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>Doug Henwood :
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> > Depends on what you mean by Marxism. If you mean ML regimes like
> > that, well no, they're dead. But if you're talking about capitalism,
> > it's hard to avoid Marxism. It's how capitalism works -
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>Yes, if you mean by that Marxist theory, Historical Materialism, analyses
>in
>Capital etc.
>My point was about the impact of the evolution and collapse of various
>'socialisms', (Soviet Union in the past, others in future) on the mass
>consciousness and mass movements.
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>Ulhas
Historical materialism in some form is not only true but obviously true. Class analysis is inavualble and essential for understanding society. Marxism as a movement, organozed around traditional symbols, vocabulary, and organizational forms, is dead as a doornail outside a few embattled locales--maybe Kerela? Maybe Cuba. Berkeley, Madison, Ann ARbor, parts of Greenwich Village, the Kite in Cambridge (if that still exists), etc. In the West it is beyond recussitation.
Kelly, did you ever post my paper on this to pulpculture?
jks
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