Re: [Marxism] Bourgeois revolutions not led by the bourgeoisie?

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In a message dated 28/10/2005 19:56:15 GMT Daylight Time, lnp3@xxxxxxxxx
writes:

Neil  Davidson:
The bourgeois revolutions are bourgeois not because they are led  by the
bourgeoisie, but because they make possible the development of  bourgeois
society on the basis of the capitalist mode of production. In  other words,
it is the outcome which is important, not the process or the  personnel.



Reply:

I recently attended a class given by Neil Davidson on Historical  Materialism
in Edinburgh. Whilst his credentials as a Marxist scholar are  undoubted, the
analysis of Scottish revolutionary history offered in  his book has been met
with much hostility among significant sections of the Left  in Scotland. A
fantastic rebuttal to his opinion that no such thing as a  homogenous Scottish
working class existed predating the Act of Union in 1707 -  ipso facto
promulgating a unionist position which is anti Scottish independence  - was 
provided by
another great Marxist scholar based in Scotland, Allan  Armstrong. His work
can be found in his excellent periodical, Emancipation and  Liberation, which
can be accessed through the website below.

_http://republicancommunist.org/_ (http://republicancommunist.org/)

JD.
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