[Marxism] Fight every foreclosure, demand real nationalisation of banks

["Andrew Pollack" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree completely with what Joaquin writes below. It's almost
surprising that as of yet the only antieviction/foreclosure groups
I've heard of are just TONC-fronts.
Anyone in a union should encourage their local to form a housing
committee which members know they can turn to for aid in mobilizing
against eviction. And this would apply to renters as well: despite
previous claims on this list that homeowners and renters are in
different situations (or even classes), working class renters are
increasingly in danger because their buildings' owners face
foreclosure.
Similarly other social justice groups should think about forming
similar committees on a neighborhood or citywide basis.
Andy P.
Joaquin wrote:
I agree with Luko. That is why, under the concrete conditions that exist
today in the United States, where there are not yet ANY anti-foreclosure
protests or direct actions, I am FOR trying to *start* the movement around
the immediate demand of no foreclosures or evictions. If and when such a
movement gets underway, then a "workers" nationalization can be counterposed
to a capitalist nationalization in a way that will make sense and will be
accessible to a much broader layer.

Until then, "nationalization" remains strictly a propaganda demand in the
strictest sense of the word, i.e., a series of complex ideas aimed at a few,
the most advanced elements, whereas stop the foreclosures (and variants)
should be the dominant demands aimed at the broader layers we hope to
involve in an actual movement.

Like someone once said, the art of politics is knowing what to do NEXT.

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