[Marxism] 40th anniversary of end of Vietnam war

2015-04-23 Thread Marv Gandall via Marxism 
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Next week marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam by the 
the revolutionary forces of the National Liberation Front backed by the 
People’s Army of (North) Vietnam. The Guardian’s Nick Davies describes how the 
war against the US and its puppet government in Saigon was won and how the 
promise of an independent egalitarian, future was lost in the wake of the 
destruction caused by the war, the US trade embargo, and the pressures of an 
all-encompassing global capitalist economy on a poor and isolated country. As 
in China and the former Soviet Union, state enterprises have been sold off, the 
private sector and foreign investment have expanded dramatically, the once 
impressive health, education and welfare systems have been dismantled, and 
soaring inequality and corruption have accompanied higher growth and lower 
poverty rates.

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Re: [Marxism] 40th anniversary of end of Vietnam war

2015-04-23 Thread Andrew Pollack via Marxism 
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Thanks so much for this great article; hits all the villians, solidarizes
with all the victims and continuing fighters.
My only issue with it: He mentions in passing a battle a few years after
liberation in which socialist factions lost out to pro-capitalist ones.
It would be great to hear more about that battle and the composition and
program of the socialist side - but it is also essential to put that
battle in the context of the VCP's Stalinism from birth.

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 Next week marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam by
 the the revolutionary forces of the National Liberation Front backed by the
 People’s Army of (North) Vietnam. The Guardian’s Nick Davies describes how
 the war against the US and its puppet government in Saigon was won and how
 the promise of an independent egalitarian, future was lost in the wake of
 the destruction caused by the war, the US trade embargo, and the pressures
 of an all-encompassing global capitalist economy on a poor and isolated
 country. As in China and the former Soviet Union, state enterprises have
 been sold off, the private sector and foreign investment have expanded
 dramatically, the once impressive health, education and welfare systems
 have been dismantled, and soaring inequality and corruption have
 accompanied higher growth and lower poverty rates.


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