Devrim

In all honesty I did skim over Cliff's page, but I should of been more thorough.

Hey, I'm assuming you're still on vacation but I'd still really like to get your input in this thread when you get a chance. Just hoping you didn't forget

Is it fair to say that things in Turkey have died down a bit?

How optimistic are you feeling about the recent Turkish events?

You have done so much cool stuff.
ceausescu, Indian ex-naxalites, etc.

If someone identifies as a facist I hate them. Even if they are not well versed in economic theory or believe only a small percentage of what their movement espouses.

Well Islam espouses horrific shit and so does christianity, however Islam is clearly the most prevalent religious force killing people for ideology, obviously imperialism stunting third world economies and such leads young poor people to join. This does not mean I can not hate those men. I hate hitler, He was living in poverty in a climate of anti semitism, do you want to start telling me how jewish people have backwards views too?
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You are one of my favourite posters. Just though I'd pop in and tell you that

Hi Devrim. Was wondering if you could critique my political positions?

The role of the party is to intervene in the class struggle and provide revolutionary perspectives. In the event of a revolutionary situation the party should lead the insurrection but should not substitute itself for the independent organs of class rule which arise

Parliament: MP's should only accept a workers wage and be subject to recall

Unions: class collaborationist

Nat Lib: Proletarian Internationalism is only possible on the basis of equality between nations. However we should distinguish between ideological driven Nat Lib i.e Scotland, and actual national oppression i.e Palestine

Peasantry/PB: post-revolution we should attempt to merge all non-exploitative classes with the proletariat by demonstrating the superiority of collective ownership

Bourgeois Democracy: Should be fought for whenever workers revolution is not yet a possibility

Political figures: M&E, Lenin

USSR? Capitalist

Hello again Devrim. Was wondering if you could help me regarding Bordiga? Ive read conflicting claims regarding his views of party dictatorship and soviet democracy. He seems to suggest that he supports party dictatorship AND soviet democracy but Im not sure if ive interpreted this correctly because surely any soviet where only one party could run would be rendered impotent? Other conflicting claims include Bordiga viewing the Soviets useful only insofar as they enabled the Bolsheviks to get to power. What exactly is his position regarding the role of the party, the soviets and the relationship between them in a proleterian dictatorship?

Also, I had a thought the other day. I think one of the problems is how we conceive of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (I think in this day and age 'Workers democracy' would be a better term). I think instead of viewing it as something to be constructed, i.e an end in itself, we should view it as a particular PERIOD