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You're no Trotsky Alan Woods. In fact, Trotsky warned us about "friends" of the Soviet Union like you. You ride the Bolshevik's coat-tails, but you've done no revolution, you can't even get rid of your King and you support UK/US Imperialist agenda in Iran (along with the likes of John Bolton). The fact is you ARE a bueracracy builder, you're building the bueracracy before we even have a revolution. lol. I guess you hope if any real revolutionaries come along you can slide into the position of their bueracracy.
Lo que tiene que hacer el presidente Lula es definición y determinación para apartarse de los que son cuestionados de estar vinculados con el narcotráfico. Además Lula dejo un caso pendiente con la justicia no se sabe si es culpable o no. El no quedó limpio ante la justicia. Eso no ayuda para avanzar, no le sirve a la sociedad que tengan vínculos con el crimen organizado y que participen en la corrupción administrativa. Dime con quien andas te diré quien eres. Lula no es claro es ambivalente. Eso lo hace NO CONFIABLE.
No se trata de izquierda o derecha. Se trata de que los que lleguen al poder sean probados ciudadanos en honradez, democráticos y quieran avanzar. Que no lleguen a estafar al Estado y a los ciudadanos, que no tengan nexos con el crimen organizado. Ni hayan metido las manos al erario público. Tampoco ser candidato a elecciones presidenciales con juicios pendientes, paralizados. Los ciudadanos en todas partes del mundo debemos poner como condición que los candidatos a presidentes manifiesten su probidad y presenten un programa de soluciones en lo económico, social, político jurídico, para su país. Y no aceptar a cualquiera. Que no tenga nexos con el crimen organizado. Tiene que presentar honorabilidad. Tiene que involucrarse a los ciudadanos. LO QUE HAY QUE COMBATIR ES EL CRIMEN ORGANIZADO QUE ESTA ENRAIZADO EN TODO EL MUNDO Y NO DEJA AVANZAR A LA SOCIEDAD Y LAS FUERZAS PRODUCTIVAS.
By that logic nobody should talk about geopolitics and should instead leave dumb comments on youtube videos that dont lead anywhere 😂. Bangladesh has a rich history of leftist politics. Even Awami league used to be a left wing party before Mujib took over and fought another war with leftists. Now that the fascist blockade on thought has been lifted, it's safe to say there's ample opportunity for the working class to organize and educate themselves. I know you're going to reply something dumb but I couldn't miss the opportunity to poke fun at what some random troll has to say about my country 😂
@raianmr2843 thats all well and good, but I didnt say anything about your country, I'm saying something about one of these many sects of leftists who have no interest in anything other than being the big fish in their small pond and to this day fellating the USSR
@SlavaYkraini as a Bangladeshi, I read you loud and clear. We now have to ensure that the only path we go is the one where people's interests are prioritized the most.
Como marxista-leninista (es decir, en vocabulario vulgar, Estalinista), comparto muy pocas de las posiciones de Alan Woods. Pero como revolucionario que comprende la necesidad del debate y la lucha ideológica sin restricciones, multifacética, para elevar el nivel y aclarar las ideas, me alegro de que Alan Woods siga activo (¡creía que había muerto poco después que Ted Grant!). Saludos de un respetuoso oponente ideológico (pero de la misma trinchera) PD: por pura casualidad, conocí personalmente a Ted Grant y Alan Woods en la Fiesta del PCE en Madrid en el año 2000. Estaban en el puesto de El Militante, yo estaba hojeando los libros y panfletos, y, no recuerdo porqué, empezamos a debatir. Yo llevaba una camiseta de Stalin con una leyenda en ruso que al parecer decía: "El Timonel de los Pueblos". ¡Toda una declaración de intenciones, ja ja ja! La verdad es que fue una buena experiencia, y lo curioso es que no supe hasta meses después que eran él y Grant (en aquella época era normal no haber visto siquiera una foto de autores vivos a los que leías con frecuencia, no era esta época exhibicionista y "sobreconectada", ¡aunque me debería haber extrañado que dos viejecitos ingleses estuvieran repartiendo panfletos del Sindicato de Estudiantes!) Lo cierto es que eran extremadamente educados y asequibles
They stood for better life of majority, for eliminating abuse and those who were taking advantage on others. They have done most amassing job that has not been appreciated by the same majority Lenin and Trotsky helped due to capitalistic and supporting it church propaganda.
Excelente la aclaración sobre el liderazgo de los Camaradas Lenin y Trotsky. Muchos partidarios de la teoría revolucionario han expresado discrepancia. Esa aclaración ayudará a superar prejuicios. De acuerdo con sus sabios planteamientos.
Early followers of jesus were revolutionary but later Christians priest fighting for oppression by romans were noway revolutionary. They are opportunist.They became state power and change their whole believes on romans. They are reactionary like Stalin
They should have invited someone from ex-Yugoslavia, which was also a communist country. 90% of people who remember those times there, say it was a good system and country, and that it should be repeated. Me too.
It’s amazing that given all the billions of people killed and maimed and oppressed under communism and socialism, there are still people stupid enough to support it. You’re either brain dead or evil, or a blend of both. And no, it won’t be different next time; your ideology always leads to death and misery for the people you supposedly represent.
ThiS is Trotsky-ism a la carte _ UNdialectical objectivISM, one-sided mechanical determinism etc etc by rote !! When will Marxists learn to (re)Think fr themselves both Marxism and Leninism ?! I could elaborate but this is hardly the time and/or place. VINCEREMOS !!
Fiona lali is dangerous to all societies and should not be given a platform like this for her ideas....she is evil to the core only has one view her own and twists history and modern day life into lies. She is a socialist and these people as i said before are a danger to society. One country that is built on socialist ideas is...North Korea....do you want to live in a world like that?
Notice that he always puts "bourgeois" or "petty bourgeois" in front of anything he doesn't like, which also, ironically, undermines what he's trying to say. The reason he, and Marxists in general, do that is because then they can dismiss their ideas without further examination, which is a result of their alleged epistemology, which in turn undermines their own claim to an objective truth. What class, material conditions, or historical context do Marxists belong to, and how have they freed themselves from that in order to come to the right conclusions? If every idea is a product of its historical context, then that idea is also a result of its historical context, and thus cannot be evaluated as either true or false. With this, Karl Marx formalized ad hominem into an academic discipline. As he himself recommended, do not use arguments against our opponents, but rather reveal their class affiliation. Hence placing "bourgeois" or "petty bourgeois" in front of any idea they don't agree with, or even resorting to "false consciousness" if the first doesn't work. Perhaps they agree more with Plato than they realize, as they consider themselves philosopher kings with mystical insight into the world of forms, or, the will of classes.
Communism like all political systems has been abused the Same way ajem choudry the leader of the Muslim extremist group in London abuses democracy to spread his message of hate the same way trump abuses democracy to spread his racism the same way stalin abused Communism to gain power
Hey lads I'm a proud communist to but I don't think it's fair to call Roosevelt and churchill imperialists sure they made some mistakes but they still deserve respect for defending the west against the nazis are the nazis nit imperialists??
Thank you. Please check the clip on youtube called " why Hegel knew there would be days like these". Yes Marx had also warned about russian situation in advance because he had understood Hegel better than Lenin who had a strong Ego and determined to jump ahead of history which we know how it failed and left a mess for Stalin to deal with it and the rest of the world. Putin clearly said that Lenin was a revolutionary and not a politician and therefore left a huge mess for the country and Stalin to deal with it. You can say what you want but Putin has more knowledge and hands on the problems that they have experienced after Lenin. Unfortunately people judge Marx based on Lenin which is totally upside down because Marx had warned russian revilutionaries in 19 century. Yes it was before Lenin but apparently Marx with sharp eyes was aware of the russian sentiment. Thanks
