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Forum: Ongoing Struggles 9th August 2011, 14:46
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Posted By caramelpence
Originally saw it on Sky News, but also here...

Originally saw it on Sky News, but also here (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/08/09/teenager-arrested-for-facebook-riot-posting-115875-23332312/) and here...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 9th August 2011, 14:07
Replies: 1,040
Views: 43,043
Posted By caramelpence
"That's why all of this has happened, because of...

"That's why all of this has happened, because of the rich people, so we're just showing the rich people we can do what we want"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14458424

Fighting words, folks...
Forum: Politics 9th August 2011, 03:14
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
That link and especially the text you quoted does...

That link and especially the text you quoted does not contain evidence to show that the working class had an active and important role, in fact, it does not contain much content at all, in that it...
Forum: Politics 8th August 2011, 18:32
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
Are you saying that the CPC didn't alter...

Are you saying that the CPC didn't alter ideologically over the course of its 1921-49 history? It certainly did, and this is recognized across the historical scholarship. The CPC under Chen Duxiu was...
Forum: Literature & Films 8th August 2011, 16:28
Replies: 33
Views: 1,483
Posted By caramelpence
Firefly

Discuss.
Forum: Politics 8th August 2011, 15:44
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
The most appropriate way to understand capitalism...

The most appropriate way to understand capitalism is the way that most adequately grasps its underlying laws of motion. I also don't understand what you mean by "economism", as you seem to be using...
Forum: Politics 8th August 2011, 14:03
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
Why is there a need to replace a particular quote...

Why is there a need to replace a particular quote from Che Guevara with anything? What's important is not the catchiness of a particular soundbite but whether communists can pose an immanent critique...
Forum: Politics 8th August 2011, 12:43
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
What do you mean by "crimes"? Marx's critique of...

What do you mean by "crimes"? Marx's critique of capitalism has nothing to do with capitalists committing crimes, be it in a strictly legal sense or according to some external moral standard. His...
Forum: Politics 8th August 2011, 10:56
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
Incidentally, it's worth pointing out that,...

Incidentally, it's worth pointing out that, according to this (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/business/global/china-a-big-creditor-says-us-has-only-itself-to-blame.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss)...
Forum: Politics 8th August 2011, 08:30
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
What does the "culpability" of the bourgeoisie...

What does the "culpability" of the bourgeoisie mean in precise terms and what does it mean for communists to "point to" this culpability? If you say that the bourgeoisie or anyone else is responsible...
Forum: Politics 8th August 2011, 06:54
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
On the contrary, it's not "beyond doubt". I find...

On the contrary, it's not "beyond doubt". I find that a key problem with so much of the discourse and rhetoric around the crisis, including the discourse of leftists who challenge the legitimacy of...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 8th August 2011, 06:11
Replies: 1,040
Views: 43,043
Posted By caramelpence
With respect, this is a complete abstraction....

With respect, this is a complete abstraction. When people move into direct struggle against their oppression, they almost always do so in very inchoate ways without a definite objective in mind. This...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 7th August 2011, 17:21
Replies: 1,040
Views: 43,043
Posted By caramelpence
Firstly, as Menocchio pointed out, your repeated...

Firstly, as Menocchio pointed out, your repeated talk of "gangsters" is not productive. I presume by gangsters you are talking about people who are heavily involved in organized crime, in which case...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 7th August 2011, 17:01
Replies: 1,040
Views: 43,043
Posted By caramelpence
Everyone, rather than an armed body of men that...

Everyone, rather than an armed body of men that is separated from society as a whole and hardly ever held accountable for how its members behave. Bricolage is right - it isn't the job of communists...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 7th August 2011, 16:35
Replies: 1,040
Views: 43,043
Posted By caramelpence
I haven't really gotten the impression that it's...

I haven't really gotten the impression that it's people's houses that have been burnt down or trashed. Most of the rioting in terms of burning and looting seems to have been directed at both police...
Forum: Politics 7th August 2011, 13:55
Replies: 98
Views: 3,463
Posted By caramelpence
Why, incidentally, do you call people "anti-PRC"...

Why, incidentally, do you call people "anti-PRC" as if it's a good insult? I'm anti-PRC and proud of it, I want to see the Chinese state smashed, whereas you cheer on the same state when it seeks to...
Forum: History 7th August 2011, 11:54
Replies: 40
Views: 1,830
Posted By caramelpence
It's pretty much universally acknowledged across...

It's pretty much universally acknowledged across the historical scholarship that the elections that were supposed to take place throughout Vietnam under the conditions of the 1954 Geneva Agreement...
Forum: Women's Struggle 7th August 2011, 10:01
Replies: 60
Views: 3,402
Posted By caramelpence
I didn't read through the last porn thread, but...

I didn't read through the last porn thread, but it seems really problematic to see porn as an actual depiction of sex, or of what sex should be like. See, my perspective is that porn is deeply ironic...
Forum: Learning 4th August 2011, 11:23
Replies: 23
Views: 855
Posted By caramelpence
Marx didn't identify an epoch of imperialism in...

Marx didn't identify an epoch of imperialism in the same way that Lenin did, so that's a problematic assumption to begin with, but more importantly, when Marx and Engels used the term "party", as in...
Forum: Politics 3rd August 2011, 14:48
Replies: 33
Views: 1,665
Posted By caramelpence
I enjoyed the article from the first issue on the...

I enjoyed the article from the first issue on the Chinese New Left, thank you.
Forum: Opposing Ideologies 2nd August 2011, 14:50
Replies: 99
Views: 2,760
Posted By caramelpence
All good reasons to critique the DPRK as an...

All good reasons to critique the DPRK as an oppressive class society, but no explanation of why the DPRK or its government is "insane". Why don't you explain exactly what you mean by insane (for...
Forum: Opposing Ideologies 2nd August 2011, 08:54
Replies: 99
Views: 2,760
Posted By caramelpence
Yeah those crazy orientals, when will they learn...

Yeah those crazy orientals, when will they learn to be rational! It's like the Enlightenment, with all its glorious European contributors, just passed them by!

Seriously, what is so "crazy" or...
Forum: Learning 31st July 2011, 07:42
Replies: 1
Views: 229
Posted By caramelpence
It's not really an official term, but it...

It's not really an official term, but it generally means Trotskyists (either in terms of their political origins or in their continuing commitment to a critique of Stalinism) who believe that Cuba is...
Forum: Politics 31st July 2011, 07:04
Replies: 13
Views: 676
Posted By caramelpence
It's also quite interesting that when the arrest...

It's also quite interesting that when the arrest of the Gang occurred, not only were there significant signs of popular support amongst the Chinese population for their arrests, the reaction of...
Forum: History 30th July 2011, 06:25
Replies: 115
Views: 6,143
Posted By caramelpence
Except, there was nothing "pre-capitalist" about...

Except, there was nothing "pre-capitalist" about China in the 20th century, and to say that China was "backward" ignores the decisive effects of combined and uneven development. China exhibited...
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