[Marxism] The Weapon of Theory - Amilcar Cabral (PAIGC)

[S. Artesian]

Come on, Shane, no matter how imprecise Cabral's language, no matter how, in 
the last analysis, incapable he was of completing the uninterrupted 
revolution, linking Cabral to fascism on the basis of vocabulary, as opposed 
to linking him to Marxism based on the content of fighting against 
Portuguese colonialism, is 50 times more unMarxist than use of the term 
"people" in place of class.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Mage" <shmage at pipeline.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] The Weapon of Theory - Amilcar Cabral (PAIGC)


>
> On May 25, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:
>
>> Shane Mage wrote:
>>>
>>> Cabral, from this, was no Marxist. For Marxists the active forces in
>>> the historical process are classes.  It is the fascists--specifically
>>> the Hitlerites--for whom a "People," a "Volk," is the basic unit of
>>> history.  Because the term "a people" cannot be defined except in the
>>> sloppiest of fashions, acting in the name of "a people" allows any
>>> demagogue to do anything at all with the supreme justification of
>>> nationalism.
>>
>> This kind of dogmatism should be enshrined in a future museum of
>> Marxist
>> thought, defined liberally, just as a replica of a dodo bird can be
>> seen
>> in the Museum of Natural History today.
>
>
> And just how do you define "a people?"
> And what is the difference between an African nation-state and a
> replica of a European colony in the museum of political history?
>
>
> Shane Mage
>
>> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
>> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
>> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>>
>> Herakleitos of Ephesos
>
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