Actually, this town has more than enough room for the two of us
He/him or they/them, doesn’t matter too much
Marxist-Leninist ☭
Interested in Marxism-Leninism, but don’t know where to start? Check out my “Read Theory, Darn it!” introductory reading list!
Gotcha, I’m working on adding the times. Personally, I’ve read both Dialectical and Historical Materialism and Elementary Principles of Philosophy, and although I love how clear and calm Stalin’s writing style is, Politzer really walks you through, and it’s ball-park within range of On Practice combined with On Contradiction in length.
Will look at swapping Yellow Parenti and B&R!
I’ve got that one saved! I plan on following it starting next year, once I finish Capital volumes 2 and 3.
For the names, I didn’t realize, may have to go back through those.
For Elementary Principles of Philosophy, I personally really enjoy that one. I debated replacing it with Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but landed on Politzer for being especially clear and basic. Do you have a suggestion on what to replace it with?
Finished updating my ML reading list pet project! Took some inspo in the order I presented it in from the Chinese Marxist Syllabus rainpizza found. I’d love any feedback, especially where I can reasonably trim, reformat, and add to the “Resources” section.
You too, Oppo!
Oh, might do that! I’m just starting to organize, so I’m still wary of trying to rock the boat or anything, it would mostly be for my own research before I find a good chance to discuss it with comrades. Might have to overcome my social anxiety and send an email, haha.
Awesome, thank you! Definitely want to look into this more, see if I can’t learn how AES countries have managed to most effectively educate on Marxism and apply it to my own work.
I wonder, do they have a course list? I’m curious how Marxism is taught in the PRC.
Sad and typical. A very common story.
For what it’s worth, I’m unaware of any.
You too, comrade!
Gotcha, I’ll keep that in mind, thanks.
Picked up a copy of Georges Politzer’s Elementary Principles of Philosophy from there!
This I did not know. Is there somewhere I can read more about this?
No worries! I know you didn’t mean anything negative. To my knowledge, over here, many people generally agree with Red Clarion’s analysis, and see it as a worthwhile org to read. I agree that it wasn’t the main point of discourse, and I could be wrong, but I do believe RC’s response has had some influence on how people see FRSO’s take on settler-colonialism, hence my desire to put both out in the open.
Personally, I see RC as about 70% right. Sometimes they are overly critical, sometimes they are a bit disconnected, but they do tend to at least highlight genuine problems. I agree that FRSO’s take on settler-colonialism is pretty poor, I understand where it comes from but it oversimplifies the class struggle and as a consequence does more harm than good by minimizing the real and continuous impact of settler-colonialism in the US.
Thanks for your input!
I don’t entirely disagree with the idea that Red Clarion’s critique is flawed due to not being an org proper, but these two articles are the main points of contention being brought up on this post, so I figured it would be helpful for me to link them so those unfamiliar can read up on it.
That’s such a cool find!
Marxism-Leninism and the Theory of Settler-Colonialism in the United States - FRSO’s Statement
The Settler J. Sykes and the FRSO - Red Clarion’s analysis
Worth noting that Red Clarion generally considers FRSO to be one of the better US orgs, but is generally negative on the present state of orgs in the US, both theoretically and strategically.
I do have the patience for Lemmy.ml and the libs from Lemmy.world, etc, but Reddit is a bit much…
I fear you’re likely correct. Full support to Venezuela in the face of imperialist aggression.