Drew ☭
@simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
perpetual good take haver, marxist-leninist, views my own
my writing: https://simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
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my writing: https://simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
links: https://linktr.ee/comradedrew
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Not here to sell optimism or hot takes.
I write from a Marxist perspective about labor, imperialism, and power—especially where liberal politics keeps failing working people.
Theory and history, applied to the present, building the future; that's all.
I write from a Marxist perspective about labor, imperialism, and power—especially where liberal politics keeps failing working people.
Theory and history, applied to the present, building the future; that's all.
Not here to sell optimism or hot takes.
I write from a Marxist perspective about labor, imperialism, and power—especially where liberal politics keeps failing working people.
Theory and history, applied to the present, building the future; that's all.
I write from a Marxist perspective about labor, imperialism, and power—especially where liberal politics keeps failing working people.
Theory and history, applied to the present, building the future; that's all.
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Not here to sell optimism or hot takes.
I write from a Marxist perspective about labor, imperialism, and power—especially where liberal politics keeps failing working people.
Theory and history, applied to the present, building the future; that's all.
I write from a Marxist perspective about labor, imperialism, and power—especially where liberal politics keeps failing working people.
Theory and history, applied to the present, building the future; that's all.
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The state doesn’t need to ban socialism if it can confine it to subcultures with no capacity to impose costs.
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The state doesn’t need to ban socialism if it can confine it to subcultures with no capacity to impose costs.
I can’t remember the last time I felt this bad about writing.
Hope you’re doing better than I am for the Holidays 🥰
On the bright side, I don’t have to see people for two weeks…
Hope you’re doing better than I am for the Holidays 🥰
On the bright side, I don’t have to see people for two weeks…
December 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I can’t remember the last time I felt this bad about writing.
Hope you’re doing better than I am for the Holidays 🥰
On the bright side, I don’t have to see people for two weeks…
Hope you’re doing better than I am for the Holidays 🥰
On the bright side, I don’t have to see people for two weeks…
It’s important to differentiate and distinguish progress and advancement.
There has been an incredible amount of progress in the last century, namely in the realm of science. This progress has bettered the life of the average person, but it has not advanced their position in society.
There has been an incredible amount of progress in the last century, namely in the realm of science. This progress has bettered the life of the average person, but it has not advanced their position in society.
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s important to differentiate and distinguish progress and advancement.
There has been an incredible amount of progress in the last century, namely in the realm of science. This progress has bettered the life of the average person, but it has not advanced their position in society.
There has been an incredible amount of progress in the last century, namely in the realm of science. This progress has bettered the life of the average person, but it has not advanced their position in society.
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What exactly is the principle contradiction here in the United States?
Is it socialism/capitalism or proletariat/bourgeoisie or something entire unique to the imperial core?
Is it socialism/capitalism or proletariat/bourgeoisie or something entire unique to the imperial core?
December 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What exactly is the principle contradiction here in the United States?
Is it socialism/capitalism or proletariat/bourgeoisie or something entire unique to the imperial core?
Is it socialism/capitalism or proletariat/bourgeoisie or something entire unique to the imperial core?
Unironically a good video. Recommended!
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Unironically a good video. Recommended!
A former friend since middle school became active in radical Zionist circles after Oct. 7. Before that, we had never spoken about Israel or even the Middle East, so it came as a real shock to me.
I cut all ties with him. He's in Israel now where I believe he's active in the extremist youth movement
I cut all ties with him. He's in Israel now where I believe he's active in the extremist youth movement
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A former friend since middle school became active in radical Zionist circles after Oct. 7. Before that, we had never spoken about Israel or even the Middle East, so it came as a real shock to me.
I cut all ties with him. He's in Israel now where I believe he's active in the extremist youth movement
I cut all ties with him. He's in Israel now where I believe he's active in the extremist youth movement
There are leftist extremists, I don't doubt that at all, but there are no left-wing ideologies that are supremacist and hateful in nature.
Hate and intolerance is very much a right-wing characteristic.
Hate and intolerance is very much a right-wing characteristic.
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There are leftist extremists, I don't doubt that at all, but there are no left-wing ideologies that are supremacist and hateful in nature.
Hate and intolerance is very much a right-wing characteristic.
Hate and intolerance is very much a right-wing characteristic.
Parenti was always right about Chomsky...
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Parenti was always right about Chomsky...
Gee Mark, I wonder how people survived the 50s with the brutal 90% tax rate...
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Gee Mark, I wonder how people survived the 50s with the brutal 90% tax rate...
Just published a deep dive into Trump’s so-called “2025 National Security Strategy.”
It’s not a strategy, it’s an extremist blueprint built on lies, fear, and civilizational panic. Most people won’t read it. I did.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
It’s not a strategy, it’s an extremist blueprint built on lies, fear, and civilizational panic. Most people won’t read it. I did.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
The Hidden Agenda in Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy
Why His New Doctrine Signals a Major Shift in Power at Home and Abroad
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just published a deep dive into Trump’s so-called “2025 National Security Strategy.”
It’s not a strategy, it’s an extremist blueprint built on lies, fear, and civilizational panic. Most people won’t read it. I did.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
It’s not a strategy, it’s an extremist blueprint built on lies, fear, and civilizational panic. Most people won’t read it. I did.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
You can't access the Library of Congress files on free speech anymore.
Not sure how long this has been going on, but I wanted to do some research into protected speech as the FBI is apparently making and releasing a list of "American extremists," saw that and figured I'd let you know 👍
Not sure how long this has been going on, but I wanted to do some research into protected speech as the FBI is apparently making and releasing a list of "American extremists," saw that and figured I'd let you know 👍
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
You can't access the Library of Congress files on free speech anymore.
Not sure how long this has been going on, but I wanted to do some research into protected speech as the FBI is apparently making and releasing a list of "American extremists," saw that and figured I'd let you know 👍
Not sure how long this has been going on, but I wanted to do some research into protected speech as the FBI is apparently making and releasing a list of "American extremists," saw that and figured I'd let you know 👍
so...what contradictions have y'all been dealing with recently?
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
so...what contradictions have y'all been dealing with recently?
Fred Hampton was 21 when the U.S. government assassinated him. Why? He organized.
56 years later, his lessons are still urgent: feed your people, educate your people, unite your people. Solidarity is power and the state has always feared it.
Full Piece: open.substack.com/pub/simplify...
56 years later, his lessons are still urgent: feed your people, educate your people, unite your people. Solidarity is power and the state has always feared it.
Full Piece: open.substack.com/pub/simplify...
The Assassination of Fred Hampton and the Fear of Working-Class Solidarity
Why the Rainbow Coalition terrified the state—and what that means for today’s organizers.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Fred Hampton was 21 when the U.S. government assassinated him. Why? He organized.
56 years later, his lessons are still urgent: feed your people, educate your people, unite your people. Solidarity is power and the state has always feared it.
Full Piece: open.substack.com/pub/simplify...
56 years later, his lessons are still urgent: feed your people, educate your people, unite your people. Solidarity is power and the state has always feared it.
Full Piece: open.substack.com/pub/simplify...
Remembering Fred Hampton today, not as a symbol, but an organizer who understood that the only real answer to exploitation is collective power
Hampton knew that we all have a common, existential threat to our humanity: the status-quo. He understood that if we don't come together, we'll be destroyed
Hampton knew that we all have a common, existential threat to our humanity: the status-quo. He understood that if we don't come together, we'll be destroyed
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Remembering Fred Hampton today, not as a symbol, but an organizer who understood that the only real answer to exploitation is collective power
Hampton knew that we all have a common, existential threat to our humanity: the status-quo. He understood that if we don't come together, we'll be destroyed
Hampton knew that we all have a common, existential threat to our humanity: the status-quo. He understood that if we don't come together, we'll be destroyed
Reform isn’t enough. Change only comes when we organize and build power.
Don’t wait for politicians to hand you victories, create the power to win them yourself.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-comfor...
Don’t wait for politicians to hand you victories, create the power to win them yourself.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-comfor...
The Comfortable Lie of Reformism
How a gentler capitalism keeps the working class waiting forever
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December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Reform isn’t enough. Change only comes when we organize and build power.
Don’t wait for politicians to hand you victories, create the power to win them yourself.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-comfor...
Don’t wait for politicians to hand you victories, create the power to win them yourself.
simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/the-comfor...
You may have internalized a picture of the revolutionary as someone who: rejects all mainstream institutions, operates in a tight Leninist cadre, stays ideologically pure, and doesn’t touch reformist spaces.
But remember:
Revolutionaries work with the world as it is, not as they wish it were.
But remember:
Revolutionaries work with the world as it is, not as they wish it were.
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You may have internalized a picture of the revolutionary as someone who: rejects all mainstream institutions, operates in a tight Leninist cadre, stays ideologically pure, and doesn’t touch reformist spaces.
But remember:
Revolutionaries work with the world as it is, not as they wish it were.
But remember:
Revolutionaries work with the world as it is, not as they wish it were.
therapy, food, homework, print night 📰
a man with a beard is making a funny face and saying `` time to get lit '' in a kitchen .
Alt: a man with a beard is making a funny face and saying `` time to get lit '' in a kitchen .
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December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
therapy, food, homework, print night 📰
imagine being opps with marx and engels in the middle of the nineteenth century i'd kms 😭
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
imagine being opps with marx and engels in the middle of the nineteenth century i'd kms 😭
Every political journey begins with a page, a paragraph, a spark.
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
Basic Communist/Socialist Reading List
These 5 Works are Necessary Reads for Every Communist & Socialist
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November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Every political journey begins with a page, a paragraph, a spark.
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
If you’re looking for a way into Marxism without the noise or the mystique, I built a reading list meant to guide, not preach.
Walk with me: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/basic-comm...
Where is this coordinated effort to ensure a better outcome for all?
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Where is this coordinated effort to ensure a better outcome for all?
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
There’s 750,000 people who don’t have adequate shelter and food in the richest country that’s ever existed.
New piece in my American Socialists series is out.
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
American Socialists: Daniel Hoan
From WWI to WWII, Hoan is the longest serving American Socialist ever elected to office.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New piece in my American Socialists series is out.
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
Daniel Hoan is proof that Americans don’t fear socialism, they love it when it shows up as clean streets, honest governance, and a city that actually works for the people living in it.
Read here: simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/american-s...
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But every donation buys me a few more hours to breathe, read, think, write, and keep this whole thing going.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you like what I do and you want to help me keep doing it while I drag myself through college, you can toss a buck my way on Ko-fi:
ko-fi.com/comradedrew
Everything I write stays free.
But every donation buys me a few more hours to breathe, read, think, write, and keep this whole thing going.
ko-fi.com/comradedrew
Everything I write stays free.
But every donation buys me a few more hours to breathe, read, think, write, and keep this whole thing going.