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Sharing here the "#Revolutionary Programme" of #Birmingham's #RAG. Well worth taking the time to read and taking the time to consider, what would such a #document for your local area look like?
Be #inspired.
Read piece:
https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2025/04/02/rag-our-revolutionary-programme-theory-and-analysis/
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Organise Magazine · RAG: Our Revolutionary Programme | Theory and Analysis - Organise MagazineOver the past few months, Birmingham's Revolutionary Anarchist Group (RAG) have been working to produce their "Revolutionary Programme", a living document that would underline their ongoing political and tactical framework. It's specific scope on their local context acts as a a guidework for the tasks, activities and organising they aim to do in the coming […]
In a leader-centered political order, whatever the boss says sets the agenda for every underling.
Under #tyranny rule, the interests of the “people” are equated with the personal interests of the ruler, so no conflict can ever arise between the two.
President Trump’s new regime, if he is able to consolidate it, will amount to nothing less than a #revolutionary change in the American political system. IMO, it is inherently corrupt and inefficient.
In a leader-centered political order, whatever the boss says sets the agenda for every underling.
Under #tyranny, the interests of the “people” are equated with the personal interests of the ruler, so no conflict can ever arise between the two.
President Trump’s new regime, if he is able to consolidate it, will amount to nothing less than a #revolutionary change in the American political system. IMO, it is inherently corrupt and inefficient.
Fidel Castro
August 13, 1926 ~ November 25, 2016
#^https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=liCEZ0tzJ9s
Fidel Castro in Guadalajara [w/ subtitles] (1991)
On this day in 1926, #Cuban #Revolutionary #Fidel #Castro was born. He would lead a guerilla campaign with other revolutionaries such as Che Guevara to overthrow the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Before Cuba’s revolution, US financial interests owned 90% of Cuba’s mines, 80% of public utilities, 50% of railways, 40% of sugar production & 25% of bank deposits.
In the first 30 months after Fidel Castro and Cuba’s communists came to power, more classrooms were built in those 30 months than had been built in the previous 30 years. Within the first six months of Castro’s government, 600 miles of road had been built across the island, while $300 million was spent on water and sanitation schemes. Over 800 houses were constructed every month in the early years of the administration in a measure to cut homelessness, while nurseries and day-care centers were opened for children and other centers opened for the disabled and elderly.
With the arrival of the revolutionary government, Cuban healthcare was nationalised and expanded with heavy investment, bringing free healthcare access to millions. Universal vaccination for childhood diseases was introduced, leading to infant mortality rates plummeting. Cuba’s ‘army of doctors’ is now sent to crisis-hit countries around the world. Since 1963, more than 600,000 Cuban health workers have provided medical services in more than 160 countries.
Fidel Castro’s Cuba was also instrumental in many anti-colonial and liberation struggles across the developing world, Cuba provided material support to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Cuban material support was also given to Angola and Palestine.
Despite being under the illegal embargo imposed by the US, Cuba now has a higher life expectancy than the US, has more doctors per capita than the US, and is among the top 35 countries for lowest child mortality rates. Under Fidel Castro’s rule, UNICEF declared severe child malnutrition to be eradicated.
– #^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liCEZ0tzJ9s
– #^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWhTKFHET0
#^https://diasp.org/posts/23166750
#fidelcastro #guadalajara #speech #1991 #capitalism #ecology #history
August 13, 1926 ~ November 25, 2016
#^https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=liCEZ0tzJ9s
Fidel Castro in Guadalajara [w/ subtitles] (1991)
On this day in 1926, #Cuban #Revolutionary #Fidel #Castro was born. He would lead a guerilla campaign with other revolutionaries such as Che Guevara to overthrow the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Before Cuba’s revolution, US financial interests owned 90% of Cuba’s mines, 80% of public utilities, 50% of railways, 40% of sugar production & 25% of bank deposits.
In the first 30 months after Fidel Castro and Cuba’s communists came to power, more classrooms were built in those 30 months than had been built in the previous 30 years. Within the first six months of Castro’s government, 600 miles of road had been built across the island, while $300 million was spent on water and sanitation schemes. Over 800 houses were constructed every month in the early years of the administration in a measure to cut homelessness, while nurseries and day-care centers were opened for children and other centers opened for the disabled and elderly.
With the arrival of the revolutionary government, Cuban healthcare was nationalised and expanded with heavy investment, bringing free healthcare access to millions. Universal vaccination for childhood diseases was introduced, leading to infant mortality rates plummeting. Cuba’s ‘army of doctors’ is now sent to crisis-hit countries around the world. Since 1963, more than 600,000 Cuban health workers have provided medical services in more than 160 countries.
Fidel Castro’s Cuba was also instrumental in many anti-colonial and liberation struggles across the developing world, Cuba provided material support to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Cuban material support was also given to Angola and Palestine.
Despite being under the illegal embargo imposed by the US, Cuba now has a higher life expectancy than the US, has more doctors per capita than the US, and is among the top 35 countries for lowest child mortality rates. Under Fidel Castro’s rule, UNICEF declared severe child malnutrition to be eradicated.
– #^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liCEZ0tzJ9s
– #^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWhTKFHET0
#^https://diasp.org/posts/23166750
#fidelcastro #guadalajara #speech #1991 #capitalism #ecology #history
Today in Labor History March 23, 1931: The authorities hanged Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar for killing a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian Independence movement. Singh was a anti-colonial revolutionary, from Punjab, who was inspired by both Bolshevism and anarchism.
![Singh in 1929, age 21, with a thin moustache, hat looking straight ahead and making eye contact. By Unknown author (Ramnath Photographers, Delhi) - [1] [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75154028](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/212/438/389/090/718/original/5277d6888884e80f.jpg "Singh in 1929, age 21, with a thin moustache, hat looking straight ahead and making eye contact. By Unknown author (Ramnath Photographers, Delhi) - [1] [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75154028")
Was Schönes zwischenrein: Schreibt mal wieder eine Postkarte in real life an eine Person eures Herzens 
Kleiner Move, große Wirkung in digitalen Zeiten … Wir haben dafür 10 ausgesuchte Motive aus dem Herbarium von Rosa Luxemburg als kleines, feines Set parat: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/herbarium-postkartenset-4
Today in Labor History March 19, 1742: Tupac Amaru was born. Tupac Amaru II had led a large Andean uprising against the Spanish. As a result, he became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and in the indigenous rights movement. The Tupamaros revolutionary movement in Uruguay (1960s-1970s) took their name from him. As did the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary guerrilla group, in Peru, and the Venezuelan Marxist political party Tupamaro. American rapper, Tupac Amaru Shakur, was also named after him. Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, wrote a poem called “Tupac Amaru (1781).” And Clive Cussler’s book, “Inca Gold,” has a villain who claims to be descended from the revolutionary leader.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #indigenous #inca #tupac #conquest #colonialism #uprising #Revolutionary #PabloNeruda #poetry #novel #tupacamaru #peru #fiction #books #author #writer #poetry @bookstadon
For #internationalwomensday here’s a #quote from a #revolutionary #woman
For international women’s day here’s a quote from a revolutionary woman
’La Voz de la Mujer was a paper written by women for women, it was an independent expression of an explicitly #feminist current within South #America’s #labour #movement and was one of the first recorded instances of the fusion of feminist ideas with a #revolutionary and working-class orientation.
As with #EmmaGoldman, #LouiseMichel and #VoltairinedeCleyre, it differed from the mainstream #feminism by being a #workingclass movement which placed the #struggle...'
https://libcom.org/article/no-god-no-boss-no-husband-worlds-first-anarcha-feminist-group
libcom.orgNo God, no boss, no husband: The world’s first anarcha-feminist groupAn account of the first anarchist-feminist group in Argentina during the 1890s.
we can do so much better than this. we can be so much more than this. another world is possible.
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Pirate #Care as a #Revolutionary Act .. Valeria Graziano and Tomislav Medak explain the varieties and logics of pirate care. @valerix / @tmedak
https://david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/pirate-care-as-a-revolutionary-act-valeria-graziano-tomislav-medak
I don't know if the #US will ever have a #revolutionary situation at this point. Most #Americans are just so fucking useless, stupid & so brainwashed that if we ever reach a situation where things are so bad that most people are suffering, they'll just blame #socialism for it.
I think most Americans are simply too lazy to fight for anything.
Today in Labor History February 24, 1895: Revolution broke out in Baire, near Santiago de Cuba. This was the beginning of the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). The liberation war ended with the Spanish-American War and the U.S. taking Cuba as a colony. Some of the more well-known commanders of the Cuban revolution were the poet Jose Marti (composer of “Guantanamera”) and Afro-Cuban Antonio Maceo, the Titan of Bronze.
![Black and white sketch of Cuban soldiers defending a train during the Cuban War for Independence. By José Passos - (1896-01-06). "La guerra de Cuba". La Ilustración Artística (732): 62. ISSN 1889-853X.Taken from Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica (CC BY 4.0), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76271530](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/059/358/488/929/892/original/f6f1c3fb84409612.jpg "Black and white sketch of Cuban soldiers defending a train during the Cuban War for Independence. By José Passos - (1896-01-06). "La guerra de Cuba". La Ilustración Artística (732): 62. ISSN 1889-853X.Taken from Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica (CC BY 4.0), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76271530")
Today in Labor History February 23, 1903: Jean-Baptiste Clement died. Clement was a socialist and Paris Communard, poet, singer and composer of the famous song, “The Time of Cherries.” He was one of the last on the barricades during the Commune. He escaped and fled to England. The French authorities condemned him to death, in absentia. They later granted him amnesty and he returned to France in 1879. He helped found the Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party in 1890. Paris has since named schools and a street after him.
A second #American #Revolutionary #Uprising is necessary
to regain #Democracy #Rights and #Freedoms in America
and save the Nation from fascism
The 'We the People' The American patriots will have to face as in 1783
americans who will support the 'monarchy' the Trump's dictatorship.
Most revolutionaries are potential tories, because they imagine that everything can be put right by altering the shape of society; once that change is effected, as it sometimes is, they see no need for any other.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1939), “Charles Dickens,” sec. 6, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/74967/
To be a revolutionary is to integrate yourself into community - to move among the people like a fish in water - to know your neighbors, your grocers, the people who do delivery runs and fix the pipes, who cook and serve food and drinks. You must be interested in people's real lives and problems - not as instruments to your plans, but because your plans, if you're serious about them, are meant to serve those real people and their real lives.
Those people will not all agree with you. But if you are good at what you do, many will come to respect you, seeing you fight for everyone's best interests, showing up when help is needed, just being kind and good-humored and fair.
If you're building a scene of isolated ideologues, if you're using symbols and rhetoric with no appeal to the real poor and working and exploited people around you, you are playing the wrong game and dooming yourself to irrelevance. Every revolutionary leader sought symbols, names, and rhetoric that appealed to the genuine needs of the people in their time and place. To re-use their symbols directly for your own purposes is to miss their most important lessons.
Cherish the relationships you build with other revolutionaries. They aren't your dating pool or some bastion of ideological perfection. Cherish them by being willing to argue in good faith, to be kind, to care about other people and see past their faults to a reasonable degree (to the degree that doesn't harm the movement, that allows them to be human, and you too).
And if you say "there is no one around me who agrees with me, I can't build community", well, I doubt it. But in that case there's just more work to be done. You can create that community. There are people waiting for you to find them.
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Those people will not all agree with you. But if you are good at what you do, many will come to respect you, seeing you fight for everyone's best interests, showing up when help is needed, just being kind and good-humored and fair.
If you're building a scene of isolated ideologues, if you're using symbols and rhetoric with no appeal to the real poor and working and exploited people around you, you are playing the wrong game and dooming yourself to irrelevance. Every revolutionary leader sought symbols, names, and rhetoric that appealed to the genuine needs of the people in their time and place. To re-use their symbols directly for your own purposes is to miss their most important lessons.
Cherish the relationships you build with other revolutionaries. They aren't your dating pool or some bastion of ideological perfection. Cherish them by being willing to argue in good faith, to be kind, to care about other people and see past their faults to a reasonable degree (to the degree that doesn't harm the movement, that allows them to be human, and you too).
And if you say "there is no one around me who agrees with me, I can't build community", well, I doubt it. But in that case there's just more work to be done. You can create that community. There are people waiting for you to find them.
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