[lbo-talk] the problem with Webb

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Sat Jun 14 15:55:16 PDT 2008


On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Populism can never be the basis for emancipatory
> movements. Never, ever, ever.
>
> Never.

I must misunderstand your meaning, but I've never observed any successful class-based organizing that didn't incorporate an element of old-fashioned "us and them" sentiment; "they are rich because we are poor," that sort of thing. Is that the kind of populism to which you're referring? If not, could you possibly distinguish between them so I'll grasp your claim here a little better?

-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."



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