Socialist advances in Italy!!!

[m-14970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Hugh Rodwell)]

After an interesting run-through the horrors of the restorationist process
in China (and earlier manifestations of Mao's bureaucratic, Stalinist
rule), Wei En Lin writes:

>Should we not look with anticipation toward the recent
>elections in Italy as heralding in an important new chapter in
>the development of European socialism?  Why has no one on this
>discussion list mentioned this election and attempted to
>analyze its historic significance.  The victory, for the first
>time in Italian history (for the first time in the history of
>any G-7 country) of a party to the LEFT of Craxi's Socialist
>party DESERVES comment.

Falling into the most vulgar kind of Euro-Communist electoralism.


>Perhaps Marx would have found it the most encouraging event of
>the day.

And then again, perhaps not.

Cheers,

Hugh




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