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Your 'Art as Resistance' Grant Application Was Excellent. We Agreed With Everything. You're on the Fertilizer Line.

For three years, Comrade Madison wrote grant applications arguing that her artistic practice was fundamentally about dismantling extractive systems and returning labor to the people. The State read every word. The State agreed completely. The State has therefore assigned her to a place where labor is returned to the people in the most literal sense currently available, which is the fertilizer packaging facility outside of Akron.

The Central Committee Has Listened to All 312 Episodes of Your Anti-Capitalist True Crime Podcast and Has Some Concerns About Your Patreon Tier Structure

After an exhaustive fourteen-week listening marathon, the Central Committee's Media Assessment Division has completed its review of 'Blood Money: True Crime Through a Marxist Lens' and would like to discuss several findings, primarily regarding the $18-per-month 'Comrade Tier' that unlocks bonus episodes about wage theft while the host collects passive income from four affiliate codes. The Committee has identified a role that better suits the host's skills. It involves a microphone. It does not

You Went Viral Posting About Bike Lanes. The Revolution Would Like You to Begin With the Pipes.

For three years, you built a following of 890,000 people who shared your vision of walkable, human-scale, transit-rich cities. The Central Committee has watched every video. They agree with you completely — urban infrastructure is critically important, which is exactly why they need you in Norilsk, starting with the drainage system that has been failing since 1987.

Congratulations, Comrade: The State Has Read Every Single One of Your 'Late Stage Capitalism' Tweets and Would Like to Discuss Your Landlord Income

Five years of posting about exploitation while collecting rent checks creates quite the paper trail. The Central Committee's investigation file makes for fascinating reading, and they'd like to schedule a chat.

Ten Van Lifers Who Wanted to Abolish Private Property Have Some Thoughts Now That the State Has Abolished Their Van

These digital nomads spent years advocating for collective ownership of all private property. The State listened—and now their custom sprinter vans are hauling fertilizer in the Urals.

From 'Eat The Rich' To 'Please Don't Make Me Gut Fish': A Marxist's Emotional Collapse, Documented

She had the tote bag. She had the hammer-and-sickle earrings. She had a Substack called 'Soft Praxis.' What Brianna did not have was any idea that 'seizing the means of production' would eventually put her inside a fish processing plant at 5am on a Tuesday. Walk with us through the stages.