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Between Pro-Fascism and Left-Populism: Reading Loren Goldner on the Bolivian MNR
I recently read Loren Goldner’s 2011 article on Bolivia’s Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR) and I think it has a lot to offer for ThreeWayFight readers. The title is a mouthful: “Anti-Capitalism or Anti-Imperialism? Interwar Authoritarian and ...
Anti-capitalist perspectives on the Occupy movement
The January issue of Insurgent Notes, an online left-communist journal, is devoted mainly to the Occupy movement, with a lead editorial, reports from Occupy campaigns in six U.S. cities, and an article on “class struggle in ...
Conservatism studies: on the value and limits of academic history
Not so long ago, respected historians and sociologists promoted the idea that right-wing politics was best understood as a kind of psychological problem: a form of collective irrationality, an expression of despair or a paranoid style, ...
Stand up Against Racism and Transphobia!
From the First of May Anarchist Alliance: Defend CeCe McDonald!Self-Defense is Not a Crime!Stand up Against Racism and Transphobia! An important case demands our support. Crishaun “CeCe” McDonald, a young Black transgender woman faces two counts ...
Occupy movement: Anti-capitalism versus populism
Occupy Wall Street is one of the most exciting political developments in years, but like any social movement it has its contradictions. As I noted briefly at the end of my previous post, the Occupy movement ...
Rightists woo the Occupy Wall Street movement
by Matthew N. Lyons Most right-wing responses to the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement have ranged from patronizing to hostile. Rightists have variously criticized the Occupy forces for–supposedly–copying the Tea Party; failing to target big government; ...
State repression from Bush to Obama
Only a few years ago, many people looked at the Bush administration’s authoritarian policies (mass round-ups, endorsing torture and assassination, shredding due process, etc.) as a major reason for supporting the Democrats. But in a recent ...
ALEC: Tool of business interests, but which business interests?
by Matthew N. Lyons If you follow leftish exposés of money and politics, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is the powerful right-wing group that brings together capitalists, ...
Anti-Racist Action Conference Coming to Chicago
From South Side Chicago Anti-Racist Action: Chicago is hosting the 17th annual Anti-Racist Action Network conference on September 17, 2011. This event is open to the public and includes workshops, caucuses and discussions. Come meet other ...
Jon Gaynor’s “The New Integralist Conservatism” – A good discussion of counter-jihadism and fascism
As a follow-up to my previous post about Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, I want to discuss a particularly good essay about the counter-jihadist movement in which Breivik’s politics are rooted. “The New Integralist Conservatism: ...
Noel Ignatiev on the fall of Gaddafi: “Their Disorder is Our Hope”
In a recent blog post at PM Press, Noel Ignatiev has some good comments on the collapse of Gaddafi’s government in Libya. Ignatiev criticizes those leftists who supported the NATO-backed rebels, and also those who, “in ...
Kathryn Joyce: A Feminist Who Reports on the Christian Right
If you want to understand the U.S. Christian right’s gender politics, Kathryn Joyce’s writings are an excellent place to start. Joyce exposes the patriarchal, misogynistic nature of Christian right principles and practices, but she also writes ...