Re: ripening contradictions?

[knowware@xxxxxxxx (Tom Walker)]

In many respects, the contradictions were "riper" in the late 1970s and
early 1980s. Recall gold soaring to $800 an ounce, prime interest rates of
20%, the fall of the Shah in Iran, the Sandanista victory in Nicaragua,
uprising in S. Korea, big corporate bankruptcies, the threat of third world
loan default, Jimmy Carter's "malaise" . . .

Those ripening contradictions turned out to be mulch for reaction and
retrenchment rather than fodder for revolution. The current set of ripening
contradictions shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who follows the rhythm of
ripenings. As the preacher said, there's nothing new under the sun.

So, comrades, what is to be done?


Regards,

Tom Walker
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