[lbo-talk] Liberalism and preemptive evil

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Mon Jun 5 17:24:54 PDT 2006


On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:15:08 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> writes:
>
> On Jun 5, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote:
>
> > For all their faults, one positive achievement of the New Left
> > was their realization that it was
> > the liberals who were the main enemy,
>
> Don't you think that this perception is a little obsolete? Classic
> 30s to 60s liberalism is dead. This anti-liberalism would make sense
>
> when there was serious political unrest, and liberals were trying to
>
> co-opt the radical potential of the moment, but that ain't the case
>
> these days.

Perhaps you should try explaining that to Breinart & Radosh, since they seem intent on reviving the very sort of liberalism to which the New Left so vehemently objected to.


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> Doug
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