This article, while a little old, you may find interesting, as it provides a different perspective on the question of self-determination for Taiwan (the view pushed by the anti-Kuomintang Democratic progressive Party) compared to the dominant western left understanding, which generally supports China's claim, regardless of what they think of the Stalino-capitalist regime running it: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/taiwan-towards-independence
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 1:38 PM judeanpeoplesfront via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > I am anti-imperialist and strongly against the US military-industrial > complex, and yet when I read about weapons sales to Taiwan, I have > conflicted feelings. I visited Taiwan last year and can't imagine it under > the thumb of the PRC, but from a few recent articles I've read in the > mainstream press, that seems like it could become a reality in the next > decade or so. (Although I am aware of the possibility that this is just > overblown fear-mongering.) > > The US has used "protection of democracy" as a pretext for imperialism, > war, and mass murder so many times in the past that I feel strange > embracing the same argument for Taiwan. I know that the US does not sell > weapons to Taiwan for "freedom" or "democracy" but rather to ensure its own > continued global hegemony, just as it did when Taiwan was ruled by a brutal > dictatorship. And yet I do not want Taiwan to suffer a similar fate to Hong > Kong, and I wonder how that could be realistically prevented without the > massive US imperial war machine. > > How can I support Taiwan's continued independence from China without > further enriching Lockheed Martin, et al? Or is this based on a false > premise, considering that Taiwan is already dependent on the neoliberal > economic system established by the US? > > I only have cursory knowledge of Taiwanese history, government, economics, > etc. Would love to hear people's thoughts, as well as any articles or other > reading material on the topic. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3621): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/3621 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/78308729/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
