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gordonzola) wrote2003-08-28 10:04 pm
gordonzola) wrote2003-08-28 10:04 pm
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Happy Labor Day (U.S.)*
So in my Weather Underground post, a good conversation got going about trashing vs. criticizing of the Left by the Left. Since it’s Labor Day weekend in this country, what do you folks think?. What’s the Left’s biggest problem right now?
Too much infighting? Too many wingnuts with "responsibility"? Failure to support the correct tenets of scientific socialism? Nader? The fact that no one is following the sectarian party you belong to? Lack of any coherence or relevance whatsoever?
This isn’t a poll, so write about whatever you want. Hell, it doesn't even have to be the biggest problem, it can just be your biggest peeve. Don’t post your unpublished manifestos though, please. No right-wing trolls either.
(I include anarchists on the Left, btw, so answer accordingly)
*I tend to recognize May 1st as Labor Day myself, but this is a convenient excuse.
Too much infighting? Too many wingnuts with "responsibility"? Failure to support the correct tenets of scientific socialism? Nader? The fact that no one is following the sectarian party you belong to? Lack of any coherence or relevance whatsoever?
This isn’t a poll, so write about whatever you want. Hell, it doesn't even have to be the biggest problem, it can just be your biggest peeve. Don’t post your unpublished manifestos though, please. No right-wing trolls either.
(I include anarchists on the Left, btw, so answer accordingly)
*I tend to recognize May 1st as Labor Day myself, but this is a convenient excuse.
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I was definately not thinking Democratic Party when I wrote "Left". (hence the Weather Underground link) I think one could make a lefty arguement for why working with/in the Democratic party is the most important thing. I wouldn't believe it, but one could argue it.
I was thinking more activist/organizer/grass roots/ist-type left.