Re: [Pen-l] Tim Unwise

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

raghu wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Over on alternet.org, a website occupying a place on the political spectrum
> > a bit to the left of Huffington Post, there's an article that has been
> > generating a bit of controversy. Titled rather provocatively "Enough of
> > 'Barbituate' Left Cynicism, Obama Is a Victory over White Supremacy," it is
> > a reproach to those reprobates like me, Alexander Cockburn, Paul Street and
> > others who tend to regard the Obama presidency as Bill Clinton's 3rd term.
> 
> That article was an unfortunately poor explication of a promising
> tagline: "We don't need the "everything sucks" analysis; Obama has
> mobilized millions of activists and that energy is looking for an
> outlet."
> 
> I am afraid beating up on this article in no way proves your point
> about the Obama movement. I'd suggest answering in this kind of depth
> one of Julio Huato's posts on the subject instead.
> -ragh
> 
Actually, I think it would probably be best for radicals for the time
being (a year or so) simply not mention the existence of the u.s.
government, except in the context of organizing resistance to this or
that government policy -- the war in Afghanistan, the bailout, etc. I
mean, it's a waste of breath, paper, or bandwidth. They're Democrats.
What mor is there to say. Let left liberals argue among themselves but
don't join in. We've got more important things to argue about.

Carrol

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