Re: Marx versus Engels?

[Waistline2@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 10/24/03 12:28:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Schanoes@xxxxxxx writes:

>Now for something completely different:  Charles Brown brought a tear
to my eye with the story of the sale of Rouge Steel.  Ah yes, those days
flooded back in all their sooty intensity, as I recalled those salad days of my
youth working at Great Lakes Steel, just up river from Rouge, on old Zug Island,
a manmade hunk of slag, compressed coke dust, and scarred lungs tethered to
the mud and slime of the Detroit River in
Ecorse (I think), or was it Wyandotte?  No Wyandotte was BASF chemical,
but that's another story, and another rash.<

Response

Here is of course the real reason why I understand your concept base in real
time. I was scared of Zug Island . . . man, plus if I am not mistaken you did
a bit at Fleetwood on Fort Street. I remember when Aug Island "blew up."  I
deliberately steered clear of steel and rubber - UniRoyal on Jefferson and went
into Chrysler because I did not want to work under my father. My older brother
- now an International Rep in the UAW, tried Rouge and dad and went to
Chrysler shortly thereafter.

Charles piece on Rouge steel hit me hard and the Russian play - capital in
the hands of a bourgeoisie, has my "head" reeling - but not really.

Engels was "The General." Soldiers of the class struggle follow the "General"
and accept the Generals responsibility to keep the big picture in mind.

Why you arguing over the Al Sharpton's and other bourgeois leaders speaking
at the anti-war protest? (OK you did not specifically argue over Al Sharpton -
but it's the same thing). This is where we are at. I am not trying to or going
to speak at the event but we can write a handout small booklet on the
doctrine of freedom - the class struggle, and then freeze our asses off passing 
it
out to everyone.

Yea. Steel is deep. A Russian investor that has not learned the law of value
as it operates in America is going to lean on the American administrators and
the cuts are going to be horrible. Here is a section of capital that will take
two cents on a dollar. The American administrators are stealing all the
money. Shit.

Time to bunker down boys.

The girls come later . . but they will come. :-)


Melvin P.


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