[lbo-talk] INSTANT POPULISM: A short history of populism old and new

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

I wouldn't blur the line between populist parties (which by their nature
are inchoate ideologically, multiclass, never pose the question of
structural transformation) and parties lead by the working class. Isn't
there a difference between a populist party like Peron's Partido
Justicialista or the Workers' Party in Brazil.  Or between labor parties and
social liberal ones (like the Democrats)?

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Somebody Somebody <philos_case at yahoo.com>wrote:


>
> Somebody: Exactly. What really existing Marxism hasn't ended up becoming
> populist itself? Peace, land, and bread is a populist demand. Pure
> scientific Marxism is for propaganda sects and academics. In reality the
> connection between Marxism and the working class is a theoretical one. We've
> had too many counter-revolutions led by workers and revolutions led by
> military officers and guerrilla armies to conclude otherwise.
>