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Monthly Archives: July 2011
HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 21 – Workers’ Councils
A little discussed but critical workers organization is the workers council. This organizational body is unique in recent history to the working class. The first workers council to ever be created was in Russia during the 1905 revolution. Since then, … Continue reading
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Dreaming About Marxism in Water Color Animation
I woke up at 4am today from a visually and politically beautiful dream. I had an all-animated dream. The dream was drawn in the same style as The Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist but the coloring was fluid, like … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 20 – The Revolutionary Newspaper
When I first joined a socialist group, I avoided at all cost the duty of selling the revolutionary newspaper. I hated it. It was embarrassing playing what I perceived to be the role of salesman. On top of that, there … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 19 – Post-Industrialism and Permanent Revolution
I recently read about a radical that was “going beyond Marxism” to analyze the new phenomenon of workers who operate with computers all day and, instead of fighting for shorter work hours, are actually trying to get overtime. What this … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 18 – Soldiers and Socialists
I was at art gallery event the other night and I came across some works that were meant to instill “appreciation” for “our soldiers.” the pieces were paintings that looked as if they had been derived from photos taken by … Continue reading
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