Yes, another newbie!

[Monkey Riding Dragon]

Hi! Sorry if this introduction seems rushed...but that's because it is. I don't have much time at the moment for a full-blown intro, but I just wanted to say hey and give you all the basics about yours truly before I start posting in earnest...possibly tomorrow.

Quick Run-Down of Facts:

Location: Vermont, U.S.
Gender: Female
Age: 24
College Major/Minor: History/Political Science
General Likes: Martial arts, snowboarding, video games, history, debating.
Personal Flaw: Lack of conciseness.
Quirks: Too many to list!
Political Persuasion: Maoism

Okay, there's the basics. Maybe I'll get more descriptive tomorrow. Anyhow, glad to be here and look forward to engaging discussions and debates! *waves*

[cop an Attitude]

Welcome! hope to hear you posting soon.

[Dóchas]

welcome to revleft, good luck!!

[LOLseph Stalin]

I'm not extremely fond of Maoism, but to all their own, right?

Yay! a fellow female! Anyway, I think we'll get along great. I love history and politics myself and plan on hopefully majoring in those two things once I finish highschool. Video games are fun too. lol

Welcome to revleft. :)

[Sprocket Hole]

Welcome :)

[Monkey Riding Dragon]

Okay, now it's at last time for the full, formal introduction:

Hi, I'm Red Dragon Rider! :) (You can call me RDR or whatever for short, if you prefer.) I live in the tiny little state of Vermont, which resides, for those who don't know, in the northeastern section of the U.S. of A just east of New York. I graduated from college two and a half years ago with a major in history and a minor in political science.

I have lots of quirks. For example, I enjoy making my own clothes, for one thing. For another, though the program outdates my own life, my favorite TV show is Columbo...you know, the 1970s murder mystery show with Peter Falk? That one. Lots of little things like that are, for the most part, what make me uniquely me. I'm also into Shaolin Kempo (a martial arts style that's a combination of karate, kung-fu, and jiu jitsu), snowboarding, and video games. As far as gaming goes, I have...most every console known to humankind (I'm not a PC gamer). From this console generation, I have a Wii and thoroughly enjoy it! My latest purchases have included such notables as Sonic Unleashed, De Blob, Okami, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Boom Blox, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Mario Kart Wii. My favorite game of all time is Lunar: The Silver Star for Sega CD. Chrono Trigger for the Super NES (soon to be on DS! :w00t:) ranks in a close second. I especially love RPGs, imaginative, unrealistic racing games (San Francisco Rush or Mario Kart over Gran Turismo any day!), puzzle games, and what I call 'quirk games': games that defy traditional categorization (e.g. Chibi Robo, Shadow of the Colossus, Electroplankton, Elebits, etc.).

Politically speaking, in my 24 years of living, I've been all over the map (at various points: liberal, conservative, libertarian, social democrat, anarchist, and Trotskyist), but I keep coming back to Maoism :star2:. In particular, these days I'm finding the thinking of Bob Avakian (Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA) much to my liking. I'm also down with The World Can't Wait and routinely participate in their political mobilizations.

Specifically, with respect to "my brand" of Maoism :star2:, I agree with the principles of a broad united front under the leadership of the proletariat (not simply proletarians) in the form of leadership by political line (as in including people from all social strata), the two-line struggle against revisionism and opportunism, that socialism must be a revolutionary process characterized by existing as not only an open society, but a radically open society...and also with the principle that making revolution and/or hastening that forward (as applicable in the given situation) is the only correct purpose of the vanguard party, as well as that every opening for revolution must be pursued (implying most likely generally country-by-country seizures of power; I do NOT believe in waiting around for just the right moment when "everyone's ready" across the globe), that you cannot get from this society to communism without transforming the Four Alls, that socialist countries can and must de-link themselves in an overall way from the world capitalist economy, that there have been no remaining socialist countries since 1976, that we are now entering a new stage of socialist revolution, and that revolution in the U.S. will come by way of urban rebellion. I also believe that the communist movement must separate itself from the labor movement. That's not to say that we should separate from the working class, of course(!), but I definitely think that the so-called "bread and butter" fixation yields a narrow economist outlook; an outlook, that is, which equates things like the size of industry or the price workers receive for their labor with degrees of socialism. That's been a major problem the communist movement has suffered from for a very long time. Going "forward" by way of latching on to the labor movement also fails to mobilize all positive factors, including many of the lowest-string workers at the very base of society, who probably possess no union or are unemployed. Instead, the communist movement must organize and mobilize independent political resistance to the main ways the system is oppressing people at any given point to successfully hasten forward socialist revolution. Further, all this must be characterized by dialectical back-and-forth processes, both within the party and between the party and the masses of people. Oh, and I also flat reject identity politics because they're far too narrow. Finally, I respect the right of oppressed nations to full self-determination, but also, while respecting that, would hope for the largest revolutionary victory possible at any given junction, including multi-national ones, where possible.

Okay, I think that sums me up! Now onto responses...


Originally posted by Red Commobile:
I'm not extremely fond of Maoism, but to all their own, right?...We can debate. ;)

TO ALL: Thanks for the warm welcome. :) I apologize in advance for my tendency to ramble!

[thinkerOFthoughts]

Vermont

Oh my God!!:lol: A fellow wood chuck!! (Vermonter) cool! and only a week after I joined :blushing: Welcome to the boards this place is awesome I am sure you will like it here :) if you dont mind my asking what County do you live in? I live in Rutland County.

[LOLseph Stalin]

...We can debate. ;)


Perhaps we can sometime. I'm probably a Trotskyist. Haha!

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Hello.

[Monkey Riding Dragon]

Thinker OF Thoughts: I'm sure I will enjoy this board! :) Anyhow, I live in Burlington (in the city proper, that is). It's always nice to meet a fellow Vermonter online...I almost never do! :blink:

Red Commobile: Trotsky? Narrow, narrow, narrow! ;)

Comrade Joe: One word: Thanks. :D

[Raúl Duke]

Hi...I guess...

[Sankofa]

Welcome to the forum, comrade!

Be sure to join the Marxism-Leninism-Maoism group: http://www.revleft.com/vb/group.php?groupid=10 :)

[LOLseph Stalin]

Trotsky? Narrow, narrow, narrow!

To be honest, I don't really know what I am, but I seem to favor alot of Trotsky's ideas. If i'm not that then i'm likely Marxist-Leninist.

[Patchd]

Its good to see more girls here, revleft still has a bias demographic. Welcome, also you sound really really jolly and nice, it could be cos I'm pretty stoned at the moment, but whatever.:thumbup1: