Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 21:05:26 -0500
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com>
Subject: M-TH: Re: M-I: Red Critique (fwd)


Brian M Ganter wrote:

>Below we are forwarding a response to our initial post ("Performative
>Left: A Red Critique of the Theatre called 'Between Capitalism and
>Democracy'") on marxism thaxis-and marxism-international.  This letter of
>response is from James Holstun, a professor of English at State
>University of New York/Buffalo that works closely with the GGMS (Graduate
>Group in Marxist Studies), organizers of the upcoming 'Between Capitalism
>and Democracy' conference.  The net-left (the Proyect, Henwood, Dumain,
>Cox ... axis)  and the academy left (the Holstun /GGMS gang) will see from
>this post and our short critique that follows--PANIC HOLSTUN: FIFTEEN WAYS
>OF LOOKING AT A CENTRIST COMPRADOR--their own ideological complicity with
>one another.   They will see, in other words, how very un-different they
>have become (despite their own claims) as well as their common alliance
>and shared strategies, arguments and word-for-word alibis for
>marginalizing Marxist theory and critique today, both "inside" AND
>"outside" the academy.

I've got to hand it to you. You forwarded a critique of your group that
leaves you smoldering wreckage. That takes nerve.

Doug




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