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Seems to be in the best tradition of Marxism, Louis, your sarcism notwithstanding. You are in the Noam Chomsky school of do-nothing, ever, and certainly not in an organization. You are more akin to anarchism than Marxism I think. I suspect you thought your Northstar grouping was on the right track to...leading a revolution? A huh. Louis, there is NO formula for making a revolution. Your own utter contempt for politics and for people who DO politics among workers and organizations has kept you as a monk on the Upper East side. You will never leave, politically or in person, your comfort zone. I don't think the CWI will "lead a revolution". I would never use this list to explain why, these sorts of polemics, except when you want to employ them, of course, is not of interest to most members of the list. But it's absurd for someone like you... let me put that in quotes "someone like you"...to think who will and won't lead a revolution is absurd. You are simply not in a position to pass judgment since you are religiously stuck on being opposed to socialist organization unless if fills your schematic checklist. I also think it's absurd to think the NPA...because it is NOT a 'sect', or a 'group' or whatever favor you condensed onto them, WILL lead a revolution, either. Or any left-of-the-left regroupment for that matter. Or a particular party or tendency. But unlike you I wouldn't judge them on the criteria that they describe themselves as Leninist or whatever. It simply is irrelevant and, at any rate, unprovable. Groups, large and small, can have great influence, for the better or worse, helping to set up the conditions for the development of a revolution. If they push the class struggle forward, help train workers in their own class history, can point to tactics or strategy that lead to even immediate victories, bring workers into struggle against the boss, then they hare helping forge that leadership. I believe I do that in my own organization and international. I wouldn't ever condemn, as you do because of your own political impotence, what they do simply because they don't have Louis Proyects Guide to Revolutionary Leadership (LPGRL) handy to refer too. So if the CWI group in Victoria can do THIS, all power to 'em and hope they never glance at this list for guidance. It would only demoralize them and lead them into sterile denunciations for those that deviate from the LPGRL canon. D. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
