The Red Spectre
The Red Spectre | |
|---|---|
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| Abbreviation | RS |
| Leader | Horizontal leadership based on democratic centralism |
| Founded |
2021 (as a journal) 2023 (restructured into an organization) |
| Student wing | Red Spectre Academy |
| Publication | Red Spectre Journal |
| Political orientation |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Hoxhaism (until early 2023) |
| Type | Non-Party Auxiliary Marxist–Leninist Organization |
| Website | |
| https://theredspectre.com | |
The Red Spectre (RS) 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
Early development
The Red Spectre emerged as a GitHub repository on May 15th, 2021,[3] 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 to refute the post-Second World War narratives pushed for by the West,[5] and curating a list of 262 distinct times Lenin attacked Trotsky by name in his writings, each linking to the original work.[6]
Restructuring into an organization
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 (also known as "The Red Spectre archive"[7]) had been opened on the same day.
On December 13th, 2023, The organization's website has been released, and is where its members publish their newest articles and other works.
On May 20th, 2024, The Red Spectre created the Red Spectre Academy, largely 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 who are eager to learn to the level of cadres.
Its newest project as of writing, Revolupedia, was created on June 22th, 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.
On August 15, 2024, the Red Spectre published its first organizational constitution after being ratified on August 9th, 2024.[8]
Ideological line
The Red Spectre upholds the revolutionary framework of Marxism–Leninism, and regards Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin as its leading theorists. It also follows the theoretical contributions of other Marxist thinkers such as Georgi Dimitrov and Rosa Luxembourg. The organization takes on a firm anti-revisionist position, understanding the 20th Congress of the CPSU and de-Stalinization in 1956 to be major setbacks in the communist and working class movement. The Red Spectre opposes all forms of discrimination and chauvinism, including racism, sexism, and anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiments.[8]
External links
- The Red Spectre website
- The Red Spectre Archive, official Discord server
- Red Spectre YT, official YouTube channel
- Official Twitter account
- Official Mastodon account
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)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Red Spectre Constitution