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On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:10 PM, brad bauerly <bbaue...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do think we need to understand the source of the TP in material > terms though and then see the ideological layer on top of it, not the > other way round. I also don't know if we should be on board with the > Democrats in labeling this whole movement racist and only racist > driven. There are real issues of class that are getting brushed over > by both the TP and the Democrats, which is where marxist are supposed > to offer a little bit of analysis that goes deeper than the ideology. > At its best, good class based analyses cuts right through ideology. I > also fear the impact on those elements that were becoming > disillusioned with the Dems by Obama being pushed back into the Dems > arms. The last point you make is certainly a good one, but the relationship between economic crisis, class mobility, and racism is hardly difficult to unravel. You have middle class people losing their former economic status and scapegoating people of color. As usual. Let me provide you with an example, this from a guy who wrote into my FB page: "legalizing them (immigrants) would annihilate the remaining US economy far into the next two generations. And one lovely Honduran illegal immigrant gang has punched me in my face where I work, and promised a stabbing if I continue to operate my business in the face of competing with the 28 members of their clan, all illegal aliens. Fuck them, they are violent barbarians. They have no respect for anyone or anything. Goodwill industries had to hire off duty police to ban them for life for threatening other customers with box cutter knives. They have been terrorizing the entire Pacific NW thrift store circuit for years now." Care to unravel that? When he speaks of annihilation, he's obviously thinking of his own potential economic and perhaps physical annihilation. Greg ________________________________________________ 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
