[lbo-talk] A universal rallying cry

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Fri Dec 29 08:50:31 PST 2006


On Dec 29, 2006, at 7:45 AM, Chuck Grimes wrote:


> Other examples more relevant to this list are the sectarian lines
> that divide the left, particularly over the truth, beauty and love
> status of the postmodern writers, or over how to fit the anarchists
> into these complex equations. Death to the Right, death to the neocons
> and death to the neoliberals seems like the only universal rallying cry
> here. Perhaps I am projecting.

Perhaps.

I've never noted a universal rallying cry here, and when Carrol suggests that creating slogans is the only work of the left he seems to be widely ignored.

Death to the Right (and the others) wouldn't be 'universal' either, since they are particular to a left point of view. Perhaps the fundamentalist 'rapture' is the only universalist position worth considering, since humankind's end seems 'earth-friendly'.

I propose 'Thank you Jordan' as an lbo rallying cry. I'm sure that seeing productive work toward achieving a unified focus on 'change' would be reward for his effort and generosity.

Martin



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