Why worker cooperatives dont work (SORTA) BadMouse 2016-08-04 | Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Many wonder why Cooperatives fail to compete well with Capitalist Businesses. Here's some reasons why. And this isn't their fault.
Why Electoral Politics fails for the left BadMouse 2024-03-18 | *Note on THIRD SPACES. I've since learnt of a better alternative to third spaces, Right to the City.youtube.com/watch?v=8E5MegoW2pAToday we go over a more specific reason why electoralism holds elements which make it inherently much harder for the left compared with the right.Also Project 2025, Restaurants, and a eulogy to my favorite bookshop.Hydra Bookshop is still on socials, it just hasn't found a permanent home yet. The memories can be found here so you can see how cool it was:instagram.com/hydrabooks1. Incase I wasn’t clear, it's probable that most of Galloway’s and other’s views are 100% what they believe. Opportunism =/= Grifting. Oddly Lenin probably gives the best definition of an opportunist:“The opportunist does not betray his party, he does not act as a traitor, he does not desert it. He continues to serve it sincerely and zealously. But his typical and characteristic trait is that he yields to the mood of the moment, he is unable to resist what is fashionable, he is politically short-sighted and spineless. Opportunism means sacrificing the permanent and essential interests of the party to the momentary, transient and minor interests.”2. Eddie Liger, Harpal Brar, Caleb Maupin, Peter Coffin, Haz, and Jackson Hinkle.3. That symbol is supposed to represent Market-Socialism, it was literally the only one I could find.4. UNSKILLED WORK - newsocialist.org.uk/unskilled-work00:00 - Intro00:30 - Why Electoralism is harder08:12 - Stepping Stone Strategy11:50 - Project 202516:50 - Why restaurants won't exist under Socialism19:50 - Stray Thoughts23:50 - An alternative to electoral politics! (Third Spaces)
Voting is SILLY and heres why. BadMouse 2024-03-10 | Don't worry, you're not stupid, no matter what the ducks say!twitter.com/BadMouse1011. How Labour Governedfiles.libcom.org/files/How%20Labour%20governed%201945-51.pdf2. Winter's not yet goneresearchgate.net/publication/327968247_Winter%27s_not_yet_gone_Construction_and_Memory_of_the_Winter_of_Discontent_in_Popular_and_Scholarly_Discourse3. Just to clarify, the conservatives promised an EU vote as far back as 2013 as a way to bring over UKIP voters who were surging at the time which is my main point. The 2015 election itself didn’t trigger them to call a referendum, they were already a threat before then. The election however certainly did motivate the tories to go through with the policy4. Whilst the Social Democrats did initially begin as Marxist-aligned socialists, the past four decades of nationalism and revisionism had severely altered their interests, as evidenced by their anti-internationalist stance during WW1, and later in 1959 when they formally removed any vestiges of being a workers party. Their interests were thereby evidently anti-working class.5. That's an Irish clover representing Irish re-unification. It could also apply to Scottish independence too.00:00 - Intro01:06 - 1. Voting is easy05:25 - 2. The Lesser or two evils/ Harm Reduction11:31 - 3. The Right wing succeed in electoralism15:26 - 4. Non-Electoralist routes didn't get to Socialism either16:05 - 5. Appeal to quotes from revolutionaries16:33 - 6. Anti-Electoralists aren't doing anything17:53 - 7. Left-wing governments radicalise people18:48 - 8. The Third Party Contradiction20:50 - 9. Not voting is a Privilege22:40 - 10. Accelerationism 23:30 - 11. Let liberals do the campaigning24:16 - 12. Not voting lets fascism win25:32 - A good reason to vote + The major problems with voting29:57 - 13. Can't we do both?32:54 - Outro
Talking Tankies | The Hungarian Revolution, Russia, and more! BadMouse 2022-08-01 | Today we expand a bit more on the topic of 'Tankies' including the event where it originated from.Book Rec: Joyful Militancytheanarchistlibrary.org/library/joyful-militancy-bergman-montgomeryAnnotations:1. In case it wasn't clear, I'm drawing parallels between the two groups, not necessarily making a moral standings on the events. That's not the topic of this discussion.http://www.marxisme.dk/arkiv/bakan/90-krons.htmmarxists.org/history/etol/newspape/1917/Bulletins/Kronstadt-Counterrevolution.pdf2. The refutation to Aptheker's book: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1786&context=prismhttp://konfliktuskutato.hu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149:-antiszemita-bncselekmenyek-az-1956-os-forradalomban-&catid=15:tanulmanyok3. Hungarian Tragedymarxists.org/archive/fryer/1956/decThe proletariat storming heaven” - Mouvement Communistelibcom.org/article/hungary-56-proletariat-storming-heaven-mouvement-communisteInterviews from the time.libcom.org/article/hungarian-revolution-19564. hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/tankie-the-origins-of-an-epithet5. This is an interesting thing to think about. Rakosi was the head of state of Hungary from 48-56. Under his government Kadar was sentenced to life imprisonment under the premise that he was a Horthy spy. People often say that Nagy released ‘conservative elements’ from prisons yet it was Nagy himself who released Kadar in 54 and brought him into the government.The Kadar party line however still that upheld the fascist revolution position. But hold on, if you defend the Rakosi government, this is the same government which found Kadar guilty of being a enemy of the state, and was released after the beginning of Khrushchev’s ‘revisionism’Needless to say, party politics is a mess.6. As far as I am aware, the event depicted here is a false flag.7. thomassankara.net/kadhafi-et-le-burkina-une-histoire-damour-et-dinterets-dabdoulaye-lymedium.com/@RegularSanstan/gaddafis-role-in-burkina-faso-examined-3baa630b448600:00 - Intro00:23 - Maoism02:27 - Trotsky06:50 - Malcolm X again07:15 - Hungarian Revolution13:00 - Russian Invasion of Ukraine18:32 - Anti-Americanism24:12 - Aesthetics in Leftism26:06 - Book Recommendation
The Problems with Tankies BadMouse 2022-07-08 | TLDR: You have to rob a bank.Music is by Gabor Szabo, a Hungarian musician. Selected tracks from all of this greatest hits and albums.Annotations:1. Remember this is oversimplified for time, I advise reading up on the first hand accounts of the events as they transpired. (Also because I know people will ask, 'Magyar' is Hungarian for Hungarians.)2. Marxism-Leninism is an ideology made up of a synthesis between the writings of Marx and Lenin, popularized by Stalin. It was throughout the cold war, the mainstream current of Communist thought.3. ‘Real Dengism’ is a political current in the CCP which is relatively small and refers more to Deng’s specific views and thought, not an umbrella term for the Post-Deng Chinese economy4. *Trotsky was the leader of the Left Opposition after Lenin's death, which was in favour of eventual liquidation of the Kulaks, the Right Opposition namely Stalin and Bukharin were more in favour of letting it slide. After Trotsky went into exile Stalin went ahead with liquidation after he saw the threat. Given Trotsky’s record when it comes to these sorts of situations it isn't too hard to believe things would've gone quite similar to how they ended up happening.Actually Existing Socialism, or 'REAL' Socialism generally refers to the Soviet aligned countries of the cold war.5. Sadly I can’t find the video but after he left for Africa he did an interview where he derided Marxism-Leninism.6. Foco is a theory of revolution advanced through guerilla warfare, largely inspired by Guevara. As said it is not a revolutionary current in the modern day with small exception.7. An overview of Che's thoughts on the USSR can be found here:johnriddell.com/2008/06/06/che-guevaras-final-verdict-on-the-soviet-sconomy8. 'Euston Street Fools' refers to the Euston Manifesto in which a bunch of leftists felt the left were overly critical of the actions of the west, their response resulted in Guardian level analysis of contemporary events, many even sympathetic to the invasion of Iraq.9. The Khaliq faction were the more militant branch and the more powerful faction during the 78-79 period, they were the ones that wanted these progressive reforms pushed through fast and wide irregardless of the circumstances, much to the Soviet’s discretion. The Parcham faction wanted a softer touch.The first thing the soviets did after invading was install the Parcham Karmal and bring their faction to prominence as they were more ‘reliable’ for the USSR to deal with.PDPA defenders push the line about the progressive reforms, yet ignore that Soviets themselves didn’t want this and preferred the less hardline approach of the Parcham.10. The Mujahidin/Mujahedeen (Yes I know I spelt it wrong) were a broad church of ideologies, mostly pushed on by their opposition to invasion which they saw as an attack on their culture and religion, not ‘Islamo-fascism’. The Taliban formed from a faction of the Mujahidin during the civil war 92-96. The two are not interchangeable.11. This doesn’t mean of course that you should throw out ALL testimonies as trash as some do, which for the record is really infuriating, just that you should be sceptical of certain elements.00:00 - Intro01:48 - Definitions 09:30 - Idol Mining16:25 - Anti-Americanism20:04 - Convenient Narratives22:20 - That being said...25:50 - Conclusion
Vaush & Baby Leftism | Follow-up BadMouse 2021-10-29 | The Progressive Plantation by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin:libcom.org/library/progressive-plantation-racism-inside-white-radical-social-change-groupsLua's videos:youtube.com/watch?v=Q9a7nqz-CJ4&t=1083syoutube.com/watch?v=p7u7x3plSMQ&t=582syoutube.com/watch?v=v77RM1Jz1IMJohnTheDuncan's video:youtube.com/watch?v=TZaOCR-mUm8&t=823sChris Hedges Feminism:youtube.com/watch?v=OE7Xj9hNFZAInfo on 'Arrivants':https://muse.jhu.edu/article/633283
Vaush and the Haunting Spectre of Baby Leftism BadMouse 2021-10-22 | Going over some of the attitudes espoused by Vaush which ultimately represent a larger systemic issue normally present in people new to Leftism, particularly on the topic of Nationalism. Yes we've all probably been there at some point, the idea is to get out of it.Some relevant links:Flower's original videoyoutube.com/watch?v=Q9a7nqz-CJ4&t=1083sVaush and Flower's debateyoutube.com/watch?v=5O3Xp7A0q24&t=316sBaldwin's speechyoutube.com/watch?v=NUBh9GqFU3A
My Old Videos Playlist BadMouse 2021-09-09 | Playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAD1y_h7qEvE9ApUfC3O1UDD1LkYXLxUd
Why did I drop off the Earth? BadMouse 2021-06-24 | I left youtube over a year ago with little explanation, and the main reason is because its so tricky to explain why. Here is my best attempt to articulate it.I'm not coming back... That aged well.
CheNoNo - Chernobyl YTP BadMouse 2019-12-16 | For some reason HBO's latest drama was a lot more lighthearted than I remember it...Something a bit fun instead of political to end out the year. Hope you enjoy!
CPGB-ML: An Infantile Disorder BadMouse 2019-06-28 | A long time coming analysis of Britain's "Number 1" Communist Party. Yes, Communists can disagree with one another. Who-woulda Thunk?CONTENT WARNING:Transphobia (and potentially dysphoria inducing images Until 8:30)ACTS Twitter:twitter.com/ACTSovietAll the Articles:Lewis Hodder's Article:ebb-magazine.com/essay-reviews/inside-the-last-days-of-the-cpgb-mlMain Report by Alice:badmousestuff.tumblr.com/post/185908006444/cpgb-ml-final-reportFollow up report!:medium.com/@ayemaksicur/follow-up-to-a-marxist-leninist-case-against-the-cpgb-mls-reactionary-stances-on-gender-identity-7a10e31d6be7Accompanying Reports by Caela, Ann, & M:badmousestuff.tumblr.com/post/185908021209/caelas-reportbadmousestuff.tumblr.com/post/185908039759/anns-reportbadmousestuff.tumblr.com/post/185908063199/ms-reportBibliography by Kinsey:badmousestuff.tumblr.com/post/185908077019/cpgb-ml-bibIf you're interested in helping me out I do Patreon:patreon.com/Badmouse
From Liberal to Communist: My political Journey BadMouse 2019-05-28 | A summary of my political journey so far in the best way I could explain it so far. Its been 6 years in the making, whew.Black Red Guard's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCpYZYH_1VTB9q8Leg0TrROA/videosPatreon: patreon.com/BadmouseTwitter: twitter.com/BadMouse101Some people have thought at the end that I'm calling for Left Unity, this isn't the point I was trying to get across. The point is to take politics seriously, BRG at the end talks about how more privileged people flip between ideologies, Why? Because we can. We don't have the monkey breathing down our neck, so we can treat politics more like a game where we can sit back and idealise great socialist societies, instead of something that will result in a violent bitter revolution in which thousands will die, in which an aftermath where people will not get all the boons of socialism delivered to them immediately, where people will continue to want to destroy our society by any means necessary. As I say I've grown cynical as time's gone on, somehow I just can't imagine a revolution happening in Britain or America until numerous other countries have achieved it, I just get the feeling that as a society as of present, we're just not serious enough about how this is all gonna go down.
Unheard Voices of West Asia and North Africa BadMouse 2019-04-29 | A video about the plight of indigenous minorities in WANA and the Eurocentric viewpoints by which we analyse them.Content Warning:Scenes/Images of Genocide, persecution etc. Recommended Reading:Reforging a forgotten history by Sargon Donabed.amazon.com/Reforging-Forgotten-History-Assyrians-Twentieth/dp/1474412122Badmouse's Stuff:Twitter: twitter.com/BadMouse101Bibliography:pastebin.com/xyvKF5Q8
Badmouse meets MR SATURN | Earthbound Stream BadMouse 2019-04-19 | From what they told me, MR SATURN is next on our list, I think he lives in some kind of Communist Utopia!?
Questions Liberals cant answer (But Socialists can) BadMouse 2018-12-14 | Nothing fancy this time, just a bit of fun.Always could do with a hand :) - patreon.com/BadmouseTWITTER - twitter.com/BadMouse101
May Day 2018 Vlogalooza (with PhilosophyTube) BadMouse 2018-05-05 | Me and Abby (PhilosophyTube) hit the streets of foggy London town to have a gander at the may day parade.
Debunking the Economic Freedom Map BadMouse 2018-02-07 | The Heritage Foundation is not an argument.For further information on this sort of thing I recommend '23 things they didn't tell you about Capitalism' and 'The Entrepreneurial State'.heritage.org/index/book/methodologyMusic: Heavy Rain Lo-Fi Hiphop
The Handmaids Tale: Spotting Fascism BadMouse 2017-09-28 | Patreon - patreon.com/BadmouseTwitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101
Bristols Slave Traders BadMouse 2017-08-13 | A little Vloging around Bristol showcasing the slave owner's houses who used to live here and own people.Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon - patreon.com/BadmouseFind out more:ucl.ac.uk/lbs/search
Capitalist Death Toll Part 2: Attack of the MooMoos BadMouse 2017-08-04 | A response to one of my biggest detractors.Original:youtube.com/watch?v=K6nMGjGLFsA&t=364sThe Other 'MooMoos' Esoteric Entity: youtube.com/watch?v=A9Bk5R4ctyUPerseus Gold: youtube.com/watch?v=ap337EYIfWk&t=2sPriority Pod: youtube.com/watch?v=jE-JHstznbY&t=125sTheWorldFromFerg: youtube.com/watch?v=iJp-l3ZW9F0Liberosity: youtube.com/watch?v=DtwlAClpZXITwitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon - patreon.com/Badmouse
Universal Basic Income: A Critique BadMouse 2017-07-30 | Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon - patreon.com/BadmouseSources:opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/the-key-criticisms-of-basic-income-and-how-to-overcome-themhttp://www.furtherfield.org/features/articles/universal-basic-income-neoliberal-plot-make-you-poorermarxist.com/universal-basic-income-utopian-dream-or-libertarian-nightmare.htmjacobinmag.com/2016/01/universal-basic-income-switzerland-finland-milton-friedman-kathi-weekslibcom.org/blog/universal-basic-income-freedom-workers-13122016Mutual Aid Societies - theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/the-conservative-myth-of-a-social-safety-net-built-on-charity/284552Music:Gabor Szabo - Dreams
Calculating Capitalisms Death Toll BadMouse 2017-07-13 | We call Socialism Socialism, but Capitalism simply Life.Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon - patreon.com/BadmouseMusic: Journey to Stachidananda - Alice ColtraneCipher - Kevin MacleodSources: http://www.poverty.comhttp://www.unwater.orghttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs378/en/http://www.chop.eduhttp://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/23/world/price-of-safe-water-for-all-10-billion-and-the-will-to-provide-it.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7828901.stm theguardian.com/global-development/2017/may/24/world-is-plundering-africa-wealth-billions-of-dollars-a-year …
Economic Classes explained (Read desc) BadMouse 2017-06-30 | This video is quite outdated, I'd recommend this one as a better explanation:youtube.com/watch?v=PMdgD1qnbQw&t=363s&ab_channel=Xexizy
PragerUniversity Youre not special BadMouse 2017-05-27 | Enough of your shit Dennis, Society's life is at stake. WE. NEED. ACTION.Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon - patreon.com/BadmouseMusic Used...Pretty much all by the American Marine Band
Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed BadMouse 2017-05-16 | A little video explaining a great page from one of Paulo Freire's most famous books. Twitter: twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon: patreon.com/Badmouse
Explaining Worker Solidarity to Sargon BadMouse 2017-05-09 | At this point I think he's just purposely looking for something to demonise everything he hates.Special Guest appearance by Shaun and Jen :)Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon - patreon.com/BadmouseOriginal:youtube.com/watch?v=8-pNGieLjQgMusic Used:The Internationale - Rock VersionKevin Macleod - Monkeys spinning MonkeysBilly Bragg - Which side are you on?
The Paris Commune: Our First Revolution BadMouse 2017-05-01 | The Commune of 1871 was the first real attempt at a new working class society. It only lasted a mere two months, but its legacy has set the ground work for every worker revolution to come.Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101Patreon - patreon.com/BadmouseSide Notes: I'm aware that the IWA and International Working Men's Association are two different organisations, but their initials are enough for this mouse to bare.Music Used (In Order):Charpentier Te Deum - PreludeWaterloo SoundtrackSous le Ciel de Paris - AccordionThe Lorraine MarchBrian Crain - Piano musicStar Wars Imperial MarchKevin Macleod - Sneaky AdventureThe Grey SoundtrackThe Flight of the BumblebeeThe Stanley Parable - Following Stanley.Kevin Macleod - AmericanaAnthem of the Commune.
Private vs Personal Property BadMouse 2017-03-25 | Twitter - Badmouse101A short tutorial for people who don't understand the differences between Private Property and Personal Property.Edit: In addition to Private Property being used for profit, what is also crucial is that it must be exploiting other people's labour for profit. This marks the difference between someone being a wood turner using their own labour (A personal Lathe), and a factory using 100 lathes to make money for a company using employees.Music:Sneaky Snitch - Kevin MacleodDynamite - French Anarchist Music
The Parable of the Divided Island BadMouse 2017-03-11 | Twitter - Badmouse101A discussion about the recent Libertarian exodus to Alt-right, and a plea to more Voluntarist Libertarians with inspiration from David Graeber.*A lot of people have stated stuff along the lines of... "People fled East Germany not West Germany, this is a stupid analogy" This scenario I have described is whereby both sides are on an equal playing field from the beginning. If you look at history, Socialism has not been on the same playing field as Capitalism, Socialism has always arisen from Capitalism (or something to that effect), not from some entity completely separate from this system, and thereby it was not on a level playing field.As I have stated, Capitalism relies on a steady supply of Workers in order for such businesses people to succeed and gain wealth in the first place. Thereby the point is, why would you want to work a shitty job when an equally sized organised Commune is sitting right on your doorstep.The justification might be that - You have the potential to be the one who stomps his foot down on the workers - but this is 1. A pretty shitty reason, and 2. Only a small amount would ever reach that level. Lacking Saint: youtube.com/user/LackingSaint/videosMusic used:Billy Joel - Piano ManKeegan Dewitt - HonorsEarthbound - Onett ThemeAnon - Anarchie VaincraAnon - Hey, theres the village!
On Sargon... BadMouse 2017-02-17 | Sargon's Liberalism is shining today.“Left use bad tactics: - 1:04ANTIFA - 2:58Cops -4:54History of the Cops - 5:55Communist vs Fascists - 7:48George Soros - 9:08Social Studies - 10:00Am I working Class? - 11:31Terrorism - 12:51Revolutionary War was justified? -15:28Property crime - 16:18 History of PP - 17:22We don’t care about the poor? - 17:43Liberals - 19:36Finale - 21:00
Trumpapalooza: Call to Aktion BadMouse 2017-01-29 | Twitter - twitter.com/badmouse101Music Used...Antifa - Usual SuspectsSound of the police - KRS ONEWhere's my coffee - Johnny HoboMadam Butterfly.
The School of Life in a NUTSHELL BadMouse 2016-11-05 | Booooyyy do I have the 'SCHOOL' for you!!'Fireworks' from The Aviator
Marx vs Marxist Sargonism BadMouse 2016-09-25 | Original - youtube.com/watch?v=h25OMMZ8qrATwitter - twitter.com/badmouse101I must say I had a lot of fun making this :)And before you argue I wasn't being critical enough in this video, yes, and I doubt that would have done any good for Mr. Marxism is Marxism is Marxism...The 'impoverished by capitalism' people btw are...Stephen FosterNicolai TeslaVincent van Gogh (not Go)Herman MelvilleHedy LamarEdgar Alan PoeAntonio MeucciHenrietta LacksGeorges MeliesMusic - Zigzag by Macleod GDR National AnthemUSSR National AnthemLand of Hope and Glory
The history of Anarchism in 8 minutes BadMouse 2016-07-09 | Twitter - twitter.com/BadMouse101AskFM - ask.fm/BadMouse101After 50 Hours of editing, its finally here! A history of Anarchism!Anarchist Youtubers:Libertarian Socialist Rants - Anarchopac - Stimulator - Left Libertarian - The Black Rose - RedandBlack - Perseus999 - HBomberguy -(Not necessarily an An-com creator but An-com friendly)RebelAbsurdity - (A Marxist but still An-com friendly)
YTP: Anarchist compilation of DOOM BadMouse 2016-03-28 | Sometimes you just gotta laugh at yoursus.Shit Anarchyball Says:facebook.com/Shit-Anarchyball-says-1148788811818804/?ref=aymt_homepage_panelSongs used (because I know you'll wanna hear them :)Big A Little A - CrassBaby I'm an Anarchist - Against Me!Spooky - Dusty SpringfieldNew Mexico - Johnny Hobo & The Freight Trains
Tonight in An-capistan 1 BadMouse 2016-03-14 | Reputation Companies, New Farming Networks, and trouble brewing from all fronts. Its your daily 6 0clock news from inside Ancapistan.
Welcome to Ancapistan BadMouse 2016-02-13 | This is the greatest video since Triumph of the Will (Yeah, thats right, that means I am literally comparing An-caps to Nazis! hahahahahahahahahaha!)Come on down to the happiest place on earth!
Junior Doctors Strike Bristol Royal Infirmary BadMouse 2016-02-10 | I went down to the Royal Infirmary today to check out the Junior doctor strikers on the picket line.They were all very good, dedicated, and passionate people and I'd hate to be in their position.
