Mark Baugher sees making links with the far right, including in the case of Wagenknecht, as simply "an issue that animates JohnR". Is he serious? This is just my own personal concern, when around the world the populist far right is on the march, including here in the United States? The AFD in Germany is just "an issue that animates" me? The same for National Rally or a host of other such groups and movements. Maybe Hindutva in India is also just my own personal concern through some personal quirk?
As far as Wagenknecht: Yes, she always had a soft spot for Stalinism. You can do a google search and you'll find the examples. And why should we be surprised given the origins of Die Linke? But that's not the main point for the present. At first Wagenknecht flirted with the AFD and there even was speculation that she would join them. And, yes, she is now basing herself on far right populist rhetoric in part. Really, it's a form of Traditionalism, and if you don't know what that is, you should look it up because it is the ideological basis for neofascism today. And, no, concern about this is not just a quirk of my own. And, yes, there are similarities with Gregor Strasser's role. (Not exactly the same - similar.) Given all this, it is incredible that the New Left Review would hold this friendly interview with her. I was told that Lenin once said that the difference between revolutionaries and reformists is that the latter don't understand dialectics. When I first heard that it seemed like a very strange comment, but the more I think about it the more sense it makes. The reformists don't understand the crises and turmoil through which history moves. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30594): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30594 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106387047/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
