[lbo-talk] revolutionary potential

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 3/18/07, MICHAEL YATES <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote:
> While it is true that struggle itself helps reveal potential for revolution,
> study is critical too.  The Maoists in Nepal for example made a detailed
> study of Nepalese history, society, and geography before launching
> full-scale revolutionary war.  One purpose of this study ws to identify
> various potentials.  As struggle plays out, study is always necessary to
> identify errors, new stategies and tactics, etc.
>
> In the US, for example, it would be useful to study how various groups of
> workers can affect production, profitability, transporation of goods, etc.
> as possible guides for organzing strategies.

Perhaps, even more importantly, who actually organized the largest
nationwide strikes and rallies in recent history: immigrant workers
and those who serve them (workers centers, unions large portions of
whose members are immigrants or Latinos, churches and other religious
organizations, ethnic organizations, ethno-cultural media, and so on).

 Immigrant workers also are the human links between the North and the
South.  It is significant that rallies in solidarity with them took
place south of the border as well.
-- 
Yoshie