Re: Quebec nationalism

[Louis N Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Louis:
Now, Alex, this is kind of work we've been hoping for from you from the
longest while. Keep it up!

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On Sun, 22 Oct 1995, Alex Trotter wrote:

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> As Luxemburg pointed out, movements like this, however
> "anti-imperialist" or "progressive," inevitably turn out to be
> mini-imperialisms of their own. Canada may be subordinate to American
> imperialism, but it too is an imperialist country, and if Quebec breaks
> away, then it steps on workers and native peoples. I doubt very much that
> the C.I.A. is losing any sleep over the possibility of "instability"
> resulting from Quebec separatism.
>       I have friends in Quebec who have written some good stuff about
> this. They can be contacted at Demolition Derby, C.P. 1554, Succ. B,
> Montreal, PQ  H3B 3L2 CANADA. Their material is available in French as
> well as English.
>       Concerning the struggles of native peoples: how does this fit
> into a marxist analysis or strategy? The Mohawks have the potential to
> create big problems for capital and the state on both sides of the
> border, in New York as well as Quebec. But theirs is not a working-class
> movement. Nor does it fit the model of "petit-bourgeois nationalism" with
> a Louis Farrakhan at the helm. Demands for sovereignty by Indians seem to
> be communitarian rather than class-based; indeed, they could call into
> question not just capitalism but civilization itself (see, once again,
> the "Ethnological Notebooks").
>       If Karl Marx were alive today, he would most definitely be on the
> side of the Iroquois.
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