Troxemburgist

[SocialRepublican]

Not really good at these kind of things... 23, 1st year political science/philosophy student after four years working as a croupier. Labour part time nowadays to get me through financially(don't have rich dickheads speaking to you like shit on site as you do in casinos). Have considered myself a Marxist since reading Communist Manifesto at 17. Ideologically I'd say I'm somewhat in between Trotskyism and Luxemburgism. Have been loosely involved with a number of socialist organisations in the past and am a member of a socialist organisation atm(won't say which one on an introductory post, the FAQ on privacy, the state and red watch scared me a little ha). Thought I'd find another outlet for expression and here I am!

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[Anglo-Saxon Philistine]

Hi, welcome to RevLeft.

I'm interested in your self-description as "between Trotskyism and Luxemburgism" - the only one who described himself like that, as far as I know, was Mandel-Germain in one of his phases. Generally speaking, everyone who considers themselves a "Luxemburgist" seems to have a different thing in mind.

[lutraphile]

Nice ideology! :D

[SocialRepublican]

Hi, welcome to RevLeft.

I'm interested in your self-description as "between Trotskyism and Luxemburgism" - the only one who described himself like that, as far as I know, was Mandel-Germain in one of his phases. Generally speaking, everyone who considers themselves a "Luxemburgist" seems to have a different thing in mind.

I'll try to provide a short summary rather than going into explicit detail. WI agree that Permanent Revolution, rather than the stage theory, is a road to socialism, dependent on it spreading to advanced capitalist countries. I believe that organisation and spontaneity are the penultimate conditions that facilitate a successful socialist revolution, although I believe some sort of organised vanguard of theorists and the most militant workers should lead this(although not as strict an organisation as conceived by Lenin), that Luxemburgs dialectic of the relation between organisation and action(spontaneity) is well founded, although "The Mass Strike" overlooks the role of the Soviets and Trotskys "1905" is a more succinct analysis. that the dismissal of The All Russian Constituent Assembly and giving all power to the Soviets was essential in leading to the establishment of a dictatorship of the proletariat. That the bureaucratic malformation of The Soviet Union was not due to Democratic Centralism but the failure of the revolution to spread to more advanced capitalist countries. I agree with certain facets of democratic centralism, such as freedom of discussion, unity in action (i.e. the subjugation of the minority to the majority) but not that the decisions of higher bodies should be binding on all party members(rather, the opposite applies, the decisions of the rank and file should be binding on 'higher' bodies); in absolute freedom of the press and of affiliation, although I understand that this was impossible during the midst of counterrevolution(regarding the banning of the Left SR's I am not convinced this was necessary).Lenin and Trotsky made undemocratic errors and that banning the petty bourgeois from joining the Bolshevik Party was inconsistent with Marxist theory of the petty bourgeois slipping down into the proletariat as highlighted by Luxemburg (although from an analysis of the petty bourgeois infiltration of the SPD and its subsequent shift to the right, Lenins logic on this is somewhat justified). Don't wish to blabber on for ages, but if you want to know more regarding my position just ask ;)

[Faust Arp]

I'll try to provide a short summary rather than going into explicit detail. WI agree that Permanent Revolution, rather than the stage theory, is a road to socialism, dependent on it spreading to advanced capitalist countries. I believe that organisation and spontaneity are the penultimate conditions that facilitate a successful socialist revolution, although I believe some sort of organised vanguard of theorists and the most militant workers should lead this(although not as strict an organisation as conceived by Lenin), that Luxemburgs dialectic of the relation between organisation and action(spontaneity) is well founded, although "The Mass Strike" overlooks the role of the Soviets and Trotskys "1905" is a more succinct analysis. that the dismissal of The All Russian Constituent Assembly and giving all power to the Soviets was essential in leading to the establishment of a dictatorship of the proletariat. That the bureaucratic malformation of The Soviet Union was not due to Democratic Centralism but the failure of the revolution to spread to more advanced capitalist countries. I agree with certain facets of democratic centralism, such as freedom of discussion, unity in action (i.e. the subjugation of the minority to the majority) but not that the decisions of higher bodies should be binding on all party members(rather, the opposite applies, the decisions of the rank and file should be binding on 'higher' bodies); in absolute freedom of the press and of affiliation, although I understand that this was impossible during the midst of counterrevolution(regarding the banning of the Left SR's I am not convinced this was necessary).Lenin and Trotsky made undemocratic errors and that banning the petty bourgeois from joining the Bolshevik Party was inconsistent with Marxist theory of the petty bourgeois slipping down into the proletariat as highlighted by Luxemburg (although from an analysis of the petty bourgeois infiltration of the SPD and its subsequent shift to the right, Lenins logic on this is somewhat justified). Don't wish to blabber on for ages, but if you want to know more regarding my position just ask ;)

I'm in love. :wub:

[Atsumari]

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