[lbo-talk] The Ideology Problem

[Miles Jackson]

Wojtek S wrote:
> [WS:]  Nice piece.  However, it has one missing link - institution behind
> ideology.  Ideology, now matter how progressive, is just words if it is not
> backed by political institution - or "vanguard party" in Lenin's parlance.
> 
> As far I can see, there is no institution in the US today that is capable of
> backing a progressive ideology espousing a critique of the market.  The
> unions renounced that chance  with Gomperism and its belief in the market
> system.  The so-called "civil society"  is not an institution but a
> hodge-podge of groups, most of which espouse the liberal faith in the free
> market system.  And the two business parties are not even worth mentioning
> in this context.  An that pretty much exhausts the available options in the
> US.
> 
> Wojtek

Perhaps I'm a bit naive, but I disagree.  We challenge free market 
ideology every day in public community colleges and universities.  --And 
more and more people are attending these institutions!

Miles