>>From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>... Also the left needs to make politics fun.... >> >>Most important, as I mentioned before, I believe that a positive vision is >>necessary for ultimate success. > >Amen. The truest words I've read this year. > >Carl
It's not that leftists have no positive vision to offer. The problem is that if leftists offered a positive vision of what a good society should be like and tried to mobilize people on the basis of that vision, there would be a very small demo indeed. For instance, a positive vision of a good society, for most leftists here, includes gender equality, sexual liberation, etc.; for a large number of Muslims who made the DC demo big and energetic, such ideas may not be part of their positive visions yet. They agree with us on opposition to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, but beyond that, on what else do they agree with us? I'm simply using Muslims as an example here, and with all other likely constituencies that leftists can help mobilize for this or that cause, the same kind of problem exists, I think. Hence the predominance of protest politics (= saying no to this or that). Hence the proliferation of issue-based and identity-based groups, movements, etc. -- Yoshie * Calendar of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>
