The Official Socialism/Democratic Socialism/Communism/Marxism Thread

[Allah]

Give me one country where marxism has worked and has't turned into stalinism.

what makes a country stalinist? collectivized agriculture? surveilence state? secret police? oligarchy? dominant public sector? nationalized industry?

the application of marxism is very new and in very few cases has it been allowed to develop independent of geopolitical struggles. since marxism is not an ideology but instead a method of interpreting history, and by extension society, there is no one "marxism." the same way that you dont see the developing world being allowed to develop in the same way that europe and america were allowed to, the ideas of marxism have not been allowed to develop in the same way that capitalism was allowed to. the transition from king to president (feudalism to capitalism) is quite different from the transition of king to equal citizen (capitalism to socialism)

 

[theworldismine13]

'Why Socialism?' by Albert Einstein

'The Principles of Communism' by Frederick Engels

'The Soul of Man Under Socialism' by Oscar Wilde

'The Communist Manifesto' by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

'Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism' by V.I. Lenin

'The Case for Socialism' by Alan Maass

'The Transitional Program' by Leon Trotsky

'The Two Souls of Socialism' by Hal Draper

'Marx for Beginners' by Rius

Marxism FAQ

Audio/Video

Introduction to Marxism by Richard D Wolff

Reading Marx's 'Capital' with David Harvey

WeAreMany.org: Talks on Socialism & Marxism

Recommended Books

The S Word: A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism by John Nichols

Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Meaning of Marxism by Paul D'Amato

Marx's Ecology by John Bellamy Foster

Marxism and Freedom: from 1776 Until Today by Raya Dunayevskaya

Death in the Haymarket by James Green

from http://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/wiki/index

Eat up, friends.

where any of those written in the 21st century?

 

[theworldismine13]

TUH, you left out a few

 

[DEAD7]

These niqqas called Hitler a capitalist



I knew this thread would be full on nonsense and emotionally driven fukkkery

 

[PikaDaDon]

Can't tell if this is a joke topic or not.

 

[Type Username Here]

Two graphs:

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A tax representation of the heyday of the American progressive and semi-socialism movement. The "glory" days of America these conservatives talk about. They always neglect to mention that for some odd reason.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

 

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[Kritic]

Socialism is not right...
















...unless we call it corporate welfare.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

 

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"that was the competitive wage system; and if Jurgis wanted to understand what socialism was, it was there he had best begin. The workers were dependent upon a job to exist from day to day, and so they bid against each other, and no man could get more than the lowest man would consent to work for. And thus the mass of the people were always in a life-and-death struggle with poverty."
-The Jungle

 

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I can see the Anarcho-Capitalists are upset that some of us advocate fairness for the working and poor classes. Keep the 1 stars coming hoes!

 

[Type Username Here]

Needs to be posted again:

"You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry.... Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong... with capitalism.... There must be a better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism."

 

[Type Username Here]

Capitalism uses force but it also educates the people to its system. Direct propaganda is carried out by those entrusted with explaining the inevitability of class society, either through some theory of divine origin or through a mechanical theory of natural selection. This lulls the masses since they see themselves as being oppressed by an evil against which it is impossible to struggle. Immediately following comes the hope of improvement — and in this, capitalism differed from the preceding caste systems, which offered no possibilities for advancement.

-Che