An amiable young man had recently joined Solidarity.* New to Trotskyism and very excited about it, he kept trying to make friends with other Trots. "Hey man, remember, we met at that conference," he warmly greeted a dour member of the Bolshevik Tendency (referring to a conference on Trotsky, held at NYU a few months earlier). The BT fellow shot him a hostile stare. "What is your position on Pabloism?" he demanded.
Liza
*No insult intended to that multi-tendency organization, which I very much respect.
> From: Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 14:59:24 -0500
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: Color of Anarchism Re: Protest ISO...
>
> Thomas Seay wrote:
>> --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's been amusing to watch the anarchists squabble
>>> among themselves
>>> lately. You guys are as fractious as Trots!
>>
>>
>> Doug,
>>
>> I dont think you are right about that, however even if
>> you are, there is certainly one huge distinction. The
>> anarchists do not aim to unite everybody under one
>> monotheistic party.
>>
>> -Thomas
>
> Doug is wrong on this one. Anarchists can be fractious and have their
> disputes, but these really take place among a small fraction of anarchists.
> Most anarchists don't bother with these debates because they are too busy out
> doing stuff.
>
> I think we have a long way to go till we are as out of touch as alt.politics.
> socialism trotsky. ;-)
>
> Chuck0
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> you resist is the degree to which you are free..."
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