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The discussion that follows was prompted by the article: How the working class brought an end to World War I. The discussion was initiated by Fred.
Below is the discussion so far. Feel free to add your own comments!
What an interesting account this is of what sounds like a lively and thought provoking meeting in a distant part of Europe with a tortured history. Many "old" issues are raised and discussed as new and exciting to the participants. This is good.
i don't know whether this is factually accurate or not, but that the young participant understands for himself the importance of "the spontaneous activity of the self-organized proletariat" and that only this - the consciousness and self-organization of the working class - can open up any possibility at all of a successful revolution, is cheering to read and a ray of hope in a dismal world.
Fascinating too that the ICC is able to conduct this sort of meeting, in such a positive spirit, despite its troubles at home. This is encouraging too. Congratulations to all the comrades involved.
This article isn't really about How the working class brought World War One to an end, but about an exciting meeting of communist comrades in Budapest in 2014 - please note 2014 not 1914!
I wonder why there remains an understanding of the existence of the working class in Eastern Europe whereas, it could be argued, the bourgeoisie have successfully eradicated such old fashioned notions in the West where we all sing drowsily from their democracy hymn sheet.
About the phrase "the jump to a new and really human society" I really like this. "The jump" - it sounds so simple; yet without it we're all, workers, bourgeoisie and petty bourgeois hangers-on included, toast; finished; end of world etc.
Without the jump the idea of a really human society will not be possible! So that's it in a nutshell. Take it or leave it.
If only the message could get out more!