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Interview with Lotta Continua 1977
Mattick, Paul
http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/MIA/mattick-paul/1977/lotta-continua.htmhttp://www.marxists.org/archive/mattick-paul/1977/lotta-continua.htm Year Published: 1977 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX10519 Revolutionary actions are directed against the system as a whole - for its overthrow. This presupposes a general disruption of society which escapes political control. Thus far, such revolutionary actions have occurred only in connection with social catastrophe, such as were released by lost wars and the associated economic dislocations. This does not mean that such situations are an absolute precondition for revolution, but it indicates the extent of social disintegration that precedes revolutionary upheavals. Revolution must involve a majority of the active population. Not ideology but necessity brings the masses into revolutionary motion. The resulting activities produce their own revolutionary ideology, namely an understanding of what has to be done to emerge victoriously out of the struggle against the system's defenders. Subject Headings |