Dear All Why is the term war different today? Since the motor of history is one of class struggle , war between Nations/ Nation States/ States are always at base an attempt by ruling classes to stay in the saddle by breaking any resistance by the working class. The means are myriad.... from stimulating servile patriotism through to slaughtering the direct and most dangerous opponents, there are no principles involved bar staying on top to be able to extort more surplus value more easily and OF COURSE have the other guys markets to absorb the product. As Fred has said, the real issue now is to defend all the poor and oppressed, and for us in particular from the 'educated' middle classes. Paul B -----Original Message----- From: Gerald_A_Levy <Gerald_A_Levy@email.msn.com> To: ope-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu <ope-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu> Date: 16 September 2001 13:19 Subject: [OPE-L:5920] Re: Re: the wages of war >Re Nicky's [5916]: > >I certainly agree that terms like 'war' and 'act of war' (btw, an expression >I didn't use in the post you were responding to) are less clear in meaning >in today's world than in other historical periods (including Marx's). > >
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