> Date sent: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 09:55:34 -0800
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> From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: common threads
> For the most part the discussions concerning the Soviet balance sheet
> and Peru seem to be coming up against a very difficult subject. Nobody
> to my knowledge has been able to make much progress in society without
> coming up against powerful, and often violent resistance. Whether it is
> the early Teamsters organizing in the U.S., peasants in Peru, or even a
> state such as the early S.U. or Nicaragua or Cuba struggling to survive,
> all are met with violence.
>
> Matters become even more complicated when strange alliances emerge. In
> the face of this confusion, progressive parties make mistakes. I can
> sit in my office connected to the Internet and pontificate: X is bad. I
> am above all that. yadda yadda yadda.
>
> The real question is more like, what the hell would I do if I wanted to
> make a better world. The common theme is that the answer is not easy.
> Even so, I think that we are making a healthy stab at it.
No, the real point is that the Lenin-Stalin takeover was a disastrous
failure, a huge tragedy for which there is no justifiable "balance
sheet". ricardo
> Congratulations to all involved. I wish that more of you were
> participating -- especially those of you located outside of the North
> American continent.
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
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