Steve Diamond wrote: >> And yet the mere whiff of dissent expressed here causes apoplexy.
Robert Naiman wrote: > I think it's a symptom of alienation. Some people in the U.S. who > consider themselves leftists have given up on U.S. politics, so it's > easier for them to get unnaturally invested in the politics of places > where they have no say. it's also not true. There's a lot of dissent on pen-l (though some folks want to squash any discussion of the dreaded "transformation problem"). BTW, in my case, I haven't "given up on U.S. politics." Instead, I've given up on inside-the-beltway lobbying and petitioning type politics, which simply takes the balance of power as given. What's important is to build a popular movement, not to decide which personnel staff the lifeboats. I haven't totally given up on electoral politics (after all, voting is well-nigh free and there's one chance in a thousand that some Congresscritter will do more than obey his or her big donors). But it's non-electoral politics that really counts (at least if we want the political system to tilt "to the left," as it were). BTW, did any of the Congressional "left" join Rand Paul to fight Brennan and drone attacks? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
