Ahmet Cakmak's paper

Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:36:37 -0400
Gernot Kohler (gernot.kohler@sheridanc.on.ca)

Ahmet Cakmak's approach (see, recent wsn postings) is very interesting.
Ahmet, I see a certain similarity between your approach and the recent
writings of Samir Amin (e.g., 1997 book). Amin calls for a "reconstruction"
of the "social power of the popular classes" (you say: "new Third World
left"). Amin argues that "global socialism" is a long way off ("a long
trail") and that the immediate future is very important (you say: "concrete
problems of living people"). Amin states that "the immediate takeover of
power" is not the major issue and that the build-up of real democracy from
the bottom up is a phase which must not be skipped, even if it seems slow
(you emphasize labour and democracy as well). Amin says that one must not
"cling to time-worn formulae" which have become obsolete due to the
dialectical unfolding of material reality (pardon me, he said
"globalization"). Well, you are proposing a new formula. All that looks
like a common Amin-Cakmak-Third Worldist nouveau socialisme perspective.

Could your complete paper be placed in the wsn archive? It would be
interesting to see all of it.

Gernot Kohler
Oakville, Canada