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Who else here excited for this?
The International Committee of the Fourth International is marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution with online...
Dylan Miller
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Alexander Campbell
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Dominic Smith
What's wrong with Trots?
Jordan Jenkins
"Socialism in One Country" is asinine.
Samuel Rodriguez
I think the trot ideology is mostly okay, but their revisionism is kind of absurd. Trotsky was just a power-hungry opportunist with no convictions. His disagreements with Stalin were often more out of spite and jealousy than his own intellectual merit, even if his blind criticisms often ended up correct.
Jose Richardson
Combating misinformation on the soviet union is always good tbh.
Michael James
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Gavin Ward
Are the lectures being delivered through youtube or what
Elijah Torres
u send them 20 bucks via paypal and they send the lectures to your phone via SMS
Matthew Mitchell
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Chase Lewis
Trots really don't know which century they're in
Logan Rivera
Oh really?
The 1917 Bolshevik program was in every important sense based on his theory of permanent revolution.
Lack of convictions is how Stalin became general secretary. He was a "safe" choice from the standpoint of political intrigue, but regrettably not from the standpoint of personal intrigue.
William Howard
every day until you like it
Grayson Allen
They're free and streamed on youtube, as the link says
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Jaxson Price
Only anti-Trots are this credulous
Logan Nelson
The events that led through 1880-1911 were centuries in the making.
Blake Carter
"Extraordinary" means "goes on the highlight reel," not "unprecedented."
The lectures are all about the history. The "foundations, trajectory, and consequences" of the 20th century's most inspiring revolution.
Justin Sullivan
Great, let's just study past revolutions instead of trying a new one.
Gavin Gonzalez
Better yet, let's do both. Let's study the past to learn the lessons of history, and then apply them towards a new, more successful revolution
James Wright
Almost everyone here is just RPing the first half of the 20th century, honestly. We really should try to move on and engage with the politics of this new, very different era.
Ian Barnes
It's nonetheless important to study past revolutions, so we can see in detail exactly what is the same, what has changed and how, and what implications this has for our future efforts.
I'm skeptical of the idea that we should make a clean break with the past and build new, ahistorical theory from square one, dealing with where we are now and not how we got there.