File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1997/marxism-international.9712, message 325


Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 09:58:11 +1000 (EST)
From: Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan-AT-qut.edu.au>
Subject: To Rakesh was Re: M-I: LM and Lou (P)


At 03:42 PM 12/19/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Lou,
>>
>>I'm glad you posted on Narmada. That post is a keeper.
>>
>>But: I think the war is over on LM; it is beginning to remind me of
>>accounts of the Air War in Korea: for 2 years the U.S. Air Force had
>>nothing to bomb but rubble. You are now bombing rubble. Let's find
>>some new topics.
>>
>>Carrol
>
>Totally insubstantial, this apparently private message has Carrol voicing
>support for Louis Proyect as if he were that fiesty fiance speaking on
>behalf of her beloved Marv Albert, who seems more like LP than a fighter
>pilot. Don't get me wrong: unlike Marv, Louis P is a handsome man but to
>his discredit, he is probably not the superfreak Marv is. Yet there does
>seem to be something disturbingly kinky about your relationship. I mean,
>why do you feel so compelled to defend him all the time? What are you
>hiding about him, you, the both of you?
>Rakesh
>


Rakesh,

this is unworthy of you.  I can remember the post you sent to the old
Marxism list after your personal meeting with Lou.  That was  a scandal
which actually distressed me because I admired your intellect so much.  I
have the same reaction on reading the above.  

I have no doubt you are one of the most brilliant men I have ever read, but
I have serious reservations about this kind of post.  And please do not
insult me by saying it was meant as a joke.

And by the way I would like to record that I totally support what Carroll
has said.  Lou Proyect has absolutely wiped the floor with Heartfield and
the LM cult.  And for those of us who have an actual interest in building a
political movement the attempt to create unity between the environmentally
aware and Marxism is vital.  In this context Lou's posts are a great
resource and I have gratefully passed them on to my students and other
contacts.

regards

Gary Maclennan



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