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Newsletter Nr. 871
Amsterdam, July 5th, 2020


AN INTEGRAL LEFT CRITIQUE OF "CULTURAL MARXISM" - JOE CORBETT

“Cultural Marxism” is a phrase often used by the alt-right and people like Jordan Peterson to describe the current manifestation of the left in America, such as BLM and Critical Race Theory. However, on closer examination it is a phrase that emerges from a misunderstanding of the history of the intellectual left in the 20th century, and is misused to describe the left broadly. Worse, it is a catch-phrase used to discredit the left in a single stroke, much as the term “socialism” has been used as an equivalent for authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, pre-emptively dismissing any serious consideration of its meaning and possibilities. In short, “cultural marxism” belongs to the lexicon of right-wing propaganda against everything from the left.

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CHINESE HUMANISM, INTEGRAL AQAL, AND INTEGRAL DEEP LISTENING - JOSEPH DILLARD

The response of the US to the rise of China has been a combination of denial, fear, and attack, manifested by sanctions, tariffs, a forward military posture, and a world-wide propaganda campaign that has to date succeeded in convincing some 66% of US citizens that China is a threat, in a growing tsunami of Sinophobia. At the same time, knowledge about China, its history, culture, and world view is largely limited to endlessly repeated bromides: China is communist, authoritarian, its people lack personal freedom, and it persecutes both dissenters and minorities. It is almost impossible to note the strengths and successes of China without being labeled a communist or a “useful idiot.” But ad hominem attacks, besides being logical fallacies, do nothing to understand, much less address, the genuine strengths of China.

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