On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Julio Huato wrote:
> Having said that, as
> insinuated by ravi (I think), hating the enemy (including the enemy in
> us) may not be the ultimate solution, but it can certainly be one of
> those transitional Hegelian passions (as per his lessons on the
> history of philosophy) that move people to realize the Idea even if
> unaware of their doing so.
I think there's a lot to Ian Bone's argument:
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#070315
that it's important to personalize one's hatred of the class enemy.
Speaking of McNally, that letter from Marx to Ruge that he quotes - the "ruthless criticism" one - is pretty great.
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/letters/43_09-alt.htm
But listening to him talk about LatAm and the Middle East really brings home how backward we in the USA are. The Bolivian teachers, for example, called for the state to pay for uniforms and shoes. Imagine if our teachers unions were doing something similar. It's almost like they want to make the right's task of demonizing them easier.
Doug