#Marxism does not call for "equal distribution". Marx dismissed it as a utopian idea. Yet every #debate bro uses "equal distribution" as a "gotcha" argument against #Marxists to describe to us how #socialism "can't work".

Capitalism is cursed - Karl Marx

Modern capitalist society with its relations of production, of exchange and property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer, who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells. (Karl Marx)

#capitalism #socialism #communism #marxism #marx #karlmarx #quotes #wizards #spells #fantasy

"All Reactionaries Are Paper Tigers" | Mao Zedong Talks with Anna Louise Strong (1946)

#socialism #communism #marxism #socialist #communist #marxist #china #maoism #maoist #interview #ww2 #wwii #imperialism #ussr #sovietunion #japan #korea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjTZciFed04

The Fundamentals of Marxism Leninism Maoism: What You Need to Know
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics
https://youtu.be/WbkHER1NlwE

This is just so damn good.

Vivek Chibber gives so many great insights, hot takes, and clear critiques of the contemporary Left's failures and what it means.

#Left #NewLeft #academia #socialism #politics #history #class #ClassTourism #capitalsim #marxism #VivekChibber

https://youtu.be/kE8K9w3-b9U?si=vwitWBb-Br4-VQZR

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong during an emergency meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on 7 August 1927
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics #racism #blacklivesmatter #blackliberation

We need this in America right now!
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics #racism #blacklivesmatter #blackliberation

If you're at the #Marxist conference in #Melbourne this arvo, Ill be there too! Pls say hi if you see me.

Golden Public Lavatories | "The Importance of Gold Now and After the Complete Victory of Socialism" (1921) Lenin. Human-read audiobook + discussion.

#marxist #marxism #socialist #socialism #communist #communism #ussr #sovietunion #revolution #marxismleninism #ultraleftism

https://youtu.be/A6SCudY2VxQ

#Socialism in one country is one of the most misunderstood or deliberately distorted tenets in #Marxism.

It was never more than a step towards worldwide #revolution. The whole point was to protect what we had while we had it, & then when we could, we could export the revolution.

I don't think #AlbertEinstein was a #Marxist (most likely some other type of #socialist) but I think “Why #Socialism?” is a good beginner text for people studying #Marxism for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu8lQKVcbOs

What is Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Basic Course: Part 1

This document is written by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and is used as a study guide for their cadre. It is an exemplary summary and outline of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and the history of the International Communist Movement.

(Parts 2 and 3 are located below)

#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics

https://youtu.be/pqOcMHzJsts

Today in Labor History April 16, 1994: Ralph Ellison died on this day. Ellison was a member of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for his book, The Invisible Man. He was friends with Langston Hughes and Richard Wright. He became active in the Communist Party, as did many of his peers. But he became disillusioned with them during World War II when he felt they became reformist. He wrote The Invisible Man during this era (published in 1952), in part, as a response their betrayal. But the book also looks at the relationship between black identity and Marxism, the reformism of Booker T. Washington, and issues of individuality and personal identity.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #ralphellison #Harlem #marxism #racism #communism #fiction #literature #books #author #writer #BlackMastadon @bookstadon

"In early 1964, Jean Ziegler, a young Swiss politician, received a phone call from a man claiming to represent Ernesto Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary and minister of industry. Che would be in Geneva in March for a UN conference on trade policy, and some comrades had suggested Jean might be his chauffeur during his stay. Was Ziegler available for the gig?

Today, in his tenth decade of life, Ziegler is Switzerland's most notorious public intellectual. That's because over the course of writing about 30 books, serving for close to three decades in the Swiss parliament, and relentlessly crusading for left-wing causes in his free time, Ziegler has made a career of unsparing criticism of his home country, and its outsize influence on the rest of the world.”—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

‘Here lives the Monster’s Brain’: the Man who Exposed Switzerland’s Dirty Secrets >

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/13/here-lives-the-monsters-brain-the-man-who-exposed-switzerlands-dirty-secrets