[lbo-talk] Islam and Muslims (was Doug and Islam)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Mar 17 08:27:41 PDT 2007


On Mar 17, 2007, at 2:19 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> As
> Marxism in practice has ceased to be an ideology of liberation and has
> instead become an ideology of progressive capitalist development minus
> transition to socialism in many countries (with some exceptions such
> as Cuba, Nepal, and Venezuela), the poorer half of the world are
> likely to turn to religion more than ever.

So you're saying that Marx got religion exactly right in the classic heart of a heartless world passage? The sigh of an oppressed creature, but a doctrine that cures nothing, only perpetuates and mystifies earthly misery?

Doug



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