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----- Forwarded message ------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 15:52:29 -0500 (EST) From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@columbia.edu> To: marxism-thaxis@jefferson.village.Virginia.EDu Cc: bmganter@acsu.buffalo.edu Subject: Re: Ellen Meiksins Wood: Radical Democrat? >The newest version of the new radical democracy is of course Wood's Democracy >Against Capitalism which disguises itself as a Marxist critique of post-marxism >while practically ending up in exactly the same place. The rise of Wood to the >status of a 'folk hero' of the left these days is itself highly symptomatic of >the complicity of the left (especially its so-called 'radical' wing that in its >literature critiques more obviously reactionary moves such as neo/post Marxism) >with cybercapitalism. >>The Revolutionary Marxist Collective at the University of Buffalo (SUNY). > Louis: What a load of crap. Here we have some graduate students denouncing Ellen Meiksins Wood for not being a genuine rrrrevolutionary like they are. What the hell does this “collective” do besides submit articles to the Radical Orange? Organize steel-workers? And what the fuck is cybercapitalism? Is this your contribution to Marxist political economy? You blame Harry Magdoff for polluting Marxism. I can only imagine the theoretical justification you use to coin this neologism. I notice you like to use the word “problematize”. I had a young friend from Syracuse University, a trust-fund ultraleftist just like you guys, who loved to use that word in every other sentence. I can just imagine the expression on an ordinary working person's face when they hear bullshit jargon like this. Whatever you want to say about MR, they knew and know how to reach people. A book like “Man's Worldly Goods” is simply beyond the abilities of left mandarins in training like yourselves to produce. When you pinheads get your PhD's, and are lucky enough to get a job as sociology professors somewhere, watch how fast your ultraleftism dissolves. from list marxism thaxis@lists.village.virginia.edu
----- Forwarded message ------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 15:52:29 -0500 (EST) From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@columbia.edu> To: marxism-thaxis@jefferson.village.Virginia.EDu Cc: bmganter@acsu.buffalo.edu Subject: Re: Ellen Meiksins Wood: Radical Democrat?
>The newest version of the new radical democracy is of course Wood's Democracy >Against Capitalism which disguises itself as a Marxist critique of post-marxism >while practically ending up in exactly the same place. The rise of Wood to the >status of a 'folk hero' of the left these days is itself highly symptomatic of >the complicity of the left (especially its so-called 'radical' wing that in its >literature critiques more obviously reactionary moves such as neo/post Marxism) >with cybercapitalism. >
>The Revolutionary Marxist Collective at the University of Buffalo (SUNY). >
Louis: What a load of crap. Here we have some graduate students denouncing Ellen Meiksins Wood for not being a genuine rrrrevolutionary like they are. What the hell does this “collective” do besides submit articles to the Radical Orange? Organize steel-workers? And what the fuck is cybercapitalism? Is this your contribution to Marxist political economy? You blame Harry Magdoff for polluting Marxism. I can only imagine the theoretical justification you use to coin this neologism. I notice you like to use the word “problematize”. I had a young friend from Syracuse University, a trust-fund ultraleftist just like you guys, who loved to use that word in every other sentence. I can just imagine the expression on an ordinary working person's face when they hear bullshit jargon like this. Whatever you want to say about MR, they knew and know how to reach people. A book like “Man's Worldly Goods” is simply beyond the abilities of left mandarins in training like yourselves to produce. When you pinheads get your PhD's, and are lucky enough to get a job as sociology professors somewhere, watch how fast your ultraleftism dissolves.
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