Exaggerated Evidence of Class Anger in the Case of Luigi Mangione’s Assassination of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson

Introduction John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook:  Never mind Luigi Mangione's contradictions and inconsistencies. It wouldn't even have mattered if it had transpired that Brian Thompson had fallen to a random shooter or been taken out by a jealous business rival.   The … Continue reading Exaggerated Evidence of Class Anger in the Case of Luigi Mangione’s Assassination of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson

Exaggeration of the Socialist Tendencies of Resitance Against Exploitation and Oppression

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: When we think of the class struggle, we usually focus on major strikes, social upsurges or big attacks from employers or the state. However, it's important to note that the cut and thrust of the struggle is … Continue reading Exaggeration of the Socialist Tendencies of Resitance Against Exploitation and Oppression

The Radical Left Underestimate the Ideological Power of Employers and Overestimate Their Own Ideological Struggle

Leftists frequently refer to themselves and others as the left. This is vague to the point of being useless. Often, what is meant by being left is being paying lip-service to being anti-capitalist--without in reality doing anything to oppose the power of the class of employers as such, either ideologically or in practice. A good … Continue reading The Radical Left Underestimate the Ideological Power of Employers and Overestimate Their Own Ideological Struggle