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>>A good thing about Silber is that the ease of his political trajectory from pro-Moscow to pro-Beijing and back again is helpful in discussions with folks who choose to believe that there is/was a fundamental difference between Stalinism and Maoism. << Comment Exactly what is wrong or was wrong with a communist being pro Soviet or pro China during the era of the 1970's? By "pro" is meant in opposition to imperialist policy against the Soviets and the Chinese. This is after all what "pro"means. Who speak is such terms as "the ease of his political trajectory from pro-Moscow to pro-Beijing and back again" as if this means something on a Marxist list. Does this not sound like a backhanded advertisement for imperialist aggression? "Hate the Chinese." "Hate the Soviets" because . . . . (one can filled in the reason). Why would one not be "pro China?" I am pro China right now today, which is not to say I support every policy of the ruling party, government or state or the local police department . Anyone that forgets for a moment we are in the most imperial of all imperial states needs their head examined. "Mao's thought" is fair game, but that is a totally different matter from being pro or anti China. Apparently, the writer is anti-China. Ideology is the stuff of the dead mind. I swear to God, all one has to do is consult the archives and compare the mountain of lies and distortion about China and the Soviet Union against what these "champions of democracy" and "true defenders of Marxism" have to say about our own criminal bourgeoisie, who remain the hangmen of revolution and the enemy of the people of earth. Who but stool pigeons for capital can speak as if being pro-Soviet - pro-Moscow (in the period under discussion) was bad? Who can speak as if being "Pro China" and the Chinese revolution is anything but good other than boot licking lackey's of the imperialist bourgeoisie? The "difference between Stalinism and Maoism?" What on earth are you talking about expect ideological madness and nonsense. This is not so say I have a particular love for what is called Maoism. Or the writings of Silber. I do remember the specific writings of Mr. Silber and his tour at the "Guardian" during this period of the so-called "young communist movement" which became the "new communist movement." My criticism of this period and Silber is mild compared to my second wife who was an editor of the Guardian at the time of Silber and the new communist take over. She hated when they first showed up, but some felt it was a way to boost subscriptions and finance. WL. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
