Nada wrote:
Palestine itself is not engaged in armed
struggle for socialism. If so, I missed the memo.
They are engaged in a defensive, somewhat
centrifugally expressed *defensive* armed
struggle.
Yes comrade, you did indeed miss that
memo as well as the entire history
of the Palestinian
Rajesh wrote:
...the question for them and their
proponents is the same.. is there a
murdering path to socialism/communism?
No, the question should be: is armed struggle
a legitimate path to socialism/communism
in India? The same question could be raised
for the Philippines, or Palestine, or
Indeed, I think the same question can be raised for places like
Palestine, or
even Northern Ireland or the Philippines. How's that working out, exactly?
Palestine itself is not engaged in armed struggle for socialism. If so,
I missed the memo. They are engaged in a defensive, somewhat
, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] India and Armed Struggle
Rajesh wrote:
...the question for them and their
proponents is the same.. is there a
murdering path to socialism/communism?
No, the question should be: is armed struggle
a legitimate path to socialism/communism
in India
David S.,
I don't think it's so clear as it used to be. I've drifted from my old
SWP/LTF days as opposition to armed struggle as we debated it in the
1970s and, as people practiced it, had different results that we
expected. I think there is no *easy* answer to you question and
generally...
