On Nov 4, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:
But of course the causal relation suggested does not exist, given the
present weakness of the left in the u.s. and our inability to have a
material impact on almost anything at all.
That weakness seems to me the primary political fact in the u.s.
today.
Carrol
This reminds me a little bit of Doug and Liza's article on
"activistism",
Don't forget the other author, Christian Parenti! It's at <http://
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Action.html>.
as if the sole purpose of the American left was to
fight with the pigs in the streets. What is wrong with expressing
one's opinion about other countries? Where does this kind of
parochialism come from? I mean if somebody in East Jesus, Nebraska
wants to analyze Lula's performance in office, I say more power to
her.
Yes. How could there be any solidarity on Carrol's immediate self-
interest principle? It sounds a little like Emerson's icy disavowal,
"Are they my poor?" I prefer the Old Man's favorite, "nothing human
is alien to me."
Carrol, who always criticizes generalizations about "leftists" or any
other population, gives Yoshie a free pass. Few "male leftists" - a
curious phrase, since bourgeois feminists are most likely to get
exercised over the abuses of women in Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi
Arabia, etc. - said all that much about Iranian gender relations
until she started running her apologias for the regime.
Doug
