Re: AUT: they remember nothing and understand nothing

[Nate Holdren <nateholdren@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for this Steve, and I respect your courage. It's high time
someone noted the emperor has no clothes.

More seriously, two questions: where did that stupid 'empire is a new
communist manifesto' quote come from? I think Zizek said it, in a
quote on the back cover of the book, but then right away he started
attacking the book "it's no communist manifesto, despite claims that
it is!" when I think he (and much dumber other vanguardists echoing
him) is the only one who ever said that. Am I right here?

Also, O'Toole says that 'Marxists' would differ from Negri because
Negri's strategy of Exodus means "do not participate in the imperial
constitution". Is this right? I was under the impression that Negri is
calling precisely for participation in imperial constitution,
materially in struggle to push forward the construction of empire, and
politically - participating in it politically (the whole 'new Magna
Carta' bit and the [implied] call for global full employment).

cheers,
Nate


On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:37:00 +1000, Steve Wright
<pmargin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> yet another searing expose of Negri and autonomist marxism -
> http://www.isg-fi.org.uk/outlook/so00205.htm
>
> John H will no doubt pleased to see himself finally exposed as a Negri
> acolyte - personally, I suspected it all along ;-)
>
> Steve
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