This article will be a political assessment of Stephen F. Cohen, who
died of lung cancer two days ago rather than an obit. I am including the
NY Times obit at the end in order to put my remarks into context. My
advice is to read the NYT obit first since it overlaps to some extent
with my own attempt to assess his contribution to Marxist scholarship
and the left.
In 1980 or thereabouts, when I had some on my hands, I attended the
deliberations of the SWP’s suit against the FBI. Because of Watergate
and outrage over FBI harassment, the party filed suit against the FBI
for $40 in damages and an end to Cointelpro, whichcaught a small fish
like me <https://louisproyect.org/2007/08/19/encounters-with-the-fbi/>in
its net. Cointelpro, which was short for Counterintelligence Program,
was used to disrupt socialist and other radical organizing efforts.
Supposedly, the government was trying to forestall the violent overthrow
of the government but the real intention was to weaken civil rights,
antiwar and other social struggles.
full:
https://louisproyect.org/2020/09/20/notes-on-the-passing-of-stephen-f-cohen/
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