Después del humillante fin del socialismo real, hasta los intelectuales críticos lo admiten libremente: el sistema occidental es imbatible – en la economía superior a cualquier otra alternativa, singular en cuanto a la libertad, pacífico por regla general; criticable tal vez como máximo en que no se empeñe suficientemente en imponer en el mundo entero condiciones tan modélicas …
America’s homeland goes MAGA
– The US attack on Iran
-Israel’s reckoning with Iran
[Translated excerpt from the forthcoming 2-2026 GegenStandpunkt, the Marxist quarterly from Germany]
The distorted logic and ideological function of historical thinking
(Draft 2)
The democratic culture that prevails in a free country lives on active citizens who are sure about how criticism is supposed to work. Both those who constantly criticize, and those who one way or another check whether the diverse accusations are permissible, present themselves as masters of this craft.
Unfortunately, this does not mean that they have actually mastered it and know how criticism works.
Shouldn’t criticism be constructive, helping to improve what it criticizes? Do we just want to be negative? It is not our program to contribute well-intentioned suggestions for the success of what we criticize…
Translated from GegenStandpunkt 1-2026
What this US war against Iran is about and who else is involved
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