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http://jacobinmag.com/2013/11/the-sicilian-klan/
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me

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Mike Nelson here.
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insulting the mafia... interesting life choice.
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Kurdt
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Dr. Dogballs
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Kurdt
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fake edit: woah
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Haha gay man wrote article four times the length of the average jacobin article about how the mob is bad. what lead him to this topic at this moment in history you have to wonder

e: hes gay too
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just the other day i was wondering about the revolutionary potential of ethnic criminal organizations. turns out its theyre not marxist and consistently erase class
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Mike Nelson here.
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TG posted:

just the other day i was wondering about the revolutionary potential of ethnic criminal organizations. turns out its theyre not marxist and consistently erase class

lol

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Kurdt
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I didn't read the article because of the gayness but why are ethnic criminal organizations confronting empire any less anti-imperialist than ethnic nationalist movements confronting empire
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However, it seems to me that especially on the Left, the politics of this genre is not sufficiently examined. There’s a considerable amount of writing on the notions of masculinity and outward aggression. For example The Sopranos explicitly plays on the theme of the fragility of masculinity and the absurd lengths to which the mafia members will go to sustain it. Similarly, much has been written on the nature of the mafioso as a self-made man, as a social climber, and the mythology of the rags-to-riches dimension inherent in the criminal career. But this keeps the focus on the mafioso as individual.



young communist in 'fails to discern what people like about storytelling' shock

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Mike Nelson here.
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gyrofry posted:

I didn't read the article because of the gayness but why are ethnic criminal organizations confronting empire any less anti-imperialist than ethnic nationalist movements confronting empire

the article argues why i think, although i didn't read it either because it seemed sort of gay

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Online
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he's no deadken
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UNUSUALY COOL
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cool congrats mccaine
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so, has jacobin gone Full Trot now?
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I seriously can't figure out the motivation for writing or publishing this article. Did he just get the Sopranos on DVD and didnt realize the series ended years ago
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Mike Nelson here.
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yeah he should stick to relevant things like soviet grain prices in the 1950s
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the article was a little throwaway thing that mccaine is getting skrilla and eXposure for. no need for this gay panic stuff again
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A homosexual wrote this?
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wasted posted:

A homosexual wrote this?



And a gay one at that!

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yawning so hard it hurts, close thread and incarcerate everyone involved
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hhee im imagining lykourgos coming over just to yawn in yr face with his horrible brit sewer breath
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Not Your S.H.I.E.L.D.
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so glad i Didnt Stop Believin'
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should have written about the link between strasserism and homosexuality instead
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Matthias the cruel
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his avatar movie review was better but good on the boy for realizing the dream
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he may be the next karl marx yet
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political car tune
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can someone with more knowledge on the topic write up a jacobin article on what trotskyism even is? tia
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gyrofry posted:

I didn't read the article because of the gayness but why are ethnic criminal organizations confronting empire any less anti-imperialist than ethnic nationalist movements confronting empire



bc u touch urself at nite

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libelous_slander posted:

can someone with more knowledge on the topic write up a jacobin article on what trotskyism even is? tia

Trotskyism is patient, trotskyism is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Trotskyism does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Trotskyism never fails.

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brapppp brappp dem trot batty boys
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read all about the success story of this mag in NY who changed the world of sicilian mafioso media when they "put some krul on it"
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Guess who's coming to dinner.
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Kurdt
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i am disappointed that he did not examine the long history of solidarity between black hand/la cosa nostra and italian radicalism/anarchism/galleanism/etc
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gwap posted:

Guess who's coming to dinner.



natty dreadlocks?

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stegosaurus posted:

the article was a little throwaway thing that mccaine is getting skrilla and eXposure for. no need for this gay panic stuff again


yeah i saw him commenting on it and he was like "hrmm, kinda wanna write an article about this". then an hour later he said "here's the article". then an hour after that he said "looks like jacobin wants to publish it. ka-ching!"

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hi
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lots of jealousy ITT
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UNUSUALY COOL
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performance anxiety krink. expaanding influence of LF leads to irrational fear of disaster, defensiveness, etc.. things to be gently corrected through positive messages imo not condemnation
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I give up........ who
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ur mom