CLJ James and Workers Councils

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James's Strategy of Workers Councils

Ralph:
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1.  In general, James thinks that workers councils are the modern
form of direct democracy, the alternative to bureaucratic elites.

2.  James thinks that vanguard parties are obsolete in the
developed industrialized countries, because there the workers are
already capable of organizing themselves because of their place in
industry.


Chris B:
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Thanks for your care in checking the end of Modern Politics by
CLR James. I regret I do not think I can get deep into China and
Mao at this moment.

James's position above appears clear and obviously insufficient.
It would appear to be economist and or perhaps anarchist, giving
no attention to the state.

Has anyone elaborated this position? Does anyone support it
as a major coherent strategy for democratic change and socialism?

I almost passed no comment because it seems so lacking. I wonder
if that is what everyone does, attractive though CLR James is in
other ways.








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