Che on guerrilla warfare

[NadiezhdaZaMir]

The guerrilla method of fighting is perhaps the most efficent and effective way for a small force at home to overcome a much larger invading force.

By its very being, guerrilla combat is supremely communist in that the proletarian rebel is the one person who truly puts to use the guerrilla principles in fighting against the bourgoise.

Guerrilla warfare however is very much apart from communism in one key way: in an orthodox communist army, every person partakes equally of each engagement, the force would be decimated, and the cause would die. Using the guerrilla method, the individual is given responsibility and has the power to make choices without the prior approval of the masses. This very much increases the efficiency of the geurrilla band as a whole and the communist ideal is preserved as it is not the individual that matters, but what he/she does. Therefor, though the individual is given resonsibility and power, the focus stays off him/her.

Might a style of 'guerrilla government' save communism? Would a more efficient communism make the option more attractive to capitalist states? Tell me what you think.

[Inner Logic]

A "guerrilla government" as you describe it would not be in the best interest of the revolutionary process. This would leave the power in the hands of the few, an oligarchy. The reason this would be attractive to capitalist states is that there is no way this can lead to communism (or even socialism), and the capitalists could easily exploit the people under the consent of the leaders. A movement which is not widespread by nature, or a post revolutionary society which is oligarchical, will never lead to a classless society.

[mykittyhasaboner]

Guerrilla warfare however is very much apart from communism in one key way: in an orthodox communist army, every person partakes equally of each engagement, the force would be decimated, and the cause would die.
An "orthodox" communist army is very centralized (any army is centralized), where does the "every person partakes equally of each engagement" come in? What are you talking about?



Using the guerrilla method, the individual is given responsibility and has the power to make choices without the prior approval of the masses. This very much increases the efficiency of the geurrilla band as a whole and the communist ideal is preserved as it is not the individual that matters, but what he/she does. Therefor, though the individual is given resonsibility and power, the focus stays off him/her.

What on Earth are you talking about?


Might a style of 'guerrilla government' save communism? Would a more efficient communism make the option more attractive to capitalist states? Tell me what you think.
I have absolutely no idea about what you mean by a "guerrilla government".

[Inner Logic]

I have absolutely no idea about what you mean by a "guerrilla government".

I think he/she is speaking of an oligarchy in a post revolutionary society, similar to the structure of a guerrilla column (or whatever the quantifier is). This, of course, is inherently reactionary (as the rule of the few leads to the fulfillment of the few).

[el_chavista]

The guerrilla is part of the maoist thesis of protracted people's war with a "focus" issue by a Frenchman, Regis Debray. At its first stage the guerrilla almost just survives doing propaganda by the deeds. After the peasants recognize it as their own army, the guerrilla will grow enough to take power. Of course you need a country with a very big peasantry.

[NadiezhdaZaMir]

I am sorry that this post is sort of confusing... What I am saying here is that communism can benefit from the underlying guerrilla idea that you don't need to sent each 'troop charge' through a committee... I think a government of the communist persuasion could benefit from such a thing. Again I apologize for the lack of clarity... I wrote it in computer lab when we were supposed to be doing maths and I didn't have much time to edit it... :S

[NadiezhdaZaMir]

...and I am not speaking of just the fulfillment of the few! When every individual is allowed to make minor choices for the benefit of the group, the efficiency of the group as a whole is much increased...

[PoWR]

Read: Che Guevara and the Coming World Revolution (http://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Coming-World-Revolution/dp/1440475393/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236520526&sr=8-1)

[NadiezhdaZaMir]

Thnx... I'll pick it up if I can.