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Marxist-Leninist | Unapologetically Chicano National Liberationist | Writer and organizer |🇲🇽 | @CNLCommittee | Substack ⬇️
Jun 20 5 tweets 1 min read
in many such cases do distorters of Marxism mock actual or attempts at Socialism

Blanket analysis hidden behind ‘criticism’ attempting to persuade other communist to accept their worldview, all when the proletariat of Cuba desperately needs our solidarity and support despite- your thoughts or analysis about their government, we can critically support Cuba in their struggle against imperialism. Some critiques are actually valid but there’s a time and place. Using the suffering of the Cuban proletariat as an example/attempt to ‘critique the government’
May 29 10 tweets 5 min read
🧵National liberation vs Bourgeois Nationalism

Lenin repeatedly warned against abstract formulations of the question of nationalism and above all against confusing the nationalism of an oppressor nation with that of an oppressed nation “By supporting the right to secession, we are told,
you are supporting the bourgeois nationalism of the oppressed nations. ——

Our reply to this is: No, it is to the bourgeoisie that a "practical" solution of this question is important. To the workers the important thing is to-
May 20 10 tweets 3 min read
hot take: Pocho is the Mexican version of Cubas ‘gusano’

before you get upset hear me out

the american train of thought and education is set up to indoctrinate us at a young age, on top of that Mexican-Americas are raised under a reactionary system built on loyalty to the U.S. Image so when people say ‘pocho’ most of the time they’re not talking about out language or culture (these topics do come up) they’re criticizing a mindset shaped by Americanzation, especially if they look down on Mexican, reject their roots, and repeat colonial language about Mex/Chic