Category: Political Economy
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Socialist China’s Successes
I felt that we had neglected China’s successful application of socialism compared to how much we covered the implementations in the USSR and Albania. That is why we shall make this post. (We will borrow heavily from our almost-done book.) The CPC liberated China from the KMT’s government in 1949, founding the People’s Republic of…
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On iPhones
We announce the dissolution of this project. A great person has informed us that communists use iPhones, something Marx said not to do; if we can’t get rid of them, we can’t have communism. Long live capitalism! The claim that communists should simply stop using products made in capitalist society since we oppose the exploitation…
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In Defense of Socialism in One Country
Excerpts from our in-progress book Socialism in one country is a concept that Joseph Stalin contributed to Marxism-Leninism. Socialism can be constructed in one country, contrary to the idea that the revolution must be spread to the whole world before socialism is actually constructed and its relations of productions are established. While many Marxists believed…
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Yes, This is Real Capitalism
A common objection socialists get is that when they criticize capitalism—especially American capitalism, arguably the most ruthless of the capitalist-imperialist systems—is that they really criticize “crony capitalism”, “corporatism”, etc., with the idea being that “not real capitalism” has more government involvement in the economy than “real” capitalism. Generally, “real” capitalism is supposed to mean free-competition…
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The People’s (Socialist) Republic of Albania
Partly adapted from our in-progress book Today, January 10th (in CET), is the 77th anniversary of socialist Albania’s founding. The Albanian people struggled during World War 2 against feudalism, bureaucratic-comprador capitalism, and imperialism, in particular the imperialism of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The Party of Labor of Albania courageously led the partisans of its…
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Socialist Transition By Comrades Sahij Singh Aulakh and Omar ElSayed
https://www.quora.com/profile/Omar-Elsayed-98 Socialist transition is a term used to refer how a socialist state must economically and politically transition from capitalism to socialism. It is a necessary stage in the development of socialism, but what must be developed under capitalism? There are two things to consider when talking about socialist transition: What do these terms mean?…
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Happy CENTENNIAL to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)!
It is extremely strange to go from remembering its passing to celebrating its founding in four days, but that’s alright. What’s really important is that on December 30th, 1922, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR), Transcaucasian SFSR, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR), and Byelorussian SSR joined together to form the Union of…
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On the USSR’s Dissolution
Our view of the USSR’s dissolution is mixed. We see that the USSR by 1991 was not a socialist state, but a capitalist-imperialist superpower with terrible problems in its system. If the country remained socialist, it probably would be around today, but its capitalist restoration weakened its economy by causing shortages, stagnation, and corruption, so…
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Is It OK To Be Rich In Capitalism?
Our movement is filled with a lot of dislike for wealthy individuals. As an empiricist, I feel compelled to examine the facts before I come to a conclusion of whether these attitudes are legitimate. So – I ask my digital library of Marxist literature – who are the people that become wealthy through capitalism? And…
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Some Notes On Democratic Centralism
By Omar Elsayed Democracy has accompanied socialism throughout it’s history as democratic centralism. As Stalin That all directing bodies of the Party, from top to bottom, shall be elected. That Party bodies shall give periodical accounts of their activities to their respective Party organizations. That there shall be strict Party discipline and the subordination of…