[lbo-talk] Islam and socialism

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 10/25/07, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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> Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
> >
> > On 10/24/07, berber carpet bomb <berber.carpet.bomb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 10/24/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hey, Yoshie, do you ever join any Muslim forums and try to recruit
> > > > the members to socialism? I'd be curious what reaction you've gotten
> > > > if you have.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dude. You never, ever actively recruit. You set a stellar example of being
> > > an admirable intellect, etc. Or, you work in a small team, demonstrating
> > > comradeship among the grouplet. People observe and want some o' that, then
> > > they become socialists.
> > >
> > > bl, berber carpet bomb
> >
> > However I might agree (blah blah Rorty blah blah pragmatism blah
> > blah), I still wonder what the answer is. If Yoshie has undertaken
> > anything like that, it would be very interesting to hear about.
>
> Recruit to WHAT? There is nothing to recruit to presently except a
> _very_ loosely organized anti-war effort with the haziest (&
> unspecified) principles of unity -- and the question only makes sense in
> respect to those who are already against the war, so the only relevant
> further step _at this time_ would be to urge them to become more active
> in pushing what they already believe.
>

LOL. this stops people from trying to recruit? to their organizations?
to "socialism"? whatever?

j