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Deny, Defend, Depose: Moment or Movement?

Deny, Defend, Depose: Moment or Movement?

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Mike Shelby
Dec 13, 2024
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Far Left reaction over the past week to Luigi Mangione’s assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been mostly positive.

  • Some members of the Far Left expressed their hope that Magione’s actions will spark a class war that leads to routine violent direct action against the for-profit healthcare system and other targets of the capitalist class.

  • Others described the event as “cathartic,” and tied Mangione’s actions to those of other revolutionary anarchists, such as the one involved in the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley in 1901.

  • One anarchist criticized Mangione because he wasn’t part of any liberation movement or mutual support group, he was arrested without sharing his family’s wealth with “the oppressed,” and because his actions didn’t change “the system.”

Is this a moment or a movement? What’s next?

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