Thoughts on this article?
Thoughts on this article?
Exposing the Opportunism of the 'Zoomerwald Left'
I disagree with Haz on a lot of things, but Haz's statement that revolutionary warfare is more than a mere "class war" within a vacuum and also has national-liberation aspects due to the globalistic nature of imperialism is pretty valid
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Sun shines even on a dog’s ass some days, broken clock moment, whatever phrase you like. Point is, yea he’s a PatSoc P.O.S. most of the time, but that analysis is pretty sound. One thing I will say is he refers to the Russian Communist party, KPRF, which is the largest communist party in Russia and someone correct me if I’m wrong but I recall hearing that the KPRF is somewhat reactionary insofar as it often follows what the Russian state calls for. And I don’t just mean the war in Ukraine, they have corruption issues. Other than that, I kinda agree with him but he went a bit hard on Hakim, I still love my Doctor Habibi
This, he has no real reason to go after Luna and Hakim due to some vaguely idealistic tweets right after the shock of a new war happens
I used to follow Haz somewhat -- for all his faults, he does have a first-rate philosophical mind, with takes on Hegel that at least used to be illuminating -- and the Luna Oi thing goes rather far back. It's based on the idea that, because of its anti-China stance, modern Vietnam is a revisionist country, as demonstrated by its position as "aggressor" during the Sino-Vietnamese war. It's a little silly, but to be fair the official position of the Chinese government regarding the war is basically similar.
Of course it gets shameful when infrared orbiters -- I saw this once on stream -- start mocking the relative level of development in Hanoi vs. Beijing, and saying things like "most developed revisionist country."
I think his criticism towards Hakim and Luna are wrong, specially that horrible and ahistorical comparision between modern Russia and North Vietnam.
He does have some valid points but the amount of bad takes in this text is astonishing. Every good think he says has been said better by other texts that do not have reactionary worldview regarding minorities rights or uncritical support for Putin. I think I never read or interacted with PatSocs in a meaningful way before reading this and I honestly wish I never did.
Lol his criticism of Luna Oi is ridiculous, she has issues with American patriotism (huh I wonder why? She’s from America right? Oh wait a sec? Oh she’s from Vietnam, the country that the US bombed more than all the bombs in WW2 dropped combined)no shit she’s against US patriotism, she also gives analysis past that obvious point but Haz and Maupin ignore these and say she’s wrong
He has an entire text dedicated to "exposing" Luna, its pathetic and very dishonest.
Not only that but an american man arguing with a vietnamese woman if its okay or not to appeal to america's racist and chauvinist patriotism for a revolution is just next level ironic. Mf is completely disconected from reality