I'm still unconvinced that there will be no need for at transition period between capitalist modes of production to a communistic (I mean this in a non-Leninist sense-I call myself an "Unhyphenated Marxist") mode.
Calls for clistered communities of ascetics don't do it for me, or I'd go and join a monastary. Yup a bit too utopian. This is not to say that my own views aren't utopian. I make assumptions that seisure of state power does not lead invariably to permanent authoritiarianism--I believe that after a time of transition, which includes property seisures, seisures of inheritance, strengthining union's in "state controlled" operations, ect, all power can be handed to the people and THEN set up along non hierarchial structures.
Of course, the question then becomes--well then how the hell does one seize power for this transitional time in the first place. I don't think it can be done through the front door alone (ie, electoralism--although that is important for various reasons).
A few things need to happen first. One I can think of is MILITANT union internationals which are INDEPENDANT and DEFIANT of any political party. This isn't to say that people shouldn't vote, but that we need to fight the current style of democracy at every moment by working for policies that will be in our OWN interest, or threaten a general strike across the world, or other actions across the world.
Yeah, pretty difficult...but there you have it...
http://qualiall.yaysoft.com Kevin Dean
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