From: info <info-AT-j12.org>
Subject: AUT: Bite the bullet
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:28:08 +0100



Oliver Brice wrote:

Sorry if this doesn't interest everyone, as it's not really a discussion of 
autonomous marxism, but having been politically active in Israel I want to
respond to this.

I agree with your analysis of class/race divisions in Israel, but I do 
think
there have been the beginnings of some class movements that have started to 
break through the racial boundries.  These are generally limited to Trade
Unionism or party politics though (Hadash being the obvious example) and
don't have mass proletarian support.

What we are dealing with here is religious differences. What is disturbing 
is the way in which clarity about the difference between race, nation, and 
religion have tended to be glossed over particularly in the 'west'. It is 
apparent when looking at Israel that questions of religion cannot simply be 
left as a matter of individual conscience as in Europen liberalism.

Religion is tied up with the way families reproduce themselves and the 
property relationships in which they are rooted.

Sooner or later revolutionaries must confront religion. All else is vanity.

Why does religion have such a powerful influence in peoples minds? Why does 
it inspire people with fervour, ready to die for their god and someone 
elses profit? And to what extent can we speak of 'religion' as an 
uncomplicated category when different religions view their role in such 
different ways?

Fabian


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