[lbo-talk] Stupid Elections, Leftist Cowards

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Tue Nov 2 07:58:34 PST 2004


Doug Henwood wrote:

> Of course, these aren't exactly relevant to U.S. politics. But I
> brought it up to counter the frequent left habit of treating political
> behavior to will and fidelity rather than studying the material
> constraints on actors.

Mailing lists create the impression that the US Left seems to neglect domestic issues by focusing excessively on foreign policy issues. This would have made sense from a Maoist/Third Worldist perspective. It would also make sense if the mass of Americans made political decisions on global issues. Are foreign policy questions the really decisive ones in the US politics?

Ulhas



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