Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:27:18 EST
Subject: Re: AUT: Neo-Keynsian Globalism?


In a message dated 99-02-01 06:14:15 EST, you write:

<< All this shows the fundamental weakness
 of anti-neoliberal ideology. It's impossible to have a critique of
 capitalism without a critique of Keynesianism. Leaving aside the question
 of course whether some in the anti-neoliberal movement would not very much
 like to be "recuperated".
  >>

Well. of course. So what? It is a very different set of questions to ask, as
has been done, whether there is a likelihood of capital reinstituting a
systematic Keynesianism (I too think not; we in Midnight Notes addressed this
briefly in our issue number 12). If not, then what can an "anti-neoliberal"
become if s/he at all resists a recuperation that cannot in fact offer much of
anything? Perhaps an anti-capitalist. Should we try to discuss with those
people, or simply attack "anti-neoliberalism" as tho it were monolithic,
independent of why people may choose to use such terms, regardless of the
possibilities, etc?

Monty Neill


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