Re: Seminar on Peru

["Bryan A. Alexander" <bnalexan@xxxxxxxxx>]

This could work well, so long as we keep away from sectarianism.  The
case of Peru does seem like a solid nexus for a variety of major issues:
violence, the party, statepolitics, third worldism, etc.



Bryan Alexander                                 Department of English
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On Sun, 4 Feb 1996 Godenas@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I think the whole PCP/revolution in Peru is pregnant with important issues
> for the marxist left; reformism v. revolution, the role of violence as an
> engine for social change, trade unions and other "legal" forms of leftist
> politics, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the role of "Non-Governmental
> Organizations" in semi-colonial countries, the role of the Church, etc.  I
> was intrigued by Leo Casey's suggestion that perhaps several recent threads
> could be coalesced around new topics like violence, and, while I'm sure I
> disagree with Leo on just about everything, this sounds like a worthwhile
> idea.  Part of the work that I do involves not just support the MPP or the
> PCP, for whom I have a great deal of respect and affection, it is also
> exploring these larger issues from a marxist perspective.  What do you think?
>                                                    Louis Godena
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