Thank you Hari, as always, for your response. No, I didn't understand what "Revisionist" means (capital "R" no less) since it is always a relative term. Usually it has to do with some one disagreeing with one's own interpretation of "Marxism" or "Leninism" or "Trotskyism" and it is OK, IMHO, to use these term if one gives a context. I don't see it from Bhakdash because the context written 1932 means...what exactly? Certainly "Lenin" and the Comintern before Lenin died, never endorsed cross class alliances or defense of the "national bourgeoisie"...so where does Bhakdash level his polemics against, during a time when the Comintern itself has severally "revised" the earlier Leninist-Comintern of defense of the United Front (tossed out the window in 1928 or so). So I would ask don't assume I or anyone on the list "gets" what "Revisionist" means unless you contextualize it better. I understand it is not YOUR writing but Bhakdash's but it would be nice to know *exactly* what part of Lenin, specifically, or the Comintern policy at that time, is being revised instead of just the assertions that they are.
When Lenin used this term he was referring generally toward the Bernsteinian writings in the late 1800s/early 1900s. So did Engels. Lenin later applied to this to Kautsky and his supporters. But if its slapped onto a polemic about the subject in the essay, I'm simply bewildered. For example, he uses the term "incorrect" but refuses, it seems, to say why it's incorrect. That is annoying. You, as our sort of interlocutor, might do well why this is the case? I would be helpful. Of course Stalin opposed the "ism" attached to his name. As did Trotsky (since it was often applied when there was no such thing as "Trotskyism", among other reasons. As did Lenin.[Back 30 years ago when the MIA was founded we found out that Zinoviev invented the term "Marxism Leninism" though in the Russian it seems he didn't use it with a hyphen. That was in 1923 before Lenin had died.] Before I wish you a happy Diwali , I would answer with a "yes" about finding more about Bhakdash, that would be cool. Happy Diwali dinner, I hope you have a lot of lamb included in it! David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33264): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33264 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109311913/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
