Regarding point B, this is not static. Socialists have been steadily working to improve the level of class consciousness in the US Empire, and this is having slow and steady results. It’s why there is a dialectical reaction to these new developments.
In this context, what is the clearest example of a dialectical reaction? I assume that the targeting and absorption of BLM and heightened class-based economic warfare are examples…?
NSPM-7 is a big one! There is a surge in state repression against communists, as communists are waking up from their near-century of slumber in the Empire. Groups like PSL and even the DSA are rising, and as a consequence the state is enacting repression against them. BLM was very nearly revolutionary, but the organizing was crushed early on so as to become direction less, despite having mass momentum.
In this context, what is the clearest example of a dialectical reaction? I assume that the targeting and absorption of BLM and heightened class-based economic warfare are examples…?
Thank you for your study and writing!
NSPM-7 is a big one! There is a surge in state repression against communists, as communists are waking up from their near-century of slumber in the Empire. Groups like PSL and even the DSA are rising, and as a consequence the state is enacting repression against them. BLM was very nearly revolutionary, but the organizing was crushed early on so as to become direction less, despite having mass momentum.
Thanks! I had heard mentions of that memo, but hadn’t read on it…
You definitely should, it’s modern COINTELPRO.