Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:23:41 -0500 (EST)
From: louisgodena-AT-ids.net (Louis R Godena)
Subject: Re: M-I: Che and other things



Louis Proyect:

>Look, if Lou Godena and Adolfo Olaechea want to write attacks on
>social-fascism, let them. These are obviously solipsistic rants that do
>not invite a response. If these ideas were widespread on the left, then it
>would be important to struggle with them. As it turns out, they are deader
>than a doornail.


I think it is almost laughably irrelevant to worry about whether ideas are
or are not "widespread on the left" as though that were a talisman of their
intrinsic worth.  The left itself may reasonably be described as "deader
than a doornail" when it comes to either new ideas or its capacity to
influence policy.  Such ("rantings"?) on the part of Louis P are a familiar
feint; dismiss as irrelevant any criticisms of the sacred cows of the 1960s
anti-war movement, while simultaneously revisiting ancient Indian legends or
the reminscences of senile ex-Communists.

I think that the criticism of social fascism in, say, the leadership of the
trade union movement is far more relelvant than Louis P is willing to admit.
A good place to start might be the referendum in California seeking to
legislatively force union leaders to obtain the permission of their members
before spending said members' money.  The latest Harris Poll (March 10-14)
shows more than 65% of *unions members themselves* favor such a move.  Yet,
the cosseted union leadership has unleashed a reign of terror against their
own dissentient members in order to hold fast to this lucrative hind teat.
This is a form of social fascism that is abetted and encouraged by the Louis
Proyects and the other professional labor jock-strap sniffers in this forum.  

There are many other forms, all of which indeed merit replies and
rejoinders, epecially by those professing an interest in the good health of
the political left.  

Louis Godena



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