Waistline2 : CB: I've heard it said that Rosa Parks was in the CPUSA at the time she satdown.
WL: What is the point? CB: You had just run down a whole thing about the problems of the CPUSA in the South, how "the CPUSA was in trouble." Then you end with " then Rosa Parks happened." Would be kind of funny ,in terms of your piece, if Rosa was a Red. That would mean the CPUSA was in trouble, but even in trouble it had a potent "passive-aggressive", Black female sitdown strike. That would be an obviously very interesting point if Rosa Parks was in the CPUSA. What do you mean , "what is the point ? " The point is obvious,if she was in the CPUSA. WL: Rosa Parks as individual narrative of American history exists on a continuum related to Plessy. The CPUSA's role in our history is never disputed by me, nor am I a "party hater." For valid reasons they became the "party of the Negro People" and I never dispute this. Something different happened in political America bound up with the name Rosa Parks and subsequent developments. ^^^^ CB: Something maybe different, but also connected to the CPUSA struggle happened with Rosa Parks. ^^^^^ WL: Any comment on Birmingham 63, Watts 1965 and Detroit 1967? What of the real history which I have never heard you speak of? ^^^^ CB: Malcolm X spoke in Detroit of the "ballot or the bullet". With '67 and then Coleman Young's election, it was the bullet and then the ballot. ^^^^^ WL:Classical Marxism? You mean classical American Marxism - as you understand it? ^^^^ CB: I mean do you or do you not consider that your theory is the same as the classical theory of Marx , Engels and Lenin , or do you consider that you have a different theory than they ? _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
