There is a fundamental contradiction in many of the Marxist studies that are produced in the West. Every time that they speak of Marxism in Asia — in China, Korea or Vietnam — or when they speak of popular movements in Africa such as in Egypt or Libya, they highlight the influence of religion on these political movements and the national adaptation of Marxism. When any Marxist researcher studies, for example, Chinese Marxism, they are obliged to address the influence of Confucius’ philosophy on Chinese culture in a general manner and on Chinese Marxism in particular. Likewise, the influence that Islam has on many African countries is always taken into account in analysis of socialist nations such as Algeria.
When the time comes to look at Marxism in Western politics, however, the influence of Christianity in the construction of the symbolic, subjective and theoretical universe of this Marxism is rarely taken into account.
I swear I’ve read this before. It is very good.
They have the good “Tankies” Twitter essay reposted on there too. I’m guessing this article might have made the rounds at some point last year (it’s dated 2019). I saw this site advertised by Roderic Day on Twitter and I think he helped start it, maybe to host some of the better writings on Twitter and the like. I’m not sure if that’s its purpose though.