[lbo-talk] Re: sweezy quote from 1970

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Mon Jun 9 14:42:49 PDT 2003


On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 14:06:26 -0700 frank scott <frank at marin.cc.ca.us> writes:
> "When the bureaucratically administered economy runs into
> difficulties,
> as it certainly must, there are two politically opposite ways in
> which a
>
> solution must be sought. One is to weaken the bureaucracy,
> politicize
> the masses, and ensure increasing initiative and responsibility to
> the
> workers themselves. This is the road toward socialist relations of
> production..."
>
> I wasn't reading him back then, but was sweezy a maoist? or, at
> least, a
> supporter of mao's program?

Back in the '60s Sweezy was sympathetic to Mao.

Jim F.


>
> fs
>
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>

________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list