[lbo-talk] Crises and left opportunity

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] What makes you think that (1) it is possible to organize a massive
scale protest movement in the US and (2) even if by some odd chance such
movement is organized, the powers that be will concede as Mubarak did?

 Deposing a petty tyrant who stayed in power mainly thanks to foreign
backing is not the same as deposing entrenched elites in their own
stronghold.

Wojtek

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:54 PM, brad <babscritique at gmail.com> wrote:


> Faced with the recent events in Egypt and the outlook facing the US, I
> was wondering if those on the list (Carrol most famously and Doug to a
> lesser extent) who feel that the left will never advance during a
> crisis have been reconsidering.  If we have to wait for things to get
> better in the US before the left can emerge as a real political force
> we are in deep shit.
>
> Brad
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