Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:32:18 +0200 (MET DST)
From: malecki-AT-algonet.se (Robert Malecki)
Subject: Re: Define Racism:  Were Marx and Engels Racists?


>Robert Malecki wrote:
>> 
>> >... marxism has become a playground for middleclass intellectuals 
>>rather then and instrument for the working class to find a way forward.
>> 
>
>I think that this was the case in the past. That is, in the sixties and 
>seventies when it was a bit of a fashion statement for some people who 
>went of to be pillars of the establishment or pet "Media Marxists".
>
>Now the story is quite different. Our movement is in a rock bottom, no 
>frills, no luxury, no prestige position. Those people wouldn't touch real 
>Marxism with a bargepole on a long stick! Most of the active Marxists 
>that I meet are working class people who are involved because they have 
>nothing to lose, and are pissed off enough with this wretched system to 
>actually have a chance of getting somewhere this time!
>-- 
>Best wishes,
>
>Richard.                     
>      New Worker Online http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2853

Richard, I certainly hope you are right! However this list appears to give 
me and entirely different opinion on this question. 

bob malecki




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