I& #39;m an atheist so maybe my opinion is irrelevant, but I want to talk about the "neo-Marxism" of #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">. On the one hand it& #39;s obviously absurd to think that everyone kneeling and protesting in support of BLM are Marxist, or even necessarily leftist. 1/ https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1287057974834462720">https://twitter.com/sullydish...

Indeed a lot of Black radicalism *is* Marx-inflected. Du Bois was famously influenced by Marx. The term "racial capitalism" came from Cedric Robinson, whose magnum opus was "Black Marxism". As a liberal I& #39;ve expressed my own concern! See this thread. 2/ https://twitter.com/paulcrider/status/1280282679800295424">https://twitter.com/paulcride...

But even if BLM and M4BL were "neo-Marxist" (whatever that means), it wouldn& #39;t follow that we liberals have nothing to learn from these groups, can& #39;t collaborate, or can& #39;t express solidarity with Black lives in danger, a problem that *should* be a priority for any liberal. 3/

Importantly, the @Mvmnt4BlkLives--whatever their ultimate worldviews (surely plural)--has delivered an actual policy platform we can engage with. It& #39;s good. And I don& #39;t think I& #39;m at risk of losing my liberal credentials by supporting the #BREATHEact. 4/4 https://breatheact.org/ ">https://breatheact.org/">...