[lbo-talk] Thoughts on the Tea Party (and why the Left is Dead)

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

Most of the real organizing didn't happen until a mini-upturn in the
economy.  Winning and optimism emboldens people, not defeat and the "back
against the wall" feeling.  Didn't fascism faired pretty well in the 1930s
too?  I don't agree with Doug totally though.  Crises, political or
economic, can be exploited if there is an organized left already present.  I
think back to the organizing work the Portuguese CP was able to do in the
trade unions in the years before the Revolution.  It's no guarantee of
success, but like Michael saids, it presents an opportunity.

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:


> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> Economic crisis is the opposite of fertile soil. It's poisonous.
> >
>
> Pardon a question from an economic dunce, but how do you square that with
> the New Deal?
>
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