Understanding Soviet Revisionism Klaus MarksteinJanosik20 February 2023LLCO.org Table of Contents Introduction 1 Definitions 2 Dialectics of Societal Change 3 Economic Analysis 3.1 Distribution of Wealth 3.2 State Investment 3.3 Exploitation 3.4 The Black Market 3.5 A New Kind of Capitalism? 4 Political Analysis 4.1 The Communist Party 4.2 Trade Unions 4.3 Soviet Democracy 5 Relations …
Right-Wing Populism and Modern Fascism Klaus Markstein1 April 2022LLCO.org In the Media, right-wing populism often comes across as a new phenomenon. Even in academia, it is now given much attention,[1] since new right-wing parties and politicians have entered the political stage around the world in the last couple of years. Other people are afraid that …
Gramsci’s “Jacobin Prince” and Leading Light Communism -Jacob Brown Part 2/3 of a series on Leading Light Communism and the Writings of Antonio Gramsci (llco.org) In Greek Mythology, there is a story about how humanity received fire. The Titan Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give it to humans. Prometheus went the home of …
MIM: Review of the “Black Book of Communism” (llco.org) [Before MIM’s crackpot degeneration and despite their errors, MIM made some outstanding contributions to the proletarian struggle.] The Black Book of Communism (Harvard University Press) is the bible of the anti-communist movement. The book is often cited as an academic work proving the barbarism of communism. …
Who and What are Trotsky-cons? (llco.org) The term “Trotsky-con” has become part of the lexicon of populist paranoia in the First World. Despite its currency with red-baiters and anti-Semites, especially during the years of the Bush administration, the term does correctly refer to the link between Trotskyism and a certain group of policy thinkers within …
On Leading Light Communism and Religion by Rizal Roja Across the globe, religious extremism poses a serious threat to the revolutionary cause. In many third world countries, terrorist mercenary groups, motivated by supposed “religious purity,” are funded and armed by the United States, and other imperialist countries. These extremists are terrorizing secularists, political activists, ethnic …
Revisionism of the Cowardly Lion in the First World (llco.org) Do Nothingism is one of the biggest forms of revisionism. It is especially prevalent in the First World. Many people recognize that the system is a horror, yet they choose inactivity, surrender. A choice is made not to aid the struggle, not even at arm’s …
Questions on Marx (llco.org) 1. How important is Karl Marx today? Karl Marx is one of the greatest revolutionary thinkers of all time. He was the first in a chain of modern revolutionary scientists. Marx was one of the first to begin applying science, or science in a more modern, rigorous form, to the problem …
Notes on today’s Maoists who uphold Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge (llco.org) The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is one of many democratic, progressive, anti-imperialist, groups fighting the Indian state, a part of the global empire. They are one of many movements fighting for the liberation of the poor in the second most populous …
First Worldism in the imperialist countries is Social Fascism by ModernMarxist (llco.org) There is a reason why Third Worldists refer to First Worldists in the imperialist countries as “social fascists.” We are living in a day and age where imperialism has advanced capitalist centralization of wealth on a global level. The rich countries rape, plunder, pillage, impoverish …