Black Radical Congress and "the Left"

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 02:16 PM 6/21/98 -0400, Louis Proyect wrote:
>It is inappropriate to open the door to white participation. Feminist
>groups, gay groups, etc. have the right to choose who can attend their
>gatherings. This is not reactionary. It is actually democratic, insofar as
>it expresses majority rule.
>

If that is the case, all the radicals on this and other lists should turn
off the lights and march to the voting booths - after all the bourgeois
election is nothing but a majority rule, no?  In fact, bourgeois elections
are more inclusive than the identity groups you mention.

What distinguishes Marxist from a bourgeois 'empiricist' is that the latter
refuses to accept the status quo, the 'majority' opinions and identities,
as the indicator of what 'ought to be.'  "Majority" should be formed with
the entire humanity in mind, not just based on narrowly defined identity
groups.

Regards,

Wojtek