Re: [Marxism] (no subject)

["Mark Lause" <MLause@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Call it being a "hardliner," but it's no more than a recognition of reality,
that has nothing to do with how subjectively optimistic we are.

Nor is the question addressed by whether or not there have been, are and
will be specific conspiracies.  If you can't look at a specific case and
produce substantive reasons, it's a non-starter.  We've heard all of this
and most of us find nothing inconsistent with the standard accounts.  The
real conspiracy around 9-11 is MUCH, MUCH BIGGER...the deregulation of the
airlines industry, U.S. policy in the Middle East, the funding of bin
Laden's people, etc.

In the end, though, the question raised was whether or not the Left should
unite around this "Truth Movement."  Do you think it will, Ben?  I don't.
And given what information is out there, it shouldn't.  If what you have
hasn't unified the Left around this, repeating what hasn't unified the Left
isn't going to do it.

That's why I asked for NEW information and evidence.

However, the implication of Ben's comments that I am trying to shut down the
effort to find the truth misunderstands the question raised.  The writer
posting the query is arguing explicitly that it is a waste of effort to
build a movement around THE FACT OF THE IRAQ WAR, when--they argue--we
should be united in--not a quest for truth--but the repetition of assertion
about what really happened on 9-11.

Look, lots of us believe, for very good reasons, that there were a series of
conspiracies responsible for the assassinations in the 1960s, but we had the
good sense to focus on what was then the indisputable fact of war and
racism.

ML








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