Simon Pirani is not an anarchist and he wrote
The Russian Revolution in Retreat
http://www.revolutioninretreat.com/
arguing much the same
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Simon Pirani is not an anarchist and he wrote...Simon Pirani is not an anarchist and he wrote
The Russian Revolution in Retreat
http://www.revolutioninretreat.com/
arguing much the same
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With resources I would contest every democratic...With resources I would contest every democratic election where the ruling-class rule with consent granted by the working-class. This would be accompanied by (before election period) a mass campaign...
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I think its generally accepted the storming of...I think its generally accepted the storming of the palace was relatively bloodless.
Studying precise numbers don't tell us much though.
Eisenstein's representation of this event has influenced...
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I think the only lefties blaming everything on...I think the only lefties blaming everything on American imperialism are tiny groups of unreconstructed Stalinists.
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Based on the name, I thought this website was...Based on the name, I thought this website was about the 15-M Movement in Spain from a few years ago.
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Then it depends on how much you're prepared to...Then it depends on how much you're prepared to waste your time on such wilfully ignorant individuals. Those examples are just off the top of my head, I'm sure many more examples could be given with...
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Political parties are formed with less than $300...Political parties are formed with less than $300 so save your money.
Various short works could be had for very little.
Short pamphlets
Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels...
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Yep I think I've read it. Gene Sharp writes from...Yep I think I've read it. Gene Sharp writes from the opposite perspective - in favour of pacifism.
Have you read Counterpower by Tim McGee? Much more interesting as to why movements fail.
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'You can thank a dead soldier you can say that.'...'You can thank a dead soldier you can say that.'
Who can we thank for internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, shooting of unarmed students at Kent State Massacre in 1970 or internment in...
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Okay but the claim being made is that...Okay but the claim being made is that non-violence is especially ineffective presumably in relation to revolutionary politics. What evidence is there to suggest that this is the case? That use of...
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That's not what I've said at all anywhere and has...That's not what I've said at all anywhere and has never been my view. This kind of response happened last time I criticized the keyboard guevaras.
Use of force is justified against those...
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1. Stalin's regime in the Soviet Union was a...1. Stalin's regime in the Soviet Union was a police state. Freedom of thought and speech were suppressed. Falsification of reports was widespread including about Holodomor. Many people were purged...
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There is a book Bolsheviks and Workers Control by...There is a book Bolsheviks and Workers Control by Maurice Brinton
https://libcom.org/library/the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control-solidarity-group
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Weather Underground
Angry Brigade
Red Brigades...Weather Underground
Angry Brigade
Red Brigades
Where are they now?
Where are their enemies?
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Lesser evil is still evil, just not as a reason...Lesser evil is still evil, just not as a reason to abstain.
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Sorry. To be serious I don't believe in the...Sorry. To be serious I don't believe in the voting trap that voting lesser evil necessarily produces more right wing politics. More right wing politics is produced where the right wing are powerful,...
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Okay was Hilferding and Kliman revisionists?
Was...Okay was Hilferding and Kliman revisionists?
Was Mussolini and Thomas Sowell revisionists?
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People voting Labour to keep the Tories out now...People voting Labour to keep the Tories out now might be voting Left Unity to keep Class War out in 5 years.
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Why not call them nationalists or non-Marxists...Why not call them nationalists or non-Marxists not something as meaningless as 'revisionists'.
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Books of 2014Best books of 2014.
cast your vote
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Would it be feasible to compile some of the best...Would it be feasible to compile some of the best posts from revleft over the course of a month for a digestible PDF or document with attractive layout?
Welcome, I agree that the longer introductions...Welcome, I agree that the longer introductions are the most interesting.
Welcome to revleft, I've always been curious...Welcome to revleft, I've always been curious about ideology of the SPUSA.
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I look forward to reading the text.I look forward to reading the text.
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