On Oct 7, 2014, at 12:10 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> If there were even 5 or 6 reasonably large (not huge, just a few thousand) groups that talked to each other and could often agree roughly on major issues, and if such a loose coalition could at least respond in various ways to events such as Ferguson or Gaza, it would hardly be a discipline left such as some still dream. But it would make some sense to speak of their actions and events as representative of "A Left." Marv's "circles" are ridiculous.
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> It's vicious nonsense to think that mere passive opinion can affect state or corporate practice.
Hi Carrol. The reference to “circles” was Joe’s, not mine. That piece of ridiculous, vicious nonsense belongs to him. I always enjoy our little chats. :)
> Carrol
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> And while we can haggle over the existence or non-existence of a "left,"
> it's not like there's a big sector inclined to support armed struggles
> overseas. How many will even openly back the Palestinian resistance, on
> which most in left circles are far more knowledgeable?
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