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"Marx still provides directional cues for politics." Twue dat. But the Gospels preceded Marx, and seem to provide similar directional cues. Ask any pinko nun.

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RemarX, very good word choice! And informative article. History is the paramour of present day sociology and politics. Hope to read more as you divulge further.

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"End of life"? I hope not. Good health to you. Don't always agree, but value your perspective.

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I feel fine, all things considered, but I still think my time is growing short. But who knows. Mom lived to age 99.

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Thanks, Max. I agree that some of the left can get caught because they cannot see evolution as a means to an end thus the hard line. Same debates in the NAM days about Democratic candidates and electoral politics. I guess as a trade unionist and Democratic Socialist evolution does lead to change.

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Exploitation of many by some

Perennial class cleavage

Reversability of econonic reforms

within the liberal state

Since 1970 we have seen this big time

And

in all oecd states

Crested in 2008

Now

A return to class agency ?

Today Blistered to hell

by what we ML's call

the national question

In the era of world markets

Above all

diamat diamat diamat

This is the work house and the tools

Fwiw

Sometimes knowing marx

in part

even all the various front page parts

Prevents crucial shifting of focus

from

one set of rubric passages

to another

We need a party

to both allow this complex conflicted

circulation

For a far fuller field but

More focused view of marxism

In application to now

to the arduous collective process

Of applying

His works to our times

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