This is a response I made to a thread/post about the question of socialist organization and the role of Leninism. I was writing in response to an article from the Socialist Standard, the entirety of which can be found here.

I wanted to respond with my own rejection of what the authors of this article outlined regarding Lenin and the revolutionary party, but my response ended being much longer than I anticipated.
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This morning, I told my fiancée of 2 1/2 years that I'm packing my bag & leaving her & our son. She has been such an incredibly positive influence in my life since we met, but I just can't stand to have the responsibilities of being a parent & spouse hanging over my head anymore. My son will be a year & a half old in just a few days, but I just can't take it anymore. They'll be better off without me.
Crystal, the woman who has stood by me, loved me despite everything...

So, today was a so called "Socialism Day", organised by the SP branch in Breda for the 13th time as an annual event. The theme this year was "the SP and the monarchy" which had two discussions and a third discussion which was about the running party discussion on "democratisation of the economy" (see my blog here). This year's event had some 20 people, which is not bad for a branch meeting, although about half of the people were not from the branch or even the SP....

I have begun work on a study guide to the first volume of Karl Marx's Capital. As such I will be in need of proof-readers to catch mistakes, correct incorrect segments, and suggest additions. If you are interested in offering your services (in any of the above mentioned categories) please contact me.

[From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org – Uncorrected translation]

A long and massive protest against the most aberrant results of imperialist domination
Hunger strike in the Guantánamo prison

By Diego Dalai
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Since February 6, 2013, several prisoners of the emblematic US prison declared themselves on a hunger strike against the abuses by the authorities and the guards. The act that led to such a decision of the...