History
What revolution led to the removal of The Tsarist state apparatus and the replacement of it with a democratic workers’ state, based on a planned economy?
October Revolution
What kind of program connects the immediate struggle against capitalism with the goals of a socialist revolution?
Transitional Program
Who spent $50 million on a wedding earlier this year?
Jeff Bezos
Who holds the record for the most watched Super Bowl halftime show?
Kendrick Lamar
What is the science of thought?
Logic
When Trotsky wrote about the need for a new international to counterpose the Stalinized one, what international was he proposing?
4th
Capitalism superseded feudalism and will (hopefully) be superseded by socialism. What logical concept does this example illustrate?
Negation of the Negation
Dockworkers in which Italian city sparked massive protests with calls to end shipments to Israel?
Genoa
Who said this? “I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE”
Howard Beale in the movie “Network”
What 3 conditions did Lenin say should be placed on representatives of the working class?
Immediate recall, take average wage of worker in industry, democratically elected
A wave of reformist left governments came to power in Latin America in the late 2010s. What do we call this?
Pink Tide
Helping to build fighting, democratic structures within Your Party is a part of which key task in this period?
Dual Task
China supplies the majority of these resources, a big part of the U.S.-China inter-imperialist rivalry. What are they?
Rare Earth Minerals
What chronic pain disorder does Lady Gaga have?
Fibromyalgia
What body in revolutionary Russia aimed to educate and liberate women?
Zhenotdel
Iskra was the underground newspaper of which party in Tsarist Russia?
RSDLP
Value obtained by lengthening the working day without increasing pay is what?
Absolute Surplus Value
What company became the richest in the world on October 29, 2025?
Nvidia
Bonus: what was its market value on that date?
What color was Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch originally?
Orange
What anthropologist had a major impact on Marx, leading to many of the conclusions made in “Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”?
Lewis Henry Morgan
On May 29, 1968, President Charles de Gaulle briefly fled France in response to the May 1968 uprising of students and workers. To what country did he flee before returning to France?
Automation is one of the main causes of a decrease in the accumulation of profits over time. What do we call this economic phenomenon?
Law of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall
What is the name of the abortion pill approved by the FDA earlier this year?
Mifepristone
What battle lost by the French on June 18th 1815 was referenced in a popular ABBA song?
Waterloo
What was the date that the German revolution started?
October 29th, 1918