[lbo-talk] Publishing on the Left (Marketing Dork & UnemployedPride)

[joanna bujes]

Yes, there is something almost scholastic about these publications. Many 
Marxists/communists/socialists will argue for the need to advance 
theory. I wonder. It seems much more important to reintegrate ideas 
about commons, sharing, pride in work, communal responsiblity, etc. in 
our shared sensibility than anything else. I would be much happier with 
a socialist "alternative" type paper -- that talked about all of life -- 
cooking, sports, jobs, relationships, books, music, ...than with another 
grave digging expedition in the socialist annals.

Joanna

Joel Wendland wrote:


> Yoshie:
>
>> * publications in which questions of history and theory are discussed 
>> and long-term goals and strategies are debated, whose target audience 
>> are organic intellectuals interested in refoundation of socialism 
>> (rather than building up a particular socialist organization)
>
>
>> _Against the Current_, _Capitalism Nature Socialism_, _International 
>> Socialist Review_, _Monthly Review_, _Socialist Register_, _Science & 
>> Society_, etc. falls into the first category.
>
>
> I don't disagree with these categories, but my specific concern is do 
> these pubs (or others) actually have appeal for organic intellectuals 
> or are they really for people who possess the academic skills to read 
> them? If you look at their editorial boards and writers, who are they? 
> Who are they writing for really? Who understands them anf finds them 
> interesting?
>
> Joel W.
>
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