Decay: on fascism and breakdown
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Decay: on fascism and breakdown is a feature length Marxist documentary looking at 20th Century fascism, early English settler colonialism in the Americas and the prospects of a contemporary neofascism. The film focuses on the political economy of these forms, drawing on Rajani Palme Dutt's view that fascism represented an organisation of capitalist decay, to illustrate the various different laws of motion which condition the development of reactionary political movements.
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- The date of the Great Depression is misstated due to simple error. We didn't pick this up in editing.
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So pleased to see that there is someone who spread such a deep understanding of fascism among people. Thank you so much for your labour. Warm greetings from Russia
Thank you comrade, very kind. - James
This might be the single greatest documentary I have seen in my life.
Thank you so much, that means a lot :) - James
I’ve been checking this channel every day for a month waiting for this to debut.
Youre doing important work!
Your analysis of a split happening between the European and American ruling classes in “history is marching” was extremely prescient and is being repeatedly proven to be true every day.
That point is always at the forefront of my mind when looking at current events in the news.
We have also put together a list of texts for further reading. This should give readers a quick grounding in the topics and debates covered in the film. It is neither a full source list for the film, nor a comprehensive reading list, but simply a starting point: www.patreon.com/posts/62341912
The Anti-Marxist Elitism of J. Sakai’s ‘Settlers’
J. Sakai offers an anti-worker analysis of revolution. Fred Hampton offered us an alternative we must learn from.
In the late 1960s, Chicago Black Panthers and Confederate Flag-wielding Young Patriots united to uplift the working class through a multi-racial coalition.
“We are Marxists and Marxism teaches that in our approach to a problem we should start from objective facts, not from abstract definitions, and that we should derive our guiding principles, policies and measures from an analysis of these facts.” - Chairman Mao Zedong
Introduction
Across the history of organizing the masses of the working class, certain forms of decadence and distortions of theories, histories, and tendencies have arisen within Marxism. Typically these bastardizations of historical materialism can be codified as petty bourgeois. We see these organizations, ideas, and figures throughout the history socialist struggle, portraying themselves as in the interest of working-class liberation, yet steeped within utterly bourgeois sympathies and reaction.
Petty bourgeois reaction is present in every single significant revolutionary event in recent history. Whether it be Bourgeois Liberals in the Paris Commune, the Mensheviks in the October Revolution, the Kuomintang in the Chinese Revolution, or the German Social Democrats in the Spartacist Uprising, these forces have continually stood against the interests and revolutionary character of the working class. Each example represents a dereliction to the working class and highlights their subservience to the ruling bourgeoisie.
Currently, a petty bourgeois ideology plagues the Western Socialist zeitgeist, which has largely been spread by the work of writer J. Sakai. It evades a name, but we can refer to it as “First-World Third Worldism” (FWTW). In most circles, it is taboo to present a single criticism of their book Settlers, written in 1983. Virtue signaling towards POC comrades, FWTW’s own guilt has suspended historical materialist analysis, not allowing critique of an ultraleftist, anti-Marxist line. Nevertheless, it must be confronted head-on, why a self-professed anonymous Maoist such as Sakai, with no known connection to organizing nor even academic circles, should be adopted, without question, at face value, by Marxist-Leninists.
i sincerely appreciate the time & dedication that was put in to make this video. this world needs more people like yourselves!
I second this. Additionally, let's take a moment to appreciate your username.
this channel has to be one of the most underrated channel on youtube
Splendid Work!
This film took over 3,000 hours for us to make.
Outstanding as being 73 Years old and a person who considers such information vital, I congratulate you!
Thank you so much comrade! You flatter us :) - James
It's sad to see the blind leading the blind. Having eyes, but not seeing, ears but not hearing.
@@chris2790 what a thorough and scathing critique man
@@basil7292 Thank you Komrad! You flatter me!.
This is, without a doubt, one of the most essential documentaries of our time.
Thank you very much! - James
Just started watching. The opening framing of the flags is amazing. In US schools we learn that fascism is/was an anomaly; over and done-with. Nothing to do with colonialism or liberalism.
We don't learn that it in fact is a natural evolution of our economic system, and that the basis for its reemergence has been steadily developed over time.
That's because it's not a natural evolution of anything, and this "documentary" is full of shit.
Any documentary about Fascism that conjures up the 14th and 15th centuries is garbage. This is fabricated horse shit.
Wow you need fuel? Youtubde runs on oil.
I seriously can't believe I missed this video. And how relevant to the current geopolitical and domestic situations facing us today. So well timed.
I didn't expect to like this. I expected it to contain a hopelessly simplified narrative. Not so. Not by a long shot. Thank you for surprising me with the depth of your research!
Whenever i launch a Prolekult video i am impressed with the analytical rigor and know i need to be on my toes, to keep up. the point about Fascism and our perception of it being a faulty lense with with to view the descent of capitalist society is something I will take with me.
This was fascinating.
I love the distinction you made at the end, that what we face today is not merely the mask of past ideology, but a wholly new menace both impotent and nevertheless insidious. Undeserving of the association with historical f@sc1sm by its impotency, even less deserving of a harmless pass for its evolving, twisting future it is still building for itself...
Thank you for that reminder. The worst thing we could do as the modern proletar1@t is overestimate our opponent into its own relevancy or additionally underestimate it into taking hold.
The clips of survivors of slavery, imperialism, war, and holocaust you included were above and beyond necessary! It tore me up to watch their pain as they recalled what happened to them and what they were told, but thank you, THANK YOU, for including them. We need to see that. Never again!
The production quality was excellent. It may have bothered others, but i thought the colorful glitches made those black and white clips more engaging, and to me, the menacing soundtrack and horrorwire running in the background was just so fitting. This was a beautiful, fact-rich project which puts traditional documentaries to shame. It was an incredible experience. This is definitely going in my top 10 youtube videos list.
🖤💜💙💚💙💜🖤
Thank you again for gracing our hearts with this great film about something so terrible.
Much love!!!
Thank you so much comrade! So glad the work we put into this piece is appreciated
This so much. ❤✊
Just finished watching. I feel sick, but I needed to watch it.
You do invaluable work. I hope this piece finds the eyes and ears of everyone who needs it, as it has found mine.
The writing and narration are unparalleled. Well done!
Thank you so much! It always really boosts our morale to read things like this, and we really appreciate the support :) - James
Marxists are always filled with outrage whenever they are treated as they treat everyone else.
Marxists kill fascists and fascists kill Marxists. It's a mob war, and workers win either way. The more the better.
A great moment of history like I've never got since David Graeber's book "debt : the first 5000 years". Thank you so much for this lesson. Prolekult is the best ! Workers of the world unite !
Workers of the world, unite? Well, that leaves leftists out.
I wonder what it’s like to be one of those people willing to put in this work and change the minds of so many
That's very kind of you to say. Writing this was terrifying at times, and quite tiring tbqh. Not a fun subject lol - James
@@Prolekult Of that I'm certain, and thus even more grateful for the hard work put into yet another excellent documentary.
Fantastic work ! Thank you so much for this precious contribution.
Thank you :D
Haven't got around to watching yet, but seems timely considering the neo-fascist events occurring in Canada right now. The Left media space has profoundly disappointed me, either ignoring the Freedom Convoy or outright supporting it. History has returned.
How is the Freedom Convoy fascist?
Regarding the truckers in Canada - we haven't written anything at length yet, but we would argue they represent a right to far-right libertarianism, with some more traditional Nazi views in the organisational cores. It happened after we'd finished the film so we didn't have time to include it. - James
@@Boogeyman1511 There are outright fascist elements within the leadership. There is a encampment of over 200 ex-national security (some big names), ex-military, and ex-RCMP in the baseball stadium parking lot near parliament hill that is well armed. I went to highschool with somebody who is there. His twitter handle is "Sons of Liberty". They publicly identify as nationalist Christian paleo-conservatives, but have some understanding that they are quasi-fascist. One prominent figure, Instagram handle "the raging dissident", ex-military, made not so subtle veiled threats to kill Socialist Fightback students at Laurier (X) University after they successfully cancelled their right-wing demonstration, part of which was there to deny Indigenous genocide on campus. He threatened me on instagram and made subtle anti-semitic remarks about the leadership of the Bolshevik Party in 1917 (Jewish Bolshevist conspiracy).
Though there are many ordinary people and workers in Ottawa and other convoy locations (it is a misconception that this a movement mainly of truckers), these proto-para-miltary forces are real and cannot wait for bloodshed.
Further, much of the funding and organization comes from the neo-fascist networks of the USA, and some who were present at the Jan. 6 insurrection are todfay in Ottawa.
Canada Unity, a leadership organization of the convoy form the beginning, blatantly demands the overthrow of Canadian democracy for the installation of a 90-day emergency junta composed of self-appointed Convoy leaders, enelected membres of the senate, and the unelected governor general. This is all in their MoU. It is public to read on their website.
This is not even to touch upon fascist ideological similarities found in the Convoy movement. Anti-liberal, anti-democracy, anti-science/rationality, zealous nationalism, conspiratorial thinking, concept of restoring nation/national rebirth, para-parliamentarism. Not to mention sections of those who adhere to white nationalism, or celebrate less overt forms of racism. Or the cult of masculinity.
I have not provided any links because often my comments disappear when I provide urls.
@@Prolekult James, I just finished the film and I can't say enough great things about it. You and your team's dedication and expertise are invaluable to the international proletarian movement. Thank you so incredibly much for what you do. I will be watching a second time to better absorb everything.
I think your analysis of the Freedom Convoy is quite accurate. There are no doubt some genuine workers with genuine grievances involved, but the leadership, organization, and funding comes from the most reactionary sections of the Canadian (and American) bourgeoisie, and supplemented by very real and open fascists composed of radicalized petit bourgeois and ex-military/police. I personally went to highschool with somebody in the high security encampment at the baseball stadium parking lot in Ottawa. They know how to conduct an insurrection and cannot wait for bloodshed. They are essentially a death cult.
I believe this could be the beginning of the end for Canadian bourgeois democracy. What is so alarming is the sections of monopoly capital and the Conservative Party have entered into an alliance with these people.
@@Reality4Peace There is very little "Left media". Fox News calling other corporate owned media "Liberal" does not make it so. Those other corporate owned networks do not protest, why should they? They get viewers who hope to watch information that a Liberal wants to see. The reality is that those viewers are being pushed to at least the Center and preferably to the Right - where support for endless Wars for Resources and Tax Cuts for Corporations and Billionaires are made to sound inevitable. With full support from the Right, guess what?
Canadian comrade just commenting on the excellent documentary and for all the labour that went into it. Hopefully the algorithm picks it up and broadcasts it one day. Really learn a lot from this channel. History the way it was rather than the way they want us to remember it.TY
Thank you James and Lexi, this is a huge accomplishment and we are very grateful for you.
Once again, you have exceeded my great expectations. Your work is always impressive, but this goes beyond.
Comrade, you did good! I have already recommended this to my other comrades. You need MUCH wider exposure.
Hello, I wanted to leave you another comment.
What works can allow me to understand the thesis that you exposed in one of your videos (I don't remember which one) that the first and second world wars are the result of the crises of capitalist accumulation and the need to find new spaces for the expansion of capital . ¿ Couldn't you make a connection to what's happening right now with the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
How can we understand this phenomenon beyond the vulgar simplification of the media?
Hey comrade,
So, Lenin discusses this in relation to the first world war very clearly in "Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism" and "Socialism and war", highly recommend both. Further recommend Grossman's work, and particularly "The Law of Accumulation", which discusses this directly. You can also directly see the statistical relationship to the rate of profit in Michael Roberts' work.
On Ukraine - we will be putting out a video on this, but we already have two articles, one guest article and a podcast out (for free) on Patreon which discuss this link directly.
Part one of our own articles: www.patreon.com/posts/imperialist-war-63111046
Part two of our own articles: www.patreon.com/posts/imperialist-war-63272793
Guest article: www.patreon.com/posts/tragedy-in-and-63527011
Podcast: www.patreon.com/posts/podcast-21-war-63280496
Solidarity, James.
@@Prolekult Hi James thank you for the links.
I would like to leave you with other questions. I know you must be busy so there is no problem, I wait the necessary time.
1. This message is to ask you what academic works can allow me to understand what factors explain the famines in the Soviet Union and Mao's China and why these experiments led to authoritarianism or totalitarianism. [Some philosophers would say that totalitarianism is an impossibility and that there is in any case a sacralization of democracy, a so-called "democratic fundamentalism", see the philosophical school of the Spanish philosopher Gustavo Bueno].
Regarding the famines: Were they deliberately caused or the result of other factors?
¿Why did the USSR collapse?
In other words: Are these phenomena the result of the "inherent" relationship of socialism-communism with "evil" and the "impossibility" of economic planning? (As the opposing ideological spectrum would say.) Or on the contrary: did these phenomena have causes that have never been explained in the dominant discourse? (external sabotage, isolationism, etc...?)
How can we understand the phenomena of Cuba and Venezuela?
2. I would also like to understand if there is evidence to link capitalism with the practices of imperialism and interventionism (in Latin America as in the Middle East, the phenomenon of military intervention by the United States and the United Kingdom is clear)
On the one hand, these issues interest me because I want to be able to analyze history without ideological dogmatism (but always from a critical perspective that is not submissive to the hegemonic political, cultural and economic order, since I consider myself a person on the political spectrum). leftist) without giving more weight to politicians I disagree with (right-wing libertarians, new right, new conservatism, neoliberalism, Austrian economists, or pretty much anyone who says that capitalism and liberal democracy are the end of the story)
3. Since I began to study and become interested in politics, philosophy, economics, etc., I have been told that communism only means hunger, death, authoritarianism and misery. All political discourse is focused on the fact that there is nothing beyond capitalism and that anything that pretends to be different will result in the aforementioned elements. However, I see that Capitalism being the global system is leading us to an unprecedented ecological crisis, where phenomena of scarcity, conflicts and even authoritarianism are beginning to manifest (of course, in the IPCC or United Nations reports the problem is reduced to the aspect technician of greenhouse gas emissions, but no one mentions production and consumption patterns, growth and accumulation dynamics, etc.)
4. I understand that the concept of progress and development cuts across capitalism and the "really existing socialisms" for which Latin America has made proposals beyond development. An example of those who question it are the Colombian anthropologist Arturo Ecobar and his text "The invention of the third world" and "The invention of development" or the analysis of the ecological economy proposed by Joan Martínez Alier, the analysis of Eduardo Gudynas on the “ Good Living” and post-extractivist economies or the works of the various decolonial perspectives that deal extensively with the issue of colonialism, capitalism and dependency (political, economic and cultural) in the Latin American region (Rita Laura Segato, Anibla Quijano, Enrique Dussel , Walter Mignolo, María Lugones, Santiago Castro Gómez, Ramón Grosfoguel, Bolívar Echeverría).
That was really good! I've shared it to about 30 like-minded individuals on my friends list. Thank you for putting that together!😉✊🚩🏴
My spectre is pleased. Thank you James and lexi!
Glad you enjoyed the doc Comrade! -Lexi
Looking forward to this documentary, comrade!
Excellent film, comrades. There was still a lot that could have been said, such as the American-inspirations for tactics of the Holocaust such as the use of Zyklon B on Mexican immigrants to the US, the racial purity testing of so-called youth who came from mixed race parents defaulting to the Black parent, the coerced and forced removal of indigenous children from their communities and sterilization of girls in boarding schools that indoctrinated and erased the cultural ties these people had, and the racially motivated Stanford-Binet IQ tests that justified white supremacy in the US and abroad.
To clarify, there was a moment in a montage that showed an indigenous man describing how his cultural identity was erased and all he could remember was his name, but nothing of his original language, but there is so much violence that is done to the minority class itself would constitute a video on settler colonies and their tactics to destroy humanity dignity, and the capitalistic beneficence of such systems to their ruling classes and global monopoly capitalism as a whole. Otherwise, this was an excellent 3,000 hours worth of work well used, and I cannot wait to see your group's next project.
Zyklon B being used on Mexican immigrants? Source?? Citation?
@@PRmoustache88 literally just google it
@@georgejcking Tfw knowing the tiniest bit of history makes you delusional. The Nazis were inspired in their treatment of Jews by American racial segregation measures.
@@mynamejeff3545 Hey genius, I have a Masters Degree in History and I taught both World and U,S, History for 25 years at the High School Level. I'm pretty sure that I know what I'm talking about?
Wonderful doc- thanks for all your hard work!
I've seen many different discussions about fascism and how it applies to the modern day; this is the first time I've seen the point made that fascism is just one manifestation of collapse. The point about "asking the right questions" is sticking with me - it matters less whether such-and-such a government is specifically fascist, and more that we can properly organize against barbarous governments in whatever form they take.
_(Edited)_ In the USA, Good Jobs used to be available to average people but the *corporations that profited from the Cold War* shipped those Jobs to COMMUNIST China (they shipped US Technology there as well). It is another form of control.
And as the lessons of this video point out, the destruction of an economy will next lead to Fascism is exactly the plan. In the USA, the average person is being taught to "hate government" as the Wealth Class plans their next move.
_(The rest of this comment is my original comment to you when I misread what you wrote. I thought you were yet another American Citizen who obediently hated government and blamed it, instead of the Wealth Class for an economy that isn't working well for Average Workers.)_
I wish the point would sink in with people like you.
As Population of Earth grew, Leaders were first Religious then Monarchies THEN people wanted more representation and so; Elected Government was formed. The USA once had "Town Meeting Day" in most communities but that was filled with people who liked to hear themselves talk and so, people gave up their democracy for a republic of Boards of Selectmen to make decisions FOR them and Mayors for large Cities with more tasks. Then the people just obediently watched more TV, brought to them by a few corporations.
Right now, the law of the land in the USA is still ruled by a Constitution Of, By and FOR the PEOPLE but the Koch Brother Organizations want to change all that. In fact, the Federalist Society has been picking the Federal Judges (for all but a very few of them (and corporate owned media covers THOSE selections)) in the recent Republican Administrations. So, I made a Playlist about the Koch Brothers, find it on my Channel please *before* you beg to destroy this government when there is an already written NEW Constitution for the Constitutional Convention it will trigger - and THAT Constitution is missing the "We the People" parts.
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AMAZING AMAZING analysis! Excellently argued and presented! Bravo!
Thank you very much :)
love your content, wish you could release a version with compressed audio for those of us easily startled by loud noises
Just started watching, thank you comrades for what I assume is an excellent documentary. ✊️🚩
Thank you! Hope you enjoyed :) - James
better than any documentary. like a movie. I support you fully
Thank you so much :)
There are no words to describe of what you made here...greetings from Greece,a country that payed a high price to fascism,but also has a history of resistance through communist party, of course there's no where to be found in school history books.
Greek independence wars
1820s
1940s
Greeks still resist.
Incredibly well argued. Thank you for the education
Very well done. I’m wondering what you think about states that are actually considered to be on the verge of fascism like Brazil, India, or Ukraine
Nice work! Something that is in need of serious research is the parallels between the Freikorps and the American Legion. They were organized and comprised of the same sort of people. The Legion has never been held accountable for its murderous violence and suppression regarding the labor movement, especially during its surge after WWI, and the IWW.
That absolutely does sound like it would be really useful. The Freikorps themselves are very interesting, because the term is quite broad and there are a few different military organisations that adopted the term prior to 1918, particularly in Poland. - James
Something that is in need of serious research are the parallels between the Freikorps and Bolshevik Left fascists.
_"No accident is here involved, nor a bad joke of history. The duplication of systems here is not apparent but real. Everything points to the fact that we have to deal here with expressions and consequences of identical principles applied to different levels of historical and political development. Whether party “communists” like it or not, the fact remains that the state order and rule in Russia are indistinguishable from those in Italy and Germany. Essentially they are alike. One may speak of a red, black, or brown “soviet state”, as well as of red, black or brown fascism."_
-Otto Rühle, "The Struggle Against Fascism Begins with the Struggle Against Bolshevism"
This goessss! I've been so excited for this and y'all did not disappoint. I have a lot to reflect on after watching this with regards to my analysis of Fascism.
Incredible product value, fascism is on the rise and there is much too be done. I recommend reading "What is too be done"
Thank you James for another educational in-depth video that goes well beyond the superficial assessments that clarify nothing.
The following are excerpts from Wikipedia for consideration, on political philosopher Sheldon Wolin's description of the USA's tendency toward what he termed as Inverted totalitarianism and how it deviates from fascism
The political philosopher Sheldon Wolin coined the term inverted totalitarianism in 2003 to describe what he saw as the emerging form of government of the United States
Inverted totalitarianism reverses things. It is all politics all of the time but politics largely untempered by the political. Party squabbles are occasionally on public display, and there is a frantic and continuous politics among factions of the party, interest groups, competing corporate powers, and rival media concerns. And there is, of course, the culminating moment of national elections when the attention of the nation is required to make a choice of personalities rather than a choice between alternatives. What is absent is the political, the commitment to finding where the common good lies amidst the welter of well-financed, highly organized, single-minded interests rabidly seeking governmental favors and overwhelming the practices of representative government and public administration by a sea of cash.[22]
Ideology - Inverted totalitarianism deviates from the Nazi regime as to ideology, i.e. cost-effectiveness versus master race.
Economy - In Nazi Germany, the state dominated the economic actors whereas in inverted totalitarianism corporations through lobbying, political contributions and the revolving door dominate the United States, with the government acting as the servant of large corporations. This is considered "normal" rather than corrupt.[23]
Nationalism - While Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were nationalistic, inverted totalitarianism is a global superpower based on global exchange of jobs, culture and commodities.[24]
The people - While the classical totalitarian regimes aimed at the constant political mobilization of the populace, inverted totalitarianism aims for the mass of the populace to be in a persistent state of political apathy. The only type of political activity expected or desired from the citizenry is voting. Low electoral turnouts are favorably received as an indication that the bulk of the populace has given up hope that the government will ever significantly help them.[25]
Punishment - While the classical totalitarian regimes punished harshly (imprisoning or killing political or ideological opponents and scapegoats), inverted totalitarianism in particular punishes by means of an economy of fear (minimizing social security, busting unions, outdating skills, outsourcing jobs and so on).[26]
Leader - While the classical totalitarian regimes had charismatic leaders that were the architects of the state, inverted totalitarianism does not depend on a certain leader, but produces its leaders who are akin to corporate leaders.[15]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism
To me it sounds like neoliberalism, really.
This gets more and more relevant as we see the rapid breakdown of neoliberalism in the US.
You tapped the sign, and I'm so grateful I took the time to read it. Thank you.
Gad to hear it was useful :)
Holy hell, this has been one of if not the most hard hitting and factual documentary I've ever seen! Have got a mate hooked watching it and we have come to the conclusion that the facts in this video is something similar to Mickey mouse going up against Mike Tyson & Andre the giant at the same time!
Love your work! I haven't seen anything like this anywhere and I'm loving this! Having this massively historical backing along with the current material conditions we see it very hard to counter anything in this documentary without seeming like a fool! The decay of systems is something we rarely hear about.
Keep up the hard work!
Please post a timeline to jump around. Very important like chapters in a book
sorry babe, no netflix and chill. New prolekult film just dropped
Right on
Hope you enjoy!
Great job again, thank you prolekult team.
one minor criticism: i think your choice of words in calling the Powhatans' cooperation with the Jamestown company "a tragic irony" is dubious. the only irony would be in hindsight, knowing that their compatible economies would end up furthering the euro colonization of the Americas, but in the dynamic between the settler and the colonized, that "irony" is only apparent to the settler. it's kind of like saying "the Powhatans should have known better" when in this instance there's no reason why they should have.
aside from that this is fantastic and I'm very glad that you take the time to address settler colonialism within your class analysis, many Marxists don't and it's a problem. just tread carefully so that people who are less familiar with the topic don't come away with a skewed idea of its character.
Woofmute's 19_2 Slug is so good I immediately looked their Soundcloud up after I finished watching this.
means a lot to hear this, never had people actually like.. just listen before
Finally! Thanks for putting this out there
Thanks for your patience!
Thumbs up from Shenzhen China
Finally found some time to watch this in full, and you never disappoint. It's a whole fucking granary of food for thought, and more importantly, for action. I'm beyond impressed. ❤🔥✊✊✊
the interlude of victims of exploitation speaking is haunting. reminds me of the efforts of liberals and conservatives to portray the past and present with a diffuser.
My only criticism is that this was too short. Well done as usual.
Nice work! This is fantastic!
Absolutely wonderful.
Thank you very much :) - James
I have to say that the blue and red effect on the black and white footage really messes with my eyes, to the point of mild discomfort. The content itself is excellent. If the visual stylization helps more people watch it then I suppose its worth it.
Thanks for this. We went for a style this time and we always take comments like this on board moving forward, so future films will be more watchable with how we stylise them. Thank you for your support - James.
@@Prolekult Absolutely. Keep up the great work
Whatever new horror we face in the 21st century may not be the same as in the 20th, but it will have spawned from the same awful family tree.
I am only halfway through but love the documentary already so much.
You two have outdone urselfs again.
I have but one minor criticism.
The german social democratic party is called SPD not SDP 😅
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
And not Sozial Demokratische Partei
But it makes no difference that they betrayed the working class...
They also outlawed the Communist Party -> 1:03:35
i think i commented this on an earlier upload but please, please, please publish your script if you don't mind doing so. you're an incredible writer and filmmaker but i think your analysis warrants closer reading than audio narration can fully get across.
I fully agree! It may also make captioning easier.
From a friend of your channel: A glaring error is contained at 46:31 of your otherwise excellent documentary. You unwittingly cited the year 1923 as the start of the Great Depression.
Someone raised this on the Prolekult discord today. The response was "Yeah, that's an errata that snuck past the last edit D:"
Brilliant film. People take heed
Thank you! Glad it was useful - James
Superb doc Prolekult.
Thank you so much comrade! -Lexi
Very thought provoking and thorough
One of your best yet
Thank you very much. Felt very different to write than normal, and I think we learned a lot about film structure from this one, so glad it landed - James
I awoke to the singing of the old slave chant and my world was rocked before I even knew what was playing. I hope the more I share this film, the heavy burden of knowing will be unloaded from deep down in my guts. Although it is extremely uncomfortable, I am grateful. Thank you.
In a true homage to the tradition of modern Left, Prolekult hates good microphones with a passion. Did Parenti set up your microphones? ;)
Good video though
HAhahahaha, fair crit! The mic we have is slowly dying and we need to replace it. A pretty big sound upgrade should be happening this year.
Thank you - James
@@Prolekult I'll be waiting, your video history is marching was an important part of my radicalisation! ✊
Awesome doc . Keep up the great work comrades 🚩✊🏿
Brilliant work, thank you.
Thank you :D - James
Really great work, would you consider posting the sources you used for your documentary?
Thank you very much! There are some of them in the further reading list and I'm going to post a timestamped footnote list in the comments next week :) - James
@@Prolekult Thank you for the swift answer and your great work!
Watching these always makes me want to take up chainsmoking. Jokes aside and in a word, excellent, as is all your work. I just wish I had the grit and willpower to do something about it.
Once you join a communist party, the camaraderie and energy of your fellows tend to energize you. As such, you'll have the energy to take up action. That first tiny step, joining a party or organization, is the one you have to do on your own power.
What part of the world are you in?
Havnt watched it yet but i know it’ll be a banger
So, if I understand correctly, fascism is decay fixed in the domestic, while colonialism is decay exported. So while these share certain traits, these fundamental distinctions necessitate different material formations?
The way I see it, Germany was denied the ability to colonise.
Both Nazism and Italian fascism aspired to colonisation in some form (Lebensraum, really a form of settler colonialism and expropriation, and expansion around the Mediterranean respectively).
In the case of Germany, unlike Britain, France, Belgium and the rest, those designs necessitated a direct confrontation with other great powers, as opposed merely to the competitive partition of distant continents. With colonialism suppressed for a time, the domestic class conflict intensified. Fascism is indeed colonialism turned inward to a degree, in the form of "anti-communism", i.e. the forcible suppression or recuperation of any organic working class movement by the ruling class capitalists. I don't know enough about Italy to explain Mussolini's rise to power, or that of Falangism, tempting though it is to speculate.
Although material conditions are important and are consistently neglected in the liberal, idealist mainstream, the specific geopolitical influences and boundaries placed on a country can probably influence the specific form that decay might take.
Additionally, Germany itself was subject to financial imperialism: predatory loans and foreign direct investment, i.e. the importation of capital and the extraction of profit is characteristic of this dynamic. Thus arose an anti-colonial, nationalist impulse, which went on to become the principal aspect of the colonialist contradiction as Germany rejected the yoke of the other great powers. But it developed a reactionary and capitalist class character as we know resulting in the ruin of worker and capitalist alike.
This is highly relevant in an era of globalisation; socialists must not fail yet again to turn the nationalist reaction to financial imperialism into movements of anticapitalist national liberation.
the main reason the big B supported hitler was the promise of leibensraum aka eastward colonialism
@@theswoletariat3479 Not to mention the fact that the Nazis were originally intended by the Big B as a weapon to be used against the USSR, but the Nazis didn't play by the Big B's rules and invaded France and The Netherlands as well as the USSR.
@@jimcrelm9478 Japan would dive into fascism through colonization, as well. While Japan had control of Korea before WWII, they would open up the first theater of the war when they invaded China.
this is an amazing documentary, love it!
Thank you very much - James
Very impressive. I would look forward to your application of the Marxist dialectic to Soviet economic forms circa 1925 -- particularly Trotsky's "militarization of labor." While I deeply appreciate Marx's analysis of Kapitalism, in the end, Bakunin is correct -- Marx leaves the state intact.
Thanks for sharing all of this with us. Greetings from Portugal :')
AVANTE CAMARADA!
Lots to learn here.
You may provide English subtitles so comrades from other countries could create subtitles in many other languages a lot easier.
great film. exceptional work.
Got a J, got a beer, got a new proletkult doc. Life is good (or not)
Man I’m busy right now but I can’t wait to watch this later. Thanks for making this!
Thank you. Much to digest.
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i really wanted to watch your video, but i can't because of the shrieking noise you put into the soundtrack. you should really only use that if you're using it for a particular effect, because it's the kind of sound people feel physically in their ears, and for some of us, it's painful. i can tolerate it if there's a reason for that sound to be happening (some creators use it to connote that they're acknowledging propagandic speech - "dog whistle"), but if it's just something that's going to cycle in from the background every few minutes, i'm sorry, but i can't spend two hours trying to deal with that _and_ pay attention to what you're saying at the same time.
incredible work
Yes it’s out 😁
As always, nice deep work, guys!
Can't wait
Small correction, we call the party "SPD" for "Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands" which translates to social democratic party (of) Germany, not "SDP".
You guys got quite the stock footage library
Being an ocean away in the US, and product of our terrible excuse for an education system, I can only ask: by the standards you have set here for demarcating fascism from liberalism, would you describe some of the other states that are commonly called fascist as actually fascist? (e.g. Spain under Franco, Portugal under Salazar, Chile under Pinochet, interwar Hungary and/or Lithuania)
This is an interesting one. Spain, I think, would not be a fascist state under Franco, but rather the last gasps of the Spanish feudal classes and their attempts to stay in substantive positions of power. It has echoes, but represents a different class alliance, with the aristocracy featuring more heavily than the Junkers did in Germany. Portugal is one that I haven't studied in as much depth aside from the experience of Portuguese colonies (my knowledge is particularly centred on Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde here) - I think it warrants more concrete analysis than YT comments allow for really. Chile was an instance of a comprador bourgeoisie ruling through naked terror. There are clear parallels in structure here - as there are in all such circumstance, Haiti is another good example - however there is an important distinction - that of the relationship of these dictatorships to global imperialism. Monopoly capital still ruled over Chile unencumbered by the dictatorship under Pinochet, and for that reason I would say they aren't fascist in the technical definition. Comprador dictatorships are something I think we need to cover more clearly as having their own particular relations and class formations to make this distinction clearer, because it is quite a specific distinction. Hungary and Lithuania, I'm afraid, I also need to read more on to make a position clear. - James
@@Prolekult Thanks!
Greatest video ever!
absolutely riveting.
you have a criminally under viewed channel.
They'll call me an arsonist for spreading so many fire tracks.
4th Branch by Immortal Technique
Prey're by Bambu
State of the Union 2 by Marlon Craft
KKKops by Power Strugle
Gang Sh*t by Marlon Craft
Rich Man's World (1%) by Immortal Technique (only on UA-cam)
Upset the Setup by Bambu feat. Killer Mike
Vote for Anything by Johnik & Menteroja
Baby Man Hands by Paris (whole album that this song on is fire)
Ju$t by Run The Jewels
Dog Whistle by Sun Rise Above
What About Us? Mr. Lif
Who Do We Trust by R.A. The Rugged Man
Malice of Mammon by R.A. The Rugged Man
Butterfly Knife by Bambu
The Signal by Gh0st_boi
MacDaddy Manifesto by Gh0st_boi
Close Your Eyes by Run The Jewels
Live From The Abyss by Denzel Curry
The Ghost of Tom Joad by Rage Against The Machine
Rebel Arms by Immortal Technique
Bite Back by Fever 333
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Blood//Water by grandson
WW III by grandson
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State of the Union by Higher State (Search "Higher State Topic + song name" because they are not well known and hard to find)
What Makes The White Man White by Higher State (Search "Higher State Topic + song name" because they are not well known and hard to find)
Unbelievable picture.
Pocahontas did not marry John Smith. She was quite young (10 or 11) when she saved Smith from execution. Later, she did marry John Rolfe but only lived to be 20 or 21. Her real name was Matoaka.
Already included in our "errata" section in the description. Apologies again for the error.
thank you for the excellent documentary
Finally it's here
Well done.
excellent documentary, but at 46:34, you state that the london and new york stock exchanges collapsed in 1923 when they actually collapsed in 1929. (i'm sure you just misspoke, but this documentary is otherwise so amazing that i felt a correction needed to be issued!)
This error slipped by us in editing but it’s a part of our corrections within the description in the errata! So glad you enjoyed the documentary otherwise!! -Lexi
Gut wrenching
US economist find that 2 Austrian banks could not repay early derivatives that they owed to US banks in 1920s. + that
started chain reaction financial collapse.