What are the pros and cons of identifying with the term left (as - TopicsExpress



          

What are the pros and cons of identifying with the term left (as in left communist or ultra-left), in an age where, for example, quasi and real fascists similarly identify as beyond left and right or even (as in the Ukraine) as anarchist (not to mention how the term communist in places like China is immediately associated with parties and systems that share key characteristics with what has been traditionally associated with the far right - economically, culturally, etc.) When talking to people outside of our tiny clique, and trying to explain our position, it often seems insufficient to just say everything you associate with the term communism is wrong, and sometimes it seems helpful to identify with elements of what is conventionally understood as left. But Im not sure...
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:35:51 +0000

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