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I thought it was established Marxist viewpoint that the "horrors of capitalism drive the petite bourgeoisie into a frenzy. That's the explanation of his behavior, and as socialists, we seek to explain the cause of that behavior in its social context. That's the lesson the American people were asked to draw by the act and the lesson that the left should be point to. You can run around and denounce individual acts of terrorism or tea party participants all you want, but revolutionary practice (which the Katheder Marxists just have to call "praxis") would consist of drawing the lessons of the event in terms of the social forces and psychological reaction to them that caused it - all rooted in the intensification of capitalist exploitation that drove this "terrorist" to his act. The Appeal to Reason, the Chicago Socialist, the New York Call, the Milwaukee Leader and the Seattle Call as well as the daily papers the socialist party put out in Lead, South Dakota and Bellvue Illinios - would have run this man's suicide note in full and with devastating analysis. That the same cannot be anticipated from the modern "left" is appalling. Wayne Collins ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com