Привет! Меня зовут 真 凱魔!

[Камо́ Зэд]

. . . or "One Pretentious Introduction."

Apologies for the bizarre subject heading, but it's succeeded in grabbing your attention, hasn't it? This is an introduction for one Comrade Kamo Zed, whose name he takes from a notable Bolshevik, famous for his involvement in the 1907 Tiflis robbery. Born and raised in the United States of America, the foremost imperialist power in the world, I am affiliated with this country's major Communist Party; hopes are that there are enough like-minded individuals within the Party whose collective criticism and action can correct the Party's pervasive revisionist attitudes. As the custom user title suggests, I am a Marxist-Leninist whose political line I trace not to Trotsky, but to Stalin, and not through Mao, but through Hoxha. The attitude, here, is that the Soviet Union and Socialist Albania were models of the socialist endeavor, before the domination by revisionists and the Liberman/Kosygin reforms of the former and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc devastating the latter. These attitudes comprise the politics of this comrade.

I am a student, a studio artist, and an almost minimum wage worker for a local business, with only very little of my wages available for my continuing education and for funding my own creative endeavors. It is my hope to explore the framework of socialist realism through sequential art and visual narrative, as well as to explore creative attitudes inspired by the October Revolution, such as Constructivism and various other "anti-art" paradigms.

I look forward to an exchange of ideas, but I must admit upfront I'm rather long-winded and stubborn. It's my hope that active discourse will help me mitigate these problems. Thank you for your time, comrades.

[Lenina Rosenweg]

. . . or "One Pretentious Introduction."

I am affiliated with this country's major Communist Party; hopes are that there are enough like-minded individuals within the Party whose collective criticism and action can correct the Party's pervasive revisionist attitudes.

Priviet tovarish! Huanying dao zeige wang ji liao tian shi.

Do you mean the CPUSA? Most people here think they are far beyond hope. You might find this interesting.

http://houstoncommunistparty.com/some-thoughts-on-recent-cpusa-activities-in-houston/

Anyway, welcome.

[Sam_b]

I never understand why new users from non-Slavic countries post introductions in Russian. Is it supposed to be impressive?

[Comrade Samuel]

I never understand why new users from non-Slavic countries post introductions in Russian. Is it supposed to be impressive?




. . . or "One Pretentious Introduction."

Apologies for the bizarre subject heading, but it's succeeded in grabbing your attention, hasn't it? This is an introduction for one Comrade Kamo Zed, whose name he takes from a notable Bolshevik, famous for his involvement in the 1907 Tiflis robbery. Born and raised in the United States of America, the foremost imperialist power in the world, I am affiliated with this country's major Communist Party; hopes are that there are enough like-minded individuals within the Party whose collective criticism and action can correct the Party's pervasive revisionist attitudes. As the custom user title suggests, I am a Marxist-Leninist whose political line I trace not to Trotsky, but to Stalin, and not through Mao, but through Hoxha. The attitude, here, is that the Soviet Union and Socialist Albania were models of the socialist endeavor, before the domination by revisionists and the Liberman/Kosygin reforms of the former and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc devastating the latter. These attitudes comprise the politics of this comrade.

I am a student, a studio artist, and an almost minimum wage worker for a local business, with only very little of my wages available for my continuing education and for funding my own creative endeavors. It is my hope to explore the framework of socialist realism through sequential art and visual narrative, as well as to explore creative attitudes inspired by the October Revolution, such as Constructivism and various other "anti-art" paradigms.

I look forward to an exchange of ideas, but I must admit upfront I'm rather long-winded and stubborn. It's my hope that active discourse will help me mitigate these problems. Thank you for your time, comrades.

It impresses me that you don't actualy READ the introduction before ripping on the new members, especially when this new member never even mentioned if he was from a Slavic nation, spoke the language or if even had prior knowledge of other members who do that.

Welcome to the forum! You seem to have a lot to contribute and I can't wait to see you start posting.

[Камо́ Зэд]

Priviet tovarish! Huanying dao zeige wang ji liao tian shi.

Do you mean the CPUSA? Most people here think they are far beyond hope. You might find this interesting. ...


Anyway, welcome.

Thank you for the welcome, comrade, and I did indeed mean the C.P.U.S.A. I may have heard about something like this on Marxism-Leninism Today I'd like to retain some optimism with regards to the Party, if I can. I look forward to future exchanges with you, comrade, although you may find my Russian sparse and elementary and my Chinese non-existent.


I never understand why new users from non-Slavic countries post introductions in Russian. Is it supposed to be impressive?

Hello, comrade. I'm actually not even of Slavic descent, but rather of fairly assimilated Irish stock. What you've read is what little Russian I've learned from a few days in an introductory course. Given that a foreign language is a prerequisite for my field of study, I figured I'd learn the language of Lenin, both for its history and my love of its sound and the aesthetic of Cyrillic writing. (No offense, but I read your post in Seth MacFarlane's voice.) I look forward to future exchanges.


Welcome to the forum! You seem to have a lot to contribute and I can't wait to see you start posting.

Thank you, comrade! You've given me some confidence in my potential to contribute to the forum meaningfully. I look forward to future exchanges.

[Sam_b]

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It impresses me that you don't actualy READ the introduction, especially when this new member never even mentioned if he was from a Slavic nation


Born and raised in the United States of America


It impresses me that you don't actualy READ the introduction

[Igor]

I never understand why new users from non-Slavic countries post introductions in Russian. Is it supposed to be impressive?

it's a real shocker that a M-L would fetishize Russian stuff though

[Камо́ Зэд]

it's a real shocker that a M-L would fetishize Russian stuff though

The argument could be made that the Russian language is fairly cool on its own. It is the language of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, after all.

[hatzel]

Apologies for the bizarre subject heading, but it's succeeded in grabbing your attention, hasn't it?Sometimes attention can be grabbed for all the wrong reasons...

Welcome to the forum, though. Good luck!

[Камо́ Зэд]

Sometimes attention can be grabbed for all the wrong reasons...

Welcome to the forum, though. Good luck!

Thank you, comrade! Let's work well together. I look forward to future exchanges.

[Igor]

The argument could be made that the Russian language is fairly cool on its own. It is the language of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, after all.

Yeah no need to tell me man, I've been taking Russian since high school and was pretty near to actually majoring in Russian lit, reading Dostoyevsky in the original language is something I really wanna be able to do one day. But it just really annoys me how there are certain forums poster who fetishize the Soviet Union and as a result, Russian language, in kinda bizarre ways. I've even met people who've insisted on calling the Soviet Union 'CCCP' while speaking English because that's what the Soviets did durr

[Arlekino]

Welcome comrade
I came from Lithuania, but is good and kind from Soviet Union education of teaching me Russian writers and history as you mentioned Tolstoy, Majakovsky and many more as always proud of myself I can speak and write fluent in Russian, I wish I could do in English. meh no English for me.

[Mr. Natural]

Welcome, Comrade Kamo Zed! I find you to be forceful and interesting, but "Kamo Zed"? Wasn't he Simon Ter-Petrossian, who Montefiore describes as an "amoral, unbounded psychopath" in Young Stalin? And yes, I know Montefiore is a liberal, but his lengthy descriptions of Ter-Petrossian and his actions seem indisputable.

It seems to me that a case could be made that Ter-Petrossian was the very essence of what went wrong with Bolshevism and the Russian Revolution. For that matter, I don't believe he gave a damn for Bolshevism. Conspiracy and ultra-violence were his game.

Then there's the problem of CPUSA. Well, all left parties need re-revolutionizing, the various CPs seem most in need of this, and you seem to be the sort to radically revise matters. But the CP? Why? My sensibilities are with the recently deceased radical lawyer, William Kunstler, who when asked if he was a member of the Communist Party replied: "No. I'm a registered Democrat, which is well to the left of the Communist Party."

I've probably been too argumentative for Introductions, but you can handle it, and I'm looking forward to your posts in the forums.

My red-green best.

[Камо́ Зэд]

Welcome, Comrade Kamo Zed! I find you to be forceful and interesting, but Kamo Zed? Wasn't he Simon Ter-Petrossian, who Montefiore describes as an "amoral, unbounded psychopath" in Young Stalin? And yes, I know Montefiore is a liberal, but his lengthy descriptions of Ter-Petrossian and his actions seem indisputable.

I believe Kamo's actual given name was Semeno, but I suppose that it's related to the name Simon. It is true that Kamo was involved in many acts of what would be called terrorism against the bourgeoisie, and he was a friend of Stalin's, back when our old Uncle Joe went by Koba. While I'm not uncritical of Stalin, I do admire the man, and I've got what some would characterize as a morbid interest in his bank-robbing comrade.


It seems to me that a case could be made that Ter-Petrossian was the very essence of what went wrong with Bolshevism and the Russian Revolution. For that matter, I don't believe he gave a damn for Bolshevism. Conspiracy and ultra-violence were his game.I believe Kamo is typically characterized in such a way not unlike our Comrade Stalin, meaning that there is more to the political impetus of these characterizations than there is solid fact. It isn't a matter of dispute that Kamo was involved in very violent undertakings (to the point at which I understand even Lenin was uncomfortable), but what revolutionary activity isn't "psychopathic" and "terrorist" to those in power? It's the exception rather than the rule that someone is motivated more by his blood-lust than he is by his politics, although it occurs to me that the two aren't always mutually exclusive, unfortunately.


Then there's the problem of CPUSA. Well, all left parties need re-revolutionizing, the various CPs seem most in need of this, and you seem to be the sort to radically revise matters. But the CP? Why? My sensibilities are with the recently deceased radical lawyer, William Kunstler, who when asked if he was a member of the Communist Party replied: "No. I'm a registered Democrat, which is well to the left of the Communist Party."Believe it or not, I'm also, to some extent, involved with the I.S.O., an openly Trotskyist organization. You can imagine that this isn't the most agreeable course of action for someone who characterizes himself as a Stalinist. The Communist Party at least has some historical connection to Marxism-Leninism, and it is one of the most prominent socialist organizations in the United States. I work with the two organizations I've mentioned because, so far, they're the two that are the most active within my area, and my experience is that not every participant is a strict adherent to the main organization's line. You'd be surprised how open some people are to Stalin and Hoxha, which gives me some hope with regards to theory in general.


I've probably been too argumentative for Introductions, but you can handle it, and I'm looking forward to your posts in the forums.

My red-green best.Not at all, comrade, and thank you. Let's work well together, and I look forward to future exchanges.

[Positivist]

Everyone wanna calm the fuck down, its an introduction.

Anyway welcome comrade! I've already read some quite impressive posts by you.

[Камо́ Зэд]

Anyway welcome comrade! I've already read some quite impressive posts by you.

Thank you, comrade! Let's work well together. I look forward to future exchanges.

[Radikal]

it's a real shocker that a M-L would fetishize Russian stuff though

Вы с ума сошли, брат? (Haha, went to Google Translate just for you!)

No but seriously, welcome!