File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1996/96-03-marxism/96-03-08.000, message 378


From: Pablo.Gilabert-AT-p26.f109.n900.z4.fidonet.org (Pablo Gilabert)
Date: 	04 Mar 96 21:09:27 -0300
Subject: Re: Stop the madness!






Bruce Cronin wrote

 BC> As a long-time reader, but rare writer, on this list, I have found the  BC> responses such as these to the PCP material hilarious.

 BC> It is as if the arrival of some reality (in the form of actual evidence  BC> about Peru rather than gossip, and contact with a party that is actually
 BC>  BC> engaged in a revolution) has sent all the armchair revolutionaries into  BC> a panic with the cry "Our list is under attack". Well maybe its worth  BC> reflecting on the value of the list if it cannot handle reality. (What  BC> was that about the revolution not being made at the dinner tables of the
 BC>  BC> bourgeoisie?).

Of course, Bruce, that what you call reality is always worth to be
considered by
a marxist. But the problem here is not wheter 'reality' has to be here.
Rather, the problem is how do we present it in a comradely respectful way.


                      Pablo
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