Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 02:37:57 +0200
Subject: Re: May 5, 1818


Jerry quoted Blair Sandler:
 
> Today is the 178th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. Marx was no saint
> but he believed in the ability and the right of working people to manage
> their own affairs, and he opposed the rampant theft we call capitalist
> profit.
> 
> Happy birthday, everyone.

- and asked what people thought about it.

Jorn:
For a 3-liner I think one could do a lot worse than this.

It doesn't outline strategi and tactics. It doesn't say
socialist revolution is indispensible, the need for a
party of the bolshevik type etc. etc.
But it does state that workers should manage their own
affairs. And I don't think it takes a long argument to
say that this includes the running of society as a
whole.

When workers begin to manage their own affairs then the
rest is a short step.

So as a point of departure for further debate of
*how* workers can get to manage their own affairs I think
this is very straight forward and comprehensible for
everyone.


Yours 

Jorn Andersen

IS
Denmark



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