Hello!

[Glitch112]

Hello.
I have been looking through these forums today for the first time.
And I am relieved to have found people similar to me in how we view the world.

I am in my Teens, and am learning how the world works. Through personal and others own experiences. for a few years I was fascinated by the Soviet Union and how it worked. I was interested in the Russian revolution of 1917, in my spare time I have studied Vladimir Lenin and how he gained power for the soviets.
I plan to study more aspects of the left, and of course hear other peoples views and opinions of previous events.

I appreciate any suggestions of where to get started, or any interesting threads to look at.

Thank you For reading!

Glitch112

[Q]

Welcome :)

If you have political questions, you can ask them in the Learning forum. That's why it's there after all!

If you have questions about your account, don't hesitate to send me a PM or ask here.

Presenting the Russian revolution as "how Lenin gained power for the soviets" might be a little skewed. I suppose you can dig into the history of Marxist Social-Democracy. It was their strategies that gave Lenin and the Bolsheviks their political strategies, be it under Russian conditions.

Also, where are you from and what's the left there like?

[Glitch112]

Thank you for your response!

Yes, i do apologies, my view of it was 'skewed' for a while. However I have understood how I did not have the full picture and I'm here to try to get a better understanding!
Thank you for the suggestions.

I'm from England, and the left is not really mentioned between people.
It does annoy me, I like to be open with people and if they ask my opinion I will answer as best I can. But my family are a mixture of Christian, and right-wing so we dont always see eye to eye!

At college I try to explain my interests and fascinations with the left, however many people hear the words 'Left wing - Karl Marx - Lenin' and shut me up pretty quickly haha. So yes, many people either don't care, or cant be bothered.