Re: Rethinking Liberalism
On Apr 20, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Jim Straub wrote:
While appealing to left theology and dogma, this strategy (which has been the main one used by all tendencies of the US left for decades) shrinks and isolates the left at all turns possible.
Thanks to this way of thinking, we are the generation that has brought the
left to its smallest state since the terms were first invented in the french
revolution.The left in the US, by being unwilling to ally with or otherwise
engage with any individual, organization or social grouping that already has
the same position as the left on all forms of imperialism and other evils,
ensures that it is only allowed to talk to, oh, say, .5% of our own
population. Huzza for the united front.
Ok, so what’s your strategy for getting out of the left ghetto? A
united front (isn’t that a Trot phrase? as opposed to a pop front?)
with Lee Scott?
Doug