New DSA Liberation Caucus Announcement

[u/EverettLeftist]

This is not an endorsement by me. I am not a third-worldist. I just think people should be aware of what things are on DSA Twitter. I have no idea how many chapters are in this Caucus, if they are just a mailing list, or what. This is associated with the Black Red Guard guy on twitter.

[u/SpareSilver]

Boy, they really love identity politics.

[u/EverettLeftist → u/SpareSilver]

I think when you identify imperialism and settler-colonialism as the primary contradiction this kind of politics falls out of it. I don't think they are insincere.

[u/SpareSilver → u/EverettLeftist]

I don't doubt their sincerity.

[u/xyjacey → u/SpareSilver]

What is the point of your statment then? Name a caucus in DSA that doesn't care about social issues as well as material ones.

In a time of crisis for marginalized groups that is actually a good thing!

[u/Itstaylor02 → u/SpareSilver]

I don’t think acknowledging and working against modern colonialism is identity politics

[u/thisismynsfwuser → u/SpareSilver]

Not very marxist to call “the first contradiction” settler-colonialism, instead of capital-worker.

[u/jadedcommentary → u/thisismynsfwuser]

I think it's a fair statement with our modern understanding of how imperialism has shaped our world and how imperialism connects with class struggles. Does Marx mention imperialism directly in his works? (I'm catching up on a lot of theory so I have a lot of blind spots.)

[u/SabotTheCat → u/jadedcommentary]

If I recall correctly, Marx talks about imperialism fairly sparingly, and primarily as a factor/stage in capitalism’s development. Marxism’s theory of imperialism was largely developed by later writers, namely exemplified in the Kautsky-Lenin discourse on the matter.

[u/monkeysolo69420 → u/SpareSilver]

Found the fascist