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Radical Digressions
Diemer, Ulli
http://www.diemer.caPublisher: Ulli Diemer Year First Published: {11759 Radical Digressions RADICAL DIGRESSIONS Diemer, Ulli http://www.diemer.ca Ulli Diemer Ulli Diemer's website/blog featuring comment from a radical left-libertarian Marxist perspective. 2006 2017 BC2693-RadicalDigressions.jpg WWW Website Radical Digressions (www.diemer.ca) is my personal website. My "notebooks" form the main part of the site. Arranged in chronological order, with the most recent on the home page, they comprise a mixed bag of notes, letters, pictures, short articles, book reviews, and other writings. Where articles are too long to fit into the notebook format, the first few paragraphs are included in the notebook, with a link leading to the rest of the article. The site also include a potpourri of other stuff, including photos, quotes, lists of books I've read, films I've seen, and websites I like. There are also links to publications that I have edited or written for. <br> <br>My politics: <br> <br>I am a libertarian socialist. My goal is the end of capitalism and its replacement by socialism, 'an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.' <br> <br>Socialism is fundamentally about expanding the realm of freedom to the greatest possible extent. It requires ridding the world of capitalism, which crushes human lives and potential while increasingly threatening the planet. The malignant heart of capitalism is capital, so ending capitalism means eradicating capital. Social reforms, no matter how valuable and worth pursuing, cannot in themselves defeat capitalism. That requires a revolution: the overthrow of the rule of capital and the state forms through which it rules. Revolution can take many forms, but a socialist revolution inescapably means ripping off the straitjacket of capital's political and legal structures. Capitalism’s contradictions are pushing us down the road to destruction. We have to end it before it destroys us. <br> <br>Personal: <br>I like: Summer rain. Crisp snow. Soaring birds. Dark chocolate. <br>I dislike: Cruelty. Hypocrisy. Selfishness. Dumplings. CX8204 1 true true false CX8204.htm [0xc00097c1e0 0xc000f968a0 0xc001036510 0xc001921950 0xc001bd4c30 0xc001df1110 0xc001eb8150 0xc001ff49f0 0xc0001db2f0 0xc000241b90 0xc000434540 0xc000435a40 0xc00052bad0 0xc00058de90 0xc0000b42d0 0xc0000b4c00 0xc0000c4c60 0xc0001e6f00 0xc000247f80 0xc0004074a0 0xc000676330 0xc0006de600 0xc0006df140 0xc0003950e0 0xc00097ae10 0xc000e44600 0xc000fae8a0 0xc000fd78f0 0xc000fd7cb0 0xc001012810 0xc0001cc990 0xc0001f00c0 0xc00028f2c0 0xc0002c4ed0 0xc0002c50b0 0xc0002c5e90 0xc0002f0450 0xc000430c90 0xc001cc3ce0 0xc0024ee750 0xc0007c8930 0xc000a20300 0xc00109d140 0xc0010ba390 0xc0016d5440 0xc001741b60 0xc0017664b0 0xc001da8a20 0xc0025d73b0 0xc002643020 0xc0026a7bc0] Cx} Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Website Cx Number: CX8204 Ulli Diemer's website/blog featuring comment from a radical left-libertarian Marxist perspective. Abstract: Radical Digressions (www.diemer.ca) is my personal website. My "notebooks" form the main part of the site. Arranged in chronological order, with the most recent on the home page, they comprise a mixed bag of notes, letters, pictures, short articles, book reviews, and other writings. Where articles are too long to fit into the notebook format, the first few paragraphs are included in the notebook, with a link leading to the rest of the article. The site also include a potpourri of other stuff, including photos, quotes, lists of books I've read, films I've seen, and websites I like. There are also links to publications that I have edited or written for. My politics: I am a libertarian socialist. My goal is the end of capitalism and its replacement by socialism, 'an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.' Socialism is fundamentally about expanding the realm of freedom to the greatest possible extent. It requires ridding the world of capitalism, which crushes human lives and potential while increasingly threatening the planet. The malignant heart of capitalism is capital, so ending capitalism means eradicating capital. Social reforms, no matter how valuable and worth pursuing, cannot in themselves defeat capitalism. That requires a revolution: the overthrow of the rule of capital and the state forms through which it rules. Revolution can take many forms, but a socialist revolution inescapably means ripping off the straitjacket of capital's political and legal structures. Capitalism’s contradictions are pushing us down the road to destruction. We have to end it before it destroys us. Personal: I like: Summer rain. Crisp snow. Soaring birds. Dark chocolate. I dislike: Cruelty. Hypocrisy. Selfishness. Dumplings. Subject Headings
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