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Bernie's positions have faced criticism from radical leftists, including his lack of opposition to the capitalist system (making him a non-socialist) and his distancing from international socialists like Nicolás Maduro. Other criticisms stem from broader disagreements about social democracy, especially from impossibilist and accelerationist positions. However, many American leftists and organizers recognize the importance of Bernie's efforts in drawing attention to progressive policy proposals like Medicare For All and reintroducing the word "socialism" to the American political lexicon. The significance of the movement which drove his campaign, and the failure of its efforts, merit analysis in order to understand the fortunes of the political left in America.
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- The United Nations Security Council approves US President Donald Trump's plan to put the Gaza Strip under the control of an "International Stabilization Force" with a mandate to "demilitarize" the strip. [1]
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...that the Marxists Internet Archive, started in 1990 in BBS groups, has survived being taken down from a university website, multiple domain name changes, and several splits?
...that Friedrich Engels described the First World War in detail, including "the depredations of the Thirty Years' War compressed into three to four years and extended over the entire continent" – 27 years before it happened?Community Portal
The Community Portal is an entry point for those who wish to contribute to Leftypedia. Here you will find information on how to get started and suggestions on things to do.
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Research & Sources
The following websites can help you find sources.
- Marxists Internet Archive (about)
- University of the Left
- bannedthought.net
- Books scanned by Ismail from eregime.org that were uploaded to archive.org
- The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: Articles from the GSE tend to be towards the bottom. Russian version
- Мифы истории СССР: Russian-language wiki on myths about Soviet history
- EcuRed: Cuba's online encyclopedia
- Books on libcom.org
- Dictionary of Revolutionary Marxism
Things to do
If you are unsure on where to contribute, try starting here:
- Stubs: Articles that need additional work.
- Short pages: The shortest articles on the wiki.
- Articles that need rewriting: Articles that contain issues in their content.
- Articles with insufficient sources: Articles that need more or better references.
- Articles with slanted statements: Articles that need to be rewritten in a way that's more considerate of different leftist traditions.
- Articles that need creation: Non-existent articles that users have suggested be created.
- Broken redirects: A better alternative to the Wanted Pages page. Sorted alphabetically, but clearly shows how many redirects exist for each page.
- Wanted pages: Non-existent articles that are being linked to most often. Currently cluttered with links due to imported data from Wikipedia. View at your own risk.
Beyond this, you can:
- Patrol the recent changes page to find recent additions to copyedit or expand upon.
- Adapt entries from the Marxists Internet Archive Encyclopedia to the wiki format.
- If you do, please add Template:MIAE at the beginning of the references section at the bottom of the page.
- Be careful that the entry you're adapting is fit for Leftypedia. If there are issues that you can't immediately resolve, add a template indicating this (e.g. Template:Rewrite, Template:Slanted).
- Expand our lists of internet resources.