Re: [Marxism] Anti-abortion homophobe to deliver invocation at inauguration, (and also re: Why Third Way politics refuses to die)

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fred: "But "this will wake up the liberals"! What a bizarre strategic objective 
for revolutionaries today!"

Actually Fred quoted me wrong, it wasn't "this will", it was "will this?" as a 
question, with the answer provided: "Probably not." In any case, however, 
asking a question is hardly the same as stating a "strategic objective."

Fred: "my support for McKinney and Clemente was based on a strategy of reaching 
toward and seeking a base for real fundamental needed change among the 
oppressed and exploited, and especially among the working class -- particularly 
the oppressed peoples, women workers, immigrants, and the young."

I certainly agree completely with that strategy, however, by counterposing it 
to the mention of "liberals," Fred seems to be assuming that those are two 
distinct descriptions. But "the working class - particularly oppressed peoples, 
women workers, immigrants, and the young" *includes* liberals, as well as 
moderates and reactionaries. Of those, which are most likely to form the "base 
for real fundamental needed change" - the reactionary prowar homophobes, or the 
more liberal antiwar pro-gay (etc.) members? To ask the question is to answer 
it.


Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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