rayrena wrote:
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> I know you have a thing for Carrol. I do too, but that
> doesn't mean he's not wrong most of the time. Carrol
> assertion that there is no left reflects that politics in
> the U.S. hasn't attained the level of organization and
> ideology that he demands. Besides being a bit of a cop-out,
> I think it also reflects a normalized view of politics:
> until, say, migrant struggles congeal into something he
> recognizes as of "the left," they're not really politics.
This does not represent my views, but I won' try to argue it in detail but focus on a fact that those who see myviews in this wayneed to factor into their understanding.
>From my perspective, there WAS "a left" in the United States from the
mid-60s to the early '70s; tje defeat pf ERA may be thought of as a
convenient marker of the dissolution of that left.
If this seems inconsistent with the view some have with my definition of "a left," then I suggest the confusion is on y0ur part, not on mine.
Carrol