> On Feb 13, 2026, at 09:09, RKOB via groups.io <[email protected]> > wrote: > > According to this logic the Algerians, the Vietnamese, the Chinese and many > other oppressed peoples could have avoided millions of death if they would > have followed the "wise" strategy of capitulation and bowing to the > imperialist invaders!
When Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, people like Wolfowitz, Perle, Krystol, Rice and others said that the reconstruction of Iraq would be just like the reconstruction of Nazi Germany. But Germany was a place where bourgeois democracy had previously existed, it had the experience of the Weimar Republic, and the people had previously established civil rights after more than a century of popular and working-class struggles. Serious analysis would start with the differences between those very different places. We should look for underlying historical forces and not rely on superficial comparisons. How can we tell the difference between an adventure and a revolutionary uprising? I would say that the masses of people determine that, and organizations hopefully exist that can lead them when they do. And hopefully the masses have organizations under their control, such as independent trade unions. It has happened that a guerrilla action or military assault triggers a revolutionary uprising. That is good luck. Our strategies can benefit from luck but shouldn't assume it. I didn't see a mass uprising of Palestinians before, during or after the Al-Aqsa Flood. And I personally still cannot envision what Palestinian victory would look like after 10/7. Can you? Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40658): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40658 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117554663/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
