Dogshit article. If this person considers themselves a Communist they're a shit one.

often proclaiming imperialism to be the primary contradiction that must be confronted,

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Imperialism is the primary contradiction. Immperialism has turned the 1st world into a kind of Elysium and the rest of the world into a child slave labour work camp who's only chance at a decent life is to abandon everything and get into the "safe zone".

In the 20th Century the primary contradiction was between Capitalism and Socialism. With the fall of the USSR the primary contradiction is between the Right Of Nations To Self Determination (even under a bourgeois context as Lenin described) and the "Washington Consensus" ie. Imperialism.

Why a member of a Marxist-Leninist party would choose to work with a man who spent part of his professional career targeting communists for persecution is baffling.

Because who gives a shit. Brian Becker is a communist organiser so he's already on every list imaginable. There seems to be a trend of Communists obsessed with Opsec (looking at Bayarea 415).

That only works if you're considering Maoist guerilla tactics or something. If you're an organiser the cops and spooks already know who you are and are tapping you're phone/net connection etc. And if you're a public facing communist in any capacity you've already made the decision that if you're effective in any way you'll likely see the inside of a prison

Lionel is an anti-vaxxer, 9/11-truther, virulent transphobe and quite open anti-communist and Trump fan. He is probably the last person in the world anyone on the left should want to have discussing Trump endorsing anti-Muslim propaganda, yet he was Loud & Clear’s choice.

Literally who gives a shit. Right wing conspiracy theories arise out of a non-class conscious proletariat. If you put class politics in front of most conspiracy types they'll connect the dots. That it is a global cabal of capitalists that run and control everything (not jews). That nations will act in a profit driven interest against the will of the people. etc. etc.

There is a recurring theme here other than Loud & Clear’s guests being either LaRouchite entryists or outright belonging to the far right, and that theme is opposition to the ridiculous Russiagate theory. But opposing such nonsense absolutely does not require platforming crypto-fash, anti-semites and various other far-right bigots.

No platforming is hot garbage. The only people who ever get properly no platformed are Communists and there was a current of Communists warning against demanding stuff like Infowars be banned and ever since the State has used this to alter the algorithym for left wing newspapers and completely shut out anti-imperialist and communist voices.

And once again platforming right wingers and putting class politics in front of them is a good thing - because you'll likekly hook a few of their listeners from a reactionary pipeline

Syria as directed by Israel. In fact he says “the only way you can explain what the US has been doing in Syria” is advancing Israeli interests. Not only is this idea that Israel directs US policy rooted in anti-semitism, it also requires ignoring the rather straight-forward fact that the State of Israel is a US client state and serves to advance US interests in the region.

So Israel didn't occupy the Golan Heights? Israel serves US interest but it also on many occasions has been the tail wagging the dog