MAGACommunism or MAGA Communism[Note 1] is an alt-right, neo-fascist subset of the patriotic socialist movement in the United States and an online slogan which calls for the unification of so-called "Marxists" and the reactionary MAGA movement in order to oppose the "globalist elite." It is grounded in a number of opportunist and tailist positions.[1][2][3][4] Promoters of the MAGA Communist "movement" enjoy very little support in the real world and are almost entirely confined to online spaces, particularly alt-tech platforms.
The so-called "MAGA Communists" have promoted conspiracy theories, racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, and anti-intellectualism in order to appeal to other members of the far-right.[5]
Description
The slogan appeared in August 2022 on Twitter.[citation needed] Its most notable promoters are Jackson Hinkle and Infrared, whose rhetoric concerning this slogan has inspired a small online clique of "MAGA Communist" propagandists and trolls to emerge, largely from their respective followers.
While this clique is highly vocal, it has convinced very few people, and remains almost entirely internet-based. Their social media strategy is to spam content, no matter how nonsensical, to create virality through engagement and the illusion of popularity. It has yet to be organized in an actual political party or have its theory practiced.
MAGA Communism is comparable to Strasserism given their mutual opposition to finance capital and "globalism" as well as their pro-rural, pro-small business, ultranationalist attitude, effectively echoing Strasser's "guild socialism".
See also
References
- ↑ Danny Haiphong (2022-9-21). "A Final Word on “MAGA Communism” and Social Conservatism" Black Agenda Report. Retrieved 2022-9-21.
- ↑ Haz Al-Din (2022-9-18). "THE RISE OF MAGA COMMUNISM" Infrared. Retrieved 2022-9-22.
- ↑ Infrared (2022-9-19). "MAGA Communism Taking America by STORM" YouTube. Retrieved 2022-9-21.
- ↑ Infrared (2022-9-13). "A Guide to MAGA COMMUNISM" YouTube. Retrieved 2022-9-21.
- ↑ Alfonso Casal (2022-09-22). "Editorial: On “Patriotic Socialism” and “MAGA Communism”" The Red Phoenix. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
Notes
- ↑ Often displayed as a hashtag: #MAGACommunism.