Some synthesis of left & nationalism is possible in Global South because in those places left has a natural project that aligns with national interest (defending sovereignty against imperialism). Much harder to do in imperial centers.
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Big difference between a national project from a position of power for the purposes of securing that power, and a national project to establish egalitarian standards for democratic and economic mechanisms
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Tying an egalitarian project to a national identity has the built-in flaw that the nation can always be defined to exclude you The parameters may be different from modern American racism, but it becomes an exercise in who's in and who's out and as a socialist I'm not interested
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when will they learn to wave the foreplay flag first?
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