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- Vladimir Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (1913)
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and t... Victims of Deception #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Lenin #shorts

People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be until they have learnt to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises.

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Would the Paris Commune have lasted a single day if it had not made use of this authority of the armed people against the bourgeois? Should we not, on the contrary, reproach it for not having used it freely enough?

- Friedrich Engels, On Authority (1872)

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... and if the victorious party does not want to have fought in vain, it must maintain this rule by means of the terror which its arms inspire in the reactionists.

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one ... Authoritarian Means #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Engels

A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its will upon the other part by means of rifles, bayonets and cannon — authoritarian means, if such there be at all...

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... about the way labour-power is produced & sustained, he is only concerned about its availability & its ability to generate profit. In other words, the capitalist production process presupposes the existence of a body of exploitable workers.

- Angela Davis, Women, Race and Class (1981)

https://legalform.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/davis-women-race-class.pdf If the industrial revolution resulted in the structural separation of the home econo... Precondition #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Davis #BlackHistoryMonth

If the industrial revolution resulted in the structural separation of the home economy from the public economy, then housework cannot be defined as an integral component of capitalist production. It is [...] a precondition. The employer is not concerned...

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A commendable and worthy effort, though I fear the only thing with any true potential to bring about any kind of armistice is the completion of sales targets by the likes of Lockheed, Raytheon and BAE.
Even then...

But not a safe state for anyone else, apparently.

Write down!
I am an Arab
You have stolen the orchards of my ancestors
And the land which I cultivated
Along with my children
And you left nothing for us
Except for these rocks...
So will the State take them
As it has been said?!

- Mahmoud Darwish, Identity Card (1964)

#FreePalestine

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These are the paraphernalia of neo-colonialism, superficially proffering aid and guidance; subterraneously benefiting the interested donors and their countries in old and new ways.

- Kwame Nkrumah, Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism (1965)
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Friendly co-operation is offered in the educational, cultural & social domains, aimed at subverting the desirable patterns of indigenous progress to the imperialist objectives of the financial monopolists. These are the latest methods of holding back the real development of the new countries.

https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/nkrumah/neo-colonialism/Predatory invasion of former colonies operates behind the international character of the agen... Old and New Ways #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Nkrumah #BlackHistoryMonth

Predatory invasion of former colonies operates behind the international character of the agencies employed: financial and industrial consortia, assistance organisations, financial aid bodies, and the like.

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Let us reconsider the question of cerebral reality and of the cerebral mass of all humanity, whose connexions must be increased, whose channels must be diversified and whose messages must be re-humanised.

- Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
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Today, we are present at the stasis of Europe. Comrades, let us flee from this motionless movement where gradually dialectic is changing into the logic of equilibrium. Let us reconsider the question of mankind.

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... which consisted of bringing their whole weight to bear violently upon these elements, of modifying their arrangement and their nature, of changing them and, finally, of bringing the problem of mankind to an infinitely higher plane.

https://monoskop.org/images/6/6b/Fanon_Frantz_The_Wretched_of_the_Earth_1963.pdf All the elements of a solution to the great problems of humanity have, at di... Higher Plane #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Fanon #BlackHistoryMonth

All the elements of a solution to the great problems of humanity have, at different times, existed in European thought. But Europeans have not carried out in practice the mission which fell to them...

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Our interpretation of the social reality can similarly derive a certain, historical law and hence scientific law of society which can be applied irrespective of its origin or its originators.

- Walter Rodney, Marxism and African Liberation (1975)

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Was Edison a racist? But they ask the question, "Was Marx a racist?" They genuinely believe that they are making a fundamental distinction, whereas, in fact, they are obscuring the totality of social development. And the natural sciences are not to be separated from the social sciences.

https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/rodney-walter/works/marxismandafrica.htm People seem to have no difficulty in deciding that they are going to use fac... Obscuring the Totality #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #rodney #blackhistorymonth

People have no difficulty in deciding that they are going to use facets of material culture that originated in the West, whether in capitalist or socialist society. People have no difficulty relating to electricity but say: "Marx & Engels, that's European!"

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The contributions & history of our Black comrades should be celebrated no matter the time of year. However #MidweekMarxism is taking the opportunity this #BlackHistoryMonth (the one that isn't based on the birthday of a white man) to focus on quotes from some truly excellent works of Black Marxists.

But then you've got Anti-Dühring to tide you over, featuring some proper laugh-out-loud comedic and sarcastic writing and which you can clearly see in later takedowns of Kautsky, Bernstein etc by Lenin and Luxemburg (and Stalin, to a mildly lesser extent).

Oh absolutely, Engels' more scientific works are extremely concentrated - one definitely has to allow oneself plenty of time to read the likes of Origin of the Family or Dialectics of Nature.

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We've got a reasonable variety of sources, with more coming in all the time (though I tend to favour Marx and Engels for what I'd imagine are fairly obvious reasons).

Is more clearly laid out on the YouTube channel's playlist interface: www.youtube.com/@midweek_mar...

Thank you 🙇
All par for the course when being expected to live in this neoliberal utopia, unfortunately.

"We're invading Venus"

This.
And it's never been so easy and convenient to read (or indeed listen to) his work.

Thank you for your thoughts, and I will certainly try to track down the various works you have mentioned to try to understand your perspective on the matter better.