Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Revolution come about as a result/American exceptionalism

2005-11-10 Thread Waistline2
CB: Yes, you have stated this many times. Marx and Aptheker discuss that the South dominated the U.S. ( and colonies before) before the Civil War. So, on that part I don't have much of a problem. I don't know if I would use the formulation , America was a Southern country . The slavocracy was

[Marxism-Thaxis] Revolution come about as a result/American exceptionalism

2005-11-09 Thread Charles Brown
CB: As the theory of the national question and the African American people, I've heard your discussion of it a number of times, and your criticism of the CPUSA positions. What you say is ... I don't know what to call it...It's doesn't seem out and out wrong, but it's not particularly persuasive.

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Revolution come about as a result/American exceptionalism..

2005-11-07 Thread Waistline2
WL: -clip- I defined what I mean by revolution as a process that is taking place in front of us. WL: Revolutions do not overthrow a civic power. That is called the act of insurrection. What the revolution in the means of production do is sublate one form and quality of the organization of

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Revolution come about as a result/American exceptionalism..

2005-11-07 Thread juan De La Cruz
Like I said before, I donĀ“t have the time to sit in front of this computer neither the economic resources for sitting here and have a debate about my historical interpretation of the counterrevolutionary process that led us to this particular situation. Anyway, I want to say or repeat what I

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Revolution come about as a result/American exceptionalism

2005-11-07 Thread Waistline2
As the theory of the national question and the African American people, I've heard your discussion of it a number of times, and your criticism of the CPUSA positions. What you say is ... I don't know what to call it...It's doesn't seem out and out wrong, but it's not particularly persuasive. I