starkillerfish

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Is posting stuff on Lemmygrad and arguing with liberals online considered praxis? in c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
Hi, I'm new and lonely. in c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Hey! I live in Belgium and doing Marxist Econ research, plus doing library events on the side. Feel free to send me a message anytime too!

How does the CPC intend to/currently help advance socialism in the rest of the world? in c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Building a multipolar world, challenging US imperialism.

Learning Russian in c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just wanted to say good luck with studies! Russian is tricky but I think in conversation people tend to be very forgiving of mistakes. I’m thinking also maybe watching films in Russian might help with learning how to pronounce words. There’s lots of Soviet films available on YouTube.

A helpful reminder about dialectics, transition, and economic modes of production. in c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  1. Im not sure I agree with your definitions of communist and socialist sectors, since a socialist mode of production already means a focus on use value. So the definition of a communist sector is redundant.
  2. “When looking at the USSR, it had basically no capitalist sector” - depends on time period!
  3. “Denmark and the UK both had small communist sectors in things like their healthcare.” - is a regulated capitalist sector really equivalent to a socialist sector?
  4. “We simply state that unless there is a DotP established, the capitalist sector will erode them away.” - I would also argue that without a DotP, the socialist sector is always subservient to (the booms and busts) of the capitalist one
A helpful reminder about dialectics, transition, and economic modes of production. in c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It looks really nice

Does documentation of an example life under communism exist? in c/communism@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would recommend the book Everything for everyone (https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone) which is a fictional account of a near future communist New York.

I would also recommend to not try to seek out an unbiased account of communism, which does not exist. There are a lot of assumptions that go into it and will be of course influenced by the authors biases.

Does documentation of an example life under communism exist? in c/communism@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Im not sure what you mean when you say you don’t want historical content, since that is what documentation is. Other than that there are fictional stories if that’s what you are looking for?

Does documentation of an example life under communism exist? in c/communism@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe check out Everyday Utopia by Kristen Ghodsee? She writes about different egalitarian communities in history

Western intelligence agencies suggest Ukraine will face “large territorial losses” this year in c/news@hexbear.net
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 months ago

Donetsk and Luhansk are Russian oblasts since 2022

Why did socialist governments take out IMF loans in the 1980s? in c/history@lemmygrad.ml
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! Very informative write up

Why did socialist governments take out IMF loans in the 1980s? in c/history@hexbear.net
[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Yes. I would say that in the 1980s there was already an understanding formed about the IMF's role in neo-colonial exploitation and also just considering the fact that the US is its most powerful member.

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Why did socialist governments take out IMF loans in the 1980s? (lemmygrad.ml)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4415605

I noticed that several socialist countries took out loans from the IMF (Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania) even though there was an understanding that the IMF is a predatory organisation. I assume it is connected to the wave of liberalisation in the 1980s, but would be interested in a more concrete breakdown of the logic and context behind it, or articles/links on the topic.

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Why did socialist governments take out IMF loans in the 1980s? (lemmygrad.ml)
 

I noticed that several socialist countries took out loans from the IMF (Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania) even though there was an understanding that the IMF is a predatory organisation. I assume it is connected to the wave of liberalisation in the 1980s, but would be interested in a more concrete breakdown of the logic and context behind it, or articles/links on the topic.

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ICJ hears Nicaragua’s case against Germany over Israel’s war on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
 

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins two days of hearings to consider Nicaragua’s request that emergency measures be imposed on Germany over its support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

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The Massive Molniya Satellites - How The Soviet Union Solved Satellite Communications Their Own Way. (www.youtube.com)
 

A history of the Soviet communication satellite program. From the description:

The Soviet Union had a big advantage in launch vehicle capability, but, while the US had adapted the Delta to launch small satellites into Geostationary orbits the R7 which had carried spacecraft to the Moon and Venus was not capable of doing the equivalent without significant redesign. Instead, the Soviet Union's scientists came up with their own solution which had some advantages for covering the massive territory of the USSR.

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Planned Obsolescence Will Kill Us All (www.youtube.com)
 

UE gives an overview of planned obsolescence. Pretty classic stuff, but also contains some more in depth economics perspectives that were new to me

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Heterodox economics 101 course (for free) (economics4emancipation.net)
 

Was listening to rev left radio and they had a guest who talked about this course! From their description:

Economics for Emancipation (E4E) is a seven-module introductory curriculum with interactive and participatory workshops. It offers a deep critical dive into the current political economic system, exploration of alternative economic systems, and dynamic tools to dream and build the economy that centers care, relationship, and liberation.

Theres lots of info, readings, takeaways. All around well made course. If anyone knows similar courses/adjacent stuff would love to hear about it!

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