[lbo-talk] Politics vs the DP

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 15 09:23:27 PDT 2011


On Jun 15, 2011, at 11:58 AM, SA wrote:


> Can someone explain a bit more how exactly this process works, i.e. whereby the DP "bleeds" movements of followers and leaders? It's not that I don't believe it, I'd just like to understand exactly what we're talking about. Do people stop going to demonstrations? Why?

Yes. That was exactly the finding of Michael Heaney:

http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S110416

This focuses on the antiwar movement. Once it stopped being Bush's war, and became Obama's - poof, no more antiwar movement.

Doug



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