Re: [Marxism] Facing the economic crisis

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William Bowles --   Time travelling or does Obama have  any kind of deal let 
alone a new âNew Dealâ?
 
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Aside from the  objective of rolling back working class gains, the other 
major objective of the  neo-liberal counter-revolutionâwith the able 
assistance of 
the corporate/state  mediaâwas to erase all memory of the past. Thatcherâs 
infamous statement, âthere  is no such thing as societyâ sums up the 
ideological objective that came hot on  the heels of the first, major post-WWII 
crisis 
of capital, triggered by the  so-called oil crisis of 1971-73.  
In part, the  neo-liberal counter-revolution was a response to the failure of 
socialism to  offer a viable alternative and also the humiliating defeat in 
Vietnam but above  all else, it was once more, the over-accumulation of capital 
and the falling  rate of profit that prompted the capitalist 
counter-revolution.  
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The only real  triumph of capital (and a short-lived one at that) is the 
total erasure of the  past as it was really lived, hence the objective is first 
to 
rediscover where we  come from and to (re)learn and never again forget the 
lessons of the past. This  is why essays such as Aronowitzâs and David 
Harveyâs 
books are so vital to us.  
It is also a sad  indictment of a left that has allowed us to forget the 
past, worse, it even  participated in the erasure of its own history by 
distancing 
itself from our  heritage, a legacy of struggle and our achievements that it 
seems we must once  more go through. Such is the role of anti-communism, which 
is why Iâm proud to  call myself a communist and to honour my folksâs 
generation and those who came  before them, notwithstanding the fuck-ups we 
have 
made.
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