Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 22:44:13 +0100
From: Michael Jovic <Mike_Jovic-AT-msn.com>
Subject: Re: The Scoop on Marx and His Obit


At 14:00 15/07/96 -0800, you wrote:

>Snip...
>
>Hi Michael,
>
>Congratulations on your cyberscoop on Marx! But as you write his obituary,
>I can't help asking you a few questions on the time and nature of his
>death: When did Marx die? In 1883? Or right after the disintegration of the
>Soviet Union? Or was he killed by some pomo-poco revolutionaries? That's
>why Derrida now conjures the ghost of Marx at his (Derrida's) spectropoetic
>moments for his political redemption?
>
>Sorry, Michael, if my questions begin to tee you off. After all, ordinary
>mortals like us need to learn by asking foolish questions. Thanks for your
>time.
>
>With regards,
>
>Azfar Hussain
>Snip...

Hello Azfar,

Apologies for not getting back in touch sooner, but a good Comrade from
University asked me to help out as his father slowly died with cancer. Have
now returned home having spent the last few days enveloped with the
aftermath of Mortality...

In reponse:

Marx died over a hundered years ago.

But his Spirit lives on in the Class Struggle...

And the Class War: Fought out in places like El Salvador where i witnessed
teenagers carrying guns almost as tall as they were, using them in an
attempt to Clear the Way for New Life...

It was unequal, it was unfair, and when the Soviet Union fell, so did the
hope, sacrifice and toil spent by those who had no choice but to take up
arms to defend what little they had.

But Ghosts and Spirits tend to reappear when and where least expected;
Conjured up by the Cries and Tears of the Down-trodden and the Exploited...

Fear not Comrade, we will be taken by surprise yet again...




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