[Marxism] Quick note on: Milosevic '89 speech, etc.

[David Walters <dwalters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting little factoid: I believe the speech was first translated 
into English by the US Dept. of Commerce. I don't know what to read 
into this except that it's curious.

Second note, Louis, all, for those interested, and a document  that 
leans a little more to Louis' point of view in terms of marxist method 
is actually not the stuff Louis has cited as much, but Trotsky's 
excellent piece on this very issue entitled: "Between Red and White". I 
have it listed as a "significant work" on the TIA index page.

Written in 1922 while Trotsky was still Commissar of Military Affairs, 
it presents one of the best Marxist works on self-determination "under 
socialism". It deals specifically with the "Georgian Affair" and 
reflects Soviet Gov't views on this, albeit it's penned by Trotsky.

Some of the chapter titles relevant to this discussion are:
   8. Democracy and the Soviet system
   9. Self-determination and the revolution
  10. ”Public opinion”, Social Democracy, Communism

This work is little known but it should be widely read, IMO as a 
contribution to this discussion:

www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1922-rw/index.htm


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