Prisons in the US are tied to a profit margin. And in Cuba, prisons are tied to, and the society is focused on, valuing the human being. So everything that they do, from the education to the fact that the healthcare system is free, to the entire approach of incarcerating someone, is tied to how do we make the most out of each individual, because the view is that the human is the most precious resource that their country has.

That is a very poignant quote from this article pointing out the main difference between capitalist and socialist incarceration. We seek to punish, and profit from, where Cuba, and other socialist countries, seek to rehabilitate and attempt to reintegrate the criminal back into society.


Soffiyah Elijah: Lessons from Cuba’s Incarceration Model – Guernica
https://www.guernicamag.com/hyatt-bass-lessons-from-cubas-incarceration-model/

A Workers Revolt – Class Consciousness Project
https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2023/04/04/a-workers-revolt/

The Middle Aged Revolutionary finally got off his lazy arse and wrote an article. This is about trade unions and their fondness for imperialism. https://middleagedrevolutionaryblog.com/2025/02/21/the-tuc-in-complete-lockstep-with-imperialism/

UK commits to spend 2.5% of GDP on defense by 2027 — PM Keir Starmer

The Brits currently spend 2.3% of GDP on defense

@MTodayNews

Aaron Bushnell self-immolated on this day one year ago to call attention to the genocide in Palestine. A member of the US Air Force, Bushnell dressed in his military fatigues to self-immolate in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. After pouring a flammable liquid on himself, he repeated “Free Palestine” until he couldn’t speak anymore. He died shortly after.

On February 25, 2024, the morning of his self-immolation, Bushnell posted on Facebook: “Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is you’re doing it. Right now.”

US leaders were silent on Bushnell’s extreme act of protest, and some media outlets labeled him as “mentally ill.” Bushnell’s sacrifice and courage have been honored by people from Yemen to Palestine, where there is now a street named after him in Jericho.

theredstream

Here is the article we reposted last year about the self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell. A courageous act that, while we wish he hadn’t taken it, we deeply respect his attempt to open the world’s eyes.

Tragically, his sacrifice did not halt the imperialist machine, which continued to crush Gaza beneath its relentless advance.

We cannot appeal to imperialism’s morality; nor can we shame capitalists into sacrificing their profits in the hope they will do the right thing.

To free the workers of the world from their chains, we must not plead, we must struggle, we must fight and we must overthrow the bourgeoisie.

The bourgeoisie is prepared to commit any crime, to resort to any lie, to bribe, to betray, to massacre, in order to maintain its rule.

— Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution.

The Class Consciousness Project.

Here's a link (couldn't download the video) to a young man talking about the PSR rules and how they affect the teams that get promoted to the premier league.
The last two years the promoted teams have gone straight back down, unable to keep with the premier league stalwarts and with limited capacity to spend on new players with their income being based on championship as PSR rules are based on the previous three years.

Nearly every rule that has been brought into make football more "sustainable" has harmed the smaller clubs. When it's based on income and expenditure the big six will always be able to spend much higher and the lower teams can't even risk speculating one season because it might harm there annual reports.

Not only that we are now seeing a new trend in teams selling there home grown players as it works out better on their profit/loss calculation because they cost them nothing!

A full obituary for Comrade Harpal Brar will be published next week in the March edition of Lalkar, the anti-imperialist newspaper he edited from 1979 until his death last month.

In the meantime, this short tribute gives a brief overview of his life and achievements, his global impact and his lasting legacy.

https://thecommunists.org/2025/02/26/news/harpal-brar-life-dedicated-socialism-anti-imperialism-tributes-bibliography/

Shout out to Peterborough United for beating the Hollywood wools and booking a place at Wembley. I'm not biased, I don't care who beats them 😂

Definitely echo these sentiments about Disney FC (Wrexham).

Happening now: Greece is on fire as a nationwide strike brings the country to a standstill. Hundreds of thousands swarm the streets, paralyzing multiple cities in a showdown with the state.

Riot police deployed tear gas, water cannons, mass arrests, and excessive violence. More than 80 people are detained, and at least five are injured in Athens alone, authorities report.

Masked protesters hurl Molotovs and makeshift explosives at police lines. Clashes erupt as demonstrators repeatedly try to breach barricades and storm the parliament in the capital.

Two years ago today, Greece suffered its deadliest train disaster—a catastrophe many blame on years of austerity, neoliberal policies, and a rotten infrastructure.

theredstream

Presidents Trump and Zelensky in a full on shouting match in the Oval Office in front of the presstitute corps. Comedy gold.

Two things we learn from Mr Trump:
1. He thinks Vlod should be more grateful for all the American cash and weapons, and
2. Ukraine was being armed back in Obama's time as well as during Trump's own first term.

So if's official: the war didn't start in 2022.

https://youtu.be/v_kTNIYsFnQ?si=eYjFJef2se77Wc9t

Another angle, with some priceless shots. Feast your eyes.

@Slavyangrad