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On 12/12/14 8:47 AM, James Creegan via Marxism wrote:
There are big and important differences between these two politicians and
the movements they led. The differences do not, however, erase a
major similarity: they both attempted to introduce a
series of reforms objectionable to capital, without even thinking
about laying government hands on the major levers of capitalist
power. They tweaked the toes of a colossus, and got stomped.
Creegan, don't you know what evidence means? Everything you post here is
bereft of historical or economic data. My guess is that you simply don't
know enough about Nicaragua in the 80s to contribute something
substantial to the debate. I was the president of a technical aid
project to Nicaragua and was forced by circumstance to understand the
nation's difficulties. I and other Tecnica board members used to meet
regularly with Paul Oquist, Daniel Ortega's chief economic adviser. Your
understanding of Nicaragua is lifted out of the Spartacist League
newspaper. "Laying government hands" sounds like something out of a
Jimmy Swaggart sermon, not an analysis from someone grounded in
historical materialism.
My analysis of the rise and fall of the Sandinista revolution is here:
http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/state_and_revolution/nicaragua.htm
I invite Creegan to write his own analysis but doubt that he is capable
of writing anything except glittering generalities.
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