On this day in 1917, the "July Days" began in Petrograd, Russia when soldiers, sailors, and workers took up arms against the Russian Provisional Government, chanting "All Power to the Soviets" and holding Viktor Chernov hostage.
The July Days took place in the context of growing discontent against the Provisional Government and increasing support for the Bolsheviks. A few months earlier, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin gave his "April Theses", coming out in support of an armed, proletarian insurrection. By July, rank-and-file Bolsheviks were advocating overthrowing the Provisional Government.
On the morning of July 16th, after a disastrous offensive on World War I's Eastern Front, armed soldiers and workers marched through the streets of Petrograd, to the Tauride Palace. These demonstrators marched under the slogan "All Power to the Soviets", firing their rifles into the air and commandeering vehicles.
The following day at Tauride Palace, the crowd demanded to see a government official, and the Soviet Leaders sent out Viktor Chernov, a prominent member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. When he tried to calm the crowd, they seized him instead, with one protester famously shouting, "Take power, you son of a bitch, when it is handed to you!" He was released upon the urging on Leon Trotsky.
The military authorities sent troops against the demonstrators, leading to many arrests and deaths. The government disarmed workers, disbanded revolutionary military units, destroyed the headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee were destroyed, and ordered the arrest of Lenin, Trotsky, and other Bolshevik leaders.
Lenin was able to flee to Finland, while Trotsky was arrested alongside Anatoly Lunacharsky and Lev Kamenev. Although the Bolshevik Party's power was temporarily limited in the crackdown, they came to power in the October Revolution just a few months later.
Timeline of the Russian Revolution (1917)
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What's your communist origin story
I worked a bunch of shit jobs and then went on 4chan and read about "Bike Lock Antifa" and was like "actually it's cool and good to hit white supremacists with a bike lock on a chain. What else are these Antifa up to?"
I was a liberal because growing up I was taught that "democrat" and "republican" were the only 2 political positions that existed. I liked browsing "extreme" political subreddits mostly out of morbid curiosity, but also because of some misplaced "marketplace of ideology" ideas. Like, "how can I dismiss these people without first hearing them out? who knows, maybe naziism is the correct ideology?" :cringe:
One day I came across r/completeanarchy. I had never heard of anarchism before and thought it was people who wanted to live in a mad max dystopia. After browsing for a while I realized that anarchism was actually cool as hell and I ended up reading Conquest of Bread during downtime at work. :kropotkin-shining:
After a while I noticed posters there saying "Don't go to r/chapotraphouse, they're a bunch of redfash tankies", so of course I had to check it out. I realized that they were also cool as hell and ended up reading State and Revolution too. :lenin-shining:
And that's how I became a communist :left-unity-2:
Same, it was the default position for all contrarians in the early 2000s. Don't feel too bad.
No one was able to give me a satisfactory answer about why the world is the way it is.
"Life's not fair"
Okay? So why reward those who make it less fair? If life is inherently unfair shouldn't the goal be to minimise that unfairness?
If an answer is not satisfactory as to why reality is reality then I must work to find one that does work.
I discovered town and country magazine existed for people who own homes in the town and also in the country and immediately turned into Mao
I tried to figure out American electroal politics and it led me to communism after realizing Democrats don't care
Some kids weren't sharing on the playground and I took that personally. When I was six. It's all been down hill from there.
Found memes that were funny and made sense to me, led to the sub, then the George Floyd uprising and covid happened which solidified that capitalism is awful, now I'm a full time fed
Also growing up poor (in a weird way) made me more sympathetic but for some reason did the opsite for my siblings :/
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This is a good reminder to not give up even when it seems like things are entirely against you. Revolution can happen, but achieving it will never be an easy task.
i can hear my parents watching bill maher being queerphobic downstairs :trans-sad:
just found $235 in my copy of Capital Vol. 1 that I hid there a few years ago and forgot about
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I'm starting to accept my achievements being "I did x but now y" :shrug-outta-hecks: like today I fixed my 3ds by soldering a new charging port in but I messed up the ribbon cable to the right shoulder button. Ordered a replacement for like 3 bucks and when it gets here I'll change it but I'm ready for more of the same and you know what that's completely alright :soviet-huff: at least I'm trying.
Shooting at a mall 20 minutes away from me
12+ people
This shit just gets closer and closer to home
The absolute carelessness of people in power seems all too real now
Suspect still at large. Cops are so fucking great at their jobs dude!
It was bad yeast :meow-floppy: after 3 tries I’ve made bread finally :party-blob:
If weed and drug use makes people more creative why does every indie/alternative band sound the exact fucking same?
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Making an alt to say this, but holy shit praxis is hard work. I went from like zero engagement in my community to now being involved with multiple orgs, with meet ups and protests like every day. Kinda of overwhelming to be honest 😅 to keep it brief my biggest issue is starting a chapter here, actually having to analyze your communities problems and THEN trying to find a substantial way to change that is the most intimidating aspect. Especially because most local orgs end with the :vote: . That's fine and all, but a ML party should differentiate itself by actively changing these conditions without having to rely on the state. Idk stressed as fuck, have had no sleep but it's nice to be contributing.
Kinda of overwhelming to be honest
People will be like "pace yourself so you don't burn out" but that's obviously bullshit. Real heads prepare a successor to take over when they burn out and work to ensure that all the contact information is up to date, the books are balanced and all receipts are retained, and your notes are legible and have some kind of organizing system.
the fat scaredy cat who we thought would never socialise with a human just let me pick her up and put her in my lap. happy puncture marks rather than scared scratches ill take it also OMG CUDDLES im so proud of my girl owo
so apparently reddit banned the word "Groomer" as an anti-queer slur which everyone is celebrating but...
didnt the term exist before it started being used against queer people as a term for just... adults who groom children? so unless they're actually being careful in how they enforce it (lol, yeah right) they could be stopping predators from being called out? i guess people could just use the term predator instead though idk. But idk it seems like there's an uh... possible downside to this.
ETA: Friend said that its not an automatic filter and they are looking at context, so thats good I guess.
