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Your main point is well taken, but the Chartists/Occupy analogy is a big stretch. The Chartists - described by Lenin as “the first broad, truly mass, and politically organised proletarian revolutionary movement” - persisted over more than a decade, presented a coherent program of democratic demands; organized mass strikes, marches and petition campaigns; and published a weekly newspaper, *The Northern Star*. Occupy ... well, not so much. In any case, we would do well to study the Chartists at least as closely as we do Lenin and the Bolsheviks. One place to start - http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2042-the-dignity-of-chartism-on-the-legacy-of-dorothy-thompson Go read about the Chartists which Marx and Engels hailed as the first > workers party and explain to me the difference between them and the Occupy > Movement. > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
