Thumbs up, thumbs down part 4: woke-ism as a tool of American imperialism

“On the Barricades” s05e40

This is the fourth installment of our monthly series which “On the Barricades” co-produces and co-hosts with Youri Smouter of 1+1. Co-hosts Boyan Stanislavski, Maria Cernat speak with Youri about the following:

2:00 EU reform or Left-exit?
4:15 The engine of international politics: American imperialism. Its many faces: neo-cons, neoliberals, and woke-ism
9:50 Woke anti-oppressiion politics funded by the West and enforced by the “civil society”– and wrecking the left in Eastern Europe
19:50 The need for a society-wide debate, not intellectual debates in bubbles
21:10 Elitism of calling the wider layers of impoverished society fascists (Maria)
22:35 Youri on, Why are the various movements so separate?
25:00 Critique of identity politics
30:30 Boyan recommends “Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State” by Engels