Caleb Maupin
“When Lenin came back from exile to Russia that was in its revolutionary crisis, he urged the Bolsheviks to stop calling themselves Socialists and Social Democrats because he didn’t want them to be confused with the sellout parties of the Second International. The parties that had supported World War I and sold out the revolution. So the Bolsheviks started calling themselves Communists to distinguish themselves from the parties of the Second International.” — Caleb Maupin
Caleb Maupin is a widely acclaimed speaker, writer, journalist, and political analyst.
Caleb Maupin is a radical journalist and political analyst who resides in New York City. Originally from Ohio, he studied political science at Baldwin-Wallace College. In addition to his journalism, analysis, and commentary, he has engaged in political activism. He was involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement from its planning stages in August of 2011. He has worked against police brutality, mass incarceration, and imperialist war. He works to promote revolutionary ideology, and to support all who fight against the global system of monopoly capitalist imperialism. He is an outspoken advocate of international friendship and cooperation, as well 21st Century Socialism. Find all of Caleb’s books on his website. Subscribe to his e-mail newsletter: https://calebmaupin.com/sma/subscribe...
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— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 9, 2020
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Being the product of American public schools, and this being one of many areas in which I am not self-taught, I know very little about the history of socialism / communism / social-democracy. I found Caleb’s presentation interesting and provisionally persuasive … right up to the point where (interrupting to answer a real-time-chat question, at 22m22s) he said he thought Bernie had been “in it to win it.” Even back on April 16, the date of the video, I thought it was pretty obvious that he hadn’t been. Ensuing revelations about Bernie’s campaign management only confirm what could already be… Read more »