Butler on Spivak (was SZ)

Sam Pawlett rsp at uniserve.com
Tue Nov 23 00:27:26 PST 1999


Doug Henwood wrote:
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But they purged Norden for the sin of "Pabloism of
> the second mobilization," whatever that is, and now the paper isn't
> very good.

Pabloism named after Michel Pablo the leader of the 4th international after WWII. He advocated trotskyist cooperation ['fraternal relations' in trot lingo] with Euro-communist parties to dethrone social democratic parties, causing a split in the 4th int'l. I don't know about 'the second mobilization'. I would guess the Sparts consider the 3rd international or Comintern the 1st mobilization and the 4th int'l the second.

Workers Vanguard is hilarious. A typical headline is CHINESE STALINISTS BLOODY HANDS OFF FALUN GONG! The articles usually end with something like "We are educating a new generation of Marxist militants to fight for new Octobers." Personally, I find lots to agree with in Spart politics but they are ultra-sectarian and their organizing methods really stink. They have no roots in the working class and are about 200 strong in the U.S.

Sam Pawlett



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