US to send $375 million in military aid to Ukraine, including medium-range cluster bombs - Lemmy
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The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Officials expect an announcement on Wednesday, as global leaders meet at the U.N. General Assembly, [https://apnews.com/article/biden-un-general-assembly-ukraine-israel-gaza-4e4e839c3cdd4edd7543aea84af2346f] and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy [https://apnews.com/hub/volodymyr-zelenskyy] uses his appearance there to shore up support and persuade the U.S. to allow his troops to use long-range weapon [https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-long-range-missiles-6bd6af3d74ebbf6225330e476173575f] s to strike deeper into Russia. The following day, Zelenskyy meets with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington.
  • heggs_bayer [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I almost think reading just a bit of Marx does more harm than good, because idealism and liberalism fills in the gaps if you don't thoroughly purge them with an understanding of Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, rather than the usual path of understanding his critique of Capitalism and advocacy for collective ownership.

    You get this a lot with people reading only the Manifesto and dismissing Marxism as childish.

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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      2 months ago

      Flashbacks to Jordan Peterson v Zizek

      Not that Zizek is a Marxist, he's a Hegelian idealist and a court jester for Imperialism, but Peterson literally asserted that the Manifesto was the core document to Marxism, and not, you know, Capital peterson-pain zizek-preference marx-guns-blazing

    • roux [he/him, they/them]
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      2 months ago

      This is why when I suggest texts, I give a damn list lol. You can't know it all by just reading the Manifesto. I also specify that my list is an intro. I haven't read it all and don't know it all but I have stuff I can suggest to get the ball rolling if they are willing to put in the effort.