Comments on: Reverse gear dialectic, studying Marx’s critics

By: nemo

nemo — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:26:26 +0000

Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine is good here.

By: nemo

nemo — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:18:27 +0000

Good question. I must say that I lack the skills of Marx in the British Library studying the details.
The question of South American is hard to properly understand. But in outline the situation is clear, and one thing Lenin did get right was the basics of imperialism.
The left in South America has actually realized the problems with classic Marxism, and baulk confronted with Cuba, but is now condemned to eclectic experiments without much direction in what they are doing. But at least they are beginning to stand up to the horrendous situation imposed on them by such as the United States.

By: James

James — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:37:35 +0000

What is your opinion on South America? It is too early to determine whether the leaders will be successful or not, but they seem to be creating a new left (maybe not Chavez).