On 1/30/15 10:26 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > The premise of what is being argued in this thread is that An Economic > Crisis EQUALS A Capitalist Crisis. I see no evidence of that anywhere.
Is there any difference between stating this and TINA? Given the unlikelihood that a nation like Greece with a population just a bit larger than NYC and a GDP just a bit more than Volkswagen's revenues can "build socialism", what exactly does a Maoist like Cox and a Stalinist like Charles Andrews propose? When the Greek state blocks privatization of the Piraeus port and the state-owned communications company, that is part of the class struggle just as much as a general strike. By carrying out such actions, it *inspires* people across Europe to challenge TINA. Challenging TINA does not necessarily mean having a cookbook recipe for socialism. It means galvanizing the left across Europe to finally move against the banks and the multinational corporations that have set the agenda for the past 30 years at least. I can't say that I am surprised that neither Cox nor Andrews can figure this out given their track record on various mailing lists. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
