• mr_world [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Brace didn't fight against US interests though, the YPG was allied with the US at the time.

      Matt's philosophy is definitely not only electoralism. He's spoken plenty of times about how useless it is without a worker's party. Logging off is not disregarding leftist organizing either. He's specifically talking about being a chronically online poster who's sum total engagement in politics is shitposting, memes, and consuming online media.

      Also, forgot to add, they did go after Brace for being in the YPG. The Trump Admin used him as evidence for antifa being tied to foreign terrorist groups. His name was on literal government documents along with all his silly screen names.

      https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dhs-antifa-syria/

      https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1290384673789673472

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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      3 years ago

      Matt’s philosophy of logging off and disregarding leftist organising outside of electroralism

      Probably because that's all he has done?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      The fact that Brace fought in a foreign war with no repercussions and became a minor celebrity from it raises a lot of questions for me.

      Brace is a muckraker celebrity journalist who spent a year embedded with the YPG. He's a shameless blowhard, not a Communist revolutionary.

          • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Lol, in America being a trade unionist is about the only real way to do praxis currently. Forming a union then using that union to radicalize is good.

            He does call himself a communist and his brewery union is affiliated with the Longshoreman union which is probably the best one in terms of internationalism and solidarity.

    • OgdenTO [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Now I like TrueAnon, I think they do a great job of covering important topics from a class-aware perspective and they don't punch down.

      Saying that, I'm suspicious on how slick the show is. Even from the beginning, the production is great. Original music. Good rapport between Brace and Liz (that hasn't changed too much either). In contrast most left wing podcasts have horrible production.