Marv - You also asked: "Your Compass comrades also said that, like the Trotskyists, “Castroism rejected the Marxist-Leninist conception of the necessity of two stages in the revolutionary process in colonial-type countries such as those in Latin America”, arguing that “the national bourgeoisies could play a revolutionary role”. Where has this ever been the case? In fact, could it not be said that the Cubans adopted that strategy in relation to Allende’s Popular Unity government in Chile which included the nationalist bourgeoisie and which proved to be tragically disastrous? "
Response: 1) Well Russia...... did exactly that. 2) Allende. That man's disaster for himself and for the people of Chile - was the rejection of the role of revolutionary violence (See https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/uk.firstwave/mlob-chile.pdf for my/our views on this. It will not read very differenlty from most of the left views that erupted worldwide after Pinochet's coup.) Allende's and his party's mistake did not lie in not moving through to the second stage - although the two issues admittedly became confounded. More basically though Allende did not move away from 'the parliamentary road' even when it was clear the forces of reaction had already moved. Be Well, H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31365): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31365 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107582765/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
