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Forum: Politics 30th August 2012, 21:48
Replies: 44
Views: 1,568
Depends on what kind of a Labor Party you want. ...

Depends on what kind of a Labor Party you want.

Russia used to have a very good one, the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. At least its majority faction was good, the Bolsheviks (which means...
Forum: Trashcan 30th August 2012, 21:19
Replies: 467
Views: 12,780
Your efforts to lynch Assange are what is...

Your efforts to lynch Assange are what is disgraceful beyond words.

But enough. As far as I am concerned, this "conversation" is over.

-M.H.-
Forum: Theory 30th August 2012, 00:53
Replies: 37
Views: 1,187
As far as Marx and Engels were concerned, that...

As far as Marx and Engels were concerned, that the reformist Lassalleans were not part of the First International was one of the best things about it. The Proudhonists, as bad as they were, were a...
Forum: History 29th August 2012, 18:18
Replies: 92
Views: 4,222
As to that, for the USSR to send a lot of oldish...

As to that, for the USSR to send a lot of oldish weapons to Spain was a hell of a lot better than sending no weapons at all, and they were lying around unused and easy to send.

As to just how...
Forum: History 29th August 2012, 17:52
Replies: 92
Views: 4,222
Now there's an unsavory debate, between the...

Now there's an unsavory debate, between the ultra-Stalinist Moscow Trials apologist Furr and the McCarthyite renegade Radosh. And over Spain of all things. Ick!

On this one, I think Furr wins on...
Forum: History 29th August 2012, 17:13
Replies: 92
Views: 4,222
Invader Zim is criticising Soviet policy to Spain...

Invader Zim is criticising Soviet policy to Spain on exactly the wrong grounds. Especially the bank reserves. Should they have been left for Franco? I see no reason to critique the USSR or Mexico for...
Forum: Trashcan 28th August 2012, 18:59
Replies: 467
Views: 12,780
Another dishonest evasion. The questions...

Another dishonest evasion.

The questions Here are, do you call Assange a rapist, or don't you?

Do you think that it is at least possible that there is an imperialist conspiracy here to get...
Forum: Trashcan 28th August 2012, 06:29
Replies: 467
Views: 12,780
The dishonesty of this post takes the cake, even...

The dishonesty of this post takes the cake, even for Majakovski.

The Swedish CWI does not favor the extradition of Assange to Sweden. Majakovskij does.

The Swedish CWI thinks that yes, it's...
Forum: Theory 27th August 2012, 17:50
Replies: 37
Views: 1,187
That's been tried twice now, first with the First...

That's been tried twice now, first with the First International, which Marx had to dissolve, and secondly with the Second International, which claimed to be that but wasn't, excluding syndicalists...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 27th August 2012, 17:41
Replies: 10
Views: 529
This is because the wrath of the working class...

This is because the wrath of the working class has been diverted into the fool's gold of SYRIZA and its electoral performance. So all too many workers are waiting for the next round of elections and...
Forum: Worker Struggles 25th August 2012, 18:44
Replies: 0
Views: 257
Statement by South African Spartacists on the Lonmin Massacre

Spartacist South Africa Leaflet, 23 August 2012

http://www.spartacist.org/english/ssa/suppl/lonmin-sa.html

The Lonmin Massacre:
ANC/SACP/COSATU Tripartite Alliance Government’s Hands Covered...
Forum: History 25th August 2012, 17:30
Replies: 26
Views: 1,310
Uh uh, no crapping on Rosa please. I agree with...

Uh uh, no crapping on Rosa please. I agree with Trotsky on that one. Lotsa lil' Zinovievites like Ruth Fischer, who were committing mistakes worse than any she ever committed, were burnishing their...
Forum: Learning 25th August 2012, 16:51
Replies: 106
Views: 3,538
There has only been one successful workers...

There has only been one successful workers revolution thus far in history, and that was the Bolshevik Revolution.

So, until there is another, for anybody serious about workers revolution the...
Forum: Theory 25th August 2012, 16:45
Replies: 37
Views: 1,187
I don't think it was a mistake at all. The IWMA...

I don't think it was a mistake at all. The IWMA had become a godawful factionalized mess factionalized on every possible wrong axis, and dissolving it and starting from scratch was a good thing....
Forum: Theory 24th August 2012, 16:40
Replies: 37
Views: 1,187
Marx ended up deciding that the IWMA was a bad...

Marx ended up deciding that the IWMA was a bad idea, which is pretty much the way Engels had always felt. So he, the "outside intellectual," effectively dissolved it, maneuvering to get its...
Forum: Politics 24th August 2012, 15:50
Replies: 26
Views: 862
This is all true and to the point. Obama would...

This is all true and to the point. Obama would desperately like Netanyahu not to attack Iran at least until after the elections, as that would be the best electoral gift Romney could receive, and...
Forum: Learning 24th August 2012, 15:07
Replies: 106
Views: 3,538
Ah yes, Molotov! He was the one who, not being...

Ah yes, Molotov! He was the one who, not being Jewish unlike the previous Soviet foreign minister who got demoted for the duration of the Hitler/Stalin pact, got the assignment of shaking Nazi hands...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 23rd August 2012, 18:50
Replies: 92
Views: 3,509
Er, not so simple. Ever heard of Vietnam? Or...

Er, not so simple. Ever heard of Vietnam? Or Algeria? And the US intervention into Iraq was not exactly a smash success. Nor is Afghanistan working out too good for Obama.

The imperialists...
Forum: History 22nd August 2012, 17:44
Replies: 56
Views: 1,948
You think that for a revolution to happen, the...

You think that for a revolution to happen, the security services have to defect? In fact, they never do, in any revolution I've ever heard of. They certainly didn't in 1917, the revolutionary workers...
Forum: History 22nd August 2012, 17:35
Replies: 56
Views: 1,948
We have an odd failure to communicate here. ...

We have an odd failure to communicate here.

Why did Togliatti not pursue an insurrectional strategy? Moscow orders? Well, yes, but he went along with them because he agreed with them, because he...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 22nd August 2012, 17:16
Replies: 92
Views: 3,509
NO I'm not being "an ass" at all. Assassination...

NO I'm not being "an ass" at all. Assassination is not a proletarian method of struggle, and for that matter would be extremely difficult if not impossible for Syrian workers to carry off. Assad's...
Forum: Politics 22nd August 2012, 16:39
Replies: 3
Views: 246
And, no doubt when the time comes for the...

And, no doubt when the time comes for the indictment vs. Assange, already written, to be sent to Sweden (not before Assange is in Swedish custody, that would give the game away) Obama will duly...
Forum: Trashcan 22nd August 2012, 16:07
Replies: 467
Views: 12,780
This is an extremely important statement that...

This is an extremely important statement that everyone here should read.

In Latin America, people know what American imperialism is, and not just in Ecuador, as the Al Jazeera story explains....
Forum: History 21st August 2012, 07:10
Replies: 56
Views: 1,948
I dunno. I think I preferred the attitude of the...

I dunno. I think I preferred the attitude of the Wobblies.

Like in the most famous Wobbly song:

"You will eat, by and by,
when you learn how to cook and to fry."

Or, like it sez in the...
Forum: History 21st August 2012, 07:04
Replies: 56
Views: 1,948
Gutless nonsense. Italy was definitely ready for...

Gutless nonsense. Italy was definitely ready for revolution in 1969, when the PCI worked so hard to prevent it. Just like it had been ready for revolution in 1919, and the Italian Socialist Party,...
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