BreadTube Serves Imperialism: Examining The New Brand of Internet Pseudo-Socialism

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Now with full table of contents A group of liberal commentators with shady origins, loosely calling themselves "BreadTube" have become the primary online pro-socialist voices. The ideology that BreadTubers espouse, however, is not consistent with Marxism-Leninism or genuine anti-capitalism. Drawing from the work of Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong, William Z. Foster, R. Palm Dutt, Peter Kropotkin and other great revolutionary thinkers, Caleb Maupin shows that BreadTube has emerged due to a power struggle within the US ruling class. Maupin contrasts the BreadTube worldview of pessimism, anti-populism and post-modernism with the hopeful project of 21st Century Socialism around the world. He urges working people to reject the dead end of identity politics, liberalism and de-growth, and instead to stand against decaying imperialism and its drive toward fascism and war. Caleb Maupin is a widely acclaimed speaker, writer, journalist, and political analyst. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and in Latin America. He was involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement from its early planning stages, and has been involved many struggles for social justice. He is an outspoken advocate of international friendship and cooperation, as well 21st Century Socialism. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: The Capitalists Fight With One Another... Divisions in the Ruling Class Lessons from the 1930s More Dangerous Than Social Democracy 1: What & Who is BreadTube? The Nature of the Counter-Gang Natalie “Contrapoints” Wynn Harris “Bomber Guy” Brewis Ian “Vaush” Kochinski "Socialism Done Left” Matt “Thought Slime” Steven “Destiny” Bonnell Caleb “Faraday Speaks” Cain Dr. Steve Hassan Counter-gangs and the Late Cold War Conclusion 2: Redefining Capitalism and Socialism The Legacy of Peter Kropotkin The Marxist Definition of Capitalism Imperialism: The Capitalism of Our Time The Marxist Definition of Socialism “Marx Wasn’t A Statist” Maintaining Profits in Command The Myth of the 20th CenturyT 3: Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! “Insurrection and Autocracy” “A counter-revolutionary mass movement” The Myth of Fascist Ideology and Aesthetics Natalie Wynn’s “F@scists” A Gift to Actual Fascism 4: Understanding Left-Pessimism The De-Growth Delusions Georges Sorel’s “Birth Strike” Sexual Freedom and Left-Pessimism Orgasmic Politics Conclusion: The Conditions Themselves Call Out... Appendix #1:4-Point Plan to Rescue the Country — Center for Political Innovation 1. A Mass Mobilization to Rebuild the Country 2. Public Ownership of Natural Resources 3. Public Control of Banking 4. An Economic Bill of Rights Conclusion Appendix #2:Note on the Political Development of the Author The 2008 Cirisis of Capitalism The US-NATO Destruction of Libya What is Wrong with American Communists? The Need for Political Innovation Bibliography Back Cover