try not to make it personal. On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:11:36PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > Hari Kumar wrote: > > >I find this emblematic of a strange ambivalence towards the organised > >left movement that is discerned in the refusal to entertain party > >building. > > > Please--I have written tens of thousands of words on party-building. I > am not sure how old you are, Hari, but you seem to be rather unaware of > the tremendous crisis and implosion of "Marxist-Leninist" groups in the > 1970s and 80s. It is too bad that you unsubbed from Marxmail today. That > would be an appropriate place to discuss such issues, not here. > > >2) Although Chomsky talks to 'activists' - it is interesting that > >virtually all his venues are in that very base that he claims as the > >refugee of "any" (??) thought/thinking- the University. How has Chomsky > >connected to those that will make the revolution beyond the 'activists' > >- but the working class? Has he? I freely admit I do not know enough to > >say. Who does? > > > > > Chomsky's social base is students and professionals. Unfortunately, they > are the people who take the most militant stands against imperialism, > not the proletariat. That was not the case in 1938 but we have to deal > with reality, not fantasy. > > -- > > Louis Proyect > www.marxmail.org > >
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