RE: [Marxism] re: Some comments on Stan Goff's post

[Joaquín Bustelo <jbustelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I apologize to Jon for reading too much into his post about his
individual circumstances. However, I think the general point still
holds.

Joaquín

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Subject: RE: [Marxism] re: Some comments on Stan Goff's post

On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 01:49 -0500, Joaquín Bustelo wrote:
> This is a real problem, because in a sense what I'm saying is comrades

> need to learn to swim. But how do you explain swimming to someone who 
> has never seen water except in a glass or a in shower? Never been 
> surrounded by it, immersed in it?

Wow, this will be the last time I make a quick generalization on this
list. But as usual Joaquin makes some good points out of whatever he
picks up on.

For the last time, all I was trying to say was that the level and
intensity of the movement declined after winning the right to vote. This
often happens with the ruling class makes a concession, whether on a
democratic issue or a labor contract, they get some class peace for a
while, so they can regroup. They did a lot of regrouping in the eighties
and nineties up to today, and took back a lot of ground, being careful
not to provoke a mass, generalized uprising by any major opposing force.

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