The main opposition to the emancipation of the slaves was from the working
class. Emancipation could have come about fairly easily, but the workers didn't
want it. They felt that four million blacks were going to be dumped on the
labor market and they would lose their jobs, or at least it was
That's fine, but I see little prospect for these
new ideas gaining any influence in the USA, which
has the power to take down the rest of the world
with it. Once the Obama illusion is shattered,
what's left? Will there be an opening to the left? I don't see it.
At 02:19 AM 1/8/2009, waistli...
Revolution and the Role of New Ideas
The history of revolution shows that fundamental change in society does not
occur without the introduction of new ideas. What we have in our favor today,
over any other historical period, is that the conditions are favorable for
abolishing private prope
