Re: Milosevic out?

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Devine:
>On the drunkenness of the anti-Milosevic forces: we should remember after
>the October revolution, Lenin and Trotsky found themselves dealing with the
>mass drunkenness of the victorious workers in Petrograd. I would guess that
>all revolutions involving mass mobilizations (as opposed to putsches,
>guerilla wars, etc.) include alcohol. Booze gives people the courage to
>rebel against the established authority, to go beyond the normal bounds of
>politics. It also is encouraged by the moment of liberation itself, as
>people celebrate their victories, however temporary.

The Russian Revolution was the product of the most advanced thinking in
capitalist society. Every step in the direction toward seizing power was
decided on the basis of calm reflection of the relationship of forces, etc.
The anti-Milosevic mobs were more like those that overthrew Mossadegh or
Allende. Please let's not dignify a rightwing attack on a parliament that
was elected without any "massive" voter fraud according to an op-ed piece
in the NY Times this week written by a Woodrow Wilson scholar.


Louis Proyect
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