Roberto
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Thank you for the information.
I need to reactivate my Facebook, as I don’t use this social network very much.I will also look into your organization in the United States.
I want to thank you for sharing the information you’ve presented. I agree with you that nationalism is a poison for the working class, and that much of the Latin American left sees only U.S. imperialism as the enemy while ignoring the real root of the problem: capitalism itself. This also leads to the tendency to idealize China and to justify nationalist governments such as those of Venezuela and Cuba.
For many years, I myself was shaped by nationalism, Stalinism, and Trotskyism. I followed figures like Pedro Albizu Campos, Rubén Berríos, and Juan Mari Brás, as well as groups such as the Puerto Rican Independence Party, the PSP, and later in the United States, the Socialist Workers Party and Workers Vanguard, among others.
Today, I find myself more aligned with the basic principles of the SPGB, especially its emphasis on global working-class unity, the rejection of nationalism, and the need to replace capitalism—not reform it—with a real socialist society based on common ownership and democratic control.
The historical analysis he presented about Puerto Rico was truly insightful, especially the way he explained the island’s industrial development. It helped me understand why the so-called “liberation movement” has not succeeded in Puerto Rico. As long as global capitalism exists, we remain wage slaves; but within the current context, I can also understand why he argues that statehood would be more favorable for the people of the island.
I had never heard of him before. After listening to his talk on Puerto Rico’s “colonial question,” I began to investigate further. I found many points in his analyses that made sense to me, but I also saw the typical tendency of many Latin American nationalists: focusing exclusively on “American imperialism” while overlooking the role of local capitalists. In addition, he speaks of Maduro, Cuba, and similar cases without offering any critical evaluation.
I feel something similar when I listen to Richard Wolff. I appreciate many of his economic analyses, but then he expresses sympathy for regimes like China and even sees it as “socialist,” when your organization—an assessment I fully agree with—has correctly explained that these systems are simply forms of state capitalism.
Thank you again, Citizen of the World. Your identification is consistent with everything I have observed so far. Here in the United States, I often speak to my coworkers about your party, because—as you say, and as I have seen in my own experience—it is the only socialist party that fights for socialism, and nothing else.
Thank you for respecting free expression and open debate. One of the things I value most about this forum is that we can exchange ideas honestly, without attacking one another, even when our views differ. I’ve always appreciated the SPGB perspective, and I’m genuinely interested in hearing what you all think.
“Citizen of the World” is one of the members I admire most here. I’ve learned a great deal from his reviews and insightful comments, and I want to express my appreciation for the clarity and consistency he brings to discussions.
As Karl Marx wrote, “The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.” I believe this forum embodies that principle by allowing ideas to be shared openly and critically.
Thanks again for maintaining a space where thoughtful discussion is possible.
Ramón Grosfoguel has spoken about transhumanism in several interviews, especially in political or activist settings rather than in his academic work. One example is an interview titled “No se puede ser decolonial sin ser antiimperialista,” published on Aporrea.org, where he claims that global elites linked to the World Economic Forum are promoting what he calls a “New Reset,” including population reduction and the “robotization” of human beings through transhumanist technologies. He also mentions these ideas in recent conference announcements where topics such as technofeudalism, transhumanism, and ecomalthusianism are listed. If anyone in this forum has more sources or has followed his statements on this topic, I would appreciate additional references.
Well… why even mention it here?
This forum talks about many topics, and it seems you have a limited mindset about what can or cannot be said!
Transhumanism is something he himself talks about in his conferences and speeches.This professor talks about transhumanism, saying that the people at Davos want to eliminate more than half of the world’s population and create a system even worse than capitalism. He also claims that the last stronghold of the United States will be in Latin America and that all left-wing movements should support Venezuela, etc.
an artificial intelligence that will confidently explain that everything happening in the world is the result of “opportunist deviation,” that any disagreement is “hidden Stalinism,” and that the permanent revolution is always just around the corner… and has been for the past hundred years.
The SPGB is a peaceful, non-Leninist Marxist party that wants a worldwide socialism without a state and without a market.
Ideologically it is “far left,” but not an authoritarian extreme left.I want to apologize to everyone in this forum.
This article talks about the Democratic Party, which always sells itself to the working people as being on their side and on the side of the most marginalized and “poor” groups — but in reality, they are part of the problem… just another capitalist party.I went to the march where I live in the United States, and there were many people, but most of them were liberals. The speakers were Democrats, and they only talked about the oligarchy and Trump the entire time. I didn’t see any signs about capitalism, except for a few from the so-called left who believe that China is “socialist.” The so-called “radical left” that Trump talks about is really just a reflection of his right-wing ideology.
As I see it, the hot potato of capitalism keeps being passed to the Democrats, and ever since I became politically aware, this has been the same endless cycle!I understand that capitalism is capitalism — that’s clear to me. But here, liberals and many on the left talk about oligarchy, while very few mention in their writings and speeches the capitalist mode of production, which would actually address the root cause of the so-called oligarchy.
Citizen of the world!
Your analysis is absolutely correct — I do not share the illusion I saw among the young people in the report from the program Democracy Now! That is the great difference between appearance and reality!
Marxism is a science — it is the instrument that allows us to make this important distinction.
