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• Identity Politics (Marxism & co.)

  Manchester & the rise of Identity Politicis: How did the left radicalism of my Manchester youth give way to Islamism?

  28 May 2017, by MALIK Kenan

  After the atrocity, we recall a past when to be young and Muslim was to be engaged in class politics.
  Were I 20 today, would I be attracted to Islamism or desire to become a soldier of Islamic State? It seems shocking, even insulting, especially to those who lost their lives in the Manchester (…)

• Identity Politics (Marxism & co.)

  “Check your privilege” & the US – A Marxist Critiques Identity Politics

  25 April 2017, by HAIDER Asad, SEARS Kelton

  A Q&A with Asad Haider, founding editor of Viewpoint Magazine, on an ideology fracturing the left.
  In the days following September 11, Asad Haider’s identity was of great concern. A first-generation Pakistani-American, he recalls being harassed and detained at the airport due to his (…)

• Identity Politics (Marxism & co.)

  United States: “Where Are the People of Color?” – Guilt won’t help us build a more diverse left.

  27 February 2017, by HAIDER Asad

  Guilt is a sad, passive emotion — and it won’t help us build a more diverse left.
  It could be any meeting — an ad hoc general assembly, an emergency gathering for immigrant defense, a planning session for an upcoming strike. The speaker is usually white, but not always — and depending on (…)