[Marxism] On Marxism's failure in the USA

[Fred Zaman <agent.redstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

The following article (in progress) addressesÂa question related to 
theÂsubject of political partyÂaddressedÂby Proyect below, which isÂwhy 
Marxism thus far hasÂfailed in the United States as a political movement:
Â
Americaâs âNew Marxian Timesâ: Class Struggle
in the Democratic Republic of the United States
Â
This essay, an Althusserian-based theory of Marxismâs political failure in 
the United States, attributes Marxismâs failureÂto its delineation of class 
in America in economic terms, rather than in fundamentally political and 
ideological terms. United States capitalism in this theory includes an elitist 
upper class of âroburtarians,â a populist lower class of 
âpopulitarians,â and a managerial middle class of âpolitariansâ that 
implicitly constitute Americaâs bourgeoisie, proletariat, and politburoâall 
constitutionally framed and ideologically interpellated. ThisÂtheory of 
American capitalism supports the argument that, historically through the 
ideology of the free market, the eliteâs capitalist class endeavors to 
restrict the nationâs constitutionally mandated âBlessings of Libertyâ 
primarily to the special interests of their own class. And this de facto is 
capitalismâs âWar on the Middle Class,â waged politically behind
 the scenes against American workers working to promote âthe general 
Welfareââa responsibility also constitutionally charged to the government.
Â

--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Marxism] What kind of party do we need?
To: "agent redstone" <agent.redstone@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 10:21 AM

I received a query prompted by my annotated Lenin bibliography:

I read with interest your views on the type of new party needed.

I have a few questions I hope you can answer.

What role if any do you see for party press? Traditional newspaper? If 
the party doesnât take positions on historical questions what does it 
fill its press with? What does it do when confronted with the issues of 
Stalin, Mao, etc.? How would the party raise funds? What would be the 
practical, day-to-day work of its members?

Do you consider this model valid solely in the United States?

Do you see a need for a new international? If so, what kind of body do 
you see and how would it come about?

Your attention is appreciated.

My reply: 
http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/what-kind-of-party-do-we-need/

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