Um, Hey there.

[Red Enemy]

I like french, hence my name. I'm not very good at it, even with a Quebecois mother.

I live in Alberta, or as my comrades in the east call it "Little Amurica".

I'm a Labourer in the oil sands.

I consider myself a "Marxist-Contrarian". What I mean is I am a communist who thinks positively of Lenin, the October revolution and the Bolsheviks. At the same time, I oppose much of what Lenin/Bolsheviks did, and what he had become in the 20s. I also don't care for Trotsky, except his Permanent Revolution theory. I agree that Lenin's "ultra-centrism" was necessary to an extent, but that it went too far in the end. I oppose the idea that a modern party needs to model itself after the Bolshevik model, hello, this isn't Tsarist Russia in the 1900s.

Nor do I lay myself in the Bordigist camp, I find him rather boring and his take on democracy to be absurd.

That's me in a nutshell.

:lol:

[Yet_Another_Boring_Marxist]

Well atleast you don't like Bordiga, which makes you a friend of mine.

Glad to have you on board.

[Ostrinski]

Welcome comrade.

Your positions make you sound like you will fit in quite nicely with the left communist crowd here on revleft which is sizable. I'd say most of them would agree 100% with your appraisal of the Bolsheviks and Russian Revolution.

Hope your stay here is productive.

[prolcon]

I think you and I will get along, in that I find myself falling toward the Leninist end of the spectrum, but I'm more than willing to identify what I find reprehensible within Soviet history. Be warned, though; if you're not going to buy wholesale into moralized caricatures of Stalin, Lenin, et al., you're going to get flamed a bit. In any case, I think you're the type to make some good posts. I look forward to your participation here.

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

Bunch of Wobblies up in Edmonton if you pass through there on your time off at all. Did you grow up in Alberta, or are you just out there to work?
I'm from Atlantic Canada, so, needless to say, I know a lot of people who've gone out there to work (then blown all their money on drugs, booze, and really nice trucks).

[Yazman]

Welcome to Revleft! If you have any issues or concerns please PM and I'll do my best to help out.

Feel free to use this thread to ask questions about the site as well.

[o well this is ok I guess]

I live in Alberta, or as my comrades in the east call it "Little Amurica". Thats makes you the third guy here living in this shit hole.

If you're ever in Edmonton we can drink and shit.

[l'Enfermé]

"Little Amurica" heh. Welcome mate.

[Red Enemy]

I live in Fort McKay, originally from the Atlantic region. Don't go outside the Mac very often.

But yeah, I appreciate Leninism and the Bolsheviks, critically.

[Ghazkull]

Welcome to Revleft.

Quebec is awesome. My mommy was in Motreal in 1976, during the Olympics as a mamber of Soviet Team. She says Canada is very similar to Russia :cool: