Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:00:07 +0100 (MET) From: ZEKE-AT-pseud.pseud Subject: Re: M-INTRO: militia movements >At 01:35 PM 11/25/96 MST, Triax wrote: >>In recent news events we have seen certain militia groups take stands >>against our current american government/ society. Do you think >>events such as the Free-men stand off in Montana, are attempts at >>overthrowing the capitalistic way of life in America? Could these >>events be the roots for an attempt to create a socialistic society? >>Were they trying to prove a valid point? What do you think? > >The militia movement contains a wide range of beliefs, but very >generally they are not opposed to capitalism and do not speak in >terms of "overthrowing" anything. Their mantra is self-defense. The >perceived threat is the corporate/government hegemony that has become >part of monopoly capitalism. > >Though I don't know if you could say it is the root for an attempt to >create a socialistic society, phenomenon such as the militia movement >are important barometers of class unrest, for one. Many milita members >are victims, in one way or another, of the assault on the working-class. >For example several of the Freemen (who are not representative of the >larger militia movement) had farm property foreclosed by the government. >Others are veterans, displaced workers and other people angry about >a world where technology and opportunity has left them behind. > >Yes, they have some valid points and resentments, but many of them >are looking for answers in the wrong direction. > >Hepzibah Everything Hepzibah says is correct + that the militias could very well become a recruitment ground of the future brownshirts of America. Naturally this depends on the success or failure of the construction of a Leninist Vanguard to counter it. Zeke --- from list marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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