Excellent post Nick. You are right on the money. The far left does seem to wait to see what the reaction of the West is towards certain situations before they...
Which would essentially undermine the entire meaning of Marxism and Marxist opposition to Social-democrat parties and reformists (if there are any left these...
I think that's the problem in how many people come up with their self-determination support...ie if the US is backing them, don't do it.<br><br>What needs to...
>>I think Freire had through his own dialectic understanding in a very nice way.<br><br> After reading his books, I found him felt sorry because he ...
To all international comunity.<br> <br>The situation is extremely hard, the army is in our classrooms.<br>Today, February 1st, the military police irrupted in...
ok so you have told us exaclty why you don't want the American backing but what would you like? The present killing of inoccent cevilians just for being in the...
I also took a look at that document and, although I confess I read it quickly, I found it strangely apolitical. I'll try to explain what I mean with a ...
During the war in Kosova it was essential to show that NATO was the main enemy. It was important also to illustrate that this was in no way supportive of...
I also took a look at that document and, although I confess I read it quickly, I found it strangely apolitical. I'll try to explain what I mean with a ...
I find it amazing that you oppose U.S. and British imperialism but support Chinese and Soviet imperialism. China was never in any way a socialist country. You...
I think you are wrong about your "exceptions, comrade. When you write that a "group of people, in any Marxists eyes I think, is much better off not being a ...
The short answer for what we want is international working class solidarity with the Chechens in support of their right to self-determination and a country of...
I find myself in almost toal agreement with Nick on this issue. The decline of Marxism within the working class was due to a political problem. Nick is right...
But David, who were NATO the main enemy of? Certainly not of the Kosovars who were streaming out of their homes to run away from the advancing Serbian army. If...
Interesting that David cites the similarities between the SWP and the proposed organisation in that paper as the causes for the SWP's "success" in building a...
janetmbplanet says about Freire:<br><br>"I think this is the source of the weakness, which you say Freire himself seemed sorry about<br> - it is impossible to...
An example of Freire's dialogic work, from Pedagogy of Hope:<br><br> After a few moments of good discussion with a group of peasants, silence fell on us and ...
Well, being that the Chinese state was Stalinist when it actually adhered to some measure of a planned economy, all the above lack of democratic rights is...
Certainly on Kosovo, lets say the US was uninvolved..then support for the KLA should have been in their self-determinatory campaigns, and against their...
The thing is that we're not dealing with some hypothetical situation vis a vis Chechnya, but rather the concrete reality of Russian invasion.<br>Yes, the ...
Incorrect analysis of the Soviet Union and it's client regimes cannot in itself account for the disorientation and fragmenting of the Trotskyist movement. ...
I have to support f33rit on the Chechens. Although I am sure there are working class people in their movement, it is not for independence they are asking. And ...
This is a terrific story, which shows the strengths of Freire's work. I agree with you that it has an educational power which is absent from traditional...
zx5391 says "I think Cuba would benefit from a leadership change. There must be someone in the Cuban Communist Party who is innovative and enthusiastic." ...
Hello, everybody, and thanks for the invitation!<br><br>I see there is a lot of interesting discussion going on here. I will first post a copy of a report ...
A few hours ago, our new government has been appointed. 8 of the 16 members belong to the Freedom Party, who are NOT Neo-Nazis, they say. Some people, however,...
In this week's Weekly Worker, paper of the Communist Party of Great Britain;<br><br>'Socialist Party Fudges on Unity' - Danny Hammill looks at SPEW's sectarian...
