Challenging US imperialism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 21 16:07:06 PDT 1999


Chris Burford wrote:


>What good can forming a society of pure left wingers do?

Oh, I dunno, maybe we could smash the state or something.


>That you cannot conceive of a global future except one dominated by US
>imperialism is a major constraint. It arises out of the US domination of
>the internet, in lists such as these

You're kidding. I thought it had to do with the U.S. military and the massive power of U.S. capital.


>Or put another question: how do you think US imperialism can be challenged,
>if as you have often said no revolution looks on the cards in the US?
>Answer: by campaigning for reforms, including in its conduct of foreign
>policy.

I'm not anti-reformist. But any good reforms would involve weakening NATO and the IMF. I hate to throw bourgeois agency theory at you, but why would you trust two central institutions of U.S. imperialism to do anything decent and humane?

Doug



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