From: Rubyg580-AT-aol.com
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 20:55:39 -0500
To: marxism-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
cc: Rubyg580-AT-aol.com
Subject: Re: CHRIS: Adolfo not working with Christians?(huh?)


In a message dated 96-03-25 Chris writes (quoting from a previous
post from Adolfo):

>Moreover, in the advance countries of the world, our aim is to inform the
>proletariat of the facts.  In that intellectuals and political activists of
>the left can certainly play a role, but they are not the main force by any
>means, precisely because in the main they have become totally divorced from
>the class.

>We see the Peruvian revolution as part and parcel of the world proletarian
>revolution, therefore our purpose is not to reform in any way the old and
>rotten Peruvian state, but to raise upon its ashes a new state under the
>leadership of the proletarian ideology in order to serve the world
>revolution, to summon it to renew its assault against the ramparts of
>privilege worldwide.
>
>That is what set the Peruvian revolution apart from struggles such as the
>ANC, which can enjoy the support and the patronage of sections of the
>imperialist bourgeoisie.  We do not aim for that - hence you shall see no
>Christian vigils outside Fujimori's embassy, although you will see at least
>a couple of times a year proletarian rallies that shake the old Peruvian
>state to the core.
>
>The day we should embrace the "lonely candle" strategy, that day the
>bourgeoisie in Peru would feel secure!

comment:
Chris, how does this say to you that Adolfo is rejecting working with
Christians, or other middle forces?  He is stating very clearly that
the PROLETARIAT, not the middle forces, is the source of the ideology
of the proletarian revolution, or , as in Peru, New Democratic revolution.
But he is also clearly saying that, while not the main force, leftists
and intellectuals can indeed play a part in the revolutionary struggle.

Are you just jealous that a different class than your own is given top
billing?  Are you one of these ivory tower "socialists" who's afraid
of the working masses? Does the passage, "revolution, to summon 
it to renew its assault against the ramparts of privilege worldwide."
worry you that perhaps your own position of relative privelege may 
be challenged?  That you may have to get your hands dirty some
day doing what you've come to regard as "shit work", but that the
vast majority of the world's people do every day?

What's up?  Rejecting the pacifist vision of candles in front of the
embassy is hardly the equivalent of refusing to work with religious
people, or even with pacifists.  I think your bias is showing.

Gina/ Detroit


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