Basic Principles of Communism

[Hate Is Art]

Should we all contribute so a basic principles of communism type thing, it would be useful for any newcomers. I know I certainly could have done with something like this when I joined the site, I knew hardly anything!

Maybe some basic Marx, dialetics, labour theory of value and some of the political stuff as well!

[The Feral Underclass]

Why dont you write something and then people can add there comments.

[Hate Is Art]

Well I will have ago, I'm not the most read and intelligent person though, so feel free to correct me!

[redstarshining]

Yes, something like a "communism FAQ" would be a good idea.
Could help to avoid lots of the tedious "communism goes against human nature" arguments. Or the common questions on expropriatation, or braindead comparisons between communism and national socialism, or between the ukraine famine and the holocaust :rolleyes:

[Misodoctakleidist]

I could write a critique of that stupid Von Mises article people keep posting ("National socialisms' debt to Marxism" or whatever it's called,) I would quite happily do that.

[Hate Is Art]

Marxism - Basics (http://www.comcen.com.au/%7Emarcn/redflag/archive/harman/hmw/index.html)

I found this linkie, while looking around for stuff, I read through it all and thought it was pretty good. Maybe we should be create a guide, with links, essays, critiques etc and Sticky it!

[monkeydust]

Originally posted by The Anarchist [email protected] 10 2004, 01:44 PM
Why dont you write something and then people can add there comments.
I'll do one if you like TAT, I've got a week of free time coming up.

In fact I was going to do brief definitions/descriptions of the major ideologies anyway, for beginners or those whose expertise was generally limited to Leftist ideology.

For example: brief explanations describing Liberalism, Conservatism, Ecologism etc.

[Guest1]

Those are int he che-lives dictionary I think, if not, let's add some of them.

As for principles of communism, someone should do a "Marxism for dummies" thread.

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by monkeydust+Jun 10 2004, 10:16 PM--> (monkeydust @ Jun 10 2004, 10:16 PM)
The Anarchist [email protected] 10 2004, 01:44 PM
Why dont you write something and then people can add there comments.
I'll do one if you like TAT, I've got a week of free time coming up.

In fact I was going to do brief definitions/descriptions of the major ideologies anyway, for beginners or those whose expertise was generally limited to Leftist ideology.

For example: brief explanations describing Liberalism, Conservatism, Ecologism etc. [/b]
We have added the che lives dictionary in here, so I think that any additions, not necessarily to that, but any kind of FAQ's and lists of relevant definitions wouldn't go a miss...I think its a fine idea...go for it and then we can look at it and add our comments.

[Hate Is Art]

I was planning on starting proper once my GCSE's finish in a few weeks, i'm going to be in-undated with revision until then :(

But just the basic Economic and Political theorys behind Marxism and it's major deviations.