The War Party's Fucked

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Mar 6 19:29:05 PST 2003


Carrol Cox wrote:


>I am puzzled that there could be any question about this. Clear U.S.
>hegemony is an unmitigated disaster for the human species. (Doug himself
>has often noted that the fall of the FSU was a disaster for the world.)

Yup, still think that. But I was thinking Pax Americana (which was, of course, never very peaceful) vs. the run-up to WW I.


>Doug has argued for a
>gradualist achievement of socialism. That is a daydream

...and its sudden revolutionary achievement is what, hard-headed realism?

Doug



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