[lbo-talk] Check your privilege: Rise of the Post-New Left political vocabulary

[Carrol Cox]

I'm going to push this thread, because I think that Joseph's ideas are not
only wrong but in fact counter-revolutionary. I'll develop that (I hope)
later, but just a note now.

The Vietnamese continued  to use non-violent civil disobedience even in the
years of massive armed conflict.

The Czar was overthrown, essentially, by a peaceful demonstration.

The Ussr was similarly overthrown by a peaceful demonstration.

Under almost ALL conditions the essential revolutionary act is non-violent
civil disobedience.

I am definitely NOT a pacifist. To use Orwell's language (which he said
assistant professors such as I were afraid to use) , sometimes you can
achieve good results by killing people.

But non-violent civil disobedience remains the primary tactic.

Carrol