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This text is an ideological guide to the project. Any criticism of this text is accepted in our discussion page.

Our principles were last updated on: 5 January 2023

Core tenets

Political line

We are guided by Marxism-Leninism, mainly the works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin. Based on that, ProleWiki upholds the currently developing dictatorships of the proletariat in:

Anti-imperialism

Although the below states are bourgeois dictatorships, we critically support them:

We critically support them insofar as their national bourgeoisie's interests align with those of its proletariat; that is, specifically, in the struggle against domination by foreign capital and NATO imperialism, which we consider the primary imperialist force in the world. In the final instance, we support the workers and oppressed peoples of these countries against their ruling class.

Anti-oppression

We are against any form of oppression, or glorification of oppression against ethnic groups, women, and LGBTQIA+ people. Class reductionism is an anti-Marxist position. As such, this includes opposition to reactionary and social-chauvinist movements, such as, but not limited to:

Goals

ProleWiki strives to be free to users and be governed by its contributors

The mission of the ProleWiki is to provide free and accessible information and works relevant to the understanding and development of Marxism-Leninism.

ProleWiki encourages the free copying and re-distribution of all materials on the site. You can publish copyrighted material, as long as it adheres to our editorial conventions. Each aspect of our project can be democratically established, however, our project shall never decide for its own dissolution.

ProleWiki strives for collective ownership

ProleWiki strives to never be owned by any individual person, and to always promote collective ownership of the website.

ProleWiki will never carry advertisements or proprietary tracking software, and will always strive to preserve the safety of our comrades. ProleWiki's governing structure may change over time as a result of elections and editor rotation.

ProleWiki strives for democratic decision making

The central organizational principle of ProleWiki is democratic decision making. No individual should dictate others. Democratic decision-making is the essence of every healthy organization. But we shouldn't always depend on decisions, individual initiative can go a long way. We should resort to democratic decision-making when faced with a contradiction, a disagreement. Any comrade is welcome to work on the ProleWiki on this basis. All contributors, which include administrators, should advocate policies and raise issues to collectively work on if needed.

ProleWiki strives for transparency

Guided by Marxism-Leninism, we adhere to free criticism of our governance. Everything about our budget, donations, policy changes, and any source code created shall be open, accessible and public. If any information (which does not compromise the security of the project) is unavailable, let us know somehow.

ProleWiki strives for criticism and self-criticism

Let us remind ourselves that free criticism does not mean the liberal-bourgeois idea of "free speech". We should openly repress:

Reactionary language, or language with a purposeful intention of promoting any kind of oppression.
Chauvinism, or promoting the idea of one group of people being superior to a different group of people.

Self-criticism is not only accepted but encouraged.

ProleWiki should be guided by the philosophical outlook of Marxism-Leninism

Each and every effort is necessary in striving for an international proletarian society. Let Marxism-Leninism be the guiding light of proletarians of all nations!

ProleWiki's priority is to advance class consciousness

Educate yourself, educate others. Our goal is to promote accessibly the ideas of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and other revolutionaries, such as Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Kim Il-sung, and others, and information relevant to understanding bourgeois society and its historical development. We shall unite our efforts to promote revolutionary potential to the people!

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 {{changetitle|''Principles of ProleWiki''}}
-This text should be an ideological guide. Any criticism of this text is accepted in our [[ProleWiki_talk:Principles|discussion page]].
+This text is an ideological guide to the project. Any criticism of this text is accepted in our [[ProleWiki_talk:Principles|discussion page]].
-Most of the following text was ''collectivized'' from the Marxist Internet Archive, to which ProleWiki has no official ties.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/admin/legal/charter.htm#c1 Charter of the Marxists Internet Archive (M.I.A.)]</ref>
+Our principles were last updated on: '''5 January 2023'''
 == Core tenets==
-We are guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], mainly the works of [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Vladimir Lenin]].
-We fully support the currently developing [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|dictatorships of the proletariat]] in:
+=== Political line ===
+We are guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], mainly the works of [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Vladimir Lenin]]. Based on that, ProleWiki upholds the currently developing [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|dictatorships of the proletariat]] in:
 *[[Republic of Cuba]]
 *[[People's Republic of China]]
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 *[[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]]
 *[[Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
-While the below states do not espouse Marxism-Leninism, we support the following nations for their defiance of [[NATO]] imperialism, which is the primary contradiction of capitalism at this historical moment.
-*[[Venezuela]]
+=== Anti-imperialism ===
-*[[Russia]]
+Although the below states are [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois dictatorships]], we ''critically'' support them:
-*[[Syria]]
+*[[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela]]
-*[[Bolivia]]
+*[[Russian Federation]]
-*[[Nicaragua]]
+*[[Republic of Belarus]]
-*[[Palestine]]
+*[[Syrian Arab Republic]]
-*[[Iran]]
+*[[Plurinational State of Bolivia]]
+*[[Republic of Nicaragua]]
+*[[Palestine|State of Palestine]]
+*[[Islamic Republic of Iran]]
+We critically support them insofar as their [[national bourgeoisie]]'s interests align with those of its [[proletariat]]; that is, specifically, in the struggle against [[Imperialism|domination by foreign capital]] and [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] [[imperialism]], which we consider the primary imperialist force in the world. In the final instance, we support the [[Proletariat|workers]] and oppressed peoples of these countries against their [[Bourgeoisie|ruling class]].
+=== Anti-oppression ===
+We are against any form of oppression, or glorification of oppression against ethnic groups, women, and [[LGBT+|LGBTQIA+]] people. Class reductionism is an anti-[[Marxism|Marxist]] position. As such, this includes opposition to reactionary and social-chauvinist movements, such as, but not limited to:
+* [[Fascism]] and [[neo-fascism]]
+* [[Nazism]] and [[neo-Nazism]]
+* [[Zionism]]
+* [[Strasserism]]
+* [[Fourth Political Theory]]
+* [[National Bolshevism]]
+* [[Laroucheism|LaRoucheism]] and [[patriotic socialism]]
 == Goals ==
 ===ProleWiki strives to be free to users and be governed by its contributors===
-The mission of the ProleWiki is to provide free and accessible information and works relevant to the understanding of marxism-leninism.
+The mission of the ProleWiki is to provide free and accessible information and works relevant to the understanding and development of [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxism-Leninism]].
-ProleWiki encourages the free copying and re-distribution of all materials on the site. You can publish copyrighted material, as long as it adheres to our [[ProleWiki:Editorial conventions|editorial conventions]]. Each aspect of our project can be democratically established, however, our project ''shall never decide for its own dissolution''.
+ProleWiki encourages the free copying and re-distribution of ''all materials'' on the site. You can publish copyrighted material, as long as it adheres to our [[ProleWiki:Editorial conventions|editorial conventions]]. Each aspect of our project can be democratically established, however, our project ''shall never decide for its own dissolution''.
 ===ProleWiki strives for collective ownership===
 ProleWiki strives to never be owned by any individual person, and to always promote collective ownership of the website.
-ProleWiki will never carry advertisements or tracking software, and will always strive to preserve the safety of our comrades.
+ProleWiki will never carry advertisements or proprietary tracking software, and will always strive to preserve the safety of our comrades. ProleWiki's [[ProleWiki:Governance|governing structure]] may change over time as a result of elections and editor rotation.
 === ProleWiki strives for democratic decision making===
-The central organizational principle of ProleWiki is democratic decision making. No individual should dictate others. There should be, however, a collective dictatorship over the content, guided by Marxism-Leninism.
+The central organizational principle of ProleWiki is democratic decision making. No individual should dictate others. Democratic decision-making is the essence of every healthy organization. But we shouldn't always depend on decisions, individual initiative can go a long way. We should resort to democratic decision-making when faced with a contradiction, a disagreement. Any comrade is welcome to work on the ProleWiki on this basis. All contributors, which include administrators, should advocate policies and raise issues to collectively work on if needed.
 ===ProleWiki strives for transparency===
-Guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], we adhere to free criticism of our governance. Feel free to criticize us from outside or inside our commune in Telegram.
+Guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], we adhere to free criticism of our governance. Everything about our budget, donations, policy changes, and any source code created shall be open, accessible and public. If any information (which does not compromise the security of the project) is unavailable, let us know somehow.
 ===ProleWiki strives for criticism and self-criticism===
 Let us remind ourselves that free criticism does not mean the liberal-bourgeois idea of "free speech". We should openly repress:
 *Reactionary language, or language with a purposeful intention of promoting any kind of oppression.
-*Chauvinism, or promoting the idea of one group of people being better than a different group of people.
+*Chauvinism, or promoting the idea of one group of people being superior to a different group of people.
 Self-criticism is not only accepted but encouraged.
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 ===ProleWiki's priority is to advance class consciousness===
-We shall unite our efforts to promote revolutionary potential to the people!
+''Educate yourself, educate others''. Our goal is to promote accessibly the ideas of [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]], [[Vladimir Lenin]] and other revolutionaries, such as [[Mao Zedong]], [[Ho Chi Minh]], [[Kim Il-sung]], and others, and information relevant to understanding bourgeois society and its historical development. We shall unite our efforts to promote revolutionary potential to the people!
 == Signed ==
 {{ProleWiki:Principles/Signed}}
+== See also ==
-==References==
+* [[ProleWiki:Governance|ProleWiki's governance]]
-<references />
+* [[ProleWiki:Editorial guidelines|ProleWiki's editorial guidelines]]
+* [[ProleWiki:Code of conduct|ProleWiki's Code of Conduct]]
+[[Category:ProleWiki official pages]]