In a message dated 3/1/2010 8:20:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, cb31...@gmail.com writes:
CB: This doesn't seem to me to be "hating" on the CP. You are just saying some that is a fact. 1949-1955 is a period of most intense McCarthyism and criminalization of the CP Reply CB I try not to be a hater. There is another aspect of the CPUSA equation which I have spoken about in the past. That is the location of their cadre in heavy industry and the inability of any group to shift their forces to a new front of struggle. Let me be clear. When the Negro peoples movement of that period broke out, the bulk of the militants were located in heavy industry and specifically the trade union movement. This is no crime. No organization could demand its members quite their jobs and go to the new front of social struggle. Especially, when the members were under attack by the government. Today is different. There is a core of retired workers who can shift to any front of struggle because they are not tied to an employer. You are perhaps the youngest amongst us and you are not young. :-) WL. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
