The excesses of capitalism are culminating into a total control of billionaires and tech oligarchs on global economy, especially in the US where the economic policy is now being shifted such that there is an explicit and complete control of domestic billionaires on the policy and an introduction of a major reshaping of global economies with tariffs now dominating the scene.

It seems almost certain that major global economies might go into a deep recession and the faultlines exposed by and since COVID just keep getting extended.

With the reshaping of geopolitics and a possible beginning of the end of a global free trade regime, we may expect more internal and external conflicts, rising economic tensions, massive unemployment and subsequent deepening of inequality.

How do we see communist movements globally to react to this? Do we see some form of regaining of space for communist movements around the world? What else is likely to happen around this? Are there any contemporary writers talking about what's happening? What does past literature say on times like these? Would love to hear thoughts.

Very often I hear that social democracies particularly in Europe have only risen due to the bourgeoisie's looming fear that if they hadn't implemented a few programs or policies to appease the working class peoples there would have been a communist revolution.

Now, this does sound like common sense. But is there any particular source that gives evidence to this claim? I'd rather be able to take a strong stance with this opinion by being able to cite sources instead of my friends' opinions.

https://www.redspark.nu/en/peoples-war/india/cpi-maoist-cc-sets-terms-for-peace-talks-with-central-and-state-governments/

Lenin writes that did not have the material to deal this question of affiliating or not with Labour.

Does he write about it elsewhere?

I began researching about Lysenko today and I'm unable to find any sources that seem trustworthy in regards to the apparent repression of those who disagreed with him. Putting aside Lysenko in specific, I was led to a much bigger rabbit hole that is the general repression of science within the USSR. I'm repeating myself here, but it's hard to find proper sources, and some things I read surprised me if I take into consideration the general character of Soviet science I had in my head until now.

I've seen the repression of physics and biology mentioned and that was probably what surprised me the most, (quantum) physics moreso. If anyone knows to tell me more about this I'd really love to listen as it breaks the previous character of Soviet science that I had constructed.

I made a post a while ago attempting to catalogue a handful of attempts at class analysis in Amerika. I have not had the time to meaningfully carry that forward, which I apologize for, but I’ve arrived at a subset of questions and the first of which has to do with the student population in Amerika and its status as being able to form mass organizations subjugated to the proletarian line.

It is beginning to seem to me that students in Amerika are not capable of forming a unified body to resist imperialism. This seems especially true among graduate workers, though I am not one and so I’m not sure.

This leaves me curious about where to put the relatively large portion of students who seem engaged in anti-imperialist politics. While they definitely seem to be an organized minority, is it possible for them to produce anything of value? You’d think that a student movement would be capable of self-reflection on a deeper level but all of the engagement I’ve seen seems very surface level.

Simple question I hope

Edit: it was in fact not a simple question, classic Marxism, making me think, god damn it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FranceSansCensure/comments/1jpsu2t/le_rn_doit_rendre_largent_des_fran%C3%A7ais/

Depuis le 31 Mars 2025, un gros shitstorm a envahi la France. En effet, la candidate préférée de l'extrême droite française, Marine Le Pen, a été condamnée avec une vingtaine d'autres députés de son parti, par la justice française, pour détournement de fonds publics.

Cette anti-communiste primaire a été prise la main dans le sac. Toute la France est en train d'en parler. Les fascistes disent que c'est une atteinte à la démocratie. Les prolétaires en rigolent et demandent à ce que les fascistes rendent l'argent volé.

Une preuve de plus que la droite est à la botte de la bourgeoisie, à voler l'argent des travailleurs.

PS : vive le communisme. Prolétaires de tous les pays, unissons-nous !

Hi all, first post here. I’ve very recently converted, for lack of a better term, from anarchism to Marxist-Leninism/maoism or what have you, all that matters I am a communist. Upon this ideological shift I have noticed a rather depressing reality among the American “left”. Anarchists, social democrats, Bernie bros and so on are mostly of not all liberals who have either no realistic vision of communism or simply co-opt the aesthetics of revolution while still only truly wanting better conditions for Americans only and “good” imperialism. I do not write this to lambast Americans because there is a genuine reality of red scare tactics crafting acceptable resistance that truly do not affect any reality of Capitalism. I have friends who claim to be leftists while also completely denouncing anything but anarchism using western propaganda talking points. With all this considered, how can there truly be any chance of solidarity among the working class in America?

I have personally developed some basic knowledge of the People's war in Peru, up until the point of Chairman Gonzalo's capture and the general retreat made in the light of his death, however anything since 2021, and really since 1992, is a complete mystery to me. I know that these is still a struggle in Peru that is lesser than it was in 1992 but still relevant, but beyond that nothing. What party or parties are leading the struggle? Have they changed tactics? Is there still intense fighting? etc...

Currently reading Engels' banger of a book and I really like this systematic and materialistic approach to human (pre)history. Is there a similair resource that is more up-to-date with the contemporary anthropological findings?

In the chapter about individualism and lack of discipline he states "Discipline can be increased by the acquisition of address books, appointment calendars, diary pads, three by five cards for addresses that can be filed without retyping and a refusal to take on more work than one can handle. Extreme security must be taken with addresses". I interpret this as threatening but I'm wondering if I misinterpreted his meaning. Does anyone have more evidence as to what Forman was trying to convey here?

I've been reading "The Border Crossed Us" by Justin Ahers Chacón and it dives deep into how free trade agreements allowed US capital to penetrate into Mexico and how US capital has been using Mexico has a cheap, ununionize source of labor that's close to home. My question is if this unelqual exchange we have with Mexico is benefiting the capitalist class why is it that trump wants to put tariffs on it?

I wanted to ask you folks about your thoughts on this and possibly be directed to literature or other resources that explore these ideas more eloquently and in-depth than I ever could. Also I want to note I mean more contemporarily

Christianity has been used as a justification for colonization throughout history- Doctrine of Discovery, Requerimento (1513), and the framing of these conquests as being a “moral duty”. The methods for conversion were often violent: destruction of indigenous cities, forced conversations and ecomienda systems, kidnapping & indoctrination of children, etc. The consequences of this have been erasure of culture, loss of language, shifts in other beliefs (ex; two-spirit gender in Native American culture). Due to this imperialism, many regions are overwhelmingly Christian/Catholic that were originally polytheistic.

I think this ties into right-wing ideologies and capitalism as a whole. Ex; Belief western civilization is superior, white supremacy, religious nationalism, the way colonization+Christianity destroyed communal economies, etc.

I was hoping if anyone is willing they could maybe break these ideas down further, correct me where I’m wrong, redirect me to resources where I can learn more, etc. I would love to have a discussion. Thank you.

• I wanted to clarify that I respect all religions and I hope what I am trying to say isn’t coming off as offensive!

I bought seven books. Looking back, I should have bought one. lmao. Here's the link https://foreignlanguages.press/ Does anybody have experience with them?

I heard a while back that the CPGB and CPGB-ML are pretty transphobic, is this still the case? If so, what orgs in England aren't? I know the IMT aren't and I've been involved with them before but I'm a marxist-leninist not a trotskyist and they were pretty insufferable tbh.

I am referring to

The Baader Meinhof Complex

which is a movie about the RAF (Red Army Faction) which was a band of anticapitalist fighters that tried to achieve revolutionary goals with indeed very serious methods in germany, most notably in the 1970s. The movie did try to genuinely portray all involved individuals and events. Was it perfect in that? Maybe not, but which movie is ever perfectly historically accurate in events that may be somewhat ambiguous.

Idk, I just felt like this might not be well known outside of the german speaking region, so I wanted to leave you with this. Its a great movie.

Mods: If this gets deleted because it doesnt fit the subreddit, please offer a suggestion where this might fit instead. Perhaps r/LateStageCapitalism ?

The status quo was a race to the bottom regarding wages across the world. Both American workers and workers in Global south were losing out. Of course, no question that Trump has continued to be imperialist in all other ways but how do Marxists view the current policies on tarriffs. At some point, the left was critical of globalised trade and it's analysis through dependency theory made a lot of sense. But how do we view Trump's policies in terms of moving against globalisation and its effects of workers? Thoughts?

As an Azeri, it seems like a mistake to me since the Azeris and Armenians just had a bitter unresolved ethnic conflict. From what I've read, the attempt to integrate Artsakh into Azerbaijan resulted in massive Azeri settlement into the region and further ethnic tensions that exploded following the USSR's collapse. This could've been avoided by rejecting Azerbaijan's irredentist demands.

However I understand that this analysis is cursory and non-Marxist; I couldn't find evidence of economic disenfranchisement of Karabakh Armenians under the Azerbaijani SSR. So I have a poor understanding of why the ethnic tensions persisted.

Going through some of the results on YouTube and it all seems pretty “biased” for lack of a better term. Please recommend me a video from a leftist perspective. Just looking to learn about his life,upbringing and rise to power.

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Hi comrades. In the current nightmare (and rewatching Adam Curtis) of the present moment Ive been thinking about the structuring ideologies that exist in the silicone valley tech sphere. My vague understanding is that these types exist in a kind of libertarian techno-futuraist paradigm. I'm keen to know more about the intellectual history of prevailing zeitgeist in this ecosystem. I'm vaguely aware that these guys are really into ideas such as transhumanism, right accelerarionism, and kind of see themselves as a kind of neo-aristocracy. In there self concept I imagine they probably see themselves as a kind of Nietzschean Ubermensch. I also get the vibe some take this in an almost neo-eugenecist direction that re-hashes old nazi ideas of creating the new aristocracy previously mentioned. With a heavy dose of Ayan Rand and other bs. I guess it's all just right libertarian stuff. But I'm interested on whether there's any books I can read about the kind of intellectual traditions that have fed into this ecosystem. Anyone got any recommendations?

Do you have books on women in maoist China and during the GPCR?