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I don't think of these things in terms of groups at this point. If we don't start with the conclusion and work our way back through a rationalization, different people applying a similar criteria in a rigorously materialist fashion should come away with the same analysis. I think it happens a lot on this list. When I have read more of what people post here, I'm generally pretty well pleased with how well our Marxist approach works. As to the health care issue, it's certainly true that we haven't had anyone representing a real Left in the U.S. Congress for a long time and are likely not to have one there for just as long. However, all along there have been people trying to mobilize for single-payer or, at least, a public option, and this happened with little reference to what a relatively smaller group of Marxists had to say on the subject. On the other hand, it does matter if Marxists line up behind Uncle Joe and against those mobilizations, however small they have been. ML ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
