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By Eauz
#1822386
Hi, my name is Eauz. I’m a Marxist.

Anyway, thanks to Adrien for the invite, I've replied to his memo pretty much saying that I'm quite busy with a few things going on in my life at the moment, however, if I have an opportunity or an interest in some topic, I'll try and write something in here.

My worry though is that I'm wondering whether it will be a good idea to combine all of the left within one blog. With that said, I'm not able to start up another blog, so we'll see how this blog goes, maybe the difference of opinion will organise more uniform ideas to develop in the long-run.

Note to Social democrats: You'll soon convert over to Marxism!!! :muha1:
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By Adrien
#1822659
We'll see as we go. The idea isn't to combine all currents along one compromise-like ideological line, the way they do it in political alliances, the idea is rather to combine all currents in the same media so they can express themselves, as well as develop their theories, in parallel.

That way it underlines the common philosophical choices of Leftists, no matter their practical choices, while putting these practical choices in parallel, so as to make the reader identify currents more easily, as well as maybe to make readers and contributors alike realise that these practical choices are thought out and not chosen out of mere opposition to this or that other current.

That being said we are almost set to go. I'll make a thread in the Sigs and Avatars forum maybe, but it'd be neat maybe to have a little banner under the name of our blog?
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By Adrien
#1822783
Because a coffee-related title had already been taken. ;)

Seriously though, it's because Congress is a term common among many if not all currents when it comes to debate and discussion, and it shows that it's about coming together and respecting each other's views. The choice of 21st stands for the 21st century and current issues.
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By Okonkwo
#1822790
That's a really nice choice for the title Adrien!
:up:

If we'll have imagery on the blog, I propose including some imagery akin to this picture of Jean Jaurès holding a speech under the red flag:

Image

Oui notre Monsieur, oui notre bon Maître
Pourquoi ont-ils tué Jaurès?
Pourquoi ont-ils tué Jaurès?
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By KurtFF8
#1822918
Seems like a good title to me. I would suggest we leave it to being a leftist blog and exclude liberals but if everyone else would like to include them then that's alright.

Also that image would be awesome if someone could color the red of the flag in well.
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By Adrien
#1822967
Glad you like the title.

:)

That image should be Warholised for total modernism hehe.
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By Dr House
#1822976
I think it's fair that if there is a leftist blog there should also be a rightist one.
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By Abood
#1823003
Rightists can do whatever they want to do.
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By HoniSoit
#1823136
Great choice of title, and I like the intro as well. :)

House wrote:I think it's fair that if there is a leftist blog there should also be a rightist one.


If people could organise it, I cannot see why there shouldn't be one.
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By ingliz
#1823242
The point of this blog is to provide a common means of expression for opinions that are after all never far from one another.

I'm sorry but I cannot agree with that statement. The opinions of welfare state liberals, social democrats and sundry libertarians are very far outside the Marxist revolutionary socialist tradition; the first two are capitalist for crying out loud!
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By HoniSoit
#1847028
Warning: we need more articles about or written from the perspectives of social democracy, otherwise the blog will be monopolised by far-leftists! ;)
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By HoniSoit
#1847037
Not a problem. :lol:

I was really calling for more people to write about social democracy which I think has a lot to offer.

Plus it would be really dull to hear only about Marxism and Anarchism.
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By Eauz
#1847039
Ok, I'm working on my social-democracy article. Here is part of it:

Social Democracy is about a few members of the petty-bourgeoises and the bourgeoises who have a bleeding heart in regard to the living and working conditions of the working-class but don't want to give up the capitalist system or social standing within society completely. As a result, the social democrats want to make temporary relief from the evils of capitalism. While doing so, it helps create a class out of the working-class that is reactionary, due to their new improvement to the living standard.

;)
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By Okonkwo
#1847051
HoniSoit wrote:Plus it would be really dull to hear only about Marxism and Anarchism.

I agree. But I mentioned this before, there's so many Marxists and anarchists around here, it's only natural that most articles are devoted to these subjects.

Eauz wrote:new improvement to the living standard.

Social democrats want to improve the living standards of the workers? My dear, we really do deserve to be shot.
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By HoniSoit
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Okonkwo wrote:But I mentioned this before, there's so many Marxists and anarchists around here, it's only natural that most articles are devoted to these subjects.


I kind of disagree. I think there are very few social anarchists on PoFo - I'd say no more than five at any given time.

As for Marxists, there are quite a number of them but relatively few are currently active.

In comparison, I wouldn't say left liberal and social democrats are in the absolute minority, but not all of them take their ideology enthusiastically enough to be willing to write articles. Would you agree from your experience?
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By Okonkwo
#1847073
HoniSoit wrote:not all of them take their ideology enthusiastically enough to be willing to write articles. Would you agree from your experience?

Most certainly. There are some intelligent and vocal social democrats/liberals around here (Paradigm, Nets, Nattering Nabob, Praetor et alii), but no one can surpass the ideological zeal the communists exhibit.
As I've mentioned before, I'm working on it, I'll get to write a series of articles as soon as I can wrap my head around it.

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