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First set: 1. I came across it for the first through Critical Resist and their essay on Palestine. Since then I have been visiting often, specifically for the essays that members have contributed to it. I decided to become a member so I can help in translating more of the theorical works of Marx, Engels, Lenin etc in Greek, since I have come to realize that there are not many places to find the lesser known works online. 2. I describe myself as a Marxist-Leninist. I started being interested in politics in 2020, as a bernie bro, slowly getting radicalized from a demsoc to a marxist. 3. Yes, I have. I am a member of the Discord server, so I have read them thoroughly, and agree with all tenets. 4. Gender is a social construct of expected behaviours, often based on physical characteristics, which changes roles depending on the society. Marxists should of course support the LGBT movement, as it is a movement of liberation of an oppressed group. 5. I uphold Stalin and Mao as revolutionary figures that were able to guide their respective peoples through some of the harshest times. They contributed a lot to communist theory, and ways of practice, albeit not without mistakes. 6. Yes, China, Vietnam, Laos, DPRK and Cuba are socialist states. They are countries, governed by a revolutionary communist party, building their way towards socialism in a capitalist-dominated world. 7. Settler-colonialism is a derivative of colonialism. A state, instead of exploiting a country by stealing it's resources and labour (colony), it will move its population there while genociding the indigenous population. Currently, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, "Israel", and Morocco (not sure about this one, still reading about it) consitute as settler-colonial projects. Decolonization is the primary organizational framework for settler colonies, done through land being given back to indigenous populations. In Greece, Roma people and immigrants are constatly opressed and treated as second class citizens to be blamed for everything that's wrong with the country. Communists here will have to work together with those groups, and those groups must have leadership roles in movements, as they are the ones that understand their conditions the best. 8. The event that happened on October 7 was the biggest blow to the settler-colonial project of "Israel" since it's inception. For me, I see it as the beginning of the inevitable end of the zionist entity. Palestine, with the leadership fo it's revolutionary groups, must drive away the zionists, and completely retake it's lands, with citizens of the ex-"state" of Israel either fleeing to other countries that they have a passport of, or assimilating and becoming citizens in the state of Palestine.
Second set: (I'll just answer them all) 1. Dialectical materialism is the guiding philosophy of marxism. It is a method of studying the phenomena of nature, and all that they encompasse. 2. Same as answer 7, Land back is the core action that communists must take in settler-colonies, as settlerism is the main contradiction in such states. 3. I have read books from Petrus Liu (The specter of Materialism/Queer Marxism in Two Chinas) and I am currently reading Transgender Resistance by Laura Miles. 4. Yes, abolition of the family, as it is now, must, and will happen, as history marches on. Families are part of the supersctructure of each society, and they are intertwined with the economic base of each society. As we mode towards socialism, the family will sieze to exist as we know it currently, with new forms that are more emancipatory will take it's place. This abolition will most likely happen organically as the economic base change, in small steps. Cuba, with it's Family Code in 2022 made a step towards the abolition of the nuclear family. 5.Communists in Greece should focus on Roma and immigrants way more than they currently do, and give them a voice in politics. They should actively support socialist and anti-imperialist countries, and support decolonization projects. The proletariats of the western world are in such a place that they get to have some of the spoils of imperialist and colonialist exploitation, and thus their position is endangered when the system of imperialism is threatened. Communists, instead of making excuses or overlooking this, should instead focus on it, make people understand their place in the world, and give them a material reason as to why they should support a change, not because it just sounds better, but because it will benefit them. Greek communist parties, with the biggest being the KKE, is actively falling into dogmatism and denies to have a material analysis of world imperialism of the 21st century, and what place Greece has in it. 6. People do realize and they do know that their role in the capitalist chain in one that is getting exploited. To realize that fact doesn't mean that you also know the correct way forward. 7.Imperialism is the action of a capitalist state amassing profits from other countries via exploitation. The most usual way this is done is by exporting capital to other countries, in which the workers can be more easily exploited. The IMF, the World bank etc are the tools of securing the state of exploitation, mainly by making sure the economies are not nationalized, and the monopolies stay in place. Alternatives for developing countries to gain capital, such as the BRI, are an existential threat to the model of imperialism. 8. I especially like Kwame Ture's speeches, and Gramsci's work on ideology. I like Plekhanov's "The Development of the Monist View of History", because, even though a menshevik, his understanding of materialism and dialectics were really good, and his style of writing simple enough for most people to understand. Love everything written by Losurdo (RIP), especially Class Struggle, Walter Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa", and speeches of Xi Xinping, which emphasize the socialist constraction of socialism in China.
Optional Questions: 1. I believe the questions are well chosen, and the process itself is fine. Once thing that needs fixing, though it's a technical issue, when in dark mode, the background of this box for answering is white, and the letters that a user types are also in white, making them impossible to see unless you highlight them. 2. I am quite familiar with python, although I'm not sure how useful this will be for a website. I also do know a few basics of Javascript, but nnot enough for me to be really helpful.