[lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism

[wrobert at uci.edu]

Carrol, I know that you have said that this is your last word on the
matter, but I am curious about your take on the use of the word 'fascism'
by the panthers in the 70's to try to put together a left coalition (I
can't remember if it was a faction of the panthers or not).  robert wood


> One more shot. I do think that the what I consider really creepy
> obsession with the word "fascism" represents both laziness AND fear of
> political action emerging from that laziness.
>
> If fascism is the enemy, then we can all simply relax and vote for nice
> Democrats. All the intellectual work has been done for us by old
> analyses of Italian and German fascism so we don't have to think any
> more bu just read those analyses carefully. Also it solves all problems
> of agitation. We don't have to agitate to form groups that can fight the
> creeping authoritarianism of the last 47 years -- something we don't
> know how to do. We just need to yell "Fascism" and kick the rascals out
> at the next election.
>
> We son't know how to fight the real danger; we don't know how to
> effectively raise awareness of it; there are no popular DP politicians
> that we can support to oppose it. We have to think. We have to a lot of
> hard and mostly unsuccessful local organizing. Fuck all that. Just yell
> FAscist.
>
> Carrol
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