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oh fooey! The Guardian was a great paper for much of its life that reflected and reported on news of the mass movement; at one point it was the closest thing to a paper that SDS had. I used to subscribe to it when I was in high school along with The Militant, and it had as good or better coverage of many struggles. For example I remember their coverage of the Peoples Park struggle in Berkeley as especially good. Yes, only Trotskyists rightly have the mantle of political infallibility. In contrast the last time I heard Silber speak, in Seattle circa 1989, he was very candid in describing his political history going back to the 30s when he joined the Communist youth in New York, his political evolution and the mistakes he had made. I remember working very well with his supporters in from Line of March in anti-apartheid and Central America solidarity work. Actually they were less sectarian and easier to work with and did more than the SWPers, who did their part for sure, were in that period. The Filipino leaders of the cannery workers union I belonged were also supporters of LOM. On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Dayne Goodwin <[email protected]>wrote: > > > A good thing about Silber is that the ease of his political trajectory from > pro-Moscow > to pro-Beijing and back again is helpful in discussions with folks who > choose to believe that > there is/was a fundamental difference between Stalinism and Maoism. > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
