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Derek made the point that part of the power of social democratscomes from the streets, part from the government, but they never sum to be a singular power, and the government power tends to turn against the street power
Derek said that confining yourself organizing nation stateswill result in either social democracy and nationalism Communist political work must be international
Derek said that Stalinistsare rightistswho you self-respecting leftists should not be in coalition with
Derek said that if you don't move beyond the nation state form, you'll end up having the revolution subsumed and the revolutionaries replace the ruling class in some manner or another, leaving a half-finished revolution

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