Yep, I actually subscribe to their newspaper as well and receive a printed version every week.
The thing is, they're such a small group that they don’t really have the resources to develop a stronger, more secure web presence. I’ve reached out to them about expanding their role online and even started a Mastodon account for them, but they just don’t seem interested in focusing on that.
That said, I still admire what they do with unions and how they stand against the mainstream.
As you know, I voted for their candidate, Rachele Fruit, for president.
I’m a big fan of the SWP and even moderate their community on some instances.
I'm happy to answer any questions you have, but I need to point out that I haven't "evaded" anything. I simply use different names on other instances.
As you have seen, and sometimes been a part of, there are groups of people that regularly try to get me banned from whatever instance I show up on. But luckily, admins are seeing how weird and witch-hunty that is and are not instance-banning. Cool heads have prevailed. For now.
But I still gotta diversify just in case of an instance-ban. As every socialist-anarchist should!
If you block me, that's fine—it's not an issue for me. But I don’t use these names to evade anything.
But of course, I hope you don't block me before I have a chance to answer your question:
I'm not pro-Israel or pro-Gaza. I’m pro-US workers. Just like you supported Harris even though you didn't agree with everything she did or said, I didn’t necessarily support everything that Fruit did or said.
But I do support her efforts and the efforts of the SWP when it comes to labor here in the US.
I wasn't voting for who I thought would win, or against who I though would lose. I was voting for the person who best matched my labor union and socialist viewpoints. Rachele Fruit was that person.
To be honest, and I don’t care how upset Lemmy gets about it, my life doesn’t revolve around the Middle East or Russia/Ukraine. We have enough problems locally, and that’s where I focus my attention.
Those other issues are serious, of course, but they aren’t something I dwell on. People's views on them don’t sway me one way or the other.
I support pro-labor union, pro-worker candidates every time, just as I always said I would.
I'm also anti-censorship, and yes, I saw that you jumped in and commented on the recent "Let's ban Universal Monk" thread from a few days ago. I also read where you think I'm mentally ill. LMAO.
However, calling me mentally ill just because I post frequently and share content you don’t approve of does a disservice to people who are truly struggling with mental health. I worked as a teacher's aide for several years before retiring a month ago, and I worked with children who were genuinely mentally unwell.
I respect your right to have your opinions, but you are very, very wrong to label me as mentally ill just because of what I post on Lemmy. :)
And for the record, MANY of the things I said about the Biden/Harris and Trump capitalist duopoly are now being repeated all the time in c/politics on .world. I was saying the same thing that's fairly commonplace over there now, and the community thought I lived in Russia or was a bot. Remember?
A lot of the things people are saying there now would have gotten them banned before the election.
Funny how just a few months and an election changes attitude, heh?
One thing before you block me though, I do appreciate you standing against the crowd and saying I was a real person.
I have no fucking idea why people thought I was a bot just because I didn't back down from the bs. But hey, you always pointed out that you thought I was a real guy here in the US.
I have no idea why always add "mentally ill" to that disclaimer, since I'm not, but hey, it's Lemmy! You can say whatever shit you want about me. But I'm not going anywhere.
Feel free to DM me if you want my email so we can communicate off-Lemmy or we can continue any conversation in DM's or here in public. Or ignore me. I'm fine with whatever.
I have no ill will towards you even if I disagree with you. :)
Thanks, friend!