Lenin's speech: Consumers' and Producers' Co-Operative Societies.☭

Consumers and Producers Co-Operative Societies:

"Consumers co-operative societies are associations of workers and peasants for the purpose of supplying and distributing the goods they need. Producers co-operative societies are associations of small farmers or artisans for the purpose of producing and marketing products, whether agricultural (such as vegetables, dairy produce and the like) or non-agricultural (all sorts of manufactured goods, woodwork, ironware, leather goods, and so forth).

The substitution of the tax in kind for the surplus appropriation system will give the peasants grain surpluses which they will freely exchange for all sorts of manufactured goods.

Producers co-operatives will help to develop small industry, which will supply the peasants with greater quantities of necessary goods. Most of these do not have to be transported by rail over long distances and do not need large factories for their manufacture. Everything must be done to foster and develop producers co-operatives, and it is the ditty of Party and Soviet workers to render them every assistance, for this will give the peasants immediate relief and improve their condition. At the present time, the revival and restoration of the national economy of the workers. and peasants stale depends most of all on the improvement of peasant life and farming.

There must also be support and development of consumers co-operative societies, for they will ensure swift, regular and low-cost distribution of products. It remains for the Soviet authorities to supervise the activity of the cooperative societies to see that there are no fraudulent practices, no concealment from the government, no abuses. In no circumstances should they hamper the co-operative societies but should help and promote them in every way."

LENIN , 1921.

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[Jeffer326]

"What Is To Be Done?" by Lenin may be a good start. He basically proposes a vanguard party for the working class which would use trade unions to ensure each "peasant" is given the proper rights and materials to live by. Lenin touched on this during the speech about giving the peasants relief...and improving their "conditions".

I think it's interesting to read Lenin's words and apply them to the "fraudulent practices" so common today, especially in the United States...so what can be done?

[rmggautama]

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The Messianic Legacy (Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln)

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[rmggautama]

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America´s Secret Establishment, an Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones (Antony C. Sutton)

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[rmggautama]

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[ComradeLenin1289]

Is this actually Lenin, or an actor playing as him?

All the other times i've heard Lenin speak, his voice didn't sound this deep.

Just wondering, I could be wrong.

[WuRouLang]

Amazing, i always wanted to hear a speech from Lenin

[SamsonLeonVA]

where di you got this movies from ...of course if you don't mind me asking...i mean this must be verry reare

[9407113678]

"It remains for the Soviet authorities to supervise the activity of the cooperative societies to see that there are no fraudulent practices, no concealment from the government, no abuses."

Is this why things break down?

[9407113678]

Because people don't want to feel forced into practice. If things were voluntary (explicitly) without the authoritarian element like in anarchist organisation would things have gone better? Perhaps I am really understating the situation though and in essence the measures were completely necessary and justified with regard to counter revolution, and the realities on the ground so to speak. If you can point me in the right direction of a Marxist text on this I would be very greatful.

[suzynycpvn]

It's amazing to actually see Comrade Lenin talking about peasant's cooperatives. What a historic experience. Thank you.