>with equally serious arguments. It's no wonder Brenner wouldn't care to
>debate the issues with you, you can't even acknowledge that your opponents
>are worthy of respect for taking your arguments seriously enough that they
>give sustained and careful responses to them.
>
>Steve
Actually, I began debating the issues with Brenner offline but in keeping
with a long-standing Proyectist tradition, I insisted on public debate. I
believe that the Internet is as important to revolutionary politics today
as the printing press was to revolutionary struggles in England during the
17th century. By participating in public debates on lists such as PEN-L, we
are upholding a more democratic political culture than the one that
prevails in leftwing academic print journals which emerged in the 1950s as
an outlet for red professors who couldn't publish in the usual venues.
Unfortunately these journals carry with them the baggage of the academy
(peer reviews, intense competition, etc.) that ultimately is rooted in the
deeply authoritarian world of the 19th century German katheder.
Louis Proyect
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