[lbo-talk] fine article by Adolph Reed on Obama

[Jeffrey Fisher]

sorry to "me, too," but i'm really glad this got posted, as i wouldn't have
seen it, otherwise. i've been trying to figure out why i shouldn't vote for
obama, and reed lays out very compellingly his reasons for not doing so,
even as he acknowledges that there is no credible alternative. and that's
the part i'm the most irritated about. i agree with him that voting is in
many respects the least important and least participatory elements of
democracy, but it's not at all clear to me what "the left" in this country
is supposed to be doing or how to set about doing it effectively, apart from
working with the democratic party at the electoral level and doing the other
stuff we do everywhere else.

i suppose this is really the same old question for this list, but i haven't
gotten very far on it. that reed does not try in this essay to answer his
closing question suggests it's not clear to him, either, although maybe he's
done this elsewhere and i need to see that.

speaking of which, is there somewhere i can read reed and/or doug and/or
liza on The Alinskyism Thing?

finally, per another recent post, is there somewhere zizek lays out his case
for endorsing obama? i'd be v curious to read it alongside reed's piece
here.

thanks

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> Great piece. Thank you for forwarding it.
>
> Joanna
>
> MICHAEL YATES wrote:
>
>> I don't think anyone has referenced this article on lbo, but Adolph
>> Reed, Jr. has a great piece on Obama ("Where Obamaism Seems to be Going")
>> http://www.blackagendareport.com/index2.php?option=m_content&do_pdf=1&idi7
>> Doug and Liza are cited by Reed, very positively.
>>  Michael Yates
>>
>>
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