Marxism vs Direct Action: Understanding Protest Strategies
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What is the primary objective of direct action groups like Animal Rebellion?

  • To achieve their aims through glueing themselves to trains and throwing soup at paintings
  • To defend the capitalist system from global crisis
  • To combat the destruction that capitalism is wreaking on the planet (correct)
  • To promote mass organized struggle by workers and youth
  • What is the current state of the capitalist system according to the article?

  • Stable and unaffected by social and economic conditions
  • In a deep global crisis (correct)
  • Experiencing rapid growth and development
  • Gradually transitioning to socialism
  • What is the Marxist alternative to direct action group tactics?

  • Electoral politics and reformism
  • Non-violent civil disobedience
  • Mass organized struggle by workers and youth (correct)
  • Violent protests and riots
  • What is the consequence of the capitalist system's crisis?

    <p>Destruction of the planet and devastating social and economic conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason behind the increase in political activity amongst many layers of society?

    <p>The decline of the capitalist system and its consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary objective of Animal Rebellion?

    <p>To call for a just, sustainable plant-based food system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the flaw in the tactics of Animal Rebellion and similar groups?

    <p>Their methods will not achieve their aims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of Lenin's writings, according to the text?

    <p>They offer a theoretical framework for successful social movements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the comparison made by the text regarding the number of people involved in different movements?

    <p>115,000 postal workers have been on strike, compared to 6,000 people mobilized by Extinction Rebellion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the author's criticism of Animal Rebellion's claim about the collapse of the Tory cabinet?

    <p>It was a result of far greater economic, political, and social contradictions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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