The Lerner affair

[Peter K.]

Dennis:
I've noticed this too. Though I've never been a communist (which I take to
mean Leninist or Maoist, though there are those who feel anarchism is pure
communism, and I'm sympathetic to that view), I always respected their
toughness. I remember watching Bill Bailey in the docu "Seeing Red," and
being impressed with his "Yeah, I'm a communist -- you wanna make something of it?" stance. He was a
seaman and longshoreman, a dedicated Party member who fought in Spain and was later blacklisted. He
left the Party but remained a socialist. And I cannot imagine him whining, the way the WWimPs and
their allies do, about "red baiting." The fucker had a hammer and sickle tattooed on his arm. He
played for keeps when it mattered. Call him a Red and he'd say, "Fuck yeah!"
DP
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I don't know the history that well, but I believe the
Stalinists in South Africa did an admirable job working
in coalition in the anti-apartheid movement. Mandela
was a fan of their leader, the white "Uncle Joe"
Slovo from what I remember. Here's a difference with
fascists, secular or religious.

Peter