Radical Digressions

Diemer, Ulli
http://www.diemer.ca
Publisher:  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 [0xc000bfb2f0 0xc001a004b0 0xc001a71e30 0xc001c41e90 0xc001ef85d0 0xc0020fddd0 0xc0021add40 0xc0022ebc20 0xc0001dd920 0xc00025bf20 0xc0004658c0 0xc000476de0 0xc00056e390 0xc00059e690 0xc0023f54a0 0xc0023f5dd0 0xc00240b710 0xc000672e40 0xc0000d9c20 0xc0002d8390 0xc0004c4030 0xc0004fdef0 0xc000520a50 0xc002448ab0 0xc0005e8ea0 0xc00074eff0 0xc0008d8f00 0xc0008f1e00 0xc00090a1e0 0xc000944d20 0xc001478330 0xc0014799e0 0xc002474810 0xc0015183c0 0xc0015185a0 0xc001519380 0xc001519920 0xc00149bce0 0xc0018a9fb0 0xc00019d980 0xc0008ba600 0xc000c977a0 0xc000f10ff0 0xc000f2e210 0xc00180bd10 0xc0018b22d0 0xc0018b2ba0 0xc00216be00 0xc002542990 0xc00260a450 0xc0026a8510] 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.

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