Workerist identity politics has been around for a very long time, probably since the 19th century. The failure of that approach is part of the basis for the other forms of identity you mentioned in part 1. An interesting related thing is the historical "4 pillars " of Dutch, and I think maybe Belgian society (Protestant, Catholic, Social- Democratic/Socialist and Secular-Bourgeois). Each of these groups was self contained, with minimal mutual cultural interaction, though all parts of the same economic and social formation. I've read that the "Communism = 20th century Americanism" line was especially supported in the USSR by the NKVD and it's immediate successors for state-strategic and probably intelligence reasons.
The more pissed off people the better. Thanks for articulating the hard truths and helping readers get an accurate picture of what's at stake in the struggle to dismantle capitalism and its attendant war machinery and the only means necessary to accomplish the mission: REVOLT!
This whole series is going to piss a lot of people off. Good. We can't get out of this terrble rut we are in without some serious struggle around difficult issues. "The left" is a mess in the US and elsewhere.
I find the Greyzone to be a good source of a more balanced and accurate view of what is happening than the corporate media and is not pro Putin. Although from the point of view of corporate media anyone who doesn’t see Russia as completely negative and Ukraine as completely positive is considered pro Putin. The situation is little more nuanced than that.
Workerist identity politics has been around for a very long time, probably since the 19th century. The failure of that approach is part of the basis for the other forms of identity you mentioned in part 1. An interesting related thing is the historical "4 pillars " of Dutch, and I think maybe Belgian society (Protestant, Catholic, Social- Democratic/Socialist and Secular-Bourgeois). Each of these groups was self contained, with minimal mutual cultural interaction, though all parts of the same economic and social formation. I've read that the "Communism = 20th century Americanism" line was especially supported in the USSR by the NKVD and it's immediate successors for state-strategic and probably intelligence reasons.
The more pissed off people the better. Thanks for articulating the hard truths and helping readers get an accurate picture of what's at stake in the struggle to dismantle capitalism and its attendant war machinery and the only means necessary to accomplish the mission: REVOLT!
This whole series is going to piss a lot of people off. Good. We can't get out of this terrble rut we are in without some serious struggle around difficult issues. "The left" is a mess in the US and elsewhere.
I find the Greyzone to be a good source of a more balanced and accurate view of what is happening than the corporate media and is not pro Putin. Although from the point of view of corporate media anyone who doesn’t see Russia as completely negative and Ukraine as completely positive is considered pro Putin. The situation is little more nuanced than that.