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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Manuel Barrera <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Totally useless conversation so far. Doesn't anyone feel any visceral > response to the idea of ISO defending an alignment with the Democratic > Party? I thought some of us here thought the ISO is a promising > organization?" I read the two articles in WSW. There is no claim that the ISO supports the Democratic Party. The criticism is that the ISO and nearly everyone else in this coalition doesn't support the multi tendency united front organization calling for a break with the dems. That's it. Basically the Socialist Equality Party takes the position that in any coalition around any issue, the central demand must be something like, "death to the rabid running dogs of the bourgesoie!" The SEP is descended from the now defunct Workers League. For those of you too young to remember the 1970's.,the Workers League gave up on trying to contest the Socialist Workers Party,which at that time was a major political force in the US left, politically. Out of a sense of desperation they went on a campaign of agent baiting the leadership of the SWP, claiming that the entire leadership were FBI agents, and long time and respected member Joseph Hansen was an accomplice in the murder of Leon Trotsky. These slanders had so little merit, that even the Spartacist League defended the SWP against these attacks. So to wrap up, when any individual or group is attacked by the SEP, consider the source. > ________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
