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Socialist Action was from the start one of two dominant trends within UNAC, the other being WWP and friends. Those two trends have increasingly merged ideologically to the point where SA could endorse the vicious UNAC attack on Terry Burke's In These Times article. SA has just posted a report on their recent convention: https://socialistaction.org/2016/08/29/socialist-action- sets-ambitious-goals-for-the-coming-year/ In it is this gem: "In regard to Socialist Action’s antiwar work, discussion was devoted to evaluating the course of the war in Syria. The convention re-affirmed Socialist Action’s major slogans for the U.S. anti-war movement: U.S. Out Now! Self-determination for Syria!" As made clear in Jeff Mackler's articles on Syria, self-determination for Syria means U.S. -- and only the U.S. - out. This is not just a perverted resurrection of the once-valid single-issue "Out Now!" demand from Vietnam War days. For Jeff, self-determination means Russia et al. *IN* - because for him, Russian involvement is PRO-self-determination because it "creates space" for working class activity. I kid you not, that's actually in his articles. There have been rumors of dissension within SA on these issues; hopefully enough so that some will leave in disgust at the convention decision. _________________________________________________________ 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
