- 1957 Communists have their first public events. There are 3 factions. - John Gates: denounces USSR - Gus Hall & Eugene Debs: remain ML but support MLK rather than Black Nationalism. Armed revolutions unnecessary. - WZF: Hardline; black nationalism; didn't accept Khrushchev speech. - WZF helps lay the foundation of the Maoist movement. WZF & Mao are soulmates.

China's Day in the Sun A. James Gregor "A Place in the Sun: Marxism and Fascism in China's Long Revolution" I didn't listen to this very carefully. I found it weeks ago and I'm going to upload it before I relisten to it. Its a video arguing that China deviated from Communism and has become a kind of fascist country. I don't think that at al, but I do think it is useful to listen to someone go over the arguments why they think that and let yourself be challenged and I do think it makes sense that a struggle with fascist oligarchs and communist party is a real thing. I remember some of the comments I thought were stupid. He argues that because they take on some race oriented rhetoric that is an example of them eschewing communist style for fascist characterizations. Apparantley the Chinese have a notion that the vast majority of China is descended from the Yellow Emperor. Maybe China does that but they don't do any master race rhetoric with that, there is no slavic equivalent that they are trying to subjugate like Nazis/Ukrainians. I think that is the key component there. That the chinese sometimes employ some race oriented rhetoric isn't so bad in and of itself. Anyway, I've seen these thoughts around a lot about China becoming some kind of totalitarian evil fascists state and I think I would have believed it just 5 years ago when I had a loose self-identification as an anarchist. The book that convinced me China is communist is Jeff J Brown's "China is Communist, Dammit" which I own and recommend.

There is a 2+ min intro of Kraus introducing Chomsky to a interview/stage. I start this off because he praises Chomsky as a hero with a huge audience that would show any questioner and humble student a respect and generosity to by taking their concerns and ideas seriously and engaging with people on issues they care about. Chomsky was by far the single greatest gateway into politics of my life(C. Hitchens, G. Vidal, H. Zinn too). And indeed Chomsky gave me that impression too. But watch how rude he is to S. Meyer in this debate. Meyer is a respectable person with a pleasant disposition and Kraus just eschews everything he respects about Chomsky and acts like the biggest snob of all time. I used to read a lot of Hitchens and even a little Sam Harris. I kind of hate those 2 now and feel like the militant atheism is a very mean-spirited and hateful movement. Here is a pretty good article discussing Lawrence Kraus's Epstein connections: https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/06/25/lawrence-krauss-scientifically-shows-jeffrey-epstein-is-no-pedophile/

For more detailed information - http://www.richplanet.net/911.php A great article looking at 9/11 again post Taliban control of Afghanistan: https://apokalypsnu.nl/2021/08/20/9-11-was-a-straussian-coup-by-laurent-guyenot/