Tendencies

[Comrade Strong]

I am hopelessly ignorant when it comes to the denominations of the left and the beliefs that each division has. I know that there are resources to do this with but I feel that this way would be much faster and more concise. Therefore my main questions for each tendency are:

How do the proletariat gain control (revolution/reforms)?
How is this new society administered (one party state/anarchism)?
Do you wish to create Marx's fifth stage?
Economic policies?
How are the Bourgeois/Nobility 'dealt' with?

[Comrade #138672]

Good idea. :)

[Tim Cornelis]

I was going to make a list of internal debates within the far-left to help those new to it navigate the various tendencies, but I never fleshed it out. It's not entirely accurate nor complete, it's a mere draft.

What year did the Russian revolution degenerate?
A) 1918 B) 1921 C) 1922 D)1925 E) 1953 F) 1989 E) Bourgeois revolution

A = Marxist-Humanism, Anarcho-Communism,
B = Orthodox Marxism, left-communism
C = Orthodox Marxism
D = Trotskyism
E = Anti-Revisionist Marxism-Leninism
F = Marxism-Leninism
E = Anarcho-Communism, Council Communism

What caused the degeneration of the Russian revolution?
A) Authoritarianism/Substitutionism B) Isolation C) Civil War D) Backward material conditions E) Revisionism

A = Anarcho-Communism, Marxist-Humanism, Council Communism
B = Orthodox Marxism, Left Communism
C = Trotskyism, Orthodox Marxism
D = Trotskyism
E = Marxism-Leninism

What position should socialists have towards vanguard parties?
A) They are inherently elitist/authoritarian/substitutionist B) They are unnecessary C) They are necessary D) They can be useful

A = Council Communism, Anarcho-Communism
B =
C = Left Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Anarcho-Communism (Platformism)
D = Anarcho-Communism (Platformism)

What would best characterise the economic system of the Soviet Union in 1936
A) Capitalist B) Non mode of production C) Socialist D) Transitional

A = Left Communism, Anarcho-Communism, Marxist-Humanism, Council Communism
B = Orthodox Marxism
C = Anarcho-Communism* (*=State-Socialism), Marxism-Leninism
D = Trotskyism, Orthodox Marxism

What organisational principle should organisations follow?
A) Democratic Centralism B) Decentralism, non-hierarchy, federalism C) Other

This spectrum of Leftism is by no means accepted by the Far-Left as valid, and is my interpretation:


http://s27.postimg.org/6uqiijgcz/revolutionary_spectrum.png