Ivysyn's blog

First entry into a series of blogs where I address bad political arguments I have heard from others.

The second article I wrote about Engels' essay. It takes a new approach to the topic.

It's often said that communism "has always failed", but is this argument historically accurate?

Analysis of Labour's 2020 defeat.

A critique of "class consciousness" from an anti-Leninist perspective.

criticizing the vote as a strategy of "harm reduction"

Analysis of the Fascist coup in Bolivia as the result of the failure of pink tide governments to bring change.

discussing the Anarcho-syndicalist approach to centralism

Analysis of Fascist presence in black metal scenes in how to resist it.

Analysis of Brexit from an Anarcho-syndicalist, World Systems Analysis perspective arguing that both the EU and the British state must be opposed.

critical analysis of Lenin's theory of imperialism

Capitalism is typically associated with ownership of firms by private persons while socialism is typically associated with their ownership by the government. However, state owned enterprises (which is the official name) vs private enterprises has very little to do with the actual mode of social labor, production, and distribution.

the first in a series critically analyzing "socialist leaders", dealing with Che Guevara

A rebuttal to the argument "communism killed x amount of people"

a critique of "freed market anti-capitalism" as argued in Keven Carson's "The Iron Fist Behind The Invisible Hand"

analysis of Trump's border wall

A defense of labor unions in Anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary strategy

Anarcho-syndicalist critique of communisation

Analysis that situates recent white supremacist violence as a product of global capitalism and it's mechanisms of oppression.