The dictatorship of the proletariat
Channel: ItHadToBeSaid
Date: 2022-10-01

In part 3 of this series, I consider what “the dictatorship of the proletariat (DoP)” means in theory and practice, why it generally proves disastrous and how to change that. This video is not about Lenin, Mao or any statespeople but Marx and the potential for the self-liberation of the people.

Links:

Parts 1 and 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po_7LAnkPJQ&list=PL3waFZldV-Y2v4Udva9kgk-M1yOVbecY1

Karl Marx and the state (most of my quotes from Marx are from this article): https://libcom.org/article/karl-marx-and-state

There is no such thing as revolutionary government: why you can’t use the state to abolish class: https://crimethinc.com/2018/05/29/theres-no-such-thing-as-revolutionary-government-why-you-cant-use-the-state-to-abolish-class

Marx, theoretician of anarchism: https://www.marxists.org/archive/rubel/1973/marx-anarchism.htm 

Direct Struggle against Capital: a Peter Kropotkin anthology: https://b-ok.cc/book/2362658/9b36bb

Zoe Baker on Means and Ends: the Anarchist Critique of Seizing State Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsRyTWBj84E

Revolutionary Prefiguration on the Srsly Wrong Podcast with Anark: https://youtu.be/DzmLhpxSxH4 

Defending the Anarchist Society: http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chris-beaumont-defending-an-anarchist-society ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLr05DX_heU

We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba: https://b-ok.cc/book/11760138/886d2c 

A transcript of this video is available at https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2022/10/01/the-dictatorship-of-the-proletariat/