Just to pick up on another old thread from before the new year. In
our discussion of the Person of the Millennium list Einstein
seems to have been put into the camp of the reactionaries (unlike the
much more dubious Gandhi, Mandela and King). A defence of his
revolutionary credentials and an e
Is Palme Dutt still alive.Who was he? I remember reading a book of his called From
Yalta
to Vietnam. Have not seen it about since
Warm regards
George Pennefather
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George,
Although I remember the fa
George,
Although I remember the fact of Ghandi's reactionary background from
a meeting on the Indian Independence struggle and other sources I
read some time ago, most of the quotes I gave come from Palme Dutt's
'India To-Day' published by Left Book Club/Gollancz in 1940. It is
well worth loo
Dear John
Your reply was appreciated
Warm regards
George Pennefather
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George Pennefather asked:
> How do you mean that Ghandi did not keep to his own
> principles of non-violence.
He not only gav
George Pennefather asked:
> How do you mean that Ghandi did not keep to his own
> principles of non-violence.
He not only gave his full backing to the British war effort in the
1st Imperialist War (1914-19) but also calling on young Indians to
follow his reactionary lead telling them to 'think
How do you mean that Ghandi did not keep to his own principles of non-violence.
Warm regards
George Pennefather
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> >"Real" Marxists would instead be trying to bump Nelson Mandela and Martin
> >Luthe
> >"Real" Marxists would instead be trying to bump Nelson Mandela and Martin
> >Luther King up higher, along with Marx, and help keep Gandhi where he is.
> No offense to Mandela, King or Gandhi
Why not offend them? They are hardly great working class
revolutionaries. I'd rather have Marx on h
I'm voting for Harriet Tubman and Lenin.
When we say "millenium (a)" we are counting 2000 (1999 because Dennis the Small
started the calendar without a zero) years from the approximate birth of Jesus, a man.
So, lets dedicate the next two thousand years to women. The Millenia of Women. Women
