He's stepping down temporarily because of the cancer.
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He's stepping down temporarily because of the cancer.
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We have always been at war with Islamism.
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Alright so it's not really a manifesto so much as a manual for terrorism. There are entire sections dedicated to explaining, at length, how to manufacture explosives, biological and chemical...
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Apparently the guy (under an Anglicised name) wrote a manifesto. I've only skimmed the contents but its political interpretation seems to fit with his public postings (the silver bullet for me is the...
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Despite the name, the Worker's Youth League is a social-democratic organisation, so probably not.
I feel incredibly physically sick. It's just a 'perfect' fucking storm in so many ways.
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Forgive me if this has already been posted, but this is apparently the Sun's front page tomorrow (or at least it was):
http://i.imgur.com/1JUJ6.jpg
Scum. Fucking scum.
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It's not worth losing over sleep over, I'd agree that far, but I think it's something that comrades should be aware of all the same because, while we're not in Russia, people (including a couple of...
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Personal details of one Nottinghamshire anarchist and a whole bunch of stolen photos from Indymedia or wherever; not much on its own, but it's a worrying development potentially. Really hope it's...
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In socialism the means of production are, in one way or another, collectively owned by the whole community, while in capitalism they are owned by private individuals and/or groups. That's probably...
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The big issue I have with council communism is how feasible a genuine revolution is without the existence of a vanguard. For all the talk of "people power" and "self-organisation", if the proletariat...
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Do more harm for the Democrats, you mean, but yeah. While I'm lucky enough to be from a country (Britain) where socialism isn't a dirty word with the people it needs, my impression is that the only...
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It's something that was mocked a lot (and I do mean a lot) at a forum I posted on that closed recently, so I'm familiar with it to say the least.
Also, I probably should address the point you made...
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Pop it out of your head, it's a damned rot. ;)
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What you're describing here is what is termed as accelerationism, and it's almost as old as Marxism itself: Accelerationism is, in all frankness, a blight upon the left. It's a ridiculous negative...
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The likes of Aaronovitch, Nick Cohen, Garry Bushell, and all the other turncoats and sellouts, really get my back up with their blather about how "the left is dead, long live neoliberalism".
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It's worth just reminding ourselves here that the entire concept of 'race' throughout all of history has been a product of the ruling classes following a policy of divide-and-rule in various forms.
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I do vote, but I wouldn't encourage other people to vote, which is an odd sort of hypocrisy I suppose.
I think everyone here knows that socialism won't be achieved through the ballot box, and I...
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While the debate's died down, I feel I should put in a word regarding Millwall in particular given the number of people in here who've described it as 'right-wing'.
It's not particularly accurate...
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Although this isn't what the OP is looking for (as a Trotskyist and somewhat electoralist group), this thread is probably going to be read at one point or another by other people with the same sort...
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""Destroy the old world; build a new world." according to the Wikipedia description.
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Well, communism is fundamentally internationalist, so no.
There are groups who could be compared to the 'ultranationalists' in the MW2 sense, though, and indeed there are many who are...
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Click "Your CP" at the top of the page, go to "Edit Signature", and just enter whatever you want to display in the box there.
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High school dropouts are a problem for the ruling classes no matter what way I look at it, because of the very nature of the system of public schools in capitalist society.
The point of schools...
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^^ I think this isn't capital flight, but rather just outsourcing, although it can be a linked phenomena.
This is what capital flight is. It's basically when money and assets are withdrawn...
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I don't have much more than a basic knowledge of the man I'm afraid, but on your second query, it should be made clear that for him - and for most similar historical figures - there's no unified line...