>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>I doubt that anarchists and autonomists have money and manpower to
>>organize such assemblies as Social Forums. The benefactors and
>>beneficiaries of World and European Social Forums must be (A)
>>old-time political parties such as the Workers Party (Brazil), the
>>Socialist Party (France), and the Communist Refoundation (Italy),
>>(B) foundations such as the Ford Foundation (cf.
>><http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.asp?id_menu=2&cd_language=2>
>>&
>><http://www.fordfound.org/publications/ff_report/view_ff_report_detail.cfm?report_index=391>),
>>and (C) NGOs/front groups that are supported by either (A) or (B).
>
>We anarchists could do it easily if we thought that social forums
>were a critical part of our strategy.
Seems to me that a lot of old-line leftists - even those who are not old in years - are as annoyed as hell that a new radical movement has grown, devoid of affiliations to the old-line left. So a lot of resentments are being aired in the form of implausible theories. Of course, a lot of the more imaginative old-line leftists could be inspired by the new movements, and be willing to listen to them and join their forums and protests. And why not? Why come up with such entirely cynical analyses, Yoshie?
Doug