No " Marxism " in control of the Democratic Party

                 Many conservative thinkers have opposed  Marxist ideology since Joseph Stalin  turned " communist " Russia into a totalitarian, godless nightmare back in the Moscow Trial Days of the 1930s .

                But 100 years after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution - " Ten Days that Shook The World " - there is much plain ignorance about  Marxism and very little understanding of how  Stalin and his gang betrayed the principles  and high idealism of the early years of the revolution.

        More than a century later -and with a post- communist Russia -  " Marxism " is equated with the grotesque " identity politics " and " political correctness "  intolerance of the Democratic Party.    And vicious RACIAL POLITICS replaces CLASS STRUGGLE agendas. 

               Back in the 1930s a self -respecting Marxist could give critical support to FDR and his New Deal . But in 2020  no real Marxist and no honest democratic socialist can support the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, a pillar of the ONE PERCENT Establishment and a tool of the sinister capitalist , imperialist Deep State.

    As a long time DEMOCRATIC socialist - like the late Erich Fromm influenced by both Marxism and Freud and religious humanism-  I can only hope that  the mainstream news media will give some voice to "  MINORITY REPORT "  socialists not pimping for phony Democrats .

The STATE is no substitute for God -even under Socialism

I am familiar with the speeches of Black Muslim leader Malcolm X on the topic of community self-defense . I am also " educated " -by both Marxist ideology and Catholic social philosophy away from self-appointed street violence..

.. Both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X connected racism with capitalism , connected racism with imperialism. Neither King nor Malcolm were suckered into treacherous Democratic Party politics. As a democratic socialist I can understand why " socialist " Bernie Sanders was warned that the Democratic Party would never take even his milk-toast socialism seriously . Marx said long ago that "the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class " . Despite some minimal FREE SPEECH rights in the USA SOCIALISM will always be anathema in the mainstream news media.

Sad to see , however , so many " far Left " political parties and organizations embracing Stalinist tactics , rejecting the FREE SPEECH , FREE THOUGHT tradition of Western Civilization. I am beginning to think that SOCIALISM can only be realized by a quasi-religious-humanist movement . The STATE is no substitute for God ! And now in 2020 even SCIENCE is a god that failed.  

  

ylem crepuscular13 hours ago

@Ron Ruggieri I do not suggest threatening or terrorizing anybody. But, when the state and police do it to you, it has to be addressed. Since it is not being addressed, I can understand why some people want to kill them. It has to do with rights, freedoms, and protecting citizens. We should have a civil police force to deal with those matters.

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Country cracking up ?

ylem crepuscular20 hours ago

@Ron Ruggieri My posts often get taken down because we have a media instead of news. If you challenge common wisdom, you might be a danger to society. I usually suggest using ak47s on police and public officials, especially in Warick. I'd bet not many of those stay up.

Ron Ruggieri1 minute ago

@ylem crepuscular No, no , no : DO NOT SUGGEST individual acts of terrorism ! I am all for building an American Labor Party .

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Reverse racism ?

 [ " Ron Ruggieri I was raised Catholic. The religion is BS, so are the Jews. You can not believe you are God's chosen people and be liberal. That is the far right that thinks that way. Jesus said that Abraham and his followers were devils. Catholics claim to be Abrahamic. The seven stars from the book of revelation are what creation in genesis describes; the Catholic church has none. They predate the Abrahamic nonsense by forever, and you do not need a god or spirits to know them. The Catholics put hell into the bible; it is not there without them, nor are angels, lucifer, or satan. Catholics are why we needed religious freedom in the first place; Roger Williams hated them and warned people about them. They gave us slavery. Propaganda was not a nazi thing, it was a catholic thing that nazis copied. What is there to like?  "]

Ron Ruggieri1 second ago

@ylem crepuscular I am dismayed that your last post was REMOVED . But I read it on my e- mail . Is it not important to know what my fellow human beings think and feel about any issue ? I think an intelligent public debate is possible about the ROOTS of racism , anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, sexism. It could be rooted in ORIGINAL SIN or Darwinian survival instincts. The science of biology has only in recent decades proved that there is no rational basis for Dark Age prejudice. DNA tells the truth about racial and ethnic divisions . Very superficial ! Last time I checked the Catholic Church declared an end to any perceived " war on Science ". Humanist Jews have been in the vanguard of the fight against bigotry i

To attack " god damned white Christians " is to JOIN the Neo-Nazis

[ " In the real world, racism is not really a thing. White supremacy is. White supremacy includes racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia, among many others. White supremacy has its roots in Christianity.

So, the problem is not racism at all, its the god damned white Christians. Somebody should document their abuses, as Roger Williams implored us to do. All we ever talk about is their victims and what the victims can do. Why don't we ever talk about the whip crackers? That would include people who passed the Rhode Island bar without knowing a slave ever resided here, in the most insidious of all slave plantations. " ]

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Ron Ruggieri1 second ago

@ylem crepuscular Your reply is thoughtful but coming from an Italo-American Catholic background I am rather shocked by " god damned white Christians ". I am sure any Jewish liberals around -like the late Harvard professor Howard Zinn - will deplore today's very ILLIBERAL LIBERALISM. The Democratic Party is indeed moving toward the Anti-Fa FASCIST Left. To attack " god damned white Christians " is to JOIN the Neo-Nazis . I expect to see more shameless Catholic Church bashing in the naming of the next Supreme Court Justice. I am a lifelong democratic socialist who fears the so called Left is abandoning the democratic tradition. Read socialist Irving Howe's political autobiography : " A Margin of Hope ".

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How does draconian punishment over mere vulgar WORDS promote racial justice , racial peace , and racial harmony ? ( North Providence mayor )

[ " A custodian for the North Providence Police Department was fired after posting what Mayor Charlie Lombardi called a "vile, vicious, revolting and reprehensible" message on social media. "]

Can any decent citizen survive Orwellian surveillance of his ideas & opinions ? No state employee should lose a job over feverishly expressed Ideas & Opinions .

The FREE SPEECH , FREE THOUGHT tradition of Western Civilization is more and more held in contempt by ILLIBERAL liberal Democrats than by Pro-Trump , conservative Republicans .

What you have here is yet another incident of contempt by now very ILLIBERAL liberalism for the FREE SPEECH , FREE THOUGHT tradition of Western Civilization. The so called " Left " is moving sharply toward a New Stalinism , toward a new Totalitarianism. Millions of TRUE BELIEVER , GROUP THINK zombies following the GREAT LEADER to " 1984 " police state. No, I voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Rhode Island Presidential Primary .I am A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST !

[ N. Providence town employee fired after racist rant

By ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Editor

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Longtime town employee Darren Barnes, who worked until this week as a custodian at the North Providence Public Safety Complex, has been fired after posting a threatening and racist rant on Facebook.

"Lol BLACK LIVES MATTER but yet you don't have any N----- FRIENDS U MENTION MY KID dying in a war or any negative comment I will hunt u down and split your N----- LIVING HEAD IN TWO and who ever your with boyfriend sister mother father or the whole N----- NATION nothing will stop me from nailing your FAT HEAD TO THE WALL," he posted.

Mayor Charles Lombardi told The Breeze he couldn't wait to inform Barnes that he'd been fired at 7 a.m. Friday morning.

"He said, 'I screwed up.' I said, 'you did, there's no room for guys like you here. Now put everything on the table that you owe us,' and the deputy escorted him out of the building," said Lombardi.

There is no space and zero tolerance for such racist thinking or behavior in the town, said Lombardi. He emphasized that Barnes is not a Police Department employee, but a town employee. ]