blinkandwheeze posted:

rakauq posted:
is it wrong of me to hand-wave away any and all of the french marxist intellectuals on the basis that i don't care much about people whose marxism doesn't arise from personal struggle

the french intellectual left that we're talking about formulated around resistance fighters against the nazi occupation, people who risked their lives fighting fascism. following that there were dedicated campaigns of radical activism in support of algerian independence. the large maoist movement of the late 60s belonged to a marxist political tradition that has mostly been lost, for various reasons, one that was completely dedicated to organizing in factories and in support of industrial action. there are some very justified ways you might feel skeptical about this particular generation of intellectuals but conflating them being booklords with a lack of political struggle is basically totally wrong. r.i.p. jean cavailles r.i.p. pierre overney. hope this helps

cool, I didn't know that

Superabound posted:

sorry for not posting more Star Trek sooner



Marina Sirtis gets catty about DS9 #classwarfare #cakechat

plz uh, dont do this when ppl are talking about some real shit

blinkandwheeze posted:

rakauq posted:
is it wrong of me to hand-wave away any and all of the french marxist intellectuals on the basis that i don't care much about people whose marxism doesn't arise from personal struggle

the french intellectual left that we're talking about formulated around resistance fighters against the nazi occupation, people who risked their lives fighting fascism. following that there were dedicated campaigns of radical activism in support of algerian independence. the large maoist movement of the late 60s belonged to a marxist political tradition that has mostly been lost, for various reasons, one that was completely dedicated to organizing in factories and in support of industrial action. there are some very justified ways you might feel skeptical about this particular generation of intellectuals but conflating them being booklords with a lack of political struggle is basically totally wrong. r.i.p. jean cavailles r.i.p. pierre overney. hope this helps

i think that's why foucault was so interested in reading d&g as part of a trajectory toward 'living an anti-fascist life' or w/e. that intro to anti-oedipus has sort of stuck with me in constituting what the heck we are doing here

AmericanNazbro posted:
i mean, this argument always comes up, countless times in LF and it always begs the question: What is the purpose and goals of first world marxists who seek to enact global communism?

Power, what else would it be?

LandBeluga posted:
can someone give a crash course in the internet marxists and what their major contributions are

http://www.rhizzone.net/forum/reputation/aerdil/

Ironicwarcriminal posted:
hammer and sickle stained glass window

if only...