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10.23- On Agitation

Revolutions

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Taking Nebulous Resentment and Turning It Into Action

This is the heart of agitation, taking nebulous resentment and turning it into direct action. Help the workers realize the benefits of group action to achieve what are clearly their shared goals. This strategy is anathema to traditional russian anarchist and neurotist ideology which said, we must not engage with such petty concerns. But even if you won a shorter work day or a few more roubles a month, in exchange, you are granting the premise and legitimacy of an exploitive capitalist system. If the revolutionary proletariat is necessary for the achievement of a socialist revolution, then this is one way to start building the revolutionary proletariat.

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