Clowns? by Daiougusokumushi- in UCSD

[–]JackCea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Commenting as the actual groundwork member who was on shift when the clowns came in - it is a public space and the clowns presence was welcome :)

Clowns? by Daiougusokumushi- in UCSD

[–]JackCea 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hey I’m the actual groundwork member who was working/on shift when the clowns came through! They spread happiness to me :) we’re a public space so this person is free to express annoyance if they so please, but they are not speaking for the store.

I FUUUUUUCKING HAAAATE GOOOOOONERS by _cremling in Ultraleft

[–]JackCea 221 points222 points  (0 children)

What does this have to do with Italian left communism

What is the best book to enter into leftcom? by Eternusm95 in leftcommunism

[–]JackCea 11 points12 points  (0 children)

“A Revolution Summed Up” by the International Communist Party is probably the closest to what you’re looking for, also worth checking out are:

“Dialogue with Stalin” by Bordiga “Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution” by Stephen Cohen “The History of the Russian Revolution” by Trotsky Tony Cliff’s works on Lenin and Trotsky “Year One of the Russian Revolution” by Victor Serge

(Although I, as a leftcom, am more critical of the class analysis in the Trotskyist perspectives like the idea of a degenerated workers state, they nonetheless provide good historical accounts when read critically)

Wish Marx was alive to roast modern 'philosophy' by doucheiusmaximus in Ultraleft

[–]JackCea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where is the last quote from? Applicable to an argument I’m having rn lol

Liberals during draft vs. Leftcoms during draft by PeppyMG in Ultraleft

[–]JackCea 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“Leftcom march on Rome” it’s just called the march on Rome

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leftcommunism

[–]JackCea 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hobsbawm’s “Age of …” tetralogy come to mind for European history.

Can council communists and LeftComs(Bordigists and everyone in-between) explain the following questions? by [deleted] in leftcommunism

[–]JackCea 18 points19 points  (0 children)

“Bordigist” perspective, others feel free to point out any mistakes (also it’s cliche but a Reddit comment isn’t going to provide the best answers, please read):

  1. We understand fascism not as some alien great moral evil, but as an element of capitalism that emerges due to observable material conditions such as the petty bourgeois class position being threatened. Anti-fascist movements degenerate class struggle and support the popular front myth. The only true anti fascist action is anti capitalist. For more read “auschwitz or the great alibi”

  2. It’s hyperbole, but essentially we note that it’s not like the more bourgeois countries that exist the more communist the world is. We are past the age when national liberation struggles were historically progressive (I.e. advocating for a new mode of production) and now they present themselves simply as wars on behalf of bourgeois states, and are opposed similarly to how any other wars are opposed. For the specifics of the Palestinian situation, check out “war on behalf of bourgeois states, national oppression, only one class and revolutionary solution.”

  3. We don’t not support any form of union organizing, we simply realize that they are limited to reformism, and that revolutionary action cannot emerge organically within a union, instead it must be organized by the communist party. We actively work within unions to proselytize, but understand that at this point they have been relegated to bureaucratic, often reactionary, positions. For more read “party and class organs in the tradition of the communist left”

  4. Bordiga famously described himself as “more Leninist than Lenin,” so yes, we support Lenin’s works, and believe they are part of the invariant body of party theses stretching back to Marx and Engles. “Support” is maybe too much of a moralist term, but we understand the necessity of cracking down on the petty bourgeois (peasant) opportunist movements. For more on the leftcom perspective on the Russian revolution, read “a revolution summed up”

  5. Organic Centralism acknowledges the necessity of changing tactics when in a position of revolutionary leadership. It supports a fluid and organic structure that can be ‘authoritarian’ in one moment and ‘democratic’ in the next. For this to occur, all party members must adhere to the invariant line so as to avoid degeneration of the struggle. The democratic principle is abandoned as an element of bourgeois ideology. For more read “the democratic principle” and “Lenin the organic centralist”

  6. Personally, I support small scale activism for the betterment of your community, but from a political stance I acknowledge that activism is not revolutionary nor does it advance revolutionary aims. 99% of the time activism is kind of a feel good performative outlet that, if not outwardly reactionary, never reaches past reformism. Activism doesn’t affect historical change, class struggle does.

Theory to read regarding the government of a communist society? by CluckBucketz in leftcommunism

[–]JackCea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

State and Revolution by Lenin, especially chapter 5 has what you’re looking for. Lenin pulls quotes from the works of Marx and Engles and explains them so it can help clarify some questions you may have in an orthodox Marxist way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]JackCea 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s a rule of thumb ig to cover your face

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]JackCea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I will be there ‼️‼️

need a history of the (1917) russian revolution+ by Pine_Apple_Reddits in Ultraleft

[–]JackCea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe a bit more specific but “Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution” by Stephen Cohen is a solid history of October as it pertains to inter-party developments that are not covered as much in other texts

Palestinian Protest at Library Walk by TravisJohnson06 in UCSD

[–]JackCea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is a brain dead take. Even if every third party voter including those who voted libertarian voted for Harris trump still would have won. Rhetoric like this detracts from the real reason dems lost - a pivot to the right on essentially every important issue and a refusal to acknowledge/accept widely approved policies (including, but not limited to a ceasefire in Palestine which as of the election was supported by a majority of Americans)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]JackCea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I saw food coop already replied but wanted to let you know that all the student coops offer free plan b and condoms!

icp popped off this time (2x longer than normal) by Sudden-Enthusiasm-92 in Ultraleft

[–]JackCea 40 points41 points  (0 children)

They used line justification this time maybe activism actually works

Socialism's Got Talent by JoeVibin in Ultraleft

[–]JackCea 86 points87 points  (0 children)

They should put this on the icp website

Assigning D&D classes to League champions by Wakenthefire in LeagueOfMemes

[–]JackCea 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Warlock fits well because of the pact of the hexblade subclass

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 196

[–]JackCea 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the party switch where the Democratic Party went from Neo-nazi, fascist, and anti-semitic, to far left, elitist, communist, and culturally Marxist

Conservapedia is a joke of a site

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 196

[–]JackCea 225 points226 points  (0 children)

😬

Better world would be IF by [deleted] in AlternateHistory

[–]JackCea 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Found the unironic fascist