Socialism

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19813426

Even where there is no prospect of achieving their election the workers must put up their own candidates to preserve their independence, to gauge their own strength and to bring their revolutionary position and party standpoint to public attention. They must not be led astray by the empty phrases of the democrats, who will maintain that the workers’ candidates will split the democratic party and offer the forces of reaction the chance of victory. All such talk means, in the final analysis, that the proletariat is to be swindled. The progress which the proletarian party will make by operating independently in this way is infinitely more important than the disadvantages resulting from the presence of a few reactionaries in the representative body. If the forces of democracy take decisive, terroristic action against the reaction from the very beginning, the reactionary influence in the election will already have been destroyed.

Karl Marx Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League London, March 1850

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12171026

In lieu of the release of the documentary In The Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis, Oli was joined by economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis for a wide ranging interview.

Yanis sat down to discuss the downfall of capitalism and Western hegemony, the Labour Party's shunt to the right, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

title edit: fixed symbol error, & -> and edit3: added timestamps; formating

Timestamps:

• 17:50 Why Am I A Communist
• 31:29 What Would a Socialist Housing Policy Look
• 35:13 What Country Would You Most Like To Have Lived In The 20th Century
• 36:13 Genuine Socialism
• 50:04 Stop Trump Demo
• 57:30 Tommy Robinson

Great discussion and information, Yanis did well in this one.

Empty so decided to post this debate.