[lbo-talk] Churchill's complaint

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 16 07:22:46 PST 2005


Carrol Cox wrote:


>I think as long as we do not have organizational ties with someone who
>affirms the political relevancy and truth of Churchill's text, we ought
>to pretty much abide by a point you made in your earlier post: "we
>shouldn't have to issue constant disclaimers about whatever aspect of
>his ideas we may not like." I'm not going to defend Churchill's
>argument, but neither am I going to apologize for it or wring my hands
>over how he disgraces the left et cetera. A left that can't take worse
>associations than that isn't very tough to begin with.

I mostly agree with this. I've made my differences with Churchill clear, but once or twice is enough, and I don't want to harp on them. The greater danger right now is crackdown and mob frenzy, and we should be clear on that.

Doug



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