May be of interest, begins with a note/reference to Steve Chase: —Socialist Workers Party [US] Education for Socialist Bulletins— Part I. The Antiwar Strategy of the SWP and the YSA 4. A Reply to a Criticism of Our Antiwar Policy By Lew Jones https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/swp-us/education/anti-war/part4.htm
"The following article was written in reply to a criticism of the policies followed by the Young Socialist Alliance in the antiwar movement. The criticism, which was submitted to the YSA preconvention discussion in 1967, was written by Steve Chase, Eloise Linger, John Barzman, and Linda Sheppard. Subsequently Chase, Linger, and Sheppard changed their views and decided that the antiwar strategy adopted by the SWP and YSA was correct. Barzman went on to develop much deeper differences with the YSA and SWP, and eventually left the SWP in 1974." . . . Steve Chase is also mentioned in Barry Sheppard's political memoir of the SWP 1960 - 1988 "The Party Volume 1: The Sixties" on page 74 in a chapter on the Sino-Soviet split and early Maoism in the U.S. Here is the reference in context; there is no information about Steve beyond what has already been shared on this list: . . . "The Maoist stand caused ferment in Communist Parties throughout the world, including in the U.S. Splits occurred, and pro-Chinese groups formed. The heretofore monolithic stance of 'the world Communist movement' was broken, enabling some people in the CP or its orbit to assert their independence and think things through for themselves. "When I was in Boston, we took advantage of this stirring to organize a discussion group with some young people around the CP whose minds were now open to considering our ideas. These discussions were organized around reading some of Lenin's writings that implicitly attacked the Stalinist approach to politics (although they were of course written before the rise of Stalinism). "One of these youth who joined the YSA was Steve Chase. Steve's father and uncle had been leaders of the CP in New England, until they were expelled for backing the Maoists. While these two brothers remained supporters of Stalin, Steve came over to our positions all the way. Steve's father and uncle were part of what became the Maoist Progressive Labor Party. Before PL's founding convention in 1965, we sought to reach out to them." . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9757): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9757 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/84033644/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
