[Marxism] A Latin American coda on Burma/Myanmar - Re: Left Party Parliamentarian For War in Burma

[Néstor Gorojovsky]

This that Brecht uses as an effective sarcasm was exactly what
pro-imperialists and pro-oligarchs did with the Argentineans,
Paraguayans and Uruguayans during the last third of the 19th Century.
Whoever ignores this ignores everything essential on the history of
the countries in thelower River Plate Basin.

A pity their election was shortlived, and the remains of the
overthrown people began to spurt again into politics quite soon.

They are trying to murder that virus ever since.

2008/5/15, Ruthless Critic of All that Exists <ok.president+marxml en gmail.com>:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Néstor Gorojovsky <nmgoro en gmail.com> wrote:
>  > 2008/5/15, Néstor Gorojovsky <nmgoro en gmail.com>:
>  >
>  >  On the other hand, and for those who champion humanitarian
>  >  intervention on the ground of the tremendous suffering of the people
>  >  involved: please don't forget that Puerto Ricas are clearly better
>  >  off, on these issues, than Nicaraguans. But Nicaraguans are not an US
>  >  American colony.
>
>  Well, in such cases, if the "people involved" are unhappy about having
>  to "tremendously suffer", there is always Brecht's solution: "to
>  dissolve the people and elect another."
>
>
>
>  Brecht,  "The solution"
>
>
>
>  After the uprising of the 17th June
>
>  The Secretary of the Writers Union
>
>  Had leaflets distributed
>
>  Stating that the people
>
>  Had forfeited the confidence of the government
>
>  And could win it back only
>
>  By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
>
>  In that case for the government
>
>  To dissolve the people
>
>  And elect another?
>
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Néstor Gorojovsky
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