My partner is Lebanese and one issue that has consistently come up with any discussion of Marxism (and honestly the online left as a whole) is Uyghur genocide denial. Essentially, they see it as proof of (white) western leftists being hypocrites and having a glaring Islamophobia problem. I’m inclined to defer to them, but at the same time, I’ve found myself often politically aligning with MLs on other issues, and I know very little about Chinese internal politics or the Uyghurs myself, so I would greatly appreciate being able to get an understanding of what the ML perspective is.
Aaaand now he’s being transphobic + telling his Discord gremlins that China, the material base of the anti-Zionazi resistance in the region via selling Iran weapons for oil, is the one propping Israel up and not countries like the US and their pawns like Argentina. Who could have seen it coming?
It’s almost like the only people who can take Uyghur genocide allegations seriously are people who don’t take the genocides their countries are committing (or already completed) seriously enough.
Can’t wait for your reply which I am sure will be most understanding of how China’s support for Iran, Venezuela, and Palestine is part and parcel to their blanket opposition to unilateral sanctions, as is the rapid development that supports them. Hope we both eagerly anticipate a world where international law is actually real and don’t lash out at countries which work towards that.