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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

From Ju-Hyun Park, a Nodutdol organizer:

“While far from an anti-imperialist or a socialist, Lee Jae-myung really has no equal among western liberal politicians in his willingness to somewhat stand up to the current govt and even take personal risks like hunger strike. If he goes, the Yoon govt will only be stronger imo”

https://x.com/hermit_hwarang/status/1742016483449029087

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Considering this is the image of Tiananmen that lives in the western popular consciousness, I think there is real value in deconstructing this myth though. When I learned that western journalists are all in agreement that no massacre took place in the square itself, I became more interested in researching the events myself because other Western views concerning what happened could also be misleading or outright lies

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The new episode of the Socialist Program where Brian Becker interviews Ken Hammond, a Marxist professor of Chinese history about his new book. I thought this was a great listen and will pick up the book soon as well. Hammond discusses the evolving Chinese socialist project and pushes back against mainstream Western views on China. Also he counters the tendency of some Marxists to only identify with one of Mao/Deng, instead viewing the economic transformation as a dialectical process that required both approaches. Great to hear from an actual China expert for once.