CB: When you use epigone to refer to Lenin's followers it seems to be a
negative epithet.
I guess that negative connotation is part of the common usage. However, it
misses my point. My point was that democratic centralism is something
which doesn't have a totally clear meaning in Lenin, so
BTW, I can see no reason why Lenin's work should be idolized. After all, his
main achievement in practice -- leading the Boshevik revolution -- was, in
the end, basically a failure. The failure wasn't totally his fault, of
course, but neither does he deserve all the credit for revolution.
Good post! For once, I see (some) wisdom on CB's side. Thouigh, politically,
I'm with Jim. Anyway. Will google after work for, Bolivarian Circles. (I work
from 1-9 p.m. lousy hrs...)
For now, go to http://www.pww.org for a recent article on Chavez and the
Venuelan CP. He spoke to their
This one is from a few days ago, but maybe someone will still be interested:
... Explaining why I described the idea of democratic centralism as coming
from the Marxist tradition rather than from Leninism, I wrote: It's
from Lenin, but much of what's been written on democratic centralism comes
