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There is thing called ‘income tax’ that the Cuban state uses to provide free education, healthcare, and housing. The capitalists call it ‘extortion’ because there is no private industry to make huge profits out of these Doctors.
An ultra is a dogmatist/reductionist who thinks revolutions and socialism can only be built by following what’s written in the old Marxist texts and completely disregards the part of Marxism where the authors talk about our theory being a call to action, a scientific Method, and not a dogma. They would say stuff like AES countries are not socialist because they are still using trade to build productive forces for their people in the third world, which is an incredibly foolish thing to say for anyone who is familiar with the transitional phases of socialism. They also promote adventurism that emphasizes on spontaneous action rather than the disciplined militant class struggle that the Marxist-Leninists believe in.
The term originated in the 1920s in the German and Dutch workers movements, originally referring to a Marxist group opposed to both Marxism-Leninism and social democracy, and with some affinities with anarchism.
These people would spend more of their time reading theory, which is the first step of the theory study, and less time actually practicing it, which is the 2nd part. They sacrifice material analysis for ideological stubbornness and that is antithetical to Marxism. They fall for things like ‘class reductionism’ and neglect ‘class intersectionality’ that is important for the liberation of all oppressed people in society. Therefore, they also often reject the proletariat’s class alliance with other different classes like the peasantry and the lumpenproletariat.
That’s why they are attracted to all the failed revolutionary authors in history, e.g. Bordiga, Paul Mattick, Herman Gorter et al.
Some major sectors of Ultraleft are: Left Communists, Trotskyists, left-anarchists, Hoxhaists, and Maoists who don’t read Mao.
These people have been criticized by various successful revolutionary communists in history who have proved the effectiveness of scientific socialism i.e. the original school of Marxism in building successful revolutions. Some of the biggest critics were Lenin and Mao Zedong. Some good texts written by them on this topic are,
- Left-wing communism: an infantile disorder by Lenin.
- Left-Wing" Childishness and the Petty-Bourgeois Mentality by Lenin
- A Suppressed Speech of Lenin (at ECI) And Other Items
- On Practice by Mao.
- Oppose Book Worship by Mao.
- On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People by Mao.
- Mao’s “Speech at the Lushan Conference” (1957)
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Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•How do you stay civilized towards the liberals after watching their bloodthirst against Iran?
162·2 days agoWhat do I do about the pro-Ukkkkrain ones?
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Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•How do you stay civilized towards the liberals after watching their bloodthirst against Iran?
122·2 days agoMost of them also demand the death of the current Iranian government that is the center of the axis of resistance in the ME.
Idk why you’re getting downvoted. Hasan himself screams at his chat for being ignorant on historical topics.
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Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml•What's the consensus on PSL? (The Party for Socialism and Liberation)
4·2 days ago- Decent org.
- Impressively active in protests and mutual aid. An area most western socialist parties often come short.
- Doesn’t suffer from sectarianism as much as other big left-unity/umbrella orgs like DSA.
- Can benefit from a more disciplined party line.
- Needs a stronger vetting process to prevent opportunists and perverts from seeping in.
- Needs to go full-blown anti-colonialist on the idea of the USA and appeal more to indigenous people via class intersectionality. I genuinely think the ‘land back’ movement is one of the biggest platform for a revolution in the imperial core.
The US imposed sanctions and embargoes would lose their severity. They can still blockade other countries though, but they wouldn’t be able to maintain their naval dominance for too long after the fall of the petrodollar.
His takes are liberal and west friendly, unlike someone like Yugopnik and Madeline. He functions as the entrance to the left pipeline.
And still the average American on TV calls him ‘terrorist’ and ‘anti-semitic’. That’s how right wing the rest of the country is.
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World News@lemmygrad.ml•US war on Iran | Megathread for Week 11 of 2026
23·3 days agoReal-time decolonization.
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Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Your tankie stasi inspector here. How many times did you recite 'Death to Amerikkka' today?
3·3 days agoOne more time and you face the wall.
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Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Your tankie stasi inspector here. How many times did you recite 'Death to Amerikkka' today?
3·3 days agoNo cigarette rations for you this month.
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Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Your tankie stasi inspector here. How many times did you recite 'Death to Amerikkka' today?
3·3 days agoRight from the source. Pass.
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Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Your tankie stasi inspector here. How many times did you recite 'Death to Amerikkka' today?
9·3 days ago1 strike. Two more and you’ll serve 48 days in the reeducation camp.
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World News@lemmygrad.ml•US war on Iran | Megathread for Week 11 of 2026
6·5 days agoMeanwhile Vietnam is sitting in the board of piss.






Crazy 7v1 solo by Iran!