James Paris
Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:10:29 -0700
I tend to think comrade George is trying to re-invent the wheel. I mean, for all his bluster about the "Trotskyists", his concept of the Communist Programme is not too different from the Comintern's conception of concrete demands (adopted at the Third World Congress, 1921), which was the basis for Trotsky's concept of the system of transitional demands (outlined in 1934, solidified in 1938). When comrade George says, "social revolution is only implicit in the strike and must be made explicit", he is talking precisely about building that transitional "bridge" that he derides in every other part of his posting. As a Bolshevik-Leninist, I have no principled disagreement with what comrade George is saying here. He's simply using different terminology. Comrade, you may have a problem with today's so-called "Trotskyists", but the fact is that your "Communist Programme" and Trotsky's program of transitional demands is not that far apart. Comradely; James Paris, MWG-IWC http://www.marxistworker.org/us/ Workers of the World, Unite! _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis