> Not necessarily. If LBO-talk anarchists don't want to unite with other
> leftists, so be it. I personally have a working relationship with local
> anarchists (Anti-Racist Action, aging ex-Yippies, etc.) here in
> Columbus; though we've had some disagreements occasionally (like when I
> invited Dan La Botz to come and give a talk here), no disagreement led
> to a burning of the bridge. They don't respond to me the way that
> LBO-talk anarchists like yourself, Chuck0, etc. have. I don't get any
> hostile put-downs from local anarchists. (To the contrary, when I got
> cop-baited by a local Green oddball, one local anarchist guy -- half
> jokingly, half seriously -- offered to go beat him up.)
I have activist relationships with leftists, but I maintain that anarchism is not part of leftism. I have also been urging anarchists to be more critical about their relationships with leftists. Anarchists need to stop following leftists around and start setting out own agenda. We've got the numbers, power and resources now that we don't need to rail after every demo organized by the local socialist group.
> I happened to join Solidarity, but I don't think of socialists in other
> orgs as enemies either. There aren't that many socialists in Columbus,
> but most of them whom I've met -- including those in the groups whose
> ideology I very much disapprove of, like the DSA, the RCP, the SWP, the
> CP, etc. -- are very good individuals and admirable activists, and I
> feel honored to have been able to work with them.
I have more of a problem with socialists who belong to groups like the ISO, SWP, and WWP.
Chuck0
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