Yes We Do Mean Smash the State: In Defense of Revolution
Yes We Do Mean Smash the State: In Defense of Revolution
brian bean speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. This session was sponsored by Rampant Magazine.
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Contemporary capitalism exploits and degrades human beings around the world, relying on the violent power of states to create profits, guarantee the functioning of markets, and cheapen labor through violence. There is no way to build a liberated future for all of us without overthrowing capitalism, and that will mean confronting and dismantling the capitalist state, its prisons, policing, borders, and military. It’s time we talk about smashing the state.
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