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A Marxist thought every Wednesday(ish) to get us through the week & remind us that only Proletarian struggle can end global wage slavery ✊
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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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Victims of Deception #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Lenin #shorts
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...
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December 18, 2023 at 1:48 PM
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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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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Authoritarian Means #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Engels
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 ...
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December 6, 2023 at 3:50 PM
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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Happy #SocialistSunday to all fellow Proletarians working towards a future where the contradictions and exploitation of capitalism no longer hold back the potential of humanity.
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#MidweekMarxism ☭
A Marxist thought every Wednesday(ish) to get us through the week & remind us that only Proletarian struggle can end global wage slavery ✊ #MidweekMarxism 🚩⭐ https://linktr.ee/midweek_marxism
t.me
October 29, 2023 at 6:58 AM
Happy #SocialistSunday to all fellow Proletarians working towards a future where the contradictions and exploitation of capitalism no longer hold back the potential of humanity.
Please feel free to follow for a follow-back and weekly quotes from fellow socialists in history!
Please feel free to follow for a follow-back and weekly quotes from fellow socialists in history!
#MidweekMarxism now has a Telegram channel for easier access to your favourite Marxist quotes!
Head over to t.me/midweek_marx... to check it out, react and share with even greater ease.
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#MidweekMarxism ☭
A Marxist thought every Wednesday(ish) to get us through the week & remind us that only Proletarian struggle can end global wage slavery ✊ #MidweekMarxism 🚩⭐ https://linktr.ee/midweek_marxism
t.me
October 29, 2023 at 6:47 AM
#MidweekMarxism now has a Telegram channel for easier access to your favourite Marxist quotes!
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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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Precondition #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Davis #BlackHistoryMonth
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...
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October 27, 2023 at 2:33 PM
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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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
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
Mahmoud Darwish Archive
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October 18, 2023 at 4:38 PM
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
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
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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Old and New Ways #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Nkrumah #BlackHistoryMonth
https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/nkrumah/neo-colonialism/Predatory invasion of former colonies operates behind the international character of the agen...
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October 18, 2023 at 4:06 PM
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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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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Higher Plane #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #Fanon #BlackHistoryMonth
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...
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October 11, 2023 at 12:44 PM
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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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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Obscuring the Totality #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #rodney #blackhistorymonth
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...
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October 4, 2023 at 2:09 PM
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.
October 4, 2023 at 2:00 PM
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.
A philosopher produces ideas, a poet poems, a clergyman sermons, a professor compendia and so on. A criminal produces crimes. If we take a closer look at the connection between this latter branch of production and society as a whole, we shall rid ourselves of many prejudices.
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Prejudices #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #marx
https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/Q8syEAAAQBAJ
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September 27, 2023 at 11:41 PM
A philosopher produces ideas, a poet poems, a clergyman sermons, a professor compendia and so on. A criminal produces crimes. If we take a closer look at the connection between this latter branch of production and society as a whole, we shall rid ourselves of many prejudices.
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Comrades, my apologies for the lack of upload last week and the late one this week - I won't bore you with the details but has not been an enjoyable couple of weeks.
A good, long and truly excellent quote coming your way very soon ✊
A good, long and truly excellent quote coming your way very soon ✊
September 27, 2023 at 10:32 PM
Comrades, my apologies for the lack of upload last week and the late one this week - I won't bore you with the details but has not been an enjoyable couple of weeks.
A good, long and truly excellent quote coming your way very soon ✊
A good, long and truly excellent quote coming your way very soon ✊
After finally having received our invite code and uploading our backlog from Mastodon, we are extremely pleased to announce that #MidweekMarxism is finally on BlueSky!
Quotes from Marxist figures to come every week (see threads for sources) ✊
Useful resources will also be threaded to this post 🧵
Quotes from Marxist figures to come every week (see threads for sources) ✊
Useful resources will also be threaded to this post 🧵
September 15, 2023 at 6:10 PM
After finally having received our invite code and uploading our backlog from Mastodon, we are extremely pleased to announce that #MidweekMarxism is finally on BlueSky!
Quotes from Marxist figures to come every week (see threads for sources) ✊
Useful resources will also be threaded to this post 🧵
Quotes from Marxist figures to come every week (see threads for sources) ✊
Useful resources will also be threaded to this post 🧵
The mode of production of material life conditions the social, political and intellectual life process in general. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.
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Consciousness #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #marx
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1859/critique-pol-economy/index.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 6:05 PM
The mode of production of material life conditions the social, political and intellectual life process in general. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.
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Revolutionary [Socialism] has always included the struggle for reforms as part of its activities. But it utilises “economic” agitation for the purpose of presenting to the government, not only demands for all sorts of measures, but [...] that it cease to be an autocratic government.
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Economic Agitation #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #lenin
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/index.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Revolutionary [Socialism] has always included the struggle for reforms as part of its activities. But it utilises “economic” agitation for the purpose of presenting to the government, not only demands for all sorts of measures, but [...] that it cease to be an autocratic government.
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From the moment when the priests use the pulpit as a means of political struggle against the working classes, the workers must fight against the enemies of their rights and their liberation.
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Mortal Enemy #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #luxemburg
https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1905/misc/socialism-churches.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 6:01 PM
From the moment when the priests use the pulpit as a means of political struggle against the working classes, the workers must fight against the enemies of their rights and their liberation.
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We, by no means, intend to abolish personal appropriation of the products of labour, an appropriation made for the maintenance & reproduction of human life, and that leaves no surplus wherewith to command the labour of others.
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Miserable Character #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #marx #engels
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:59 PM
We, by no means, intend to abolish personal appropriation of the products of labour, an appropriation made for the maintenance & reproduction of human life, and that leaves no surplus wherewith to command the labour of others.
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Revolutionaries, believe in the people & rely on them at all times, and you shall always emerge victorious; if you are forsaken by them, you will always fail. Let this be your maxim in your life and struggle.
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Emerge Victorious #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #kimilsung
https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-il-sung/cw/45.pdf
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September 15, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Revolutionaries, believe in the people & rely on them at all times, and you shall always emerge victorious; if you are forsaken by them, you will always fail. Let this be your maxim in your life and struggle.
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Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented [...].
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Abiding Principles #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #nkrumah
https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/nkrumah/1967/african-socialism-revisited.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented [...].
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The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality. Perhaps it is one of the great dramas of the leader that they must combine a passionate spirit with a cold intelligence... [1/2]
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True Revolutionary #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #guevara
https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1965/03/man-socialism.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:55 PM
The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality. Perhaps it is one of the great dramas of the leader that they must combine a passionate spirit with a cold intelligence... [1/2]
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People of the world, be courageous, and dare to fight, defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave. Then the whole world will belong to the people. Monsters of all kinds shall be destroyed.
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Dare to Fight #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #mao
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-9/mswv9_30.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:52 PM
People of the world, be courageous, and dare to fight, defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave. Then the whole world will belong to the people. Monsters of all kinds shall be destroyed.
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All martyrs of the working class [...] are victims of the same murderer: international capitalism. It is in belief in the liberation of their oppressed brothers, without discrimination as to race or country, that the souls of these martyrs will find supreme consolation.
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Supreme Consolation #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #hochiminh
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/ho-chi-minh/works/1923/08/17.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:50 PM
All martyrs of the working class [...] are victims of the same murderer: international capitalism. It is in belief in the liberation of their oppressed brothers, without discrimination as to race or country, that the souls of these martyrs will find supreme consolation.
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Competition becomes transformed into monopoly. [...] Production becomes social, but appropriation remains private. The social means of production remain the private property of a few.
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Intolerable #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #lenin
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Competition becomes transformed into monopoly. [...] Production becomes social, but appropriation remains private. The social means of production remain the private property of a few.
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In monarchy the whole, the people, is subsumed under one of its modes of existence: the political constitution. In democracy the constitution itself appears only as one determination, and indeed as the self-determination of the people.
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Resolved Mystery #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #marx
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/index.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:47 PM
In monarchy the whole, the people, is subsumed under one of its modes of existence: the political constitution. In democracy the constitution itself appears only as one determination, and indeed as the self-determination of the people.
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Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in society, that is, the contradiction between the productive forces & relations of production, the contradiction between classes and the contradiction between the old & the new.
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Changes in Society #MidweekMarxism #marxism #marxist #mao
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm
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September 15, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in society, that is, the contradiction between the productive forces & relations of production, the contradiction between classes and the contradiction between the old & the new.
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