The left may make these fine distinctions, but Collin never does. Anybody who disagrees with him is labelled a leftist, and all leftists are (by his definition) murderous Stalinists.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 February 2006 19:52 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy > > Frank, > > You're right when it comes to the International Socialists, > as well as other true marxist and trotskyist groups (As an > aside, do you know Ross Ashley by any chance?). > > However, there's another branch of the radical left, often > referred to as Transnational Progressivists, who very > definitely want to do what Collin refers to. There are > certainly a fair number of folks in the NDP who fall into the > latter category, but the NDP is officially a social > democraytic party, and thus tends to sit on people who > expouse those beliefs (you'll find them more often amongst > the Green Party or the far left of the Liberals, who can > actually be further left of much of the NDP). > > -Adam >
