[Marxism] Kosova and the right of nations to self-determination | Links

[Louis Proyect]

>Let's try an example from the US: Puerto Rico.
>
>What would you call a leftist from the US who opposed
>self-determination for Puerto Rico?
>
>Alan Bradley

This really helps things not.

We are dealing with a phenomenon that has been called "Balkanization" 
in the past. The entire African continent consists of states with 
nationalities and ethnic groups thrown together by British or French 
imperialism. Does it advance the cause of socialism for one 
nationality to launch a secessionist war against another? Was Katanga 
entitled to separate from the Congo? If Karadjis is correct in 
interpreting Lenin's 1914 rebuttal to Rosa Luxemburg as a green light 
to national independence, then why not? The only criterion that makes 
sense is CLASS.

I should add that the DSP comrades should remind themselves that 
Lenin's writings on the national question evolve. His Comintern 
articles reflect insights gained from the Russian revolution. I think 
they would be of more use than an article focused on Poland's right 
to secede from Russia, not that there is anything particularly wrong 
with the article. Stalin's article on self-determination, a pathetic 
exercise in formal logic that you comrades still view as solid 
Marxist wisdom, is of course a horse of another color.