Politics in the Zeros

The Left needs to forget its glory days of yore and get some new ideas

Bob Morris on Sep 11, 2009, 5:30 am

Does the Left need a resurgence of trade unionism to resuscitate itself? Richard at American Leftist says maybe so but then opines what for many lefties is unthinkable, that new ideas are needed. I agree.

For those schooled in the traditions of the left, whether it be Social Democracy, Communism or anarchism, the reinvigoration [...]

If this debacle doesn’t wake up the British Left, absolutely nothing will

Bob Morris on Jun 9, 2009, 9:15 am

Marxsite lets loose

The outcome of the county council and Euro elections means that the British left – the left to the left of New Labour – has to wake up and break out of its dire sectarian, bureaucratic and factional mindsets. Nothing is more shameful than the lack of of united left [...]

Going it Alone: Christopher Hitchens and the death of the Left

Bob Morris on Jun 1, 2009, 5:30 am

Yeah, I know, Hitchens can sometimes be a massive PITA blowhard. However, this book review points out how his quite public split from hardcore socialism does serve to highlight many of the problems the Left faces now. For one thing, Hitchens is more than happy to point out the flaws and often hits home. [...]

Moving beyond Leftist sects

Bob Morris on May 30, 2009, 5:44 am

Left Luggage

Our essential reading for the weekend is a new article by The Commune’s Dave Spencer which aims to draw some lessons from his decades of experience with far-left groups. It’s a little heavy on obscure and now obsolete sects, but at its core is a searing analysis of the problems of vanguardist parties [...]

SFist whomps Indybay upside the head over the four dead Oakland cops

Bob Morris on Mar 22, 2009, 9:25 pm

SFist

Oh, Indybay.org, you know we like you. Why? Because you’re so hot-headed and loopy; the flipside to zombietime, if you will. But this takes the soy-based vegan carrot cake.

“This” being the deranged lefter-than-thou response of Indybay to the murder of four Oakland police Saturday. They quite seriously said the cops overeacted after the [...]

Politics in the Zeros

The Left needs to forget its glory days of yore and get some new ideas

If this debacle doesn’t wake up the British Left, absolutely nothing will

Going it Alone: Christopher Hitchens and the death of the Left

Moving beyond Leftist sects

SFist whomps Indybay upside the head over the four dead Oakland cops

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