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the future belongs to those who are willing to create it.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

i think these pages in particular are very important. especially since the nigerian election has passed.

(pages from imperialism and underdevelopment in nigeria: the diaclects of mass poverty, by bade onimode).

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

one day, you will crumble.

[APC Nigeria @OfficialAPCNg]

31/36.

[Barra Hart @barrahart]

Nigerian soldiers.

Grown men with guns in their personal possession.

Marching into a meat grinder for a government that answers to white pedophiles.

And begging bloody civilian journalists to fight their battles for them.

Oya naw. Make all of us quench finish🤷🏽‍♂️

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@afolxbi uk nigerians would give them a run for their money 😂

[Soda @fredsoda]

just in case people didn’t realize

the US hitting civilian infrastructure like desalination plants doesn’t advance its political goals

if anything it’s a sign the US is losing and growing desperate by trying to provoke a response from Iran

hope this helps

[Barzan Sadiq @BarzanSadiq]

Shiite blocs inside #Iraq’s parliament chanting “Death to America” during today’s session.

[James🔻 @GoodVibePolitik]

You really have to hand it to Hezbollah. They saw what was looking to be a massive preemptive Israeli strike against already degraded security conditions, flipped the script by striking first, and have been giving the Israelis hell every single moment since. Impressive efforts.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@Aameein you’re welcome.

of course there are!

baba omojola, claude ake, ola oni, niyi oniororo, are the ones that first come to mind.

there’s so many to sift through.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

allow me to introduce you to the late great dr bade onimode 😁

[Iyefu @iyefuu]

I am genuinely interested in engaging with Nigerian communists and Marxists, and I need actual answers as to why you believe communism is the best solution for Africa. Personally, I believe it is one of the worst imported Western ideas, not necessarily because of the egalitarian nature of the ideology, but because of the methodology of implementation.

My questions:

1. Nigeria is not a homogenous society. How do you intend to achieve a homogenous society, considering the fact that communism in its nature is anti-nationalist? Do you intend to forcefully homogenise Nigerian society through ethnic cleansing, suppression of minority tribes, or by making identity purely class-based, and how realistically can this be achieved?

2. Communism's historical failure. From Maoism, Leninism, and Stalinism, the utopia promised by communism was never achieved. A stateless, classless society has never existed. Freedom from the alienation of workers was never achieved. Instead, what these revolutions did was consolidate power into a new type of elite and impose authoritarian governments that ended up alienating the very liberals who were part of the revolution. I have asked this question before and someone said communist societies become authoritarian because of hostility from capitalist countries.

3. What are our priorities then? Are your priorities anti-imperialist for the sake of it, or are you more interested in the material prosperity of our nations? In this zeitgeist, most communist countries are struggling with economic stagnation and hostility from hegemons. Is it really smart to take a radical anti-imperialist stance if there is no guarantee of material progress, or do you believe the ideological resistance is worth it and will embolden African consciousness?

4. The china question? Is china actually a communist country, or china is a mixed-economy?

5. Nigeria's problem is majorly state-led predation and corruption. In our context, is giving the state more power a solution, or does it simply consolidate the state's power to continue looting?

6. Directing this question to intersectional feminists: most of the progress we have had in feminism actually came from liberal democracies supported by largely capitalistic societies. I am curious about the appeal of communism, as it seems to grant egalitarianism mostly rhetorically rather than practically.

So I am genuinely interested in hearing pragmatic ways you intend to make communism a successful system in Nigeria.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@tami_koroye @Primitivemanman @RakeemShabazz it is possible for some of his works, just not for the “an introduction to marxist political economy” as i have yet to scan it, nor have i come across a scanned pdf (at least i don’t think i have).

i will update the google drive.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

while i have your attention:

https://t.co/bxt5SwEkbt

there has been an ongoing discussion on nigerian twitter regarding books, piracy, etc.

let’s work together towards making books accessible and raise the class and political consciousness of the nigerian masses!

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

this guy needs to be chased out of nigeria immediately.

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Freeman says Iran is sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria and West Africa, including support for the Islamic Movement of Nigeria https://t.co/s805CBBm0B

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@Primitivemanman @RakeemShabazz let me know if this link still works.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@taxfeeq @digitalroon https://t.co/R00d7uEu29

you both should be able access the book with this link, and you’ll be able to download as well.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@phethani4 i know there are so many to sift through, but it is really a shame how understudied african marxists are… especially amongst africans.

onimode is literally a goldmine and he’s just one person 😭

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@Big_Mck yup. ever since the 1970s this has been true.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

eh, i guess. but the 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255 range isn’t the only private ipv4 range…

this kind of scenario is kind of tricky because a sophisticated evil twin can mimic the ssid, frequency and maybe even the psk, too.

best bet is to either:

1.) don’t connect
2.) use a vpn

[Abdulkadir | Cybersecurity @cyber_razz]

A both funny and educational meme. Let me explain:

In the first panel, Joey is excited because the hotel’s “free Wi-Fi” is extremely fast. Anyone who has stayed in hotels knows their Wi-Fi is usually slow, overloaded, and frustrating. So when a connection suddenly feels blazing fast, it feels like you got lucky.

In the second panel, Joey checks his device and notices his IP address starts with 172.16.42.x. His expression instantly changes to shock — because that number means something very specific in cybersecurity.

That IP range is the well-known default network configuration used by a device called a WiFi Pineapple.

A WiFi Pineapple is a portable penetration-testing tool that attackers can use to create rogue Wi-Fi access points. It can imitate legitimate networks … like a hotel’s Wi-Fi and trick nearby devices into connecting to it instead of the real network.

Once your device connects, the attacker effectively becomes the network in the middle, allowing them to observe or manipulate traffic passing through it. This is a classic Man in the Middle (MitM) attack.

The reason the connection feels “fast” is simple: you’re probably one of the few people connected to it, and the attacker is letting your traffic pass through so they can monitor it.

So if you ever connect to public Wi-Fi and notice an IP address like 172.16.42.x, there’s a good chance you’re not actually on the hotel’s network…. you might be connected to a rogue hotspot controlled by someone else.

[COMBATE |🇵🇷 @upholdreality]

China: "We have met every target of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Our renewable output alone now exceeds electricity consumption for the entire EU"

USA: "We are killing little girls in Iran for Israel. $779M/day. Can't protect Dubai or Kuwait. Life expectancy: behind Cuba."

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

@Big_Mck @BRICSinfo that account has been posting rubbish for quite some time now.

i had to unfollow them because of how often they would tweet fake geopolitical news. such nonsense.

[👨🏾‍💻 @cmrdef]

“piracy is theft” “piracy is stealing”

lol knock it off. you don’t care about that and you know you don’t.

someone bypassing paywalls to access resources like books and movies doesn’t keep you up at night, nor do you clutch your pearls at the very thought of it.

[Kehinde 🇳🇬 @kalonge93]

Examples of Nigerian books that are extremely difficult to acquire but would be essential for the mass of folks to get their hands and eyes on 🙏🏾

Here’s a list of some other hard to get books: https://t.co/cy9H5HZ6ry

[Big Timi @OrevaZSN]

I genuinely hate poverty. I hate what poverty does to people, how it destroys their dignity, enslaves them, and limits their lives.