[lbo-talk] Die Linke Poses the "System Question"

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Mon Oct 24 05:14:36 PDT 2011


Michael, aside from moving you to write even more beautifully than you normally do, what else did OWS do?

For those with the patience, what are the dynamics here. In the German context, what does it mean that they are affirming the legacy of the Paris Commune? Why was it ignored before?


> It's quite a bit. Of course as we know from a century of experience no
> gain
> is guaranteed to last -- but still: When was the last time a left
> party (and
> with an electoral base to boot) explicitly reaffirmed the legacy of
> the
> Commune!!!!!
>
> Like you I am looking for more to come, but this is sort of a first
> explicit
> return from this wonderful explosion.
>
> Carrol
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Michael Smith
> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 10:36 PM
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Die Linke Poses the "System Question"
>
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:05:39 +0100 (BST)
> Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> "The Erfurt party convention enacts a progam with 'red stop line'.
>> [Party Chairman Klaus] Ernst affirms the legacy of the Paris
>> Commune, Rosa Luxemburg, and Carlo Guiliani"
>>
>> Thank you, OWS!  This wouldn't have been possible without you!
>
> One certainly hopes that we will have more to thank
> OWS for than this. Indeed, I personally already have.
>
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