Re: [Marxism] Obama aides

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> >There is a tradition of first-world marxists deciding what should be best
> >for third-world workers, without listening to what those workers
> themselves
> >want or seek. This can and does lead to elitism and needs to be avoided.
>
> No, we have to operate on the basis of Marxist principles, not the
> Gallup poll. A CBS poll taken in Panama in 1989 showed that 92
> percent of the country supported the U.S. invasion. If we had
> tailored our politics to that poll, we would have betrayed Marxism.


"No subestimen al pueblo, ni su intuición, ni su capacidad de autonomía
política, intelectual y moral. Hay que seguir batallando por el socialismo,
pero hay que saber diferenciar la hegemonía autoritaria de la
contra-hegemonía democrática. La unidad en la diversidad es el camino viable
del socialismo plural y libertario.

Cualquier socialismo que liquide la pluralidad democrática, de manera real o
imaginaria, no pasará la prueba de la soberanía popular."

[Do not underestimate the people, neither their intuition nor their capacity
for political, intellectual and moral autonomy.

It is necessary to continue fighting for socialism, but one has to know how
to distinguish between authoritarian hegemony and democratic
counter-hegemony. Unity in diversity is the road to a viable pluralistic and
libertarian socialism. Any socialism which eliminates democratic pluralism,
in a real or imaginary way, does not past the test of popular sovereignty.]

       *Javier Biardeau in Aporrea,
          <http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/a47283.html>
*
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