Hello, glad to be here.

[rena]

I am a Communist from the South-Eastern United States where most everyone I know at least leans to the right, so it is difficult where I live to find like-minded individuals who are not Liberal.

My ideals are: egalitarianism, internationalism, individuality realized through community, solidarity before self-interest, and the overthrow of capitalism through revolution and the establishment of a proletariat dictatorship dedicated to the ultimate goal of communism. In am a Marxist, Feminist, tree hugger, and ignostic with a strong distrust of any (economic) reformist tendencies. I am also pansexual and transgender (MTF) and support my queer comrades in their struggles for equality even within the Capitalist State.

I became a communist through my volunteer work within the Christian church and through the teachings of Jesus against greed and the wealthy. I learned how powerful solidarity could be and how miserable life is under the chains of wage-slavery. The teachings of Christ lead me to question the capitalist system (one which my church supported) I lived in and discover Marx and his theories of alienation of labor. It struck a chord with me, and I haven't gone back.

[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.

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

It's funny, I can to some degree trace my political inclinations similarly - to the contrast between the early Church and the contemporary Catholicism I grew up in.

Anyway, welcome!

Do you still consider yourself Christian? If so, you might have an interest in corresponding with this guy. (http://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-prison-rebel-needs-support)