File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1997/marxism-thaxis.9712, message 609


Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:04:46 -0500
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com>
Subject: Re: M-TH: Re: questions


Louis N Proyect wrote:

>Forever is a long time, Henwood. I am 52 years old and don't know what
>will be happening in 30 years let alone next week. I just posted news that
>25% of the Yanomami have been exterminated. I am opposed to extermination.
>Get it? I don't want to have anything to do with people who regard
>extermination as the same as news about inflation. I don't regard
>people who condemn protests against extermination as Marxists. You are
>welcome to them.
>
>25% of the Yanomami have been exterminated. This is not the same type of
>news as Oracle stock going down 25%. People who use the word
>"civilization" to describe this process will not make revolutions. In all
>likelihood, they will have to be fought in the street sometime in the
>future like the Larouchites were fought in the early 1970s.

Lou, I don't know what's gotten into you, but you're just analyzing things
in your usual fashion, you're moralizing. You're opposed to extermination;
so am I. That's not the question. You've made your differences with the
capitalist roaders pretty clear. I really don't know why you think LM and
the RCP are worth all these photons, but that's another story. I'd like to
know what you think the proper Marxist position should be about people like
the Indians of Brazil. And what about India - yes, the Narmada dam project
was grandiose and barbaric, but what do you see in its place? I'm not sure
that I have any answers, but it might advance this discussion beyond the
pissing match stage to start thinking about some.

Doug




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