About the United Front

We are a leftist group of socialists, communists, social-democrats, and anarchists who are dedicated to bringing revolution to the world. Our aim is to take down the capitalist system and replace it with a more democratic leftist system that provides free health care, free food, free water, and free housing for all individuals.

Terms

Means of Production

An all-embracing term that describes every non-human material factor involved in the process of socially useful production.

Bourgeoisie

The capitalist class; the ruling class in capitalist society. The social class which owns the means of production and exploits hired labor. The buyers of labor power. This class is made up of a very small minority of the population.

Proletariat

The working class; the class of people in capitalist society who, deprived of any ownership of the means of production, must sell their labor power to the capitalists in order to survive. The exploited class; the producers of surplus value.

Exploitation

Exploitation is making use of some vulnerability in another person in order to use them to attain one’s own ends at their expense. Marxists specifically use the term to refer to the expropriation (theft) of the labor of a worker (via the extraction of surplus value) by the owners of the means of production. Capitalists make their profit from exploitation.

Dictatorship of the Proletariat

A state of proletarian rule where the working class organizes to democratically control the means of production, defend against bourgeois reaction, and create the material basis for a gradual transition to communism. "Dictatorship" in this sense does not mean rule by one individual; Marxists view any state as being under the "dictatorship" of a class. This term is the antithesis of the "Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie" that exists under capitalism where the minority class rules society.

State

The state, in Marxist terminology, is a mechanism for class rule. It is the primary instrument of political power in class society, consisting of organs of administration, and of force. A state of one kind or another will exist as long as social classes exist.

Revolution

Can range from mildly violent to largely violent to bring about a socialist world.

Reform

Implimentation of socialism via politics and negotiations. Largely looked down upon by most socialists, as most tend to believe violent revolution is necessary to bring about socialism, as shown by the transition from Feudalism to Capitalism

Capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Common Questions

Didnt communism kill 1.7 million in USSR and 50 million under Mao?

Communism requires no state, money, or social classes. USSR and China had money, state, and social classes. They were not Communist, more like State Capitalists. Many of us condemn Joseph Stalin, however many support Vladimir Lenin's Vanguard party, the Bolsheviks. These people are usually called Marxist-Leninists.

What does Marx mean by "abolition of private property"?

Chapter II of the Communist Manifesto: "The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property". Under Communism, there is a distinct difference between private property (a factory or business etc owned by a small number of people or even one person in order to increase personal profit) and personal property (your tv, house, pokemon cards, etc.)

What about human nature?

People’s thinking, behavior, and values are shaped by the economic structure and corresponding institutions and culture of a given society. Ancient Greek society and America’s “founding fathers” regarded slavery as perfectly “normal.” Capitalism is organized around the private accumulation of profit and economic competition. Selfishness, greed, and individualism are rewarded by the workings of capitalism and promoted by the institutions of capitalist society. They are not “hard-wired” into our genes, and neither is racism or male supremacy.

No money? How does that work?

In a socialist society, there will be no money and no barter. Goods will be voluntarily produced, and services voluntarily supplied to meet people's needs. People will freely take the things they need. Other forms of socialism and communism support "labor vouchers", where you work, get a slip indicating how much you worked, trade it in for a product. How is this different from money? You cannot give someone your labor voucher, it is yours and yours only. Also, upon completion of the transaction, the labor voucher is destroyed.

But why will people work if they don't have to?

People will have to work, but it will be voluntary. If people didn't work society would obviously fall apart. To establish socialism the vast majority must consciously decide that they want socialism and that they are prepared to work in socialist society. Work is part of human life. Today rich people work when they don't have to, because they, like many of the rest of us, enjoy working. Many people work harder at their hobbies than they do at work. It is the nature of employment that makes it "work" instead of pleasure. Work needn't be a part of the day that we wish would end. People enjoy creating useful things. Instead of producing junk that people only buy because they can't afford quality, every worker will be able to produce quality products for themselves and others, and know that other workers will be doing the same. The workday will be shortened. Many jobs (such as those dealing with money, or war, or poverty) will not be required at all. The people doing those jobs now, will perform work that actually produces goods and services that people want. People will gain respect for doing jobs that others might find unpleasant, or the unpleasant jobs might be shared around. Many of the unpleasant jobs could be made more pleasant and some could be done away with.

Does socialism mean equal shares for everyone?

No. People are different and have different needs. Some needs will be more expensive (in terms of resources and labour needed to satisfy them) than others.

A society without government might work on a small scale, but we live in a globalized world with a population of billions.

Let no one speak of a problem of scale without attempting to expand the autonomous spaces and struggles that exist today. We will find out what is possible in practice, not in idle speculation. There are horizontal networks, such as peer-to-peer sharing, that span the whole globe; if there are not more, it is because most of them have been deliberately stamped out. The problem of scale is not that anarchy is impossible outside small groups, but that we are taking on the most powerful regimes in the history of the solar system.

But isn’t communism outdated—with globalization and new technologies leveling social differences and eliminating the working class?

The need and basis for communist revolution is greater than ever. The gap between rich and poor in the world has widened enormously since Marx wrote “The Communist Manifesto.” The three richest Americans have assets that exceed the combined gross domestic product of the 48 least developed countries. Ten million children die each year of preventable disease and malnutrition. AIDS plagues the world while pharmaceutical companies guard their intellectual property rights and profits. An exploited working class is definitely not disappearing, including in the U.S. Look at the labels on your sneakers and shirts, or at the components of your computer. They are produced by exploited and superexploited labor in all corners of the world.

Will people be able to practice religion under socialism?

Yes, there is even a faction of people called "Christian Socialists" and "Muslim Socialists" and even "Buddhist Socialism".

What do you all think of ANTIFA?

Some of us do support ANTIFA, some of us consider them to be too violent. It depends on who you talk to

Types

These are the various types of socialism, anarchism, and communism.

Socialism

a society with social ownership of the means of production.

Communism

a stateless, classless, moneyless society with common ownership of the means of production.

Anarchism

A society without hierarchies

Marxism-Leninism

Estabslishment of a vanguard party that leads a country to socialism

Trotskyism

Establishment of socialism through the world by continuing revolution

Maoism

Extension of Marxism-Leninism that follows the figure of Mao Zedong

Stalinism

Centralization and totalitarianism

Hoxhaism

A variant of anti-revisionist Marxism–Leninism

Leftcom

The idea that people should not organize for communism and that it will happen naturally

Dengism

A reformist communism and a branch of Maoism

World Communism

The idea that communism should be global

Council Communistm

Communism with councils rather than a vanguard party

Luxemburgerism

Communism based on the writings of Rosa Luxemburg

Libertarian Socialism

Anti-authoritarian form of Socialism that is revolutionist and critical of Lenin

De Leonism

A sort of fusion between socialism and anarcho-syndicalism

Democratic Socialism

Socialism within the context of a Democratic System

Techno-socialism

The belief that all work should be automated

Syndicalism

The belief that all workplaces should have confederations or syndicates

Utopian Socialism

Pre-Marxist Socialists who had a goal but no idea of how to get there

Titoism

Attaining ultimate communist goals must be dictated by the conditions of that particular country

Anarcho-Syndicalism

revolutionary industrial unionism or syndicalism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy

Green Anarchism

a school of thought within anarchism which puts an emphasis on environmental issues

Anarcho-Transhumanism

A mix of Anarcho-Syndicalism and Transhumanism

Anarcho-Individualism

emphasize the individual and their will over external determinants such as groups, society, traditions, and ideological systems

Anarcho-Pacifism

a form of anarchism which completely rejects the use of violence in any form for any purpose

Anarcho-Collectivism

Advocating that ownership be collectivized rather than privatized or publitized

Anarcho-Primitivism

a return to non-"civilized" ways of life

Anarcho-Feminism

The idea that anarchism frees women

Anarcho-Mutualism

Anarchism with a currency system

Anarcho-Communism

An extreme type of Communism

Social Democracy

Socialism within a capitalist framework that most Socialists reject

Anarcho-Capitalism

Anarchism with capitalism. Doesnt make sense since Anarchism requires no hierarchy but capitalism does

Steps to Socialism

Organization

Organize the left into groups, councils, unions, and syndicates

Engage

Appoint politicians to spread the word and reform the current system

Revolution

Guerilla warfare against the capitalists and implement socialism

Figureheads

Famous leftists to look up to

Famous Socialists

Charlie Chaplin, John Lenin, MLK, Einstein, Ghandi, Dalai Lama, George Orwell, Isaac Asimov, Mark Twain, Robert Owen, Karl Marx, Frederich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Che Guevara. Leon Trotsky, Helen Keller, Bertrand Russel, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Eugene Debs, H.G. Wells, Howard Zinn, Jack London, Mother Jones, Naom Chomsky, Susan B. Anthony, Lewis Black, Danny DeVito, Oscar Wilde, WEB Du Bois, Rosa Luxemburg, Malcom X, Nelson Mandela, Bertrand Russell, Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Thomas Sankara, Sylvia Pankhurst

Famous Anarchists

Leo Tolstoy, Guy Fawkes, Bertrand Russell, William Godwin, Mikhail Bakunin, Nestor Makhno, Peter Kropotkin, Émile Pouget, Rudolph Rocker, Emma Goldman, Murray Bookchin

Famous Social Democrats

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn, Norman Thomas, Ferdinand Lassalle

You have nothing to lose but your chains

No gods, no masters

Quotes

Words from the wise

Democracy is the road to socialism

Karl Marx

Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization

Peter Kropotkin

Nobody whoh works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty

Bernie Sanders

The most revolutionairy thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening

Rosa Luxemburg

While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas

Thomas Sankara

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves

Che Guevara

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled

Mark Twain

The real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development

Albert Einstein

The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, and the land speculators and for the exploiters of labor. The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands - the ownership and control of their livelihoods - are set at naught, we can have neighter men's rights nor women's rights. The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease

Helen Keller

I am convinced socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation

Malala Yousafzai

I am an anarchist not because I believe anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal

Rudolph Rocker

When people are beaten with a stick, they are not happier if it's called the people's stick

Mikhail Bakunin

Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all god's children

Martin Luther King Jr.

The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of Humanity

Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Fictional Character)

The United Front Team

A list of members dedicated to the revolution. All names are party names.

Libertarian Socialist, Anarcho-Syndicalist, Pacifist. Power to the people!

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Socialist. Dismantle the capitalist system!

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Communist. You have nothing to lose but your chains

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Socialist. Treat others as you wish to be treated

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Social Democrat. I wish for peace

Zabota Nezhnyy

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Anarcho-Communist. I really just want everyone to be free.

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