Hi Foxy,

I don't believe Harris was/is a Marxists, but then again to an extreme right wing fanatic like the Kudos Kid, both the Pope and Mother Teresa were red devils.

Did you see how these far right fanatics attacked the old Pope for saying the mass killings in Gaza should stop. Anyone these day who calls for peace is no doubt a Communists. If that was true, then I would hope everyone in the world was a Communists!

Dear Paul,

From my experience Australia today for most of us -
is very tolerant of minority group celebrations. Of the
important cultural events of various groups. For example
currently in Adelaide, The Australian Lithuanians are
having their "Lithuanian Days". A festival of Song, and
Dance, and culture where Lithuanians from all over get
together to celebrate their culture.

And this year it's even more meaningful because for the
first time they have a premier of Lithuanian ancestry
presiding.

We've recently had Diwali - a celebration by the Indian
communities - open to all who wanted to attend. Then
there are the Chinese Dragon Festivals. We have
NAIDOC Week, there's Oktoberfest, and dare I say it
a growing celebration of Halloween, and much more.

What's great is we can celebrate all this without ever
leaving the country.

Dear Paul,

Talking about communists?

Donald Trump invites China's leader Xi Jinping to
his inauguration. Xi is expected to rebuff the offer,
as attending the event might put the Chinese president
in a subservient position.

I wonder if Putin's also been invited?

Hi Foxy,
Putin, doubtful.
Western leaders won't even attend Russia's Victory Day.
I don't think either China or Russia even care about anything the West says or does anymore.
And why would they?

Thanks Armchair Critic for bringing up Karenga..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Karenga#Kwanzaa

"Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966[19] to be the first pan-African holiday. Karenga said his goal was to "give Blacks an alternative to the existing holiday and give Blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and their history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant society."
...
The rituals of the holiday promote African traditions and Nguzo Saba, the "seven principles of African Heritage" that Karenga described as "a communitarian African philosophy" "

I suspect that Woke Marxist's use Karanga/ Kwanzaa and Afro-American's as a proxy enemy against the dominant US Anglo society to fragment and weaken it.

In essence Afro-American and African self-determination can be considered noble if it is used to create peace and prosperity for Ethnically African Peoples and the wider world rather than tear down in an act of Nihilism and Anglophobia against the dominant community.

Anglo peoples also want self-determination.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Karenga#Criminal_conviction_and_imprisonment

"In 1971, Karenga was sentenced to one to ten years in prison on counts of felony assault and false imprisonment.
...
Jones and Brenda Karenga testified that Karenga believed the women were conspiring to poison him, which Davis has attributed to a combination of ongoing police pressure and his own drug abuse.
...
Karenga has declined to discuss the convictions with reporters and does not mention them in biographical materials.[24] During a 2007 appearance at Wabash College, he again denied the charges and described himself as a former political prisoner."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Africanism

In a sense Pan-Africanism is similar to Pan-Islamism being forms of Ethnic Localism/ Nationalism- of course some of these ideologies are more expansionist than others. Obviously those ideologies that threaten other locals territory or identity need to be managed- but often these situations are complex.

It's interesting that Karenga and others such as the Nationalist Rockwell had relationships with Malcolm X.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell

"As a supporter of racial segregation and white separatism, he agreed with and quoted many leaders of the Black separatism movement such as Elijah Muhammad and early Malcolm X."

One of the issues with groups that broadly fell under the influence of Asia Minor and Asia is because of their history they also tend to fall under the spell of Asian "rotating officials" authoritarianism as Machiavelli indicated. Africa also has Asian influences, when African people advocate a psychological return to Africa, it's too easy to fall into this trap perhaps.

I believe that African's need to find principles in African culture that map to principles such as western "rule of law" embodied in the Magna Carta or Shang Yang in China (Lord Shang was executed from memory) or "might is not right" in Greece.

There are other principles that Asia needs to rediscover in their own ethno-cultural context, for them to have a future.

They can find their own direction, perhaps by using Anglo culture as a guide to rediscover their own, without becoming subservient to Anglo culture, perhaps more of a valued wise but sometimes imperfect friend and mentor, forming a better common wealth- balancing self-determination with inter-ethnic relations.

You could say that I am a "Right Wing Nut Job/ Ring Wing Extremist/ Far Right/ White Supremicist" for believing that the Western Rule Of Law principles embodied in the Magna Carta are superior to others. Of course (idealistic academic) authoritarianism will try and present itself as freedom and love and truth.