Re: AUT: Putting Negri to the Test (My Response)

[Scott Hamilton <s_h_hamilton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas wrote:

 > Of course Negri was not talking about the Russian
> people, who are destitute.  He is talking about the
> Russian power brokers.  We can see that post 9/11
> Russia has really come out the winner.

You supply convincing evidence that Russia has won
some concessions from the US in return for cooperation
in the war. I certainly think the way that countries
the US has armtwisted over the war have tried to win
concessions in return for cooperation is an important
part of the post-S 11 picture.

What I think Phil would complain about, and what I
certainly complain about, is the huge leap from the
claim that Russia has won some concessions to the
claim that Russia is somehow becoming anything
remotely like a rival to the US. It is not unfair to
link Russia's destitution to the question of its
status or otherwise as a rival to the US: if it really
becoming a significant player, then it would likely be
enjoying some decent economic growth and sponsoring,
at the very least, a labour aristocracy.

 My suspicion is that
> Lou is just super jealous of that power and
> prestige.
> Apparently he does have a few sychophants though.  I
> suspect Phil may be one of them.

This is as silly as the claim you are criticising. You
should have a look at the magazine Phil cowrites,
'revolution', which is online in an unorganised kind
of way at www.revolution.org.nz
The politics of 'revolution' have been described as
'like Living Marxism with a class analysis attached'.
Quite different to the Trotskyism which I think LP
holds to.

I'll have another look at the interview and get back
on the rest. You might like to give us a take on the
Cuba POWs issue compatible with the post-imperialist
thesis.

Cheers
Scott







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THR@LL, NZ's class struggle anarchist paper http://www.freespeech.org/thrall/
THIRD EYE, a Kiwi lib left project, at http://www.geocities.com/the_third_eye_website/
and 'REVOLUTION' magazine, a Frankfurt-Christchurch production, http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/%7Ejho32/

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