#trotskyist

[socialismforall]

Lenin on "Socialism in One Country" | The Social-Democratic Deviation in Our Party (1926) by Stalin. Human-read Marxist/communist audiobook

[elyseesarchive]

im so socialist that even my red blood cell levels are high

[oceanicmarxist]

A march by the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) in the 90s supporting East Timor and Cuba, in Newcastle, NSW.

[druggonaut]

Revolutionary Communist Party

So I recently saw a newspaper stand in a town near me, they were there on a recruitment drive too. So I figured fuck it, and joined up. Yesterday I went to their weekly meeting.

Leftist organising is rare around here and at the very least I need a foot in the door.

This Trotskyist party splintered off from the Labour party after Kier Starmer ousted Jeremy Corbyn and started cracking down on the leftist side of the party. So they've branched out on their own and are currently recruiting like crazy. I'm swept up in this now.

They have an event in November called the Revolutionary Festival that is hosting 3 days of multiple overlapping talks ranging from US imperialism, Dialectical Materialism, Fascism and how to fight it, Bangladesh revolution and the Arab spring histories, World War 1 and it's radicalising effect on soldiers, History of the Labour party, Art and revolution, Ai and Consciousness and a bunch of others.

I'm going to go to it for at least one of the days I think, mostly for networking and learning more about them.

On Reddit they seem to be very divisive among leftist circles for being empirically anti Stalin and for seeming to be well funded. I know now that they reject donors and fund themselves from members and after going to and sitting in on a local branch meeting yesterday I have a better idea of who these guys are and what they're about.

Mostly consisting of University students and student union members but not entirely; the group focuses on theory and education above most else. Importantly they seem to understand that Post Revolution and Societal Building is as important as the vague concept of Revolution itself. A breathe of fresh air from the typical leftist group. ("Uh so now what" mentality when the revolution is successful).

I'll come back to this post soon, after the November "festival" and see if there's anything to add or change.

But so far I'm not seeing many red flags and am quite glad to see a well organised Communist group.

[marcellseyes]

karl radek

[defleftist]

Just casually reminiscing about my early college days when I was in the ISO (right before the org dissolved). My intro into leftist politics being primarily with Trotskyist’s is a hoot to think about.

[chewyeyeball]

“Every revolution seems impossible until it’s inevitable.”

(picture i took today at the anti fascist/pro democracy protest)

[serenata-your-neighborhood-lefty]