Haz Al-Din on Marxist-Leninist theory
Communism restores the organic sociality ruptured by modernity
Haz Al-Din is a twenty-five-year-old American of Arab descent and identity with limited academic credentials; a Marxist-Leninist political analyst and philosopher, who sometimes uses poetic language. He displays a thorough knowledge: of Western liberal and Marxist philosophy; of the writings of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Mao; and of the Russian and Chinese revolutions. He is the leading figure in the Infrared Collective, a name that reflects its orientation to look for the dimensions of social reality that are not visible on the surface. The Collective has posted a number of educational videos on its platform.
The Infrared Collective puts forth an understanding of communism and socialism that is fundamentally different from the prevailing concepts of Western Marxists. They reject the concepts of most Western socialists as in actuality a form of liberalism. They have disdain for institutionalized academic Marxists, who have developed their ideas in a context divorced from …