[lbo-talk] some post-US election recommendations............

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 2 06:41:30 PST 2004


Eubulides quoted some excellent stuff from Max Sawicky:


>To get its legs back, the anti-globalization movement has to do a few big
>things:
>
>1. Change its name.

Much of it already has, to a global justice movement.


> The 'globalization' in question is really the sway of
>corporations in world politics, which thwarts progressive
>internationalism. I think Doug Henwood's treatment of this in After the
>New Economy is the right tack.

Thank you, Max. Have you changed your thinking on this stuff? I thought you used to be more of a nationalist/protectionist type.


>4. Organize. A huge left mobilization is going to show its face tomorrow.

Yup. This is a hard pill to swallow for our own militants, who don't want to admit that Ralph and the MWM have been out-organized by what they see as a bunch of liberal weenies. But a lot has been going on, organizationally and ideologically. People who never cared about politics before are out there knocking on doors now.


>Politics begins on Wednesday.

But the mobilization you've described is a form of politics. Its form and target have to change on Wednesday.

Doug



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