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Socialist Progressives

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31. That seems fairy accurate. Though it does raise a question I've been wondering about...

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 07:54 PM

Jun 2012

Was Imperial Japan a Fascist state at the time? I don't think so, but I've heard some people argue they were.

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Greek election thread. [View all] Starry Messenger Jun 2012 OP

considering that it's impossible to borrow your way out of debt BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #1

I have a hard time thinking outside the two-party system. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #3

all i'm saying is, in my humble opinion, BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #5

Gotcha. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #6

nazis got 7% of the vote? BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #7

I wonder how high they'd get if we had a Nazi party here? Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #8

Isn't that less than they got in the May elections? socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #10

i thought they got 4% in the may elections BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #11

Yeah, that's MUCH less for the KKE than they got a month ago......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #12

what happens if they call a general strike BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #16

Agreed. It might not be time for the indefinite general strike....... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #22

i bet a lot of communist parties get stuck in that middle ground BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #28

From the League on Greece........... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #33

I wonder about that too. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #14

I'm not sure either. white_wolf Jun 2012 #2

You'd think the Greeks would have enough evidence of the limitations by now Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #4

I like BOG's perspective on this.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #9

Oh, that is an interesting development. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #13

Exactly. That's a hell of a commute. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #18

Sadly I'd be surprised if this doesn't end up in revolution TBF Jun 2012 #17

I think about it the opposite way - TBF Jun 2012 #20

Same here. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #21

Aren't the fascists normally the last resort for the capitalists? white_wolf Jun 2012 #24

Makes sense - and sadly I think they are close to that point. TBF Jun 2012 #25

That is a topic I would like to know more about too. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #26

Right, the class basis of the petty boug. makes them reactionary. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #29

fwiw BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #30

i am inclined to agree w/ you. if they didn't self-identify as fascist BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #32

That's the way I've always read it too............. socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #34