Great article, couple key points: . . . We also need a critique of Vulgar Anti-Imperialism, which considers U.S.-led Western imperialism as the only imperialism in the world today, and which therefore supports any state in conflict with the United States as anti-imperialist and “objectively” progressive, no matter how oppressive that state may be toward its own people and imperialist toward other nations. . . . Vulgar Anti-Imperialism employs geopolitical analysis of state interests that renders people struggling against oppression invisible. This view yields some very reactionary friends like Russia, the mothership for the authoritarian bigots of the global far-right, and patrimonial police states — such as the Assads’ Syria and the Kim family dynasty’s North Korea. . . . A victory for Russian imperialism in Ukraine would certainly be a defeat for the Ukrainian people, but less so for U.S. power.
U.S. imperialism has had many military defeats in recent decades, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, but its global military deployment and economic exploitation of poorer nations remain strong. A defeat for Ukraine would have little impact on this global structure. U.S. imperialism will have to be defeated by an anti-imperialist movement at home. The hypocritical selective anti-imperialism of the Vulgar Anti-Imperialists does not have the moral consistency to inspire a mass anti-imperialist movement. The movement we need should oppose all imperialism. # # # On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 6:22 PM Charles Keener via groups.io <ckeener20005= [email protected]> wrote: > Sergey Lavrov and Vulgar Anti-Imperialism > <https://againstthecurrent.org/atc229/sergey-lavrov-and-vulgar-anti-imperialism/> > > Sergey Lavrov and Vulgar Anti-Imperialism > > “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hamas must be destroyed > as a whole and as a military force. It... > > <https://againstthecurrent.org/atc229/sergey-lavrov-and-vulgar-anti-imperialism/> > _._,_._,_ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29229): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29229 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104696469/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
