Re: Output Falling in Oil-Rich Mexico, and Politics Get the Blame

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Julio Huato wrote:
>
> I wrote:
>
> > But, to paraphrase Zinoviev, you cannot educate the masses with your
> > agitation and you cannot agitate the masses with your propaganda.
> > It's like two parallel lines.  They go on without touching each other.
>
> Carrol commented:
>
> > I'm not familiar with the original you paraphrase,
>
> Well, first, to clarify.  I messed it up.  I didn't mean to say that
> agitation and propaganda should be like two parallel lines.  I meant
> that this is an unhealthy disconnect I observe in the U.S. between
> class grassroots organizing and radical propaganda groups.

That is how I understood it, so you didn't really mess up. Nor did I
think you were committing yourself to "Zinovievism." Also, I think
perhaps I answered your post twice by accident.

Carrol