Starting a thread for all the socialists and communists on DU

[TBF]

this was the only forum I could find that was even close ... and it took me awhile to find it.

[immoderate]

1. The time on your post is an hour in the future.

How do you do that?

On edit: so is mine. How'd I do that? And why do I still need to use HTML for formatting?

--imm

[TBF]

6. Talk about being ahead of your time ....

[reggie the dog]

2. what about anarcho syndicalists?

[TBF]

5. You betcha -

any friend of the commune is a friend of mine

[reggie the dog]

11. cool

my favorite 3 colors would have to be black, then red, then green

[Starry Messenger]

3. Hey Tovarich.

[TBF]

4. A room of our own, comrade!

nt

[Starry Messenger]

7. We'll have to do some recruiting.

Xemasab's poll on DU2 says there are a lot more socialists around. Maybe we could get some more traffic in here.

[TBF]

8. Yes - some of the more active members in the old group may not have made their way over here yet.

[TheKentuckian]

9. Maybe not truly yet but

receptive and interested.

[TBF]

10. I did a poll (within the past 6 months)

and broke it down by types of socialism. There is a lot of variety - including quite a few folks who'd like to see the type of mixed economies the Scandinavian countries have developed. I hope when this group goes live it will have reading submissions so folks can learn some of the theory. We've been inundated with so much anti-red propaganda in this country that just being able to define "socialist" accurately is a challenge for many Americans.

[white_wolf]

12. Hey everyone.

I'm looking forward to talking with you all and learning more. Hopefully we can have some in depth discussion on theory in this forum.

[TBF]

13. Good to see you white_wolf - was hoping you'd find this. nt

[socialist_n_TN]

14. I certainly hope Bolshevik-Leninists are welcomed here........

[TBF]

15. Hey SNT :)

[socialist_n_TN]

18. Hey TBF.........

This actually could be fun. Although I will miss agitating and advocating for Marxist positions on the more general boards.

[TBF]

19. Yup

there's an election coming up ... this is how it goes.

[watrwefitinfor]

26. Yeah,

maybe the both of us are. LOL

I had Red Rosa as my atavar on d2, but can't locate her in 3. I miss her! Not that she was exactly a Leninist, but she was a good friend to them and a helluva fighter.

Wat

[TBF]

27. Glad you found us! :)

[socialist_n_TN]

28. Oh there's more than two......

Maybe as many as 4 or 6! But it is a specialty. Do you belong to a group Wat? Proud member of Workers Power here.

[watrwefitinfor]

29. I used to belong to groups, SnT,

but none I wish to name from this long distance in time. Family, age, health, time, and other stuff intervened. What a long strange trip it's been. But exceedingly gratifying.

The fire is gone now, but not the sentiment. I'm quite isolated and DU has become my little eye on the world - there are many good people here and I get news. And occasionally meet a kindred spirit, but not often a Leninist. People have no notion how he dissected imperialism, and how much of what he wrote is still relevant and useful.

I think I'm going to dust off my Collected Works and reread a bit, now.

Wat

[Cal Carpenter]

16. Time for my first post on DU3

I suppose this is as good a place as any!

Hey comrades

Aw shit, I need to find me an avatar...

eta: somehow a red bell pepper seems about right.

[socialist_n_TN]

17. Yeah me too. I didn't realize that my old avatar wouldn't

carry over. Hey comrade!

[TBF]

23. That's a kick ass avatar :) nt

[redqueen]

20. Could someone please help me out?

Red 'subscribe' button... where is it please?



Also, I'm quite pleased that my first DU3 post is here.

[TBF]

21. To the right of "post a thread in this forum" - when you first get here

Look up to the blue line from here and click on "socialist progressives (group)" and I think that will put you in the right place. Glad you found us!

[redqueen]

22. Thanks!

And thanks also for the post in DU, which made it easy for me to find.

[daleanime]

24. Just checking in....

This is were we have all the good parties?

Shoot, where spell check-my favorite security blanket.

[TBF]

25. You got it - this place will be hopping on May Day

[MNBrewer]

30. Hi all

[socialist_n_TN]

31. Hey MN, glad you found us.........

And welcome to the Red corner.

[Starry Messenger]

32. Hey, nice to see you over here.

I always like to see your posts.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

33. Checking in! ;)