It didn't start with the Sparts...and it won't end thereeither, if these comrades keep it up...

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Nov 24 08:47:54 PST 1999


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Michael Pugliese wrote:
>
> > Ay, carumba! All the Trotskyist parties in the world. I want some
> >of the drugs these folks are on, well on second thought..
>
> My god. What is it about Trots? Put three of them together in a room
> and in 5 minutes you'll have two new parties and a tendency. Is there
> some conjunction between the doctrine and a particular
> psychopathology? Can someone explain this?

I know of at least two exceptions. Peter (van Heusden) on this list and Nestor Gorojovsky (from Argentina) on the marxism and L-I lists. They are both quite rational and non-sectarian. There must be other exceptions.

I myself have engaged in Trot-baiting off and on over the years and wanted to honor these two "Trots."

Carrol



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