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What has gone wrong with the left and what leftists must do if they want to change politics, ethics, and minds. Leftists have long taught that people in the West must take responsibility for centuries of classism, racism, colonialism, patriarchy, and other gross injustices. Of course, right-wingers constantly ridicule this claim for its 'wokeness.' In Coming Clean, Eric Heinze rejects the idea that we should be less woke. In fact, we need more wokeness, but of a new kind. Yes, we must teach about these bleak pasts, but we must also educate the public about the left s own support for regimes that damaged and destroyed millions of lives for over a century Stalin in the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong in China, Pol Pot in Cambodia, or the Kim dynasty in North Korea. Criticisms of Western wrongdoing are certainly important, yet Heinze explains that leftists have rarely engaged in the kinds of open and public self-scrutiny that they demand from others. Citing examples as different as the Ukraine war, LGBTQ+ people in Cuba, the concept of 'hatred,' and the problem of leftwing antisemitism, Heinze explains why and how the left must change its memory politics if it is to claim any ethical high ground.
Contents
CONTENTS
1 Introduction
Part One: Basics
2 Power Oppressing
3 Histories Teaching Part Two: Amnesia
4 Hurricanes Raging
5 Education Responding
6 Interests Converging
7 Underdogs Biting
8 Evils Purifying Part Three: Hatred
9 Socialism Hating
10 Identities Emerging
11 Jews Wondering
12 Dots Connecting
13 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
