[Peace] [Peace-discuss] Cornel West denounces fake left politics

[Karen Aram]

This from the Intercept, maybe even better, once you get past the first paragraph or two.


> https://theintercept.com/2017/12/21/cornel-west-ta-nehisi-coates-feud/ <https://theintercept.com/2017/12/21/cornel-west-ta-nehisi-coates-feud/>


> On Dec 24, 2017, at 06:19, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> The US government is killing people around the world, but not for white supremacy.
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> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2017%2Fdec%2F17%2Fta-nehisi-coates-neoliberal-black-struggle-cornel-west&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb2033471046f4b807ad508d54ad96e6a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636497220078317095&sdata=pR%2BFOyrxOf8kdm80yFc88yZCaU5U6M6JEGbQu0YrY%2F8%3D&reserved=0
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> ‘...any analysis or vision of our world that omits the centrality of Wall Street power, US military policies, and the complex dynamics of class, gender, and sexuality in black America is too narrow and dangerously misleading. So it is with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ worldview.
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> 'Coates rightly highlights the vicious legacy of white supremacy – past and present. He sees it everywhere and ever reminds us of its plundering effects. Unfortunately, he hardly keeps track of our fightback, and never connects this ugly legacy to the predatory capitalist practices, imperial policies (of war, occupation, detention, assassination) or the black elite’s refusal to confront poverty, patriarchy or transphobia.
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> 'In short, Coates fetishizes white supremacy. He makes it almighty, magical and unremovable. What concerns me is his narrative of “defiance”. For Coates, defiance is narrowly aesthetic – a personal commitment to writing with no connection to collective action. It generates crocodile tears of neoliberals who have no intention of sharing power or giving up privilege.
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> 'When he honestly asks: “How do you defy a power that insists on claiming you?”, the answer should be clear: they claim you because you are silent on what is a threat to their order (especially Wall Street and war). You defy them when you threaten that order…'
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