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anodyne

Although he is often depicted as an anodyne moralist, a precursor to multicultural liberalism, King was actually a visionary whose politics became increasing radical in tandem with the movement he led.

—p.115 Are socialists pacifists? Aren’t some wars justified? (104) by Jonah Birch
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socialists must be willing to criticize

More fundamentally, it is important to be clear that our support for groups fighting against their oppression, at the hands of the US government or anyone else, does not mean that we’re always uncritical of these forces. One need only look at the growing levels of inequality and the increasing pene…

—p.114 Are socialists pacifists? Aren’t some wars justified? (104) by Jonah Birch
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workers in other countries

Why should workers in other countries ally themselves with those in the United States, in whose name they are bombed and occupied? To the extent that Americans buy into the nationalism that inevitably goes along with their government’s machinations abroad, they make the emergence of a class-based m…

—p.111 Are socialists pacifists? Aren’t some wars justified? (104) by Jonah Birch
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