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The monster certainly didn't emerge from outside of the capitalist world nor threatened its existence. On the contrary, Fascism and Nazism have been expressions of the dictatorship of the Capital, being utilized as a spearhead against the rise of the organized labour movement and the “communist threat”. Today, 80 years after the Peoples Great Antifascist Victory in the Second World War, our era is once again marked by the rise of far-right and fascist political forces: From the Baltic countries to the United States and from Germany to Ukraine, the serpent's egg is growing again, taking various forms.
The return of Trump in the U.S Presidency, the strengthening of fascist parties in Europe (“Alternative for Germany”, “National Rally” in France, “Freedom Party” in Austria, British fascists, etc) and the broader rise of far-right, racist and ultra-nationalist groups is the outcome of internal changes within the global capitalist system. As the world is heading towards an imperialist war, new political forces come to the fore of bourgeois politics in order to manage and safeguard the interests of monopoly capital.
The direct involvement of Elon Musk – the richest man in the world - in U.S politics and his tendency to meddle in the internal affairs of foreign countries is indicative of a fierce competition that is taking place within the capitalist system. Behind the fight for the so-called “woke agenda” lies a much deeper confrontation between multiple sectors of monopoly capital for new spheres of influence, division of markets, raw materials, commodity transport networks, energy sources and routes.
The case of arch-capitalist Elon Musk, a close ally of Trump, owner of Tesla, Space X and social media platform X, is the epitome of what we call “the dictatorship of the Capital”. Taking advantage of his powerful social media influence, he intervenes in the internal affairs of other countries by openly endorsing far-right and ultra-nationalist forces, while at the same time he spreads his anti-communist venom at every instance. His straight-arm, Nazi-like gesture at Trump's inauguration caused justifiable disturbance across the world thus strengthening the voices that call him a promoter of the global fascist right.
Musk's audacious endorsement and promotion of certain bourgeois political forces throughout the globe underscores the fundamental point: This is what capitalists do all the time! From media tycoon William Randolph Hearst in the 1930s to the infamous George Soros in recent decades, arch-capitalists tend to support those political forces that serve their broader agendas and interests. Under the pretexts of “democracy” and “human rights”, the big Capital has committed heinous crimes against whole nations (e.g. Yugoslavia, Libya, Ukraine, etc).
Let's be clear: Elon Musk is only the tip of the capitalist iceberg. His promotion of fascist, ultra-nationalist or racist groups isn't a “conspiracy” against modern democratic values, but rather a manifestation of what Brecht called “most nakedest, most shameless, most oppressive form of capitalism”. The alternative to this profound hideousness won't be found among the choices that the capitalist system offers.
You can't eat their veal without slaughtering the calf. The only true alternative to capitalist barbarity of Musk, Soros and other similar parasites, is the struggle for a social system without exploitation of man by man, without imperialist wars and multi-billionaires. This is the struggle for Socialism-Communism.
Nikos Mottas
The monster certainly didn't emerge from outside of the capitalist world nor threatened its existence. On the contrary, Fascism and Nazism have been expressions of the dictatorship of the Capital, being utilized as a spearhead against the rise of the organized labour movement and the “communist threat”. Today, 80 years after the Peoples Great Antifascist Victory in the Second World War, our era is once again marked by the rise of far-right and fascist political forces: From the Baltic countries to the United States and from Germany to Ukraine, the serpent's egg is growing again, taking various forms.
The return of Trump in the U.S Presidency, the strengthening of fascist parties in Europe (“Alternative for Germany”, “National Rally” in France, “Freedom Party” in Austria, British fascists, etc) and the broader rise of far-right, racist and ultra-nationalist groups is the outcome of internal changes within the global capitalist system. As the world is heading towards an imperialist war, new political forces come to the fore of bourgeois politics in order to manage and safeguard the interests of monopoly capital.
The direct involvement of Elon Musk – the richest man in the world - in U.S politics and his tendency to meddle in the internal affairs of foreign countries is indicative of a fierce competition that is taking place within the capitalist system. Behind the fight for the so-called “woke agenda” lies a much deeper confrontation between multiple sectors of monopoly capital for new spheres of influence, division of markets, raw materials, commodity transport networks, energy sources and routes.
The case of arch-capitalist Elon Musk, a close ally of Trump, owner of Tesla, Space X and social media platform X, is the epitome of what we call “the dictatorship of the Capital”. Taking advantage of his powerful social media influence, he intervenes in the internal affairs of other countries by openly endorsing far-right and ultra-nationalist forces, while at the same time he spreads his anti-communist venom at every instance. His straight-arm, Nazi-like gesture at Trump's inauguration caused justifiable disturbance across the world thus strengthening the voices that call him a promoter of the global fascist right.
Musk's audacious endorsement and promotion of certain bourgeois political forces throughout the globe underscores the fundamental point: This is what capitalists do all the time! From media tycoon William Randolph Hearst in the 1930s to the infamous George Soros in recent decades, arch-capitalists tend to support those political forces that serve their broader agendas and interests. Under the pretexts of “democracy” and “human rights”, the big Capital has committed heinous crimes against whole nations (e.g. Yugoslavia, Libya, Ukraine, etc).
Let's be clear: Elon Musk is only the tip of the capitalist iceberg. His promotion of fascist, ultra-nationalist or racist groups isn't a “conspiracy” against modern democratic values, but rather a manifestation of what Brecht called “most nakedest, most shameless, most oppressive form of capitalism”. The alternative to this profound hideousness won't be found among the choices that the capitalist system offers.
You can't eat their veal without slaughtering the calf. The only true alternative to capitalist barbarity of Musk, Soros and other similar parasites, is the struggle for a social system without exploitation of man by man, without imperialist wars and multi-billionaires. This is the struggle for Socialism-Communism.
Nikos Mottas
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З юності Карл Маркс виявляв неабияку щедрість та любов до людей. Коли Маркс був студентом, його батько писав йому: «Ти витратив за рік 700 талерів, а навіть найбагатші студенти витрачають 500 талерів». Але молодий Карл Маркс значну частину коштів роздавав нужденним товаришам.
Будь як наш ватажок Карл Маркс!
Letter from Heinrich Marx to son Karl
Posted by comrade Oleh Vernyk
Будь як наш ватажок Карл Маркс!
Letter from Heinrich Marx to son Karl
Posted by comrade Oleh Vernyk
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On this day in 1899, the US started what became known as the “first Vietnam” when it began colonizing the Philippines. During the “Philippine-American War”, up to 1.4 million Filipinos were massacred.
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The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts the future, but in addition to predicting it (which would satisfy his scientific obligation), he expresses a revolutionary concept: the world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.
Che Guevara
Notes for the Study of the Ideology of the Cuban Revolution (1960 )
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Che Guevara
Notes for the Study of the Ideology of the Cuban Revolution (1960 )
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V.I. Lenin and N. K. Krupskaya at the Kremlin wall on Red Square during the May Day demonstration of workers. May 1, 1919
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It is not he who makes no mistakes that is intelligent. There are no such men, nor can there be. It is he whose errors are not very grave and who is able to rectify them easily and quickly that is intelligent.
Vladimir Lenin
“Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder
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The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.
Che Guevara
On Revolutionary Medicine
Che Guevara
On Revolutionary Medicine
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Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established, an ideal to which reality [will] have to adjust itself. We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things. The conditions of this movement result from the premises now in existence.
Marx, German Ideology (1845)
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Marx, German Ideology (1845)
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Today is popular Black singer Bob Marley’s 80th birthday. Despite Marley’s popularity, the CIA’s alleged attempt on his life remains largely unknown. The shooting at his home in Kingston in 1976 happened against a backdrop of CIA sponsored destabilization of Jamaica following the election of the social democratic Michael Manley, who talked tough against the IMF and was close to Fidel Castro's Cuba. Read on to find out more about the shooting of the legendary singer who once sang “Rasta don't work for no CIA”.
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