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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 05/07/2026

How can you claim to be a radical while behaving so reactionary?

I apologize for my first comment. Blood and soil is a nazi sentiment. I am from Ky, where every strikebreaker cop klansman and senator is “at least 1/18th cherokee”, blood does not represent connection to land or community. It represents a vital part of how humans evolve to material circumstances but it does not, in and of itself represent indigeneity. The association of blood to land has been complicated by colonialism and eugenics and i over reacted to the defense of this white guy with a ridiculous blood quantum straight outta brazil, who in your mind, defended the colonial project beyond all reason or sense of humanity. Hows aboutta “death to america!” For all our comrades. Even if symbolic, it does more than the symbolism of electoralism can.

Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 17/06/2026

Has anyone read any of Paul Cockshott's work? I am curious what he's written about socialism and technical planning, but I don't want to spend $30 🫨

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 15/04/2026

One day, my feet will be on Cuban soil, my hands will be interconnected with the people, and my eyes will be locked onto the vision of a better world in reach; only then will my body be congruous with my heart and mind. My latest on Cuba: open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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Cuba Beyond the One-Party Myth

Rethinking Cuba's political system as a model of participatory democracy

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 15/04/2026

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Cuba Beyond the One-Party Myth

Rethinking Cuba's political system as a model of participatory democracy

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 01/04/2026

It’s so low effort. This is redbaiting propaganda, first of all, and it’s poorly written. The first line contradicts the third.

CALGARY HERALD

The federal NDP, now run by cis male Avi Lewis, showed us two kinds of crazy at their leadership convention on the weekend.
First, there was social crazy, with arguments over whose victimized aomity deserved time at the artc.
Delegates who have identified with the same gender assigned at birth - "cis" people - didn't have much chance.
Then came economic crazy. Lewis's economic nations border on 2oth-century communism.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 15/03/2026

This is like Comicon but for middle-aged, divorced white dudes whose daughters immediately went no contact as soon as they turned 18.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 14/03/2026

The question “Is violence ever justified?” assumes that politics begins in peace. History suggests otherwise. Can ever function as a force against the systems that produce it? I explore this problem in a new essay. open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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On Violence

An examination and reinterpretation of violence as a progressive force against oppression.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 06/03/2026

The Joint Statement by the three parties is weak. We need to be absolutely unequivocally clear about one thing. It is AMERICANS and ISRAELIS who should be advocating for revolutionary defeatism, not the people of Iran.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 05/03/2026

I guess Kristi Noem was all bark no bite.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 05/03/2026

I’ve tried to make the shift from shitposts to serious work. Over the past year we’ve grown from 0 to nearly 4,000 subscribers on substack. My writing does not get pushed by the bluesky algorithm at all, but it would mean the world if you took a minute to check out my page.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 05/03/2026

We must always fight imperialism at every level on every continent. I do believe it is the greatest threat to humanity, not least because it makes people abandon theirs. It is a long essay, but I think it’s well worth the read. Please check it out if you have the time.

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Spudly Do-Right @spudleydo-right.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Reported footage from Tehran shows an apocalyptic US-Israel axis bombing of Iran. The US has nothing left to save its hegemony other than raining death and destruction from the sky.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 04/03/2026

I just want to put it out there that I have been a longtime hater of The Atlantic. They are a neofascist publication and have been since the beginning—they just don’t even try to hide it anymore, like at all.

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Benjamin Netanyahu's long career was built on conflict avoidance-then, October 7 transformed and radicalized him, @Yair_Rosenberg argues:
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Spudly Do-Right @spudleydo-right.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Gee, I wonder why the Western oligarch class is so keen to start a war... The price of Brent oil has exceeded $84 per barrel for the first time since June 2024 due to the US/Israeli violence.

Line graph showing the price of Brent oil from around 2017 to 2025. Price of oil is now at 84.29$ a barrel

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 03/03/2026

Please do not complain about having to pay $0.33 more per gallon of gas right now, you sound ridiculously ignorant.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 03/03/2026

Nuclear weapons dominate our imagination, but are they truly humanity’s greatest threat? In my latest essay, I argue that the bomb is only the most dramatic expression of a deeper system: imperialism. open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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Nuclear Weapons, Sanctions, and Imperial Hierarchy

How imperialism, not nuclear weapons, creates global instability. A Marxist analysis of militarism, sanctions, and financial hierarchy.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 02/03/2026

The financial oligarchy needs to be obliterated

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 22/02/2026

You are not choosing. You are being conditioned. The algorithm doesn’t force you to consume, it makes certain you want to. This is capitalism refined. open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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Algorithmic Consumerization

Capitalism’s Circulatory System and the Privatization of Consciousness

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Big Bad Booty Daddy @bamaslymm.blacksky.app · 20/02/2026

How China is reporting on the Epstein Files.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 20/02/2026

Most people think exploitation means low wages or bad bosses. For Marx, it means something far more structural: profit itself depends on surplus labor. Rising wages don’t eliminate exploitation. They can intensify it. New essay: open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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What Does "Exploitation" Actually Mean?

This essay explains labor-power, surplus value, absolute and relative surplus value, and why profit arises structurally under capitalism.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 20/02/2026

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What Does "Exploitation" Actually Mean?

This essay explains labor-power, surplus value, absolute and relative surplus value, and why profit arises structurally under capitalism.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 15/02/2026

If you want to support my writing, Ko-fi tips go straight toward my education: gas for my 5x/week commute (2 hours round trip), secondhand textbooks, tuition, and IWW dues, plus a little bit of breathing room to write. ko-fi.com/simplifyings...

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Buy A.J. Horn a Coffee

Send Comrade Drew of Simplifying Socialism a coffee!

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 15/02/2026

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Buy A.J. Horn a Coffee

Send Comrade Drew of Simplifying Socialism a coffee!

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 14/02/2026

Climate collapse is not an accident. It’s the predictable outcome of an economic system built on endless growth, fossil finance, and asset protection. A longform breakdown of why reform keeps stalling and what systemic change would actually require. open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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Climate Collapse Is Not an Accident

This essay argues that climate collapse is structurally embedded in capitalism. It examines why reform repeatedly stalls and what systemic change would require.

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Jeff @justifiedmeh.mehcorp.net · 07/02/2026

Starting this one today! I've been putting this one off for a little while because I didnt know if I had the stomach to read through yet. But decided just to rip the bandaid off get it over with. The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 07/02/2026

Fun fact: Harry Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act, calling it a "slave-labor bill." Unfortunately, the majority of his party in Congress disagreed with that assessment and voted to pass the legislation anyway. Notable opponents included progressive Vito Marcantonio & populist Wayne Morse.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 06/02/2026

Far from being a consequence of the Red Scares, racial divides were manufactured by the state to defend against the ultimate threat: a multiracial labor movement and a collective class consciousness transcending artificial segmentation. My newest piece: open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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Stop Being a Spectator

A Marxist analysis of the Red Scares as a racial project: “Americanism,” the “alien radical,” deportations, blacklists, and the crushing of solidarity.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 05/02/2026

Huge thank you to Pat and Greg for allowing me on and for the wonderful conversation that we had. Check it out if you get a chance! youtube.com/watch?v=cY6X...

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132 – Simplifying Socialism: Reclaiming Marxism with A.J. Horn

YouTube video by Greg Godels & Pat Cummings

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Pat Cummings @lifeofdesperation.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Discover the powerful legacy of Michael Parenti with the Coming From Left Field podcast as they welcome young writer AJ Horn youtu.be/cY6XMfoVcTo @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com

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132 – Simplifying Socialism: Reclaiming Marxism with A.J. Horn

YouTube video by Greg Godels & Pat Cummings

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 04/02/2026

Workers don’t lack power. They lack organization. New piece: where union power actually comes from, and how solidarity unionism rebuilds it on the shop floor. Direct action. Rank-and-file control. Practical tactics. open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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Put the Union Back in Workers’ Hands

A practical guide to solidarity unionism and rank-and-file organizing. How workers build real power through direct action, shop-floor networks, and collective struggle.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 28/01/2026

Do you still think it’s worth being on this app over twitter?

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 28/01/2026

What do Marxist tactics look like in the 21st century, especially in the imperial core? New essay on strategy, organization, and building power without shortcuts or fantasy politics. open.substack.com/pub/simplify...

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Marxist Tactics for the 21st Century: Strategy, Organization, and Power

A grounded guide to Marxist tactics in the 21st century, focused on organizing, strategy, and building power in the imperial core.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 27/01/2026

If you're too lazy to read, you're too lazy for revolution.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 26/01/2026

BREAKING: Sources say Rep. Marie Glumeinkampf Perez routinely sold boof to college kids after she graduated. Shitty person, shitty plug, shitty politician.

Daniel Boguslaw & @DRBoguslaw
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Third source alleging @RepMGP sold stepped on mids shake to reed college kids. About the same smoke she's serving to her constituents.
I love commenting that she sold shitty shake to underage reedies asa graduate hanging around campus
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On several occasions Marie sold bags of low quality shake, filled with stems and debris, to Reed college students. She would arrive on campus, already by then a graduate of several years, and loiter around people going to and from classes.
She would arrive by bike and have prepackaged ziploc bags. People knew her for selling "shake" for about 100 dollars and had set up a system of recurring clients she organized sales by text.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 25/01/2026

I volunteer to be the one that presses the button to deploy an ICBM headed directly for the atlantic’s headquarters. Might as well put all that military spending to good use.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 25/01/2026

I've gotten my dad to accept socialism in everything but name, and I am very open about my writing and socialist views on campus, which to be fair, I think is preventing me from the school employing me, but classmates and fellow students are receptive. The students yearn for socialism.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 25/01/2026

Fascism didn’t die in 1945, it changed shape. My new essay looks at how it works today: the U.S. state fused with big capital, surveillance everywhere, democracy managed so it serves the few. Dropping tomorrow, 1/26 at 8:30AM EST.

From Blackshirts to Bureaucrats

The Transformation of Fascist Power and the Case of the United States

Simplifying Socialism

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 25/01/2026

Always remember: Parenti was the one they didn’t want you listening to, so they put Chomsky in front of you.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 24/01/2026

This is state terror, plain and simple. ICE is a paramilitary arm of the ruling class, wielded to crush dissent and enforce the interests of capital. Alex’s death is not an accident. We cannot mourn quietly. We must rise, organize, and confront the institutions that kill to protect profit and power

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big nasty ☭ @bignasty.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

RIP to the realest. Gonna watch today in his honor 💔💔 youtu.be/s5oPFAfdrkU?...

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Yellow Parenti Lecture (1986)

YouTube video by Sabo Cat

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 24/01/2026

Literally the greatest youtube video in existence.

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 24/01/2026

Michael Parenti is gone. He didn’t make Marxism respectable, he made it useful. A short tribute to the thinker who taught us to see through lies, analyze power, and think clearly. Rest in Power, Dr. Parenti ✊😢 simplifyingsocialism.substack.com/p/in-defense...

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In Defense of Michael Parenti

On power, propaganda, and the courage to think clearly

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Drew ☭ @simplifyingsocialism.substack.com · 23/01/2026

A lot of Marxist debate today is just sub-ideological score-settling: who’s orthodox, who betrayed whom. I care less about lineage and more about usefulness. Marxism should help us understand and defeat capitalism, not police its own library.

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