On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:00:02 -0400 c b <cb31...@gmail.com> writes: > I know Hedges is no Nadja's favorite, but this is not a bad one.
Well, I don't think that she can ever forgive him for having worked for the NY Times in the past. In general, it's a good piece, but Ralph Dumain was correct in pointing out that Hedges's understanding of Marx leaves something to be desired, as when he wrote: "It does not mean we have to agree with Karl Marx, who advocated violence and whose worship of the state as a utopian mechanism led to another form of enslavement of the working class, but we have to speak in the vocabulary Marx employed." Marx did accept the legitmacy of violence in class struggle, but he certainly did not welcome violence as an end in itself. He welcomed the possibility of non-violent revolutions, which he thought possible in certain countries like the Netherlands. He was also not a worshipper of the state as such. In fact, he looked forward to the eventual withering away of the state. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant > > Charles > > ^^^^ > > > This Country Needs a Few Good Communists > > Posted on May 31, 2010 > > AP / Elizabeth Dalziel > > By Chris Hedges > The witch hunts against communists in the United States were used > to > silence socialists, anarchists, pacifists and all those who defied > the > abuses of capitalism. . > > full: > http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_country_needs_a_few_good_communi sts_20100531/ > > > ____________________________________________________________ 2550% Penny Stock Gains? Our last pick exploded 2550% - Join our newsletter for free picks! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c090b25413ab5d174m03vuc _______________________________________________ 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
