From: "Neil (practical history)" <practicalhistory-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Re: AUT: Autonomist Marxist analyses of the crisis? Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 19:59:14 +0000 Scott's article highlights a problem I have with some 'Autonomist Marxism'. Whilst I find the 'autonomist marxist' account of working class subjectivity very useful, much of the historical 'autonomist' movement seems to have been unable to apply the same analysis to places other than Western Europe and the USA (well and maybe Australia and NZ). Hence we get a whole lot of leninist baggage like calls for support for 'Third World peoples oppressed... even when the said peoples use states or organisations with reactionary ideologies as their vehicles for self-defence'. No mention here of workers autonomy, or of the class struggles in 'Third World' countries against states and reactionary ideologies - of which there have been plenty, if we take off our 'Western-centric' glasses for a moment. Neil www.geocities.com/pract_history _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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