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Partyism
An analytical error
Justin Podur is a Toronto-based writer specializing in international politics and serves as a professor of environmental studies at York University. He is also the author of "Haiti's New Dictatorship." His blog is www.killingtrain.com and Twitter is twitter.com/justinpodur).
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JUSTIN PODUR—This idea – that we’re supposed to think about the effects of our work and therefore focus on the crimes of Western imperialists, not the crimes of their enemies – is one Western tankies take seriously.
If you’re wondering why the small group of us on social media around my podcast (the Anti-Empire Project) and Sina’s (The East is a Podcast) affectionately call each other “tankies” and the politics behind it, read on.
