I point out in response to this slander that ATC is part of a
socialist-feminist project; that it has given considerable attention to the
new, feminized working class. Moreover, ATC is open to a variety of
perspectives that MArx would not approve of, including my own market
socialism. Brenner himself has ditched value theory, thge priority of the
forces of production, and lots of other things; and hardly counts as a
purist. It's pretty rich to call ATC a bastion of Marxist orthodoxy! I
thought that was more Lou's department. I concede that ATC is committed to
socialism from below, and avoiding the nasty brutishness of the Castroite
regime Lou defends, although we do support the positive acheivements of the
Cuban revolution. --jks
>
>Brenner is for "socialism from below". This means democratic socialism
>without the kinds of brutishness associated with nasty Stalinist regimes
>like Castro's or Mao's. Nor the kinds of radical nationalist projects such
>as Arbenz's or Peron's. Nor the largely agrarian-based models such as
>Kerala. He is a purist. Unless it is the sort of thing that Marx wrote
>about, it is inadequate. It will fail because it is 'autarkic', a word that
>he used in the NLR article and which smacks of 'modernization' critiques of
>the Cuban revolution. Brenner and the ATC editors advocate a return to
>Marxist orthodoxy, with soviet type institutions led by wage earners from
>basic industry, like mining, auto and steel. Square-jawed men and women
>dressed in coveralls with lunchpails, reading CLR James in their spare
>time. That's what Marx and Hal Draper wrote about. It's all there in
>black-and-white. How can you argue with it? A mighty fortress is our
>socialism. Ideas are irrefutable basically. I have my own ideal about
>women...
>
>Louis Proyect
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