Nazism and Slavery

[Charles Brown]

Yet in the 1960's and early '70's,
it seems to me that there was
an anti-racist sentiment among
the majority of the white population
of the U.S. It was not firm or
overwhelming. It coexisted with
a lot of racist sentiment, but the direction
of things was for overcoming
(to coin a phrase) racism. There was also an
overwhelming majority for equal
rights for women. This was an
important hegmonic accomplishment,
but the ruling class was able to
change this, somehow instituting
a new form of racism with the added
characteristic of denial that
racism still exists as a significant
prejudice among whites. The latter was
made easier by the achievments
toward equality in the previous
period.

I think some on this thread who are
questioing the historical necessity of
the Civil War do so in a pacifist 
and life saving spirit. However, the
argument between pacifism and
revolutionism is old. Marxist revolutionists
look at history and are skeptical about
the possibility of displacing an exploiting
ruling class without some use of force.
The aim is to minmize it, but the counter
revolution is a general phenomenon in
actual history. So, realists, pragmatists
prepare for the worst in strategy with a contingency 
plan for fighting AND an alternative
contingency (and hope !)
for peaceful revolutionary transition
for once, finally.

Charles Brown

Detroit


>>> "James Baird" <jlbaird3 at hotmail.com> 11/12 7:26 PM >>>


>The majority of Americans continue to be abolitionists in public and
>pro-slavery in private.
>It shows up in every debate on social issues.
>
>

Ok, I swore off this thread after it was motioned and seconded that I 
was a deluded tool of the neoconfederacy, but I can't let this pass 
twice.  Just what does this mean?  You'll get no argument from me that 
most Americans aren't racist.  But "pro-slavery"?  Aren't we being a bit 
extreme?

Jim Baird

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