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  1. "#GabrielRockhill’s polemic against #WesternMarxism seeks to condemn a set of postwar left-wing intellectuals such as #HerbertMarcuse. Heavy on innuendo but light on evidence, the result is more like a show trial than a serious political indictment."

    #RussellJacoby's withering review of #WhoPaidThePipersOfWesternMarxism

    jacobin.com/2026/04/review-roc
    #Marxism #FrankfurtSchool #NewLeft #snitchjacketing #hacks #campism #Rockhill #books @bookstodon

  2. Great panel on how misrepresenting ”talking truth to power” for minorities only, not the greater working class, paved the way for MAGA.

    (Yes. I know this hurts. But what you consider ”left” in USA is not actually left. It’s center-rigth liberalism. And you need to hear this. You were fooled, bigtime, by anti-left neoliberals)

    youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9q7XoQ8wo

    #neoliberalism #newleft #politics #maga #democraticparty

  3. 🧵 2/2

    ....Marcuse engaged in a wide ranging discussion of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and of his own work in an interview with Bryan Magee for the BBC series Men of Ideas:

    The Frankfurt School - Herbert Marcuse & Bryan Magee (1977)
    youtu.be/U23Ho0m_Sv0?si=DIXaRE

    Of course Marcuse's claims can be questioned, but more than half a century later his ideas and those of his Frankfurt School colleagues remain a vital resource for critical engagement with society.

    #Philosophy #CriticalTheory #Marcuse #HerbertMarcuse #PoliticalTheory #Marxism #NewLeft

  4. Insightful article from a few years ago on the recently deceased David Horowitz. The murder of Betty Van Patter was probably the occasion rather than the cause of his beginning his migration from the new left to the far right. One important consequence of this migration was his launching of the political career of the malignant Stephen Miller.

    As an individual, Horowitz sounds awful and given the politics of his latter years, a feeling of relief or even joy at the news of his death is understandable.

    Yet we need to be ready to ask what in the culture of the new left and of the US left in general nourished the loathsome politics of Horowitz. Just uttering the words "horseshoe theory" will not suffice.

    newrepublic.com/article/162227

    #USPolitics #DavidHorowitz #RightWing #StephenMiller #NewLeft #USHistory

  5. Political correctness was originally used ironically and self-critically within #leftist and #progressive circles-especially among activists in the #NewLeft and #feminist movements-to mock or satirize rigid adherence to ideological #purity or #orthodoxy within their own ranks.

    #News you can use.

    #history #WordsMeanThings

  6. This is just so damn good.

    Vivek Chibber gives so many great insights, hot takes, and clear critiques of the contemporary Left's failures and what it means.

    #Left #NewLeft #academia #socialism #politics #history #class #ClassTourism #capitalsim #marxism #VivekChibber

    youtu.be/kE8K9w3-b9U?si=vwitWB

  7. This is just so damn good.

    Vivek Chibber gives so many great insights, hot takes, and clear critiques of the contemporary Left's failures and what it means.

    #Left #NewLeft #academia #socialism #politics #history #class #ClassTourism #capitalsim #marxism #VivekChibber

    youtu.be/kE8K9w3-b9U?si=vwitWB

  8. This is just so damn good.

    Vivek Chibber gives so many great insights, hot takes, and clear critiques of the contemporary Left's failures and what it means.

    #Left #NewLeft #academia #socialism #politics #history #class #ClassTourism #capitalsim #marxism #VivekChibber

    youtu.be/kE8K9w3-b9U?si=vwitWB

  9. This is just so damn good.

    Vivek Chibber gives so many great insights, hot takes, and clear critiques of the contemporary Left's failures and what it means.

    #Left #NewLeft #academia #socialism #politics #history #class #ClassTourism #capitalsim #marxism #VivekChibber

    youtu.be/kE8K9w3-b9U?si=vwitWB

  10. This is just so damn good.

    Vivek Chibber gives so many great insights, hot takes, and clear critiques of the contemporary Left's failures and what it means.

    #Left #NewLeft #academia #socialism #politics #history #class #ClassTourism #capitalsim #marxism #VivekChibber

    youtu.be/kE8K9w3-b9U?si=vwitWB

  11. #PrairieFire
    by #TheWeatherUnderground.

    "A political statement from the #WeatherUnderground on the politics of #revolutionary anti-imperialism, 1974.

    "This document is presented as part of the #RadicalDemocracy.

    "Radical Democracy is a political education and consciousness raising project. We believe that people should be directly involved in making the decisions that affect their lives. The free ebook includes 165 pages of quotes and shareable graphic memes, 18+ original interviews with #organizers, #activists, teachers and thinkers from #CivilRightsMovement and #NewLeft of the 1960s through The #MovementForBlackLives, #OccupyWallStreet and more."

    #InternetArchive:
    archive.org/details/PrairieFir

    Project archive: archive.org/details/@radical_d Check out our website: www.radicaldemocracy.net or follow us on Facebook.

    Download the ebook here: bit.ly/2v7iXpo
    #PrairieFire #WeatherUnderground #AntiImperialism

  12. #PrairieFire
    by #TheWeatherUnderground.

    "A political statement from the #WeatherUnderground on the politics of #revolutionary anti-imperialism, 1974.

    "This document is presented as part of the #RadicalDemocracy.

    "Radical Democracy is a political education and consciousness raising project. We believe that people should be directly involved in making the decisions that affect their lives. The free ebook includes 165 pages of quotes and shareable graphic memes, 18+ original interviews with #organizers, #activists, teachers and thinkers from #CivilRightsMovement and #NewLeft of the 1960s through The #MovementForBlackLives, #OccupyWallStreet and more."

    #InternetArchive:
    archive.org/details/PrairieFir

    Project archive: archive.org/details/@radical_d Check out our website: www.radicaldemocracy.net or follow us on Facebook.

    Download the ebook here: bit.ly/2v7iXpo
    #PrairieFire #WeatherUnderground #AntiImperialism

  13. #PrairieFire
    by #TheWeatherUnderground.

    "A political statement from the #WeatherUnderground on the politics of #revolutionary anti-imperialism, 1974.

    "This document is presented as part of the #RadicalDemocracy.

    "Radical Democracy is a political education and consciousness raising project. We believe that people should be directly involved in making the decisions that affect their lives. The free ebook includes 165 pages of quotes and shareable graphic memes, 18+ original interviews with #organizers, #activists, teachers and thinkers from #CivilRightsMovement and #NewLeft of the 1960s through The #MovementForBlackLives, #OccupyWallStreet and more."

    #InternetArchive:
    archive.org/details/PrairieFir

    Project archive: archive.org/details/@radical_d Check out our website: www.radicaldemocracy.net or follow us on Facebook.

    Download the ebook here: bit.ly/2v7iXpo
    #PrairieFire #WeatherUnderground #AntiImperialism

  14. #PrairieFire
    by #TheWeatherUnderground.

    "A political statement from the #WeatherUnderground on the politics of #revolutionary anti-imperialism, 1974.

    "This document is presented as part of the #RadicalDemocracy.

    "Radical Democracy is a political education and consciousness raising project. We believe that people should be directly involved in making the decisions that affect their lives. The free ebook includes 165 pages of quotes and shareable graphic memes, 18+ original interviews with #organizers, #activists, teachers and thinkers from #CivilRightsMovement and #NewLeft of the 1960s through The #MovementForBlackLives, #OccupyWallStreet and more."

    #InternetArchive:
    archive.org/details/PrairieFir

    Project archive: archive.org/details/@radical_d Check out our website: www.radicaldemocracy.net or follow us on Facebook.

    Download the ebook here: bit.ly/2v7iXpo
    #PrairieFire #WeatherUnderground #AntiImperialism

  15. #PrairieFire
    by #TheWeatherUnderground.

    "A political statement from the #WeatherUnderground on the politics of #revolutionary anti-imperialism, 1974.

    "This document is presented as part of the #RadicalDemocracy.

    "Radical Democracy is a political education and consciousness raising project. We believe that people should be directly involved in making the decisions that affect their lives. The free ebook includes 165 pages of quotes and shareable graphic memes, 18+ original interviews with #organizers, #activists, teachers and thinkers from #CivilRightsMovement and #NewLeft of the 1960s through The #MovementForBlackLives, #OccupyWallStreet and more."

    #InternetArchive:
    archive.org/details/PrairieFir

    Project archive: archive.org/details/@radical_d Check out our website: www.radicaldemocracy.net or follow us on Facebook.

    Download the ebook here: bit.ly/2v7iXpo
    #PrairieFire #WeatherUnderground #AntiImperialism

  16. "[A] famous movie, Exodus .. tells the story essentially as a US western, and so basically makes #Israel into a Gary Cooper film, where they're out in the desert taking on the indigenous people heroically.."

    #BenjaminBalthaser discusses evolving Jewish American perceptions of Zionism & his new book #CitizensOfTheWholeWorld: The #AmericanJewishLeft and Cultures of #AntiZionism

    youtu.be/sYvhWfiuFjg
    #Palestine #PalestineQuestion #USLeft #AmericanLeft #CPUSA #NewLeft #USpol #books @palestine

  17. "[A] famous movie, Exodus .. tells the story essentially as a US western, and so basically makes #Israel into a Gary Cooper film, where they're out in the desert taking on the indigenous people heroically.."

    #BenjaminBalthaser discusses evolving Jewish American perceptions of Zionism & his new book #CitizensOfTheWholeWorld: The #AmericanJewishLeft and Cultures of #AntiZionism

    youtu.be/sYvhWfiuFjg
    #Palestine #PalestineQuestion #USLeft #AmericanLeft #CPUSA #NewLeft #USpol #books @palestine

  18. "[A] famous movie, Exodus .. tells the story essentially as a US western, and so basically makes #Israel into a Gary Cooper film, where they're out in the desert taking on the indigenous people heroically.."

    #BenjaminBalthaser discusses evolving Jewish American perceptions of Zionism & his new book #CitizensOfTheWholeWorld: The #AmericanJewishLeft and Cultures of #AntiZionism

    youtu.be/sYvhWfiuFjg
    #Palestine #PalestineQuestion #USLeft #AmericanLeft #CPUSA #NewLeft #USpol #books @palestine

  19. "[A] famous movie, Exodus .. tells the story essentially as a US western, and so basically makes #Israel into a Gary Cooper film, where they're out in the desert taking on the indigenous people heroically.."

    #BenjaminBalthaser discusses evolving Jewish American perceptions of Zionism & his new book #CitizensOfTheWholeWorld: The #AmericanJewishLeft and Cultures of #AntiZionism

    youtu.be/sYvhWfiuFjg
    #Palestine #PalestineQuestion #USLeft #AmericanLeft #CPUSA #NewLeft #USpol #books @palestine

  20. "[A] famous movie, Exodus .. tells the story essentially as a US western, and so basically makes #Israel into a Gary Cooper film, where they're out in the desert taking on the indigenous people heroically.."

    #BenjaminBalthaser discusses evolving Jewish American perceptions of Zionism & his new book #CitizensOfTheWholeWorld: The #AmericanJewishLeft and Cultures of #AntiZionism

    youtu.be/sYvhWfiuFjg
    #Palestine #PalestineQuestion #USLeft #AmericanLeft #CPUSA #NewLeft #USpol #books @palestine

  21. #Holocaust #AntiZionism #AntiSemitism #AntiFascism #NewLeft: "Both to declare their fundamental solidarity with Black Power organizations such as SNCC and the Black Panther Party, as well as to articulate how their own Jewish sensibilities aligned with their revolutionary commitments, opposing Zionism and fighting antisemitism affirmed of the kind of Jews they understood themselves to be. As Loew articulated her own sense of Jewishness, she didn't feel herself to be "breaking with anything" when she opposed Zionism - in fact, it made her feel like she was keeping "part of who we always were" alive. For those who remained on the revolutionary left in organizations such as SDS, SWP, the CPUSA, the October League, and Revolutionary Union, rejecting Zionism as a project, and supporting the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was not only a way to reinforce their revolutionary commitments, it was a way to reinforce a Jewish heritage that felt less lost than under assault."

    historicalmaterialism.org/inde

  22. The '60s Radicals America Forgot

    I found this overview of a time period that has fascinated me for decades rather well done. I appreciate Ryan's work because he does his homework and takes it seriously. I also believe there's a lot more that can and should be said about the so-called New Left and this video is just an introduction to many of the salient features and issues.

    #socialism #communism #NewLeft #America #history #politics #RadicalPolitics #Marx #Marxism

    youtu.be/eHYpcXWCkUM

  23. “I think a certain optimism is required. A pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will, Gramsci said. That means hard thought, hard graft, recognising what the world is like, recognising the way the terrain is set against you, and then remembering the openness of history, and seeing whether one can intervene”

    Stuart Hall in John Akomfrah’s expansive 2013 film which we watched last night 🍿📽🌒
    player.bfi.org.uk/subscription

    #culturalstudies #stuarthall #mediastudies #commodon #culturalhistory #film #sociology #newleft #movienight

  24. Fundamentally the New Left was a rebellion against bureaucratic management, i.e. the actual problem, so it seems to me that any movement taking us to a better future would find that a much more fruitful inspiration than actually-existing post-liberalism.

    Image is George Romney's portrait of Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante.

    #thoughts #politics #history #society #blog #postliberalism #NewLeft #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #LadyHamilton

  25. @Wolf480pl
    > holy shit, I was born 20 years too late.

    I used to think the same thing. Then I realized that creating #TAZ (Temporary Autonomous Zones) in the spaces opened up by the #Counterculture and the #NewLeft was much easier than being them.

  26. @ohyran " That's true of the New Left—but it’s not true of the New Communalists."

    This quote, more than anything else in the interview, reveals Turner's biases. The 1960s #NewLeft was an incredibly broad movement, including everyone from Black Panthers, to the rock'n'roll and psychedelic set, second-wave feminist, SDS, yippies, organics commune-ists etc. Basically everyone *except* the Marxist-Leninists and establishment liberals Turner now claims were the real New Left. Revisionist rubbish.