Re: [Marxism] Of victory and victories

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

Artesian writes:

<What Russell and others don't sense is the sort of "restricted  
dialectic" of
"victory" in these struggles where the victory, in these opening  
rounds of
class struggle and resistance to the bourgeoisie's assault, is bound up
tightly with and limited by the intially greater strength of the  
bourgeoisie
and the depth of the economic contraction. Now that's a mouthful, and  
will
probably be ignored as it requires careful reading and not non-sense.>

Well, duh!

Given the depth of the "economic contraction", and the company's  
decision to relocate, what other choice did they have than take the  
money? The union needed 11 million to get the business up and  
running, and apparently they ain't got it.  Sometimes it's better  
just  to take the money and start over.

Yes it was a smaller victory than many of us had hoped, but the  
ripple-propaganda effect has been immense. I think Mark is right.  
We're liable to see more of this kind of thing in the near future,  
maybe even in Detroit (once again).

Greg McDonald


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