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Marx:
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- Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism
- “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder
- The Defeat of One’s Own Government in the Imperialist War
- The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky
- The State and Revolution
- What is to be done?
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- Clara Zetkin’s Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle and How to Win
- Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth (1, 2-3, 4, 5-)
- George Jackson’s Blood in My Eye
- Georges Politzer’s Elementary principles of philosophy
- Liu Shaoqi’s How to Be a Good Communist
- Michael Parenti’s Blackshirts & Reds
- Roderic Day’s China Has Billionaires
- Roland Boer’s Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Concise Guide
- Decolonization is not a metaphor
- Psychological Warfare in the Strategy of Imperialism
I am melanin deficient. I live in the current colonial center (USA). I recognize the harm of race as a social construct. How do I avoid participating in the racial blood industry? It seems as though whenever I try to stand with people of different melanin contents and in different colonies I either look like a cracker or a white savior liberal. I dont know what I am doing wrong and I would love imput from people who specialize in a Marxist interpretation of race and colonialism.
I don’t live in the US so maybe i’m not qualified to speak on this, but my first instinct would be to say: just be normal. Just show up and do the work same as everyone else in your organization and let your actions speak for themselves. Don’t make it about you and don’t center yourself in someone else’s struggle. Let the people who are most impacted by racial oppression lead the movement while you listen, learn and stand in solidarity with them. Building trust is not about what you say (talk is cheap), it’s about what you do. Also it takes time. If you keep demonstrating that you are a reliable ally you will eventually build that reputation and trust.
The problem is that most of my interactions are really quick and one off. There really isnt any time to show actions rather then words.