[lbo-talk] Slavoj Zizek: The Philanthropic Enemy

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 4 12:18:17 PDT 2006


Nathan Newman wrote:


>But I didn't hear anything interesting in Zizek's piece, just moralism, no
>strategy. And the drumbeat of moralism without strategy by many on the left
>is the problem. You have antiwar marches without strategy, and people
>then wonder why people stop showing up. And the list can go on.

A piece of writing has to have a "strategy" to be interesting or useful? The standards for an essay are different from those for a march.


>So other than feeling all morally high-minded as they take toxic-waste
>money, what should groups actually do to "resist" such tendencies, as
>opposed to what organizations do every day already?

You're always touting the organizations in the trenches everyday. They're full of good people trying hard. But it's not working. Our side racks up loss after loss. Don't you think we should ask ourselves why?

Doug



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