>You've seen
>the bizarre definitions of "Leninist" which have currency on this list.
So what *is* a Leninist then? I mean in 2001, not Russia of 1917. I asked that question of a lot of Leninists at Zizek's Essen conference, and the best answer I heard was from Callinicos, who said Leninism demanded "concrete analysis of the concrete situation" - which hardly sounds very specific to me (who could be against that?). Many chafed when I brought up the idea of the disciplined vanguard party as quintessentially Leninist. But without that, what is Leninism?
Doug