"The right of nations to self-determination (i.e., the constitutional guarantee of an absolutely free and democratic method of deciding the question of secession) must under no circumstances be confused with the expediency of a given nation's secession. The Social-Democratic Party must decide the...

This is what you get when you have an enabling party who knows if they offer meaningless reforms the masked police can go back to murdering and disappearing black and brown folk for them if they end up in power again.

Finished The Nationality of Pupils in Russian Schools. Next pamphlet up,

Finished Patient Transport Principles and Practice, Sixth Edition. Next up,

"Insofar as national peace is in any way possible in a capitalist society based on exploitation, profit-making and strife, it is attainable only under a consistently and thoroughly democratic republican system of government which guarantees full equality of all nations and languages, which...

Finished The Cadets and "The Right of Nations to Self-Determination". Next pamphlet up,

"Only the unity and solidarity of workers of all nations in all working-class organisations in the struggle against capital will lead to "the solution of the national problem"." (Vladimir Lenin, How Does Bishop Nikon Defend the Ukrainians?, 1913)

Finished "Cultural-National" Autonomy. Next pamphlet up,

"No one can be protected from national oppression unless the most extensive local and regional autonomy and the principle of settling all state questions in accordance with the will of the majority of the population (that is, the principle of consistent democracy) are consistently put into...

This is the typical lib mindset. They'll cry about not escalating even as the fascists have a gun pointed at their head.

This is one reason, of many, I urge people to not waste their time contacting their reps and politicians. They don't care, they are ok with what is happening. They only care about it's effect on capital. Use your energy to organize and prepare for what is to come.

This is who we are as a country. When you vote Republican you're voting for this. When you vote Democrat you're voting for this. This is who we are at an institutional level and it will not change until we come together as a collective and make it change.

Time for a bookmark change,

Finished Resolutions of the Summer, 1913, Joint Conference of the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. and Party Officials. Next pamphlet up,

"Look at the capitalists! They try to inflame national strife among the "common people", while they themselves manage their business affairs remarkably well-Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, and Germans together in one and the same corporation. Against the workers the capitalists of all nations...

The protests in Minnesota highlight how the media works against the proletariat and for capital. Hardly any coverage of hundreds of thousands taking to the streets. We defeat capital when we come together in even larger numbers and start a revolution that the media ignores at their own peril.

Didn't have totaling my car in a wreck on my bingo card for today.

Finished How Does Bishop Nikon Defend the Ukrainians? Next pamphlet up,

"The interests of the working class as well as the interests of political liberty generally-require, on the contrary, the fullest equality of all the nationalities in the state without exception, and the elimination of every kind of barrier between the nations, the bringing together of children...

Looking forward to being on the ambulance tomorrow when the temp will feel like, checks notes, -38 °F.

Finished Liberals and Democrats on the Language Question. Next pamphlet up,

This is what Dems continue to vote for. They are aligned with Repubs, the only difference is they aren't as overt about their beliefs. By voting blue no matter who, you're supporting things like this as well.

"International culture, which is now already being systematically created by the proletariat of all countries, does not absorb "national culture" (no matter of what national group) as a whole, but accepts from each national culture exclusively those of its elements that are consistently...

Cubs fandom remains, for the most part, the worst. Maybe other fandoms are also deep in the owners pockets, but Cubs fans love to carry water for the Cubs being cheap. No, they do not have to trade either Nico Hoerner or Matt Shaw, stop writing articles claiming they do.

America has a long history of conquer. America saw fit to conquer Native Americans, to conquer parts of Mexico, Cuba, and countless other Latin American countries, with attempts to conquer plenty more. The only way you can make your argument is if you're serving capital or an idiot.

The take away from Carney's speech is that he felt the need to open with an anti-communist stance before saying the old way is dead and we need something new. His inclusion of communism in that way tells you how scared those in power are of the proletariat and of the answers communism provides.

Finished Class War in Dublin. Next pamphlet up,

Finished Mansfield Park. Next up,

"Unity from below, the complete unity and consolidation in each locality of Social-Democratic workers of all nationalities in all working-class organisations-that is our slogan. Down with the deceptive bourgeois, compromise slogan of "cultural-national autonomy"!" (Vladimir Lenin, Draft Platform...

Finished The Nationalisation of Jewish Schools. Next pamphlet up,

"We are against national culture as one of the slogans of bourgeois nationalism. We are in favour of the international culture of a fully democratic and socialist proletariat." (Vladimir Lenin, Draft Platform for the Fourth Congress of Social-Democrats of the Latvian Area, 1913)

Finished Cadets on the Question of the Ukraine. Next pamphlet up,

"Socialists, however, do not limit themselves to general-democratic demands. They fight all possible manifestations of bourgeois nationalism, crude or refined. "National-cultural autonomy" is a manifestation precisely of this type-it joins the proletarians and bourgeoisie of one nation and keeps...

I know it's used as a negative stereotype, but on a recent Hakim ep he talked about reading as a path to socialism. I can't agree with that enough, I only truly became a socialist when I really started reading theory, and got back into reading in general again. Read socialist theory, other...

Finished Theses on the National Question. Next pamphlet up,

"The workers of the whole world are building up their own internationalist culture, which the champions of freedom and the enemies of oppression have for long been preparing. To the old world, the world of national oppression, national bickering, and national isolation the workers counterpose a...

that anarchist burning a flag or the communist leading a de-arrest or the black panther open carrying a rifle are all your allies. the cops are not. stand with your allies, not against them.

Finished Draft Platform for the Fourth Congress of Social-Democrats of the Latvian Area. Next pamphlet up,

"The workers will not allow themselves to be disunited by sugary speeches about national culture, or "national cultural autonomy". The workers of all nations together, concertedly, uphold full freedom and complete equality of rights in organisations common to all-and that is the guarantee of...

It's very Cubs to be, "Nope, we can only have one of Kyle Tucker or Alex Bregman, what do you think we're made of money?" While the Dodgers say, "Tucker will help us win, just add his contract to Ohtani's, Freeman's, Betts, etc." There's a reason one of those franchises always contends.

Reading a history book on the Treaty of Versailles that I was really enjoying, then we got to the chapter on Russia and boy did it go downhill. It's frustrating when everything communists do is criticized and labeled as propaganda, and the idea of the capitalists being aligned against communism...

Finished The Working Class and the National Question. Next pamphlet up,

After 10 years of inactivity I had gotten as high as 380 pounds. In December of 2023 I made the choice to go to the gym again. Only goals I had were to stay active and consistent, but I also really wanted to hit a target weight of 250. Today, I'm finally under 250 and it's a great feeling.

Finished Separatists in Russia and Separatists in Austria. Next pamphlet up,

"The liberal is not pleased that the struggle of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie is regarded as the fundamental question. The liberal strives to ignite and fan the flames of national struggle in order to divert attention from the serious questions of democracy and socialism." (Vladimir...

Finished Vekhi Contributors and Nationalism. Next pamphlet up,

Finished The Balkan War and Bourgeoise Chauvinism. Next pamphlet up,

"Americans tended to see their values as universal ones, and their government and society as a model for all others. The United States, after all, had been founded by those who wanted to leave an old world behind, and its revolution was, in part, about creating a new one. American democracy, the...

Had my eyes dilated and I'm blind as fuck still. Not even that will stop me from shitposting towards libs.

Finished The Social Significance of the Serbo-Bulgarian Victories. Next pamphlet up,