The Sickle and the Hammer
@sovietpod.bsky.social
My name is Daniel. I am the host of the podcast “The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union.”
100%, they nailed it, no notes.
liberalism fundamentally cannot defeat fascism. because it will not do what needs to be done about fascists when they are trying to take power and because it will not offer people a meaningful alternative to fascist claims that they will fix things by hurting people's perceived enemies.
October 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM
100%, they nailed it, no notes.
Had to read some of her slop in college and grad school. Absolutely not surprising that a lazy anti-communist propagandist journalist masquerading as a historian also thinks Isr*eli war crimes should be excused.
Unsurprisingly she’s also an anti communist that makes up things and uses Nazi propaganda to bolster her anti communism
"Anne Applebaum’s new cover story for The Atlantic"
THIS Anne Applebaum?
THIS Anne Applebaum?
October 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Had to read some of her slop in college and grad school. Absolutely not surprising that a lazy anti-communist propagandist journalist masquerading as a historian also thinks Isr*eli war crimes should be excused.
Talking to my fellow cis straight men:
Since the system protects the criminals, we need to step tf up right now.
Call out your pervy cousin, your creeper friend, your misogynist coworker.
Ostracize them. Report them. Make sure they don’t get away with it.
WE MEN need to shut. this. shit. down.
Since the system protects the criminals, we need to step tf up right now.
Call out your pervy cousin, your creeper friend, your misogynist coworker.
Ostracize them. Report them. Make sure they don’t get away with it.
WE MEN need to shut. this. shit. down.
October 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Talking to my fellow cis straight men:
Since the system protects the criminals, we need to step tf up right now.
Call out your pervy cousin, your creeper friend, your misogynist coworker.
Ostracize them. Report them. Make sure they don’t get away with it.
WE MEN need to shut. this. shit. down.
Since the system protects the criminals, we need to step tf up right now.
Call out your pervy cousin, your creeper friend, your misogynist coworker.
Ostracize them. Report them. Make sure they don’t get away with it.
WE MEN need to shut. this. shit. down.
Apparently some rape apologist fascist pig is trying to dox Cornell Jane Doe, and women are coming forward as Jane Doe “I am Spartacus” style.
I am Jane Doe. My wife, my daughter, sisters, cousins, best friend from HS, coworkers… they are Jane Doe.
Fuck rape culture.
I am Jane Doe. My wife, my daughter, sisters, cousins, best friend from HS, coworkers… they are Jane Doe.
Fuck rape culture.
October 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Apparently some rape apologist fascist pig is trying to dox Cornell Jane Doe, and women are coming forward as Jane Doe “I am Spartacus” style.
I am Jane Doe. My wife, my daughter, sisters, cousins, best friend from HS, coworkers… they are Jane Doe.
Fuck rape culture.
I am Jane Doe. My wife, my daughter, sisters, cousins, best friend from HS, coworkers… they are Jane Doe.
Fuck rape culture.
Politics is not something you have, it’s something you do. It’s not posting good vibes; it’s actually doing stuff, like organizing, attending protests, materially affecting the world around you.
Even this post you are reading right now? Not politics!
Get out there and DO something!
Even this post you are reading right now? Not politics!
Get out there and DO something!
October 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Politics is not something you have, it’s something you do. It’s not posting good vibes; it’s actually doing stuff, like organizing, attending protests, materially affecting the world around you.
Even this post you are reading right now? Not politics!
Get out there and DO something!
Even this post you are reading right now? Not politics!
Get out there and DO something!
I don’t EVER want to hear that “rape culture doesn’t exist” or that trying to stop rape is “woke” again.
7 men openly, publicly raped a woman at a prestigious university.
Then they had to write essays about how they misbehaved as punishment.
I’m so disgusted I can’t even think.
7 men openly, publicly raped a woman at a prestigious university.
Then they had to write essays about how they misbehaved as punishment.
I’m so disgusted I can’t even think.
September 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I don’t EVER want to hear that “rape culture doesn’t exist” or that trying to stop rape is “woke” again.
7 men openly, publicly raped a woman at a prestigious university.
Then they had to write essays about how they misbehaved as punishment.
I’m so disgusted I can’t even think.
7 men openly, publicly raped a woman at a prestigious university.
Then they had to write essays about how they misbehaved as punishment.
I’m so disgusted I can’t even think.
Baby formula is $2 AN OUNCE. A 3 month old regularly drinks 4 ounces at a time. That’s $8 a meal, which is around the average of a Big Mac combo. They eat 4-5x a day. That means it’s more expensive to feed a child than an adult in this country.
“WhY dOn’T pEoPlE wAnT kIdS?”
Capitalism, that’s why!
“WhY dOn’T pEoPlE wAnT kIdS?”
Capitalism, that’s why!
September 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Baby formula is $2 AN OUNCE. A 3 month old regularly drinks 4 ounces at a time. That’s $8 a meal, which is around the average of a Big Mac combo. They eat 4-5x a day. That means it’s more expensive to feed a child than an adult in this country.
“WhY dOn’T pEoPlE wAnT kIdS?”
Capitalism, that’s why!
“WhY dOn’T pEoPlE wAnT kIdS?”
Capitalism, that’s why!
I’m so sick of the Left falling into reformism and electoralism.
“If we want to win, we have to make compromises!”
WHAT GOOD IS WINNING IF WE GIVE UP OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM?! WHY EVEN BOTHER?!
People need to read Marx and Lenin istfg
“If we want to win, we have to make compromises!”
WHAT GOOD IS WINNING IF WE GIVE UP OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM?! WHY EVEN BOTHER?!
People need to read Marx and Lenin istfg
September 28, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I’m so sick of the Left falling into reformism and electoralism.
“If we want to win, we have to make compromises!”
WHAT GOOD IS WINNING IF WE GIVE UP OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM?! WHY EVEN BOTHER?!
People need to read Marx and Lenin istfg
“If we want to win, we have to make compromises!”
WHAT GOOD IS WINNING IF WE GIVE UP OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM?! WHY EVEN BOTHER?!
People need to read Marx and Lenin istfg
Ngl probably the fastest way to get me to not take you seriously as a leftist is to say “I like Abdul El-Sayed”. How many times are we gonna fall for this nonsense?
September 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ngl probably the fastest way to get me to not take you seriously as a leftist is to say “I like Abdul El-Sayed”. How many times are we gonna fall for this nonsense?
Hasan Piker is problematic, but not for the reasons they say.
He’s easily coopted, and his “socialism” is actually democratic socialism, which is just “humane” capitalism.
He’s easily coopted, and his “socialism” is actually democratic socialism, which is just “humane” capitalism.
September 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Hasan Piker is problematic, but not for the reasons they say.
He’s easily coopted, and his “socialism” is actually democratic socialism, which is just “humane” capitalism.
He’s easily coopted, and his “socialism” is actually democratic socialism, which is just “humane” capitalism.
Dems: “we’ll do anything to win, including abandon trans rights! We have to stop fascism!”
Voters: “um, you don’t need to do that, we’ll vote for you if you support trans rights, probably even more.”
Dems: “……… but we want to.”
Craven politics. Cowardly politicians.
Voters: “um, you don’t need to do that, we’ll vote for you if you support trans rights, probably even more.”
Dems: “……… but we want to.”
Craven politics. Cowardly politicians.
September 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Dems: “we’ll do anything to win, including abandon trans rights! We have to stop fascism!”
Voters: “um, you don’t need to do that, we’ll vote for you if you support trans rights, probably even more.”
Dems: “……… but we want to.”
Craven politics. Cowardly politicians.
Voters: “um, you don’t need to do that, we’ll vote for you if you support trans rights, probably even more.”
Dems: “……… but we want to.”
Craven politics. Cowardly politicians.
There is a dearth of positive male role models in media.
Everyone is either a huge creep (Ted), a man-baby (Ross), or imposes their violence on others (John Wick).
We need to see emotionally healthy men who are flawed, self-aware, and care for others. It would give boys something to strive for.
Everyone is either a huge creep (Ted), a man-baby (Ross), or imposes their violence on others (John Wick).
We need to see emotionally healthy men who are flawed, self-aware, and care for others. It would give boys something to strive for.
September 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
There is a dearth of positive male role models in media.
Everyone is either a huge creep (Ted), a man-baby (Ross), or imposes their violence on others (John Wick).
We need to see emotionally healthy men who are flawed, self-aware, and care for others. It would give boys something to strive for.
Everyone is either a huge creep (Ted), a man-baby (Ross), or imposes their violence on others (John Wick).
We need to see emotionally healthy men who are flawed, self-aware, and care for others. It would give boys something to strive for.
I think I know why the billionaire-owned media demonizes China so much… Imagine laws applying to the rich the same as the rest of us!
youtu.be/bFy2dLtkEds
youtu.be/bFy2dLtkEds
China Dares The U.S. To Treat Billionaires Like They Do
YouTube video by Lee Camp - Unredacted Tonight
youtu.be
September 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I think I know why the billionaire-owned media demonizes China so much… Imagine laws applying to the rich the same as the rest of us!
youtu.be/bFy2dLtkEds
youtu.be/bFy2dLtkEds
This is insane, but not surprising.
September 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This is insane, but not surprising.
Watching Ed Sheeran completely blow up his entire tour over staying “neutral”, then Pink getting destroyed for her braindead take that her feelings about a genocide are more important than the reality, is hilariously satisfying.
Oh and fk Robert Kraft, you racist billionaire pos.
Oh and fk Robert Kraft, you racist billionaire pos.
September 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Watching Ed Sheeran completely blow up his entire tour over staying “neutral”, then Pink getting destroyed for her braindead take that her feelings about a genocide are more important than the reality, is hilariously satisfying.
Oh and fk Robert Kraft, you racist billionaire pos.
Oh and fk Robert Kraft, you racist billionaire pos.
Anyone else get the feeling that the recent AI panic is not about public safety, but a ploy to keep the bubble from bursting? Tech bros clearly dgaf about anyone else, just their money. They are trying to minimize the damage to themselves and their legacies, not save humanity. Bunch of asshats.
September 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Anyone else get the feeling that the recent AI panic is not about public safety, but a ploy to keep the bubble from bursting? Tech bros clearly dgaf about anyone else, just their money. They are trying to minimize the damage to themselves and their legacies, not save humanity. Bunch of asshats.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Refer to China for how this looks irl.
A dictatorship of capital
forces society to serve the economy
A dictatorship of the proletariat
forces the economy to serve society
If you don't understand this crucial distinction, then your analysis of authoritarianism will always be wrong.
forces society to serve the economy
A dictatorship of the proletariat
forces the economy to serve society
If you don't understand this crucial distinction, then your analysis of authoritarianism will always be wrong.
September 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Refer to China for how this looks irl.
Tbf this goes back to 2016 and Hillary’s ass campaign vs Bernie’s insurgency and Trump. Obama won in a landslide in 2008 because of his message of “hope & change.” It was all bs, but it worked. The Dems decided “never again will we give the people hope,” crushed Bernie twice, and, well, here we are.
2024 convinced me that you cannot just say 'look at how bad that guys is!!!!' you actually have to give people a positive reason to vote for you.
sadly it has not convinced anyone running for office this year except like maybe el-sayed.
sadly it has not convinced anyone running for office this year except like maybe el-sayed.
September 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Tbf this goes back to 2016 and Hillary’s ass campaign vs Bernie’s insurgency and Trump. Obama won in a landslide in 2008 because of his message of “hope & change.” It was all bs, but it worked. The Dems decided “never again will we give the people hope,” crushed Bernie twice, and, well, here we are.
The original 9/11 terrorist attacks:
On this day in 1973, General Augusto Pinochet, backed by the CIA, launched a military coup of the state of Chile, overthrowing the democratically elected President Salvator Allende for the crime of implementing his popularly mandated social democratic program.
On this day in 1973, General Augusto Pinochet, backed by the CIA, launched a military coup of the state of Chile, overthrowing the democratically elected President Salvator Allende for the crime of implementing his popularly mandated social democratic program.
September 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The original 9/11 terrorist attacks:
On this day in 1973, General Augusto Pinochet, backed by the CIA, launched a military coup of the state of Chile, overthrowing the democratically elected President Salvator Allende for the crime of implementing his popularly mandated social democratic program.
On this day in 1973, General Augusto Pinochet, backed by the CIA, launched a military coup of the state of Chile, overthrowing the democratically elected President Salvator Allende for the crime of implementing his popularly mandated social democratic program.
On this day I choose to memorialize not only the thousands killed in the attacks, but the millions the empire killed across the globe in “retribution.”
The world will be safer once the USA, aka the Evil Empire, is gone.
Check out Blowback S1 and S4 for the full history, if you don’t know it.
The world will be safer once the USA, aka the Evil Empire, is gone.
Check out Blowback S1 and S4 for the full history, if you don’t know it.
September 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
On this day I choose to memorialize not only the thousands killed in the attacks, but the millions the empire killed across the globe in “retribution.”
The world will be safer once the USA, aka the Evil Empire, is gone.
Check out Blowback S1 and S4 for the full history, if you don’t know it.
The world will be safer once the USA, aka the Evil Empire, is gone.
Check out Blowback S1 and S4 for the full history, if you don’t know it.
One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
Political assassinations are counterproductive to the revolutionary goals of the masses.
However, the world is a better place without him.
Harsh? Hey, I didn’t tell him to be a fascist mouthpiece. He made that choice all on his own.
Political assassinations are counterproductive to the revolutionary goals of the masses.
However, the world is a better place without him.
Harsh? Hey, I didn’t tell him to be a fascist mouthpiece. He made that choice all on his own.
September 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
Political assassinations are counterproductive to the revolutionary goals of the masses.
However, the world is a better place without him.
Harsh? Hey, I didn’t tell him to be a fascist mouthpiece. He made that choice all on his own.
Political assassinations are counterproductive to the revolutionary goals of the masses.
However, the world is a better place without him.
Harsh? Hey, I didn’t tell him to be a fascist mouthpiece. He made that choice all on his own.
Since neo-N*zis just won an election in Germany, this is a good time to remember: fascism is capitalism in decay, imperialism turned inward. It’s not an “accident of history” Capitalists use fascism to protect themselves and crush the Left.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
September 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Since neo-N*zis just won an election in Germany, this is a good time to remember: fascism is capitalism in decay, imperialism turned inward. It’s not an “accident of history” Capitalists use fascism to protect themselves and crush the Left.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
When all is said and done, Trump will be the worst president in US history (so far) cause the fascist is automatically The Worst.
But the throughline to Trump goes back 50+ years. Rs AND Ds worked diligently to get us here.
ALL PRESIDENTS ARE WAR CRIMINALS, the US was always an oligarchy.
But the throughline to Trump goes back 50+ years. Rs AND Ds worked diligently to get us here.
ALL PRESIDENTS ARE WAR CRIMINALS, the US was always an oligarchy.
September 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
When all is said and done, Trump will be the worst president in US history (so far) cause the fascist is automatically The Worst.
But the throughline to Trump goes back 50+ years. Rs AND Ds worked diligently to get us here.
ALL PRESIDENTS ARE WAR CRIMINALS, the US was always an oligarchy.
But the throughline to Trump goes back 50+ years. Rs AND Ds worked diligently to get us here.
ALL PRESIDENTS ARE WAR CRIMINALS, the US was always an oligarchy.
PSA: “Revisionism” is not real.
Dialectics=the process of interactive change through which everything is going, constantly.
Dialectical materialism=the study of that change in order to determine a course of action.
Marxism-Leninism=dialectical materialist approach to history and revolution.
Dialectics=the process of interactive change through which everything is going, constantly.
Dialectical materialism=the study of that change in order to determine a course of action.
Marxism-Leninism=dialectical materialist approach to history and revolution.
September 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
PSA: “Revisionism” is not real.
Dialectics=the process of interactive change through which everything is going, constantly.
Dialectical materialism=the study of that change in order to determine a course of action.
Marxism-Leninism=dialectical materialist approach to history and revolution.
Dialectics=the process of interactive change through which everything is going, constantly.
Dialectical materialism=the study of that change in order to determine a course of action.
Marxism-Leninism=dialectical materialist approach to history and revolution.