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Right on Kathleen! As Jeff said, I posted the original article not knowing about the political background of the author, but sickened over the story as well as why no one on this list mentioned it - one week after it had occured! I had been in the movement for many years before I learned about the true scope of the mass rape of German women perpetrated by the Red Army at the close of WW2. The uncomfortable silence over such a stain on the record of a (degenerated!) "workers' state" is similar to the discomfort of some in laying responsibility for this New Year's Eve attack. We are champions of the working class, yet when a section of that class engages in utterly reactionary behavior, we should feel no reluctance to condemn them in the strongest terms. When Trotsky spoke of the racist attitudes of white American workers towards Blacks including lynchings, he said that "we must teach the American beasts!" The same goes for attackers of women. I would think this to be ABC for "Marxists." On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Kathleen McCook via Marxism > > > of course. it could not be real to most men.this has not happened to you. > you feel better dismissing it? you do not want women in the public sphere? > it happens. it happens in subways. it happens in concert crowds. it happens > anywhere some think they can get away with it and women usually just move > away and on--because we have learned --as on this list--that many men will > be dismissive. it may be reassuring to you to think this is only a > political tactic, but it but it is a real thing that happens to women and > depresses our engagement in the world. > and this list cannot understand at all. it is always the women's > fault..either for being out in the world or finally having courage to speak > up because there were so many women in this case and then have it dismissed > once again. > Why not begin with the pain of the women's assault and violation? You make > the victims twice over by seeing this as political theater. > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
