I’m not anarchist or libcom, but this was still interesting to read. Clearly a lot of work went into it. I like, that they actually cite Marx, Lenin and Stalin. What’s missing is a perspective on imperialism.
So, if we go by Max Weber’s definition of the state, often used by anarchists, which defines the state as a monopoly on violence over a given territory, the dictatorship of the proletariat would arguably not be a state. It would however, be a state on the definition often used by Marxists – that the state is the means by which one class exerts its power over others. A lot of confusion in the debate between Marxists and anarchists on the state derives from the differing definitions of the state that are used.
I’m not anarchist or libcom, but this was still interesting to read. Clearly a lot of work went into it. I like, that they actually cite Marx, Lenin and Stalin. What’s missing is a perspective on imperialism.
That last part is definitely true.