Andrew, I respect you but wonder if you aren't falling into the trap that Chomsky tried to refute in his essay --- It's been ages since I read it, but I seem to remember he argued that the anarchist organization of Barcelona was MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL as a way of supporting the war effort than the "traditional" (liberal and "left") analyses of the Spanish Civil War were willing to admit --- because they were "blinded" by ideology. -- Of course he could be wrong but one thing you have to admit about Chomsky's writings --- he EXHAUSTS all sources ---
On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 11:47 AM Andrew Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot of spin occludes a complicated record. I find myself rather curious > still about the true story. > > The reality is that, no matter how fanciful and romantic the claims to the > contrary, you cannot run a successful military apparatus on the basis of > direct democracy, it is simply impossible. So when it comes to the field of > combat, the claim of “Stalinist repression” is a little bit absurd. > _._,_._,_ > ------------------------------ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#4776): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/4776 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/79195367/21656 -=-=- 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. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
