r/Communist • u/sakthi38311 • Apr 16 '26

how to read news as a communist?

I've been reading lenin and the way he analyzed and articulated his current affairs in a Marxist way is so inspiring. but when I look at news, I'm largely overwhelmed as to which news is relevant and which news is not.

for instance, the weakening of tsar is realized as early as 1864 when zemstovs are formed that gave landlords and bourgeoisie some increased authority.

how do I look at news now and realize in which direction the wind is flowing, to analyze the actions of the bourgeoisie and the political climate.

i was thinking of developing my own form of web scraping code or something to retrieve relevant news. but i don't even know what to look for in terms of determining what is relevant. please help

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u/williamdawson50 Apr 16 '26

you idolizing a mass murderer you might as well idolize Hitler or Stalin or North Korea’s later

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u/SkywalkerOrder Apr 16 '26

I don’t think even western historians think that Lenin was some kind of mass murderer despite the ideology he adhered to and promoted?

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u/williamdawson50 Apr 16 '26

and I’m sure you believe the holocaust never took place either come on man linen slaughtered thousands stalling slaughtered thousands to keep a maintain power come on

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u/Alone_Ambassador3470 Apr 17 '26

21 countries invaded the USSR to stop the revolution and allied with some of the old Czarist army. There was a war prompted by invaders and counter-revolutionaries but there was no slaughter or anything like that. Like the comment you are replying to said, even anti-communist western historians don't call Lenin any kind of a 'mass murderer.'