I have often heard ultra-lefts describe Marxists who oppose settler-colonialism and uphold AES as being “Third Worldists”.

Looking at what people like Jason Unruhe have to say about the topic, Third Worldism does not seem entirely baseless (e.g. the proletariat in the imperial core more often being labor aristocrats).

So, what are our thoughts on Third Worldism?

  • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 days ago

    While I partly agree I think you are underestimating the importance of agitprop. Most western leftists can’t do much other than agitation and doing so online is a valid method.

    Much of the global north is still a long way from popular uprising and at this stage the actions that are needed often don’t look much like work compared to the situation in usa where there are physical direct actions are needed.

    Pushing the “correct positions” is an important job to avoid people falling to ultras or social fascists.