Today is Pablo Picasso’s birthday. He was a proud member of the French Communist
Party, but did you know that he had a falling out with them over a drawing he did of
Stalin?

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#Illustration for the soviet song from the series "Songs of Fiery Years"

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Songs of Fiery Years is a collection of Soviet-era songs that capture the spirit, struggles, and triumphs of the Soviet Union during key historical periods, such as the October Revolution, the Russian Civil War, the rapid industrialization of the 1930s, and the Great Patriotic War (World War II, from the Soviet perspective).

"Songs of the Years of Fire"- Soviet Animated Musical

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Once every few years to decide which member of the ruling class will suppress, crush the people in parliament – this is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarism, not only in parliamentary-constitutional monarchies, but also in the most democratic republics.

Vladimir Lenin
The State and Revolution

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There is no, nor should there be, irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of the individual person and the interests of the collective. There should be no such contrast, because collectivism, socialism, does not deny, but combines individual interests with the interests of the collective. Socialism cannot abstract itself from individual interests. Socialist society alone can most fully satisfy these personal interests. More than that; socialist society alone can firmly safeguard the interests of the individual. In this sense there is no irreconcilable contrast between "individualism" and socialism.

J. V. Stalin
MARXISM VERSUS LIBERALISM

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Proletarian dictatorship is the sole means of defending the working people against the oppression of capital, the violence of bourgeois military dictatorship, and imperialist war.
Proletarian dictatorship is the sole step to equality and democracy in practice, not on paper, but in life, not in political phrase-mongering, but in economic reality.

Vladimir Lenin
Greetings To Italian, French and German Communists

#Lenin #DictatorshipOfTheProletariat

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A member of the Communist Party of #India paints the party's election symbol on a wall ahead of the elections for the lower house of the Indian parliament, in #Kolkata, India, on Saturday, March 7, 2009.

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📕 Materialism and the Dialectical Method (1950)
✍🏻 Maurice Cornforth

This book serves as an introduction to the principles of dialectical materialism, a core concept in Marxist philosophy. Cornforth explains the nature of materialism, arguing that reality exists independently of human consciousness, and details how change occurs through contradictions and the unity of opposites. He defends dialectical materialism against criticisms from idealist philosophies and emphasizes its importance in understanding natural and social processes.
It is valued for providing a clear exposition of dialectical methods, making complex philosophical ideas more accessible for readers interested in Marxism.

#Book #PDF #MauriceCornforth #Materialism #Marxism

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📕 Historical Materialism (1950)
✍🏻 Maurice Cornforth

The root of opportunism in the working- class movement consists in accepting the spontaneous struggle for reforms as the be all and end all of the movement.

Maurice Cornforth
Historical Materialism

This volume delves into historical materialism, the Marxist theory of history and society. Cornforth explains how material conditions and economic relations shape social structures and historical change. He explores the role of class struggle, the development of productive forces, and the progression of society through different modes of production, such as feudalism, capitalism, and socialism.

It is considered a fundamental text for understanding how Marxists interpret history, focusing on the materialist basis of societal changes and the influence of economic factors on historical events.

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Media
On this day, 29 October 2000, 14-year-old Palestinian Faris Odeh stood alone in front of an Israel Defense Forces tank in Gaza and threw a stone at it, during the second intifada against Israeli occupationAssociated Press photographer Laurent Rebours took an iconic photo of this "David and Goliath" moment.Odeh had begun skipping school in order to throw stones at Israeli tanks, despite his parents doing everything they could to try to stop him: locking him in his room, beating him, and even tying him up.Because of these punishments, he tried to avoid being photographed. His mother, Anam Odeh, later recalled:"he was afraid that if he was filmed on TV his father would see him, so he'd run away from the cameras. One day, after I'd gone and dragged him away from the clashes every day for a week, I told him: 'Okay, you want to throw stones? Fine. But at least hide behind something! Why do you have to be at the very front, even farther up than the older kids?' And he said, 'I'm not afraid.' "Ten days later, on 8 November, Odeh was again throwing stones at the Karni crossing when he was shot in the neck by Israeli troops. Soldiers left him to bleed on the ground, as he was so close to the tank that his friends could not retrieve his body until an hour later. He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.Of the photograph, his mother reports:"When I see his picture my heart is torn to pieces… I guess I feel proud for him being called a hero, standing in front of a tank and all that. But when I see his classmates come around after school, all I can do is cry."

Working Class History

#FreePalestine #History

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Image: Charles Zimmerman speaks at a civil rights rally in the New York Garment District on 38th Street near 7th Avenue in New York City. Signs include ‘Labor Opposes Discrimination’ May 17, 1960” by Kheel Center, Cornell University Library via Flickr.

🔴 Does Race Serve a Functional Role Under Capitalism?
✍🏻 By Michael Billeaux Martinez

The relationship between capitalism and racism is structural rather than merely historical. It is not just that capitalism emerged in an already-racialized context, and so developed in a racialized way. It is also that racism can be explained by its functional role in stabilizing capitalist class relations. This view has occasionally been described as "class reductionist." In our view, this does not itself amount to a fatal criticism, but it does associate our argument with others that we in fact reject.

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#Article #Antiracist #Race #Capitalism

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'On the Patriotic War' (Russian #poster by Vladimir Vinogradov and Ia. Nikolaev/ Iskusstvo, Moscow-Leningrad. Depicting men of different generations in the ranks. Soviet Union, 1941).

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