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 [0xc000990360 0xc000f86e10 0xc001018ae0 0xc001254300 0xc0014f1ad0 0xc001aa4450 0xc001b57d70 0xc001ca4c00 0xc00028a060 0xc0002f2930 0xc0004bd6b0 0xc0004ccbd0 0xc001dbd6b0 0xc0006224b0 0xc0005e5830 0xc0005f2180 0xc000000210 0xc0001ec5a0 0xc000255650 0xc0003c0cc0 0xc0006f4720 0xc000848a80 0xc0008495c0 0xc0003c69c0 0xc00096ee40 0xc001024f00 0xc00019f3e0 0xc0001ea480 0xc0001ea840 0xc000221380 0xc0006c3800 0xc0006f0f60 0xc0007c0180 0xc0007c1d70 0xc0007c1f80 0xc0007f6db0 0xc0007f7350 0xc00098bdd0 0xc001e023c0 0xc000f35a40 0xc001636360 0xc0017dc000 0xc001ebd170 0xc001ee63c0 0xc0024e6de0 0xc00252d5c0 0xc00252df20 0xc0004785d0 0xc000b69200 0xc000cdeed0 0xc000e1bbc0] 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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