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Essays and articles written by ProleWiki editors about current events, Marxism, socialist countries and more.
Our essays reflect their author's point of view. We ask only that they respect our Principles.
- Essay:Why mocking "aks" is pretty racist, actually: clearing up misconceptions about language
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by Jaiden
Published: 2024-10-22 (last update: 2024-11-20)
15-30 minutes
This essay aims to examine some misguided assertions that I have seen quite often over the years. Some of these views are not only held by liberals but also by communists, and not only by people who know little about language and linguistics but also by people who have dipped their toes in it and think of themselves as knowing quite a bit.
- Essay:ProleWiki film recommendations
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by Open source
Published: 2024-10-01 (last update: 2024-11-20)
1-5 minutes
- Essay:ProleWiki announces complete redesign of its new homepage!
- Essay:Excerpts America Against America
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by Deogeo
Published: 2024-08-28 (last update: 2024-11-20)
25-40 minutes
What are the material conditions of the United States? Understanding this question is central to grasping how far away the United States is from a revolutionary situation. Wang Huning's insights will help illustrate the current material conditions.
- Essay:Gender Abolitionism is Inherently Transphobic
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by Annamarx
Published: 2024-08-17 (last update: 2024-11-20)
60-95 minutes
I've been noticing a trend with certain comrades, where said comrades (particularly whom are cisgender) are supportive of transgender people, yet their analysis of the woman question didn't change much from the 1960s.
- Essay:ProleWiki is allowing its readers to edit pages!
- Essay:The True History of Islamic Extremism in West Asia
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by Alaki123
Published: (last update: 2024-11-20)
5-15 minutes
There is a narrative common in the West that claims that West Asia (often incorrectly referred to as the “Middle East”) is somehow inherently violent. That its people have been at war for thousands of years and just cannot be peaceful. It also promotes an Orientalist view of West Asia, claiming that the root of instability in the region is religious differences going back thousands of years. This is then contrasted with the “modern” and “civilized” Europe, which has been at peace for a long time and presumably would remain at peace forever if only those Muslims would leave them alone!All of these claims are false.
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- Essay:2024 living in China FAQ
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by Deogeo
Published: 2024-08-28 (last update: 2024-11-20)
5-15 minutes
I've lived in China for over a year now. I moved here at the beginning of last year. Send me questions! You can hit the button marked 'Discussion' up at the top of the page to do so. I like writing so feel free to ask me anything about life here China!
- Essay:Wiki SEO guide
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by CriticalResist
Published: 2024-03-16 (last update: 2024-11-20)
15-25 minutes
- Essay:Why ProleWiki is strictly ML and takes its principles seriously
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by CriticalResist
Published: 2024-03-02 (last update: 2024-11-20)
10-20 minutes
An essay explaining ProleWiki's relationship to Marxism-Leninism, its principles, and criticism. ProleWiki has evolved to accept only Marxist-Leninists in its membership, and this essay explains the reasoning and context that lead to this decision.
- Essay:On the Communist Party of Greece and its ideology
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by ComradeSyntrofos
Published: 2024-02-06 (last update: 2024-11-20)
35-60 minutes
An essay analyzing why the Communist Party of Greece has fundamentally wrong ideas and should be criticized.
- Essay:Zionism is antisemitism, and Palestine
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by CriticalResist
Published: 2023-10-20 (last update: 2024-11-20)
25-40 minutes
More and more people are saying the situation in Palestine is "complicated". That we have to deplore the amount of deaths on "both sides". That Hamas is "illegitimate" or "terrorists". Even worse, they are now compared to ISIS! What an insult.Starting from the origins of Zionism through the colonisation of Palestine to the recent Flood of Al-Aqsa operation in October 2023, we aim to set the record straight and debunk Zionist propaganda that aims to retain its cushy privilege in Palestine by any means necessary -- including psychological warfare against the world population.
Read more - Essay:Design considerations for our new library
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by CriticalResist
Published: 2023-10-01 (last update: 2024-11-20)
20-35 minutes
On a day like any other of July 2023, ProleWiki archived its old library to make way for a new one, redesigned from the ground up.In this essay, I want to go into the considerations and challenges surrounding the redesign of our library, and compare it to a very well-known library in marxist circles, the Marxists Internet Archive.
I hope it will provide comrades with valuable insight into how to conduct projects from a design perspective, whether for their party, agitprop work, or even their personal hobbies.
Read more - Essay:The LGBT Question, Answered
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by Annamarx
Published: 2023-10-01 (last update: 2024-11-20)
35-55 minutes
The LGBT Question involves answering many aspects. This includes sex, sexuality, and gender. Many Marxists and so-called 'Marxists' have tried to answer this question utilising the tools of science. However the correct application to the scientific method requires a concrete understanding of Materialist Dialectics. This essay serves not only to understand LGBT people from a dialectical perspective, but also serves as a critique to the 'marxists' (in other words: revisionists, reactionaries) who claim the LGBT people are either idealist, or do not align with the dialectical framework.
