Re: Reminder

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> I thought your post to Edward George was going to be your last. Yesterday I
> said that 8pm tonight was the deadline for getting your last post on the
> Malvinas to the list. So try to summarize your thinking and get it out
> under the wire.
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Actually, my reply to Domhnall was meant to be my last. I then read Edward's
contribution which prompted a clarification from me and raised a few
questions, including the hypothetical one on the islands. In any case I have
to leave in a few minutes and will not address this question further when I
return (which will be after your deadline)... I was actually just interested
in seeing whether Nestor's response would be reflective of Argentine
bourgeois nationalism and completely disregard the rights of the islanders
--even if the question of war with Britain were removed -- or whether he
would recognise the rights of a hypothetical nation existing on territory
claimed by Argentina.

Other than that, I am preparing a post on the issue of territory and the
national question in regards to the Jews which has come to mind in reading
Edward's excellent contribution on Stalin's "Marxism and the National
Question." I want to do some reading on Lenin and the Bund first, though.

> Furthermore, I would strongly urge you not to worry so much about
> hypothetical situations but to try to understand the real situations as
> they unfolded. More importantly, I strongly urge you to familiarize himself
> with Argentina's history before we entertain a thread like this again.
> Unfortunately, there is not a good general history from a left perspective
> on the country, but I've been advised by a couple of academics that David
> Rock's "Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin" is
> fairly reliable. It is available from amazon.com and most bookstores. For a
> radical introduction to the continent, I'd recommend "Latin America: from
> Dependence to Revolution", an anthology edited by James Petras.

Thanks for the reference, I'll see if I can find a used or library copy.

Andy


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