But we are not talking of what ought to be. We are talking about a simple historical observation: People lose most of the time, but somehow they keep coming. Check out rural insurrections in 16th-c England. If I recall correctly, in medieval Europe peasant insurrections someplace came around about every 2 yers.
Defeats aren't pretty. Capitalism simply forces them upon us. Losing before the struggle even begins is even more discouraging.
Carrol
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Michael Smith Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 9:11 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] labor leadership not so sure about Wisconsin
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:28:24 -0500 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> You think that an endless series of defeats might not discourage
> people?
We have some recent counterexamples, do we not?
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