#frso

In fact, [Cedric] Robinson avoids dealing with the sources and component parts of Marxism by simply declaring that Marxism is a Western Construction, "a conceptualization of human affairs that is emerged from European peoples mediated, in turn, through their social orders and their cultures. Certainly, the philosophical origins are indisputably Western." Not really, for what emerged in Europe during the so-called Renaissance was passed on to them by the Arabs and Islamic culture dominant in North Africa and Spain—that is, mediated through the non-Western cultures of North Africa and the Moors. European peoples did not develop their culture in isolation, but in fact drew much knowledge from the more advanced non-Western cultures of Africa and the East. So, rather than speaking specifically to the sources of Marxism, as Lenin did, Robinson is saying Marxism is stamped with certain inherent limitations due to it emerging from the historical experiences of European peoples. But Marxism as a science is no more uniquely European, isolated from the high road of human civilization, than mathematics, medicine and chemistry. Robinson's declaration is an abstraction because every idea or system of ideas is born in a particular culture at a particular time, and therefore, reflects the economic system and social knowledge at that historical moment. Neither Marxism nor any system of social knowledge exists independently of social knowledge as a whole. This is especially true given the way civilizations develop and interact with one another. For example, Islamic culture in North Africa developed science and mathematics ahead of modern European states. Ibn Khaldun, a North African philosopher and scholar, was a pioneer in the development of the social sciences and some of the same ideas that originated with him can be found in the works of Marx. The principal question here is: Did Mamxism provide humankind and especially workers' and oppressed peoples with instruments of knowledge to be used in achieving liberation from class, race, gender and national oppression? Our book gives a resounding yes to this question.

sry but do you know the general consensus of how communists feel abt deng xiaoping? ive been researching maoism and chinese communism lately but havent found a good answer on this

really think a lot about how frso spoke over and didnt even acknowledge(with a crowd of thousands) the kurdish ppl , who had ypj, rojava and kurdish flags showing up to try to raise some awareness about whats going on.

We don’t have time for factions and you’re being exhausting and elitist.

If you are interested in the movement for Black liberation and police abolition in the US, I highly recommend watching this video and researching the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.