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A Brief Look at Harry Potter
A Brief Look at Harry Potter

Lily Simpson (10:00:05): Just a couple of words about the wizarding world of Harry Potter, Pottermore, Fantastic Beasts, Wizards Unite, Magic Awakened, Hogwarts Mystery and JK Rowling's blog. A nice short video.

liy: if you don't have to deprogramme from the massive intellectual property empire that has imperialised all collective imagination related to MAGIC??? GOOD! But if you do— like me, someone who grew up attached to the franchise— then please watch this british transwoman's vibrant hair colour fade across 10 hours as she takes a reaaally thorough look at it. why i watched it: i didn't want to contribute to JK Rowling, a proven fascist transphobe who is richer than English royalty, get even richer

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A Brief Look at Harry Potter
Zionism, Antisemitism & The Left
Zionism, Antisemitism & The Left

Jessie Gender (4:17:13) Despite understanding some of the hydra heads that form from it - the apparatus, functions, and nature of antisemitism are often less understood on a deeper level because despite its long history and that it frequently intersects with other bigotries, it is not based directly on poverty, skin color or colonized status. It’s also historically quite flexible, constantly evolving to fit the numerous contexts it crops up within. As a result, leftist groups can often miss it when it appears. There is also a question that often goes unaddressed in the binary framework of a propagandizing neo-colonial power that works to perpetuate its power versus those who fight it endlessly. Can antisemitism exist within leftist movements fighting for Palestinian autonomy and self-determination?

0:00 - Introduction 28:23 - Part 1: How Antisemitism Functions 47:25 - Part 2: The History of Zionism 1:45:56 - Part 3: Zionism as a Political Ideology 2:32:18 - Part 4: Zionism as an Emotion 3:07:35 - Part 5: Antisemitism on The Left 3:39:29 - Part 6: Anti-Zionism 4:05:06 - Conclusion 4:13:40 - Outro

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Zionism, Antisemitism & The Left
The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations
The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations

Anark (29:19) In this video, I go over the 8 steps for wrecking organizations laid out by the CIA in its Simple Sabotage Field Manual.

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  • Intro
  • CIA Field Manual
  • Preface
  • Do everything through channels
  • Make speeches
  • Refer to committee
  • Bring up irrelevant issues
  • Haggle over precise wordings
  • Refer back to decisions
  • Advocate caution
  • Be worried
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The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations
How We Got Here... (Israel Palestine War Explained)
How We Got Here... (Israel Palestine War Explained)

liy: Feels like calling a friend over for an hour to break it down for you, who pulls up links and watches them with you, yells at bad takes so you don't have to... all without the possibility of losing that friendship. not really an essay so the time flies by (1:03:47)

  • He breaks it down like he's running media literacy 101 daycare for a generation younger than him (because he is),
  • he answers questions in chat along the way,
  • his examples are clear but not gory,
  • and his editors are very good at cutting together a tight explainer video out of a much longer livestream.
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How We Got Here... (Israel Palestine War Explained)
Matt Rife, The Patriarchy Won't Save You
Matt Rife, The Patriarchy Won't Save You
Shanspeare (45:00). liy: no need to know who matt rife is before jumping in. this is the essay if you want a compassionate and deep unpacking of the American masculinity crisis (which also influences men elsewhere). Shanspeare gives a historical look at the dangerous pipeline men have been shackled to since they were children designed to frustrate them into misogyny, self-loathing rage and violence. Great dress. And stay for the fire comment Nikki Giovanni made re: the limitations of James Baldwin’s imagination.
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Matt Rife, The Patriarchy Won't Save You