>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/24/05 10:11 AM >>> CB: Exactly, as the article says: "Capitalist globalization with its free flow of capital around the world _began much earlier_ (emphasis added -CB), but it took on new aggressiveness and clearly accelerated with the collapse of the Socialist block."
CB: Yea, not so much "others" but the CP itself has identified...I read these principles in CPUSA literature 15 - 20 years ago. See _Labor Confronts the Transnationals_ CB: I think the article was written last summer. As I say, you don't always say something new and important, but have to repeat the same things for 20 years or more. Revolutionary struggle can be really dull. <<<<<>>>>> term 'capitalist globalization' is oxymoron, thus, use seems - to me anyway - as capitulation to current fashion/trend... i read above book at least 20 years ago, probably longer, may even still have it on shelf somewhere, i too prefer term 'transnational' when referring to international capital, don't recall from whom i may have picked it up, but i'm pretty sure it was prior to reading above title... anyone who have been to a few political meetings can attest to how boring 'doing politics' can be (although it isn't inherently so), above reference to 'revolutionary struggle' belies absence of such (dull or otherwise) at present time... going back 25 years, i attended too many meetings where political line was: 'reagan says cut back, we say fight back', name bush has replaced that of reagan, defense of welfare state was (hesitate to say is given what little is left of it) important for various reasons, but reliance upon dem party (in contrast to being friends with certain dems) who both initiated and faciitated what would become 'coarse reaction' was (and is) sure-fire recipe for timidity/ accommodation/failure... while 'friends of labor' era is long-gone, u.s. political system - constitutional underpinning, first-past-post elections, mainstream media featuring 'business' news, fundraising, etc. - is straitjacket... i'm not one to reject elections outright (although i've yet to have anyone direct me towards electoral road to socialism, and i doubt that anyone can find it, it's certainly not around corner, down the street, and turn left...), seems obvious, almost painfully so, that working people have to begin running working people for office, but that's so much easier said than done... michael hoover -------------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
