The Test of Communism (Bernes, 2021)

Jasper Bernes issues a a rather bold call for the immediate abolition of the state, property and labor…

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by Jasper Bernes (2021) PDF

Communism is an old idea in the world. Let’s call it ancient, for it may as well be our antiquity. We need not track down its origins in the alleyways of insurrection, only know that millions have struggled and died in its name. In this sense, it is not just an idea but a real force in history, product of and factor in a proletarian movement that has for at least two centuries now posed the overcoming of capitalism by classless, stateless, moneyless society. In fact, what’s remarkable about the history of the workers’ movement of the last two centuries is that this real ideal has until recently not only seemed inevitable but obvious. Even where they disagreed, violently, about how to achieve such a state of affairs, anarchists, communists, socialists, Marxists, syndicalists, and even some liberals, all stood joined by a common vision of…

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3 thoughts on “The Test of Communism (Bernes, 2021)”

  1. Early humans could not imagine anything other than the commune. This is why Roussos asks modern humans why they must think that the big strong human, rather than pushing the smaller aside, did not, in fact lift him up to gather his food.
    All this Nimrod shit came much later

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