From: Paul Zarembka (zarembka@BUFFALO.EDU)
Date: Tue Mar 29 2005 - 08:44:07 EST
1. OK, Jerry, and perhaps John, we agree that not all rage within the working class has progressive impacts for workers. Perhaps we can also agree that misdirected rage can have reactionary implications, perhaps even strong implications (e.g., attack on Frick's person). 2. Then "who" decides when it is progressive and when not (pace third thesis on Feuerbach)? (To take an example, who decides which portion of Malcolm X's practices in life were progressive -- even he disowned parts of his past? To take another, is voting progressive; if so, is voting for Nader or Kerry both reactionary, both progressive, or one-one, etc.? Or does "anything go", the workers themselves "decide" -- but the workers are split, some voting for Bush in their rage?) "Who" decides? 3. If we can past that, then what mechanism is going to be suggested to implement the judgement? Again, it's not so simple. Paul Z. ************************************************************************* Vol.21-Neoliberalism in Crisis, Accumulation, and Rosa Luxemburg's Legacy RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Zarembka/Soederberg, eds, Elsevier Science ********************** http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka
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