Community Involvement
I have always wondered to myself, as a communist with an understanding of how capitalism works, why not just offer these social services to people? Economically, it makes sense. Better public transit means more mercantile business and more social order. Better subsidies mean more business transactions and improved returns in
Community Involvement
Last article, we discussed the broad introduction to the importance of involving yourself in community efforts directed towards positive change. As we covered that, you might have been thinking of the excuse that people give as to why such efforts are either not worth the work, or are futile even
Political Involvement
As we progress further into the conflict created by the imperialist nations of the US and Israel against Iran, we are reminded each day of the cost of imperialism. There is without doubt a horrific and unnecessary human cost to this conflict, one for which we will not be speaking
News
This article was originally written about a different topic, and was supposed to be posted yesterday (Feb 27). Fortunately, or rather more unfortunately, some editing issues postponed the article until today (Feb 28). As a result, we at FurInform and the rest of the world watched as the imperialist core
Colonialism
Introduction We are witnessing a paradigmatic shift in the geopolitical focus of power today. The United States and its allies have gradually faded in dominance, giving way to China as its main rival. This is a process more than two decades in the making. Ironically, it had started since the
Colonialism
In a past article from last fall, we touched on the holidays of Dia De Los Muertos and American Thanksgiving. Two holidays at the center of a debate surrounding settler colonialism and genocide. We addressed how these holidays should be used as a vessel to improve social cohesion and community,
Political Involvement
Did I catch your eye with that title? I must admit, it is a bit of clickbait. The political beliefs and affiliations of anyone or anything always matters, to a degree. However, the impact those people have on society can extend beyond their beliefs, and also contrast them. Zora Neale
Police Violence
We'd like to start this article off with a content warning: We will be discussing topics of egregious violence against innocent people by government forces. Police violence in the United States often gets treated like a flaw in the system. Bad actors taking advantage of an innocent organization
Culture
Communism is a field of applicable economic policies that range from ideologies like Marxism, Leninism, Marxist-Leninism, Titoism, Hoxhaism, Maoism, and so on and so forth. Some communists will argue that it supersedes culture. That is, the goals of communism surpass the existing conditions of cultural practices. Any and all cultural
Culture
Before main theme, one thing needs to be clarified. Starting in 2022, after the invasion of Ukraine began, Russia passed a law "On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence," which consolidated all previous regulations on this topic, giving rise to the term "foreign agent.
Culture
Last newsletter we discussed holidays as a monolith and how they relate to communism and socialism. Going over the significance of recognizing the social or cultural impacts the holidays have and the importance of working with, not against, these holidays to achieve a better future. Now, however, we're
Worker Rights
Each and every day we wake up in our local communities and interact with the world around us. A frequent sentiment in this day and age, especially in the often targeted furry community, is that politics is a beast not to be reckoned with. Either the political elite are too