Re: [OPE] England and Ireland

[Dave Zachariah <davez@xxxxxx>]

on 2008-03-17 14:46 GERALD LEVY wrote:
> "The English working class will never accomplish anything until it
> has got rid of Ireland. The English reaction has its roots in the
> subjugation of Ireland"  - [Marx, December 10, 1869]
>  
> "The English working class will never be free until Ireland is
> freed from the English yoke. Reaction in England is
> strengthened by the enslavement of Ireland (just as reaction
> in Russia is fostered by her enslavement of a number of nations)".
> - [Lenin - 1915, _The Right of Nations to Self-Determination_,
> Section 8: "The Utopian Karl Marx and the Practical Rosa
> Luxemburg"]
>  
> The same could be said in  relation to Iraq, couldn't it?
> The US working class will never be free until Iraq is freed
> from the US yoke?  What are some other contemporary
> extensions?
>  

I don't think the American reaction has its roots in the occupation of 
Iraq. Moreover, Iraqis may free themselves from their occupiers but 
class society in the United States will persist.

//Dave Z
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