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Barry and Louis, This thread is developing off topic, I ask you both to continue this discussion privately, outside the List. Regards, Fco. Javier Bernal, co-list manager ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis R Godena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:39 PM Subject: Re: CP Russia re-elects Zyuganov [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > > Barry, I was thinking specifically of Lenin's famous retort in 1917 to the > claim that there was no party in the Constituent Assembly prepared to assume > power ("There is!"). But, all that aside, if we wait until conditions mimic > those of war-torn Russia some ninety years ago, we will never have > socialism there, much less here in the U.S. > > But, you're point is well taken. > > Louis G > > > > > Stoller [prior]: These aren't heroic times, Zyuganov is simply the > > personification of the CP's options as they stand right now. > > > > Louis R Godena: I think Lenin would disagree. > > > > Noting with apprehension the 'great man' implications of the above, I > > would counter that by pointing out Lenin's stance in the post-1905 era. > > No April Thesis in 1906. > > > > What brought the October Revolution to bear was, essentially, the grave > > losses sustained by Russia during WWI. > > > > However appalling living standards are at present in the fSU, they are > > nowhere as dire as they were then. > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > > > Barry Stoller > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Back_in_the_CCCP > > > > > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
