[lbo-talk] post-Communism, Hungarian-style

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Wed Apr 14 10:21:29 PDT 2010


On Wed, April 14, 2010 7:07 am, Wojtek S wrote:


> [WS:] Did not the Euroleft side as a very junior partner with
> neoliberals?

Parts of it, sure. It's a recipe for disaster, because you end up signing off on terrible legislation that screws the voters which elected you, spawning a Rightwing backlash which makes the problems worse. But the solution isn't a return to sectarian purity or authoritarian mass organizations. The only way out is to build democratic and transnational solidarities, on all levels of society -- economic, cultural, political, etc.

I'm dreaming out loud here, but my ideal party would be some mutant amalgamation of the Pirate Party, Italian autonomists, developmental state civil servants, digital/videogame commonistas, and South Asia's feisty social movements. Imagine the impossible!

-- DRR



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