On 9/13/2013 7:15 PM, Perelman, Michael wrote:
> Not off the table at all. Real reforms can help to create a belief that > anti-capitalists can accomplish something. Marx supported unions even though > he knew that the could never win any ultimate victories, but the hopeless > battles could create a sense of solidarity that could help the cause succeed. >> I agree with Tom. Limited victories on matters such as the working >> day and other reforms can provide fuel for organizing. Or are we >> supposed to wait for everybody to get screwed over so much that they >> all rise up in unison & create a socialist utopia overnight. ============== I was responding to the second sentence in your post, which seemed to play on yet another variation of the trope of the big bang approach to social change; the mirror image of the capitalist fantasy in the wake of the implosion of the USSR. E. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
