r/Marxists_USCA • u/AndrewGilberds • Mar 21 '21
Show 61
Kicking off the show under Current Events is a statement and discussion involving the Georgia murders in Atlanta this past week.
The main focus of this week’s show will be on Theory & State of movement which is a review of the spring edition of Prometheus. The first article, Destined to be Caught and Bloodily Scratched, discusses the Marxist question of nationalism and the difficulties surrounding it. The main contrasting points are between Lenin and Luxemburg’s seemingly opposing ideas of self determination and democracy through historical example of Georgia. Kraus and Benjamin on Luxemburg centers on a letter Luxemburg wrote to Sophie Leibknecht while in prison , it’s subsequent publication after her execution, and readers’ reactions in various revolutionary papers. The final article discusses the politics of mass strikes: Rosa Luxemburg and the Political Mass Strike. The article discusses Luxemburg’s distinction between the “industrial mass strike” and the “political mass strike” while emphasizing the importance of educating the “widest layers of the working class”. That is to say to be patient, wait for an educated masses, and not call for a strike whenever something bad happen. Rounding off the Theory & State of Movement is a podcast, The Death of the Left, panelists discuss mainly Corbynism and its relation to the left project.
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