Roberto
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” the means of production are the common heritage of all and are under democratic control, then the profit motive and the price system can be abolished. Wealth can be produced solely for people to use. People can have free access not only to travel facilities but to all the other things they need to live and enjoy life. Goods will not be priced, but will be available for all to take freely according to their needs”
Thank you ALB!
When the thoughts of a leader or philosopher are taken as eternal truths, without their historical context, they turn into a religion with its dogmas and sacred book. We must be dialectical materialists with Marx’s ideas, as you have been so far!
People often twist the ideas of great thinkers into strict ideologies that the original thinkers never intended. For example, Nietzsche → Hitler, Marx → Stalin, Darwin → Social Darwinism. The originals shouldn’t be blamed; the problem is with those who misuse their ideas. Thinkers create ideas, ideologues turn them into dogma.
I agree with your main idea: the real struggle isn’t against fascism, populism, or Trumpism — it’s against capitalism in all its forms, whether market-based or state-controlled. Anti-fascism that doesn’t challenge capitalism only scratches the surface. What’s needed is a class-conscious socialist movement that tackles the economic roots of exploitation and division.
I think that in the United States it happened when the liberals and the so-called left focused only on attacking Bush Jr. instead of raising awareness among the workers that the problem is capitalism. Then came Obama, doing the same but more subtly. As a leader in Puerto Rico said, what we have to change is not the rider, but the horse….
Thank you all very much, because I agree with you that what we have to eradicate is global capitalism, and if we call ourselves socialists, it means fighting for socialism.
Trump is the symptom, not the disease!
Thank you!I understand, and for me, you are the ones who have made me understand what socialism is.
I read the World Socialist Web because they provide daily news from a left-wing perspective, and many of you quote them often.I read a lot of what is written on this forum and I follow your organization closely. I also follow this Trotskyist organization closely.
You say it is a sect, and I would like to know why you consider it so, or what your arguments are regarding your organization as well, since many also consider it a sect.Thomas,
I see it as you do—between the “peace” of Trump/Putin and the “Peace” in the European style, I prefer the former, as a socialist world cannot exist with the latter option…
My personal position is that I do not promote Trump’s peace. What I do not support is the continuation of this bloody war, nor do I take any side. If peace were achieved, it would be better than the death of our fellow Russian and Ukrainian brothers in class.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/04/nbik-m04.html
This is a Trotsky group but some view points are like your organization.
My position is the same as your party’s: I am against all capitalist wars. And although I know that Trump’s reasons are not the same as mine, this fratricide must end. We know that as long as capitalism exists, wars will exist, but that does not mean we should be in favor of peace.
This is the problem here in the United States: now the issue is Trump, and we divert attention from the fact that the real problem is capitalism.
The ruling classes are not bothered when we individualize the system. What they would truly fear is if we said:
No more global capitalism!
