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Dec 23, 2022

Peter Hain on ‘Parliamentary and extra parliamentary politics’ (1983)
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Simon Hannah

‘No parliament can under any circumstances be an arena of struggle for reforms for the betterment…

‘No parliament can under any circumstances be an arena of struggle for reforms for the betterment of the conditions of the working class… the only purpose can be that of utilising bourgeois state institutions for their own destruction’ These words are not contained in Lenin's book What Is To Be…

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Aug 13, 2022

The Democratic Socialists of America: Squandering a Movement
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Hegemegamania

Excellent write-up although some of it makes for politically painful reading.

Excellent write-up although some of it makes for politically painful reading. Since about mid-2017 I've felt that DSA's problem isn’t structural but cultural which means they are even more difficult to change, fix, and root-out because the same problems that exist now would manifest themselves anew in new forms even…

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Mar 21, 2022

The Left and Putin, continued: The Case of DSA
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Philip Green

"I don’t know what impels a legitimate magazine to publish an outright slander.

"I don’t know what impels a legitimate magazine to publish an outright slander. At a moment when it is absolutely contemptible from just about any standpoint you can take. What’s with the alt-Left? WTF!" Not a coincidence that Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara (also a DSA member) is now the boss of…

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"I don’t know what impels a legitimate magazine to publish an outright slander. At a moment when it is absolutely contemptible from just about any standpoint you can take. What’s with the alt-Left? WTF!"

Not a coincidence that Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara (also a DSA member) is now the boss of…

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Mar 31, 2021

This Quote Does Not Say What You Think It Says
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The Acheron In Motion

"Therefore, we see how illogical and dishonest it is to utilize an out-of-context rough draft…

"Therefore, we see how illogical and dishonest it is to utilize an out-of-context rough draft written during the war and discarded soon after in 2021." Presumably 2021 here is supposed to read "1917"? Excellent work here though, seriously. It's about time someone set the record straight on the abuse of this line.

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"Therefore, we see how illogical and dishonest it is to utilize an out-of-context rough draft written during the war and discarded soon after in 2021."

Presumably 2021 here is supposed to read "1917"?

Excellent work here though, seriously. It's about time someone set the record straight on the abuse of this line.

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Mar 11, 2021

Was The Black Panther Party A Maoist Party?
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Black Like Mao

Excellent and thorough overview of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense’s politics and its…

Excellent and thorough overview of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense’s politics and its complicated relationship with competing/overlapping ideologies! It’s a difficult topic to do justice to but you nailed it IMO. One minor quibble about an important point though: “There was, as Rashid mentioned, a lack of real democratic…

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Dec 6, 2020

DSA’s Factions Explained

By Charles Lenchner. Originally posted on Facebook on August 2, 2019 under the title, “Analysis: The Central Conflicts in DSA.” Over 1,000 delegates from the Democratic Socialists of America are meeting this weekend in Atlanta. While this is written in hopes that my fellow delegates will read it, I’m doing…

Democratic Socialism

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DSA’s Factions Explained
DSA’s Factions Explained
Democratic Socialism

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Apr 1, 2020

Jacobin Promotes Right-Wing Politics

The latest and perhaps most egregious example of Jacobin promoting right-wing politics is the eulogy of Eduard Limonov, founder of Russia's National Bolshevik Party. Its author, Maciej Zurowski, describes himself as a Marxist yet was excited by the Nazi symbols employed by Limonov and his followers: Pictures of “Nazbol” demonstrations…

Jacobin

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Jacobin Promotes Right-Wing Politics
Jacobin Promotes Right-Wing Politics
Jacobin

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Feb 26, 2020

No, Bernie Sanders Did Not Vote Against Every Russia Sanctions Bill

Critics of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders began spreading misinformation about his voting record on Russia after reports emerged that Vladimir Putin’s regime is boosting his 2020 presidential campaign. Their aim? To cast him as a leftist mirror image of Republican President Donald Trump whose sycophantic antics towards Russia is one…

Bernie Sanders

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No, Bernie Sanders Did Not Vote Against Every Russia Sanctions Bill
No, Bernie Sanders Did Not Vote Against Every Russia Sanctions Bill
Bernie Sanders

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Feb 3, 2020

A Socialist Case for Biden: What Jacobin and the New York Times Both Don’t Get

By Jason Hicks. Republished with permission. Prefatory note: I’m sharing a draft because I need to turn to other projects for now, and though it’s lacking in certain connective tissue and some leads should be followed up more in-depth, I’d like to lay out the evidence and argument I’ve put…

Joe Biden

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A Socialist Case for Biden: What Jacobin and the New York Times Both Don’t Get
A Socialist Case for Biden: What Jacobin and the New York Times Both Don’t Get
Joe Biden

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Dec 26, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard’s Independent/Third Party 2020 Presidential Campaign: A Threat Assessment

There is a lot of talk about Democratic Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard potentially spoiling the 2020 president election to re-elect Donald Trump by running as third-party or independent presidential candidate, splitting the anti-Trump vote. Jill Stein arguably spoiled the 2016 election and Ralph Nader played the same role the 2000…

Tulsi Gabbard

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Tulsi Gabbard’s Independent/Third Party 2020 Presidential Campaign: A Threat Assessment
Tulsi Gabbard’s Independent/Third Party 2020 Presidential Campaign: A Threat Assessment
Tulsi Gabbard

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