Re: [Marxism] How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China

2019-01-17 Thread Andrew Stewart via Marxism
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I did not read that paragraph that way. And furthermore the paternalism and 
ambiance of enlightened Western humanism juxtaposed against the Asian 
authoritarian regime is pretty obviously on display. Americans are kind of in 
the middle of ethnically cleansing various communities of color in North 
America such as Harlem so it is pretty hypocritical for a publication like The 
Nation to take such a posture when they are silent about gentrification going 
on literally ten blocks north of their Manhattan office in Harlem is pathetic 
double standards. I don’t have any interest in apologias for the Chinese 
Communist Party with regards to this but I also have zero interest in this type 
of hypocrisy. It’s equivalent to the worst moments of when Stalin was alive.

Best regards,
Andrew Stewart 

> On 1/16/19 10:02 PM, Andrew Stewart wrote:
> Can we at least agree on the fact that any argument that begins with citing 
> Samantha Powers is a moral abortion? This clearly is written for the chorus 
> of pwogwessive Democrats who say much, do little, and think even less.

But the article goes on to credit anti-imperialists for opposing "right to 
protect" type interventions: "A group of anti-imperialist intellectuals, in 
particular, have responded to Trump’s election by crafting an avowedly 
left-wing foreign policy that doubts the efficacy and morality of humanitarian 
intervention." The authors take their side but warn against ending up in 
Grayzone territory, where anybody opposed to the Chinese government is turned 
into an agent of imperialism.
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Re: [Marxism] How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China

2019-01-17 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism

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On 1/16/19 10:02 PM, Andrew Stewart wrote:
Can we at least agree on the fact that any argument that begins with 
citing Samantha Powers is a moral abortion? This clearly is written for 
the chorus of pwogwessive Democrats who say much, do little, and think 
even less.




But the article goes on to credit anti-imperialists for opposing "right 
to protect" type interventions: "A group of anti-imperialist 
intellectuals, in particular, have responded to Trump’s election by 
crafting an avowedly left-wing foreign policy that doubts the efficacy 
and morality of humanitarian intervention." The authors take their side 
but warn against ending up in Grayzone territory, where anybody opposed 
to the Chinese government is turned into an agent of imperialism.

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Re: [Marxism] How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China

2019-01-16 Thread Andrew Stewart via Marxism
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Can we at least agree on the fact that any argument that begins with citing
Samantha Powers is a moral abortion? This clearly is written for the chorus
of pwogwessive Democrats who say much, do little, and think even less.

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Best regards,

Andrew Stewart

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[Marxism] How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China

2019-01-16 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism

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