Reform or Revolution, Rosa Luxemburg A really good introductory text and one I recommend to anyone just getting into left wing thought.

This is the economy she wanted. I’m sure wherever she is she’s fucking giddy the old hag. What’s worse is that these people treat the situation like an act of God, as if they have no ability to change anything. As such “Managed Decline” rolls on- right next to its pal Social Murder

I think it’s hard to combat a century of red scare and we, as communists of various stripes, have to be able to deal with it. You can’t do coalition building or agitprop without this knowledge. If you want to try and bring people in, you have to accept their biases and try and work with them in a lot of ways while educating them in order to either mitigate them entirely or minimise them. We want people who are empowered to do work in their communities and organise in their workplaces and you do that with education and understanding.