From: DDW4%OPSp%SFBPP-AT-go50.comp.pge.com
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 97 20:45:16 PST
Subject: re:M-I: SUPERSESSIONS


 >   Anyone who has ever wandered through a law library has probably
 > noticed the word "superseded" on a wide variety of legal books and
 > documents.  Essentially it means the contents have been replaced by
 > writings that are more up-to-date or preferred.  Anti-Marxist-Leninists
 > have apparently chosen the same supersession strategy with respect to the
 > nomenclature of propaganda.  In instance after instance they have either
 > renamed or smothered the symbols of Marxism by altering terminology.
 > Everyone is aware of the fact that Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd 

Anti-Marxist Leninists named it Stalingrad (while Stalin was alive, BTW) to honor 
Russia's leading anti-Marxist, J. Stalin.

 > and Leningrad was renamed St. Petersburg in an attempt to snuff out the
 >memories of Lenin and Stalin, and countless streets, parks, and monuments
 > have been renamed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe since the removal
 > of the Iron Curtain.  

Well, naming Petrograd Leningrad in the first place was following in the footsteps of 
capitalist and feudalist idolotry. Besides, the Bolsheviks opposed the renaming of St. 
Petersburg 'Petrograd' in the first place.

 > These are obvious and rather straightforward.  But
 > other attempts to eradicate Marxism are more subtle and involve a degree
 > of sophistication.  For instance, John Major intentionally scheduled the
 > coming British elections on May 1st, May Day, in order to draw people's
 > attention away from the fact that that May, 1st is celebrated by the
 > laboring masses and leftists throughout the world and has been so honored
 > for decades.

Klo, do you really believe this? Are there masses of Brits out in the streets of London 
with Red Flags on May 1st? Your not serious. 


 >      But undoubtedly one of the most insidious supersessions on the
 > domestic scene will come into play on April 22nd when the American
 > bourgeoisie pushes what they affectionately refer to as "Earth Day."  Few
 > people, even those of a left wing persuasion, have ever asked themselves
 > why this day was chosen above all others to promote environmental
 > concerns.  The answer becomes quite obvious to anyone knowledgeable enough
 > to take note of when "Earth Day" began and the milestone it superseded. 
 > "Earth Day" appeared during the Vietnam War era on April 22, 1970 and
 > anyone reasonably well acquainted with Marxist-Leninist history knows that
 > that is not only Lenin's birthday but the 100th anniversary of that
 > momentous event.  The capitalists knew there were going to be massive
 > celebrations throughout the socialist world on that day and in order to
 > keep as many banners, posters, pictures, and parades off the newscasts as
 > possible they decided to "play up" another event instead and drown out
 > socialist observances and festivities .  In effect, "Earth Day" was
 > created primarily to smother or supersede in so far as possible any
 > remembrance of Lenin and his accomplishments.  And for that reason alone
 > it should not only be shunned by all adherents to Lenin's beliefs but
 > exposed for the fraud that it is.  Although all Marxist-Leninists are very
 > concerned about environmental protection, observing "Earth Day" is
 > definitely not how to proceed.  As important as environmental defense is
 > to all sane people, its celebration should emphatically not occur on a day
 > chosen by the capitalists in order to destroy the memory of a man as
 > critical to environmental preservation and the liberation of humanity as
 > Nikolai Lenin. 

Klo, you're really streching here (it's good mind you, but you're still streching reality). In 
1970 when Earth Day was declared it WAS ATTACKED as a communist plot by right 
wingers. Earth Day then was primarily a North Amercian idea and nobody but few 
hundred lunatic Maoists (I remember one group of Maoists marching in New York under 
the slogan "Workers and Peasants Unite!"... Where? In Brooklyn?) I digress. Since Earth 
Day was celebrated in advanced capitalist countries where all those adhering to any 
form of Marxism-Leinism was small, in no way could anyone with all their ores in the 
water really believe this was some sort of assault on "Marxism-Leninism".

Am I an idiot for responding to this? Was it just a joke to rope in some fool like me? 
Don't everybody respond at once!

David




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