Re: upheavals in England, 1640 - 1848

[Adam Rose <adam@xxxxxxxx>]

Rahul writes:
>
> Gary:
>
> >I have of course my own quarrels with and criticisms of the various strands
> >of Irish nationalism, but they have been pitted against one of the most
> >brutal of the world's master races- the English.  that is worth recalling.
>
> Well, Gary, as you no doubt know, we have a great deal of common ground
> here. There's always been some thread of solidarity between Ireland and
> India, united in common hatred of and victimization by the English.
>

By the end of this post Rahul manages to realise that there have been some
anti Imperialist English people, even though he has to go back to William
Blake !

If we transfer the argument to today's dominant Imperialism, the US, similar
sentiments as Gary's + Rahul's are used to write off the possibility of
socialist revolution in the US. And it seems to me that if you do that,
you write off the possibility of socialism altogether.

Adam.



Adam Rose
SWP
Manchester
UK


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