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7mon
Why Chinese Democracy is Better than Western Democracy [Whole-Process People's Democracy Explained]
https://www.sinification.com/p/why-chinese-democracy-is-better-thanSUMMARY: ... read full post
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8mon
My concerns with the purges/general anti-stalin opposition
So, I guess I get the general gist, but I think my main concern is just how many plots (or supposed plots) there were against Stalin and his faction or the USSR in general at the highest order of government. ... read full post
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8mon
The Bandung Spirit
https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-the-bandung-spirit/7
8mon
What determines whether a colony will be an extrationary or settler colony?
I have begun reading Wang Huning's America Against America and there's one section where he talks about the intial colonization of the Americas and the difference between settler colonies and enslavement colonies. He cites Li Qiren's argument that the native americans were expelled and exterminated because they had not reached a high enough stage of development to be worth enslaving rather than just stealing their land. Meanwhile in Asia and africa and such the societies had reached a high enough stage of development to be worth enslaving. ... read full post
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8mon
Churchill and the Munich agreement
So, I was finishing up Lyudmilla Pavlochenko's autobiography (which I strongly reccomend), and there was one section where she met then prime Minister Winston churchill and his wife. Something I found surprising was one of her reasons as to why she was surprised to be meeting with him. ... read full post
23
9mon
What separates socialism from state capitalism? (I promise I'm not an anarchist)
So, in discussions about Gaddafi era Libya, people usually say it was state capitalism, from what I've seen anyway. Thats fair and I think I agree (although if you pointed a gun at me and forced me to define it, the best I could think of would be anti-colonial bonapartism, but idk). However, it does make many wonder what splits socialism from state capitalism. For instance, the soviet union under the NEP is fairly regularly called a period of "state capitalism." Bukharin is also usually labeled a right oppurtunist who was open to the Bourgeois elements of the NEP men. Conversely, China and Vietnam today are said to be "market socialist." ... read full post
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9mon
Have ultras even read Mao
So, I'm currently reading On Contradiction, just got done with Chapter 3 ... read full post
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10mon
What are the limits of censorship in china?
So, obviously books denying the Nanjing Massacre, promoting fascism and other things are banned, but where's the general line. For instance, the book Beijing comrades is banned (although it wasn't published by an actual publishing house, rather it was distributed online), and Peacock cries was banned before the author won in court and was allowed to publish it (after removing the references to real life things like the three gorges dam). ... read full post
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10mon
The Attitude of the RSDLP Towards the War — Chapter 1 | V.I. Lenin
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/s-w/ch01.htmGood pamphlet, similar to "on protracted war" by Mao. Quick short except for motivation. ... read full post
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11mon
Infographics detailing the stages of development of socialism according to the writings of professor Cheng Enfu, President of the Academy of Marxism at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6839496
stolen collectivized from @TheDialecticalCommunist@social.marxist.network on mastodon/akkoma.
Link to original post: https://social.marxist.network/@TheDialecticalCommunist/113892128990028728
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11mon
Lenin: Stolypin and the Revolution
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1911/oct/18.htmThe assassination of the arch-hangman Stolypin occurred at a time when a number of symptoms indicated that the first period in the history of the Russian counter-revolution was coming to an end. That is why the event of September 1, quite insignificant in itself, again raises the extremely important question of the content and meaning of the counter-revolution in Russia. One discerns notes of a really serious and principled attitude amid the chorus of reactionaries who are servilely singing the praises of Stolypin, or are rummaging in the history of the intrigues of the Black-Hundred gang which is lording it over Russia, and amid the chorus of the liberals who are shaking their heads over the “wild and insane” shot (it goes without saying that included among the liberals are the former Social-Democrats of Dyelo Zhizni who used the hackneyed expression quoted above). Attempts are being made to view “the Stolypin period” of Russian history as a definite entity. ... read full post
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11mon
What do think tanks actually do?
25
11mon
Huey P. Newton, The Correct Handling of a Revolution, In Defense of Self Defense, The Black Panther, July 20, 1967
https://www.marxists.org/archive/newton/1967/07/20.htm@SovietReporter asked a really good question on c/askLemmygrad, and later on I stumbled on a text by Huey Newton that synthesises well the need for a vanguard party, so I decided to share it here for more visibility. ... read full post
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12mon
Are there any resources of Mauritanian ‘Socialism’ under the Mauritanian People's Party 1960-78
https://wikipedia.org/media/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Moktar_Ould_Daddah_-_1977_cropped.jpg
20
1.0yr
Help finding PDF of CIA involvement with Uyghur Seperatists in 2002
Does anyone have it, or any similar resources for that matter? Thank you in advance.
73
1.0yr
Happy birthday to Friedrich Engels!
Happy 204th birthday to Friedrich Engels, co-founder of scientific socialism and the international workers’ movement! Over 100 years of class struggle are built on Engels’ works and legacy. ... read full post
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1.1yr
What should've been the stance of Belgiun and Serbian anti imperialists during world War 1?
... read full post
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1.1yr
Was “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” banned in the Soviet Union? What was the Soviet reaction to the book? Does anyone have any sources?
I’m currently writing an article for a newspaper and one of the subsections revolves around a societal responsibility towards propaganda; especially racial or ideologically Nazi propaganda as in the example of Jud Suß. ... read full post
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1.1yr
Books on Chinese Government/Civics?
I'm looking for a good book on Chinese civics. I know the very basics of how the government's structured, but I want to go more in-depth. ... read full post
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1.1yr
Mao's "On Protracted War" (first half) | GenZedong/GenZhou Reading Group (Juche 113, Week 45)
You can read the text here. This week, we're covering everything up to but not including "War and politics". Post questions/analysis here and/or join our Matrix space.
22
1.1yr
Rules of the Black Panther Party
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/unknown-date/party-rules.htmA short set of rules that lays down in a pretty clear fashion some fundamentals of democratic centralism.
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1.2yr
"The Modern Monetary Trick" by Michael Roberts | GenZedong/GenZhou Reading Group (Juche 113, Week 42)
You can read the text here. Post questions/analysis here and/or join our Matrix space
12
1.2yr
Hezbollah, Anti-imperialism, and the Compatible Left
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-anti-imperialism-and-the-compatible-leftA review of Banerjee's "Fighting Imperialism and Authoritarian Regimes: Between the Devil and the Deep Sea" (2003) and Salamey's "Hezbollah, Communitarianism, and Anti-Imperialism" (2019). ... read full post
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1.2yr
Is there any evidence of Russia interfering in the 2016 US presidential election?
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1.2yr
"The GDP Illusion" by John Smith | GenZedong/GenZhou Reading Group (Juche 113, Week 39)
You can read the text here. Post questions/analysis here and/or join our Matrix space