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On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Perelman, Michael
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Not off the table at all.  Real reforms can help to create a belief that
> anti-capitalists can accomplish something.  Marx supported unions even
> though he knew that the could never win any ultimate victories, but the
> hopeless battles could create a sense of solidarity that could help the
> cause succeed.
>
>
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> michael dot perelman at gmail.com
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Eubulides
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 7:11 PM
> To: Progressive Economics
> Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Query re "Transformative Reforms" was Is 'post-work'
> a social democratic fantasy?
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Perelman, Michael <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > I agree with Tom.  Limited victories on matters such as the working
> > day and other reforms can provide fuel for organizing.  Or are we
> > supposed to wait for everybody to get screwed over so much that they
> > all rise up in unison & create a socialist utopia overnight.
>
>
> ===============
>
> Indeed; a synchronized satori of anti-capitalist collective action is off
> the table.
>
> Herding cats, now there's a challenge.
>
> E.
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