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On April 2nd, 2021, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a virtual panel on "The Legacy of Trotskyism" as part of the 2021 Platypus International Convention. In 2011 at its third international convention, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a plenary discussion titled "The Legacy of Trotskyism." That panel's introduction specifically mentioned the Socialist Workers Party (UK), International Socialist Organization (USA), and New Anticapitalist Party (France) as contemporary representatives of Trotskyism. Since 2011, all three groups have significantly declined, or collapsed outright. The smaller Trotskyist sects, once a familiar sight outside socialist and trade union meetings, seem unable to replace their aging membership through recruitment and face the prospect of their long-term leaders passing away without a new generation prepared to continue their mission. The current generation of Left activists, whether inspired by social democracy or "new social movements," seem to have bypassed Trotskyism entirely, in contrast to the 2001-2008 antiwar movement, which drew heavily on existing organizations' experience and discipline. If Trotsky's foremost accomplishment was his political and intellectual opposition to Stalinism, this raises the question of what Trotsky and the Trotskyists have to say about our present circumstances. What is the relevance of Trotskyism for the Left today? What has Trotskyism made of Trotsky’s Marxism? Finally, is the collapse of Trotskyism a progressive or regressive overcoming? Panelists: Bryan Palmer (Professor Emeritus of Canadian Studies and History at Trent University) Mike Macnair (Communist Party of Great Britain, Provisional Central Committee) Wayne Price (revolutionary anarchist) Richard Rubin (Platypus Affiliated Society) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#7725): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/7725 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/81830233/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
