On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 00:27:26 -0800 Sam Pawlett <rsp at uniserve.com> writes:
>Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>>
>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.
And they have Bob Malecki as their on-line represntative.
>
>Sam Pawlett
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