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“How are we going to divide China if we can’t foist identity politics on them?”
― I'll Ruin Everything You Are: Ending Western Propaganda on Red China
― I'll Ruin Everything You Are: Ending Western Propaganda on Red China
“Elected officials no longer attempt to win you over, they attempt to rewrite laws and district boundaries so that your vote is irrelevant. Their true constituency is the criminal elite.”
― They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
― They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
“But the real danger is that liberal environmentalists and feminists will strengthen the right by lending credibility to reactionary arguments. Adopting the argument that population growth causes global warming endorses the strongest argument the right has against the social and economic changes that are really needed to stop climate change and environmental destruction.”
― Too Many People?: Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis
― Too Many People?: Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis
“The popular claim that “real socialism has never been tried” implies that all the Hispanic, Asian, Slavic, and African cultures that did attempted it were not up to the task. It is a form of racial slur that exposes the ethnocentric elitism at the core of Western collectivists.”
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“The difference between a communist party and a bourgeois party in State leadership is not a 'minor' one, but a very great, profound, class difference of principle, which cannot be reduced to the 'rotation' of party leaders in political power”
― Yugoslav "Self-Administration" - Capitalist Theory and Practice
― Yugoslav "Self-Administration" - Capitalist Theory and Practice
Marx's Capital Volumes I, II, III (Study Group - 2020 and beyond)
— 369 members
— last activity Jan 06, 2026 05:51AM
We see symptoms of crises all around us, from the immediate "public health" pandemic of COVID19 to repeated "financial" crises to escalating "environm ...more
Marxism
— 1118 members
— last activity Jun 08, 2026 08:21AM
Reading works by and about Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels.
No Quarter Leftism
— 119 members
— last activity Jan 14, 2022 11:00AM
Non-sectarian leftism. United Front in perspective, rather than Popular Front. Intended for anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists, trade unionists, left ex ...more
Anarchist & Radical Book Club
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— last activity Apr 30, 2026 09:35PM
This is a group to read and discuss anarchist practice and theory, by gathering a large body of anarchist literature, non-fiction, and theory, as well ...more
Bangalore bookworms and bibliophiles (BBB)
— 2906 members
— last activity Dec 26, 2025 08:23AM
A place for book lovers of Bangalore to meet, connect and have conversations (online and real life!) Just discussion about books! By book lovers! No ...more
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