[lbo-talk] "Left" Believers In Warren Report

[Doug Henwood]

dredmond at efn.org wrote:

>Quoting Bob Feldman <bob_jan at xensei.com>:
>
>>  Without understanding the role that secret conspiracy has played in U.S.
>>  political life, historically and currently, certain U.S. "left" pundits will
>>  continue to possess limited consciousness of how power really operates in
>>  capitalism and what must be really be done to overthrow capitalism. 
>
>Utter nonsense. Capitalism doesn't rule by conspiracies; it doesn't 
>need to. The
>commodity form is its own ideology.
>
>The US Left is in sad-ass shape because we haven't forged an effective class
>politics (meaning: unions with teeth, a welfare state, etc.). Getting there
>requires rebuilding the union movement, creating Left parties, and fostering a
>radical, anti-capitalist culture. Endless re-readings of the Zapruder tapes
>don't help.

Worse - they hurt. It's a waste of valuable time, and makes you look 
like a loon. Pretty much everything you need to know about how things 
work is right in the open.

Doug