Cowbee [he/they]

Hell yea

You too, Oppo!

Oh, might do that! I’m just starting to organize, so I’m still wary of trying to rock the boat or anything, it would mostly be for my own research before I find a good chance to discuss it with comrades. Might have to overcome my social anxiety and send an email, haha.

Awesome, thank you! Definitely want to look into this more, see if I can’t learn how AES countries have managed to most effectively educate on Marxism and apply it to my own work.

I wonder, do they have a course list? I’m curious how Marxism is taught in the PRC.

Sad and typical. A very common story.

For what it’s worth, I’m unaware of any.

You too, comrade!

Gotcha, I’ll keep that in mind, thanks.

Picked up a copy of Georges Politzer’s Elementary Principles of Philosophy from there!

This I did not know. Is there somewhere I can read more about this?

No worries! I know you didn’t mean anything negative. To my knowledge, over here, many people generally agree with Red Clarion’s analysis, and see it as a worthwhile org to read. I agree that it wasn’t the main point of discourse, and I could be wrong, but I do believe RC’s response has had some influence on how people see FRSO’s take on settler-colonialism, hence my desire to put both out in the open.

Personally, I see RC as about 70% right. Sometimes they are overly critical, sometimes they are a bit disconnected, but they do tend to at least highlight genuine problems. I agree that FRSO’s take on settler-colonialism is pretty poor, I understand where it comes from but it oversimplifies the class struggle and as a consequence does more harm than good by minimizing the real and continuous impact of settler-colonialism in the US.

Thanks for your input!

I don’t entirely disagree with the idea that Red Clarion’s critique is flawed due to not being an org proper, but these two articles are the main points of contention being brought up on this post, so I figured it would be helpful for me to link them so those unfamiliar can read up on it.

That’s such a cool find!

Marxism-Leninism and the Theory of Settler-Colonialism in the United States - FRSO’s Statement

The Settler J. Sykes and the FRSO - Red Clarion’s analysis

Worth noting that Red Clarion generally considers FRSO to be one of the better US orgs, but is generally negative on the present state of orgs in the US, both theoretically and strategically.

I do have the patience for Lemmy.ml and the libs from Lemmy.world, etc, but Reddit is a bit much…

I’d say we should engage with Reddit, but purely with the intention of getting people off of Reddit. If the working class is on Reddit more than Lemmy, then we need to agitate there and bring them to alternatives where reactionaries cannot control the narrative.

Kerch bridge I believe, links Russia with Crimea.

I would guess that by banning the ML subreddits and users like in GenZhou and GenZedong, the ones left are the MLMpMs and other ultraleftists.

I do see the problems of developing an anti-imperialist movement in the belly of empire resulting in incoherent and reactionary opportunism, plus Reddit by nature prunes the leftists and keeps those that do more harm to the left than help, like the Gonzaloites.