From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Tue Jun 08 2004 - 23:12:07 BST
Vito, Adam, MarkM, Platt,
Thanks Vito, for the quote. The truth is that Chomsky is not a
Marxist, and never has been. He's not a Communist, and never has
been, although he might say that some Marxist and Communist ideas
have merit. But, hell, so would Rush Limbaugh if someone would read
him a book or two. The fact that Platt keeps calling Chomsky a
Marxist, just shows how little Platt knows about both Marx and
Chomsky.
Adam, boy, relax. I need you healthy, for on the seas of this frothy
forum, there be dragons!
Best to all,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
On 8 Jun 2004 at 23:19, Exxon Valdez wrote:
Hello,
I wouldn´t say that Chomsky >>champions Marxism.<< and he is
definetly no supporter ofMarxist-Leninism.
>>. . . In fact, Limbaugh's views are higher quality than Chomsky's.
He
battles for freedom while Chomsky champions Marxism. . .<< Platt
Holden
>>. . .Bakunin's warnings about the Red bureaucracy that would
institute the worst of all despotic governments were long before
Lenin, and were directed against the followers of Mr. Marx. There
were, in fact, followers of many different kinds; Pannekoek,
Luxembourg, Mattick and others are very far from Lenin, and their
views often converge with elements of anarcho-syndicalism. Korsch and
others wrote sympathetically of the anarchist revolution in Spain, in
fact. There are continuities from Marx to Lenin, but there are also
continuities to Marxists who were harshly critical of Lenin and
Bolshevism. Teodor Shanin's work in the past years on Marx's later
attitudes towards peasant revolution is also relevant here. I'm far
from being a Marx scholar, and wouldn't venture any serious judgement
on which of these continuities reflects the 'real Marx,' if there
even can be an answer to that question. . .<< Noam Chomsky
Sincerely.
Vito
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