What is the State? | The State is Counter-Revolutionary (Part 1)

Описание: This video is the first in a four part series in which I will inspect how the state has been a force of sabotage in the revolutionary process. In part 1, I inspect the theoretical foundations that have allowed this praxis to flourish and lay out the theoretical principles that explain why these projects failed to produce worker control of the economy.

Part 2:    • Leninist USSR | The State is Counter Revol...  
Part 3:    • Maoist China | The State is Counter Revolu...  
Part 4:    • "Left-Wing" Authoritarianism: An Infantile...  

There is a version of this video with music and visuals taken out, which can be listened to here:    • What is the State? | The State is Counter-...  

The script for this entire series has been published to The Anarchist Library, along with full citations: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...

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Citation:

Alexander Berkman, "The Bolshevik Myth" (https://libcom.org/library/alexander-...)
Max Weber, "Politics as a Vocation" (http://fs2.american.edu/dfagel/www/cl...)
Errico Malatesta, "Anarchy" (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...)
Peter Kropotkin, "The State: Its Historic Role" (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...)
Rudolf Rocker, "Nationalism and Culture" (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...)
Karl Marx, "Rules and Administrative Regulations of the International Workingmen’s Association" (https://www.marxists.org/history/inte...)
Karl Marx, "Critique of the Gotha Program" (https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...)
Vladimir Lenin, "What is to be Done?" (https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...)
Rosa Luxemburg, "Organizational Questions
of the Russian Social Democracy
[Leninism or Marxism?]" (https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxe...)
Leon Trotsky, "Our Political Tasks" (https://www.marxists.org/archive/trot...)
Leon Trotsky, "Speech to Tenth Party Congress" (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_%D1%8..., cited by Maurice Brinton in "The Bolsheviks and Workers' Control" (https://www.marxists.org/archive/brin...)