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In this essay, socialist author David McNally contributes to the
discussion about forms of socialist organization in the 21st century.
During these weeks of reflection on the crisis of the ISO, we hope to
publish articles that take up questions of organizational models.
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In early 2009, I wrote a lengthy letter to the international organizer
for the International Socialist Organization (ISO) in the U.S. The
letter, which I hoped would be circulated to the membership, urged a
sharp break with the sectarian practices associated with “micro-party”
politics. In light of recent debates in the ISO and on the wider left, I
have chosen to publish it now (more than 10 years after it was written).
I have edited out a bit of extraneous material that discussed the
British Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the New Anti-Capitalist Party
(NPA) in France, but all the core points remain intact. (The acronym IST
refers to the International Socialist Tendency associated with the SWP.)
It is my hope that these reflections might be of service today in
helping to orient the building of a new radical left.
full:
https://socialistworker.org/2019/03/22/the-period-the-party-and-the-next-left
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