Greetings

[Snard]

Just joined here yesterday. I was ecstatic to find such a large community full of fellow leftists. Hard to find since the large majority of people have been brainwashed into capitalistic thinking and right-wing ideologies. So I suppose I should get to actually introducing myself.

Screen name: Snard

Affiliation: Somewhat complicated. I agree with some of Marx's ideals and some of Bakunin's ideals. I am an anarcho-socialist/communist with some syndicalist views. I used to have pseudo-fascist views due to my former affiliation with a racial nationalist. I have since cut off contact with them and found myself realizing that any right wing or centrist ideology(ies) is/are idiotic.

Interests: Politics and economics of course. Music. Psychology and sociology. Writing. Underground activism.

I suppose that's about it for my introduction. I hope to find worthwhile people here, though from what I've seen that is bound to happen.

☭

[Fourth Internationalist]

Hello! How long have you been an anarcho-communist? If you want to learn more about Marx(ism), you should read Friedrich Engel's Principles of Communism (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm) and/or his Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/06/09.htm). It's available at marxists.org (Marxists Internet Archive).

I'd recommend checking this out (MIA): Beginners Guide to Marxism (http://marxists.org/subject/students/index.htm) and Lenin's The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (http://marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm).

Also, here are a few books (PDFs) that are a good introduction to Marxism.

Marx: A Beginner's Guide (http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/fss/e8cf47710e69d334b5e9e87b31f39d5c/Collier+-+Marx+A+Beginners+Guide.pdf)

The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx (http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/fss/d82d1569f5dc8ef869a21aba711c0f88/Callinicos+-+Revolutionary+Ideas+of+Marx.pdf)

Welcome! :D

[SonofRage]

Affiliation: Somewhat complicated. I agree with some of Marx's ideals and some of Bakunin's ideals. I am an anarcho-socialist/communist with some syndicalist views.



A lot of anarchists, myself included, are influenced by Marx and Marxists. It doesn't have to be complicated. :)


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[Skyhilist]

It's cool to like both Marx and Bakunin. I agree with pretty much everything Marx said except DOTP and states essentially. Being an anarchist doesn't have to mean "Marx was wrong about everything", and being a Marxist doesn't have to mean "Bakunin was wrong about everything."

[Snard]

Only about a few months actually. And thank you, I am always willing to learn more.