[lbo-talk] Strategy and Organization

[Jerry Monaco]

On 12/20/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 20, 2006, at 3:47 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote:
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> > Hard leftists not infrequently end up in high Union
> > office, heading up locals and such. But what they can
> > do severely limited,
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> Though I have to say that sometimes it seems like SEIU is an
> employment scheme for praxis-minded Marxists.
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> Doug

I appreciate the "sometimes it seems" qualification in this remark and the
ironic flavor of "praxis-minded" but is this really fair?  I also know of
the debate around Fitch's "Solidarity for Sale", etc.

But can't a union catch a break?  I mean if they didn't employ a few
Marxists here and there wouldn't we simply call the union conservative, and
since they do employ them and also do some bit of organizing work they
should be slagged on for it?

Or if I said something like "sometimes it seems the academy is an employment
scheme for theory-oriented Marxists" wouldn't everyone know that I was
repeating the nonsense of a right wing hack?  Though as far as I know it
might be a good scheme for our rulers to open up the academy to
theory-oriented Marxists in order to divert "praxis-minded" Marxists from
working with unions.

If unions start hiring (anti)theory-oriented sort-of-Marxists with a bit of
a classical bent I hope one of you will let me know.  This means you Jim.

Jerry
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