Crtiticism and Creativity
Channel: Jose Maria Sison
Date: 03/10/2021

Questions by  Prof. Sarah Raymundo
Answers by Prof. Jose Maria Sison


1. Calls for creativity have emerged as responses to a criticism of the Left  being "passé" and "dogmatic."The command to be creative is being considered seriously for activist practice in response to this criticism, but what does this call achieve?
JMS: It is a good policy for any anti-imperialist and antifascist formation to pay attention to criticisms and proposals  from any source.  It does not take much time to distinguish a good criticism or proposal from a bad one. A sweeping criticism of the Left as being “passe” and “dogmatic” comes apparently from either a hostile or ill-informed source and should be subjected to a critical examination to find out exactly what is the basis of the criticism behind the proposal of creativity.  
If there is a basis of any kind, degree or scale that is cited, then it can be critically examined and creativity can be applied in the correction of any error or solution of any problem. If there is no basis for the criticism and its objective is merely to malign the movement and mislead the people, then the attack  has to be countered immediately and sharply.