Re: Buchanan and the Left

[cbcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Carrol Cox)]

    I must have missed the message to which this is a reply. Who is
Professor Hopper, and where is he/she coming out in support of G.F.?

    There is another possible perspective on the Buchanan campaign. Back
in late 1988 someone wisecracked that the Dukakais campaign provided a
field day for conspiracy theorists: i.e., it seemed almost only to make
sense as a ruse to elect Bush. One might remark that the Buchanan campaign
could appear a ruse to elect Clinton.

    But "seriously," its objective impact is apt to be to scare a lot
of wobbling leftists back into the Democratic fold once more, just this
once again to prevent some unimaginable evil.

    It is debatable, I think, what is the best of the alternatives to
further involvement with the Demireps (electoral third parties or mass
extra-parliamentary struggle or both), but I at least am tending to
believe that even mere apathy is better than involvement with the
Democrats. *No* progress (even very short term reforms) will be
possible until there is a strong non-Democrat presence on the left.
    Carrol

> To Louis G:
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> So now Professor Hopper is a supporter of Gerry Ferraro, huh? Pity. It
> seemed such a short time ago that she was a Marxist. I wonder what
> happened.
>
> I'm sure a left critique of Buchananism is a good idea. However, especially
> with regard to the real electoral issue at hand, I think it's important to
> remember that probably more important than the theoretical flaws of his
> absurd suggestions is the fact that he's a lying opportunist and has no
> interest in the workers he claims to speak for. It shouldn't be too hard to
> show this to those workers who support him and might well be more effective
> than a theoretical treatise.
>
> Rahul
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