Re: [Marxism] Marxism and Conspiracy

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> CB: This is the interesting , more general point of this discussion.
> Understanding the class struggle is not confined to general and abstract
> political economy. It also involves examining specific events.
>
>  For example, during the U.S. Civil War , Marx wrote on the Trent case. He
> wrote on it precisely because the rightwing was trying to use the incident
> as a provocation to get the British to join the Confederacy in the war.

I am not sure what you mean by "the rightwing". The British Empire, 
despite having abolished slavery, tilted to the South because it was 
a primary source of cotton. This Trent crisis was precipitated by a 
US Navy warship stopping a British ship in international waters to 
capture two Confederate ambassadors on board. The British began to 
speak of a military reprisal but when the US released the men, 
tensions were eased. The British might have used the incident as a 
provocation, but this is fairly routine in military-diplomatic 
affairs. Taking over for the British, the US stages such provocations 
all the time. 


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