From Dave McReynolds>
ATC did not start publishing till around '78 or so, no?
M.Pugliese, to the right of Shanker and "Agent of American Intelligence!"
;-)
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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:11 PM
Subject: [ASDnet] Re Solidarity
> In a message dated 5/23/01 12:33:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << > > > Solidarity tends to be less insistent on trot orthodoxy (being
open
> to
> > > > membership from anybody who calls themselves a revolutionary
socialist
> > >even if they aren't
> > > > diehard trots or leninists), doesn't promote itself as heavily,
tends
> to
> > >be more into coalition
> > > > and movement work, and has no firm international connections. They
> are
> > >heavily into union reform
> > > > movements like Teamster for a Democratic Union and similar
formations.
> > >Some of them support the
> > > > Labor Party and some of them support the Green Party. >>
>
> Just a small addition based on my being at the Solidarity Convention last
> year, where I spoke as a candidate, politely received, most clearly for
> Nader. Solidarity's convention was marked by no one making long speeches,
no
> single "leader" types stood out, a fairly serious effort to balance
speakers
> between men and women, honesty about size - just over 300 members
nationally,
> and genuine clarity (I thought) about their having "come from a Trotskyist
> background but seeking to move away from it" (my quote, not theirs).
>
> I found the convention impressive, though the mammoth number of dicussion
> bulletins they had would overwhelm me. They also were quite good on an
area
> where I have some growth of my own to do - that of the transexual. One of
the
> women (I am sorry about not having the name) had known me years ago when
she
> was a man, had felt closed out of Left politics because of bias against
> transgendered people. This is one of those areas where you'd think someone
> who was homosexual would be most open, but it is as strange to me as to
most
> others. I was impressed with her courage, and with Solidarity's openness
to
> her work.
>
> Because there are so few members of Solidarity it is often hard to put on
> joint actions with them locally. But I'd say they are a good group of
folks,
> part of whatever an American Left can evolve into.
>
> Fraternally,
> David
>
> The preceding is a personal opinion. Try not to post more than daily.
>
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