Re: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

["Tom O'Lincoln" <suarsos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil wrote:

>>So if the government really cuts into their economic power, a serious
coup could well be on the agenda and, without the masses being armed, it is
difficult to see how even a million people outside the Presidential Palace
could stop a determined coup.<<

Yes we shouldn't forget that. I would add though, that being armed isn't
enough either. After all, the army can shoot better than us. There also is
the question of class organisation and action at the point of production,
and that of political strategy.

On the other side of all this, whether a big crowd can stop a coup depends
on just how "determined" that coup is, and that in turn is shaped by many
different facets of the struggle. It's not impossible.


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