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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

youtu.be/yYerNnx4Pbc new video! this one is mostly to aid people who want to get back in the habit of reading stuff again, but struggle to do so. i wanna make more videos like this from now on, so pls support if you like it. much love ♥

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Getting Into Reading (Again)

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Nasty Plot @nasty-plot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Romolla had the idea to try something different and do a more structured, scripted video style and we worked over the weekend to create this and I'm super happy with it. Please consider giving it a look and letting us know what you think of this type of video!

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

youtu.be/knJhYASboZE new video! another fave of mine by gramsci, about who is an intellectual, and what the function of an intellectual is. highly recommend this one for getting a good glimpse into how gramsci thinks (and why i particularly love his analysis!)

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The Intellectual, the State, & the Political Party - Antonio Gramsci (1932)

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Melissa! 🔜 Eclipse/HOLIDAY HAVOC @melissa.guiltygear.gay · 16/09/2026

I don't know if anyone else has posted this yet, but sweetxjam passed away this weekend. If y'all could give something to the gfm for his family that would be great. www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-...

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Donate to In Loving Memory of Daniel Nikov, organized by Desislava Dryankova

There are moments in life when words simply are not enough. With the he… Desislava Dryankova needs your support for In Loving Memory of Daniel Nikov

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

read this parenti article and it felt like my past and future truly clashed

Lately we have been hearing a great deal about "blowback." But the real menace we face today is global rollback. The goal of conservative rulers around the world, led by those who occupy the seats of power in Washington, is the systematic rollback of democratic gains, public services, and common living standards around the world.

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LastClaire @lastclaire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lot of important political analysis going on at the @romolla.bsky.social stream today

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

youtu.be/tKQO2_fjIgY new video! on the initial reforms about sexuality, womens rights, and childrens rights in the RSFSR. when you realize this pamphlet is 101 years old but sounds more modern than actual political discourse on these subjects nowadays, it hits a v particular way!

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The Sexual Revolution in Russia - Grigorii Batkis (1925)

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

youtu.be/gNzs-4xh1SA new video! im very proud of this video both for it covering one of gramscis biggest contributions to political theory and philosophy, but also for how much i was able to help break it down and make the ideas a lil more digestible for modern times. please check this one out!

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The Study of Philosophy and of Historical Materialism - Antonio Gramsci (1932)

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Nasty Plot @nasty-plot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

the MGS4 playthrough has been going well 📺: @romolla.bsky.social

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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satyr it ain't so @50turnparty.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

me when the treacherous king minos locks me within the labyrinth i designed for him

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Nasty Plot @nasty-plot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is what happens when I stare at a video project for too long 📺: @romolla.bsky.social

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

L'Ordine Nuovo, 30 August 1921 - The Grimace of Gwynplaine gramsci on cops when they raided the newspaper that he worked for. i think about this very often lmao

It is a hatred of long standing. The agents of the state assigned to the maintenance of ‘public order’ sense all around them the contempt that the entire working class has for these renegades – for those that have switched sides, for the mercenaries that devote all their energy to suffocating any movement of the proletariat. To the contempt of the proletariat is added that of a large part of the bourgeoisie, who observe with a suspicious eye these wretches in the police force. Why? Because that is the fate of all mercenaries: the contempt and hatred of their enemies is almost always accompanied by that of their masters. And it’s natural, it’s only human, that in the soul of these poorly paid people – who don’t always manage to get what they need in a life full of hardships and privations, who feel enclosed by a wall that separates them from other men, which almost casts them out of society – hatred germinates, and cruelty puts down roots. It is a hatred against those that were previously their brothers, their work colleagues – who they now despise with greater intensity because of that shared background. They find a thousand different ways to make this manifest with their cruelty. For these people, it is a joy and a triumph to arrest a worker. To beat this worker and rough them up is a laugh, and to lock them in jail is an act of sweet revenge. Only in the moments in which they have a man in their clutches – and know they can choose to put an end to his liberty and well-being – do they feel possessed of strength, and a sense that they are superior to their peers. This delight in apprehending another man is not founded in a consciousness of serving the law, or of defending the integrity of the state. It is instead a small, mean, personal satisfaction. It is the pleasure of being able to say “I'm stronger than you!” What other joys can they experience? How many of them are capable of starting a family, without their life of hardships becoming a life of tribulations? I…

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

youtu.be/GqKF80rJ2yU new video! i loved talking about this on stream and getting other people's thoughts on it. the core of it as a reflection on leftist tendencies is definitely worth thinking about, and i think the essay is also a great glimpse into the post-USSR dissolution mindset from leftists

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Flight from History? - Domenico Losurdo (1999)

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Once again, thinking about this today

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

youtu.be/3QG81USHFKA new main channel video! i LOVED this. this is my avengers

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Finding Gold in the Gaia Online Forums

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Nasty Plot @nasty-plot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

An interesting tactic for dealing with backseating 📺: @romolla.bsky.social

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Nasty Plot @nasty-plot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Rocket has been getting up to some antics 📺: @romolla.bsky.social

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

youtu.be/A13x4Zw6n0M new video! i love this one for seeing marx and engel's perspectives on the american labour movement for the time, but also how they dunk on henry george

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Marx and Engel's Letters on Henry George (1881/1886)

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Smokage of the Burning Leaf @pattheflip.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I have a lot of personal highlights from this interview, but getting to ask "When's Foucault?" is definitely at the top of my interviewer bucket list.

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

youtu.be/74uNWp21AhQ new video! one of lenins best works with regards to analyzing marxist strategies and tactics for his day. a lot of these things he discusses are still relevant and worth thinking about today. "short lil pamphlet" i say before reading 115 pages of this

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An Infantile Disorder - Vladimir Lenin (1920)

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Smokage of the Burning Leaf @pattheflip.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Q&A: Romolla, from cow VTuber Evo champ to prison abolitionist historian and Antonio Gramsci's #1 Fan" I got to catch up with Best Xrd Sol NA @romolla.bsky.social about her time in fighting games, how to play Sol, and her passion for teaching political theory. www.patreon.com/pattheflip/p...

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Nasty Plot @nasty-plot.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

the WWE knew EXACTLY who their demographic was 📺: @romolla.bsky.social

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

youtu.be/efJi0VY5GnQ new video! focusing mostly on the analysis of Gramsci and Lenin on anarchists. Lenin's opinions on anarchists are very well known by this point, but Gramsci's is particularly noteworthy and interesting for the way he approaches it.

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Gramsci's (and Lenin's) Anarchist Analysis

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

youtu.be/0LO5qrckFvM new video! i go over walter rodney's analysis of the partition of africa. love this one a ton. huge recommendation if youre an enjoyer of lenins work on imperialism

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Imperialist Partition of Africa - Walter Rodney (1970)

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おぼん @0bon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

youtu.be/gYVsShQWzU8 new video! everyones saying the line nowadays, and for very good reasons considering how good his analysis is!!!

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Crisis of Authority, Wave of Materialism (1934) - Antonio Gramsci

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Ratt @rattsyro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Watched this today because I missed a chunk of this stream. It just reinforced my desire to one day move into the education world, specifically teaching archaeology and lab work. Krupskaya puts into words a lot of the general thoughts I have about how I'd teach but better than I ever could. Queen!

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

youtu.be/Wba-o0y8NVQ new video! nadezhda krupskaya was a major influence on the soviet education system, and her work inspired a lot of my own views on learning and educating. really happy to share this one!!!

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How To Self-Educate - N. Krupskaya (1922)

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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Mewyabby @mewyabby.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

If you won't read theory let a beautiful cowgirl do it for you.

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Great opportunity to pull out this Gramsci quote from 1932

The concept of the “lesser evil,” most relativizing, can be conceived as this kind of apologia. There is always a lesser evil than the previous lesser evil, a greater danger in comparison to the previous greater danger. Each greater evil becomes lesser in comparison with an even greater one, and so on indefinitely. This turns out to be nothing more than the form taken by the process of adaptation to a regressive movement, such that while reaction proceeds efficiently, the antithetical force is determined to capitulate progressively, in small stages, and not all at once. If it were otherwise, the condensed psychological effect might give rise to an active competing force, or to a reinforcement of it if such a force already existed. Insofar as the regressive unfolding in the most advanced countries foreshadows what will happen in countries where the movement is in its infancy, comparison is in order.

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I did a full reading of this and on his work "Real Dialectic" on my theory yt channel if you're interested in the full context: youtu.be/uvPkWL3doOs

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Real Dialectic (1921) and The Movement and the Goal (1932) - Antonio Gramsci

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

youtu.be/uvPkWL3doOs new video! gramscis view of analyzing history and interpreting it, and also on the failure of the 2nd international and reformist social democracy in the early 1900s. thumbnail related

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Real Dialectic (1921) and The Movement and the Goal (1932) - Antonio Gramsci

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Romolla @romolla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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Nasty Plot @nasty-plot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

You may have seen it in the newest video but I took the opportunity to draw a new end card for the 2nd channel. I really like how the achromatic coloring style turned out, it was fun to switch it up.

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