But Engels upheld the main thesis. Only some programmatic particulars were out of
date, not the main thesis of historical materialism, dictatorship of the proletariat,
struggle up to and including barricades and revolutionary war.
CB
"The World Socialist movement (via The Socialist Party of
"The World Socialist movement (via The Socialist Party of Great
Marx disavowed this 1848 solution a couple of decades later:
already he considered the barricade/ dictatorship of the proletariat route
to be past its sell by date in europe.
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Charles: What is your evidence of this
Dear Rob,
Where I am with Simon is the sensibility that we're not at the planning
stage until lots'n'lots of people are engaged. And then they'll be part
of
the planning, too, eh? I've never worn that 'saviours waving the
programme
at the masses' stuff. Don't reckon it gets you to
I enjoyed and appreciated the Meszaros article very much (as I seem to
whenever he puts pen to paper). Thanks to Jim for the post.
Writes John:
It was not political control that was at the heart of Communism but
the control of the means of poduction, short and simple. Communism is
effectively
