Ben Temchine

"Let men become the servile pawns of their masters in the factories of the land and there will be destroyed the bone and sinew of resistance to political dictatorship. The seeds of communism are sown in industry, not in government."

"The rich are only defeated when running for their lives." - CLR James, The Black Jacobins

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who spared a thought for my country today, who amplified information about the coup d’état attempt, and worried about Brazil’s democratic future—the world’s democratic future. We won! Women won! The Amazon won! Young people won! Democracy won! Hope won!

as a trade unionist and jewish activist who stayed in jewish spaces, spoke the word genocide and fought for change without ceding jewishness, this is just a weird take. I don't give a shit why or how long it takes: I'you dont turn away anyone who joins. who believes they have too many allies?

When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.

Having real flashbacks to "rosenior's chelsea" that first half. that sucked.

This is a crucial essay from Doctorow about AI, rights and the technofascist regime under construction. pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...

no amnesty

"we will send you to endless war, keep you on a deteriorating ship for 11 months, and deport your father" is the kind of thing you read about emperors doing moments before the fleet mutinies bsky.app/profile/cjci...

This, more than anything else, is what Woke 1 was: Right-wing chuds claiming victimhood when their employers launch investigations, then being quietly cleared without major censure a few months later.

There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.

just called ICE and told them MS 13 gang members have Mrs. Dalloway tattoos

huge design flaw in adulthood: no one claps when you do the right thing.

All of these Natalie Harp stories are leaking for one reason: Someone in the West Wing is sick of Harp’s shit. Probably just a coincidence that it’s all happening as Leavitt is leaving.

"hmm maybe this whole Arday affair shows that we need to have a Serious Conversation about whether Woke 1.0 overreached in manner X, Y, of Z" motherfucker you are generally in Fascism 487.0, as is this particular affair you're talking about. worry about *that*. /Final

Gender studies might be the most vindicated academic field of all time

This is exactly the kind of line a Jewish doctor running in 1964 would have used to win the seat from Greenwich.

its always been best to understand the trans panic as fear and hatred of all female bodies. it was always about making all women disappear. the scientific proof that trans women ARE women is that all trans panic resolves into misogyny.

It is 2006. I am 22. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance. It is 2026. I am 42. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance.

AI keeps offering to find answers. We already have too many answers. We've never lacked answers. empires in particular are great at answers. and facts. there are infinite facts. there are infinite ways to shuffle those infinite facts. whoop de do.

If I can, let me explain today's Times story. This is less to do with renewables and much more to do with where generation is located and how it shows up at a system level. /1

gosh it's almost like we don't need pieces of shit

I post about radical left politics, Chelsea football club, outrigger canoe racing and labor unions. i will shit talk Arsenal and spurs fans relentlessly And randomly post about mini van ownership and bike commuting in dc. I look forward to hearing what makes you feel alive

I love Messi because I love soccer. I am also glad Spain won. argentina were awful. Awful to watch. Awful sports.

That was silly

Man of the match; upemecano

I've further become convinced that all the great *popular* revolutionary movements in history, even the ones remembered as furthest left, had a conservative component in this sense. They were struggles to be able to take decency, respect, and law for granted, again or for the first time.

The post-tea party leftist experience in America is watching the right slowly recognize a problem we’ve been talking about for decades, reason their way to a policy solution whose logic and outlines we’ve also been talking about for decades and then fuck up all the specifics. Over and over and over

every time trump is president you gotta wash your groceries

This is on Tuchel. He blew it. Sat on too small a lead.

Good. That ought to settle their hash.

Since all the African teams went out I’ve been caring less and less about the World Cup. Then I remembered how much love I have for Reece james and now I care again. A lot. This game does stupid things to me.

Well…That wasn’t fun to watch. 🤣

The closet is a little roomier today

I saw platner speak once, before the latest revelations came out. I said to the folks around me: love his message. Love his voice. He’s really good on a podium and did the basics really well. Also: I believe every accuser and the ones to come. It was so obvious.

After 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule, Hungary's state television has suspended its news broadcasts for restructuring. The main state TV channel, M1, displayed a black screen with the following message: "Public media must not lie. We apologize for doing so for many years."

Oh Egypt. Such a bummer. Fewer and fewer teams to actually support.

You KNOW you’re shit when lukaku scores on you

___________ makes a loose pass

They remembered they can play soccer for a minute.