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.
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.
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.
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 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.