me: >> (3) this is the sort of analysis that is trying to imply that "the >> fascist threat indicates that we should support the DP and Obama >> wholeheartedly and even without question, despite their limitations."
Julio: > Who are you quoting? I couldn't find that in the article. no-one said that. It was an _implication_, specifically because the article did not analyze the way that the DP and Obama abet or discourage fascism. > But aside from the F word, something I've been wondering about is what > exactly (what combination of factors) reversed the rebellious youth > trend of the 1960s. Building a new and better society with what you > have at hand is incredibly difficult. Unraveling social relations by > instilling fear and break a rebellious and transformative trend is > orders of magnitude easier. The movements in the 1960s had the > impetus of transforming society. What happened then? What economic, > political, and ideological factors contributed to exhausting the > tremendous energy of the 1960s and induced hopelessness and political > regress? What role did -- for example -- the assessinations of Malcom > X, John F. Kennedy, Dr. Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy play on this > demoralization? The role that the U.S. and Latin American right wing > has played on propping up the Honduras coup regime is very telling. > The militias are on the rise. And now these other symptoms.... quick story: the draft was ended, while unemployment rose. Also, to some extent the left movement of the 1960s self-destructed (e.g., the Weather Underground) with the negative side of the movement getting a lot of press, naturally. >... That shows that this not about Zelaya. It's about the wave > of popular insurrections in Central and Latin America -- I think. > Draw the proper analogy to the U.S. insurrections? where? do you mean popular movements and leaders that go contrary to the interests of the powers that be? -- Jim Devine / "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
