In the American context, Adam “Haz” Tahir is more like a neo-Laroucheite
Here’s a good overview of that from RevLeftRadio and Donald Parkinson, who btw namedrops Adam “Haz” Tahir when talking about these kinds of cults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NhVKmHN1i4
Although he is more of a neo-larouchite, he has ideological overlap with nazbols in that he has interviewed and praised Dugin, one of the cofounders along with Limonov of the National Bolshevik Party (Nazbols) who were a subculture movement in Russia after the collapse of the USSR. They called themselves a party but nothing really ever came of them politically. I don’t know much about them. Their flag incorporated nazi aesthetics (the red field and white circle of the third reich flag, with the black swastika replaced by a hammer and sickle) but I’ve been told on some occasions it was just edgelord counter-cultural punk rock shock jock stuff. I don’t believe that, but I’m not going to go too in depth because I’m not Russian and haven’t done extensive research on them.
Anyway Haz is also always pushing for people to read Heidegger, an unrepentant nazi philosopher, as being “essential” to understanding Marx. Whenever Heidegger’s nazi affiliations are brought up he claims they are “irrelevant” (somehow) to his philosophy.
I’d go with classifying him as a neo-larouchite as you stated. It fits more with the American context that his reactionary thinking is rooted in.
Anybody who throws their lot in with Dugin should be at least warned and avoided if they are unable to be saved. I watched a series of videos by Derick Varn where he goes through Dugin’s writings to critique them and he points out Dugin explicitly states that he wants to recruit leftists to his 4th positionist movement. We should especially be wary of these folks trying to get their foot in the door by inserting themselves into any discussions that are had on the left about what a multipolar world would mean for the future. It seems like that’s the angle they try to hook leftists at the moment.
It’s the aversion that Russian nationalism has to the aesthetics of historical Fascism. They can’t be seen to be siding with the people who tried to bring settler-led genocide to Russia.
No playlist but, I’ll make a list of links in the reply. They’re quite long given Varn’s digressions (something I nonetheless appreciate). He goes through Fourth Political Theory line by line in these. It will take a long time to listen through them.
I listened to parts 0, 1, and a bit of 2. You weren’t kidding about the digressions. They made it hard for me to pay attention. Kind of annoying how the host keeps shitting on AES and “Stalinism” the whole way through.
I wish he made some sort of condensed outline for this stuff. I’d imagine he’d have experience with that sort of teaching, given that he teaches high school.
I think he tries to be fair about the Chinese, he’s given some legitimate criticisms of some of the deficiencies they’ve had in domestic policy over the years and how the current leadership trying to rectify that. He’s doesn’t speak of it as something revolutionary though, describing Xi’s rural investment policies as the Great Society coming to China.
He’s speaks positively about the Cubans as well.
I also think it’s good that he reminds us to not be so pie in the sky about the developing multipolar geopolitical situation. Anything could come of it, depending on what we make of it. I appreciate his commentary on that.
In the American context, Adam “Haz” Tahir is more like a neo-Laroucheite
Here’s a good overview of that from RevLeftRadio and Donald Parkinson, who btw namedrops Adam “Haz” Tahir when talking about these kinds of cults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NhVKmHN1i4
Although he is more of a neo-larouchite, he has ideological overlap with nazbols in that he has interviewed and praised Dugin, one of the cofounders along with Limonov of the National Bolshevik Party (Nazbols) who were a subculture movement in Russia after the collapse of the USSR. They called themselves a party but nothing really ever came of them politically. I don’t know much about them. Their flag incorporated nazi aesthetics (the red field and white circle of the third reich flag, with the black swastika replaced by a hammer and sickle) but I’ve been told on some occasions it was just edgelord counter-cultural punk rock shock jock stuff. I don’t believe that, but I’m not going to go too in depth because I’m not Russian and haven’t done extensive research on them.
Anyway Haz is also always pushing for people to read Heidegger, an unrepentant nazi philosopher, as being “essential” to understanding Marx. Whenever Heidegger’s nazi affiliations are brought up he claims they are “irrelevant” (somehow) to his philosophy.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I’d go with classifying him as a neo-larouchite as you stated. It fits more with the American context that his reactionary thinking is rooted in.
Anybody who throws their lot in with Dugin should be at least warned and avoided if they are unable to be saved. I watched a series of videos by Derick Varn where he goes through Dugin’s writings to critique them and he points out Dugin explicitly states that he wants to recruit leftists to his 4th positionist movement. We should especially be wary of these folks trying to get their foot in the door by inserting themselves into any discussions that are had on the left about what a multipolar world would mean for the future. It seems like that’s the angle they try to hook leftists at the moment.
Heidegger is always a big red flag to me.
It’s really funny he calls it this because it’s just 3rd positionist with extra steps
It’s the aversion that Russian nationalism has to the aesthetics of historical Fascism. They can’t be seen to be siding with the people who tried to bring settler-led genocide to Russia.
Got a Playlist for that?
No playlist but, I’ll make a list of links in the reply. They’re quite long given Varn’s digressions (something I nonetheless appreciate). He goes through Fourth Political Theory line by line in these. It will take a long time to listen through them.
Part 1 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mq9TNmwqt_A
Part 2 https://youtube.com/watch?v=s89ptcymZqI
Part 3 https://youtube.com/watch?v=U9r4Znw4B_w
Part 4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=RRpSFYGxUfI
Part 5 https://youtube.com/watch?v=LmfkgaQXHaU
Part 6 https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZFF3JYuGnDA
I found YouTube links in your comment. Here are links to the same videos on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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Thanks for putting in the effort to find them, I’ll endeavor to listen to them after work.
I listened to parts 0, 1, and a bit of 2. You weren’t kidding about the digressions. They made it hard for me to pay attention. Kind of annoying how the host keeps shitting on AES and “Stalinism” the whole way through.
I wish he made some sort of condensed outline for this stuff. I’d imagine he’d have experience with that sort of teaching, given that he teaches high school.
I think he tries to be fair about the Chinese, he’s given some legitimate criticisms of some of the deficiencies they’ve had in domestic policy over the years and how the current leadership trying to rectify that. He’s doesn’t speak of it as something revolutionary though, describing Xi’s rural investment policies as the Great Society coming to China.
He’s speaks positively about the Cubans as well.
I also think it’s good that he reminds us to not be so pie in the sky about the developing multipolar geopolitical situation. Anything could come of it, depending on what we make of it. I appreciate his commentary on that.