------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the June 24, 2004 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
MARXISM: A GUIDE TO STUDY & ACTION
By Adrian Garcia San Diego
San Diego's Workers World Party branch played host to a highly educational and spirited forum on June 12. The focus of the day's discussion was a struggle perspective of Marxism.
Bob McCubbin commenced the forum by reminding participants that the study of Marxism and its application to today's class struggle requires a "lifetime pursuit of study" and that it will ultimately serve all revolutionaries as "a guide to action."
A strong contingent of Los Angeles party members participated in the day's important forum. Maggie Vascassenno spoke about Workers World and its stance on Marxism in relation to the 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion. John Parker, Workers World candidate for president of the United States, discussed the importance and vitality of the national question with an analysis of Lenin's writings on supporting the right to self- determination.
Parker proclaimed that the crux of the national question lies with "pushing for unity of the working class by understanding the oppression of others."
The class also included a brief synopsis by Ruth Vela of the most-read book in history, "The Communist Manifesto," an overview by Pete Reilly and Erik Campos of dialectical materialism, and an insightful study by Zola Muhammad of historical materialism. Muhammad described the deterioration of Native American communal life under the vestiges of capitalism.
The militant forum served to foster participants' dedication to the study of Marxism--and to using it as a tool for prosecuting the class struggle.
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