In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Louis
Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>If you take a look at the participants in LM's TV show, you simply can not
>have the illusion any longer that this group is part of the left. And if it
>still is, it is only a matter of time when they make a full break.
Well why don't you just join in the witch-hunt? Today's Guardian
newspaper denounces the Against Nature series as a sinister plot by
Marxists who want to make sure that 'the revolution will be televised'.
These McCarthy smear tactics are now supported by Louis Proyect.
>But, make no mistake, this group is not part of the left. It is mounting a
>powerful attack on the left. When you gain access to millions of television
>viewers in order to provide a platform for speakers who have been
>conducting a "war on the greens," you are doing the work of the
>bourgeoisie.
Let me be absolutely clear: I do not want to be part of a left which is
defined by its opposition to progress, and the romanticisation of
poverty and underdevelopment. Marxism is about human liberation, not
restraint. If Louis wants to line up with the Western nations who are
trying to torpedo growth in the rest of the world, why doesn't he go the
whole hog and endorse the IMF austerity package in Korea: after all,
that should reduce the number of car users in Seoul.
--
James Heartfield
Books Editor,
Living Marxism
