Re: [Marxism] ISO's conference.

["Lüko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 22 May 2009 22:52:59 -0400 Sam B wrote:
> 
> 
> History has shown that revolutions do happen in peasant societies
> (China, Vietnam, Nepal) which are not very unlike Russia in 1917.
> 
> When they happen, the West has to decide how to orient themselves to
> those revolutions, what position to take, etc. 

  Are proletarian revolutionists in the imperialist countries part of "The 
West"? Do you consider yourself to be part of "The West"? 

> Your positions on the SU's trajectory are going to color what position
> you take on what's now happening in Nepal, for example. (For instance,
> one way to look at Nepal is that 2006 was Nepal's 1905, and 2009
> was/is Nepal's 1917...)

  I suggest to look at each case concretely and not to try to impose a 
schematic view on them. 


Comradely yours, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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