> On Jul 7, 2026, at 14:16, Charles via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM, Marv Gandall wrote: > Most of us joined the revolutionary left on the understanding that our chosen > group would steadily accumulate cadre in anticipation of a working class > radicalization and, on the basis of our correct line, would be well > positioned to displace the disgraced reformist leadership of the class - if > not imminently, then almost certainly in our lifetime. Few of us would have > joined without that conviction. > Who are the "most of us," the all but a "few of us," who had that > understanding?
I was in the "most of us" and the "few of us" categories. > Maybe they are those whom you observed in the Trotsky--- left of which you > were part, observed closely enough to know their "understanding." I think that you are living in a world that is long gone. The world of Trotskyites and Tankies, Stalinists and wreckers, and etc. That all disappeared with the USSR. Why not move forward and emphasize what we share rather than our differences, particularly when the differences no longer have a material basis. > That is nowhere near enough evidence for you to pronounce about the > revolutionary left. > Why did you join the revolutionary left? Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42357): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42357 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120158195/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
