The most important thing for (a Marxist, someone curious about Marxism, or someone who knows nothing about Marxism) is understanding:
1. Dialectics,
2. Materialism, and
3. Their combination into Marxism's Dialectical Materialism.
So here is an imperfect and brief explanation. Intro to Dialectical Materialism

Dialectical Materialism is a foundational principle of how Marxists view the world and society; thus, is vital to an understanding of a Marxism. [1]

This is objectively wrong. I have worked closely with Native Nations and am very familiar with Tribal Law and their relationship to the Federal Government. It is ridiculous to say that everyone in the country benefits from indigenous labor and their lack of. The trucking… [1/5] industry and the agricultural industry takes advantage of Native Nation’s land, labor, and environment. Not only is this SACRED to some of these Nations, it is the very foundation of wealth in this country. The genocide is hidden and a continuing success. Native Nations… [2/5]

In Dandridge v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471, 487, 90 S. Ct. 1153, 1163, 25 L. Ed. 2d 491 (1970), a challenge was brought to Maryland’s administration of a cap on the amount of money any single family could receive in order to qualify for housing subsidies. #MarxistLaw Previously, this was done in proportion to occupancy of the house. This $250 a month cap was challenged as acting as a form of discrimination for impoverished households with large families and in violation of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.

Bob Marley died on this day in 1981. Known best as the Jamaican herb smoking, Rastafari Singer-Songwriter. But underneath this popular image was a man devoted to Pan-Africanism and the end of Imperialism. #BobMarley #Jamaica Marley was born during a time of extreme poverty in Jamaica and was part of this impoverished class. Jamaica only became independent in 1962 and immediately adopted capitalism and was forced into an imperialist relationship with England.

I had the privilege of studying historical preservation in Cuba for three weeks. These weeks had a profound impact on my political and philosophical life journey so far. I am overwhelmed with the outpouring of support for a thread on this so here we go:
🧵 I went to Cuba in 2019, right after the Constitutional Referendum. I immediately saw and knew I was in an amazing place. I went with a group of 20 others through university exchange and were given free range throughout Havana at all hours, but had to attend classes.

Yep… they’re everywhere.🧵German company IG Faben, “a major government contractor, providing significant material for the German war effort. Throughout that decade it purged itself of its Jewish employees; the remainder left in 1938.

https://twitter.com/Ruth_Mensch/status/1605195792683343872

… [T]he company relied on slave labour from concentration camps, including 30,000 from Auschwitz, and was involved in medical experiments on inmates at both Auschwitz and the Mauthausen concentration camp.” They also contributed in the manufacturing and distribution of Zyklon B.