[Marxism] Sh** flying in upcoming Bolivian elections.

[S. Artesian]

Well, as a charter member of the whining ultra-leftists club, let me state, 
that tactically, it makes no sense at this time to "threaten"  a workers' 
takeover simply because the mechanisms for that takeover are not in place.

Actually it's never sensible to threaten a takeover, although it certainly 
makes sense to take over.

So we would have to ask the COB; what organizations are there in place to 
actually take, and defend power?  To seize and operate the economy?  To 
conduct all the "business" of state that a workers' state must conduct--  
first and foremost suppressing the reaction?

If those organizations don't exist, then the task is to develop a program 
that will require and enable the workers to act not only on their own behalf 
but as a class on behalf of all the poor of society.

Morales does not offer such a program, and if the COB can't answer those 
above questions, it doesn't offer one either.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Fuentes" <fred.fuentes at gmail.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:43 PM