Lecture six- The Revolution will not be televised: Strategies to crack capitalism PDF

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Lecture six- The Revolution will not be televised: Strategies to crack capitalism
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Lecture six- The Revolution will not be televised: Strategies to crack capitalism Ques t i ons •I sc api t al i s mt hebes tf or m ofhumanor gani s at i on •I sc api t al i s mt hefi nal f or m ofhumanor gani sat i on •Whatawwt heoppor t uni t i esands pacesf ort r ans f or mat i onofcapi t al i s m? •Whati st hebes twayt oor gani s ear ev ol ut i on?Whos houl dl ead? •Whoar et hef ol l ower s Subj ec t i v i t yandagenc y( Mar x i s m) •Rev ol ut i onar ys ubj ect i v i t ybas edon-butnotr educedt o-economi cl ocat i on:‘ c l as si ni t s el f ’ ‘ c l assf ori t s el f ’ di st i nc t i on •‘ Lumen-pr ol et ar i at ’( t he‘ poor ’ )out s i deoft hec ons t i t ut i v epoweroft hepr ol et ar i at -pot ent i al l yr ev ol ut i onar y .See18t hBr umai r eofLoui sBonapar t e( 1852) •Sel femanc i pat i onpr i nc i pl e’ .( SeeMar x1878) .Adv ancedpr ol et ar i atr eal agentofr ev ol ut i onar yc hange •Emphas i spl acedons ubj ect i v er ev ol ut i onar ypot ent i alofl umpenpr ol et ar i at •Ar gumentr unsf r om Bak uni nSt at i sm andAnar c hyt oHar dtandNegr i ’ sEmpi r e( 2000) Ev er yt y peofr ev ol ut i oni saf or m ofhegemony Subj ec t i v i t yandAgenc y( pos tanar c hi s m) Ev er y t hi ngi saboutt heobses si onofpower ,andv i ol encet ogetwhaty ouwant Pr ol et ar i atSel f Emanci pat i on •ForMar x ,pr ol et ar i atsel f emanc i pat i onwasanecessar ycondi t i onf orcommuni s tr ev ol ut i on •‘ Att hef oundi ngoft hei nt er nat i onalweex pr es sl yf or mul at edt hebat t l ec r y :Theemanc i pat i onoft hewor k i ngc l as smus tbeac hi ev edbyt hewor k i ngcl as si t s el f .Hencewecannotcooper at ewi t hmenwhosayopenl yt hatt hewor k er sar et oouneduc at edt oemanci pat et hems el v es ,andmus tfi r s tbeemanci pat edf r om abov emyphi l ant hr opi cmember s oft heupperandl owermi ddl ecl as s es ’ -Mar xandEngel sCi r c ul arl et t er1879 Bol s hev i kandMenshev i kSpl i t •1903SecondPar t yConf er enceoft heRus si aSoc i alDemocr at i candLabourPar t y( RSDLP)pr oducedas pl i t

Reason-The‘ or gani s at i onalquest i on’ 1.Bol s hevi k =‘ maj or i t y’ ( Leni n) 2.Mens hev i k=‘ mi nor i t y ’( Mar t ovTr ot s ky ) •Ter mi nol ogy =mi s l eadi ng,nei t herhadar es oundi ngmaj or i t yt hr oughoutt hecongr es s •I ni t i al di s t i nct i onbet weenhar d( Leni n)ands of t( Mar t ov )

Leni n-Whati st obedone ? •Focusonc ent r al i s tappr oac ht ot heor gani sat i onal ques t i on •Cr i t i queof‘ s pont anei s m’ •‘ Ther ei smucht al konspont anei t y .Butt hes pont aneousdev el opmentoft hewor k i ng c l assmov ementl eadst oi t ssubor di nat i ont obour geoi si deol ogy… f ort hes pont aneous wor ki ngc l as smov ementi st r adeuni oni s m… andt r adeuni oni s m meanst hei deol ogi cal ens l av ementoft hewor k er sbyt hebour geoi s i e. ’( Leni n,Whati st obedone ?) Leni n-whati st obedone ? •Sec r ec y •Cent r al i sat i on •Spec i al i s at i on •Ex c l usi v i t y •Anor gani sat i onof‘ pr of ess i onalr ev ol ut i onar i es ’ •‘ Thes t r uggl eagai nstt hepol i t i c alpol i c er equi r esspec i al qual i t i es;i tr equi r espr of es si onal r ev ol ut i onar i es . ’ ( Leni n,Whati st obedone ?,1901) •Soc i al democ r ac y -s houl dbeamas smov ement •Howev er ,MASSandpar t yELI TEs houl dbes epar at e •‘ Wemusthav esuc hc i r c l es ,t r adeuni ons ,andor gani sat i onsev er y wher ei nasl ar ge number saspos si bl eandwi t ht hewi destv ar i et y Leni naf t er1905 •Leni nr el ax esoppos i t i ont omas smember shi p •Adopt i onofMens hevi ksl oganofdemoc r at i ccent r al i s m •Democ r at i cs hi f t ? Ros aLux embur g-Agai nstLeni n’ scent r al i s m...