Valid Materialist Theory

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 28 07:29:03 PST 2000


Roger Odisio wrote:


>A conspiracy is an agreement between 2 or more people to commit a crime or
>illegal act. You can only deny the Kennedy killing was a conspiracy by
>embracing the single bullet theory. Good luck with that one.

What does it matter, really? That's my objection to this whole line. Embracing the conspiracy theory of JFK's murder leads you to some pretty surreal mythmaking about him - that he was a closet dove, or too much an anti-racist, neither of which is true. I find it perfectly plausible that the ruling class would have good reasons to want to kill Martin Luther King; once he started talking about imperialism and class exploitation, he wasn't safe for liberals anymore. But JFK? C'mon.

Doug



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