nice review, Louis --- what you write at the end about us in the 1960s having "actually existing socialism" to compare to the US is actually a potential double-edged sword. I remember Paul Baran in a letter to Sweezy saying that after travelling in Eastern Europe, the only thing that would revive his belief in socialism is to see capitalism in action in the US --- In other words, having examples of "actually existing socialism" that one on the left has to DEFEND all the time can actually debilitate a movement ---
Today, on the other hand --- all we have is the world wide capitalism that is quickly destroying the entire planet --- I think it's better to imagine than to be anchored to a system that calls itself socialist but definitely isn't ... On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 2:16 PM Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > https://louisproyect.org/2021/02/08/ernie-tates-revolutionary-activism-in-the-1950s-and-60s-2/ > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6219): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6219 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80491403/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
