[lbo-talk] nationalizing the banks

[Alan Rudy]

Harvey picked up the creeping socialism them, even (humorously) called
himself a creepy socialist like Doug... to many RCPers lined up for Qs for
me to stay and be ranted at... even if it meant not saying hi to Doug -
which bummed me out.
-A

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca>wrote:


> Pretty strong and provocative stuff: "What does it mean to nationalize the
> banks when almost no one really wants to?...Nationalizing the banks, and
> mounting the commanding heights, means attacking that class relation at its
> core. It would be insane, at our present level of political development, to
> talk in those terms. It seems more promising to me to talk about things that
> we can almost imagine doing, at our present level of political
> development...In other words, all I can do is stand here and call for what
> used to be known as 'creeping socialism'."
>
> What was the reaction on the panel and from the floor?
>
>
>  Just posted the text of my talk at yesterday's Left Forum panel,
>> "Nationalize the banks! What would that mean exactly?"
>>
>> <http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/nationalize-the-banks/>
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