[Marxism] Atilio Borón: From infinite war to infinite crisis

[Fred Fuentes <fred.fuentes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Both Fidel Castro and Higo Chavez has quoted from this speech given by
Boron at the Globalisation conference in Havana. Castro went as far as
to say "If anyone were to take this summary and carry it in his or her
pocket, read it over once in a while or learn it by heart like a small
Bible, he or she will be better informed about what is happening in
the world than 99% of the population, where citizens live under siege
from commercials and saturated with thousands of hours of news, and
real or false soap operas or fiction films."
Enjoy

Atilio Borón: From infinite war to infinite crisis

March 25, 2009 -- Machetera/Tlaxcala -- Some thoughts on the current
capitalist crisis, its probable “solutions” and the role that a
socialist option might play in the present juncture.

After September 11, 2001, US President George W. Bush declared
“infinite war” against terrorism, a war without end and one that would
not be constrained by geography or time limits of any kind. This
policy is not only wrong, but immoral, and failed: upon leaving the
White House, his legacy was a world more violent and insecure than
before.  His administration also left as an inheritance a true
economic and financial tsunami on a global scale: an “infinite crisis”
whose reach defies our imagination. In the following pages, we would
like to share some ideas about the current capitalist crisis, its
probable “solutions” and the role that a renewed socialist option
might play in the present juncture. Given time restrictions we’ll
avoid unnecessary technical jargon and will try to express things
plainly, yet without resorting to
oversimplifications.....http://links.org.au/node/983

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