[Marxism] Kettle of hawks

[Gary MacLennan]

I think I have one more post left and I want to use it answering Joaquin's
as always subtle piece. Look I think Mark and I are talking past each
other.  I believe he is trying to head off criticism of Obama.  I think that
is a totally stupid strategy.  He thinks I am posturing and into
self-gratification by criticising Obama.

He also says no one is listening and this is only an email list so it
doesn't matter.  Well that piece of vulgar materialism aside, if this is
only an email list and no one is listening then why what is the harm in
having it out what Obama is and what the full meaning of the absolute scum
baggery of a team he has put together?



I am not substituting this criticism for action - that is nonsense.  But we
will need to think out Obama and cut thru the spin and the illusions before
we can get any action. I always put it this way. There could not have been a
Wat Tyler without a John Ball.  The simple couplets "When Adam delved and
Eve span/ Who was then the gentleman?" inspired and legitimated the revolt.
In other words there came into being a dialectical relationship between the
narratology of Ball's sermons and the impoverishment and resentment of the
peasantry.

So I think this list is important.  It of course cannot substitute for the
Revolutionary Party, but in our era the revolution will have a strong
digital element.  Anyway as I said before we need to use every forum at our
command.  Now is the time to speak out loud and clearly and honestly what
Obama is and what the Democratic party is and how it will always serve
capital.

When I hear the words "unity and sacrifice" coming from a bourgeois
politician I know we are in a zero sum game now and it looks like capital
has determined that the kissing has to stop. We should be responding
accordingly.

comradely regards

Gary