If the social democrats were willing to contribute to the anti-imperialist struggle, like libertarians are, we Marxists would gladly join with them in the anti-NATO united front, like we have with the libertarians. But the social democrats haven’t chosen that righteous path, and neither have most of the other non-Marxist elements of the American left. That includes the “red libs” who claim to represent Marxism-Leninism, yet have reacted to the recent escalations in the anti-imperialist struggle by denouncing Russia’s special operation, attacking the anti-NATO united front, or both.
    • libscratcher
      52·
      1 year ago

      Seriously, how are we still dealing with this person in July 2023? Their patsoc blog spam was banned from almost every active subreddit

      • cfgaussianOP
        44·
        1 year ago

        Go back to reddit if you want a platform where anti-imperialist speech is banned.

        • libscratcher
          31·
          1 year ago

          All Shea writes about now is polemics against the active anti-imperialist movement in North America because they didn’t endorse a Libertarian Party “anti war” rally headlined by Tulsi Gabbard. I agree with him on 90% of things but even 100% analytical agreement is pointless if they’re counterproductive to organizing.

          Not a call for you to be banned at all though, your posts are good and you’re one of the few active users here. It’s specifically about Shea, and if you read him for long enough he’ll pass you off too.

          • cfgaussianOP
            21·
            1 year ago

            And yet the points he makes about the active or passive support of much of the western left for Nazism and imperialism have still not been addressed by his critics who instead simply dismiss him using guilt by association and slapping derogatory labels on him that have never been demonstrated to be true.

            I am not saying there isn’t legitimate criticism that can and should be made of the “united front” strategy that he endorses, but i find it very disappointing that so far the dismissals of his articles that I have seen from some comrades here have been superficial, lacking in substance or argument and based in ad hominems.

            I expect a higher level of discourse on this platform.

            • Neptium
              21·
              1 year ago

              Not exactly relevant to this article you sent here specifically, as I usually scroll by new comments since the most interesting and knowledgeable responses often come from aged posts, but when you say:

              I expect a higher level of discourse on this platform.

              I feel the same.

              Especially since the article I sent on Islamic Leftism was prematurely downvoted, with the substance of the author’s arguments never properly addressed.

  • Socialisminmind
    52·
    1 year ago

    Haven’t read it yet, but is kinda funny how libs have gotten themselves into supporting the nazis on both sides of the conflict

  • Black AOC
    31·
    1 year ago

    As usual… This ain’t it. Same reasons as the last four times he ran this play. Dude’s a weak link, it is what it is. Working with the Arch-Settler Aspirants of the Mises Caucus is not how Amerika gets to ANYTHING that resembles socialism.

    • cfgaussianOP
      11·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know man, the points he makes about the social fascism that has been embraced by large portions of the western left are hard to argue against. What you say about the libertarians is all true but not the point and not relevant to the problem that this article points out which is the rampant pro-imperialist opportunism that exists in the imperial core on the left today.