There are many kinds of nationalism.
Revolutionary nationalism is championed by oppressed nations in the fight for liberation against the oppressor nation.
Reactionary nationalism is championed by imperialist oppressor nations to justify plunder, empire, and colonialism.
Revolutionary nationalism is championed by oppressed nations in the fight for liberation against the oppressor nation.
Reactionary nationalism is championed by imperialist oppressor nations to justify plunder, empire, and colonialism.
The struggle between the two often yields many variants of nationalism on both ends.
Example: Black nationalism is the one of the most revolutionary forms that emerged in the United States.
But as Huey Newton and others explained, Black nationalism is not monolithic.
Example: Black nationalism is the one of the most revolutionary forms that emerged in the United States.
But as Huey Newton and others explained, Black nationalism is not monolithic.
He identified a "pork chop" bourgeois nationalism of the US organization that focused on culture and pride at the expense of rather than in congruence with the struggle for material liberation from racism and oppression.
In national liberation movements various iterations of nationalism exist that reflect class struggle.
Fanon and Nkrumah identified these in the African context, Mao in the Chinese context.
In sum, this struggle is between nominal independence vs full economic independence.
Fanon and Nkrumah identified these in the African context, Mao in the Chinese context.
In sum, this struggle is between nominal independence vs full economic independence.
In the US, there are many kinds of nationalism but the principle struggle is between these two:
Chauvinist imperialist nationalism of ruling class and its loyal foot soldiers.
Revolutionary nationalism of Black people and oppressed people fighting for self determination.
Chauvinist imperialist nationalism of ruling class and its loyal foot soldiers.
Revolutionary nationalism of Black people and oppressed people fighting for self determination.
American patriotism is an expression of reactionary nationalism.
My book on American exceptionalism sets the record straight.
We must win people over in struggle, and develop a revolutionary culture out of it.
My book on American exceptionalism sets the record straight.
We must win people over in struggle, and develop a revolutionary culture out of it.
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