On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 12:51:23 +0100 Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>At 01:46 23/10/99 PDT, Macdonald wrote:
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>>How many times have I wondered if it really possible to forge links
>with a
>>mass of people when one has never had strong feelings for anyone, not
>even
>>one's own parents; if it is possible to have a collectivity when one
>has not
>>been deeply loved oneself by individual human creatures. Hasn't this
>had
>>some effect on my life as a militant- has it not tended to make me
>sterile
>>and reduce my quality as a revolutionary by making everything a
>matter of
>>pure intellect, of pure mathematical calculation?
>> ---Antonio Gramsci, 1926.
>
>
>- Or has it not made him the warmest of the marxists and one of the
>most
>relevant for winning back hegemony among working people today?
>
>Wonderful quote.
>
>Like Althusser he suffered in his imprisonment.
Which imprisonment are referring to, Chris? His confinement
by the Germans as a POW during WW II which is where he
first came into contact with Communists or are you referring
to his post-1980 confinement for reasons which led the London
tabloids to dub him the "Paris Strangler?"
Jim Farmelant
>
>Chris Burford
>
>London
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