It is impossible to speak seriously about Marxism in the West without incorporating the role of Christianity in each social formation. “Western Marxism has taken a historic distance from the concrete experiences of socialist transition in the Soviet Union, China, Viet Nam, and Cuba.”
I would recommend reading this and sending this to any radlibs/DSA/anarchists you know
Generally a bad article. It has a good point that western leftwing radicals fetishize their moral purity over results which does stem from christian dogma, but then applies that to all western Marxist for no reason. His only evidence is that there has been no successful western Marxist revolution, therefore his explanation for their failure is correct because they failed.
Except Cuba, which is somehow not western and immune from Christian infulence for no explained reason. (Because it was successful?)
Generally a bad article. It has a good point that western leftwing radicals fetishize their moral purity over results which does stem from christian dogma, but then applies that to all western Marxist for no reason. His only evidence is that there has been no successful western Marxist revolution, therefore his explanation for their failure is correct because they failed.
Except Cuba, which is somehow not western and immune from Christian infulence for no explained reason. (Because it was successful?)