-----Original Message----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
>Macdonald Stainsby wrote:
>
>>Actually, he was considered to be a likeness of Gandhi when he was a
younger
>>man. This is how it was reported by some outlets.
>>Good riddance to filth, imo.
>
>Not a very Leninist position, is it? Didn't VI say that with
>assassinations, there's always some other pig to take the dead guy's
>place, and that it provides the bourgies with an excuse to crack down?
Lenin was opposed to assassinations -which- were unconnected with the mass struggle. In this case, the mass struggle has been raging there for a year, and the killing of Ze'evi was a reprisal for the assassination of the PFLP's own leader two months ago.
lp