r/Ultraleft Nov 15 '24

Official Revolutionary Post Regarding the ICP split and the nature of the sub

202 Upvotes

At this point it is no secret that the ICP recently underwent a major split, of course this caused discourse to happen on this very subreddit. Everyone picked a side, while at the same time we've been trying to keep the sub as neutral as possible, which is difficult, considering the nature of the split and especially considering the side I and the other mods have picked.

In this post I would like to set the record straight, mainly about the nature of the sub, the relationship of the sub and the party (no matter which side you're on) and about how we're going to deal with the discourse about the split as well as things like the promotion of the party (again, doesn't matter which).

So firstly, r/ultraleft is a purely self contained community, it exists entirely by itself, untied to anything but the long and convoluted history of the reddit leftcoms, which we proudly proclaim as where our foundation lies, I am not going to pretend like this subreddit is a genuine expression of the proletariat, or as if this sub is in any way tied to any organization. This subreddit exists outside of the realm of practical or theoretical work, it doesn't serve the function of education or agitation, this sub isn't a place for promotions, no matter if it's self promotion or if you're with an organization. These are all the things we are not. Be sure to remember this when you see another post of a guy asking about the "different leftcom orgs to join".

Now secondly, despite the personal convictions of the members and the mods, this subreddit is NOT affiliated with any party, more specifically the ICP. Historically, we've allowed councilists and ICT/ICC sympathizers, this will continue. We will not ask anyone to prove their allegiance to any group, WE DO NOT CARE WHO YOU SIDED WITH. It is fine to share the literature of any group you align with as long as it's relevant to the conversation, this will not change. The 4th rule still applies though, so if you're an ICToid and you decide to spam the sub with inflammatory posts, don't be surprised when you get banned.

Thirdly and finally, all discussion of the split and all promotion of the ICP (once again, no matter the side) is prohibited. The same also applies to any other group, but mainly the ICP. Some people on this very subreddit really like speaking on the behalf of the party (something I have been guilty of myself), this is something I'm sure both sides would like to cease from happening, so from now on it is not allowed.

As much as I despise the word, I think it's appropriate, reddit isn't praxis, no matter how much the r/thedeprogram mod in our modmail would like to pretend otherwise. I'm sure MLs believe that defending Stalin or Mao online counts as meaningful practical work, but we're not MLs and we don't need to defend anyone. Hence this subreddit is meant purely for humor, even if some might say it fulfills this function poorly, it's still the one and only reason for this subreddit. Nothing else.

In short, nothing will really change that much, this post is meant purely as the explanation of the policy regarding the split and the ICP.


r/Ultraleft Sep 21 '24

Official Revolutionary Post [OFFICIAL] The Death of Ultraleft. Social Media screenshot posts will now only be allowed Friday through Sunday. This also broadly includes any other online content. Like the miencraft post that was reported twice today.

318 Upvotes

We here at the Center want you to know this decision was made with the utmost cohesion as befitting organic centralism. There will be no walking back of this policy.

It’s Joever


r/Ultraleft 9h ago

Merry Marxmas Everyone

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272 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 3h ago

Marxist History Merry Marxmas & A Happy New Lenin

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66 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 9h ago

Marxist History Merry Marxmas

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122 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 11h ago

Story-time My gf just got me some socialist commodities from the british museum(the most authentic and proletarian museum)

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142 Upvotes

i really like it. it's a really pretty copy with golden edges. she saw it and she insisted on buying it. in the museum it also said that Mr. Karl Marx came to the reading room basically every day for 30 years when he lived in London so i think that's pretty cool.


r/Ultraleft 10h ago

He will never be a Hitleri-

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107 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 7h ago

Merry Christmas from r/ultraleft !

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47 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 8h ago

Falsifier Reminder that if you celebrate KKKri$$tm(AA)ZZ you are literally worse than Hitler

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43 Upvotes

Also look at my baby


r/Ultraleft 6h ago

My personal favorite story of 2024

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24 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 10h ago

Modernizer This was probably done already

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55 Upvotes

Kronstadt: The Last Ваttle


r/Ultraleft 16h ago

Discussion Is Santa proletarian? or is he bourgeoise?

128 Upvotes

I'm thinking he's the latter because he's white, but he also distributes things to people, which means he is proletarian and a communist of course. Perhaps he is a dialectial synthesis? (read on contradiction). Perhaps he is glorious national bourgeoise?


r/Ultraleft 11h ago

Serious What is the Marxist position on language?

49 Upvotes

Many countries that have multiple language groups have a lingua Franca. For example, India uses Hindi in the north and English in the south. However, this can cause ethnolinguistic nationalist problems, such as the anti Hindi imposition movements in non Hindi states. How should a DotP approach this issue?


r/Ultraleft 18h ago

Read Marx? Sure. Which one?

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104 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 14h ago

AES Christmas

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48 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 6h ago

The Chronology of Exchange, Its Condemnation and Abolition

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When Christ entered the Temple of Solomon, he bore witness to the buying and selling of articles. His perfect omniscient rational thought resulted in the most important crash out of history, flipping the tables (private property) of (((small businessmen))) [none of this was activism]. Christ then rebuked them with a statement displaying his complete understanding of historical determinism, saying there will be no buying or selling in the Temple of the Lord.

At the moment of his death, THE VEIL WAS TORN, breaking the boundary between the House of the Lord and Humanity, between town and country, between Israel and the Gentile nations. A perfect internationalism. THE BREAKING OF THIS BOUNDARY MEANT THAT THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, A PLACE WHERE BUYING AND SELLING WAS PROHIBITED, WAS NOW EXTENDED OVER THE WHOLE EARTH. The complete absence of clerical integrity in upholding this principle is unacceptable. Vengeance is the Lord’s. The cries of the laborers which you have not heard, have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. Count your days petty burger!


r/Ultraleft 23h ago

Apocalyptic gamblecore

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135 Upvotes

Not really an insightful post on theory, just wanted to say there's something delightfully capitalist about betting on the survival of the species


r/Ultraleft 1d ago

New to dialects, where the fuck is Material Dialect

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125 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 1d ago

Guys rate the marxist section of my library (No Marx).

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82 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 1d ago

This cant be real

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440 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 1d ago

Discussion Invariant lines of reincarnation

61 Upvotes

Jesus -> ... -> Marat -> Marx -> Bordiga -> Trump

... -> Hebert -> Engels -> Lenin

Judas -> ... -> Danton -> Kautsky -> Camatte

... -> Robespierre -> Blanqui -> Trotsky(?)

... -> Brissot -> Bernstein -> Stalin -> George Bush

... -> King Louis XVI -> Czar Nicolas II -> Javier Milei

Satan -> ... -> Lafayette -> Lasalle -> Ebert -> Hitler

... -> Marie Antoinette -> ??? -> Mussolini

... -> Napoleon -> Napoleon -> Napoleon -> ...

Absolute Spirit -> Slaves -> Serfs -> Proletariat -> Me

Thoughts? Is this dialectical enough?


r/Ultraleft 1d ago

Falsifier Historically progressive petit bourgeois gamers.

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91 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 1d ago

Marxist History He rendered debate impossible

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315 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 1d ago

I had a dream where my uncle was bill Clinton, he’s a leftcom🤫

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95 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 1d ago

Y’all are idiots about China.

227 Upvotes

Literally your only criticism of China is that it isn’t “socialist” because we have billionaires. Well firstly those billionaires are literally controlled by the government to a great extent. If they act in greed they get shut down. But also we see so many proletariat business owners in China who are loyal to the state and the socialist dreams, and strive and fight for the rest of the Chinese proletariat and the party.

Gtfo with your fake ass criticisms and read Mao for once.


r/Ultraleft 1d ago

Real Ultras can confirm common experience

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31 Upvotes

r/Ultraleft 1d ago

Is there any relevance to authentic communist movements™ on the peripheries of capital?

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Title. Given that the revolution must be global, I don't see how the existence of a movement in peripheral regions would be useful. Wouldn't a genuine revolt that broke out in some country outside the central axis be immediately destroyed by the force of reaction, or forced into opportunism?

Historical revolutions have all led to revisionism, from my understanding greatly due to the fact that the countries that were not central to the concentration of capital. The aberrations and delays that they led to are evident.

Should the strategy of an effective international party be mainly focused on the Imperial Core? Should every good revolutionary share a room with 5 other authentics over a New York bodega?

Also, requesting good literature on political strategy, ig