For centuries, the “left” hoped popular movements would lead to changes for the better. Today, many leftists seem terrified of popular movements for change, convinced “populism” must lead to “fascism.” But it needn’t be so, says Diana Johnstone.
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Consortium News on Flashpoints: Max Blumenthal, As’ad AbuKhalil and Diana Johnstone
The Real Russian Interference in US Politics
Immigration Divides Europe and the German Left
French Thought Police and the Creeping Dictatorship of Virtue
A new French law to combat so-called “fake news” fits in all too well with the growing establishment campaign to censor dissident opinion by one means or another, argues Jean Bricmont.
Italy: The Center Cannot Hold
50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illusory Revolution
Antifa or Antiwar: Leftist Exclusionism Against the Quest for Peace
Delusions and Genocide: A Reply to Diana Johnstone
Trotskyist Delusions: Obsessed with Stalin, They See Betrayed Revolutions Everywhere
The trouble with some Trotskyists is they’re always “supporting” other peoples’ revolutions, says Diana Johnstone. Their obsession with permanent revolution in the end provides an alibi for permanent war.