[Marxism] ISO's conference.

[S. Artesian]

Much to his possible dismay, here's where I tend to agree with Mark.  I do 
think it will be driven by immigrant labor, and I do think it holds the 
promise of creating a movement that learns something from its origins in 
IMMIGRANT, WORKING CLASS struggles.

I think that the bourgeois order clearly attempts to resolve its enduring 
conflict between means and relations of production by incorporating, 
accessing new, cheaper sources of labor power-- African-Americans in the 
40s, 50s, 60s; immigrants in the 80s, 90s, and this century; and it is in 
that particular configuration of transition, from rural to urban, from 
migrant to "landed" labor, that the real potential for class struggle 
exists.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Lause" <markalause at gmail.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] ISO's conference.