Rob,
One of the great fears about asking a question is to have too many
too long replies. So can I ask the most difficult question which
merits the lengthist of answers BUT to ask for only a *brief* reply.
The question is: What are we waiting for?
What do comrades consider is the MOST IMPORTANT single obstacle to
revolution at the present time? Are we waiting for a further decline
in the Far Eastern economies? A counter-counter revolution in Russia?
A all-American or EU-wide general strike? A increased radicalism of
direct action environmental campaigns globally? Or will Capitalism
continue to stregthen as the Chinese market is further opened up and
reformist wings continue to dominate most national movements? Will a
continued escualtion in trade wars and regional disputes between the
major Imperialist powers lead to a re-run of 1914? Or a country
such as Brazil, the Phillipines or Indonesia having a revolution will
greatly weaken Imperialism and offer new hope to workers everywhere
proving that Marxism is not dead?
Remember it is just the question of what is the most significant hold-
up to what I presume everyone still expects is an eventual
revolutionary situation.
That should be enough to get you going.
John Walker
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