Recognize that name, Jim Langcuster, from a list of paleo-conservatives,
I lurk on. Peopled with contributors to Chronicles and Telos
like Paul Gottfried. Editor of Telos, Paul Piccone, when he took
his paleo-con turn ran articles and interviews about the Lega
Nord in Italy. If, I read Italian, I could decipher, Piccone,
in that language. But, in English, the brown tinge is unmistakeable.
Michael Pugliese
>From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: 3/27/01 7:27:04 AM
>
>Michael Keany wrote:
>>is why I second Jim Devine's regular reminders re grassroots
organising. As
>>for political vehicles, these are going to be far from perfect
(e.g.
>>Scottish Socialist Party). But I reckon any party with either
or both 1)
>>reliance on large corporate donors; and 2) absence of reference
to Marx is
>>not going to be among those vehicles. The best we can do for
these is to
>>force them (or elements of them) leftward by formulating political
>>programmes and campaigning from the outside.
>>
>>Sorry for the stream of consciousness,
>>
>>Michael K.
>
>Michael, I am not sure you are keeping up with the Marxism list
archives,
>but there was an interesting thread recently on Southern regionalism.
In
>the course of dredging up some material that illustrated the
danger of the
>left tail-ending neo-Confederate ideologues, I came across a
perversely
>interesting website: http://www.homerule-for-dixie.com/ website.
It
>appropriates of Scottish nationalist themes on behalf of the
rebel South,
>which might make one think twice about uncritical endorsement
of certain
>themes expressed by the Scottish left.
>
>----
>
>Welcome to "Home Rule For Dixie!"
>
>For most of the past decade, I have been actively involved in
a movement
>advocating self-determination for the people of Dixie -- a movement
that
>has attracted some of the brightest, most committed patriots
in America today.
>
>Inspired by the Scottish National party, modeled after the Lega
Nord
>movement in northern Italy, the Southern movement began with
high
>aspirations. To its credit, it has contributed mightily to an
emerging
>interest in devolution within the United States. On the other
hand, the
>Southern movement has succeeded in attracting only a few thousand
>supporters -- a far cry from the Scottish National Party and
Lega Nord,
>both of which have succeeded in building broad coalitions numbering
in the
>hundreds of thousands.
>
>After studying this issue closely, it has occurred to me that
some vital
>ingredient is lacking within the current approach, and that
is why I have
>established this page with the theme: "Home Rule for Dixie."
The purpose of
>this page is to chart a strategy for reaching Southerners who,
for whatever
>reason, have not been reached by the current approach.
>
>Times, people, even entire cultures are subject to change. For
better or
>worse, the Dixie of the twenty-first century is vastly different
from the
>one our brave forefathers defended almost a century and a half
ago. If we
>are nationalists worth our salt, we must come to terms with
this reality.
>
>Home Rule in Dixie will function as a "political movement of
one." It will
>serve as a personal forum through which I will outline many
of my strongly
>held views on Southern nationalism -- views based on almost
a decade of
>experience.
>
>The site is based on two premises: one, that the current Southern
movement
>is in desperate need of a makeover, and, two, that for it to
succeed, it
>must appeal to a wider cross section of the region's population.
>
>In one sense, this page amounts to a call for a revised, updated
>nationalism for Dixie but one that is constructed from the bricks
carefully
>laid by earlier generations of Southerners.
>
>This page is a work in progress, so please be patient. I'm not
a full-time
>political agitator -- only a middle-aged political amateur with
marital and
>parental responsibilities and a day job who is working as quickly
as he can
>to make this page a relevant resource for people who love Dixie
and yearn
>for it to be free.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Jim Langcuster, Creator and Editor, "Home Rule For Dixie"
>
>
>Louis Proyect
>Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org
>
>
