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The battalion-like structure of the KKE, its wide and dense local branches, the reproduction of its historical symbols, and a culture of conspiracy act as suppressors for expansion and “contamination.”
First expressed as an ideological concept in the process of Rifondazione Comunista‘s opening to the movements in the late 1990 and early 2000s, the term contaminazione marks an important dividing line between Communist and post-communist or new left parties. It demarcates them according to their propensity to allow reciprocity in ideological influence, towards as well as from other entities with similar goals.
This is inextricably linked to how sound a party — especially its leadership — conceives itself to be in terms of theory and social wisdom, compared to other currents.
full: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/tsipras-syriza-debt-greece-kke/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
