#641
mt.real
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there is actually nothing other than joke organizations in canada right? getfiscal is correct? it's just centrist non-socialist ndp or hiding in a small room and sniffing your own farts forever until the cold embrace of death?
#642
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you mean on a national/provincial level? yeah there's nothing. anything even remotely good is going to be small and community based, and those are of course limited in scope. perhaps the same can be said of all imperialist states.
#643
mt.real
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ok, yeah, i pretty much agree with that. good to be reminded
#644
mt.real
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fart
#645
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unless of course you've been recruited into one of the more successful clandestine orgs that don't have a public face, in which case *cough* hook a comrade up
#646
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shriekingviolet posted:

unless of course you've been recruited into one of the more successful clandestine orgs that don't have a public face, in which case *cough* hook a comrade up



here you go

#647
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lmao there was this dude on the bus heading towards the DC #freepalestine march over the summer that kept going on about how the knights templar are secret socialists fighting for worldwide revolution and that he's built up internal contacts throughout the years but they won't let him formally join because he's more useful as a truth spreader is this like a running meme in the org community?
#648
chickeon
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thjat soudns equal parts sad and hilarious, wat a dumbass
#649
Mike Nelson here.
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drwhat posted:

there is actually nothing other than joke organizations in canada right? getfiscal is correct? it's just centrist non-socialist ndp or hiding in a small room and sniffing your own farts forever until the cold embrace of death?

i think it depends on what you expect from an organization. i don't think any specific socialist organizations in canada are that great. but there's a lot of labour and social movements that do good work. these are mostly reformist i guess but that's true in most countries probably.

i joined the NDP and its socialist caucus basically because i live in a rural area and there aren't any radical organizations that i know of out here. i thought it'd be a good way to meet local labour people and such but after going to their convention i doubt i want to continue on with that.

#650
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#651
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Really we ought to start our own org. We're already prone to long grandstanding speeches, arguments over minutiae, not actually getting anything done...et cetera.
Nothing illegal, of course....that would be illegal.
#652
Kurdt
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he;l[p my cat wonts top lcking my face
#653
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#654
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who knows about aus orgs. im considering joining the socialist alliance. they look terrible
#655
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have you co siderd

llco.org

mimsy-prisons.gov
#656
Kurdt
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http://www.rhizzone.net/forum/post/235949/
#657
Mike Nelson here.
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the NDP is having a nomination meeting for my riding and i found out one of the candidates is a retired Troop so now i'm planning to attend just to vote against our veterans
#658
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recruiters on campus have been going hard this past week making fantastic promises about "paying for school" and "we'll give you 250 dollars a month if you can speak Spanish fluently" and idk seems like a good idea

pros cons on this Org?
#659
Kurdt
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infiltrate
#660
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i infiltrate orgs that i support. its just so much fun
#661
UNUSUALY COOL
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TheIneff posted:

lmao there was this dude on the bus heading towards the DC #freepalestine march over the summer that kept going on about how the knights templar are secret socialists fighting for worldwide revolution and that he's built up internal contacts throughout the years but they won't let him formally join because he's more useful as a truth spreader is this like a running meme in the org community?



sounds cool

#662
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stegosaurus posted:

i infiltrate orgs that i support. its just so much fun


ain't that the truth

#663
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Gibbonstrength posted:

who knows about aus orgs. im considering joining the socialist alliance. they look terrible


SAlt actually seem extremely good if you are a university student, you hate yourself, and hope never to achieve anything.

#664
Dont Mess With Sucess
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Tenets of our new organization
1. The organization shall be known by the secret name of "tHE r H i z z o n E organization"
2. We the founding members hold the following truths to be true, that the USA government is a sham, that the lives of its heads of state are forfeit without trial or question or anything, that private property is a fucking joke, and sham, the murder is cool and the blood of rich idiots shall flow like a DDR master's rhythm, and that we will serve the stupid heart of george w bush on a paper plate with pomme frites and sangria asap once the weather gets nice enough to picnic.
3. Absolutely no illegal activity allowed; illegal drug use and bad plans will be reported to the FBI or ICE depending on the mood I'm in.
4. Here is your copy of Robert's Rules of Order. MEMORIZE IT.
5. Three cumulative or two consecutive tardies result in detention
6. The primary purpose of dues is to keep the bowl of werther's originals full. Bountiful candy is a primary way to keep the simpleminded, diabetic poors interested in suffering through lectures like "When Lenin Talked About Revisionists, Xhe Was Perfectly Describing My Dad", "Homemade Eye Wash and Other Necessities to Stockpile Against Fascist Oppression", "A Non-Gendered Deconstruction of Unverborgenheit" or how about "Zizek Is So Stupid, I Love That Stupid Guy"
7. In the fashion of a True Democracy, all decisions down to the most miniscule and meaningless decision shall be put to a mass vote, with swampman casting the deciding vote. Quorum shall be 95%, and no motion shall pass without a 95% majority, because there is no reason the revolutionary science of marxism-leninism-maoism should have different confidence intervals to other science.
8. It's okay to not post. Posting is hard, and you aren't good at it.
9. Don't forget, the USA flag flies at the top, then the state flag (currently we are based in langley, virginia), then tHE r H i z z o n E organization club flag flies underneath. There is a proper way to raise, lower and fold these flags, learn it!
10. If any kind of sexual assault happens on an offical tHE r H i z z o n E organization operation, I promise we will bring the attacker to justice, immediately and without mercy or even humanity, just as soon as we get rid of capitalism, your problem is #2 on the list, just hang on for 1 sec ok?

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#665
Mike Nelson here.
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good stuff. i propose we make our honourary chairperson sam kriss, whose skewed view of the world we exist to propagate and encourage in its highest form, the new york times column.
#666
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i'm collecting signatures for a popular referendum to amend our bylaws, replacing Roberts Rules with consensus-based decision making, so that we can sit in a circle making jazz hands at each other
#667
UNUSUALY COOL
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consensus minus one. you dont use the jazz hands in a group this small
#668
Poronto
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TheIneff posted:

recruiters on campus have been going hard this past week making fantastic promises about "paying for school" and "we'll give you 250 dollars a month if you can speak Spanish fluently" and idk seems like a good idea

pros cons on this Org?



where else are you gonna learn how to shoot and blow stuff up

#669
mt.real
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littlegreenpills posted:

TheIneff posted:
recruiters on campus have been going hard this past week making fantastic promises about "paying for school" and "we'll give you 250 dollars a month if you can speak Spanish fluently" and idk seems like a good idea

pros cons on this Org?


where else are you gonna learn how to shoot and blow stuff up


was thinking about joining the canadian army reserves for this

#670
Kurdt
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swampman posted:

Tenets of our new organization
1. The organization shall be known by the secret name of "tHE r H i z z o n E organization"
2. We the founding members hold the following truths to be true, that the USA government is a sham, that the lives of its heads of state are forfeit without trial or question or anything, that private property is a fucking joke, and sham, the murder is cool and the blood of rich idiots shall flow like a DDR master's rhythm, and that we will serve the stupid heart of george w bush on a paper plate with pomme frites and sangria asap once the weather gets nice enough to picnic.
3. Absolutely no illegal activity allowed; illegal drug use and bad plans will be reported to the FBI or ICE depending on the mood I'm in.
4. Here is your copy of Robert's Rules of Order. MEMORIZE IT.
5. Three cumulative or two consecutive tardies result in detention
6. The primary purpose of dues is to keep the bowl of werther's originals full. Bountiful candy is a primary way to keep the simpleminded, diabetic poors interested in suffering through lectures like "When Lenin Talked About Revisionists, Xhe Was Perfectly Describing My Dad", "Homemade Eye Wash and Other Necessities to Stockpile Against Fascist Oppression", "A Non-Gendered Deconstruction of Unverborgenheit" or how about "Zizek Is So Stupid, I Love That Stupid Guy"
7. In the fashion of a True Democracy, all decisions down to the most miniscule and meaningless decision shall be put to a mass vote, with swampman casting the deciding vote. Quorum shall be 95%, and no motion shall pass without a 95% majority, because there is no reason the revolutionary science of marxism-leninism-maoism should have different confidence intervals to other science.
8. It's okay to not post. Posting is hard, and you aren't good at it.
9. Don't forget, the USA flag flies at the top, then the state flag (currently we are based in langley, virginia), then tHE r H i z z o n E organization club flag flies underneath. There is a proper way to raise, lower and fold these flags, learn it!
10. If any kind of sexual assault happens on an offical tHE r H i z z o n E organization operation, I promise we will bring the attacker to justice, immediately and without mercy or even humanity, just as soon as we get rid of capitalism, your problem is #2 on the list, just hang on for 1 sec ok?

the clown fucka boyz are gonna be pissed

#671
Mike Nelson here.
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drwhat posted:

was thinking about joining the canadian army reserves for this

i would do that if i weren't a deteriorating blob of mental problems. in the militia you don't get posted in combat zones unless you volunteer for a specific mission or like china invades.

#672
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Petrol posted:

Gibbonstrength posted:

who knows about aus orgs. im considering joining the socialist alliance. they look terrible

SAlt actually seem extremely good if you are a university student, you hate yourself, and hope never to achieve anything.



I thought socialist alternative were trots

#673
chickeon
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shooting a n d blowing stupff up is easy don't joint the freikorps please
#674
mt.real
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yeah but practice & knowledge sounds good. like gf said, you don't actually go do anything when you're in the reserves, it's all voluntary. no war deployments, but sometimes you help shovel people out of horrible snowstorms or aid after hurricanes or whatever. it's not very imperialist as weapons of the state go. if there's a "ok, who wants to go shoot commies" i would just say no
#675
UNUSUALY COOL
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its settled, we'll merge with the troops
#676
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#677
Mike Nelson here.
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the only thing though is that if you join the military they do a real security check on you which means they ask canada's weird internet spies if you ever googled jihad or whatever and that might disqualify a something awful poster unless they are also goons or something
#678
mt.real
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getfiscal posted:

the only thing though is that if you join the military they do a real security check on you which means they ask canada's weird internet spies if you ever googled jihad or whatever and that might disqualify a something awful poster unless they are also goons or something


if this means i have a 50/50 chance of learning some military tactics on the weekends or ending up sitting in a dark room with a csis agent discussing my posting history, i don't see where the downside is. that would be hilarious. otoh since all the anglosphere countries share intel i hope it wouldn't negatively impact the rhizzone when i get entered into the Shit System. hrm

#679
mt.real
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maybe i'll just... go to a shooting range
#680
political car tune
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CIA made another offer, im debating it this time. i think if i got the job id bone up on my NCIS and call everyone there characters from the show even though it's not remotely the right branch of government. they'd say "at least pick a show about the cia" and id say like "oh you mean like MAD TV" and id queue up a laughtrack mp3 on my smartphone but take like 25 seconds too long.