Fw: [lbo-talk] not everything is getting worse...

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue Feb 21 08:41:42 PST 2006


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> I profoundly disagree. Without the support of government or
> quasi-governmental bodies, any mass resentment can at most produce an
> occasional riot. A large scale mobilization and organization requires
> coordination from above. Richard Rubenstein (_The Cunning of History_) goes
> even further and claims that a mass movement alone and adrift is
> antithetical to fascism whose quintessence is authoritarian control from
> above.

No. For example, see the anti-globalization movement.

Mass movement don't need coordination from above and in fact hierarchy creates problems for mass movements.

Chuck



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