As far as Blumgart's views on social democracy, I think he definitely underestimates how far the neoliberalism has advanced in Europe and looks back on the golden age of social democracy with too much nostalgia for my tastes. AN's thoughts are poorly put, sure, but not completely off the mark.
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:44 PM, <brandelune at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 17 sept. 10, at 09:56, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> > More substantially, he says: "as far as I know the only people who are
> openly for illegal immigration are neoliberal economists." Not true. I am,
> and I imagine a lot of other left radicals are too.
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> Indeed. If migrations were not controlled then capitalists would have less
> leverage on "less" developed nations. People should be free to roam the
> earth as they see fit. Borders suck, really. And the Nation States that
> thrive on them suck too. The planet would be a better place without them.
>