[Marxism] Ahmadinejad: Capitalism nearing collapse

[Néstor Gorojovsky]

When Third World leaders such as Ahmadin Ejad speak "anticapitalist"
they mean "antiimperialist". The strength of the situation, however,
lies in that by so naming the system they attempt to obtain popular
support for what, in the end, is nothing else than attempts at the
build up of sound, self-centered, national economies in the periphery.
That is, attempts at ESTABLISHING A TRULY ACTING CAPITALISM in the
countries they rule.

But the very fact that in order to gain popular power this struggle
for capitalism *must dress itself as anti-capitalist* (in Iran,
through the promotion of an Islamic economy, in Venezuela through the
promotion of a "Socialism of the 21st Century", in Argentina through
the promotion of the "Christian humanism" of Peronism, and so on),
this very fact, shows that these attempts are already taking place in
the world of imperialist rule, that is, as against what had happened
with national revolutions in the core, in an environment that _of
necessity_ poses socialism as the single way out for any national
revolution trying to do what the Dutch, English, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, etc., revolutions, did in their due time...

Methinks that this is the way in which the circle can be squared. And
some light cast...

2008/4/25, Paddy Apling <e.c.apling en btinternet.com>:
> Louis I disagree once again.  To be against a particular strike should not
>  be simply taken as "amti-working class"; I believe Chavez is having certain
>  difficulties with opposition to strikes - is he "anti-working class" or a
>  real leader of a real and positive development clearly benefitting the
>  people of Venezuela as a whole.  To be so adamant, of this sort of
>  judgement, Lou, looks like "workerism" rather than a rational (Marxist)
>  assessment of the situation with a Two-and-a-half- World country 's
>  government.
>
>  Paddy
>  http://apling.freeservers.com
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Louis Proyect" <lnp3 en panix.com>
>  To: <e.c.apling en btinternet.com>
>  Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:13 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Marxism] Ahmadinejad: Capitalism nearing collapse
>
>
>  >
>  >>Ahmadinejad added that his government intends to pursue policies that
>  >>will bring justice, maintaining that if there is to be development
>  >>in the country,
>  >>poor areas must come first.
>  >>
>  >>^^^^
>  >>CB: This sounds anti-capitalist in a left sense.
>  >
>  > I think that action counts more than words. The bus drivers in Tehran
>  > were trying to achieve a little bit of economic justice and they were
>  > thrown in jail for their efforts. It is difficult to be
>  > anti-capitalist and anti-working class at the same time.
>
>
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Néstor Gorojovsky
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