Re: Bush's rapid shifting of position

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Perelman, Michael" wrote:
>
> I cannot remember a time with so many left documentaries getting screen
> time -- even ignoring Michael Moore.  Supersize this, control room, the
> corporation ....
>
> Maybe our time is coming.  And then, maybe not.
>

Several points.

1. Influencing people (which is what films, tv shows, newspapers,
leaflets, whatever) do is _not_ the same (and not even necessarily
related to organizing people.

2. The right only wants people's passive acquiescence and/or their vote.

3. Passive acquiescence (or passive agreement) and to a great extent
even votes are of no use to the left.

4. Propaganda separated from any visible practice is of great use to the
right. It is of no particular use (except occasionally by accident) to
the left.

5. Moore's film will be of great importance to the left in those
localities _and only in those localities_ where local left organizations
leaflet departing audiences, calling their attention to the existence of
the organizations and indicating how people can relate to those
organizations.

Carrol