Knowledge, ideology, and real socialism in our times

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Unmasking neocolonialism

Unmasking neocolonialism

Understanding the deep structures of racism

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      In my commentary of August 30, 2022 (“The Anti-Marxist Left”), I maintained that we must recognize, contrary to post-modern tendencies of the so-called left today, that objective reality exists, and that citizens of the countries of the North have the duty to seek understanding of the actual objective reality today in the world and in particular nations.  And in last commentary, (“Truth through cross-horizon encounter: A critique of liberalism (and postmodernism),” September 9, 2022), I maintain that an understanding approaching objective reality can be attained through a sustained commitment to listening to and studying the leaders of social movements of the oppressed and the intellectuals that have cast their lot with the movements of the oppressed, paying special attention to the speeches and writings of the exceptional leaders that have been lifted up by Third World anticolonial and anti-imperialist movements.  Such personal encounter includes critical analysis of defects, b…

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