Chris Burford wrote:
> At 04/07/01 10:41 -0400, you wrote:
> >This is all good, because the targets of this kind of thing so far have been
> >people the left sees as enemies. But I'm sure the right will try to grab ahold
> >of it too. Already there have been efforts by the Miami Cubans (called
> >"chusma"
> >by Luis Ortega, my favorite Spanish columnist), to indict Fidel Castro for
> >shooting down the Hermanos al Rescate (Brothers to the Rescue) airplane a few
> >years ago.
> >
> >How are we going to address this? A question that needs some thought.
> >
> >Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema
>
> a) it is clearly a powerful trend that is likely to grow in scope
>
> b) it is a deeply contradictory process that progressive people will have
> to watch carefully. My theoretical take on this, is that finance capital is
> promoting the spread of global legal practices based on bourgeois right. In
> some circumstances that can be progressive eg versus feudal practices, or
> fascist practices. But there are distinct limitations on bourgeois right.
> It fails to take into account social context, and the rights of communities
> rather than just an aggregation of abstract bourgeois individuals and it is
> highly vulnerable to being biased by the power of money.
>
> Chris Burford
>
> London