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The american left has made some great idealogical strides in a short time using identity politics, bringing more radical interpretations of the 'old oppressions' of racism and sexism to the fore, while also exposing oft-overlooked structures like ablism. But these achievements have remained largely confined to the existing left while alienating those just outside it, including most of the (white and nonwhite) working class, with a pernicious elitism that demands hyperfocus on language and on representation as such. Id pol has introduced many young people to radical politics, but its currently popular form is self-hobbling. Jacobin's careful analysis can save id pol (and a nascent leftist youth) from itself. The answer to "class or race" is not one or even both, but that they are two parts of one system of power which must be analyzed and fought as a whole.Read full review »
comradechemist via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/06/18
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