[lbo-talk] they need us - where are we?

[Politicus E.]

Hi.  I am unclear why their slogans are dismissed out-of-hand by Henwood.
This is not to say that the US Left should not do more to articulate an
alternative.  But it seems rather odd to criticize their questions "can we
guarantee everyone a job, a home, a future?"  This is nothing more than a
call for full-employment, something endorsed by a wide range of left opinion
including US left-Keynesians such as Bob Pollin, Tom Palley, James
Galbraith, etc., and Marxists.  It also does not seem too bizzare to call
for protection of homes in the middle of a foreclosure storm in the US and
UK.  Perhaps their communications strategy was ill-conceived, but again, it
seems odd to shun them for calling for full employment

epoliticus

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