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Kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Fri Oct 19 17:27:33 PDT 2001


At 07:00 PM 10/19/01 -0500, Carrol Cox wrote:


>Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> > Carrol Cox wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > But we trust you to be our ideological auditor, making sure that
>
>Forget me -- that's just another dodge to escape the necessity of
>thought.
>
>_If_ terrorism cannot be fought, what should we do? You insist on
>pretending that leftists cannot somehow bully the U.S. state into
>fighting terrorism successfully.

he's not interested in bullying the US state. he's interested in presenting a viable left alternative that will appeal to people who don't like dropping bombs on afghanistan. he's interesting in maintaining a fertile ground within which the seeds of a socialist movement may be sown. that goal is much easier when we present an alternative vision to others that makes sense to them, even if they can't agree with it. they might be able to respect the position, rather than merely laugh in contempt at a left that believes that dropping bombs and shooting guns is wrong but war is THE, not just an, opportunity for organizing the left.



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