[Marxism] Re: Class consciousness of Chinese Students and Intellectuals

[<hari.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hellp Prem:
You write:

"Marxists often view Tiannamen Square as the hoped for political revolution to 
turn China into a true workers democracy, ousting the bureacracy. However, 
Marxists need to analyze the onsciousness of Chinese Students/Intellectuals. In 
doing so, Socialists will have to change some of
their perceptions about Tiannamen Square. Chinese students and intellectuals 
have absolutely no class consciousness, and in fact are the
wannabe capitalists. ...."
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COMMENT:
1) I know a lot of students & 'intellectuals' in Canada & the UK as I do a fair 
bit of university teaching. I am currently teaching in China. I must admit I 
sense no perception of any different, or more intense lack of class 
conciousness here vs. Canada.  In any case you may mean lack of adherence to a 
proletarian class conciousness. Not lacking "any cc".

2) Students here, took on the armed might of the state. That was not trivial. 
If their intent was socialist revolution so much the better. If their intent 
was to "simply" challenge and repudiate the worst of bureacratic excess, 
nothing to sneeze at.
As far as I can see many students who are part of the anti-War movement in the 
UK & Canada, are hardly revolutionaries. So?

3) I am not a follower of the CPC & its ways; Mao's "theory" of the 'New 
Democratic State' is totally Eurocommunism - writ early. But William Hinton  - 
a good man - wrote on Tiananmen Square very well. See David J Romagnalo's 
transcript at Mrx2Mao:
http://www.marx2mao.com/Other/TGR90.html#s12

All the best,
Hari


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