what to do

[Nasreen Karim]

I don't see anything defeatist about the argument for reassessing the Left's
traditional defense of government.  A certain "decentering" of the state
seems to be a legitimate task for the democratic socialist left.  This
decentering does not signify a departure from the question of state power,
but extends the project of politics beyond the terrain of the state to every
possible frontier of the social space. To me, this seems to be a valid
extension of the Gramscian project of counter-hegemony, the radical
construction of an alternative civil society.

Manjur Karim

---- Original Message -----
From: Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:14 AM
Subject: Re: what to do


> Barbara Ehrenreich wrote:
>
> >We cannot let ourselves be defined or perceived as the defenders
> >of a government that has become, under the tutelage of right-wing
> >Republicans and Democrats alike, outrageously corrupt, loathsomely
> >repressive and socially callous.
>
> The most defeatist article I've read in a looong time.  Totally concedes
the
> terms of debate to right-wingers.
>
> Carl
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