Re: Prof. combats ignorance about Islam, women

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carrol Cox wrote:

> These lists are "strange"
> because capital is strong: the weakness or "strangeness" of the
> left at this time flows from the strength of U.S. capital, and only
> as capital weakens (as it always does every so often) will the
> left, including the women's movement, become less crazy
> internally. In the meantime we just have to do our best not to
> be too crazy.

Capital is strong relative to labor. So if capital is strong, almost
by definition labor has to be weak. I know you've long argued that
it's wrong to blame labor or the left, such as it is, for this
situation - primarily in the U.S., but increasingly elsewhere as
well. Not to wax postmodern or anything, but I don't see how you can
give primacy to one of these terms - capital's strength causes
left/labor's weakness. Doesn't the left, s.a.i.i., have any
responsibility for its situation? Or can we just point our fingers
upwards and say, "It's all *their* fault!"

Doug