Am I the only one who finds this post mostly consist of slogans?
neil wrote:
> Well, Big Bill Haywood's work is for the most part
> quite inspiring. But his era (approx 1895-1925) was on the cusp of capitals
>
> advance to world economy , imperialism , WW1 ,etc as this changed a lot of
> things
> for dominant capital and workers movements in antagonism-class combats .
> Todays IWW's and others still have yet to get a (pol-econ) handle on these
> changes.
> The ruling classes are usually slicker than deerguts on a doorknob and
> have stolen more
> than one march on most of us.
>
> Today we have Globalization of the productive forces as well. Direct
> colonialism
> has long been replaced by other forms of domination in most all the
> peripheral capitals.
> The USSR en bloc model (state caps rule) has collapsed.
>
> Socialists today need to advance ( I don't say never pause and re-cap-plan,
> etc!) in theory-- and
> active practice . The spirit/heroism of the masses struggles in Haywood's
> historical era can
> still serve as inspriation for todays actions , and future movements .
>
> Neil
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