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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 2771130" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p><strong>"<span style="font-size: 12px">I have proposed on Twitter that there is a case for regarding Marxism as right-wing rather than left-wing. The response by some has to been to question my academic credentials. These need no defence here. Instead I here make my case for re-labelling Marxism, in much more detail than I can in a 140-character tweet.</span></strong></p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">I have three major reasons for suggesting that we should describe Marxism as Right rather than Left. The first concerns <a href="http://newpolitics.apps-1and1.net/the-broken-language-of-left-and-right" target="_blank">the origins and original meanings of the terms Left and Right in the French Revolution of 1789</a>. The second derives from a consideration of issues such as democracy, human rights and equality under the law, to which much of the Left has continued to serve lip-service. The third is based on how Marxist ideas played out in practice, particularly after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Maoist victory in China in 1949."</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://newpolitics.apps-1and1.net/is-marxism-right-wing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Is Marxism right-wing?</span></span></span></a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 2771130, member: 2189"] [B]"[SIZE=3]I have proposed on Twitter that there is a case for regarding Marxism as right-wing rather than left-wing. The response by some has to been to question my academic credentials. These need no defence here. Instead I here make my case for re-labelling Marxism, in much more detail than I can in a 140-character tweet.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I have three major reasons for suggesting that we should describe Marxism as Right rather than Left. The first concerns [URL='http://newpolitics.apps-1and1.net/the-broken-language-of-left-and-right']the origins and original meanings of the terms Left and Right in the French Revolution of 1789[/URL]. The second derives from a consideration of issues such as democracy, human rights and equality under the law, to which much of the Left has continued to serve lip-service. The third is based on how Marxist ideas played out in practice, particularly after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Maoist victory in China in 1949." [/SIZE] [URL='http://newpolitics.apps-1and1.net/is-marxism-right-wing'][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=6]Is Marxism right-wing?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=3][/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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