From: michael a. lebowitz (mlebowit@SFU.CA)
Date: Mon May 16 2005 - 10:05:57 EDT
At 17:29 15/05/2005, jerry wrote: > >Most anarchists wouldn't agree that the Paris Commune was a state. If you've read John's book, tell me what you think he means by the state and its relation to the Commune; he made efforts to ground his argument in Marx but I don't recall any mention. What is most important is not whether one supports Chavez. What >is important is that in the ongoing class conflicts in Venezuela, one >takes the side of the poor and working class against bourgeois >forces and the reaction. I.e. the critical question is: which side of >the barricades are you on? I have no fear that John H or other >autonomists (or anarchists, for that matter) will find themselves on the >wrong side of the barricades in Venezuela. Do you really think that if >there was another coup attempt or an imperialist provocation that >John would be indifferent or on the wrong side? > Haven't the slightest idea. There are anarchists and self-defined marxist-leninists in opposition (the latter were in the opposition coalition)./m Michael A. Lebowitz Professor Emeritus Economics Department Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 Currently based in Venezuela. Can be reached at Residencias Anauco Suites Departamento 601 Parque Central, Zona Postal 1010, Oficina 1 Caracas, Venezuela (58-212) 573-4111 fax: (58-212) 573-7724
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