Difference between revisions of "'Socialism or Barbarism' today: the centrality of self-emancipation"
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
I - Why “socialism or barbary” to-day ? The impact of the “soviet century” - and its end – on capitalist “policies” and institutions, behind economic dimensions, “long waves” and crisis. | I - Why “socialism or barbary” to-day ? The impact of the “soviet century” - and its end – on capitalist “policies” and institutions, behind economic dimensions, “long waves” and crisis. | ||
I will put emphasis on political and geo-stratgical dimensions behind the crisis of the 1970s as crisis of the capitalist world order – and coubter-revolutionary answers | I will put emphasis on political and geo-stratgical dimensions behind the crisis of the 1970s as crisis of the capitalist world order – and coubter-revolutionary answers | ||
• Therefore dual strategic crisis of social-democracy (SD) and of communist parties | • Therefore dual strategic crisis of social-democracy (SD) and of communist parties | ||
• Gramci = the Old world is dyning ; the new (progressive) one is not yet born | • Gramci = the Old world is dyning ; the new (progressive) one is not yet born | ||
• Rosa Luxemburg : Socialism or barbarism | • Rosa Luxemburg : Socialism or barbarism | ||
Key words and names | Key words and names | ||
IMF (International Monetary Fond / FMI) ; WB World Bank BM) ; GATT and GATS (trade and service General Agreements and negociations) – WTO (World Trade Organisation / OMC) | IMF (International Monetary Fond / FMI) ; WB World Bank BM) ; GATT and GATS (trade and service General Agreements and negociations) – WTO (World Trade Organisation / OMC) | ||
NATO / OTAN | NATO / OTAN | ||
Mehdi Ben Barka 65 ; Malcolm X 65 ; Che Guevara 67) Martin Luther King 68 | Mehdi Ben Barka 65 ; Malcolm X 65 ; Che Guevara 67) Martin Luther King 68 | ||
-Pinochet Coup against Allende Chile 1973 | -Pinochet Coup against Allende Chile 1973 | ||
Margaret Thatcher (There Is No Alternative = TINA) 1980 | Margaret Thatcher (There Is No Alternative = TINA) 1980 | ||
Yeltsin Putin | Yeltsin Putin | ||
II- Back on “Socialism” and “communism” : what do we mean ? Lessons from the past and present struggles ; updating notions and debates. | II- Back on “Socialism” and “communism” : what do we mean ? Lessons from the past and present struggles ; updating notions and debates. | ||
The notion of “transitional society between capitalism and socialism” | The notion of “transitional society between capitalism and socialism” | ||
capitalism as “world-system” (“systeme-monde” = Wallerstein concept) : Core and (semi) peripheral countries / Pays du centre et de la (semi) périphérie | capitalism as “world-system” (“systeme-monde” = Wallerstein concept) : Core and (semi) peripheral countries / Pays du centre et de la (semi) périphérie | ||
Trotsky's thesis on “uneven and combined development” (and Permanent revolution) to Lenin's April's Thesis = what (world and Russian) “socialist revolution” | Trotsky's thesis on “uneven and combined development” (and Permanent revolution) to Lenin's April's Thesis = what (world and Russian) “socialist revolution” | ||
Debates on plan/market in industry and agriculture (the “law of value” ?) in post capitalist “transition to socialism” (Bukharin / Preobrajensky...) | Debates on plan/market in industry and agriculture (the “law of value” ?) in post capitalist “transition to socialism” (Bukharin / Preobrajensky...) | ||
Tito (Yugoslav revolution) – 1948 Tito/Stalin split. Statism. Paris Commune. Self-management (autogestion/autogouvernement) | Tito (Yugoslav revolution) – 1948 Tito/Stalin split. Statism. Paris Commune. Self-management (autogestion/autogouvernement) | ||
Self managing communities, organised around specific services + self-management planning + political “Chambers” (Councils) | Self managing communities, organised around specific services + self-management planning + political “Chambers” (Councils) | ||
Karl Polanyi 'The Great Transformation' (1944) | Karl Polanyi 'The Great Transformation' (1944) | ||
III- What “transitional strategy” to-day ? At what level ? What fundamental demands ? | III- What “transitional strategy” to-day ? At what level ? What fundamental demands ? | ||
Notion of transition program or logics. Bridge between reforms and revolution | Notion of transition program or logics. Bridge between reforms and revolution | ||
Global justice movement / Mouvement altermondialiste | Global justice movement / Mouvement altermondialiste | ||
WHO World Health Organisation/ OMS/Organisation mondiale de la santé , World Labor Organization / OMT Organisation ondiale du Travail, (UNESCO) UN Organisation for Education, science and culture | WHO World Health Organisation/ OMS/Organisation mondiale de la santé , World Labor Organization / OMT Organisation ondiale du Travail, (UNESCO) UN Organisation for Education, science and culture | ||
Chavez's questions on “Socialism of the XXIst century” - Michael Lebowicz | Chavez's questions on “Socialism of the XXIst century” - Michael Lebowicz | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 4 December 2018
"Socialism or Barbary" to-day : the centrality of self-emancipation. "Transitional strategy" and “Permanent revolution” in contemporary capitalism Lessons from the past and from new struggles Catherine Samary http://csamary.free.fr
OUTLINE
I - Why “socialism or barbary” to-day ? The impact of the “soviet century” - and its end – on capitalist “policies” and institutions, behind economic dimensions, “long waves” and crisis.
I will put emphasis on political and geo-stratgical dimensions behind the crisis of the 1970s as crisis of the capitalist world order – and coubter-revolutionary answers
• Therefore dual strategic crisis of social-democracy (SD) and of communist parties
• Gramci = the Old world is dyning ; the new (progressive) one is not yet born
• Rosa Luxemburg : Socialism or barbarism
Key words and names
IMF (International Monetary Fond / FMI) ; WB World Bank BM) ; GATT and GATS (trade and service General Agreements and negociations) – WTO (World Trade Organisation / OMC)
NATO / OTAN
Mehdi Ben Barka 65 ; Malcolm X 65 ; Che Guevara 67) Martin Luther King 68
-Pinochet Coup against Allende Chile 1973
Margaret Thatcher (There Is No Alternative = TINA) 1980
Yeltsin Putin
II- Back on “Socialism” and “communism” : what do we mean ? Lessons from the past and present struggles ; updating notions and debates.
The notion of “transitional society between capitalism and socialism”
capitalism as “world-system” (“systeme-monde” = Wallerstein concept) : Core and (semi) peripheral countries / Pays du centre et de la (semi) périphérie
Trotsky's thesis on “uneven and combined development” (and Permanent revolution) to Lenin's April's Thesis = what (world and Russian) “socialist revolution”
Debates on plan/market in industry and agriculture (the “law of value” ?) in post capitalist “transition to socialism” (Bukharin / Preobrajensky...)
Tito (Yugoslav revolution) – 1948 Tito/Stalin split. Statism. Paris Commune. Self-management (autogestion/autogouvernement)
Self managing communities, organised around specific services + self-management planning + political “Chambers” (Councils)
Karl Polanyi 'The Great Transformation' (1944)
III- What “transitional strategy” to-day ? At what level ? What fundamental demands ?
Notion of transition program or logics. Bridge between reforms and revolution
Global justice movement / Mouvement altermondialiste
WHO World Health Organisation/ OMS/Organisation mondiale de la santé , World Labor Organization / OMT Organisation ondiale du Travail, (UNESCO) UN Organisation for Education, science and culture
Chavez's questions on “Socialism of the XXIst century” - Michael Lebowicz
Reading materials
1) David Harvey on the commons [1]
2) CADTM Women, debt and Micro-credit . Final Declaration of CADTM African women's seminar, Bamako, 15-19 November 2017
[2]
3) Via Campesina [3] (3) Who are we? What are we fighting for? What are we fighting against? Media and Publications)
Building alternatives [4]
UN Declaration on peasants’ rights [5]
4) Michael Lebowitz : The Spectre of Socialism in the XXIst Century : Build it NOW ! [6]