From: Dave Zachariah (davez@kth.se)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2008 - 13:16:17 EDT
on 2008-03-17 14:46 GERALD LEVY wrote: > "The English working class will never accomplish anything until it > has got rid of Ireland. The English reaction has its roots in the > subjugation of Ireland" - [Marx, December 10, 1869] > > "The English working class will never be free until Ireland is > freed from the English yoke. Reaction in England is > strengthened by the enslavement of Ireland (just as reaction > in Russia is fostered by her enslavement of a number of nations)". > - [Lenin - 1915, _The Right of Nations to Self-Determination_, > Section 8: "The Utopian Karl Marx and the Practical Rosa > Luxemburg"] > > The same could be said in relation to Iraq, couldn't it? > The US working class will never be free until Iraq is freed > from the US yoke? What are some other contemporary > extensions? > I don't think the American reaction has its roots in the occupation of Iraq. Moreover, Iraqis may free themselves from their occupiers but class society in the United States will persist. //Dave Z _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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