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A marxist city district: you're in control, now what?

I'm very proud of you all!

I know that this isn't the revolutionary vanguard party moment that upheaves the foundation of Antwerp, but it is proof enough that collective action can provide material improvements to the lives of regular people.

I commend you for the progress that you've made thus far and hope you can work even further to achieve your goals.

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What did you do this weekend?

Yesterday, I spent the day with my girlfriend and my roommate, we went to a local Filipino festival (both of them are Filipino), kinda boring, mostly just groups recruiting and realtors peddling their services. Otherwise a good day.

Today, I went for a 25km bike ride around the city, along the beach to the main university for the region for lunch. Total 140m elevation gain. Feeling proud of myself, not the longest ride, but one of the toughest hills I've done so far. (NW Marine Drive towards UBC for any locals, feel free to send a message if you are!)

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Discussion Thread: What are all you reading in terms of fiction AND non-fiction? - #21

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I've been in the leftist camp for the last few years now, but just recently self identifying as an ML, but probably agreeing with the general idea without realising it.

My mother who grew up in Soviet Crimea just recently gifted me a copy of the Manifesto, so I'll be reading that soon. I'd really appreciate a list of some recommended works. Also if you have any suggestions for some books in the perspective of a historical account like The Jakarta Method, that really resonated with me.

Thank you!

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"Soviet Media's Portrait of the United States" (1986) Reel America Preview

This was absolutely laughable! Everything that they said on the state of the USA was true then and even more true today. Hilarious how the presenter refutes the Soviet claims by merely saying "no, that's not true" without any substance.

I showed it to my mum who grew up in the Soviet Union and she came to the same conclusion. It reminded her of some old magazines from the 1970s called Крокодил, (Crocodile) that she has which have some more humourous commentary on the US that she'll be sharing with me.

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How to host and promote a website with educational resources?

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I am a big proponent of using UI libraries. I started with bootstrap after learning it from scratch, and I'm glad that I did, since you will certainly need to make tweaks and you should know what's going on in the backend of what's being obfuscated to be able to make those adjustments.

So I would say yes, at least learn a bit of it so you're not trusting it blindly. In terms of pragmatism and ease of building it, definitely.

I would take a look at material-ui as well, I personally think it looks better, but it's up to you.

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How to host and promote a website with educational resources?

1 - I'd recommend namecheap (approx USD1.50/mo) for your host, as I would assume it'll just be a static site without any dynamic content (databases, accounts, etc.). Most likely all you'll need is a text editor and a webserver that you can use on your local machine (apache, nginx) for testing. Feel free to ask me any questions on the development side of things, I've made some decent sized web development projects.

2 - I'm not personally familiar with it, but you could try hosting your videos on a peertube instance.

3 - I don't think it should be an issue, but study up on the copyright laws in your country and the exact licenses that the media that you'll be posting carry.