[Marxism] Abe Osheroff

[Linda Jansen]

Robert Jensen interview with Abe Osheroff

http://bloggerroundtable.blogspot.com/2007/06/robert-jensen-interviews-abe-osheroff.html

Anyhow, check out this interesting interview where *Abe Osheroff
> <http://www.geocities.com/abeosheroff/>*basically says, forget about
> joining activist groups, work on your own. Well, he's talking about himself
> really but I agree; nothing can be done at this point in time to change the
> mindset of the majority of Americans. Life is just too good for them.
> Excerpt time:
>
> 4) Building political movements in an affluent society
> RJ: Let's talk about movement building, about the tension between the need
> for people like Turnbow, with all that energy and passion, and the need for
> discipline and organization. For years you were a member of the CP, which
> was highly disciplined and organized. After leaving, you've mostly worked on
> your own politically -- with people, in groups, but not in that kind of
> disciplined organization. Is there a way to balance this? Can we have
> structures that bring people in and organize the energy, without restricting
> and limiting people in the way institutions sometimes do?
>
> AO: Well, we may never achieve that. It may not be possible to balance
> those things. In fact, it's not sensible to believe it can be achieved.
> Rather than a goal you think we'll get to, it's a direction in which we have
> to move, to build a movement that keeps those things in balance. But I have
> to tell you, at this moment, I can't think of a movement that I would want
> to be a member of.
>

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