Because of eye problems I am always two or three days behind on the news, if not two or three weeks. I know little of the Greek situation except what I see in the subjecct lines of e-list posts. Hence my post was seriously in the abstract.
I anddition to not liking tactical judgments in the abstract, I have a viscreal reaction to attempts by those sitting on the sidelines several thousand miles away to say _anything_ at all about what those on the scene are dealing with. Most of the posters on this list have long ago rejected the "pseud9-Marxist-pseudo-Lenininst" concept of a hegemonic party that after its Olympian cerebrations extends marching orders to all those in the action. That means that various forces with various principles will consstitute the terrain of struggle. All concerned should/must learn to live with this fact. I mostly agree with the following post. Carrol Lance Murdoch wrote: > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is no such thing as a tactic which is either acceptable or > > unacceptable in the abstract. Tactical judgment is wholly grounded in > > specific contexts and has no meaning outside of some specific context. > > > > Carrol > > Tactics as well as strategy as well as class composition and > organization of struggling forces are grounded in specific contexts. > > These young Greek people, who have been in a bad situation for a while > (witness the 2008 riots), have just had their lives thrown in the > wastebasket by a socialist government. I understand three socialist > ministers who did not vote for austerity were sacked from the cabinet > by Papandreou. That these children are young, reckless and so forth > goes without saying. However, they are quite correct in perceiving > that they have just been royally fucked over. I have no desire to > expend my energies at this time in joining the Greek socialists and > the Greek, European and American establishment in waving my finger at > them and telling them they have gotten too out of hand. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
