Re: [Marxism] In Solidarity with the People of Tibet

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 22, 2008, at 12:00 PM, dogangoecmen@xxxxxxx wrote:

> this is the easiest way of getting rid of problems. wonderful! what
> about the other people there. i suggest you read a bit about cultural
> autonomy by lenin. he is still very illuminating.
>
What about the other people (colonial settlers) there?  What about the  
"other people" in the West Bank?  Autonomy is not "cultural"--it is  
political, it is self rule.  The Chinese
claim to Tibet is totally Imperial, based on claims by the Chinese  
*Empire*.  The Tibetans (at least those not made suicidally desperate  
by Stalinist colonial repression) recognize that defense and foreign  
relations in a highly strategic area are sensitive to any (even a  
democratic) China, and that in the 21st century close economic  
relations with China are necessary to Tibet.  Meanwhile Stalinist  
apologists whine about "theocrats"  while arrogating to themselves the  
right to put their own puppets into strictly religious positions  
(Panchen Lama)--did Lenin or Trotsky ever suggest that the Soviet  
republic should choose the Orthodox hierarchy (As the Tsars before and  
after Lenin did--but only sub rosa, not shamelessly like their Chinese  
disciples)?


> Do you reject the answer the Dalai would most probably give: that is
> up to the Tibetan people, not up to any "leader." ?
>
> On the other hand, there is no doubt whatever about the dictatorial
> capitalist social system that the Chinese "Communist" colonial rulers
> want to impose on Tibet.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos




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