Re: Kautskyist Politics (was Foster responds)

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yoshie:
>I'm sympathetic to your sensibility here, but you can't fight against
>"Kautskyist politics" by declaiming that "Aztec Mexico was a better
>place to live for its average inhabitant than Mexico City today."

Why not--if this is the issue, in one form or another, that has been at the
heart of the debates on these leftwing mailing lists for 5 years at least.

>Instead, what it takes is to build back socialism as a political
>movement in which masses of people participate, here & elsewhere,
>with allegiance to the principle of anti-imperialism.  It is TINA
>that makes many -- including those on the Left -- call for UN and/or
>even NATO interventions when conflicts flare up.

Actually, if Michael Keany was not on PEN-L, I probably would have never
resubbed. In fact, I am thinking of getting out of here anyhow because I am
tired of having to put up with baiting from Leo Casey, Chris Burford,
Michael Pugliese and Jim Devine. Furthermore, despite agreeing with you on
the East Timor question, I feel like I have much more in common with him.


Louis Proyect
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