Jim: You cannot be serious. You are
really saying that the American working class is *essentially* pro-imperialist!
Talk about being ensnared in surface appearances. You seem indifferent to the
spectacular assault on the living standards of the working class in the
nineties. Presumably
In message 000201bfbe3d$65ad4540$95fe869f@oemcomputer, George
Pennefather [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
George Pennefather: Facts always merits attention. However they
must be analysed in the context of the establishment of the
specific way in which they constitute a manifestation
Jim heartfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/13/00 02:26AM
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris
Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
"Imperialism is as much our 'mortal' enemy as is capitalism. That is so. No
Marxist will forget, however, that capitalism is progressive compared with
feudalism and that
I'm grateful for George Pennefather's warm regards, as the rest of his
post is decidedly chilly, but comradely criticism is always welcome.
George chides me for my undialectical approach in insisting that there
are positive developments within capitalism, though the negative
predominate.
Of
Jim Heartfield: Progressive
imperialism? I have often been criticised for insisting on the persistence of
progressive trends within capitalism, such as the (intermittent) development of
productivity, but it would not have occurred to me to insist on the progressive
aspect of imperialism.As
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris
Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
"Imperialism is as much our 'mortal' enemy as is capitalism. That is so. No
Marxist will forget, however, that capitalism is progressive compared with
feudalism and that imperialism is progressive compared with pre-monopoly
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris
Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
What Jim is
opposing is any discrimination between the different actions of imperialist
powers as to which are progressive and which are not. This is childish
leftism, ridiculed by Lenin.
Progressive imperialism? I have
At 08:34 10/05/00 +0100, Jim heartfield wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris
Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
IMO this particular British involvement is progressive and is part of the
developing process of world governance, so long as it assists the UN and
the West African peace keeping
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris
Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
IMO this particular British involvement is progressive and is part of the
developing process of world governance, so long as it assists the UN and
the West African peace keeping force to re-organise. I say that, conscious
at
