Re: [Marxism] Leon Trotsky: Is It Possible to Fix a Definite Schedule for a Counter-Revolution or a Revolution? (September 1923)
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * On 9/24/18 10:57 PM, Jon Flanders via Marxism wrote: The same would hold for a revolution. Except that Trotsky was in Russia, not in Germany. As will be apparent when I post the chapter in Angless on "Preparing for a Revolution", the CP's leader Brandler was not only absolutely opposed to the scheme but felt himself incapable of leading such a revolution. That's why the 1923 revolution was stillborn and left the CP looking incompetent. In preparing notes introducing the Angress chapter, I will be investigating how Trotsky viewed the 1923 fiasco. My guess is that he did not take responsibility for his own poor judgement. _ 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
Re: [Marxism] Leon Trotsky: Is It Possible to Fix a Definite Schedule for a Counter-Revolution or a Revolution? (September 1923)
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * On 09/24/2018 03:28 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote: As it turns out, the article is online and truly misbegotten. How so? I don't see any mention of the need to for the uprising in Germany to co-incide with the date of the October Revolution. What Trotsky argues for is the need for a conscious decision when to strike. Which makes sense to me. Seizing power means actually seizing things. That has to be planned and organized. If a union decides to go on strike, it has to be a very planned and timed affair. The same would hold for a revolution. Jon Flanders _ 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
[Marxism] Leon Trotsky: Is It Possible to Fix a Definite Schedule for a Counter-Revolution or a Revolution? (September 1923)
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * I'll be scanning in another couple of chapters from Werner Angress's book on the German CP between 1921 to 1923 pretty soon. In reviewing the chapter on the preparations for the 1923 revolution, another fiasco, Angress mentions an article about Trotsky arguing for the need to set a date and one that coincides with the Russian Revolution. As it turns out, the article is online and truly misbegotten. https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/fi/vol08/no07/trotsky.html _ 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
