"Perelman, Michael" wrote: > > I cannot remember a time with so many left documentaries getting screen > time -- even ignoring Michael Moore. Supersize this, control room, the > corporation .... > > Maybe our time is coming. And then, maybe not. >
Several points. 1. Influencing people (which is what films, tv shows, newspapers, leaflets, whatever) do is _not_ the same (and not even necessarily related to organizing people. 2. The right only wants people's passive acquiescence and/or their vote. 3. Passive acquiescence (or passive agreement) and to a great extent even votes are of no use to the left. 4. Propaganda separated from any visible practice is of great use to the right. It is of no particular use (except occasionally by accident) to the left. 5. Moore's film will be of great importance to the left in those localities _and only in those localities_ where local left organizations leaflet departing audiences, calling their attention to the existence of the organizations and indicating how people can relate to those organizations. Carrol
