[lbo-talk] sketching an "anti-economist"

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 8/24/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 24, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Chuck wrote:
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> > The more liberal left publications and websites will face a crisis in
> > 2009, after the Democrats take office and Bush leaves. The liberal
> > left
> > media is heavily dependent right now on Bush-hating content.
> >
> > It's probable that the popularity of liberal left websites and
> > publications will end up on the remainder table with discounted
> > anti-Bush t-shirts.
>
> Yup. I don't doubt that the reason the Nation's circ is at a record
> 180,000 now is anti-Bush feeling. I suspect there's some internal
> anxiety about Hillary or some other Dem taking office in 2009. But,
> like I always say, that will be good for the more radical left as
> people discover how little will change - though it may take a year or
> two for the disillusionment to set in.

But if the UK experience with Blair and "New Labour" is any indication . . .
well, what do we think of Gordon Brown?

Beyond that, +1, as they say. And all the more reason there would be
room--indeed, there will be need--for an Anti-E. The organ of anti-imperial
government. Or something like that.

j