[lbo-talk] Corey Robin on AJE on Bluestocking panel

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 16 09:25:07 PST 2011


Eric: "here they've been largely responsible for starting what many call the most vibrant movement in the U.S. in decades. "

[WS:] Can't help but think of Jean de la Fointaine's Le Coche et al Mouche http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/fable.htm

Wojtek

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>>> corey robin claims in his posts that anarchists and libertarians just
>>> don't get something. and, apparently that something is: that its
>>> revolutionary to protest at wall st.
>>
>> If only everyone else could be as smart as you, what a world this would be.
>
> It's a good point though. Robin singles out anarchists as failing to
> understand that capital is the primary repressive agent in daily life,
> but anarchists are the ones who started occupying the seat
> (symbolically, at least) of private power and who have, considering
> their meager resources, made serious pushes at workplace organizing.
> Also, other people keep insisting that anarchists can't organize, but
> here they've been largely responsible for starting what many call the
> most vibrant movement in the U.S. in decades. Why the need to keep
> saying people don't understand and do things they are understanding
> and doing at that very moment? It's very odd.
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