The main purpose of these campaigns is to help educate more people and further bring class consciousness to the working class, as we saw Bernie's movement had done. We are very likely not going to win, but we need to organize as most people only pay attention to politics once every 4 years.
Here's an article from PSL regarding Bernie's campaign in 2020 that may help answer questions:
This is pretty good timing for this topic, especially here on lemmygrad.ml we have been bringing this topic up multiple times.
PSL's candidates Claudia & Karina even mention how income would be capped, though they do mention locking up war criminals and Wall Street con men (which would still be under a prison system designed for rehabilitation and reeducation):
All income and assets over ten million dollars would be subject to a 100% tax – with no exceptions or loopholes – as would all offshore corporate profits. All debt from student loans, bail bonds, medical and utility bills would be canceled.
I know this doesn't answer your question, but if you are looking to meet comrades, find your local communist party. If one doesn't exist, there may be a pre-branch starting, and you should get in contact with a party like PSL to find out if there is one near you or even help start one. I contacted PSL and luckily found a pre-branch near me, and now I am helping with building it to become an official branch. I have met some pretty cool people this way. We come in all shapes and colors, and we each have our own mannerisms and come from different stages in our journey towards ML.
If you are not from the US, I hope the same advice still applies.
This is called the “carrot and the stick.” At one moment, the U.S. extends a carrot to a country, the next moment they will use the stick, the club.
This is the same government that continues to finance the terrorist organizations trying to overthrow the Syrian government, armed the opposition in Libya and then just bombed Libya to smithereens.
And it is the same U.S. government that is backing the fascist-dominated government in Ukraine, and then tried to set up a false hacking accusation against North Korea, another socialist country the U.S. wants to overthrow. Now new sanctions have been imposed on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The U.S. politicians in Congress and the President, the establishment, have had fierce debates about what tactics to use, but the objective is the same: Expand Imperialism’s reach and power around the globe. If you are failing with one tactic, use another.
scrolls up to the top of the article
Jan 6, 2015
We were well aware of this for so long, and it's surreal looking at an old article affirming this before the Ukraine war happened.
I plan to fight for revolution in the US until it is too dangerous and the revolution turns out to not likely succeed. I am already working towards becoming a candidate member with PSL. Because I want to be a computer hardware engineer working in the semiconductor industry, China may be my best option. This is why I am going back to school next year to get my bachelor's--so I have a viable Plan B just in case.
The world is your oyster. You can make all sorts of mods with any story and atmosphere.
It sounds like you may be interested in potentially making a mod (or you are just interested in someone else making one, in which case the following resources should be helpful to such a person). You will probably need to learn C#, PowerShell, shell, etc. and work with this SDK:
To prove my point that you can make a mod with your own story and atmosphere, this mod is a (literal) bug swarm strategy game: OpenSA
For the mod itself, you will be mostly programming in C# and sometimes another language if you decide to use one (it seems with this particular engine, modders tend to either use just C# or C# and Lua). Shell, make, and other languages are typically used for the packaging and installation/generation/compilation/etc. scripts/tools of the mod.
This is just an open source engine for the classic Command & Conquer games. You need to supply discs/isos to be able to play the games fully--similar to open source ports like GZDoom/PrBoom for Doom/Quake/etc. and OpenMW for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
Games built using the OpenRA engine are known as “mods”. The OpenRA development team maintain the three official mods that can be downloaded from this website, but many more are developed and maintained by the OpenRA community.
Tiberian Dawn
An alliance of nations fights to protect Europe and northern Africa from a mysterious terrorist organization and the valuable but toxic alien mineral, Tiberium, that is slowly spreading over the world.
The Tiberian Dawn mod focuses on fast and fluid play, taking heavy influences from modern RTS games with features like multiple-queue production.
Red Alert
In a world where Hitler was assassinated and the Third Reich never existed, the Soviet Union seeks power over all of Europe. Allied against this Evil Empire, the free world faces a Cold War turned red hot.
The Red Alert mod focuses on strategy, providing a range of units and tactics to conquer the land, sea, and air.
Dune 2000
Three great houses fight for the precious spice melange. He who controls the spice controls the universe! Establish a foothold on the desert planet Arrakis, where your biggest threat is the environment.
The Dune 2000 mod currently focuses on providing an experience that is authentic to the original game.
Tiberian Sun
The next major goal for OpenRA is to support the second generation of Command & Conquer games, starting with Tiberian Sun.
The game engine features to support Tiberian Sun are still in development. The mod is not included with the OpenRA installer, but the source code is available in our GitHub repository. Please note that we do not provide support for incomplete development builds.
OpenRA is designed as a general purpose RTS game engine with strong modding support. The OpenRA Mod SDK provides tools to develop and release your own projects. Each new OpenRA release brings many improvements and fixes created for, and by, the modding community. A collection of community-built mods and games can be found on OpenRA's ModDB page.
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The GDI and Nod discs from this do work, but you can search for more discs on archive.org and other places to get other disc images for The First Decade, Covert Operations, etc.:
Not included in mod but available to test if built with source: Issue, Milestone
Command & Conquer Collection
Tiberian Sun, Firestorm, Red Alert 2, Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge, Renegade, Generals (Demo)
I don't know if any of these are necessary or if I am missing any potentially supported expansions/content, but this seemed like a good collection to post for future reference.
Make sure the directory has appropriate permissions to mount like so:
sudo chmod 777 /mnt/openra
Then mount with FuseISO:
fuseiso /path/to/iso /mnt/openra
In OpenRA, click Detect Disc or Installation (or Retry if you are already on that page) and it should be able to detect the disc and extract the files.
You can unmount and delete the directory (or mount and install other discs first before deleting the directory, of course) when OpenRA finishes extracting the files:
fusermount -u /mnt/openra
sudo rmdir /mnt/openra
I am assuming for the non-disc archives, you would be able to either copy or symlink the extracted files to one of the supported mount points, and the game should be able to detect the content. Downloads are taking a while so I haven't been able to test yet to confirm.
OpenRA does let you download the base game files plus some other content and patches from the internet.
I tried to mention other search engines, protocols, and tactics that no one else mentioned yet. I am glad you found one you are happy with. :) I know I made a wiki-like comment at this point, lol.
No worries :)
There is an equivalent page.
I commented about SUSE having a similar export policy as Fedora in that post, and from what I read, it applies to OpenSUSE, too.
I found this forum post about this topic:
https://forums.opensuse.org/t/opensuse-and-the-ear-export-administration-regulations-how-are-we-to-understand-this/132309
I guess the Gray Jedi are just clueless centrists with opposing takes because "muh both sides".
The main purpose of these campaigns is to help educate more people and further bring class consciousness to the working class, as we saw Bernie's movement had done. We are very likely not going to win, but we need to organize as most people only pay attention to politics once every 4 years.
Here's an article from PSL regarding Bernie's campaign in 2020 that may help answer questions:
https://www.liberationnews.org/the-bernie-sanders-campaign-and-building-the-movement-for-socialism-in-the-us/
This is pretty good timing for this topic, especially here on lemmygrad.ml we have been bringing this topic up multiple times.
PSL's candidates Claudia & Karina even mention how income would be capped, though they do mention locking up war criminals and Wall Street con men (which would still be under a prison system designed for rehabilitation and reeducation):
I know this doesn't answer your question, but if you are looking to meet comrades, find your local communist party. If one doesn't exist, there may be a pre-branch starting, and you should get in contact with a party like PSL to find out if there is one near you or even help start one. I contacted PSL and luckily found a pre-branch near me, and now I am helping with building it to become an official branch. I have met some pretty cool people this way. We come in all shapes and colors, and we each have our own mannerisms and come from different stages in our journey towards ML.
If you are not from the US, I hope the same advice still applies.
This sounds like a really good tip! I need to work on this myself.
One of the articles I had to read for PSL a few weeks ago was this: https://www.liberationschool.org/u-s-agenda-cuba-remains-counter-revolution/
scrolls up to the top of the article
We were well aware of this for so long, and it's surreal looking at an old article affirming this before the Ukraine war happened.
I plan to fight for revolution in the US until it is too dangerous and the revolution turns out to not likely succeed. I am already working towards becoming a candidate member with PSL. Because I want to be a computer hardware engineer working in the semiconductor industry, China may be my best option. This is why I am going back to school next year to get my bachelor's--so I have a viable Plan B just in case.
Wow, that's beautiful
Wikipedia: Joe Hill (activist)
The world is your oyster. You can make all sorts of mods with any story and atmosphere.
It sounds like you may be interested in potentially making a mod (or you are just interested in someone else making one, in which case the following resources should be helpful to such a person). You will probably need to learn C#, PowerShell, shell, etc. and work with this SDK:
https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRAModSDK
You can look at community mods here to find examples to learn from and see what is possible:
https://www.moddb.com/games/openra/mods
You can click on one of the mods and potentially find their own git repository, such as this one: OpenE2140
This mod used Lua as well: Generals Alpha
To prove my point that you can make a mod with your own story and atmosphere, this mod is a (literal) bug swarm strategy game: OpenSA
For the mod itself, you will be mostly programming in C# and sometimes another language if you decide to use one (it seems with this particular engine, modders tend to either use just C# or C# and Lua). Shell, make, and other languages are typically used for the packaging and installation/generation/compilation/etc. scripts/tools of the mod.
https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2272713
https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2272713
Here's a start:
I mentioned some games on Lemmygrad a few months ago:
https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/605845
No, there is a list: https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2278718
This is just an open source engine for the classic Command & Conquer games. You need to supply discs/isos to be able to play the games fully--similar to open source ports like GZDoom/PrBoom for Doom/Quake/etc. and OpenMW for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
https://www.openra.net/about/
::: spoiler The OpenRA Games (aka Mods)
The GDI and Nod discs from this do work, but you can search for more discs on archive.org and other places to get other disc images for The First Decade, Covert Operations, etc.:
https://archive.org/details/command-and-conquer-tiberian-dawn
You may also find discs here:
https://cncnz.com/features/freeware-classic-command-conquer-games/
OpenRA's wiki mentions these locations:
https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Game-Content#downloading-original-game-cds
::: spoiler Here's a list of discs you can find on archive.org (I still have to test them):
Tiberian Dawn
GDI and Nod Discs
https://archive.org/details/command-and-conquer-tiberian-dawn
The First Decade
https://archive.org/details/cnctfd-game-disc
The Covert Operations
https://archive.org/details/command-and-conquer-the-covert-operations-1996-westwood-studios-cd
Red Alert
Red Alert 95 Allied and Soviet Discs
(I think)
https://archive.org/details/command-conquer-red-alert_202309
The First Decade
https://archive.org/details/cnctfd-game-disc
Worldwide Warfare
Gold GDI & Nod, Covert Operations, Red Alert Allied and Soviet, Counterstrike, Aftermath, Tiberian Sun (Demo)
https://archive.org/details/cc_worldwide_warfare
Dune 2000
Dune 2000 Disc
https://archive.org/details/dune-2000-2001-ea-westwood-studios-cd
Tiberian Sun
Not included in mod but available to test if built with source: Issue, Milestone
Command & Conquer Collection
Tiberian Sun, Firestorm, Red Alert 2, Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge, Renegade, Generals (Demo)
I don't know if any of these are necessary or if I am missing any potentially supported expansions/content, but this seemed like a good collection to post for future reference.
https://archive.org/details/TheCommandConquerCollection :::
To install the discs when prompted, mount the isos to one of these locations on Linux:
https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Game-Content#linux
You can use this tool to mount the disc: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/FuseISO
Make sure the directory has appropriate permissions to mount like so:
Then mount with FuseISO:
In OpenRA, click Detect Disc or Installation (or Retry if you are already on that page) and it should be able to detect the disc and extract the files.
You can unmount and delete the directory (or mount and install other discs first before deleting the directory, of course) when OpenRA finishes extracting the files:
I am assuming for the non-disc archives, you would be able to either copy or symlink the extracted files to one of the supported mount points, and the game should be able to detect the content. Downloads are taking a while so I haven't been able to test yet to confirm.
OpenRA does let you download the base game files plus some other content and patches from the internet.
I tried to mention other search engines, protocols, and tactics that no one else mentioned yet. I am glad you found one you are happy with. :) I know I made a wiki-like comment at this point, lol.