The Red Spectre
The Red Spectre | |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-Party Auxiliary Marxist–Leninist Organization |
| Founded |
2021 (originally, as a journal) |
| Espoused ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Pro-Hoxha (until early 2023) |
| URL |
https://theredspectre.com/ (website) |
The Red Spectre is an international communist organization which adheres to anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist ideology. They focus on the education of the working class in revolutionary theory. They also publish articles relevant to historic and modern topics and hold programs to train and organize aspiring activists and revolutionaries,[1] which most notably includes Red Spectre Academy and Revolupedia.[2]
History
The Red Spectre emerged as a GitHub repository[3] on May 15th, 2021, alongside with its first release, a modest collection of reprehensible fascists, dictators and war criminals aided by the west. Originally meant as a 'source-crowding' board where people may contribute their own knowledge on topics, the project failed to take off due to the founder's lack of experience, alongside a lack of an established and experienced Marxist userbase.
On December 21st, 2021, The Red Spectre published its first ever article, "Against Dengism"[4], and has restructured itself as a theoretical journal. While the project yet suffered from amateurism and 'growing pains', the quality within the articles themselves remains evident. Priding itself first and foremost on its trustworthiness and verifiability, sourcing each of the claims made by it. In that time and despite its shortcomings, The Red Spectre nevertheless went to extents such as using declassified, obscure CIA documents[5] to refute the post-Second World War narratives pushed for by the West, and curating a list of 262 distinct times Lenin attacked Trotsky by name in his writings, each linking to the original work.[6]
The project itself remained small (and in all likelihood highly obscure). This ended in November 10th, 2023, when the journal reorganized itself into a real organization, accruing enough resources (specifically, in the form of membership) to do so. The organizations citation archive (aka "The Red Spectre archive"[7]) has been opened on the same day.
On December 13th, 2023, The organization's website has been released, and is where its members publishes their newest articles and works.
On May 20th, 2024, The Red Spectre created the Red Spectre Academy, hosted on the archive. In it, Red Spectre members hold study sessions and assist the Academy members in studying Marxism, its theory and principles, in order to raise new Marxists which are eager to learn to the level of Cadres.
Its newest project as of writing, Revolupedia, has been made public in June 24th, 2024. It aims to provide easily understood content alongside evidence, in order to encourage the study of Marxism-Leninism and make it easier to pursue.
Social Media
External links
- The Red Spectre website
- The Red Spectre Archive, official Discord server
- Red Spectre YT, official YouTube channel
References
- ↑ "About Us" The Red Spectre
- ↑ "Projects" The Red Spectre
- ↑ The repository in question. Note that it is not being updated, as it was replaced by the website.
- ↑ Against Dengism, The Red Spectre's github changelog
- ↑ 1945-1954: Europe Wanted Stalin! By The Red Spectre (github repository)
- ↑ Against Trotskyism, The Red Spectre(github repository)
- ↑ The Red Spectre Archive (Discord invite)