Statements on what "The Left" should or should not do are destructively irrelevant, since the task is to create a left where none exists. And no number of isolated individual leftists or small leftist groups can constitute a Left. We don't even know, at present, what a U.S. Left would look like if it came into existence.
The popularity in the U.S. of Facebook, Twitter, and blog sites is evidence of the non-existence of a U.S. Left. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlie Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 12:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Greek "Popular Unity" named after Allende's Party in Chile LP 2015: "I don't think I have had much to say about Greece except [the currency issue]. Greece's problems are pretty intractable, ... a function of ... its semi-peripheral economic status." LP 2012: "If and when a struggle emerges between SYRIZA and the Wall Street/Washington/Bonn axis, the left will need to mobilize to defend the bolder measures such as nationalizing the banks while protecting the government against fascist attacks and CIA subversion. In an escalating series of confrontations, it cannot be ruled out that popular power will dictate the outcome and usher in a new type of society that hearkens back to the original Marxist vision of a classless society. But to stand on the sidelines now, because SYRIZA is not 'revolutionary', is a big mistake." http://louisproyect.org/2012/06/09/debating-syriza/ But then, Donald Trump used to be in favor of single-payer healthcare. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
