Patreon: https://patreon.com/socialismforall Discord: https://discord.com/users/755629400254316695 Mastodon: https://ioc.exchange/@socialismforall Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/socialism-for-all-s4a-intensify-8XDxD5 Reddit: https://reddit.com/user/SocialismForAll Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/socialismforall Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3byqQVsdTzhE2dOsnAUmK5 Twitch: https://twitch.tv/SocialismS4A Twitter: https://twitter.com/SocialismS4A YouTube: https://youtube.com/SocialismForAll Socialism for All does not run ads on its material. Please consider becoming a financial contributor on Patreon today for as little as $2/month! Description: This is a very early (1847) FAQ file for Communism, written by Karl Marx's main collaborator, Frederick Engels. Engels had previously written "Draft of the Communist Confession of Faith," which uses a similar, catechistic format of questions and answers, but this document is better-developed. However, Engels still did not find it satisfying and wrote to Marx, "“Think over the Confession of Faith a bit. I believe we had better drop the catechism form and call the thing: Communist Manifesto. As more or less history has got to be related in it, the form it has been in hitherto is quite unsuitable. I am bringing what I have done here with me; it is in simple narrative form, but miserably worded, in fearful haste. ...” " The original text is here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm Timestamps for those coming back to this video, or those who want a specific question answered: 0:00 - Channel introduction 0:43 - Front matter 1:25 - 1. What is Communism? 1:33 - 2. What is the proletariat? 2:03 - 3. Proletarians, then, have not always existed? 2:25 - 4. How did the proletariat originate? 5:39 - 5. Under what conditions does this sale of the labor of the proletarians to the bourgeoisie take place? 7:05 - 6. What working classes were there before the industrial revolution? 7:55 - 7. In what way do proletarians differ from slaves? 9:11 - 8. In what way do proletarians differ from serfs? 10:20 - 9. In what way do proletarians differ from handicraftsmen? 11:28 - 10. In what way do proletarians differ from manufacturing workers? 12:16 - 11. What were the immediate consequences of the industrial revolution and of the division of society into bourgeoisie and proletariat? 17:02 - 12. What were the further consequences of the industrial revolution? 18:25 - 13. What follows from these periodic commercial crises? 20:17 - 14. What will this new social order have to be like? 21:41 - 15. Was not the abolition of private property possible at an earlier time? 24:16 - 16. Will the peaceful abolition of private property be possible? 25:12 - 17. Will it be possible for private property to be abolished at one stroke? 25:39 - 18. What will be the course of this revolution? 29:50 - 19. Will it be possible for this revolution to take place in one country alone? 31:10 - 20. What will be the consequences of the ultimate disappearance of private property? 36:42 - 21. What will be the influence of communist society on the family? 37:36 - 22. What will be the attitude of communism to existing nationalities? 38:00 - 23. What will be its attitude to existing religions? 38:21 - 24. How do communists differ from socialists? 38:29 — Reactionary Socialists 39:51 — Bourgeois Socialists 40:36 — Democratic Socialists 41:40 - 25. What is the attitude of the communists to the other political parties of our time? 44:05 - Footnotes #s4a #socialismforall #socialism4all #revolution2030 #socialism #communism #marxism #marxismleninism #greenparty #laborunion #labormovement #engels #socialist #communist #marxist #audiobook
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I’m a US American studying Marxism (anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism).
I often post human-read audiobooks of socialist texts, & I organize them into playlists. I sometimes add comments to the text while reading, similar to making notes in a book, & I sometimes make efforts to explain difficult concepts in the texts, partly for myself & partly for newer listeners.
I also stream on Twitch (https://twitch.tv/socialisms4a) most Thursdays @ 1 PM Pacific/4 PM Eastern/7 PM UTC, & I later post the streams to YouTube. Stream dates & times are announced on the Community tab on YouTube & also on Bluesky, Mastodon, Tumblr, & Patreon.
After you've engaged with these online agitation and educational materials, I encourage you to get involved in your local left to network & become familiar with the existing parties, unions, & other groups engaging in class struggle in your area (not including Democrats, who are owned by the 1% & not a suitable forum for ideological struggle).
I’m a US American studying Marxism (anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism).
I often post human-read audiobooks of socialist texts, & I organize them into playlists. I sometimes add comments to the text while reading, similar to making notes in a book, & I sometimes make efforts to explain difficult concepts in the texts, partly for myself & partly for newer listeners.
I also stream on Twitch (https://twitch.tv/socialisms4a) most Thursdays @ 1 PM Pacific/4 PM Eastern/7 PM UTC, & I later post the streams to YouTube. Stream dates & times are announced on the Community tab on YouTube & also on Bluesky, Mastodon, Tumblr, & Patreon.
After you've engaged with these online agitation and educational materials, I encourage you to get involved in your local left to network & become familiar with the existing parties, unions, & other groups engaging in class struggle in your area (not including Democrats, who are owned by the 1% & not a suitable forum for ideological struggle).Listen on
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