Re: Nationalism as the Enemy of Human Liberation

In a message dated 3/15/2003 6:18:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
wwagar@binghamton.edu writes:

>    Meanwhile, the task of liberation falls, in a capitalist society,
> to all those who work for a living as opposed to all those who exploit
> workers for a living.  Work cannot be unthought until we have unthought
> and replaced the system that has converted most of us into 
> workers.

A couple of points--first, most people in the world don't work for wages.  As a 
result of huge structural unemployment and the high mobility of capital, 
workplace organizing is generally ineffectual these days, except where (ahem) 
national governments remain unusually strong.  

If I were to try to capture the 'essence' of the problem with capitalism today, 
I'd say its the private control of wealth and land, which makes creating a 
bountiful society for everyone impossible (Notably, the most vital struggles 
these days are mostly around land issues (MST, Zapatistas, Palestinians, etc) 
rather than workplace confrontations.  Its not a question of dividing up the 
working day into A (work done for reproduction) B(work appropriated by 
capitalists).

Steve