On the one hand, lefties moan about the absence of a mass movement. On the other, they moan about the conservative nature of an actually existing mass electoral movement. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld paraphrasing Marx, you fight the revolution with the mass movement you have, not the one wish you had.
The what-is-to-be-done question of the day isn't about the deficiencies of the Obama programme. That's a no-brainer. The question should be about what's going on beneath the surface and how the phenomenal embrace of vague "change" can be channeled into struggle for fundamental real change. -- Sandwichman ^^^^ CB: And , Sandwichman, if I might be so bold , you are sort of paraphrasing Obama who repeatedly says "change comes from the bottom up, not from the top down" ( He sounds like a Solidarity member or MIchael Liebowitz with "from below"). Obama makes it clear that "It's on y'all". This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
