>But who is this "we" you are talking about? A bunch of scattered
>individuals do not constitute a "We," and calling for a non-existent
>"we" to do this or that is childish. Let's move the cardboard cows from
>the cardboar barn and put them in the cardboard meadow.
>It might make sense in a classroom but it makes no sense from a
>political perspective.
>I am getting increasingly impatient with this utter failure on the part
>of so many who call themselves leftists to recognize that the issue is
>organizing ourselves. Then we can talk about "reaching out" but not
>before.
>Carrol
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Who cares? Anyone who cares about politics should care. The TP may not be a
major event but it is a political event and I think it developed because of
a problem of legitimacy that is arising in the two bourgeois parties. I
know you don't care because we need to have a strong social democracy before
any type of real movement can develop based on your huge sample size of one
(the 1960's). The TP is important only because it can potentially weaken
the Republicans which would open space up for the left. If you think that
is unimportant then fine. The thing that really does not make any
sense from a political perspective, but does in the classroom or on some
listserv of like minded folks, is the sort of ultra-left purist elitism that
shows up around here a lot.
If you think that I don't take seriously the problem of organizing the left then I have nothing else to say to you. The entire point is about getting the left to focus on shared class based politics. To steal from shag, there is no ourselves to organize, if you haven't noticed.
Brad