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In the 1950s, when leftists worldwide awoke to the criminal and ruthless deeds of Stalinism, it produced a profound moral crisis, as suggested by this letter of resignation from anticolonialist Aimé Cêsaire.On twitter.com
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The current attachment to Russia among some leftists is circumstantial, rather than ideological. Putin's Russia is a capitalist power ruled by a police state. It renounces rather than celebrates communism.Permalink On twitter.com
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And yet campism (the enemy of my enemy…) has done for some in the 2000s what true belief in socialist revolution did for others in the mid-1900s.Permalink On twitter.com
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But Syria and Ukraine mark watershed moments to rethink this fool's alliance. As with the Stalinist Communist parties of Western Europe, failure to do so will not be remembered kindly by people awake to the atrocities of Russian state.Permalink On twitter.com
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This isn't hard. But it is morally crucial. woborders.blog/2022/02/25/compass-ukraine/Permalink On twitter.com
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The alternate path is to gradually but inevitably be convinced to mouth apologies for unforgivable atrocities.Permalink On twitter.com