Re: [Marxism] Two Americas

[Jscotlive@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 02/09/2005 22:02:45 GMT Daylight Time,
srobin21@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

How  so?  A revolutionary period without resistance, to say nothing of a
party?  I remember the reaction that set in among many former Westside  L.A.
liberals and Progressives following the 1992 LA riots and fear something
similiar may happen now - in revulsion to the looting etc.  SR




Reply

I'm far from being a Westside LA liberal. What I am is someone who sees the
conditions arising - a war that's draining the economy, demoralizing the
troops,  etc., a jump in fuel prices, more extreme law enforcement (which IS
reaction),  and a harsh drawing of class, race divide - for social convulsion.
Oppression  breeds resistance. A new formation could and can appear from the
present debacle  in a dialectical way. That or an existing organisation or 
group, if
it responds  in the right way, may suddenly receive a huge increase in
support. One thing we  do know is that often material conditions can change 
quickly,
and a spark can  quickly develop into a raging inferno.

J
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