}</ref>

=== Editorial board ===

* Thomas Riggins: Chief Editorial Counselor, retired philosophy teacher, and 1960s-era activist and writer
* [[Carlos Garrido|Carlos L. Garrido]]: [[Republic of Cuba|Cuban]] philosophy graduate student focused on [[Marxism]], [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]], and early 19th century US socialism
* [[Eddie Liger Smith|Edward (Eddie) L. Smith]]: Director, US political scientist.
* Mitchell K. Jones
* Calla Winchell
* Noah Khrachvik

=== Other members ===
* Alex Zambito

== Chauvinistic and reactionary behavior ==
Midwestern Marx agreed with [[Jackson Hinkle]], a notorious patriotic socialist and Revisionist, that Marxism-Leninism was compatible with loyalty to the United States.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@MidwesternMarx|title=The ultra-left reactions to this tweet show they’ve never read any Marx, Engels, or Lenin - and perhaps worst, they’ve never met a working class American in their life.|date=2021-09-06|url=https://twitter.com/MidwesternMarx/status/1435038558717419525|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110053159/https://twitter.com/MidwesternMarx/status/1435038558717419525|archive-date=2024-1-10|retrieved=2024-1-10}}</ref> A number of members have been noted for having a history of bullying.<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6HKfc_U8Q4|channel=Comrade Confucius|title=The Social Chauvinists of America are now Marxists (don't laugh)|date=27-01-2024}}</ref>

One of its directors, [[Eddie Liger Smith|Eddie Liger]], frequently engages in [[Tailism|tailist]] and [[Class collaboration|class collaborationist]] tactics by defending association and partnership with open [[Fascism|fascists]] akin to the [[Black Hundreds]], rather than trying to win over misguided [[Proletariat|proletarians]] away from their leadership.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@EdbieLigerSmith|title=If Modern day Western communists lived in Russia|url=https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1673102904436113409|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626023258/https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1673102904436113409|archive-date=26 Jun 2023|quote=If Modern day Western communists lived in [[Russian Empire|Russia]] they would have tweeted pictures of the [[Bolsheviks]] reaching out to the [[Black Hundreds|black hundreds]] and demanded that people cancel them for it.}}</ref>

Eddie deliberately misrepresents [[Marxism]]. For example, in a February 3 Twitter post, he said that "[he] had 10 farmers on [his] college wrestling team, and they all f**** love Trump".<ref>{{Web citation|author=@EdbieLigerSmith|newspaper=Twitter|title=This person does not live in Iowa lol. I think I had 10 farmers on my college wrestling team alone 😂|date=2024-|url=https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1753789852334629195}}</ref> User @bidetmarxman replied to this post, noting there is a difference between farm owners and farm workers that Eddie didn't make, and that "farmers" usually refers to farm owners specifically. Owners are a "petty bourgeois reactionary group", while workers are "are much more numerous and are proletariat, thus forming part of the revolutionary subject". They go on to explain that Eddie, being a director of Midwestern Marx, should or would not be making such a basic mistake if he were not being disingenuous on purpose to cater to the reactionary tendencies of his audience.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Professional hog groomer|newspaper=Twitter|title=“Farmers” is typically short hand for farm *owners* (or in Eddie’s case the sons of farm owners)|date=2024-02-04|url=https://twitter.com/bidetmarxman/status/1754059983640261026|retrieved=2024-02-05|quote=“Farmers” is typically short hand for farm *owners* (or in Eddie’s case the sons of farm owners). They’re a petit bourgeois and reactionary group. Farm *workers*, otoh, are much more numerous and are proletariat, thus forming part of the revolutionary subject.

Confusing the two is a very basic error that you might expect from someone first grappling with Marxist concepts of class and relations of production. But not from someone positioning themselves as the director of an org teaching Marxist theory.}}</ref>

Danny Shaw, one of the Institute's staff, engaged in Hitlerite anti-semitism structured rant on Instagram.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Danny Shaw|newspaper=Instagram|title=Who runs Hollywood?|url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/843985440486719508/1243113944030384148/GOIfknVWYAEuYj3.jpg?ex=66563a54&is=6654e8d4&hm=875d01a7a19925f10513f762616eac3cc1af8a1c7bf99698273b5fbb4323518f&=&format=webp&width=322&height=595}}</ref>

== Ideology ==
Midwestern Marx generally supports patriotic socialism and is against the [[decolonization|decolonisation]] of the United States.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Paul Cockshott]]|newspaper=Midwestern Marx|title=Marxism and the Nationalisation of Land|date=2021-10-03|url=https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/marxism-and-the-nationalisation-of-land-by-paul-cockshott|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606094113/https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/marxism-and-the-nationalisation-of-land-by-paul-cockshott|archive-date=2023-06-06|quote=That is because the mass of the direct producers in the USA are not from the indigenous population. Under these circumstances where [sic] they to acquire ownership of all land[,] they would inevitably become and [sic] exploiting minority.}}</ref> It accuses the opponents of patriotic socialism of being [[American exceptionalism|American exceptionalists]]<ref name=":1" /> even though they also oppose patriotism in other imperialist countries.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Mao Zedong]]|year=1966|title=Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung|title-url=http://www.marx2mao.com/Mao/QCM66.html|chapter=Patriotism and Internationalism|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch18.htm|quote=The specific content of patriotism is determined by historical conditions. There is the "patriotism" of the Japanese aggressors and of [[Hitler]], and there is our patriotism. Communists must resolutely oppose the "patriotism" of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler. The Communists of Japan and [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] are defeatists with regard to the wars being waged by their countries. To bring about the defeat of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler by every possible means is in the interests of the Japanese and the German people, and the more complete the defeat the better...For the wars launched by the Japanese aggressors and Hitler are harming the people at home as well as the people of the world. [[Republic of China|China]]'s case, however, is different, because she is the victim of aggression.|pdf=http://www.marx2mao.com/PDFs/QCM66.pdf|city=Beijing|publisher=Foreign Languages Press|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/index.htm}}</ref>{{Better source needed}} It also incorrectly defines [[nationalism]] as loyalty to the state and [[patriotism]] as loyalty to the people and absurdly claimed the [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Settler colonialism|settler state]] is not a product of genocide.<ref name=":1" />

== Censorship ==
In 2020, after the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-connected company [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] bought TikTok, it banned Midwestern Marx's account that had 375,000 followers.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Carlos L Garrido|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=The U.S. censors Dissenting Voices: On the attacks against the Midwestern Marx Institute|date=2023-06-02|url=https://mronline.org/2023/06/02/the-u-s-censors-dissenting-voices/|retrieved=2023-06-01}}</ref> In 2022, the video sharing platform TikTok banned Midwestern Marx's second account,<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Eddie Smith|date=2022-03-03|title=Tik Tok BANNED us. Freedom of Speech under Capitalism.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJdSIYipEzs}}</ref><ref>@MarxMidwest on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MarxMidwest/status/1499396557258559489?s=20&t=LlZCFJG08LMvPuRnQDtclg "Tik tok banned our second account today. They are completely silencing us. Not letting us have any kind of voice on their platform. Creating a neoliberal echo chamber."] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20220303215000/https://twitter.com/MarxMidwest/status/1499396557258559489 (Archived)]''</ref> and it has banned five more accounts since then.<ref name=":0" />

== Content ==
Midwestern Marx covers many different topics. They have discussed how the CIA was involved in promoting the [[Frankfurt School]]'s Critical Theory ideology.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Midwestern Marx]]|title=The Frankfurt School and the CIA - Interview W/ Gabriel Rockhill|url=https://youtu.be/_FztGkdoO0I}}</ref>

== Links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/midwesternmarx YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/midwesternmarx/ Instagram]
* [https://twitter.com/MarxMidwest Twitter]
* [https://linktr.ee/Midwesternmarx LinkTree] (Their curated list of links)
*[https://www.tiktok.com/@eddieligersmith @EddieLigerSmith on TikTok] (censored)

== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Communist YouTube channels]]
[[Category:Targets of censorship]]
[[Category:Socialist media outlets]]
[[Category:Online left]]
[[Category:Patriotic socialism]]

Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova

2024-09-24T16:50:50Z

216.162.93.194:

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The '''Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova''' ('''PCRM''') is a [[reactionary]] [[Communism|communist]] party in [[Republic of Moldova|Moldova]].
[[Category:Communist parties]]

Communist Party of Ukraine

2024-09-24T16:48:32Z

216.162.93.194: Since it is reactionary and is similar to the KPRF I added the Right-Opportunism

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The '''Communist Party of Ukraine''' ('''KPU'''), is a [[reactionary]] banned [[Communism|communist]] party in [[Ukraine]] which considers itself the successor of the [[Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Ukraine]] (KPU), the ruling party of the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991)|Ukrainian SSR]].

BadEmpanada

2024-09-23T17:36:03Z

216.162.93.194:

{{Infobox youtuber
|name=BadEmpanada
|image=BadEmpanada.jpg
|image_size=200
|nationality=[[Argentine Republic|Argentine]] [[Australia|Australian]]
|associated_acts=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjY9R3_6sxfUViabj93Vnhw BadEmpanada 2] [https://www.youtube.com/@Georsj/featured Georsh]
|Ideology=[[Ultra-leftism]] [[Marxism]]
|birth_name=George Ganitis
|views=10,749,795 (September 2024)
|subscribers=131,000 (September 2024)
|years_active=2019–present
|channel_website=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzmizB92LJ9oxf5T_snZNA BadEmpanada]
|stats_update=2024-03-07}}

'''BadEmpanada''' is an [[Australia|Australian]]-[[Argentine Republic|Argentine]] [[YouTube|YouTuber]]. He makes long-form video essays about [[history]], [[settler colonialism]], [[imperialism]], [[Latin America|Latin American]] politics, and other topics<ref>{{Web citation|author=BadEmpanada|newspaper=[[YouTube]]|title=About|date=2019-01-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzmizB92LJ9oxf5T_snZNA/about|retrieved=2023-01-01}}</ref> from a [[Communism|communist]] perspective. BadEmpanada also has a [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjY9R3_6sxfUViabj93Vnhw stream clips channel] and a [https://www.youtube.com/@Georsj/featured Spanish language channel].

== Criticism ==

===Behaviour ===
On stream he often engages toxic behaviour, including involving himself in petty drama between content creators<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG-IeglWKgE|channel=Destiny|title=BadEmpanada Debates Destiny For Prof Flowers, Infrared Haz Jumps Into Twitch Chat|date=2022-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRIL6AFv4wg|channel=LonerBox Live|title=Debating BadEmpanada (White Coloniser)|date=2022-05-25}}</ref> (although he has since stated that he would like to avoid petty internet drama in the future)<ref>BadEmpanada 2 (2022-07-22).: [https://youtu.be/8aPx2HcM5-4 "Moving Forward"]. YouTube. Retrieved 2022-07-22.</ref>, making unsubstantiated claims,<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ObceIasVHs|channel=BadEmpanada 2|title=I Miss BayArea415, The King of LARP|date=2022-04-16}}</ref> engaging in "debate bro" behaviour such as reductio ad absurdum<ref name=":1" />, and promoting misinformation.<ref name=":0">{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TeV48CdJ0U|channel=BadEmpanada 2|title=BayArea415 Shuts Down EVERYTHING?! Goodbye to the King!|date=2021-08-21}}</ref>

BadEmpanada has also celebrated the doxxing and subsequent retirement of [[Bay Area415|BayArea415]] from the internet. He questioned whether BayArea415 was "really at risk" after [[Fascism|fascists]] revealed his identity.<ref name=":0" />

=== Criticism of AES ===
BadEmpanada blindly criticises [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]] projects such as [[People's Republic of China|China]] calling it "[[Capitalism|capitalist]]", "[[Imperialism|imperialist]]" and "communist in name only."<ref name=":1">{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpTL_nz0qsw&t=449s|channel=BadEmpanada 2|title=Let's Read Michael Parenti on Dengist China|date=2021-06-22}}</ref>

=== Pro-imperialist talking points ===
In 2024 BadEmpanada opposed the democratically elected anti-imperialist government of [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela|Venezuela]], siding with the zionist<ref>https://xcancel.com/MariaCorinaYA/status/1129486995691069440</ref> opposition instead.<ref>https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=1-vtCFVNa_Y</ref> He also chose to support the 2024 [[color revolution]]<ref>https://korybko.substack.com/p/bangladesh-has-descended-into-the</ref> in [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]].<ref>https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=suWO2eIbjyA</ref> His video criticizing [[The Grayzone]] has earned the approval of notorious anti-communist and [[Bellingcat]]-founder Eliot Higgins.<ref>https://xcancel.com/RodericDay/status/1291421283998203912#m</ref>

=== Strawmanning ===
In a video about supposed 'Chinese imperialism', BayArea415 stated that he preferred not to throw around terms like 'backwards' or 'underdeveloped' in reference to [[Third World]] countries and showed a clip from [[Michael Parenti|Michael Parenti's]] famous "[[Library:US Interventionism, the Third World, and the USSR|''Yellow Lecture'']]" explaining why.<ref><blockquote>"By the way, I don't really like the term 'underdeveloped' or 'backwards country' [...]. As this is more of a historical or Marxist terminology of explaining overexploitation from capitalists, I really like how Michael Parenti explains it here."</blockquote>[[Trending Now! Network]] (2021-09-04).: [https://youtu.be/rcMuA3-JL7E "'Is China Imperialist?' Comrade Report/Bay Area 415 REACTION & WATCH ALONG"]. YouTube.</ref> BadEmpanada took this as Bay quoting Parenti out of context in order to defend China, when this was not at all the case. BadEmpanada then proceeded to quote Parenti criticising China.<ref name=":1" />

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzmizB92LJ9oxf5T_snZNA YouTube]
*[https://www.instagram.com/BadEmpanada/ Instagram]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/badempanada Twitch]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Communist YouTube channels]]
[[Category:BreadTube]]

Leftypedia

2024-09-20T17:34:13Z

216.162.93.194: It's been a week it is dead probably :(

{{Infobox website|name=Leftypedia|logo=Leftypedia wordmark.png|type=Online encyclopedia|language=English|founding_date=2019|founder=CyberSynGang|url=leftypedia.org (2019–2022) [https://wiki.leftypol.org wiki.leftypol.org] (2022–2024)}}

'''Leftypedia''' was an online collaborative encyclopedia that inspired the creation of [[ProleWiki]]. Unlike ProleWiki, Leftypedia aimed to be a big tent organisation, containing views from all sections of "[[leftism]]," whether [[Marxist]] or not.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Main Page|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015020124/https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page|archive-date=2022-10-15|retrieved=2022-11-25|quote=Leftypedia aims to document and propagate left-wing theory from a variety of different tendencies, and thus contribute to a more unified leftist movement in which no view is misrepresented}}</ref>

== History ==
Leftypedia originated in 2019 with the purpose of safeguarding content from [[Marxistpedia]] following its shutdown. Initially hosted at the leftypedia.org domain, the site was taken down in July 2022. However, it was subsequently revived under the wiki.leftypol.org domain later that year, where it remained active until 2024.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Leftypedia|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Leftypedia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409061819/https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Leftypedia|archive-date=2024-04-09}}</ref>

=== Edit wars ===
Between February and August 2023, administrator Harrystein banned several alt accounts of [[Comrade:Wisconcom|Wisconcom]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Blocked users|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Special:BlockList|retrieved=2024-06-18}}</ref>

=== Hoxhaist coup attempt ===
RedParabola was promoted to administrator on 18 June 2024. [[MediaWiki]] allows administrators to ban other administrators, including those who appointed them.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=Harrystein|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Leftypedia:Community hub|date=2024-06-18|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/index.php?title=Leftypedia:Community_hub&oldid=23019}}</ref> RedParabola banned Harrystein and nine other users over the course of 16 minutes, accusing some of being [[Anarchism|anarchists]], [[Maoism|Maoists]], or [[Left communism|left-communists]] despite the non-sectarian principles of the wiki.<ref name=":1" /> RedParabola then deleted several pages including [[People's Republic of China]], which he described as a "[[Fascism|fascist]] and [[Social-imperialism|social-imperialist]] state,"<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Deletion log|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=delete&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype=delete&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist|retrieved=2024-06-18}}</ref> before retiring and handing over power to Aussig,<ref>{{Web citation|author=RedParabola|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=User talk:Aussig|date=2024-06-18}}</ref> who then banned four users including RedParabola himself,<ref name=":1" /> and Stalinium Magnus (an alt of either RedParabola or Aussig) changed the wiki's description to be explicitly "[[anti-revisionist]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]]" instead of generically leftist.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Stalinium Magus|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=Leftypedia: Difference between revisions|date=2024-06-18|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/index.php?title=Leftypedia&type=revision&diff=23011&oldid=20853}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

Discomrade, who had been blocked but not removed from administrator roles, was able to unban themself and temporarily restore admin powers to Harrystein and Capuch1n, allowing Harrystein to permanently ban Aussig and RedParabola, restore the formerly deleted pages, and unblock other users banned during the coup attempt.<ref name=":3">{{Web citation|newspaper=Leftypedia|title=All public logs|url=https://wiki.leftypol.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=&user=&offset=&limit=100|retrieved=2024-06-19}}</ref> In a statement after the incident, Harrystein stated that RedParabola was likely an alt account of Wisconcom.<ref name=":2" />

=== 2024 shutdown ===
In September 2024, wiki.leftypol.org went down for a prolonged period of time for the second time in its history, making Leftypedia inaccessible. At this time, there is no confirmed cause for this shutdown, but sources claim that leftypol.org went down after an internal split was revealed<ref>{{Web citation|author=farmer_of_song|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=Updates on Leftypol|date=2024-09-10|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5636841}}</ref> and, as Leftypedia was hosted as a subdomain, its hosting fell along with it. It is unsure at this time whether Leftypedia will come back online.

== Comparison to ProleWiki ==
The primary difference between ProleWiki and Leftypedia is that Leftypedia sought to be a big tent, "[[Left unity|catch-all leftist]]" encyclopedia,<ref name=":0" /> whereas ProleWiki expressly follows the line of [[scientific socialism]] and Marxism-Leninism. Without an emphasis on scientific socialism, one runs the risk of supporting [[Imperialism|imperialist]] propaganda against [[Socialist state|socialist states]], due to allowing multiple tendencies definitions' of imperialism which may contradict one another. This was attempted by ProleWiki with other Marxist currents in its very early days, and ultimately led to endless debates in private internal chats that negatively impacted the output of content on pages.

Another difference is that Leftypedia was only available in English while ProleWiki has instances in several other languages in the spirit of [[proletarian internationalism]].
== Links ==

* [https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page Leftypedia] [https://web.archive.org/web/20240907030309/https://wiki.leftypol.org/wiki/Main_Page (archived link)]
*[https://matrix.to/#/!gRJLashoUWkKyqNfjB:matrix.org?via=matrix.org Matrix link]

== References ==
[[Category:Wikis]]
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[[Category:Online left]]

Party of the European Left

2024-09-19T18:55:04Z

216.162.93.194: Added some more ideologies

{{Infobox political party|name=Party of the European Left|native_name=Partei der Europäischen Linken Parti de la Gauche Européenne Partito della Sinistra Europea Partido de la Izquierda Europea Partido da Esquerda Europeia Κόμμα Ευρωπαϊκής Αριστεράς Avrupa Sol Partisi Il-Partit Ewropew tax-Xellug|logo=European Left logo.svg|founded=8–9 May 2004|abbreviation=PEL|president=[[Walter Baier]]|leader1_title=[[Martin Schirdewan]]|leader1_name=Leader in the EP|headquarters=Square de Meeûs 25, 1000 Brussels, [[Belgium]]|think tank=Transform Europe|womens_wing=EL-Fem|political_orientation=[[Reformism]] [[Socialism]] [[Social Democracy]] [[Eurocommunism]] (Factions) [[Democratic Socialism]]|europarl=The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL|website=www.european-left.org}}

The '''Party of the European Left''' ('''PEL'''), or '''European Left''' ('''EL'''), is a political party in [[Europe]] comprised of several small [[Socialism|socialist]] and [[Communism|communist]] parties mostly within the [[European Union]]. The party is [[Reformism|reformist]] and seeks to reform Europe and the EU through participating in national and European parliament elections rather than through dismantling the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] union.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Party of the European Left|title=Who we are|url=https://www.european-left.org/about-us/who-we-are/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402111315/https://www.european-left.org/about-us/who-we-are/|archive-date=2024-04-02}}</ref>

== Member parties ==
The Party of the European Left has 26 member parties along with 10 observer parties and 9 EL partners.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Party of the European Left|title=Our parties|url=https://www.european-left.org/about-us/our-parties/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402150249/https://www.european-left.org/about-us/our-parties/|archive-date=2024-04-02}}</ref>

=== Full members ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Country
!Party
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Austria.svg}} [[Republic of Austria|Austria]]
|[[Communist Party of Austria]] (KPÖ)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Belarus.png}} [[Republic of Belarus|Belarus]]
|[[Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Belgium.svg}} [[Kingdom of Belgium|Belgium]]
|[[Communists of Wallonia-Brussels]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Bulgarian flag.png}} [[Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]
|[[Bulgarian Left]] (BL)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Croatia.svg}} [[Republic of Croatia|Croatia]]
|[[Workers' Front (Croatia)|Workers' Front]] (RF)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Czech flag.png}} [[Czech Republic]]
|[[The Left (Czech Republic)|The Left]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Denmark.png}} [[Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark]]
|[[Red–Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red–Green Alliance]] (EL)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Estonia.svg}} [[Republic of Estonia|Estonia]]
|[[Estonian United Left Party]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Finland.svg}} [[Republic of Finland|Finland]]
|[[Communist Party of Finland (1994)|Communist Party of Finland]] (SKP)
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Flag of France.svg}} [[French Republic|France]]
|[[French Communist Party]] (PCF)
|-
|[[Republican and Socialist Left]] (GRS)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Germany.svg}} [[Federal Republic of Germany|Germany]]
|[[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Greece.svg}} [[Hellenic Republic|Greece]]
|[[Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance|Syriza]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hungarian flag.png}} [[Hungary]]
|[[Workers' Party of Hungary 2006|Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Italy.svg}} [[Italian Republic|Italy]]
|[[Communist Refoundation Party]] (PRC)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Luxembourg.png}} [[Grand Duchy of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]
|[[The Left (Luxembourg)|The Left]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Moldova flag.png}} [[Republic of Moldova|Moldova]]
|[[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova]] (PCRM)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Portugal.svg}} [[Portuguese Republic|Portugal]]
|[[Left Bloc (Portugal)|Left Bloc]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Romania.png}} [[Romania]]
|[[Romanian Socialist Party (2003)|Romanian Socialist Party]] (PSR)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Slovenia.svg}} [[Republic of Slovenia|Slovenia]]
|[[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Spanish flag.png}} [[Kingdom of Spain|Spain]]
|[[United Left (Spain)|United Left]] (IU)
|-
|[[Communist Party of Spain]] (PCE)
|-
|[[Catalonia]] (Spain)
|[[United and Alternative Left]] (EUiA)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).png}} [[Swiss Confederation|Switzerland]]
|[[Swiss Party of Labour]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Turkey.svg}} [[Republic of Türkiye|Turkey]]
|[[Left Party (Turkey)|Left Party]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of the United Kingdom.svg}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|[[Left Unity (UK)|Left Unity]]
|}

=== Observer members ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Country
!Party
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Belgium.svg}} [[Kingdom of Belgium|Belgium]]
|[[Demain]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Cyprus.svg}} [[Republic of Cyprus|Cyprus]]
|[[Progressive Party of Working People]] (AKEL)
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg.png}} [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Northern Cyprus]]
|[[New Cyprus Party]]
|-
|[[United Cyprus Party]] (BKP)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Czech flag.png}} [[Czech Republic]]
|'''[[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia]] (KSČM)'''
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Finland.svg}} [[Republic of Finland|Finland]]
|[[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]] (Vas)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of France.svg}} [[French Republic|France]]
|[[La France Insoumise]] (FI)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Italy.svg}} [[Italian Republic|Italy]]
|[[Italian Left]] (SI)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Slovakia.svg}} [[Slovak Republic|Slovakia]]
|[[Communist Party of Slovakia]] (KSS)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Spanish flag.png}} [[Kingdom of Spain|Spain]]
|[[Sortu]]
|}

=== EL-Partners ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Country
!Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Flag of Austria.svg}} [[Republic of Austria|Austria]]
|[[Der Wandel]]
|-
|[[The Left (LINKS)]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Flag of France.svg}} [[French Republic|France]]
|[[Ensemble!]]
|-
|[[République et Socialisme]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Germany.svg}} [[Federal Republic of Germany|Germany]]
|[[Marxistische Linke]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hungarian flag.png}} [[Hungary]]
|[[Táncsics – Radical Left Party]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Flag of Serbia.svg}} [[Republic of Serbia|Serbia]]
|[[Solidarnost]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Flag of the United Kingdom.svg}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|[[Democratic Left Scotland]] (DLS)
|-
|[[Socialists for the Independence of Scotland]]
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:International communist organizations]]
[[Category:International socialist organizations]]