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Elon J Rytotsk
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He/him. Ireland. Reader, writer. Occasional photographer.
Proletarian Perspective: www.proletarianperspective.blog
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I suggest Jeremy Corbyn and anyone else (maybe Palestine protesters or striking workers and unions) immediately sue the BBC for the same misrepresentations, slanders and smears. Or is this path only available to the ruling class? www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025... #Trump #News #UK #USA #Business #January6
Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit against BBC over documentary
US Donald Trump has sent a letter to the BBC threatening legal action over the way a documentary aired edited clips of his speech just before the 2021 US Capitol assault.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Regarding the capitalist class:

"You begin with interest, you proceed with awe and admiration, you deepen into hatred, and you wind up with contempt for the nature of the beast. You realise that – The Capitalist Class is the Meanest Class that ever grasped the Reins of Power."
- James Connolly
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Michael Parenti wrote about “rational fascism”. Rational fascism contradicts the idea, generally held. that fascism was an act of one-off, uniquely German insanity. Rather, he showed that capitalists supported fascism in order to boost their profitability and to counter working-class politics.
Profile image of author Michael Parenti sitting on a chair in front of an abstract painting.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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"The Roman slave was held by fetters: the wage labourer is bound to his owner by invisible threads." - Karl Marx. mashable.com/article/microsoft-teams-will-tell-your-boss-when-you-are-out-of-office #Microsoft #MicrosoftTeams #Business #Employment #Management #Privacy #Windows #Technology
Microsoft Teams will tell your boss when you’re out of the office
Microsoft Teams will soon be able to track when an employee is working from the office, and when they step out.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
proletarianpov.bsky.social
An excellent point by Rachel Shabi:

#Zionism #antisemitism #israel #gaza #palestine #christianity #evangelical
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The hijacking and weaponisation of antisemitism is nothing new - it has been happening for a hundred years.

proletarianperspective.substack.com/p/weaponised...

#antisemitism #Orwell #Israel #Churchill #Gaza #Palestine #Politics #News #AmWriting
July 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Weaponised Antisemitism: From Churchill to Now

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#Antisemitism #Israel #Imperialism #IHRA #Orwell #Churchill
Weaponised Antisemitism: From Churchill to Now
How the fight against hate became a tool of imperialism
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July 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Orwell Was Right: You Can’t Fact-Check Your Way Out of Hate
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Orwell, Education and Bigotry
Suggestions that “education” is the solution to combating bigotry are common, but not satisfactory.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The Hijacking of Antisemitism. proletarianperspective.substack.com/p/the-hijack... #Israel #Gaza #Antisemitism #History #Orwell #Essay #AmWriting #AmReading #Politics #Palestine
The Hijacking of Antisemitism
A History of Antisemitism as a Conspiracy Theory
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July 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Latest piece in my series of notes on Erik Olin Wright's book "Classes". This section focuses on the conceptual problems facing class.

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#Marxism #Wright #WorkingClass #Capitalism #CriticalTheory #Economics #AmWriting #AmReading
Part 4: The Conceptual Problem with Classes
Other notes on Classes The pertinent part of this section1 centres on the conceptual issue surrounding classes. One of the main problems in our approach to understanding class, as Wright saw it, is…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Part 3 of my series on social classes.

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#amWriting #amReading #workingclass #marxism #socialism #capitalism #politicaleconomy #criticaltheory #maxWeber
Classes, Part 3: Chapter 2: ‘The Biography of a Concept’
Other notes on Classes ‘Contradictory Class Locations’1 In this section (which might have been better confined to an appendix), Wright explains the rationale behind his concept, which c…
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June 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Continuing my notes on 'Classes' by Erik Olin Wright

#WorkingClass #Socialism #Socialist #Marx #Marxism #Capitalism #Philosophy #Economics #Politics #AmWriting #AmReading

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Part 2. ‘The Agenda of Contemporary Marxist Analysis’: Notes from ‘Classes’
Previous piece in this series, Part 1. Chapter One: The Agenda of Contemporary Marxist Analysis1 Sometimes appearances can be deceiving. It may have appeared that society, far from becoming increas…
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June 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I've had some frustrations around the some of the narratives supporting Palestine

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#Israel #Palestine #Iran #capitalism #Gaza
Summing Up Israel
My frustration with the general narratives in support of Palestine
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June 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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How the Far Right Create 'Myths of Victimhood' to attack vulnerable communities and groups.

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#FarRight #Fantasy #Fascism #Capitalism
Far-Right ‘Myths of Victimhood’
From Myths of Victimhood to Fantasies of Violence is a 2022 paper1 by Holger Marcks and Janina Pawelz. The paper explores how the far-right utilise social media to promote narratives that ‘pr…
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June 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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A review of the book "Fragments of Victory", a 'partial' account of the working class movements in Ireland c. 2008 - 2018. www.socialistparty.ie/2025/05/revi... #Ireland
Review: Fragments of Victory edited by Oisín Gilmore and David Landy
Fragments of Victory – The Contemporary Irish Left, edited by Oisín Gilmore and David Landy, Pluto, 2025 (above pic credit: Connolly Books) Reviewed by Michael O’Brien This collection of essays by var...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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A very persuasive article on neo-Stalinism by Colm Breathnach - 'The Strange Rebirth of Stalinism'. I recommend it to anyone interested in genuine socialist ideas: independentleft.ie/rebirth-of-s... #Stalinism #Socialism #Marxism
THE STRANGE REBIRTH OF STALINISM - Independent Left
How is it that some 'leftists' argue anti-working class, anti-human politics? The answer is to be found in the re-emergence of Stalinism.
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May 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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I've created an AI policy for my website: proletarianperspective.wordpress.com/ai-policy-an... In short, I seek to avoid AI-generated content everywhere possible. After all, the site is a reflection of my own human experience, knowledge & learning. But what do you think about AI policies in general?
AI Policy and a List of AI Generated Content on this Site
This site, Proletarian Perspective, avoids AI-generated content wherever possible. The discovery of, and discussion of working-class art is a core part of the site and so Proletarian Perspective in…
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Gary Lineker was forced out of the BBC because he opposed Israel’s genocide.

Not because anyone actually believes he’s antisemitic in the slightest.

I know it, you know it, and what’s more - the people who drove him out know it.

New blog 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/gary-linek...
Gary Lineker was driven out the BBC because he opposes genocide
It's those who oppose genocide who have sacked, silenced, arrested. The world turned on its head
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May 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I'm working on a new series of notes on my blogsite. A series of notes based on Erik Olin Wright's analysis of classes.

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1. The Legacy of Marx: Notes from ‘Classes’
Chapter One: ‘The Legacy of Marx’1 Class is fundamental to Marx’s interpretation of capitalist society and how social problems could be transcended. The working-class are the ‘gra…
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May 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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"The System May Not Be Perfect, But it's the Best One We Have" proletarianperspective.substack.com/p/the-system... #Chomsky #Voltaire #EndofHistory #Essay #AmWriting #JohnSingerSargent #CriticalTheory #Marxism
"The System May Not Be Perfect, But..."
It's the best one we have.
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May 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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#HappyToast #Eurovision #Drawalong Latvia
May 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Eurovisiondrawalong act 4
May 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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What are classes? What is class analysis? What is the bourgeoisie, the capitalist class? What is the proletariat, the working class? How can we understand the relations between those with wealth and power and those of us who work for them? proletarianperspective.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/w...
What are Classes? Notes from ‘Classes’ by Erik Olin Wright
Chapter 11: ‘The Legacy of Marx’ Class is fundamental to Marx’s interpretation of capitalist society and how social problems could be transcended. The working-class are the ‘grave…
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May 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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“American aggressiveness, however it may be masked in pious rhetoric, is a dominant force in world affairs and must be analyzed in terms of its causes and motives” -Chomsky
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#NoamChomsky #USA #imperialism #criticaltheory #politics #essay #America
Noam Chomsky on the ‘Responsibility of Intellectuals’
American aggressiveness, however it may be masked in pious rhetoric, is a dominant force in world affairs and must be analyzed in terms of its causes and motives.” – Noam Chomsky, The R…
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May 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Vasily Grossman on the Russian Revolution:
May 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM