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I have been thinking ever since Corbyn's ascension to the leadership of the Labour Party of the 1988 mini- series *A Very British Coup* starring the great Irish actor Ray MacAnally. A left leaning former steel worker is elected as Prime Minister and that is the trigger for a coup. I personally do not believe that Corbyn can last long enough to make the coup a viable option for the ruling class. Corbyn is no Allende. The Blairites will probably take him out long before a coup is thought of as necessary. But this all may be a necessary stage before the final collapse of the Labour Party and the emergence of a broad left alternative. comradely Gary On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Jamie via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > "a peoples militia" ? John, seriously, abandon your Leninist fantasies, > the swp'ies see Corbyn as a threat to their stale revolution/ reform binary > and the ppl in the pub in Tottenham (which traditional Marxists would > uncritically label 'the class') where I live, see him as a state school > geography teacher gone mad. It will be a pyrrhic victory if he's around > next year. The most Marxists can do is defend him against media attacks > etc., and try to change public opinion. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "John Passant via Marxism" <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> > Sent: 22/09/2015 11:22 > To: "jamie pitman" <marinercarpen...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Marxism] UK politics: of pigs and Pinochets > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > UK politics: of pigs and Pinochets > > In light of the coup threats, Corbyn has to build the movement he has > started into a genuine mass grass roots movement. In the community > rallies he is holding or will hold across the country he could also > begin discussing a people's militia to defend the gains his election > will bring and to radicalise the working class in its workplaces in > defence of his incoming government. On top of that he could start > agitating for democracy among the rank and file of the defence forces now. > > To read more click here: > > http://enpassant.com.au/2015/09/21/uk-politics-of-pigs-and-pinochets/ > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/marinercarpentry%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gary.maclennan1%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
