Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.

To: Progressive Economics <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
From: Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:08:04 -0500

A general strike is an incipient revolution. It can end in all the ways
in which incipient revolutionary struggles can end, from bloody
suppression through various compromises to collapse of the current
regime.

The general principle governing its legality was expressed in an
EliZabethan epigram:

Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason,
For if it prospers, none dare call it treason.

If a general strike prospers, all concerned forge legal technicalities.
If it doesn't, it doesn't matter whether it is technically legal or not
-- its leaders and some of its participants are in trouble.

Like other forms of incipient revolution, general strikes are rather
rate & each is one of a kind.

Carrol

_______________________________________________
pen-l mailing list
pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l

References:
- [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: Robert Naiman
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: Bill O'Connor
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: knowknot
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: Bill O'Connor
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: knowknot
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: Robert Naiman
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: Marv Gandall
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: Eugene Coyle
- RE: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
  - From: Max B. Sawicky

Prev by Date: RE: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
Next by Date: [Pen-l] an ad-link that Google put on the g-mail page.
Previous by thread: RE: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
Next by thread: Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S.
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread

Thread context:
- Re: [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S., (continued)
  - [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S., c b Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:24 GMT
  - [Pen-l] the "general strike" in Iran and the U.S., c b Thu 25 Jun 2009, 17:18 GMT
- [Pen-l] Israeli fictions on the ground, Jim Devine Mon 22 Jun 2009, 20:07 GMT

[ Other Periods | Other mailing lists | Search ]