[Marxism] Betancourt's halo [SIC] under spotlight

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:46 PM,  <Jscotlive at aol.com> wrote:

> In this I'm mindful of Marx's stance on the Paris Commune. At the start he
> was critical, viewed it as suicidal and wrongheaded. By the time it ended he'd
> earned himself the enmity of the international ruling class with his staunch
> support and solidarity with those on the front lines.

<http://links.org.au/node/921>

By *Michael A. Lebowitz*

February 16, 2009 --                         It is not as well known
that Marx had little respect for disciples in general. A theory
disintegrates, he said, when disciples try to ``explain away'' problems
in the theory --  a theory disintegrates, he said, when the point of
departure of
the disciples is ``no longer reality'' but the theory that the master
produced.


[Michael Lebowitz will be a featured guest at the /World at a
Crossroads/ conference, to be held in Sydney, Australia, on April 10-12,
2009, organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, Resistance and
/Green Left Weekly/.]