Interesting, I didn't know about this :blushing: Why were the troops deployed?
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Interesting, I didn't know about this :blushing:...Interesting, I didn't know about this :blushing: Why were the troops deployed?
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Bingo.Bingo.
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Herman Gorter: Open Letter to Comrade Lenin.
...Herman Gorter: Open Letter to Comrade Lenin.
Epic.
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Power and Authority by King Short ShirtPower and Authority by King Short Shirt
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I thought I'd share something I've just been...I thought I'd share something I've just been reading as it is relevant to the discussion.
"Instead of socialism being spread through mobilizing workers, the Bolsheviks came to believe that...
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That is pretty much my position. I don't think...That is pretty much my position. I don't think you could liberate a country by invading it. If the proletariat within that area are not yet ready to rise up themselves then invading will probably...
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Media Control - Noam ChomskyMedia Control - Noam Chomsky
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I know many comrades have already covered this...I know many comrades have already covered this but I’m having my say on the whole Rome argument. I also find the proposed criterion for what constitutes nationhood to be dubious, much like the actual...
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Yer, frustrated impatience sounds familiar.
...Yer, frustrated impatience sounds familiar.
Sorry about the dodgy text in my post. I wrote it in word then copied and pasted it but it had a quote in which had a link attached and it wouldn't...
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Great, thanks for the reply Blake’s.
I will...Great, thanks for the reply Blake’s.
I will definitely have to do more reading on left-com ideas. I am totally against nationalism and agree with the idea that the emphasis has to be on not...
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I'm interested in Left-communist ideas although I...I'm interested in Left-communist ideas although I haven't yet done any reading on the subject. I saw mentioned in the Left-com group on here that left-coms are opposed to anti-imperialism and I just...
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As someone whose fairly new to seriously studying...As someone whose fairly new to seriously studying socialist/leftist ideas I don't really feel qualified to know what is 'essential' but I can recommend some books that were easy to read and that I...
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I've got too many books to read. So I'm reading...I've got too many books to read. So I'm reading two at the moment-
'Why Marx was right' by Terry Eagleton - Very good, nearly finished.
'Living my Life' by Emma Goldman - I love Emma...
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Thanks for all the helpful replies comrades. I've...Thanks for all the helpful replies comrades. I've got to be honest, I never realised the left was such a patchwork quilt. As someone new to all this, all the apparent divisions and infighting between...
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1. No, I won't fuck off.
2. How do you know how...1. No, I won't fuck off.
2. How do you know how much time I spend on the internet and you are on here as well.
3. What do you mean 'There you go'?
I don't want to have a lame internet forum...
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This is my position also.
The importance...This is my position also.
The importance placed on sport and particularly football in this country annoys and concerns me. It is 'bread and circuses' a grand or aggrandized spectacle (nothing...
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Thanks for the replies folks.:) I haven't heard...Thanks for the replies folks.:) I haven't heard of any of these parties, I will look into them.
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Communist/Socialist Parties and Organisations in the UKI'm looking for a Communist/Socialist organisation or group to join. What are peoples thoughts on the best such organisations currently active in the UK (NE England specifically). I know of only the...
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(I start with an apology because I don't know how...(I start with an apology because I don't know how to use the quote function so I have copied and pasted the other comrades comments into my post and highlighted them in bold and italics.)
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I've been reading this thread with interest since...I've been reading this thread with interest since I don't know much about Stalin other than what bourgeois history books and my capitalist sponsored education taught me i.e he was a monster, full...
Ok, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.Ok, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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HelloHello
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I have to say how shocked I've been ( although I...I have to say how shocked I've been ( although I know I shouldn't be) by the apparent explosion of anti- LGBT activity around the world so far this year. I know oppression and discrimination has been...
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I think its easy to look around at all the...I think its easy to look around at all the problems in the world and to feel crushed under the weight of it all. However the enemy does not think like that. They don't look around, they don't have...