[lbo-talk] The Problem of Conspiracy Theorists at the Anti-War Meeting Yesterday

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 7/12/07, wrobert at uci.edu <wrobert at uci.edu> wrote:
> Speaking of the RCP.  I heard a rather odd rumor about them.  A friend of
> mine is interested in the work of Alain Badiou and was attending a mini
> seminar put on by the old man.  Evidently there was a huge section of RCP
> members at the conference.  My friend was curious about what was going on
> and took a couple youth group members out for a drink.  Evidently, Avakian
> has been reading Badiou and is becoming convinced that the party form is
> becoming defunct.  This in turn is creating a great deal of turmoil in the
> party and the party is sending cadre to see Badiou speak....

"Signs are taken for wonders.  'We would see a sign!'"

For connoisseurs of signs taken for wonders, strange and marvelous,
here's Alain Badiou's "The Cultural Revolution: The Last Revolution?"
Trans. Bruno Bosteels, positions: east asia cultures critique 13.3,
Winter 2005, pp. 481-514,
<http://positions.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/13/3/481>.

On 7/11/07, andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> You may recall, Yoshie, that during the first Gulf
> War, or just before it, we threw the LaRouchies out of
> our coalition -- this was before the rest of the group
> threw us (the left) out!
On 7/12/07, Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:
> I think it's funny if the RCP reaps what it sows. It creates a liberal
> front group to raise funds and ends up attracting the more militant
> liberals.

I forgot to mention this, but during the winter and spring quarters of
this academic year I sometimes came across several young followers of
Lyndon LaRouche doing the tabling on OSU campus, clamoring for
impeachment.  I wonder if there's any overlap among the "9/11 Truth"
movement, World Can't Wait, and the Lyndon LaRouche cult!

Ah, the Buckeye State, the land of poisonous nuts.
-- 
Yoshie