graymouser

"Communist ideas don't spring up because there are other ideas that get in their way. It's idealist to the extreme to think that people come to correct conclusions automatically during the struggle."

I do want to know more about this though. I thought idealism was the philosophy that ideas drive history independent of material conditions, as opposed to materialism which holds that ideas only arise from material conditions?

I think you're one of the best spoken and interesting posters on this site. Just wanted to let you know I always enjoy reading your posts.

Hi which organisation are you with? I find a lot of your "Trotskyist analysis" of a better quality than the majority of "Trotskyists" in the West today.

I usually try to read 30-40 books a year. It seems you read that many in a month... O.O jealous

Yeah, I was inspired by that thread to have him instead of Zach de la Rocha.

so is there gonna be a legitimate counterprotest in Trenton on the 16th?

Excellent post on Imperialism. Also good point on Counterpunch - it has gone sooo off the rails since the decline of the anti-war protests.

I sent you a PM. Please have a look. Thanks.