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And seasonal greeting tew yew, too, Gary, and to all the readers of Louis's list. ~howard beeth, on the storm riven Gulf Coast On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 5:30 AM, Gary MacLennan via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > It is late on Xmas eve here in Brisbane and I, in the immortal words of > Private Eye, am tired and emotional. This is just to wish all comrades on > the list the very best for the post winter solstice period. > > I remain convinced that something wonderful will happen soon, somewhere. > Go Old Mole, Go! > > The present madness of punitive neoliberalism cannot be sustained. We are > in a "saddle time" and out of the conflicts all around us will come a > better world. 50 years from now, when I am long dead, historians may well > date the new order of peace and universal love from the publication of the > British Labor Party Manifesto- *For the Many not the Few*.. > > But we old revolutionaries may yet see a push beyond reformism. I will > leave you with what is one of my favorite pieces of Marxist thought. > > "My faith in the communist future of mankind is not less ardent, indeed it > is firmer today, than it was in the days of my youth. > > Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it > wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the > bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above > the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future > generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence and enjoy it > to the full." > > comradely > > Gary > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gulfmann% > 40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ 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
