A critique of MAGA Communism
On partisans, cultural wars, and the vanguard of the people
In my last commentary, “The insights of MAGA Communism,” I tried to explain the key concepts of MAGA Communism, as expressed by Haz Al-Din and Infrared in “The Rise of MAGA Communism.” I maintained that Al-Din’s central concepts have significance for a possible and necessary ideological reconceptualization and realignment in the United States. In today’s commentary, I address those aspects of Al-Din’s formulation that, in my view, are in need of further reflection.
The partisan as a worldwide historical subject of the 20th and 21st centuries
I would like to begin with the concept of the partisan. In Al-Din’s formulation, the partisan seeks the taking of political power. The partisan goes down to the people and develops an understanding that is rooted in concrete organic concepts of the people and is in harmony with their sentiments, and that affirms eternal principles of social justice. The partisan occupies counterhegemonic space, displacing formally defined ideologies t…