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1. I found ProleWiki through social media posts. I am now quite familiar with this website and its ideology after using it for over 2 months. I see ProleWiki as a good source of Marxism-Leninism. I wanted to join because I want to create a page dedicated to Lev Vygotsky, Soviet Russian psychologist who is very popular in my field. 2. I am a Marxist-Leninist. Not a Hoxhaist or a Maoist. Definitely not a Trotskyist. 3. I have read your principles, and I simply agree with and endorse all of them. I strongly agree with the principle of Anti-Oppression. 4. Transgender people are those who identify with another/none of the assigned gender(s) at their birth. They seek to overcome traditional gender roles and our traditional understanding of gender. Transgender identities are consistent with dialectical materialism as it overcomes definitions and is in a continiuous state of conflict with the existing gender dogmas to create new understandings of gender. Marxists should deffinitely show their sympathy and support for the rights and the existence of the LGBTQ+ people. Marxists should do it through including LGBTQ+ people in their organizations with higher degrees of representation and actively advocating for their rights wherever and whenever possible, and in a post-capitalist world guaranteeing all of their rights consistent with their demands. 5. Important figures in the realization of international communism. If it weren't for them, there would be someone else in their place who would also have done similar things consistent with the conditions that they existed in. Lies and slanders about Stalin and Mao should be objected wherever and whenever possible. One of the problems I have with both of them were how they attempted collectivization with less caution than what they should have thought of. Some of the policies under Mao's leadership turned out to be catastrophic but he is not the only one to blame for it, though he has a high degree of responsibility and should rightfully be critiqued for it. One of the other critiques of Mao I have is that he sat next to Kissinger and didn't have him poisoned. Nevertheless, critiques are meaningless if you do not learn from them and just critique it for the sake of feeling morally superior. 6. I believe they are socialists. They are ruled by socialist parties whose goals align with eventual high stage socialism. Conditions of these countries is the driving factor of their policies, which are usually criticized heavily by a lot of communists. As I said, critique for the sake of critique is meaningless. Embracing market reforms, turning into a seeemingly "capitalist" (whatever that means for our accomplished, intelligent critiques) economy, and so on and so forth, are driven because of the conditions of survival that they exist in. I suggest to these comrades that they compare, for example, China to US (or any other imperialist country for that matter), and tell me that China is not a socialist country. Even compared to non-imperialist capitalist countries, China definitely stands out as a different system. Which we refer to as "Socialism with Chinese characteristics." and this can be consistently said about other AES countries. 7. Settler colonialism is the act of forcing out a native population (genocide) from their land claiming that it's yours, with the aim of settling and/or exploiting that land. It is usually justified as "promised land" on the basis of religion or other exceptionalist ideologies. Israel is a glaring example of this, with the original project being the United States that inspired the Nazis. US, Canada, among others, are still settler colonial countries consistent as their mere existence is built upon this idea and their policies still reflect such ideas. Self-determination for all peoples is the ultimate solution to overcome this crime against humanity. Minorities in my country deserve a right to self-determination and full representation. 8. It goes back to 1948 to the start of Nakba, a crime against humanity that is settler-colonialism and against Palestinian people. It is continuous a genocide perpetrated by Israel and all the other imperialist countries that support this entity. Palestinian people are fighting for their very existence against this genocide and their cause is just. Labeling them terrorists does no justice, as Israel and US are the global #1 sponsors and perpetrators of worldwide terrorism. October 7th attacks are just an excuse for the zionist filth to carry out this genocide even more brutally.
2. National liberation against imperialism and/or colonialism is a cause that should be supported by communists worldwide. It is a just fight against imperial forces that oppress us and them even moreso. Some reactionary national liberation causes should not be supported by communists such as Taliban's or any US-backed "national liberation" causes in China. Color revolutions are also not national liberation movements. 3. I have read some works by a variety of authors. I think Marxist feminism should be the ultimate position that communist organizations worldwide uphold. Specifically worse oppression of women and queer people by capital, private property, and the remnants of the feudal institutions is an important theoretical outlook that every Marxist should have. 4. Nuclear family is tied to the existence of private property, and as private property will be abolished, there will be no need for such an oppressive and exploitative institution to exist. Active efforts post-revolution should be pursued by the people to deprogram existing prejudices about sexuality, gender, and family to overcome this oppressive structure. Women are not inherent homemakers and in a world devoid of exploitation they should not bear such a role. 5. Communist parties in Turkey are split into bits and pieces. Just this year there were 3 new ones. Nobody can agree on anything, democratic centralism is not upheld, and because of this there is a party for every little movement within the movement. Most of them are reformist parties that gave up on the idea of the revolution, and the revolutionary ones are ultra-leftists. I have other more serious criticisms but I prefer not to talk about those here. There are also illegal parties and I do not know anything about any of them. 6. Marxism is a scientific outlook that tries to objectively analyze the world around us and is against reactionary, opportunist tendencies. Other anti-capitalist movements have idealist tendencies that will fail them one way or another. Most of them are also reactionaries and/or opportunists and can not lead the way into the post-capitalist world.
1. It's easy to just lose everything you wrote. Separate textboxes for separate questions would be better for the user experience. 2. I have familiarities with HTML, CSS and JS. Used to do translations on Wikis for video games but I do not know if this uses the same thing. No other notable skills.