That's cool. My point is that theories of political action ought to reckon with history, with how the working class actually struggles, not only how we would like it to. If one sees a compelling pattern in how insurgency actually has happened in the past, that is grounds for revising one's projects for the future. As you can tell, I'm into heavy revision.
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> I have no brief for the CP, but most of the time, the IS folks
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> their theory into practice. The rank-and-file organizing that was so
What theory? Near as I can tell, their approach is to be good, militant trade unionists and to eschew parliamentary politics and existing Democratic or social-democratic politics. How that becomes socialism is beyond me. Maybe there is a theory underneath somether. God bless 'em. Nothing wrong with trade unionism, or being anti-bureaucratic. As for colonization, if you think the working class is going to mobilize, that's a reasonable thing to do, though it requires a thoughtful decision on the part of the erstwhile colonizer as to what they want out of life.
MBS