TikTok or Not, Americans Still Have a Right To Receive Communist Propaganda

“The Chinese government and Chinese companies do not enjoy the benefits of free speech guaranteed by our Constitution. But American citizens still do, including the often forgotten right to hear and receive information, even from the most suspicious sources. In his seemingly reluctant and “admittedly tentative” concurring opinion in TikTok v. Garland, Justice Neil Gorsuch alluded to the principle and its history while acknowledging the unique technical and security challenges presented by TikTok: “Speaking with and in favor of a foreign adversary is one thing. Allowing a foreign adversary to spy on Americans is another.””

https://reason.com/2025/01/22/tiktok-or-not-americans-still-have-a-right-to-receive-communist-propaganda/

Is Xi’s China the new Soviets?

Chinese economic growth has slowed despite not yet being a rich country.

Instead of allowing free market actors to flourish, the Communist Party is clamping down so that private actors won’t be a threat to their control. This will damage their attempt to return to high economic growth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GayROZqY15U

Halloween Is a Middle Finger to Communists

“police in China recently cracked down on costumed revelers because of the supposed threat they pose to the Communist government.

Indeed, law enforcement in Shanghai last weekend set their sights on celebrants who had the audacity to dress up, for example, as a poop emoji and as Kim Kardashian, the latter of whom can be seen on video waving goodbye to the group behind her as she was forced into a police van.”

https://reason.com/2024/10/31/halloween-is-a-middle-finger-to-communists/

“On Xi Jinping: How Xi’s Marxist Nationalism Is Shaping China and the World” by Dr. Kevin Rudd AC

The leader of China believe in Marxist-Leninist principles and sees capitalist and foreign capitalist countries as enemies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGq-A6Ap8oI

Blackouts aren’t unusual in Cuba, but this one is different

“The blackout is the culmination of decades of disinvestment, an economic crisis, and global factors affecting the country’s oil supply, and there doesn’t seem to be a long-term solution to the crisis.
The Cuban government regularly imposes hours-long blackouts in different parts of the country to conserve the fuel necessary to run the electrical plants. But the current outage is different. It was sparked by a breakdown at one of the country’s aging electrical stations and has affected every facet of life for ordinary people: They cannot cool or light their homes, food is spoiling in refrigerators, they cannot cook, and many can’t access water to drink or wash.

Though the situation has now reached a crisis point, it’s a tragedy that has developed over time and emphasizes Cuba’s fragile economy, development imperatives, and its tenuous place in world politics.”

https://www.vox.com/politics/379206/cuba-power-grid-collapse-castro-venezuela-oil-blackout-russia