An Injury to One: The United Front

[sans-culotte]

In the past, as I've stated before, I have historically identified as a Trotskyist. I consider myself a "big tent" Marxist, but I'm not entirely certain the radical left can succeed without formulating a new strategy and an altogether new theory. I'm sure we'll be hearing from Comrade Rafiq on this, but I would like to hear opinions on what I'm about to say and I welcome disagreement.

I would say that democratic centralism enabled the bureaucracy to smother revolutions in all hitherto socialist societies. The Russian revolution was first betrayed with the massacre at Kronstadt. Now, that is not to say that I disagree with the need for a vanguard to lead the revolution. Instead, I believe that all shades of Marxist need to recognize and uphold anarcho-communists as the ideal for society. Of course, the battle for global socialism will not be accomplished overnight and the forces of capital will use every tool at their disposal to sabotage and destroy any worker's state. Thus, I consider the need for a transitional state very necessary. Communism is both a stateless and classless society, and so the large difference between our tendencies is how we achieve this Heaven on Earth. With this in mind, I suggest a dual power. A truly United Front.

By way of the United Front, we anti-capitalists must all band together and confront both neo-fascists and neo-liberals. We must band together and combat capitalist roaders and revisionism wherever it threatens our more perfect world. I believe that only with this true solidarity can we succeed. This is an historic moment with Bernie Sanders having brought "socialism" out of the closet. While there is much disinformation to fight with this sudden popularity of a social democrat, this is our time to combat the Trumpist neo-fascism that has gripped the working class.

Instead of sectarianism, I suggest fraternity. We are brothers and sisters in the class struggle and only communism can save the downtrodden and depraved of the world. We are all comrades and the only path to success is co-operation and true unity. Make no mistake, our very lives depend upon the victory of the working class. The fate of humanity and this planet depends upon us, the working people, to make things right. Only through socialism can climate change be addressed. Only through a United Front can this be accomplished.

In closing, I know this isn't a new idea and I'm not the first to suggest it, but I can only hope this genuine plea does not fall on deaf ears. I am tired of living through this capitalist hell and how depraved humanity has become in its exploitation of both each other and the planet. I am tired of living with a splintered and impotent Left in the United States. I know you are too, so let's build a better future together.

In solidarity, comrades.

[(A)]

I agree that the time for action is now and that the left needs to unite in a meaningful revolutionary way. The problem is that goals of the left are not all the same.
Anti-Capitalist sentiments are the same between the left but the most active elements right now it seems are not Marxists but Anarchist and Anti-Fascist movements.

The goal of most Marxists it seems to me is the creation of a workers state where as the goal of most active organizations is the direct action against the current states and hopefully future states.

While I am sure this will fall on mostly deaf ears I would Implore every Marxist who will listen to Focus their attentions and energy's to Anarcho-Communism and Direct Anarchist action and away from the Liberalist Socialism that seems so prevalent in Communist movements and party's such as Leninism.

Only with the abolition of all states, all class can Communism be achieved.

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[sans-culotte]

I agree that co-operation needs to be the emphasis of all anti-capitalists in the world. I, myself, believe in the role of the transitional worker's state, but I do not discredit the merits of Anarcho-Communism. I think that anarchists are a vanguard entity in a collective sense. Anarchists build the future today, Marxists deal with the stragglers of society.

In a hypothetical scenario of a successful socialist revolution as the product of co-operation between Marxists and Anarcho-Communists, the anarchists should be granted autonomous zones wherein the foundations of the future will be built today. For the more reticent among us, there will exist a worker's state which will stand by the autonomous zones. These two groups would work together in a sense of solidarity and collaboration in which both sides will provide mutual defense and support. Now, Marxism being a scientific field, I can't imagine the worker's state would exist very long following an achievement of socialism on a global scale. I believe co-existence is our only chance. Your thoughts?

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I see the opposite being the only acceptable solution.
Anarchists will not abide Authority over the working class nor the existence of class at all. This includes Borders and states.

Communists will be able to join together in community freely as anyone should be able. It will be an Anarchist society with Communist Communes or it will be the Permanent Revolution.
A War of the Left until only one side remains.

Power being held by Any socialist state is a Direct threat to Anarchism and directly opposed to Communism.

You cant achieve communism by creating a socialist state just as you cant destroy capitalism by creating more Private property (Which is exactly what Liberal socialism does).

True Anarchism is the rejection of everything that is Non-Communist and the Anarchist revolution therefore is the only workers revolution that can bring about Communism.

[sans-culotte]

I understand where you're coming from, comrade, but allow me to say this. As a Trotskyist, I will never stand to see another Kronstadt in our time. I believe in the Permanent Revolution, but I also believe in co-existence. Let me ask you this, were we to live in a socialist society that guaranteed not to interfere with any Anarchist Autonomous Zone and would allow any state or province to secede from the worker's state, would you co-operate with us? Would you work in collaboration or would it be war?

[(A)]

Permit me to answer with a question. Would you allow Autonomous Capitalist zones where capitalists could own the means of production and exploit the labors of the people living in those zones?

[sans-culotte]

No, absolutely not. I think I see the tactic that you're using in that Anarchists wouldn't allow a single step back, but there is a difference between us on that issue. We are comrades in the class struggle, none of us are comrades with the capitalists.

[(A)]

If you would not allow capitalism to exist why would we allow state capitalism/authoritarianism to exist?

Its not that I just dont like your liberal socialism or prefer my Anarchism; Its that I reject the very foundations of your Liberalism as Authoritarian and would fight until ALL people are free.

Anarchism is the solidarity of equals against Authority, Class, State and oppression.