[lbo-talk] Re: A Day When Mahdi Army Showed Its Other Side

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Nov 30 06:27:22 PST 2006


On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:51 AM, Jim Straub wrote:


> And to be honest, I'd rather debate the why's and why not's of
> political engagement with conservative religious people in the
> United States rather than the middle east, because our attitude to
> those of iraq is irrelevant to actual events, whereas whether or
> not we can construct a mass left in this here country of zealots is
> the only way we can ever do our own part to tearing down the empire
> from the inside. But that's just my thing.

I like this, but I'm wondering - what kind of political education, if any, goes along with SEIU organizing efforts? Cheerleading for the Dems? Constructive ambiguity? Silence? What?

Doug



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