On 19 févr. 11, at 02:12, Louis Proyect wrote:

> On 2/18/2011 11:54 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:
>> Actually, there is not much of a "versus" from the standpoint of
>> Marxism. This should be a good reminder that a state owned sector
>> is in and of itself progressive.
> 
> Meant to say: This should be a good reminder that a state owned 
> sector is *not* in and of itself progressive.

But in this case, it is not so much a "state owned sector" than an "army owned 
sector", with the explicit purpose (at least from my understanding) to get all 
the army recruits to work, back in the 50'~60' when they were not needed 
anymore on the battle field ?

If that is correct, I wonder if what we saw in Egypt was not just a part of the 
army agreeing with the workers because they were not benefitting anymore from 
their special status. Didn't we just see a bourgeois revolution where the 
bourgeoisie was naturally in possession of the weapons and got its legitimation 
from the street?

Jean-Christophe Helary
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