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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\nMarxists Behaving Badly\nGrover 
 Furr, Montclair State University\n\n   Why don’t Marxists study the 
 Soviet experience in order to learn what these pioneers of the communist 
 movement did, and what we can learn from them?\n\n   For Marx, as for all 
 materialists, practice was – is -- primary. Theory must be tested through 
 practice. To base theory on the basis of a false understanding of reality 
 is as fatal to knowledge as it would be to base theory, as idealists do, on 
 ideas alone, without regard to material reality.\n\nThe Stalin era was the 
 heroic era of the worldwide communist movement. Indeed, the 20th century 
 may be fairly described as the “Soviet century,” since all the 
 important political and social events and upheavals took place with 
 reference to the Soviet Union.\n\nIf, following Marx, we want to build an 
 egalitarian, communist society, we must study the practice of those who 
 came before us in this endeavor. That means studying the Soviet Union after 
 the Bolshevik Revolution, especially the period when Joseph Stalin was in 
 the leadership of the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet state.\n\nWhy don’t 
 today’s Marxists do this? My talk will explore the reasons for this fatal 
 neglect and urge a corrective.\n\nGrover Furr, Montclair State 
 University\n\nSunday, March 8, 2020 – 11:30am-1:30pm\nNOTE: Time change 
 and Spring Forward for DST\n6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of 
 Alcatraz Ave.)\nFREE — but we will pass the hat to support ICSS — 
 FREE\n\nAbout Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\nA weekly discussion 
 series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief 
 that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the 
 future as they have been for the past. \n\nNOTE: Gene is no longer able to 
 provide hot coffee and pastries, but will continue to provide hot water for 
 tea or instant coffee until someone else is willing to assume this 
 responsibility. Bring you own cups. Also, there are two excellent coffee 
 shops within a block of the NPML.\n\nFor info or to subscribe to our weekly 
 announcements, \nCall Gene Ruyle at 510-332-3865 or email: 
 cuyleruyle@mac.com\nFor our full schedule, go to icssmarx.org \n\nLabor 
 donated by ICSS volunteers\n 
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SUMMARY:Marxists Behaving Badly
LOCATION:NPML\n6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/03/18831286.php
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