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HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 36 – Anarchists and the Precariat
The Occupy movement has completely shaken up the political establishment in the US and emboldened more working class people to become political actors through direct involvement in Occupy events, protests, and organizing. The Occupy movement has got the ball rolling … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Class, Communism, Marxism, Marxism 101, Marxism for dummies, Noam Chomsky, Occupy, Precariat, Proletariat, socialism, Working class
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HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 34 – Understanding Mass Radicalization and the Growth of Anarchism
Today, in the wake of the Occupy movement in the US, there is a spike in people turning to Anarchism to provide them with solutions, strategies, and tactics to solve the problems we are all facing in the Great Recession. … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Anarchism, Communism, Leftism, Marxism, Marxism 101, Marxism for dummies, Occupy, Radicalism, socialism, Working class
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HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 33 – What is Revolution?
If socialism is the dictatorship of the proletariat against the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, and a socialist is a class conscious fighter who works within a revolutionary party to provide leadership for the proletariat to build socialism through revolution, then … Continue reading
Trayvon Martin Video and Police Violence in Black Neighborhoods
I watched this video on WeAreMany.org titled Trayvon Martin and the Fight Against the New Jim Crow. This video is unbelievably important for a number of reasons, a few of which I wanted to briefly review in this post. For … Continue reading
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Tagged Black communities, Black neighborhoods, Chris Harman, Communism, Kony 2012, multi-racial resistance, New Jim Crow, Police violence, Racial profiling, racism, Racist violence, Resistance, Revolution, Segregation, socialism, Socialist worker, Trayvon Martin, we are many
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NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: Hunger Games and Class Struggle
Most of the reviews I have found online for this movie have been about what was or was not different in comparison to the original book. This is not what I am here to discuss. In fact, I’ve never even … Continue reading
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Tagged Class, Class struggle, District 11, Games, Hunger, Movie, Night at the movies, Review, Riot, Rue, Steven Soderbergh
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HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 32 – What is a Socialist?
So from discussing a bit about what socialism is, it is also important to understand what a socialist is. A socialist is someone who agrees with the general Marxist analysis of society. They understand that society is divided into classes … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 31 – What is Socialism?
Ever since the Arab Spring of 2011, and the international Occupy movement that it inspired, many people all over the world are turning to revolutionary people and ideas to both explain the current situation and point the way forward. As … Continue reading
The Proletariat Turns 21 in Twenty-Eleven
Dear comrades, For the few of you that follow this blog, I do apologize for my few and far between posts over the past three or four months. My life is going through a lot of hurdles during these tough … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Communism, Marxism, Marxism for dummies, Political recap, Recap, Review, Revolution, socialism
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HOW TO BECOME A MARXIST: 30 – Cops and Communists
In a previous post I went into the issue of “Soldiers and Socialists” and tried to explain the relationship of soldiers to the working class, how socialists should relate to them, and the potential for soldiers to side with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Communism, Cops, Criminal justice, Marxism, Marxism 101, Marxism for dummies, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, police, Revolution, socialism
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