Re: [L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

2000-08-27 Thread Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
En relaciĆ³n a Re: [L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO figh, el 25 Aug 00, a las 20:03, Johannes Schneider dijo: > > Louis Proyect wrote: > > > Yes, but the July 26th movement was inspired ideologically by > > Mariategui, not Stalin. You don't even have to go to the library to > > find out wh

Re: [L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

2000-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
Owen: > i.e. a hagiographic account of the Cuban Revolution which is present in a >collection of essays and articles I have on the Revolution including >Castro's stunning essay on "Revolution and Charisma". Please avoid >[attempting] patronising me, it does little to aid your arguments. O'Connor'

[L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

2000-08-26 Thread Owen Jones
Louis P.: > Actually the Cuban countryside was distinguished by large scale wage labor > on plantations, while Czarist Russia had extensive subsistence holdings, > sharecropping and other semifeudal class relations. When you are in the > library studying about the Yugoslav economy, you might wa

Re: [L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

2000-08-25 Thread Louis Proyect
>I always thought the July 26th movement was inspired by Jose Marti. > >Johannes Yes, it was. But it was also inspired by Mariategui. When Che Guevara was in Guatemala in the 1950s he became strongly influenced by Hilda Gadea, a Peruvian emigre who had been a top leader of the Peruvian CP founded

Re: [L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

2000-08-25 Thread Johannes Schneider
Louis Proyect wrote: > Yes, but the July 26th movement was inspired ideologically by Mariategui, > not Stalin. You don't even have to go to the library to find out what he > stands for. His writings are online at the Marxists archives. I always thought the July 26th movement was inspired by Jo

Re: [L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

2000-08-25 Thread Louis Proyect
Owen Jones: > I think that the proposition that the Cuban and Russian Revolutions have >little differences is absurd. The Russian Revolution was led by the >revolutionary proletariat, whilst in the Cuban Revolution, the peasantry >were in the driving seat. That is hardly a subtle difference, and i

[L-I] Re: What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

2000-08-25 Thread Owen Jones
Reply to Louis Proyect, at [EMAIL PROTECTED], who wrote on the 25/8/2000 16:19: > Although the Cuban revolution is widely regarded as being > vastly inferior to the Russian revolution in terms of the level of > consciousness, it is doubtful that there is much difference between the > two. Keep in