I don't recall the old left characteristically criticizing "conspiracy mongering". The anti-conspiracy theorists I have run across are liberals, libertarians and the like. I can't see any Bolshevik denying the possibility in principle that U.S . imperialism could be involved in a complex conspiracy in these events. But it is , of course, difficult to prove a secret plan, because it is a secret.
Capitalism is a system, but within that system numerous heinous conspiracies are hatched by the bourgeois state apparatuses. What is the NSC and CIA and FBI doing with all those billions of dollars except mass producing "conspiracies" ? Marxists attempt not to have the main aspect of their analysis hinge on such plots, but they ignore them or think "above" them. Theory is gray and reality is multicolored and invisible and secret. CB >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/07/01 06:17AM >>> I want to thank Jared Israel for what he has been trying to do for us. It is not the first time that he has done this, and it is also not the first time he has suffered from the ready-made polemical arsenal of the old left. It can't be right to somehow silence discussion of who carried out the WTC/Pentagon action. The rebukes administered to Jared, and anyone who breaks this Taboo, are phrased in ways that should be recognizable to the left; "conspiracy mongering" ,"ranting", and "discrediting", are among the most usual terms employed. Their purpose, as always, is simply to shut down discussion, and to frighten others on the list with the consequences of unorthodoxy... Perhaps it is just that people are so afraid of the implications of the proposition that the Empire would have the will, and the determination to do this thing. I know I am. Yet they are on the attack everywhere in the world. When the next terrorist "event" occurs, will we make it an article of faith to accept their scenario again? How long before we really, seriously, weigh the evidence ourselves, instead of howling down comrades with something important, but very unpopular to say? I don't agree with Jared about their goals in this global coup. I think geopolitical control of oil is the prize .But I am always interested in his posts, always impressed with the hard work reflected, and proud of the courage he displays in sticking to his guns. Bob Enoch _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
