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Bhagat Singh wrote "Why I Am An Atheist" in 1930 while he was a prisoner in the Lahore Central Jail. "The People", a weekly publication by Lala Lajpat Rai, published this book in 1931. To be clear, this is a 24-page essay rather than a book. This essay opens with a question whether vanity was the cause of Bhagat Singh’s atheism. Obviously, so many people had blamed him of being an atheist and he responded to this accusation clearly through this essay. He claimed that neither arrogance nor vanity prevented him from keeping his belief. He rejects the existence of the omnipotent supreme entity; vanity is not the cause of his denial.  Bhagat Singh has been atheist since he was a young, ordinary man. He comes from a pretty religious household. He used to spend hours reciting the Gayatri Mantra in class, in fact. But ultimately he started questioning his belief, and he began to think on disbelief. When he joined the revolutionary party and when he came to know his comrade...

There are numerous narratives arguing that Stalin was fond of personality. But the fact is that Stalin was critical of "the cult of personality". Those western facts are totally baseless. Stalin's letters and speeches are good examples to debunk the lies. Joseph Stalin speaking on the radio J.V. Stalin – Speech Delivered at the First All-Union Congress of Collective Farm Shock Brigadiers ”Finally, a few words about the letter written by the collective farmers of Bezenchuk. This letter has been published, and you must have read it. It is unquestionably a good letter. It shows that among our collective farmers there are not a few experienced and intelligent organisers and agitators in the cause of collective farming, who are the pride of our country. But this letter contains one incorrect passage with which we cannot possibly agree. The point is that the Bezenchuk comrades describe their work in the collective farm as modest and all but insignificant work, whereas they desc...

Ev en after Leon Trotsky and his theories passed away, a tiny minority still exists within the far-left society. These folks have been around since the beginning of the Russian Revolution and are referred to as "Trotskyists."  Leon Trotsky at his desk, 1919 These Trotskyists are the misinterpretations of Marxism's devoted supporters. They make an effort to undermine Marxist-Leninism by presenting a defective theory of revolution.  Even anti-Communists are spreading the notion that "The Soviet Union Would Have Survived If Trotsky Took Power." That is a wholly bogus narrative. So let's talk about why the "Permanent Revolution" thesis is so incorrect. And what is said about Marxism by this theory? TWO-STAGE THEORY OF REVOLUTION A complex theory that cannot be succinctly articulated in a few phrases, Permanent Revolution can mislead people's perceptions of what Trotsky was actually supporting.  The theory behind "Two-Stage Theory," or sta...

Since the end of World War II, the bourgeois historiography has made an effort to embellish a number of events in order to disparage Socialism and the USSR. One of these occurrences, known as the "Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact," was struck in 1939 and has served as a "banner" for supporters of imperialism and other anti-communists. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact is portrayed by bourgeois propaganda as a tool of expansion policy by the USSR and Hitler's Germany in its illogical, unhistorical attempt to connect Communism with Nazism. By distorting historical facts and combining lies and half-truths, Imperialists and their allies hope to discredit the Soviet Union's significant contribution to the anti-fascist campaign during World War 2. The reality, however, is not the same as what the bourgeois historiography portrays. In order to disprove the anti-communist propaganda surrounding the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact, we will now look at the circumstances and e...

This day marks the 105th anniversary of the October Revolution, one of the greatest uprising in world history. When workers, peasants, women and students united and overthrew the status quo to establish a Socialist state! Lenin proclaims Soviet power in Smolny Palace, Petrograd, 1917 . Background  The Russian Empire, ruled by Tsar Nicholas II stretched from the Baltic to the Pacific, inhabited by 126 million people, from 194 ethnic groups.  It was a country in which workers and peasants lived in poverty and hardship - while Russia's elite - its imperial family and aristocracy - lived lives of gilded luxury.  The Tsar did allow the creation of a State Duma, or National Assembly. But its power was limited, and the people's pains were still ignored. World War I The Russian Empire was plunged into a fresh crisis... by world war. World War I was a disaster for Tsarist Russia.  At War, the country suffered a series of devastating defeats, while at home there were food shor...

In this article we will discuss what Marx's stance and view on religion was and how some one his most popular quotes on religion have been heavily misinterpreted over time. WHAT WAS MARX'S VIEW ON RELIGION?  Marx makes a structural-functionalist argument about religion or more specifically organized religion. Now you will thought of what actually the structural theory is? Structuration Theory  is a concept in sociology that offers perspectives on human behavior based on a synthesis of structure(authoritative institutions) and agency(individual expression or will). Marx believed that religion had certain practical functions in society that were similar to the function of opium in a sick or injured person, it reduced people's immediate suffering and provided them with pleasant illusions which gave them the strength to carry on. Marx also saw religion as harmful to revolutionary potential in some cases as it can prevent people from seeing the class structure and oppression aro...

What is Class? A group of people sharing common relations to labor and the means of production. BOURGEOISIE CLASS (CAPITALISTS) The bourgeoisie is a social class that came to own the means of production during the epoch(beginning) of modern industrialization and whose societal concerns are the value of property and the preservation of capital to  ensure the perpetuation of their economic supremacy in society. PROLETARIAT CLASS (WORKING CLASS) Proletariat class is the class of wage earners in an economic society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour power(How much work they can do). The proletariat are oppressed by capitalism and the wage system. This oppression gives the proletariat common economic and political interests that transcended national boundaries. These common interests put the proletariat in a position to unite and take power away from the capitalist class. PETTY BOURGEOISIE (MIDDLE CLASS) The term "Petty Bourgeoisie" to identify the...

MATERIALIST DIALECTICS Marx and Engels set Hegelian dialectics aright and put it on a materialist basis as partly indicated by feuerbach. The result is an original and epoch making advance in philosophy. Hegelian Dialectics states that development is first of all the self development of before it is realised in material world. Hegel, Marx-Engels  Feuerbach correctly pointed out that ideas are merely the sensuous reflection of the material world in human perception. He fell short of Marxist comprehension of endless interaction between cognition, reality and capability of man for critical revolutionary activity. Marx and Engels stated that change is an endless process because anything at any stage always consists of contradictory aspects. Materialist dialectics or the law of contradiction is the law of motion inherent in matter; springs from the differences and interaction of things and operates in a two way interaction of matter and consciousness. In the philosophical works of Marx ...

I n 1917, when Lenin made the Russian Revolution possible, at that time the Indian Revolutionaries were also fighting the struggle for Indian Independence. Many among those were inspired by the Russian Revolution. Bhagat Singh was getting trained in Marxism during his time at the National College Lahore and Dwarkadas Library. Bhagat Singh with his comrades sent a telegram to the Soviet Union on November 7, 1930, greeting the Great Russian Revolution.  On January 21, 1930, the accused in the Lahore Conspiracy Case appeared in the court wearing red scarves. As soon as the magistrate took his chair Bhagat Singh, with his comrades raised slogans "Long Live Socialist Revolution", "Long Live Communist International",  "Long Live People" "Lenin's Name Will Never Die", and "Down with Imperialism". Bhagat Singh then read the text of this telegram in the court and asked the magistrate to send it to the Third International. Bhagat Singh was on...

Despite the death of Leon Trotsky and his theories, a very small group lingers throughout the far-left community. These people are known as the "Trotskyists," who have existed since the start of the Russian Revolution.   These Trotskyists are the loyal followers under the misinterpretation of Marxism. They attempt to discredit Marxist-Leninism with their flawed view on revolution.  Even Anti-Communists are spreading the idea that "If Trotsky took power, maybe the Soviet Union would have survived." Which, is completely false narrative.  So let's discuss why is this theory known as "Permanent Revolution" so flawed? And what does this theory say about Marxism?  TWO-STAGE THEORY OF REVOLUTION Permanent Revolution cannot be swiftly explained in a few sentences, it is a complex theory that when poorly explained, can misguide people's views on what Trotsky was truly advocating.  The first part of the Permanent Revolution is the its idea and rejection of ...