Re: Welcoming Stan Goff Out of Marxism

[Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/3/06, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > implies, though I'm sure
> > that is not A.N.'s intention, that Marxism is a
> > religion
>
> Certainly not a religion, but an ideology.  I
> appreciate that PEN-L and lbo-talk are full of all
> sorts of critical, non-dogmatic people who apply the
> label Marxist to themselves.  My question is: why?
> Isn't it confusing to then clarify why one is a
> Marxist despite not adhering to this or that aspect of
> Marxist orthodoxy?

For both better and worse, Marxists have been more like Protestants
than Catholics, especially after the height of Stalinism.  :->  You
don't agree with the doctrine, you tinker with it here and there, you
part company with the hierarchy, you start a new church, and then
voila, countless Marxist denominations, just like countless Protestant
denominations.
--
Yoshie
<http://montages.blogspot.com/>
<http://mrzine.org>
<http://monthlyreview.org/>