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===== [Haz vs Orthodox Canonist II - DECEMBER 26TH-28TH, 2023] =====
During this period of revitilization, research, and rigorous thought for Infrared, the Infrawiki gained new prominence. On January 13th, 2024, Haz created the infra-wiki channel in the server, and the site was collectivized with the help of showrunners. A major overhaul swept the site, deleting many of the wasteful, unprofessional, or unnecessary pages, including those related to Caleb Maupin and anything else which was not directly relevant to Infrared. Showrunners also helped to vet editors for the wiki since there were multiple attacks from wreckers trying to destroy pages, in addition to Infrared members creating or editing pages poorly. This channel in the Infrared Discord server was popular for about a week following its creation, but soon a small circle of administrators and other volunteers were the only regular contributors to the site. This group consisted of Infrawiki (Enigma), [[User:ComradeBanana|ComeradeBanana]], [[User:Darg|Darg]], Priyan, [[User:SullivanGLavish|Sully]], Amirio, [[User:All that is Solid|Alcazar]], Kenigma, and others. However, the workload could not fall to this small group, and the Haz's call to "mobilize the entire community" to delete pages was no impetus for Infrared members to continue developing the Infrawiki. Some of the most important and voluminous pages of the wiki, namely the [[Glossary for Infrared Canon|Glossary]], this page, [[Immanuel Kant]], [[Federal Reserve]], [[Palestine]], and others were created by this tiny fraction of Infrared which maintained the site. Among this group there was little communication, which led to an extremely decentralized group which hardly "overhauled" the whole wiki, as was intended. Infrawiki, aka Enigma, a longtime member of Infrared since the early original server, wrote the code for the wiki and maintained it until this point, and soon explained that his WeWrite application would eventually become the new Infrawiki.

That January, a member of Infrared named Kodalong became a meme inside IGG when he stood trial for ban evasion in the Discord server. The trial was streamed and took place in the Discord server. Kodalong was found guilty of multiple counts of ban evasion and sentenced to be banned forever, but Infrared members trolled each other by using his name or profile picture.

On January 23rd, 2024, Jackson and Infrared showrunner [[Grayson|Grayson Preutz]] and Jackson were interviewed by Chinese news organization and podcast Guancha, solidifying Infrared's popularity among Chinese netizens.

Haz began regularly appearing on TV on Russian Today through the next few months, offering geopolitical analysis and other reflections on the widening war in the East. 

Haz and Jackson gave a speech at Emory University on April 28th, 2024 which was coordinated with [[Norman Finkelstein]], who was supposed to follow them. They spoke poingantly on the genocide in Gaza and the enablers of Israel in the US government, as well as their liberal college student collaborators who melted down about Jackson and Haz speaking on campus. Norman freaked out at Grayson, who set up the whole event, because the speakers before him "glorified" October 7th (by making the same arguments Norman did all the time in interviews and elsewhere online). Norman refused to speak and Jackson and Haz were banned from Emory University.

In the mean time, Infrared forged sudden yet iron-clad coalitions with genuine anti-imperialists who were attacked by Western leftists. The X meme account [[Pamphlets]], [[Midwestern Marx]], [[DDGeopolitics]], and others unified with Infrared in a growing consensus against the "pan-leftists", who attacked all of them in much the same ways. Such attacks basically consisted of meltdowns about these people critiquing the Western left and being genuine Marxist-Leninists, although Pamphlets sometimes posted cringe.

On May 24th, 2024, Haz and Jackson held a live event in Dearborn, Michigan to launch their think tank, the [[Institute for a Free America]]. At least a hundred people showed up from all over the country and a party was held after a speech from Haz and Jackson. CNN's disinformation reporter Donie O'Sullivan showed up to film, where he met Charmhole, a weirdo who associated himself with Infrared and basically had a CNN documentary made about him, as if he was the average Jackson Hinkle supporter. When the documentary released later that year in September, it didn't mention IGG or Haz (who had a cameo) and made Jackson look normal and relatable. Charmhole subsequently began posting about how much he loves Nick Fuetnes and Groypers, revealing to anyone who didn't know him prior that he was an infiltrator and a wrecker who aligns more with neo-Nazis than the working class itself.

The Institute for a Free America served as a more informal organization, with Jackson and Haz promoting an anti-imperialist platform and giving a lecture on the relationship between the universal, globalist occupation of America and the American Revolution, on the one hand; and the particular Zionist occupation of Palestine and the guerilla war against Israel on the other. However, a formal organization was about to take root that June.

The Khan gave orders to all taqiya practitioners within the CPUSA to sharpen the contradictions between Party leadership and clubs at the 32nd Convention (June 7-9, 2024 in Chicago), by way of voting on Resolution 5. This resolution's passing would have meant the CPUSA officially take a hard line against Israel and the Zionist duopoly, but instead Joe Sims and the corrupt leadership changed the rules of the convention and circumvented democratic processes core to the Party. In the aftermath, many of Infrared's sleeper gorillacels agitated among CPUSA rank and file, and 29 of the Party's clubs were dissolved for contradicting leadership on Resolution 5. Months later, Haz would reveal that Operation CPUSA 2036 was still in effect with many sleeper gorillacels still in high-ranking CPUSA positions. This was a massive L for the former Communist Party, as they revealed themselves to be the nakedly Zionist lapdogs of the Democratic Party. 

From the ashes, on June 21st, 2024, American members of Infrared and Midwestern Marx formally united under and co-established the [[American Communist Party]]. This created massive controversy on X from all sides of political cyberspace, trending for over a week. However, the Party's foundation truly carved a golden center path of the Party between the "left" and right opposition, and doubly refounded the old Communist Party of America. (See [[ACP]] for more information)

Haz began to stream less and focus more on leading the Party and balancing his duties. He made more statements and worked behind the scenes mainly. With ACP in the picture, the Infrared Discord found a renewed motivation among its members. The "original content" channel was filled with people creating and critiquing each other's agitprop for ACP, attempting to nail down a general aesthetic going forward not only with ACP, but with Infrared too. Again the level of seriousness and the aesthetic bar were raised for Infrared as a whole and as a sum of its parts-- RTSG was the main cultivator of this sleek, professional new aesthetic sense.

It was around the same time that long-time Infrared member Volkvulture, known for never losing a debate due to his vast knowledge, sources, and debate style, became a meme which even spread outside of Infrared. Volk never posted on X, but debated countless people via replies. Volk would simply say "what [I/he/she] said is true" if his opponent failed to address his argument repeatedly or was trying to troll him. Volk's infamous profile picture of Joeseph Stalin smirking had become an iconic symbol of debate mastery in Infrared. Stickers and multiple friendly copycat accounts were created in honor of Volk, including a Bengali Volkvulture. Meanwhile, over the summer of 2024, Infrared members such as Karim, Rev, GhengisKanye, and others regularly went viral, as did RTSG's main and news acounts.

Nikki Kirgin had a decent online following of a few thousand and was already an influencer associated with IGG, but she went viral over the summer of 2024 for founding the Hegelian E-Girl group, holding a founding party in New York City in August. However, the group didn't last long with others backing out over simple disagreements and dogmatisms, which Nikki responded to with a lengthy critique. Infrared initially supported the group, but once the split occurred there was no group to even evaluate. Nikki continued to associate herself with Infrared until online evidence confirmed that she was acquainces with some self-hating Jewish neo-Nazi woman. After this became known, Infrared's members immediately expelled her from the Discord server. Nikki deleted her X account thereafter and claimed she was taking a break from the internet, leaving with a rant on her Instagram account.

Infrared members were branching out on X and hosting huge spaces. One of the most important spaces of this time was the September 1st, 2024 space entitled the "Court of the Lotus Flower: From Buddhism to Mao". This space was incredibly enlightened, consisting of Karim, Calliouness and guests, and discussing Buddhism, electoralism, the future of America, and Chinese Communism. This not only became a meme-- the Lotus Court was a reflection of both the reconciliation of eastern religions with Marxism, as a development of this phenomenon; as well as the return to Eastern philosophical tradition which Logo evinced throughout August, September, and October of 2024.