RE: [PEN-L:5702] NACLA and Colombia

On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Paul Broome wrote:

> >
> >  >
> >Paul,
> >So, taking your argument a tiny step further, I presume we (humans) are
> >all bourgeois and (or) postmodernist now. This being the case, someone
> >really ought to announce it to those persistently revolting masses in the
> >third world.
> >John Enyang,
> 
> John
> 
> Probably I mistook your use of the word 'revolt' for 'revolution'. 
> While it is true many citizens around the world are involved in many 
> types of social disobedience or revolt, I think hardly any of them 
> constitute a revolution. The fact that people do not revolt does not 
> make them a member of the bourgeoisie - the fact they are not 
> revolting does not mean they own either the means of their 
> production, or the control of their ideas.
> 
> BTW, I wish people would drop the term 'Third World' - it is no 
> longer politically or anylitically correct and people in the South 
> generally find it a derogatory term, as they do 'developing country'.
> 
> Comradely, Paul.
> 
> 
Paul,
It's too early to come to a definitive judgement on the medium and long
term impact of today's social and political struggles. That said, I think 
these struggles are both necessary and deserving of support.
Regards,
John Enyang,
 MSCS (M/C 249)
 SEO 322 / 851 S. Morgan Street,
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 enyang@math.uic.edu                             
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