[Marxism] Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood [was: The'turn to industry'...]

[S. Artesian]

So while we have 17% unemployment in Spain, massive demonstrations plus 
seizures of plants and plant executives in France, protests in Germany, 
drastic economic contraction in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania leading to 
clashes with the police power of the states,  pitched battles in Greece 
involving working class youth whose opportunities have been cut off by the 
economy and the government, protests in Hungary against austerity plans, 
and more and more and more -- comrade Bustelo announces  WE MUST STOP 
FOOLING OURSELVES INTO THINKING THE PROLETARIAT OF EUROPE OR NORTH AMERICA 
IS NOT DEAD.

Timing is everything.  And Bustelo's is off, way off.  So much so that JB's 
pronouncements begin as catechism, morph into mantra, and finally resemble 
nothing so much as  incantations designed to ward off the encroaching 
reality, and keep others from admitting the possibility of such a reality.

It's kind of like when businessmen and economists claim they have "conquered 
the business cycle"--- that's when you know the contraction is about to 
begin.

The more I hear Bustelo proclaim the death of the prospects for proletarian 
struggle, the more confident I am that the struggle is actually gaining 
strength.

Keep talking, JB.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joaquin Bustelo" <jbustelo at gmail.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:19 AM
Subject: [Marxism] Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood [was: 
The'turn to industry'...]