Hi! I’ve been looking for a place to find articles that have a Marxist (and perhaps Leninist) perspective, and ran into this one. I’ve only read a few articles, so I’m still not entirely sure about their perspective. They have a quite cheap monthly magazine, but don’t really want to pay if it turns out to be some Ultra-left stuff, as that is not quite my vibe. I would also appreciate alternatives if you have any! I’m really just interested in perspectives and news that are not caked in western propaganda like the more mainstream ones. Thanks in advance!
What even is “ultra-left”? I hear people talk about ultras sometimes but I thought it was like “Everyone who drives faster than me is a maniac/everyone who drives slower than me is a moron” thing where Ultra is just someone who wants to abolish more private property than I do or something.
I welcome other people to answer here, as my understanding is not so developed that that I will just answer this without a disclaimer, but from my understanding it is who Lenin criticized in his work, “Left-wing” Communism: An infantile disorder. They are the left in communism, and are often very critical of MLs, The USSR, and many AES nations. Often completely anti-Stalinist, and very critical of the Bolsheviks. They often want a perfect revolution, and want an instant transition into worker rule, without the vanguard. MLs like me view this as ahistorical, as the need to defend against counter-revolution, and sabotage has been necessary, and therefore a certain amount of authoritarian measures must be taken.
I think that’s an okay explanation? But I welcome any corrections!
So some archaic factionalism shit from centuries ago that no one should care about?
You could maybe argue this, but once you get into magazines, and actual orgs and such, you will still find ultras ready to say that no AES is actually socialist, the USSR was an evil empire, and other counterproductive things, that I personally think undermines the actual achievements of these nations, and really just serves to hurt the cause at large.
