[lbo-talk] For Chuck Grimes/pogroms

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 8 08:19:29 PST 2006


On 3/8/06, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>... As it turns out, the majority of rank-and-file
> Orthodox clergy in 1905 were actually lefties and
> supported the revolution, or expressed neutrality....
> The upper hierarchy was
> conservative or far right, abd conducted purges of the
> lower ranks from 1905 on in order to get rid of the
> lefty elements....

This is similar to the story of "liberation theology" in Latin America: the lowerarchy were more likely to embrace LT, while the hierarchy pushed to purge this heresy. -- Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles



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