I lifted this observation from a piece on Lenin by Louis Proyect. Does anybody have any views concerning it. Surely it is not a view that is widely held within marxism-Leninism: "The Bolsheviks were free to criticize party positions publicly as long as they acted in a disciplined fashion with respect to demonstrations, strikes and other *actions*." Louis' view, as I understand it, is that Iskra was a paper in which different tendencies within marxism were free to present their views. His piece to be found on his website merits study as a basis for discussion of the subject of the Leninist organisational form since it raises issues that are of significance even if his overall conception may be wrong. I will download his article to the list presently. Warm regards George Pennefather Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web site at http://homepage.eircom.net/~beprepared/ Be free to subscribe to our Communist Think-Tank mailing community by simply placing subscribe in the body of the message at the following address: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
