You're right, I haven't read that chapter. But the last paragraph you quoted says it all. "There is no moral equivalency between antifa and the alt-right. But by brawling in the streets, antifa allows the corporate state, which is terrified of a popular anticapitalist uprising, to use the false arguments of moral equivalency to criminali…
You're right, I haven't read that chapter. But the last paragraph you quoted says it all.
"There is no moral equivalency between antifa and the alt-right. But by brawling in the streets, antifa allows the corporate state, which is terrified of a popular anticapitalist uprising, to use the false arguments of moral equivalency to criminalize the work of all dissidents."
The argument here seems to be only about tactics. Personally I think fighting fascists any way one can takes primacy, while worrying about how the corporate media will paint one's actions is vastly less important. The corporate media will always paint the left's actions negatively anyway, as it is part of the right wing duopoly! If you let worry about how the corporate media depicts one's actions affect what you do you are playing right into their hands.
You're right, I haven't read that chapter. But the last paragraph you quoted says it all.
"There is no moral equivalency between antifa and the alt-right. But by brawling in the streets, antifa allows the corporate state, which is terrified of a popular anticapitalist uprising, to use the false arguments of moral equivalency to criminalize the work of all dissidents."
The argument here seems to be only about tactics. Personally I think fighting fascists any way one can takes primacy, while worrying about how the corporate media will paint one's actions is vastly less important. The corporate media will always paint the left's actions negatively anyway, as it is part of the right wing duopoly! If you let worry about how the corporate media depicts one's actions affect what you do you are playing right into their hands.