https://archive.org/details/pslinternal_aoc

Context: PSL orientation towards Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tuesday July 17 2018 by Party for Socialism and Liberation

Topics
#PartyforSocialismandLiberation, #PSL, #AOC, #AlexandriaOcasioCortez, #DSA, #DemocraticSocialistsofAmerica, #classcollaboration, #anticommunism, #suppression, #socialmedia, #socialimperialism, #socialfascism

leaked internal memo from the “party for socialism & liberation” illustrating the fact that they support neither socialism nor liberation.

Symbolic #SocialImperialism.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/new-navy-ship-will-be-named-after-civil-rights-icon-n491341

Alright, so I need to bone up more on #ModernMonetaryTheory, but, from what I know thus-far, I'm getting the feeling that it functions to provide ideological cover to #SocialImperialism financed through the extraction of value from the under- to the over-developed world via the #ExorbitantPrivilege that's derived from controlling a major reserve currency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorbitant_privilege #MMT

@nev @gingerrroot #SocialImperialism's all about ensuring the spoils of the empire are widely distributed in the Imperial Center, but failing to challenge the logic of empire itself. The former's w/i the bounds of respectable discourse in American politics, the latter's not.

In the late 1970s, Bernie realized this and made the choice to make a run *just within* those bounds (much to the chagrin of erstwhile allies), and did surprisingly well...

In a turn of events that will surprise 0% of people who understand how #BernieSanders fits in the dynamics of the American political system, he has declined to endorse #AbolishICE.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/24/sotu-sanders-ice.cnn

#SocialImperialism

@emily #SocialImperialism

*le sigh*

@Matt_Noyes I picked this passage because I think, especially in the US, #SolidarityEconomy organizing can often fall into #BernieSanders-style #SocialImperialism, where a fair internal distribution of the spoils of Empire is the horizon of possibility, and this bit was an important reminder to stay aware of the larger systems we find ourselves embedded within...