Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Jan 27, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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> > Americans never had "a class-based politics" independent of white
> > supremacy, so they couldn't have taken flight from what they didn't
> > have.
>
> Never is a slight overstatement. There have been moments - some of
> the populists, for example. Not all, for sure, but some. Recalling
> that is a nice antidote to hopelessness, which is always very tempting.
In what way is Yoshie's statement any less hopeful than yours? When did any "class-based" movement of any size make the struggle against white supremacy central? It is not enough to be non-racist: that is still white-supemacist.
Carrol