cleoburymortimer

joined 1 year ago
[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

that is probably a good step at some point tbh, every party should produce propaganda

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We must do What Is To Be Done

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 30 points 9 months ago (8 children)

bro they were massing like 200k soldiers on the border for several months before that, it's not comparable

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 70 points 9 months ago (7 children)

wtf does abbott actually want to achieve here, surely this is pre-election showboating and not a genuine attempt to split texas from the union?

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

return to tradition (posting cool animals on CTH)

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

peace deal, we're allowed to make fun of the weirdo "abolish time" anarchists and they're allowed to make fun of the weirdo "i pledge allegience to chairman gonzalo" communists, and we will build anticapitalist unity on this basis. as a show of good faith we won't make any more jabs about Makhno and they won't make any more about the Bolsheviks

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago (7 children)

it seems as much imperialism as the Mongols or the Romans at least.

have you read Lenin

 

seriously. it's not that big a deal. if people in gaza are still standing up to their oppressors every day then you likely have zero excuse for not doing more IRL shit (political reading and writing at home are good, but don't mean anything if you're not applying that theory as practice and then assessing the results and adjusting your practice accordingly).

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

you don't have to join a Party. you can just be a communist getting involved with local shit that helps people and challenges capital. the Party will come later, once we are numerous and organised enough to actually make a Party which can lead the working classes and not just sell newspapers to striking workers

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

it is almost like a dialectically materialist understanding of history would indicate your own place in it and make it possible for you to act accordingly, breaking free of liberal nihilism and "introversion"

of course if you still labour under a liberal worldview then that would just seem like people telling you to "go outside" and "build some communism"

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

that's not rlly much help for the many jews around the world who both despise the state of "israel" and also are victims of antisemitism

it's not hard to distinguish "israel" from judaism and jews, so you should.

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Organise to do what?

Try to form connections with the exploited and oppressed people in your locality via whatever means you can. Listen attentively to them and their problems whenever you get the opportunity, understand them and use the theory you know to analyse what you have heard and seen. Take the results of that analysis and try to apply them; even if it's just trying to agitate more effectively, keep thinking about how to adapt your line and practice to the circumstances you find yourself in. Always be on the lookout for other communists/anyone else who seems like they would be down to help organise the working class. If you find anyone like that, talk to them and work with them. Some of the folks in your local party branch may feel the same as you about the tactics being ineffective and would welcome some fresh ideas about how to organise.

Basically, do what a communist does. It takes practice and if you're new to it, it's gonna feel a little stilted at first, but this is how communists organise and lead.

[–] cleoburymortimer@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

Good luck, you can do it! There's nothing wrong with being a stubborn, disagreeable motherfucker if you're doing it on behalf of the poor and oppressed and you're driven by a love for the people. I was very shy and conflict-averse when I started organising but the more I've done and seen, and the more I've become aware of how terribly my friends and neighbours are treated by capitalism, the less I've had time for compromise and being "reasonable" with the exploiting class and their lackeys.

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