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My Political Autobiography (2017, 2024): The No-Body Who Dared To Talk Back & Fight Back.
My Political Autobiography (September 2017, updated March 27, 2024)
The No-Body Who Talked Back & Fought Back.
by Miguel Angel Torres (Andres Nicolas Moran, Drew)
Introductory Note:
2. SAC Syndicalisterna (Sweden):
3. Liberation Theology (Leonardo Boff):
5. About my Jehovah Witness Experience:
I have posted elsewhere in this weblog about my Jehovah Witness experience.
by Miguel Angel Torres (Andres Nicolas Moran, Drew)
a.k.a. Manuel X.
Introductory Note:
I decided to write the following in order to retrace my steps, to analyse my political journey. One that eventually led me to Marxism. My political journey was intellectual and practical. My political journey was also formative and experiential. I decide to share the story of it publicly in the hope that it might be of value to somebody else, if only to compare notes. I recount my experiences with the International Socialist Organization, and with the Swedish SAC-Syndicalists. My involvement in the anti-war and anti-globalization movements in 2002-2003. The experience of Occupy! in 2011. My involvement with Revolutionära Fronten in 2011-2012, my interactions with the Aktion mot Deportation movement in 2013.All these experiences contributed in a formative manner to result in who I am today: A proud Queer Marxist, Stateless, Undocumented migrant. Advocate of Social Revolution.
(now)
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SURVIVAL ENABLES RESISTANCE.
RESISTANCE GIVES MEANING TO SURVIVAL.
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Appendixes:
1. The International Socialist Organization "Where We Stand Statement".
Another version of the "Where We Stand" statement is published online by the Socialist Workers Party (UK); 'What We Stand For' is the Socialist Workers Party's statement of principles. There is also a Denmark version and a New Zealand version.
2. The Principles and Aims of SAC Syndicalisterna. The Anarcho-Syndicalist revolutionary union in Sweden. The website of the Syndicalists has more information about SAC, mostly in Swedish.
3. SPEAK Karlstad sponsored a debate between representatives of all the parliamentary parties prior to the 2010 elections. The flyer promoting the event framed the event as a dialogue with the attending politicians about issues of environemental sustainability and social justice in Karlstad, Sweden.
4. The SPEAK network values and vision statements can be viewed in the network's website.
5. The Manifesto of the Swedish Revolutionary Front is available online in the networks weblog both in Swedish and English.
6. The about Aktion mot Deportation statement and updates about current activities can be read on the network's Facebook page.
Annotations:
(Obsolete links have been removed)
[Between 2008 and 2012 I lived in Sweden as an undocumented immigrant. Impressions of my experience of "living black" are posted elsewhere in this weblog HERE.]
[Between 2008 and 2012 I lived in Sweden as an undocumented immigrant. Impressions of my experience of "living black" are posted elsewhere in this weblog HERE.]
1. International Socialist Organization (United States):
The "Socialist Worker" newspaper (United States version), can be read online. It is an excellent source for analysis of current events. "The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx" by Alex Callinicos is a basic introduction to Marxist thought. A hard copy of the book can be obtained from the ISO's Soclialist Bookstore: Haymarket Books. There is also a You Tube presentation on the Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx from the 2015 Marxism conference sponsored by the Socialist Workers Party (UK). The Socialist Workers Party (UK) version of the "Socialist Worker" newspaper is also a good source of analysis on current events and politics in general. "The Revolution Betrayed" by Leon Trotsky can be found at the Marxist Internet Archive. "State Capitalism in Russia" by Tony Cliff can be found in the Marxists Internet Archive. "Origin of the Family,Private Property, and the State" by Friedrich Engels can be found in the Marxists Internet Archive. "Arguments for Revolutionary Socialism" by John Molyneux can be found in the Marxists Internet Archive. Anti-Capitalism: Theory and Practice by Chris Harman can be found at the Marxist Internet Archive.
The International Communist League (Spartacist League), "The Bankruptcy of New Class Theories" (Spartacist English edition No. 55, Autumn 1999), is a critique of Tony Cliff's "State Capitalism in Russia" and of the "Bureaucratic Collectivism" theories proposed by Max Shachtman.
2. SAC Syndicalisterna (Sweden):
"The Anarcho-Syndicalist Answer to Corporate Globalization" by Brian Oliver Sheppard can be found at the Zabalaza Books Website. "The Black Bloc Papers" by David van Deussen and Xavier Massot can be found at the InfoShop website. No Authority But Onesenlf: The Anarchist Feminist Philosophy of Autonomy and Freedom by Sharon Presley can be found at theanarchistlibrary.org Website. The Anarchist FAQ can be found a theanarchistlibrary.org website.
"Jesucristo el Liberador" by Leonardo Boff can be found online at elteologillo website.
Elsewhere in this weblog I posted Notes on The Radical Reformation.
Elsewhere in this weblog I posted Notes on The Radical Reformation.
4. Occupy/Indignados Movement Statements:
The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City can be found at the Occupy website.
The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City can be found at the Occupy website.
5. About my Jehovah Witness Experience:
I have posted elsewhere in this weblog about my Jehovah Witness experience.
The official Jehovah Witness website is the best source of information for the theology of the organization. For the Ex-Jehovah Witness perspectives the best sources are the John Cedars Channel on YouTube.
6. World Socialist Website is my main source of news on current events as well as perspectives and commentary from a revolutionary socialist perspective. World Socialist Website is a publication of the International Committe of the Fourth International.
The following selection of articles cover the World Socialist Website perspective on the Global Day of Action against War on February 15, 2003: "An event of world historical significance" (February 17, 2003); Up to two million people took part in the London demonstration to protest war against Iraq on February 15, 2003; Some 75,000 people from all over the Netherlands and neighbouring regions took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest the war; The World Socialist Website also published letters from readers about the anti-war protests.
The following selection of articles cover the World Socialist Website perpsectives on the Occupy movement: The World Socialist Web Site spoke to protesters involved in the Occupy London protest outside St Paul’s Cathedral.; Occupy Pittsburgh protesters movilized against the massive inequality and the damage being done by the elite who rule America; "The Occupy Wall Street protests against inequality, which began in New York City over a month ago and have since expanded to hundreds of cities and towns throughout the United States and internationally, have arrived at a political crossroads."; Noam Chomsky spoke at Occupy Boston, but offered no way forward; Widespread public support for Occupy amidst police crackdown.
6. World Socialist Website is my main source of news on current events as well as perspectives and commentary from a revolutionary socialist perspective. World Socialist Website is a publication of the International Committe of the Fourth International.
The following selection of articles cover the World Socialist Website perspective on the Global Day of Action against War on February 15, 2003: "An event of world historical significance" (February 17, 2003); Up to two million people took part in the London demonstration to protest war against Iraq on February 15, 2003; Some 75,000 people from all over the Netherlands and neighbouring regions took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest the war; The World Socialist Website also published letters from readers about the anti-war protests.
The following selection of articles cover the World Socialist Website perpsectives on the Occupy movement: The World Socialist Web Site spoke to protesters involved in the Occupy London protest outside St Paul’s Cathedral.; Occupy Pittsburgh protesters movilized against the massive inequality and the damage being done by the elite who rule America; "The Occupy Wall Street protests against inequality, which began in New York City over a month ago and have since expanded to hundreds of cities and towns throughout the United States and internationally, have arrived at a political crossroads."; Noam Chomsky spoke at Occupy Boston, but offered no way forward; Widespread public support for Occupy amidst police crackdown.
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