I wonder if any of these conspiracy theory leftists are troubled by the convergence between their theories and those of Rep. Bachmann.
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > After reading Charlie Skelton’s 5000-word article in the July 12th > Guardian titled The Syrian opposition: who’s doing the talking?, I > was reminded of the difference between Marxism and what I call > conspiracism. Marxism is based on a class analysis but the > conspiracists essentially subscribe to a Great Man theory of > history in which the CIA and parastatal institutions pull the > strings in a global puppet show. > > They think that the left’s main purpose is to pull back the > curtain like Toto in The Wizard of Oz and expose the puppeteers, > as if such knowledge will put a stop to capitalist intervention in > the Middle East or elsewhere. And more problematically, the > conspiracists see CIA support for an insurgent movement as prima > facie evidence that it must be opposed. For most of the > conspiracist left, Libya and Syria are poster children for their > peculiar worldview. But at least for one high-profile member of > this current—Michel Chossudovsky of Globalresearch.org—the net is > cast wider. The Egyptian revolution is tainted as well since some > of its leaders had the backing of the West. > > full: > http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/the-arab-revolt-and-the-conspiracist-left/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
