'No country has 'tried' socialism,' Socialist Party of Great Britain claims



The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning socialism and opposing the implementation of socialist policies in America, but the Socialist Party of Great Britain claims that no country has ever been socialist.

While 109 Democrats voted for the resolution, 86 voted against passage, and 14 voted present.

Part of resolution declared that "socialism has repeatedly led to famine and mass murders, and the killing of over 100,000,000 people worldwide" and that "many of the greatest crimes in history were committed by socialist ideologues, including Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Daniel Ortega, Hugo Chavez, and Nicolás Maduro."

"No country has 'tried' socialism. It has NOT YET STARTED. Ever heard of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels? This class-free, state-free, money-free society comes about only AFTER capitalism has been rejected by working class populations.," the SPGB tweeted. "There are no socialist countries. Marxist socialism/communism (same thing) comes AFTER capitalism has been abandoned (which has not yet happened)," the party tweeted.

\u201c@USRepMikeFlood "History shows that when socialism is tried"\n\nNo country has "tried" socialism. It has NOT YET STARTED. Ever heard of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels? This class-free, state-free, money-free society comes about only AFTER capitalism has been rejected by working class populations.\u201d
— Rep. Mike Flood (@Rep. Mike Flood) 1675362122

The SPGB asserts that North Korea's system is "STATE CAPITALISM" and tha the system envisioned by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the authors of "The Communist Manifesto," has never materialized.

"North Korea has STATE CAPITALISM. State capitalism has NOTHING to do with the class-free, state-free, money-free socialism/communism that Marx and Engels wanted and wrote about. Stop falsely blaming socialism for what state capitalism has done!" the SPGB tweeted. "The class-free, state-free, money-free socialism/communism that Marx wanted has NOT YET BEGUN. It can only come about AFTER working class populations worldwide want this new economy and have abandoned capitalism. It has killed no one — unlike capitalism," the SPGB tweeted.

"Marxist socialism IS freedom. Capitalism will always be slavery, because profits cannot be made any other way," the party tweeted. "No country's population has yet managed to free themselves and establish the socialism/communism that Marx and Engels wanted," the SPGB has claimed.

\u201c@RepYoungKim North Korea has STATE CAPITALISM. State capitalism has NOTHING to do with the class-free, state-free, money-free socialism/communism that Marx and Engels wanted and wrote about. Stop falsely blaming socialism for what state capitalism has done! https://t.co/xKH1gSemBZ\u201d
— Young Kim (@Young Kim) 1675359780

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California judge grants college students 'big win' in free speech lawsuit against school for censoring anti-communist flyers, lawyer says



On October 14, a California judge ordered a preliminary injunction preventing a community college from censoring student flyers on campus after a group of students filed a lawsuit against school officials over alleged discrimination, the College Fix reported.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a lawsuit against Clovis Community College in Fresno, California, in August on behalf of three students involved with the school's Young Americans for Freedom chapter.

The lawsuit alleged that the students were discriminated against when Clovis president Dr. Lori Bennett ordered the removal of anti-communist flyers they had posted around campus in November.

According to Fox News Digital, one of the flyers included imagery of skulls and bones and read, "Leftist Ideas: 'Progress' that always leads to death." Additionally, the flyer included data on the number of people killed in countries that have fallen under "progressive social movements."

The students initially received permission from school officials to post the flyers on bulletin boards in campus buildings, but the flyers were removed after school officials allegedly received complaints from other students.

The lawsuit stated, "Administrators of public colleges cannot ban a student group's flyers because some found the message inappropriate or offensive."

Last month, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston ordered a preliminary injunction that stated school officials could not prevent students from posting flyers because of potential "inappropriate or [offensive] language or themes" while the legal battle continues.

"The preliminary injunction order is good news for the Plaintiffs (our clients), because it means that while the case is pending, Clovis can't enforce its ban on inappropriate or offensive language against student flyers," Jeff Zeman, a FIRE attorney, told the College Fix.

"This is a big win for the plaintiffs. … We've also asked that, at the end of the case, the court grant a permanent injunction," Zeman added.

The plaintiff and Young Americans for Freedom chapter President Juliette Colunga told the news outlet, "The judge's ruling on the preliminary injunction is absolutely a great step in the right direction for us, but the fight is not over at all. We will continue to stand up and fight for our free speech."

Clovis Community College did not reply to a request for comment from Fox News Digital or the College Fix.

\u201cBig chapter update! #freespeech\u201d
— Young Americans for Freedom @ Clovis Community (@Young Americans for Freedom @ Clovis Community) 1666113299
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Republican Congressman Don Young from Alaska has died at 88 years old



U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) died Friday night.

Rep. Young was the longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Fox News reported that his death occurred while at the Los Angeles International Airport on his way home to Alaska.

Young was 88-years old and his cause of death has not yet been determined. Young had served in Congress since 1973 after winning a special election.

“It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and revered champion for Alaska, passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be with the state and people that he loved,” a statement from Young’s office said.

“His beloved wife Ann was by his side,” it continued.

Young’s office confirmed that in the coming days they “will be sharing more details about plans for a celebration of his life and legacy.”

Jack Ferguson, a current lobbyist who previously served as Young’s chief of staff said that despite his age, Young was excited to be running for re-election.

He said, “He was vibrant, he had a lot of energy, he’s very clear of mind, spoke clearly about what he wanted to accomplish, set goals that he wanted to make happen, and was happy to be running.”

Young served as dean of the House. This means that he was the most senior member of either political party. He was also the last active member of the House who was elected in the 1970s.

Before entering Congress, Young worked in construction, fishing and trapping, and gold mining. He also captained a tugboat and delivered products along the Yukon River.

Shortly after being sworn into Congress, Young found himself holding a leading role in the historic battle for approval of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline. His success in this endeavor is often heralded as one of the most important achievements of his career.

Young even said, “Next to statehood itself, the most historical legislation passed that affected every Alaskan then, now, and in the future, was the passage of the pipeline legislation.

Despite his well-documented good nature, the Congressman was also known for his larger-than-life antics including famously wielding a walrus’s pubic bone on the House floor during a debate over the rights of Alaskan Natives to sell the sex organs of endangered animals, defending the controversial industry of fur trapping while attaching a steel trap to his own leg, and holding a knife to the neck of former U.S. Rep and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Joe Rogan under fire for suggesting healthy young people should not get COVID vaccines



Podcast titan Joe Rogan has come under attack from critics after saying that while he believes COVID-19 vaccines are safe "for the most part," he does not believe healthy young people should get the jab.

What are the details?

During a recent episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," the host said, "I think you should get vaccinated if you're vulnerable," noting that his parents have both been vaccinated. "I've encouraged a lot of people to get -- and people say, do you think it's safe to get vaccinated? I've said, yeah, I think for the most part it's safe to get vaccinated. I do. I do."

"But if you're like 21 years old, and you say to me, should I get vaccinated? I'll go no," he continued. "Are you healthy? Are you a healthy person? Like, look, don't do anything stupid, but you should take care of yourself. You should -- if you're a healthy person, and you're exercising all the time, and you're young, and you're eating well, like, I don't think you need to worry about this."

He went on to reveal that both his children contracted COVID-19, and "it was nothing."

Rogan's guest during the segment, comedian Dave Smith, told the host that he will not have his young daughter vaccinated for the coronavirus, saying it's a virus she "statistically has no risk from."

Smith added, "I'm sorry, I'm not taking any experiment on her. And that's my attitude toward it."

Rogan responded:

But it's amazing that that's controversial. That even saying that, I'm not going to inject my child with the vaccine, is controversial. It's crazy. Because again, we are not talking about even the flu that we just found out killed 22,000 people last year. We're not talking about that. We're talking about something that is not statistically dangerous for children. But yet people still want you to get your child vaccinated, which is crazy to me. Like you should be vaccinated if you are vulnerable. You should.

A snippet of Rogan's comments began circulating on social media on Tuesday, and was quickly hit with a warning label by Twitter. His name also began trending on the platform amid outrage from critics, with some people even calling for his show to be canceled by Spotify.

One person tweeted, "I spent 5 days in the hospital and am still on supplemental oxygen because of COVID. I may have permanent lung scarring. @Spotify is trying to kill people with dangerous disinformation. They need to fire Joe Rogan immediately."

Another shared the story of a person in their 30s suffering from long COVID, and wrote that "@joerogan is a dangerous individual and @spotify needs to clamp down on this."

Someone else wrote, "@Spotify I like you but you need to stop supporting @joerogan now. If you don't, will happily cancel subscription."

But others came to Rogan's defense. Former OANN host Liz Wheeler tweeted, "Joe Rogan is correct about the COVID vaccine for kids & young healthy people," and The Spectator's Washington editor Amber Athey wrote, "It is a totally reasonable position for young healthy people to feel that the potential long term risks of an emergency vaccine outweigh the risks of getting COVID."

Gov. Ron DeSantis vows to take action to prevent 'vaccine passports' from coming to Florida



Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared Monday that he would take executive action to prevent "vaccine passports" from being made a requirement for Floridians to participate in society.

What is the background?

Governments and entire industries are rallying behind the "vaccine passport," a digital or physical certificate that would prove a person's COVID-19 vaccination status.

New York became the first state to roll out a vaccine passport program. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who is embroiled in multiple scandals related to the pandemic, said the immunity certificate, dubbed the "Excelsior Pass," will allow businesses and other venues to increase gathering capacities. The Washington Post reported that President Joe Biden is also working to develop a similar program that may be rolled out nationally.

There are significant privacy concerns with vaccine passports. However, building the digital infrastructure using blockchain technology, which New York's IBM-developed program uses, could alleviate such concerns.

What did DeSantis say?

DeSantis announced Monday that he would take "emergency" executive action this week action to prevent vaccine passports from coming to Florida.

"It's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able participate in normal society," DeSantis said. "You want to go to a movie theater, should you have to show that? No. You want to go to a game? No. You want to go to a theme park? No. So we're not supportive of that."

"People have certain freedoms and liberties to make certain decisions for themselves," he continued, expressing concerns over "huge privacy implications" of requiring vaccine passports.

DeSantis also urged Florida lawmakers to take action, explaining that preventing vaccine passports in Florida is ultimately a decision the state legislature would have to make.

"We need the legislature to come in and say, 'This is not happening in Florida,'" DeSantis said.

.@GovRonDeSantis stands up to @JoeBiden over his administration's "vaccine passport" plan:"We always said we want… https://t.co/L899Mt5W59
— Young Americans for Liberty (@Young Americans for Liberty)1617049800.0

Anything else?

Earlier in March, DeSantis promised Florida would not enact vaccine mandates or vaccine passports.

"I just want to make very clear in Florida, we are not doing any vaccine passports," DeSantis said. "I think it's a bad idea, and so that will not happen."

"And so folks should get vaccinated, if they want to, we'll obviously provide that, but under no circumstances will the state be asking you to show proof of vaccination, and I don't think private companies should be doing that either," he added.

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Hot mic appears to catch Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, state rep laughing about 'political theater' of wearing masks​​



A video circulating online appears to show Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic state Rep. Wendy Ullman chuckling over the "political theater" of wearing masks.

What did they say?

The two officials were preparing to take part in a press conference in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, when Wolf remarked to Ullman that he would be removing his mask when speaking onstage. At the time, Ullman was standing near the microphone with her mask still on.

"So Wendy, I'm gonna take — I'm gonna take my mask off when I speak," Wolf is heard saying.

Ullman then walks toward Wolf and off camera, responding, "I will as well, just, I'm waiting so that we can do a little political theater."

Wolf replies, "OK," as the two officials share a laugh and Ullman walks back toward the podium. She then adds for clarification: "So that it's on camera."

**Hot Mic** PA Gov @TomWolfPA & PA State Representative @RepUllman caught calling facemasks “political theater” https://t.co/N4F2ncDHIx
— Young Republican National Federation (@Young Republican National Federation)1601417261.0

Of course, it's possible that the two Democrats were joking about the situation. TheBlaze reached out to both officials for comment about the exchange, but neither have yet replied.

Even if they were joking, however, it's unlikely that such an excuse would satisfy Pennsylvanians, who have been living under some of the harshest coronavirus restrictions in the country.

Earlier this month, a federal judge actually ruled that the state's burdensome lockdowns, put in place by Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, were unconstitutional.

On July 2, Wolf issued an order that made wearing a mask mandatory. He also implemented a policy that limited indoor gatherings to 25 people and outdoor gatherings to 250 people.

There has been swift backlash

One Twitter user replied to a post made by Ullman, saying, "I enjoyed your political theater, meanwhile families and businesses suffer."

Another wrote: "Pelosi, Feinstein, now this. Rules for thee, but not for me."

The mayor of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Jondavid Longo, blasted Wolf and Ullman's actions, saying, "The destruction of the livelihoods of millions of Pennsylvanians is no laughing matter and we don't find this entertaining."

"The Pennsylvania Governor is purposefully hurting the economy to score political points," President Trump's former acting national intelligence director, Richard Grenell, wrote on Twitter. "Voters should take note."