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RCA/RCI // no war but class war

[Revolutionary Communists of America @communistsus]

What Will Communist America Look Like? https://t.co/vLfKClybdK

[Revolutionary Communist International @revcomintern]

Ukraine: Marxist Bogdan Syrotiuk sentenced to 15 years in prison – a call for solidarity
https://t.co/KEV0niOZJM

[grunkle @LowRendering]

@namonaai That cover is so fire🫢

[Revolutionary Communist International @revcomintern]

The USA at 250: revolution and counterrevolution in America
https://t.co/Zq2xWzt2tR

[Revolutionary Communist Party @revcommunists]

We are proud to announce Ehsan Ali, Chairman of the Awami Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan (AAC-GB), and a leading comrade of the Inqalabi Communist Party (RCP) Pakistan has been freed from jail! Long live international solidarity!
https://t.co/FwEd9snESL

[Revolutionary Communist Party @CanadaMarxists]

EHSAN ALI RELEASED! A victory for international solidarity! https://t.co/iOLZIZzUHE

[Revolutionary Communists of America @communistsus]

A message from Cuban communists to our Third National Congress 🚩

#cuba #cubanrevolution #cubalibre #communism #workersoftheworldunite

[Revolutionary Communist International @revcomintern]

EHSAN ALI RELEASED! A victory for international solidarity!
https://t.co/9atZTnj1Zy

[Revolutionary Communist International @revcomintern]

Pakistan: brutal state repression unleashed on Awami Action Committee in Kashmir – masses reply with protests and strikes
https://t.co/YBYiHDl6wH

[Jack Tye Wilson ☭ @bolsh3vik]

Isn't the term "Epstein class" unscientific? Shouldn't we be using the term "bourgeoisie" instead?

This is a criticism that has been levelled against the RCP countless times since we took up the slogan "wipe out the Epstein class!" – mostly from terminally-online sectarians who need to get out more.

The Epstein files constitute the biggest scandal of the 21st century. It is perhaps the most politicising event of our time, behind only the 2008 crisis and the genocide in Palestine.

The fact that barely any of the left-wing organisation have taken up the concept of the Epstein class – one that has taken root in the minds of millions, spontaneously and organically, allowing them to connect the dots between exploitation, corruption, and oppression – is truly mind-boggling.

For Marxists, a concept is scientific to the extent that it enables us to explain the world and raise the consciousness of the working class.

The term 'Epstein class' has a rich content and meaning to ordinary, radicalised people – in many cases a lot more than a term like 'bourgeoisie'.

Let's remember that the term bourgeoisie is a medieval French word for a middle-class town dweller. This is hardly a precise term for modern-day, imperialist financiers.

Similarly, the term 'proletariat' refers to the underclass of poor citizens in ancient Roman society, who fed from the crumbs of slave exploitation, and were far from a progressive, revolutionary class.

And yet neither of these terms are thrown into question – and nor should they be. They serve a key purpose.

Is there a danger of misinterpretation in using this term 'Epstien class'? Yes. Is there a danger of ambiguity? Again, yes. But the same risk of one-sidedness is present in any term, slogan, or demand. The task of connecting the finished programme of Marxism to the living process of radicalisation is never without difficulty.

Consciousness is always distorted and contradictory – by definition.

What else is consciousness but the generalisation of billions of people – with their own unique ideas, aims, pressures, and aspirations – slowly and arduously making sense of a complex, confusing, and turbulent world, with the weight of ruling-class propaganda and the conservatism of daily life stacked against them?

When a new idea can take root in that maelstrom, that is a profound thing. When that idea helps people understand their place in the world, and the real inner workings of society, that is a progressive step forwards.

Marx once remarked that every step of the real movement is more important than a dozen programmes. I think the same can be said of the real development of mass consciousness, which is worth a thousand sectarian polemics.

I think we should all be proud of the fact that the RCI has been the only far-left organisation to understand the deep significance of this scandal and its impacts on consciousness.

This is a powerful weapon in our hands – not just to recruit new people to our ranks, but to raise our own political understanding, and enrich Marxist theory with new facts, examples, and phenomena.

[Revolutionary Communist International @revcomintern]

The RCA’s third national congress: preparing for the next American revolution
https://t.co/KAYhV0Bt6T

[shrigma leninist @charybdeez]

the front page of The Communist #24

[Rai Asad @AsadRaiasad05]

Long Live International Solidarity ✊🚩
Long Live Communism ✊🚩
Long Live RCI ✊🚩
#FreeComradeEhsanAli

[@red-wedge.com @RedWedge1917]

There is no other socialist, revolutionary or communist organisation which dedicates so much energy to the study and explanation of Marxism as the RCI. Superb.

Imperialism in the 21st century – what Lenin would say today | SPECTRE OF COMMUNISM

https://t.co/V67aICogC8

[grunkle @LowRendering]

Get organized

[grunkle @LowRendering]

@mr_saltz Very curious where in South Philly this is

[Revolutionary Communist Party @revcommunists]

This Sunday, 8 March, is International Working Women’s Day. To mark this occasion, Lotta Angantyr examines the writings of so-called ‘Marxist feminist’ Silvia Federici, contrasting her ideas with the communist approach to fighting women’s oppression.

https://t.co/COTxmGSdXh

[Islaa ☭ @Isladacommie]

Are you a communist?