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Saviolo

(3,321 posts) Fri Jul 15, 2016, 09:18 AM Jul 2016

Interesting Twitter rant about "We Are The Left," Marx, and Identity Politics: [View all]

From Helen Razer, the very long rant is storified here:
https://storify.com/number86/helen-razer-tweetstorm-on-marxism-teh-left

Interesting discussion on what it means to be "left" "liberal" and a bit of discussion about the Base/Superstructure.

I found it on Tim Minchin's Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/timminchin
If you haven't heard of Tim, he's an extremely smart and funny musician and comedian from Australia.

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Interesting Twitter rant about "We Are The Left," Marx, and Identity Politics: [View all] Saviolo Jul 2016 OP

Liberalism v the left bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #1

I do not think it would involve any killing RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #3

the tweet in the OP seems to be a completely different discussion. 2banon Aug 2016 #8

Identity Politics "intersecting" with Marxism is like 2banon Jul 2016 #2

It just read like a hot mess to me. Starry Messenger Jul 2016 #4

I wrote a response the other day. forjusticethunders Jul 2016 #5

We all have multiple identities. LWolf Aug 2016 #7

Yes, we have to have both a Class and Race Analysis. 2banon Aug 2016 #9

Good post. Yes, class IS the "universal" intersection, but....... socialist_n_TN Aug 2016 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author tralala Aug 2016 #11

Theres already a wealth of marxist lit on the National Question tralala Aug 2016 #12

I agree........... socialist_n_TN Aug 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author tralala Aug 2016 #14

I've given up expecting LWolf Aug 2016 #6