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Absolute shit take from Communist Party of Venezuela

> El Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Venezuela (PCV) hace un llamado a las fuerzas genuinamente democráticas, populares y patrióticas a unir fuerzas para defender la voluntad del pueblo venezolano que se expresó este domingo 28 de julio con una clara intención de cambio político en el país.\ \ Alertamos a la opinión pública internacional que así como el Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro ha despojado al pueblo venezolano de sus derechos sociales y económicos, hoy pretende privarlo de sus derechos democráticos.\ \ La denuncia de un supuesto intento de vulneración del sistema electoral, hecha por el presidente del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, lejos de brindar las garantías necesarias al proceso, profundizan las dudas sobre los resultados presentados al país. En tal sentido, exigimos al CNE la publicación de la totalidad de las actas de votación ─tal y como lo establece el reglamento electoral─ así como la máxima transparencia en el escrutinio de los resultados.\ \ La proclamación de Nicolás Maduro como presidente reelecto bajo este escenario de incertidumbre en el que los resultados presentados por Amoroso contrastan abiertamente con el ánimo que imperó durante la jornada electoral, no es más que una provocación que abre paso a la configuración de situaciones de violencia.\ \ En estos momentos se registran espontáneas movilizaciones populares en distintos puntos del país. Desde el PCV no solamente respaldamos el clamor de respeto a la voluntad popular, sino que hacemos un llamado a las fuerzas militares y policiales a no reprimir al pueblo.\ \ En estas horas decisivas para el presente y futuro del país, las y los comunistas ratificamos nuestra convicción de construir espacios de amplia unidad para fortalecer la lucha por la recuperación de la Constitución y el estado de derecho en Venezuela.\ \ ¡Gobierne quien gobierne, los derechos se defienden!\ \ Caracas, 29 de julio de 2024 TL;DR: They are questioning the legitimacy of Maduro as a winner, claiming he is undermining voting rights, while ignoring the growing right-wing reaction and coup attempt against Maduro PCV is basically voicing reaction, to the point they even use liberal wording about "democratic rights" in a bourgeois state

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ProleWiki welcomes its two elected administrators!

On July 18th, 2024, after almost a week of discussions, the editorship elected comrades [General_KJ](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/General_KJ) and [ulaan](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/420dengist) to the position of administrators with an unanimous 16 votes! The main reason for this is to fulfill demands of a growing project. This was an initiative of the founder admins, me and [Critical](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/CriticalResist8), and we brought the discussions to the editorship so we could elect members there. To me, personally, this is a great achievement. Years ago, when I first created ProleWiki, with my own money and labor, I promoted the project in Lemmygrad, sharing my thoughts on the development, issues, demands, etc. Though I was a bit more idealistic back then about the future of the project, I had a correct reasoning: > We hope that in about a year or so, ProleWiki is able to exist without me individually and becomes a valuable resource to revolutionaries from all over the world, socially owned by all contributors. It definitely took longer than a year 😂, but we managed to do that, and now even more so. We will be training the newly elected admins over time so that they can fulfill demands on every aspect of the project. That way, ProleWiki can be much more resilient against anything that may happen with an individual admin's personal life or health. Giving the CIA a harder time trying to shut us down 😁 Welcome, comrades [General_KJ](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/General_KJ) and [ulaan](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/420dengist)!

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ProleWiki welcomes edits from anyone, without the need for accounts!

Recently, we started using a MediaWiki extension which helps us "moderate" edits coming from those who do not have accounts. This help us prevent spam and vandalism from ever reaching front pages, while allowing those who don't have accounts to contribute to collective knowledge.

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Attention, Lemmygradians!

We've always noticed something odd with user [@Skipper1402@lemmygrad.ml](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/Skipper1402), but we haven't formalized any space for discussion about them. People have noticed they are apparently collecting info about us and our community. Have you interacted with this user? What do you think about it?

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ProleWiki – a enciclopédia proletária

pt.prolewiki.org

Camaradas, gostaria de convidá-los para solicitar uma conta na ProleWiki, assim podemos desenvolver uma base de conhecimento marxista. O potencial de desenvolvermos uma enciclopédia para agregar conhecimentos, analisar países, empresas, eventos históricos, partidos, organizações, etc., é excepcional. Nosso conhecimento individual assim se torna coletivo. O processo para solicitar uma conta e entrar pode ser maçante... Afinal, por ser uma enciclopédia marxista-leninista, é preciso ser criterioso com quem entra. Mas uma vez que vc está dentro, pode contribuir escrevendo de pouquinho, como todos os outros, e com o tempo, os artigos se desenvolverão. Junte-se à nós! \ [Link direto para solicitação de conta](https://pt.prolewiki.org/wiki/Especial:Pedir_conta?v=lmg)

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Books, articles and other sources on Laos

Hello there, comrades! A few ProleWiki editors are focusing their efforts to expand our articles on Laos. We're looking for sources to base our articles on, so that we'll have more material to work with. If you know anything, be it an article or a book, or a website, please, let us know! Your suggestions will help us refine our article on the country. Another thing, we're holding a book club on [*Revolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects*](https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Revolution_in_Laos), which does a good job on detailing the history of the country and its revolutionary movement, which we can all learn from to apply to our revolutionary tactics (though not strategy). If you're interested in doing this reading with us, join our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/UuRUvVFBkY) and let us know you're from Lemmygrad and you're there to join the book club, and we'll put you right in as a book club member! Thank you!

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ProleWiki has opened a Persian language instance!

fa.prolewiki.org

Hello, comrades! I'm here again to proudly announce that we've established a Persian language ProleWiki, managed and developed by our Iranian comrades [@sudo_halt@lemmygrad.ml](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/sudo_halt) and TheSinnerOne. Their selfless contributions are a testament to the unwavering dedication and perseverance of our comrades in delivering a service to the international proletariat. The expansion of our encyclopedia into Persian not only signifies the growing reach of our revolutionary knowledge but also symbolizes the unity and solidarity of comrades across languages, and cultures. And to think ProleWiki started with only myself in September 2020... And now we're spanning and delivering content up to 8 different languages, with editors from all over the world! It reminds me of an excerpt of Pablo Neruda's poem, *To my party*, which I will highlight: > You have given me fraternity towards those I do not know. \ You have added to me the strength of all who live. \ You have given me again the homeland as in a birth. \ You have given me the freedom that the solitary does not have. \ You taught me to kindle kindness, like fire. \ You gave me the righteousness that the tree needs. \ You taught me to see the unity and difference of men. \ You showed me how the pain of one being has died in the victory of all. \ You taught me to sleep in the hard beds of my brothers. \ You made me build on reality as on a rock. \ You made me the adversary of the wicked and the wall of the frantic. \ You made me see the clarity of the world and the possibility of joy. \ **You have made me indestructible because with you I do not end in myself.** And indeed, ProleWiki did not end in myself! Long live the international collaboration between comrades!

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ProleWiki has opened a Greek instance

el.prolewiki.org

With the help of our comrade Syntrofos, we have opened a Greek language ProleWiki! Of course, since we have just opened it, you shouldn't expect to find much, except an article on [Marxism-Leninism](https://el.prolewiki.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BE%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%9B%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82) at the moment. Irrespective of that, having an open Greek wiki will allow people speaking that language to contribute with the wiki independent of the English language instance. Our editors have done an excellent job in ProleWiki, but it's a job that is never really finished. There will always be something to add, a fact, a specific knowledge, and it's wonderful that we are opening up to further languages so more people from more places can know about our project and contribute to them. All glory to the comrades at ProleWiki! Thank you comrade Syntrofos for your work!

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ProleWiki now has a Matrix server! Thanks to everyone who helped us set it up

Special thanks to comrades [@Elara@lemmygrad.ml](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/Elara), [@ComradeEd@lemmygrad.ml](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/ComradeEd) and [@ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/ksynwa). Your patience and assistance were honorable Right now, registration is closed and probably will continue to be closed for a while. Only editors can choose to have an account with the ProleWiki handle. Now for step two: implementing a matrix-discord bridge. May take me a while 🥲

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Setting up a Matrix homeserver for ProleWiki

We can no longer ignore there are Matrix users among our editorship, who prefer it over Discord for various reasons, some being they had to use VPN, they prefer Matrix for privacy and security, or simply because they hate Discord for some reason There's also the problem our organization is currently intrinsically tied with Discord. So if we ever "found" to "break the rules" of the "community guidelines," which is always a bullshit excuse for censorship, we will face a major setback in our organization before we re-organize ourselves more autonomously. Having a Matrix server and channels neatly organized can be a safe backup from such a setback, but the major reason we (and by this I mean mostly myself) are currently researching into implementing a Matrix server, is to host a bridge which would allow seamless communication between our Matrix and Discord members Comrade [@Elara@lemmygrad.ml](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/Elara) from GenZedong has generously offered support in implementing the server, but neither of us knew how to configure the Apache webserver, which is the stack used by ProleWiki, and I'm currently stuck figuring this out. She has also set up a Matrix-Discord bridge herself for us to use, but it's safer for us to host one ourselves, to avoid leaving the server dependent on other servers. Instead of requesting for a single person, anyone willing to help, please do so in the comments, and I'll answer you. I will share some information about our server configuration in the process, and since any conversation here is public, try not to ask any sensitive information. I think this way more people can chime in and help us out, I've been having headaches with this 🥲

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Enciclopédia marxista-leninista

pt.prolewiki.org

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3454835 > Camaradas, queria apresentá-los a um projeto ainda em estágios iniciais, mas que se propõe ser uma enciclopédia política sobre diversos assuntos, a partir de uma leitura marxista-leninista (ou marxista, no caso, já que o leninismo se refere principalmente à práxis revolucionária, algo que está além do escopo de uma enciclopédia). > > A seção portuguesa da nossa enciclopédia precisa de editores para desenvolver artigos. Vocês têm alguma sugestão de onde podemos recrutar?

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Enciclopédia marxista-leninista

pt.prolewiki.org

Camaradas, queria apresentá-los a um projeto ainda em estágios iniciais, mas que se propõe ser uma enciclopédia política sobre diversos assuntos, a partir de uma leitura marxista-leninista (ou marxista, no caso, já que o leninismo se refere principalmente à práxis revolucionária, algo que está além do escopo de uma enciclopédia). A seção portuguesa da nossa enciclopédia precisa de editores para desenvolver artigos. Vocês têm alguma sugestão de onde podemos recrutar?

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Join ProleWiki as a library editor!

We know some comrades would love to edit the wiki but they do not feel "ready" to do so theoretically... Considering that, it's my duty to present the Lemmygrad community the library editors role in our wiki. Library editors are users who have access to editing our library, so they can help expand works available for everyone to read! First of all, I understand those who feel they are "not ready" to create an account and edit. But you're not really required to be extensively well read on everything so you can contribute. Most of what I've learned about theory, history and politics was a consequence of my editing on ProleWiki, as I learned in the process of researching stuff to put on the wiki. Second, if you feel like you're not currently able to research and edit stuff, it's understandable, since it takes work to do that. But by contributing to the library, you're helping others have easier access to important works. Have you ever read anything you felt like everyone should read it? And when you search for that book, you realize it's very hard to find? Your contributions could help others have access to that very important information in a very accessible form. You'll be doing your part in elevating the consciousness of the people from the comfort of your home So, go ahead and [request an account](https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount) already! Fill in the questions based on what you know, and if you're interested specifically in a library account, tell us so in your request form. This means we'll take it easy on your answers. Those who wish to request a full fledged account, just answer the questions to your best ability, but we're usually more rigorous with the answers. We'll give everyone from Lemmygrad feedback about their answers, so you can see this as an opportunity to test your knowledge too 🤓

Monogamous relationships are centered on a single partner with whom you share intimacy and sexual desire. This type of relationship can already bring out some challenges, like jealousy, resentment, fights, or insecurities in general. Even with a shared agreement that you and your partner will exclusively dedicate their intimacy with yourselves, these feelings already pop up here and then. Polyamory, polygamy, or non-monogamous relationships in general can have different "formats", but this type of relationship is solely focused on dialogue and internal agreements. Here is the main points and difference between them: * Open relationships: usually there is a single partner with whom you develop intimacy and sex, but both agree that sex outside the relationship is allowed, but not intimacy. * Polygamy: it's based on a shared relationship between more than 2 partners. Like 3 people under the same relationship, and having a relationship with each other. Intimacy and sex is usually shared among all partners, but it sometimes happen that 2 partners do not share a relationship. For instance a relationship where a woman has 2 boyfriends, and the boyfriends may have a friendship between each other, but not necessarily have sex together. * Polyamory: it's an absolute non-exclusive relationship, similar to open relationships, but intimacy and sex is allowed. It tends to revolve around two partners, each allowed to have other non-exclusive relationships, be them casual or fixed. It's an illusion to think these types of relationships are exempt from insecurities, jealousy, and that every person involved in the relationship are confident enlightened higher beings incapable of feeling insecure. This is a distorted characterization of these relationships. In polyamory, you'll still have to deal with jealousy, envy, resentment, and insecurities in general, both from yourself and your partners, but it can be a thousand times more intense than monogamous relationships. There's always that male chauvinist who loves the idea of dating two women, but they can't fathom the idea of the woman he loves meeting, loving, kissing and having great sex with another man. For men, indoctrinated on the idea of sexual exclusivity (for women, not them lol), it can be quite tough to accept this situation and learning to deal with it. Polyamory is a journey in dealing with your deepest insecurities, and learning to deal with your partners' insecurities as well. It's definitely not an easy task, because it's already not easy to be responsible with a single partner's emotions, let alone two or more. This is why I say polyamory is not for every one. Though it's solely based on dialogue and mutual freedom, it involves much more responsibilities than monogamous relationships, and it's way tougher to deal with insecurities and self-esteem crises. You need to be prepared to suffer a lot, and be ready to deal with your own issues, and also talking to your partners about it. I've been in a non-monogamous relationship for 4 years now, and it's been a ride. For the most part I felt self-confident, but here and then I felt really bad, like anxiety, low self-esteem, jealousy and envy. Even though it happened only a few times, it was one of the worst sensations I've ever felt in my life. And even though I have a second partner, this shit's not easy, and it doesn't get easier lmao. For me, I adopt this relationship because of self-discovery. You learn more about yourself by exposing yourself to certain situations, and you find in yourself things to work out on.

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Fischia Il Vento, Italin anti-fascist song (based on Katyusha)

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# Original (Italian) Fischia il vento e infuria [urla] la bufera, \ scarpe rotte e pur bisogna andar \ a conquistare la rossa primavera \ dove sorge il sol dell'avvenir. \ A conquistare la rossa primavera \ dove sorge il sol dell'avvenir. \ \ Ogni contrada è patria del ribelle, \ ogni donna a lui dona un sospir, \ nella notte lo guidano le stelle \ forte il cuore e il braccio nel colpir. \ \ Se ci coglie la crudele morte, \ dura vendetta verrà dal partigian; \ ormai sicura è [già] la dura sorte \ del fascista vile traditor. \ \ Cessa il vento, calma è la bufera, \ torna a casa il fiero partigian, \ sventolando la rossa sua bandiera; \ vittoriosi e alfin liberi siam. # English The wind whistles, the storm rages, \ our shoes are broken but we must march on, \ to conquer the red spring, \ where the sun of the future rises. \ to conquer the red spring, \ where the sun of the future rises. \ \ Every street is home to the rebel, \ every woman has a sigh for him, \ the stars guide him through the night, \ strong his heart and his arm when they strike. \ the stars guide him through the night, \ strong his heart and his arm when they strike. \ \ If cruel death catches us \ harsh revenge will come from the partisan \ already certain is the harsh fate \ of the vile treasonous fascist. \ already certain is the harsh fate \ of the vile treasonous fascist. \ \ The wind stops and the storm calms, \ the proud partisan returns home, \ blowing in the wind his red flag, \ victorious, at last we are free. \ blowing in the wind his red flag, \ victorious, at last we are free.

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A comment on the Russia/NATO war

There are many Marxists who look at the US/NATO war against Russia without historical materialism. They condemn Russia and the war in Ukraine as an "inter-imperialist war" between Russia and the US, but this is wrong mainly because they ignore the historical aggression movement of the "traditional" imperialist countries. One such movement was the expansion of NATO, where the EU and the US were funding NATO and EU membership campaigns, especially in former socialist republics. They took advantage of nascent states and low institutional complexity to spread propaganda in these countries, initially through television and today through the Internet. They manipulate the public opinion of an entire nation, just to serve their interests. And worse, NATO demands from these countries "political reforms" in order to enter NATO, which eventually resulted in extreme right-wing governments in these countries. NATO has been expanding eastward into Russia, settling in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, then Estonia, Latvia, Romania, and Bulgaria, with Estonia and Latvia bordering Russia. Furthermore, NATO has already stated if I'm not mistaken since 2008 that it intended to host Ukraine and Georgia, and not only that, it has frequently held military exercises with these countries. Both Ukraine and Georgia border Russia, Ukraine being the country that has the longest border with Russia. In Ukraine, a government has been in place since 2014 that has openly advocated neo-Nazism and incorporated Nazi militias into its army. It promoted the persecution of ethnic Russians within the country and for 8 years the Ukrainian army assaulted the population of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. School children were taught to hate Russians with children's stories portraying the Russian nation and its people as barbarians, monsters, as every government does with its enemies. And now, with the Russian invasion, Finland, which also has a long border with Russia, has joined NATO. We already know what the historical trend of this will be. In addition, NATO has an indirect presence in Asia, mainly in South Korea and Japan, due to the presence of US troops in these countries (more than 80,000 soldiers in all). It is very clear that NATO has been expanding toward Russia since the late 1990s, setting up governments hostile to Russians in its member countries for the sole purpose of generating a conflict with the country. In this way, it becomes possible to fragment the whole of Russia, to facilitate the plundering of that country's natural and human resources, and especially to prevent a competitive country from outgrowing the USA. The idea that Russian aggression is part of an "inter-imperialist" conflict attempts to equate the US with Russia, as if both countries are waging war for similar reasons, or as if both are in the same position. The US/NATO has been hostile to Russia for decades, it's decades of constant aggression. To any Russian, who has seen it up close all these years, the war was a surprise, but everyone knew it was inevitable. Marxists who defend the thesis of "inter-imperialist war" to condemn Russia and the US on the same "level" ignore all this historical development, and on top of that they use the argument that in Russia there is a right-wing conservative party in power. Or worse, they say that Russia is a bourgeois state and therefore does not deserve support. It is true. In many aspects the Russian government is anti-communist, even. But all over the world we have bourgeois dictatorships or conservative governments. To take only this criteria of support would result in condemning the "inter-imperialist" war between the U.S. and Iraq, equating aggressors and aggressed. Because both are bourgeois dictatorships, therefore they do not deserve special consideration. In the case of the war in Ukraine the "aggressor-aggrieved" relation is more subtle, because in the immediate appearance Russia invaded Ukraine. The aggressor-aggrieved relationship is between Russia-Ukraine, right? That seems to be the view of our Marxists, apparently. Losing sight of the background of NATO's actions, this war becomes a meaningless thing, as if Russia is wanting to take Ukraine for itself, to export its capital and control Ukraine's markets. It is a very similar discourse to the one NATO reproduces, of the invader Russia. So who does the "imperialist Russia" discourse serve? Exactly the NATO side. Exactly the usual imperialists, which we are sick of knowing, the imperialists of the North Atlantic, the US and Europe. This discourse is aimed at undermining support for Russia in other nations, and gradually manufacturing a consensus that justifies a war against Russia. The two sides of the war are not equal, and they do not wage war for equal reasons. Russia is a bourgeois dictatorship, as in much of the world, but it is part of a positive movement regarding the world market, an alternative movement to the US hegemony that for decades has plagued the countries of the world with its political and economic interference. Russia's partnership with China also adds strength to this alternative movement to the US-dominated institutions, the domination of the dollar, and the arbitrary interference in other countries.

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Follow-up to the Chinese military visiting Brazil for a seminar

In May 30, the Chinese military arrived in Brasilia for a Seminar, which I [reported previously](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/666929) in Lemmygrad. A comrade shared hopes that the Brazilian military may be purged from its reactionary factions. I didn't share their hopes, but who knows what the future holds. However, this event has shown us an interesting insight. The Brazilian Army didn't invite the Chinese personnel, they were told to do so by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil. So the Army caved in to the pressure of the MFA, which is a part of the Lula government. The Brazilian decision to invite Chinese military personnel led the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Elizabeth Frawley Baglei, to request a meeting with Minister of Defense Múcio, a Brazilian general, to discuss relations in the area of defense. Shortly afterwards, the US sent a delegation to Brasilia led by General Laura Richardson, commander of the US Armed Forces Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), for meetings with the commanders of the Navy, Army, Air Force and the Chief of the Joint Staff. This shows SOUTHCOM has direct access channels to the upper echelon of the Brazilian Army, Navy and Air Force.

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Chinese military visit Brazil for military cooperation

www.brasil247.com

A team composed of 20 Chinese military personnel arrived in Brasilia on Tuesday (30) with the objective of strengthening the strategic cooperation between the two countries. On Wednesday, the group - mostly made up of generals - will be received at the Brazilian Army Headquarters. The delegation members are from the National Defense University of China and will participate in lectures about strategic programs developed by the Brazilian Army.