Word: domhoff
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Making "revolutionaries" members of the Democratic Party merely creates a more radical version of New York's New Democratic Coalition, a disorganized and slightly comical caucus of liberal Democrats. As another loyal faction in the Democratic organization, Domhoff's radicals are only another interest group calling for concessions. They bear partial responsibility for party decisions, and are open to co-optation by party liberals. It was a variation on Domhoff's brand of party loyalty that made possible the Watergate break-in and coverup. Dedication to any organization whose basic aim is the expansion of its own power can only...
THESE RADICAL BLUEPRINTS are based on nationalization of the large corporations. The models for a post-revolutionary economy include the Berkeley food co-op and the Tennessee Valley Authority--which, states Domhoff, "has allowed the beginnings of the sane, productive and beautiful development of at least one-river region in our country"--although the TVA is actually one of the most important and most incorrigible polluters in the Tennessee Valley...
Revolution American Style is correct in asserting that any revolutionary movement in the United States cannot be based on the "hate America" approach often adopted by the New Left. The idea of a nationalist revolution, emphasizing American themes, is tactically appealing. But in reacting to New Left failures, Domhoff has wed his revolutionary faction too closely to traditional American institutions. In order to make revolution palatable, he has abandoned...
Nationalization of large corporations avoids the real problem. Making the President of General Motors responsible to the President of the United States, rather than a group of absentee shareholders, does little for alienated assembly line workers. We cannot merely imitate Soviet or British socialist ventures. Domhoff has swallowed the industrial system whole, without dealing with the human distortions it produces...
...Revolution American Style fails to live up to its promises. The need for basic change in American life which runs through the Schwartz piece is not fulfilled in Domhoff's plan. Schwartz implies a return to pre-industrial, and even pre-Constitution America. Domhoff is unable to break free of the preconceptions of contemporary American life...