Towards Marxist-Leninist theory...
As strange as it may seem, my first impulses for socialist-communist thinking came from my father.
Aiming principally to provoke my mother, Leo spouted duplicitous “support” for the Soviet Union and socialism and phony criticism of United States policy, especially foreign policy. To put my mother on the defensive and embarrass her, Leo was instructed to rant on especially when guests came to our home.
As a young boy and then teenager, I had no idea that all of Leo's political trumpeting was phony and had a nasty purpose. I began to take seriously the concepts he lamely professed, and I became determined to pursue matters further.
My decided acceptance of Marxist-Leninist ideology came with a discovery in our attic. It was in the early 1950s, the heart of the vicious McCarthyite anti-communist campaign pervading the US at the time. In “free” America, my mother had taken the understandable precaution of hiding all literature of a Marxist orientation, so that no one would accuse the family of “subversive” leanings.
Quite accidentally, I discovered the carton in which the books were stores, and avidly began to read. I was only about 14 years old, but these Marxist books held a fascination for me.
By far the most revealing and personally important was “A Textbook of Dialectical Materialism” by the British communist David Gest, who was killed at age 27 in Spain as a member of the British Battalion of the International Brigades, fighting against fascism in Spain *.
Gest's book was one of two that largely shaped my life. Here was a clearly and concisely written exposition of Marxist-Leninist philosophy that directed me to my further political strivings.
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At my tender young age, I had no idea that the United States was a police state dictatorship and that my mother was also a victim. With FBI-stooge Leo and a host of other finks in and around her life, her progressive thinking was very well known to the US Gestapo.
For my part, I saw no reason to hide my interest and growing convictions, so I too became fair game. Leo was instructed to see how far my political-ideological leanings went, so he continued to spout fake “communist” positions and now and then even drove me to the “communist” book in San Francisco (named the “International Bookstore.” as I remember). However, at the time I had no idea or even inclination to engage in practical political activity. I had my school studies and rather serious piano training **. Moreover, the harsh pall of McCarthyism hanging over the country made actual movement involvement nearly impossible.
Naturally, the Solters and other FBI-interlopers in our life quickly also became aware of my leftist thoughts. In any case, how could I even begin to suspect my own father and my mother's best friends as being FBI stooges? More on Nate's efforts later.
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* “David Guest was the son of Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest.
“In 1938 he left his post as a lecturer at University College in Southampton to volunteer for the International Brigades fighting in Spain.
“Guest arrived in Spain on 31 March 1938 and joined the British Battalion of the International Brigades. The Battalion went into action at the Battle of the Ebro which began on 25 July 1938. Three days later, on 28 July 1938, David Guest was killed on Hill 481 at Gandesa by a sniper as he read a newspaper.
“After his death, notes he had made while lecturing at the Marx Memorial Workers' School were published as A Text Book of Dialectical Materialism in 1939.” (David Guest (communist). Wikipedia)
** I won a $500 Pacific Music Club scholarship and at a youth concert in 1956, I performed the Tchaikovsky (Чайковский) - piano concerto (first movement) with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
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Перед нами сейчас - коварный и опасный мошенник, расист, лжец и фашист Дональд Трамп, порочный Конгресс, нацистские ФБР - ЦРУ, кровавые милитаристы США и НАТО >>> а также и лживые, вредоносные американские СМ»И».
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Правительство США жестоко нарушало мои права человека при проведении кампании террора, которая заставила меня покинуть свою родину и получить политическое убежище в СССР. См. книгу «Безмолвный террор — История политических гонений на семью в США» - "Silent Terror: One family's history of political persecution in the United States» - arnoldlockshin.wordpress.com
Правительство США еще нарушает мои права, в течении 14 лет отказывается от выплаты причитающейся мне пенсии по старости. Властители США воруют пенсию!!
ФСБ - Федеральная служба «безопасности» России - вслед за позорным, предавшим страну предшественником КГБ, мерзко выполняет приказы секретного, кровавого хозяина (boss) - американского ЦРУ (CIA). Среди таких «задач» - мне запретить выступать в СМИ и не пропускать большинства отправленных мне комментариев. А это далеко не всё...
Арнольд Локшин, политэмигрант из США
BANNED – ЗАПРЕЩЕНО!!
ЦРУ - ФСБ забанили все мои посты и комментарии в Вконтакте!
… и в Макспарке!