'“*We could be living in a year in which authoritarians take or keep power in nations across Europe, Latin America and in the U.S., while Putin continues to make advances in Ukraine and Hamas survives the war in Gaza. In short, the authoritarians still have the momentum on their side.” *David Brooks, NY Times, 5/16/2024
*Introduction*After a period in which liberation and revolution contended with repression and counter revolution, it seems that the latter may have gotten the upper hand at least for the moment. It is essential to recognize this. Failing to do so, some on the left sink into a morass of confusion and political and moral degeneration. This includes left support for individual terrorism and for groups which, however much they may have risen due to oppression, are counter revolutionary nevertheless. (A counter revolution means the reversal or the opposite of a revolution, usually with the bloodiest of means, like what Putin, Iran and Assad are carrying out in Syria, or what the Ayatollah did in Iran in 1979. The period of the 1930s, when fascists seized power in Germany, Italy and Spain, was mainly a counter revolutionary period.) Left support for Hamas and their actions on Oct. 7 is but the most recent and visible example. Without understanding what has happened, we risk becoming demoralized and unable to take full advantage of what openings do exist. We risk being unable to fully prepare for what comes next, be it an even worse world situation or a new turn towards world revolution....' read pamphlet here: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2024/08/13/the-nature-of-this-period-an-oaklandsocialist-pamphlet/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31604): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31604 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107874912/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
