And in Bakunins time antisemitism was the norm. You can take the good and leave the bad- of course London was no John Brown but I don't think anyone is implying such?
IS RACESIME RONG AFTER ALL WE ARE ALL DIFERENT DO WE ALL HAF TO BE THE SAME.DO I HAF TO FEIL GUILTY ABOUT HAVING A WHITE SKIN AND BEING A MAIL.BUT I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I LIKE MY SELF AND MY RACE.
The left was truly racist then. Today the left or Lomosine liberals are not as vocal with their racism. They simply pimp minorities for political gain.
Is this guy nuts? There is no Jack London "mafia". London was a man of contradictions. He was an admirer of both Marx and London, but he was not a systematic thinker. His racism is more emotional than analytic. He was a risk taker and when his risk paid off he spent like the proverbial drunken sailor that he was. But he wrote "The Call of the Wild" and he'll always be remembered for that. He was warm hearted and I believe that had he lived he would have put his racism behind him.
Raskin darkly contrasts London's race views with his socialism without telling us anything about either. He fusses over London's 126 acres and his spendthrift ways. But London, unlike Marx and Engels, squandered his own royalties and not profits extracted from factory workers.
His later statements on racism include the following statement to a Japanese magazine about how he would seek to oppose anti-Japanese racism in America - "I would begin by stopping the stupid newspapers from fomenting race hatred, but we will only overcome hatred by the realisation of socialism which is the practical application in economy and the state of the brotherhood of man."
Jack London is the writer most frequently denounced for racism. You would have to search The Iron Heel with a magnifying glass to find any of that. It is as if his detractors had some other agenda and were pointedly drawing attention to every early statment by Jack London which is racist and ignoring his later diatribes against racism.
One of his many, many contradictions. Karl Marx even had some racialist views (not racist views). He was happy when the US took the Mexican territory in 1848, because the Mexicans were inferior at holding onto it. For their times, both of those guys were extremely radical. What I find interesting is how much London was lauded in US society as a writer, which is unusual considering how marginalized socialists were and are in this country.
it's not really contradicting at all. he's promoting his race first and an economic system second. makes sense to me. he actually began to drop the leftist economic stance later in his life (which wasn't really that late considering how old he actually lived to be)
And in Bakunins time antisemitism was the norm. You can take the good and leave the bad- of course London was no John Brown but I don't think anyone is implying such?
crud4 1 year ago
IS RACESIME RONG AFTER ALL WE ARE ALL DIFERENT DO WE ALL HAF TO BE THE SAME.DO I HAF TO FEIL GUILTY ABOUT HAVING A WHITE SKIN AND BEING A MAIL.BUT I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I LIKE MY SELF AND MY RACE.
quantumofhate 1 year ago
Not hard to tell the speaker is a jew. Hook nose, eyes close together, even a New York accent. They're known for their lies also.
witchesbrewable 1 year ago
And with all that being said.... He is one of the most awesome authors I have ever read. Let's remember him simply for being a writer.
Dreamsex101 1 year ago
The left was truly racist then. Today the left or Lomosine liberals are not as vocal with their racism. They simply pimp minorities for political gain.
mellowtribe 2 years ago
@mellowtribe Tell Willie Horton that, clown.
Buddy212002 1 year ago
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Buddy212002 2 years ago
what he's saying is true, get over it.
CNTloyalist 2 years ago
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@CNTloyalist Too bad nobody cares enough about you to point out your own hypocrisy...or are you without sin?
Buddy212002 1 year ago
Is this guy nuts? There is no Jack London "mafia". London was a man of contradictions. He was an admirer of both Marx and London, but he was not a systematic thinker. His racism is more emotional than analytic. He was a risk taker and when his risk paid off he spent like the proverbial drunken sailor that he was. But he wrote "The Call of the Wild" and he'll always be remembered for that. He was warm hearted and I believe that had he lived he would have put his racism behind him.
trajan75 2 years ago
Raskin darkly contrasts London's race views with his socialism without telling us anything about either. He fusses over London's 126 acres and his spendthrift ways. But London, unlike Marx and Engels, squandered his own royalties and not profits extracted from factory workers.
CornetJoyce 3 years ago
His later statements on racism include the following statement to a Japanese magazine about how he would seek to oppose anti-Japanese racism in America - "I would begin by stopping the stupid newspapers from fomenting race hatred, but we will only overcome hatred by the realisation of socialism which is the practical application in economy and the state of the brotherhood of man."
derekmcmillan1951 3 years ago
Jack London is the writer most frequently denounced for racism. You would have to search The Iron Heel with a magnifying glass to find any of that. It is as if his detractors had some other agenda and were pointedly drawing attention to every early statment by Jack London which is racist and ignoring his later diatribes against racism.
derekmcmillan1951 3 years ago 2
"I am a white man first; a socialist second." - Jack London
willyrobinson 3 years ago
One of his many, many contradictions. Karl Marx even had some racialist views (not racist views). He was happy when the US took the Mexican territory in 1848, because the Mexicans were inferior at holding onto it. For their times, both of those guys were extremely radical. What I find interesting is how much London was lauded in US society as a writer, which is unusual considering how marginalized socialists were and are in this country.
westphalianprinz 3 years ago
it's not really contradicting at all. he's promoting his race first and an economic system second. makes sense to me. he actually began to drop the leftist economic stance later in his life (which wasn't really that late considering how old he actually lived to be)
willyrobinson 3 years ago
Viva la revolucion. Thank you for featuring this.
teemuruskeepaa 3 years ago