The Unholy Alliance: How the Left Has Embraced Radical Islam in a Shared Assault on the West, By Charles Taylor (Florida)

Lurking in the shadowed corridors of modern geopolitics, an improbable yet potent partnership has taken root, one that unites the ideological descendants of Karl Marx with the fiery zealots of radical Islam. This "red-green alliance," as it's aptly termed, isn't a mere coincidence of convenience; it's a calculated convergence of enemies of Western civilisation, bent on eroding its foundations from within and without. Drawing from recent analyses, such as Robert Spencer's incisive piece on Jihad Watch, this discussion explores how the Left has not only joined forces with radical Islam but has systematically ignored the very issues that threaten the core of liberal democracy, human rights abuses, religious persecution, and cultural erosion, while elevating Islam as a "new proletariat" in their revolutionary narrative. The result? A world war, not of tanks and trenches, but of ideas, migration, and moral inversion, where the West's survival hangs in the balance.

The Roots of the Red-Green Symbiosis

To understand this alliance, we must first peel back the layers of historical antagonism that once divided Marxism and Islam. Marxism, with its atheistic materialism, views religion as the "opium of the people," while radical Islam's theocratic vision brooks no secular rivals. Yet, as the Cold War thawed and the Soviet empire crumbled, a pragmatic realignment emerged. Both ideologies, though philosophically at odds, share a visceral hatred for capitalism, individualism, and Christian values, the bedrock of Western civilisation. As Spencer notes in his article, this partnership manifests globally through entities like BRICS (an economic bloc led by Marxist China and including Muslim-majority nations) and on the streets via riots and protests that blend anti-capitalist fury with anti-Western jihadism.

Consider the post-9/11 landscape: While the dust still settled on the Twin Towers, Leftist intellectuals and activists rallied not against the perpetrators but in solidarity with them, decrying U.S. "imperialism." This wasn't isolated folly; it was the blueprint for a deeper fusion. In conflicts from Afghanistan to Gaza, the Left has consistently framed Muslim militants as oppressed underdogs, echoing Marxist tropes of colonial exploitation. China, the Marxist behemoth, exemplifies this on a state level: Its foreign ministry has openly defended Nigeria's Muslim regime against U.S. sanctions for the genocide of Christians, dismissing human rights concerns as Western interference. Here, the alliance isn't abstract, it's operational, with Marxist states arming and shielding Islamist regimes in their shared crusade against Christianity, which both see as the West's moral anchor.

The Left's Selective Blindness: Ignoring the Right Issues

One of the most insidious aspects of this alliance is the Left's wilful ignorance of the atrocities it enables. Radical Islam's track record, honour killings, female genital mutilation, suppression of free speech, and the systematic persecution of minorities, is glossed over or reframed as "cultural diversity." Meanwhile, issues that align with Leftist orthodoxy, like climate change or income inequality, dominate the discourse, while the "right issues" — those concerning religious freedom, women's rights in Islamic contexts, or the integration challenges of mass migration, are dismissed as Islamophobic dog whistles.

Spencer's piece highlights this myopia through the lens of Christian persecution: In Nigeria alone, over 125,000 Christians have been murdered and 19,000 churches destroyed in the past 15 years by Islamist Fulani militias, backed by a Muslim government. Yet, where is the outrage from progressive circles? Silent. The Obama administration, a paragon of Leftist foreign policy, even ousted Nigeria's elected Christian president in favour of a Muslim dictator, prioritising "stability" over human lives. Fast-forward to today, and even some on the Right, like Tucker Carlson, platform voices denying this genocide, further muddying the waters. The Left's media apparatus amplifies this neglect, connecting few dots between China's church raids and Nigeria's killing fields. As Spencer quips, "Weird how that never gets any attention. Wonder why."

This selective focus isn't accidental; it's strategic. By ignoring the barbarities of radical Islam, the Left avoids confronting the contradictions in its own coalition. Protests against "Zionism" in Western cities often devolve into chants glorifying Hamas, yet cries for Uyghur Muslims in Chinese camps or Coptic Christians in Egypt are muted. The alliance thrives in this vacuum, allowing Marxist-Islamic forces to colonise Christian nations through unchecked migration and demographic shifts, all while the West debates pronouns.

The New Proletariat: Islam as the Vanguard of Revolution

At the heart of this betrayal lies the Left's reimagining of class warfare for the 21st century. In classical Marxism, the proletariat, the industrial working class, was the revolutionary engine, destined to overthrow bourgeois oppression. But as Western workers grew prosperous and integrated into the capitalist fold, that narrative faltered. Enter radical Islam: the "new proletariat," a global underclass of the marginalised, the migrants, and the militants, whose grievances against the West mirror the exploited masses of old.

This recasting is explicit in Leftist rhetoric. Islam isn't critiqued for its illiberalism; it's romanticised as a resistance movement against "neocolonialism." Think of the Occupy Wall Street crowds chanting alongside pro-Palestinian activists, or university campuses where "Queers for Palestine" signs proliferate, oblivious to the irony. The Muslim migrant, fleeing war or poverty, becomes the symbolic proletarian, his arrival in Europe or America framed not as a cultural challenge but as a moral imperative for atonement. Policies like open borders and multiculturalism, championed by the Left, accelerate this, turning cities into battlegrounds where Sharia patrols clash with secular norms.

Yet, this elevation comes at a cost. The new proletariat demands fealty: Criticism of Islam is equated with racism, silencing dissent and enforcing a de facto blasphemy code in the West. As the alliance deepens, the Left's focus sharpens on empowering this vanguard, funding mosques, excusing riots as "mostly peaceful," and importing ideologies that reject Enlightenment values. Spencer's warning rings true: This isn't solidarity; it's suicide, a "world war" where the West's internal saboteurs hand victory to its external foes.

The Stakes and the Path Forward

The red-green axis isn't content with peripheral skirmishes; it's a total assault on Western civilisation's soul. From Beijing's re-education camps to Tehran's proxy wars, the pattern is clear: Persecute the faithful, invert the victimhood narrative, and infiltrate the host. The Left's complicity, born of ideological hubris and electoral calculus, ensures this war rages unchecked. As Spencer asserts, "The war against the 'red-green alliance' of Marxism and Islam is the defining conflict of our age. It is the struggle that will determine whether there will even be a Western civilisation."

To counter it, the West must reclaim its moral clarity. Call out the alliance by name, defend the persecuted without equivocation, and reject the fiction of the "new proletariat" that devours its allies. Isolationism won't suffice, nor will globalist platitudes; only a unified front, rooted in Christian resilience and liberal vigilance, can prevail. The hour is late, but history favours the bold. Will the West awaken, or succumb to the red-green tide?

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