Rakhmetov
8th August 2009, 15:17
A little bit of Leninism for breakfast gives you the strength of a hundred camels in the courtyard.
(My adaptation of a Arabian adage)
Those who do not prepare for armed uprising must be ruthlessly cast out of the ranks of the supporters of the revolution and sent back to the ranks of its enemies, traitors or cowards.... (A letter of 16 October, 1905 cited by Bertram Wolfe)
"An oppressed class which does not strive to use arms, to obtain arms, deserves to be treated as slaves.
The freer, or more democratic a bourgeois country is, the more fiercely does the capitalist gang rage against workers revolution; this is exemplified by the democratic republic of the United States of America. (ibid, 1923 Edition, Vol. XVIII, pp. 100, 375)
We are not going to let ourselves be deceived by such high-sounding slogans like freedom, equality, and the will of the majority, and those who call themselves democrats, the partisans of pure democracy, consistent democracy, directly or indirectly opposing it to the dictatorship of the proletariat. We declare that we are fighting capitalism as such, the free, republican, democratic capitalism included, and we realize, of course, that in this fight the banner of freedom will be waved defiantly at us. But our answer is every freedom is a fraud if it contradicts the interests of the emancipation of labour from the oppression of capital. (Collected Works, 1923 Edition, Vol. XIV, pp. 80-1, 203-4)
Capitalism cannot be defeated without the ruthless suppression of the resistance of the exploiters who will try to overthrow the hateful rule of the poor. A great revolution, and a socialist revolution in particular, is inconceivable without civil war, which implies a state of extreme indefiniteness." (Lenin, Selected Works, Russian Edition, Vol. 2, pp.277-8)
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.
The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemys cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.
(My adaptation of a Arabian adage)
Those who do not prepare for armed uprising must be ruthlessly cast out of the ranks of the supporters of the revolution and sent back to the ranks of its enemies, traitors or cowards.... (A letter of 16 October, 1905 cited by Bertram Wolfe)
"An oppressed class which does not strive to use arms, to obtain arms, deserves to be treated as slaves.
The freer, or more democratic a bourgeois country is, the more fiercely does the capitalist gang rage against workers revolution; this is exemplified by the democratic republic of the United States of America. (ibid, 1923 Edition, Vol. XVIII, pp. 100, 375)
We are not going to let ourselves be deceived by such high-sounding slogans like freedom, equality, and the will of the majority, and those who call themselves democrats, the partisans of pure democracy, consistent democracy, directly or indirectly opposing it to the dictatorship of the proletariat. We declare that we are fighting capitalism as such, the free, republican, democratic capitalism included, and we realize, of course, that in this fight the banner of freedom will be waved defiantly at us. But our answer is every freedom is a fraud if it contradicts the interests of the emancipation of labour from the oppression of capital. (Collected Works, 1923 Edition, Vol. XIV, pp. 80-1, 203-4)
Capitalism cannot be defeated without the ruthless suppression of the resistance of the exploiters who will try to overthrow the hateful rule of the poor. A great revolution, and a socialist revolution in particular, is inconceivable without civil war, which implies a state of extreme indefiniteness." (Lenin, Selected Works, Russian Edition, Vol. 2, pp.277-8)
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.
The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemys cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.