>It is desperately important that people strive to put illusion aside and
begin to
>understand just how serious this is, and how inescapable is the historical
impasse
>now faced by world capitalism. Billions will die. That is already certain.
The real
>problem will be to save SOMETHING from the wreckage, and to try to ensure
that some
>form of sustainable ecosphere continues.
>
>Only will people begin to see that this is truly a life-and-death
situation will
>they lose their fear and understand just what needs to be done. But I am
deeply
>pessimistic about our chances, I admit. I think we've left it too late.
>
>Mark
I would tend to share Mark's pessimism. The chances are slim. But they
are not non-existent... well, they may be, but I don't have that particular
crystal ball, so I have to act as if they are not.
I'm working on a book now, which will be lambasted for "adventurism", which
not only will explain why the so-called left better put aside their
luxurious bipolar liberal sensitivities and begin preparing for armed
struggle, but will give some military theory, and practical advice on how
to do so. Flame away, folks.
When the situation devolves into fascism, just as is happening to Colombian
peasants right now (on behalf of Occideental Petroleum, by the way), the
masses who are being attacked will integrate into whatever organization
offers protection and hope. The AUC and the Colombian military have been
the best recruiters the FARC could have ever hoped for. And the truth is,
warts and all, the FARC is the only hope in Colombia.
The fascists are already preparing, and even though they are held in check
FOR NOW by officialdom, history has already shown us that capitalism under
duress will unleash fascism as a weapon to protect its interests. As for
capitalists seeing the error of their ways when the situation gets bad
enough... Hah! They'll be led in that miraculaous conversion by the Easter
Bunny with Santa Claus on rear security. Capitalist is not a moral defect
in an individual, it's a job description in a system. And as we've amply
shown here, neither we nor the earth can afford them any longer.
Feliz Navidad to all.
Stan
"If insurrection is an art, its main content is to know how to give the
struggle the form appropriate to the political situation."
-Vo Nguyen Giap
"Rather than seeking comparabilities in statistical terms among what are
all too often superficial features of different situations, comparabilities
must be sought at the level of determinate mechanisms, at the level of
processes that are generally hidden from easy view."
-Eleanor Burke Leacock
"Every day one has to struggle that this love to a living humanity
transform itself into concrete acts, in acts that serve as examples, as
motivation."
-Ernesto "Che" Guevara
"Mask no difficulties."
-Amilcar Cabral
_______________________________________________
Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
To change your options or unsubscribe go to:
http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
