I used the word masses because you used it in your reply to me:
At 10:34 AM -0800 1/25/03, Thomas Seay wrote:
>They go into or create mass organizations with a view to building up
>their parties influence among the masses as well as recruiting new
>members for their party.
At 11:34 AM -0800 1/25/03, Thomas Seay wrote:
>The party-building stage, Yoshie, is about winning over the
>so-called "advanced elements" to join the party and to situate these
>"advanced elements" in strategic areas like trade unions and
>mass-organizations.
How can you identify what you call "advanced elements" in trade unions and mass organizations by holding the type of mass actions that IAC and ANSWER have been holding? Besides, while we still have trade unions in the United States, we don't have any mass organizations on the left to reckon with. Most importantly, what's the point of winning any so-called "advanced elements" anywhere, if party members are to keep mum about socialism _even_ at the rallies that they organize themselves, not to mention in trade unions and any other organizations of which they are members? You can't put socialism on the political agenda of the United States by keeping silent about it. -- Yoshie
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