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1. I found it one day while trying to find a non-capitalist, non-red scare biased article on Maoism, MZT and the historical and revolutionary development of China. Before diving into more extensive works on the topic.
I would like to join ProleWiki to help expand on some topics I might have more knowledge on and own works of that might not be expanded on, or exist on the site yet. For example, I own a lot of lesser known copies of James Connolly’s works and would be able to expand on his page.
2. I follow Marxist-Leninist thought, critique, analysis and action. I will speak on what I feel would be best to achieve a good path forward for America; as that is there I live currently. The focus and emancipation of black and brown people from the centuries of exploitation, oppression, slavery and villainization of them. As well as the same for indigenous people. Women & LGBT people should be liberated from their oppression as well. From here it is best to educate these people on Marxist and Marxist-Leninist action, theory, philosophy, etc. As well as turning these education efforts to the masses most receptive of it and educate them as well on the history of exploitation and oppression the groups listed above have gone through. Basically forming a semi-Cadre, which from there can form a full Cadre.
3. I have read the principles. I agree with all of them and do not have any productive critique or comments on them. I think they fit and are good principles to have for a project such as this.
4. Gender is a complicated social construct. Something I think that can never truly be separated from societal thought and expression. As for Marxists supporting LGBT causes and people, 100% yes we should. It would be extremely hypocritical and counter-productive to espouse and harp on and on about liberation and emancipation and not focus efforts on liberating LGBT people.
5. I think Stalin is a highly misunderstood figure in Communist history, same with Mao. Stalin did a lot of good in synthesising Marxism-Leninism and advancing the struggle with that act. As well as himself adding onto theory in good ways. Mao as well, with giving everyone a good example of how to lead a more protracted revolution, and tactics you can analyse and try to apply to your conditions that fit.
I would describe both of their historical roles as great advancers of class struggle and theory.
6. My thoughts on China, Vietnam, Laos, DPRK, and Cuba are complicated. I give them critical support where it is needed and not where it is not. I think they’re all Socialist-lite. In that I think they’re all trying to advance to Socialism to the best they can. But it is hard when the imperial core stunts them and makes it harder and harder for them to not engage in Capitalist trade and economics.
7. Settler-Colonialism is the act of directing imperial actions, policy and violence towards a group inside your nation rather than out. I.E. American settlers towards indigenous populations (think Manifest Destiny, reservations, etc.) Israeli apartheid and the current genocide towards Palestine and Palestinians.
America still fits the description as they have yet to do any regard of reparations, apology, or act of kindness towards the indigenous populations they stole land from. What I would do for America is ask indigenous people and black and brown people what they would like to make the centuries of genocide, exploitation and torture right, what process of decolonization and action they’d like to see. Israel as well is a settler-colonialist state.
8. I think the Israel-Palestine war (which I have thoughts on calling it a war, but I will call it that going forward.) Is the obvious outcome and manifestation of the decades of apartheid, genocidal ideation and action and settler-colonialism Israel has enacted on Palestine and the Palestinian people. I think what happened the 7th of October, 2023, was good in some aspects, and bad in others. Do I like that Hamas killed children and civilians? No, but, that couldn’t have been avoided in how they acted, it just happens. Do I like that Hamas acted? Yes, as they, excluding their flaws, are the only revolutionary Palestinian organisation with power to do a revolution on this scale. I give critical support to Hamas and the Palestinian liberation movement. As for Israel, Israel and the Zionist movement was always going to be this way as they are the settler-colonialist state and government. I am not surprised in how the Knesset are acting, have acted, will act, etc. They’ve been doing this for decades and will continue to.
9. I would describe dialectical materialism as adding dialectics to the philosophy of materialism. What that means, in simple terms, is that materialism is the philosophy that reality exists independent of consciousness. Things move, create, destroy, etc. without the input of consciousness (I.E. The creation of stars, the way stars explode, the way the universe expands, etc.)
Dialectics on the other hand is how those things happen, the process(es) behind them and their relation to each other and the contradictions they bring. So when these two ideas are combined into dialectical materialism; you get the idea and philosophy that the world exists as constantly changing and shifting matter and ideas that change through inherent contradictions trying to solve themselves.
10. I think both national liberation, land back and decolonization movements are good. Most of the countries on the planet are on stolen land where the indigenous population is still around. So those discussions should be given to them on what they feel would be the best process for them on what decolonization, land back and national liberation means for them.
11. I think the nuclear family is an idea invented by capitalism, so yes, I think it should be abolished. But the nuclear family, as in, that type of familial setup will never go away. So you have to separate that specific idea of family from the historical and capitalistic context it was made in. Which would be hard but would be, in my opinion, the best way to abolish the idea of the nuclear family.
12. I live in America so, at the time I’m writing this at least, the most pressing issue would be the stark rise of fascism in the country. The Republicans just won a super majority in the government and run the supreme court as well, so now most people will just roll over and play to their whims for the next 4 or however many years.
Most American communist parties are lacking or bad. Stunted from the decades of red-scare propaganda against them and CIA, Fed interference. While I myself am a part of a “new” communist party, The Multinational Communist Party, I would not say we are better. We are still new and small, but we try our best with educating and unionising workers. In general American communist parties are fairly lacking in their political action, only really showing up to a protest every once in a while or holding a once a month book club as education.
13. Imperialism is the political and economic act of late-stage capitalist countries forcing new markets to open and new capitalist sources of revenue to begin through the political, social and cultural takeover of another nation, people, environment and labour force. Institutions like the IMF, Belt and Road Initiative and World Bank relate to it by directly funding it. Or by directly exporting infrastructure and the idea of capitalism to areas.