Re: [Marxism] If Marxism is a Science...

[Einde O'Callaghan <einde@xxxxxx>]

Tony Lawless wrote:

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> Anyway, advice to all IST members on the list: Rejoin the social
> democracy! There is a broad basis of agreement in your political
> understanding of the world! This has been accelerated by the restoration
> of capitalism in Eastern Europe! Why form different parties when the
> post-capitalist societies that you don't think were actually
> post-capitalist don't actually exist any more anyway!
Why rejoin social democracy? Modern social democracy is based on
rejection of everything Marxism (and our tradition) stands for - class
struggle, workers' democracy, the struggle for socialism,etc. - and has
literally disappeared up the arse of neoliberal acceptance of capitalism
as a permanent and inevitable, indeed desirable fact.

I think that for me as a Marxist this is perhaps the most insulting
suggestion that has been made in this whole discussion!

Einde O'Callaghan

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