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Communism and Emancipation | The Abolition of Large-Scale Slave Holding and the Slave Trade

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  By Direct Democratic Communist Confederation “ Free people do not rent themselves to others.” - Noam Chomsky “...who reward our slavishness by calling us ignoramuses and brutes; rightly so, because any man who does not bridle at a tyranny that diminishes his human dignity, is a lesser animal than the rest, since they, who have no capacity for reason, rebel against those who would enslave them. In short, we workers are the producers of all the wealth of society and in repayment for so very many sacrifices, we find ourselves enslaved, humiliated, oppressed and exploited; in short, we are the victims of this struggle and warfare in the workers' ranks, a struggle and a war stoked by politicians who are driven to provoke butchery in the family of man because of their ambition to rule and rob. ” - Comrades of the Chaco: Anarchist Manifesto (1892) Before delving into an understanding of communism, it is essential to clarify its primary objectives. The foremost goal of communism is to er...

The State Land Bonded Structural Slavery | Large Scale Slave Holding & Slave Trade

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By Direct Democratic Communist Confederation  To comprehend structural slavery, it is essential to examine classical European serfdom and 19th-century Russian state serfdom. In both contexts, serfs were tied to specific parcels of land, whether owned by the state or by private individuals. Structural slavery, however, extends this concept, as it binds the population of a country to the entirety of its land. When land is predominantly state-owned, individuals become bonded to the state as a whole. For instance, even if one is born in the Amazon rainforest and remains isolated from civilization, they are still legally and politically regarded as a citizen of Brazil. The resources and land surrounding them are considered the property of the Brazilian state, thereby rendering them bonded slaves by birth. Unlike the localized bonds of Russian state serfdom in the 19th century, this form of slavery connects individuals to the entire state. As individuals do not own land, resources, or te...