I suspect because the war was ending and the Vietnamese winning started to dampen the urgency of ending the war. I think it is a good question. On your other questions..."M-Lists" were, for the most part, either extremely isolated or were SDS. So part of the answer to your question is that SDS, including PLP, Guardian, and many, many then Maoists who were dominate among those parading under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, were, IMO, self-isolating. There was not coherent unifed "M-L" position in anything. So it would be hard to address it. Certainly PL and Guardian were huge influences and shouldn't be dismissed so quickly but I think that is more Halsted's fault in his book than Eric Blanc's since Halsted also gives them short swift.
Eric should of covered the real disputes/differences in a more logical format. The main anti-war coalitions by 1970 were the "negotiate now" crowd...and that included many of the pacifists not in Eric's review...and lead by the Communist Party, USA, the largest group claiming to be Marxist-Leninist. This was the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ). My mom's group, Women Strike for Peace, was affiliated with this coalition. The SWP one was named the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC). Why Eric doesn't mention this is odd to me. THEN there was SDS and huge cacophony of "ultra left" groups that were all over the map. It should be pointed out that the main slogan of PLP was the same as NPAC/SWP's: U.S. Out Now. So it would of been impossible to do a survey of these groups as they existed between 1965 and, say, 1971. And...toward 1971 and after the war the M-L groups started popping up like mushrooms after a rain. I should add that no other Trotskyist group was mentioned either in Eric's review or in the book itself (Sparts, Workers League, Freedom Socialist Party). David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41269): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41269 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118554230/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
