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Hey! I live in Belgium and doing Marxist Econ research, plus doing library events on the side. Feel free to send me a message anytime too!
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South Vietnam flags are very popular in the US as well.
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looking forward to it
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The main idea of CPC right now is non-intervention and peaceful coexistance. This is one of reasons why capitalist nations have been fairly friendly with China up until recently. Outlining steps after the fall of imperialism is kind of impossible since you would have to predict the future ostensibly.
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Building a multipolar world, challenging US imperialism.
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I have experience with some Montessori institutions. Generally they are pretty good at getting kids to think critically, learn from mistakes and take responsibility early in development. Would definitely be cool to see in a socialist project, but not sure about how to scale it to a national level. Might have issues with standardization.
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Just wanted to say good luck with studies! Russian is tricky but I think in conversation people tend to be very forgiving of mistakes. I’m thinking also maybe watching films in Russian might help with learning how to pronounce words. There’s lots of Soviet films available on YouTube.
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- Im not sure I agree with your definitions of communist and socialist sectors, since a socialist mode of production already means a focus on use value. So the definition of a communist sector is redundant.
- “When looking at the USSR, it had basically no capitalist sector” - depends on time period!
- “Denmark and the UK both had small communist sectors in things like their healthcare.” - is a regulated capitalist sector really equivalent to a socialist sector?
- “We simply state that unless there is a DotP established, the capitalist sector will erode them away.” - I would also argue that without a DotP, the socialist sector is always subservient to (the booms and busts) of the capitalist one
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It looks really nice
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Ive heard so many American liberals say that modern Russia is communist lol
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Hadn’t had troubles with TSA so far, if it helps
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Liberalism is the ideology of capitalism. Bourgeoise is the capitalist class
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I file my relationship with communism HR first
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Nothing surprising. Has been the trend for a while
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I would recommend the book Everything for everyone (https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone) which is a fictional account of a near future communist New York.
I would also recommend to not try to seek out an unbiased account of communism, which does not exist. There are a lot of assumptions that go into it and will be of course influenced by the authors biases.
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Im not sure what you mean when you say you don’t want historical content, since that is what documentation is. Other than that there are fictional stories if that’s what you are looking for?
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Maybe check out Everyday Utopia by Kristen Ghodsee? She writes about different egalitarian communities in history
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i liked it. i would recommend if you like theme of banality of evil; definitely watch it with headphones or good audio set up
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4415605 > I noticed that several socialist countries took out loans from the IMF (Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania) even though there was an understanding that the IMF is a predatory organisation. I assume it is connected to the wave of liberalisation in the 1980s, but would be interested in a more concrete breakdown of the logic and context behind it, or articles/links on the topic.
I noticed that several socialist countries took out loans from the IMF (Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania) even though there was an understanding that the IMF is a predatory organisation. I assume it is connected to the wave of liberalisation in the 1980s, but would be interested in a more concrete breakdown of the logic and context behind it, or articles/links on the topic.
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> The International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins two days of hearings to consider Nicaragua’s request that emergency measures be imposed on Germany over its support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
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From the description: > We often hear of a struggle between "democracies" and "autocracies." This conflict is presented as immutable and is commonly coded in an ethical lexicon. This video considers the two terms -- and the misleading binary they produce -- as political instruments, rather than useful analytical categories. We must reject the empty rhetoric that evokes these concepts and instead elevate the standards of democracy. Democracy should mean truly popular control over both politics and economics. It should require a deeply embedded commitment to public welfare and management of a collective future. Tackles the same topic as Second Thought did a bit ago, but from a slightly different angle and a bit more succinct.
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A history of the Soviet communication satellite program. From the description: >The Soviet Union had a big advantage in launch vehicle capability, but, while the US had adapted the Delta to launch small satellites into Geostationary orbits the R7 which had carried spacecraft to the Moon and Venus was not capable of doing the equivalent without significant redesign. Instead, the Soviet Union's scientists came up with their own solution which had some advantages for covering the massive territory of the USSR.
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UE gives an overview of planned obsolescence. Pretty classic stuff, but also contains some more in depth economics perspectives that were new to me
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Was listening to rev left radio and they had a guest who talked about this course! From their description: > Economics for Emancipation (E4E) is a seven-module introductory curriculum with interactive and participatory workshops. It offers a deep critical dive into the current political economic system, exploration of alternative economic systems, and dynamic tools to dream and build the economy that centers care, relationship, and liberation. Theres lots of info, readings, takeaways. All around well made course. If anyone knows similar courses/adjacent stuff would love to hear about it!
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