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Having been active in both movements while also working in unionized public schools, which is the front line of labor's struggles against systemic racism and poverty, I think that you have a great start here but that you have to bring into discussion the cultural analysis of CLR James and Gramsci regarding spontaneity and action that takes place outside of the workplace and goes into the neighborhood, something that has defined every successful revolutionary moment. The Bolsheviks didn't win because they had a great union model, it was because they had a slogan that had almost nothing to do with the workplace, "Peace, Land, and Bread". The part about all power to the Soviets was about dual power to an organ that was meant to replace social services. This is what a lot of people miss. https://louisproyect.org/2016/07/19/occupy-wall-street-black-lives-matter-workers-and-communists/ Best regards, Andrew Stewart _________________________________________________________ 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
