[lbo-talk] Proyect on Nathan Newman and Reconstruction

Michael Pugliese michael098762001 at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 18 20:52:05 PST 2004


On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:58:46 -0800, joanna bujes <jbujes at covad.net> wrote:


> As Angela M used to say, it's all about drawing lines, and how important
> or interesting is that, really?

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1906/rucong/viii.htm
> ...We think that an important ideological result of the Congress is that
> there is now a clearer and more definite line of demarcation between the
> Right wing and the Left wing in Social-Democracy. There is a Right and
> a Left wing in all tile Social-Democratic parties in Europe; and their
> existence in our Party has been evident for a long time. A more distinct
> line of demarcation between the two, a clearer definition of the points
> of disagreement, is essential for the healthy development of the Party,
> for the political education of the proletariat, and for the checking of
> every inclination of the Social-Democratic Party to stray too far from
> the right path.

http://www.leninism.org/stream/99/mll/0519-harkum.asp From: Hari Kumar To: marxist-leninist-list at egroups.com Subject: [M-L L] Re: Stalin Destroyer of Bolshevism? Enough! Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 4:39 PM
> ...Should Kumar be thrown off?
I submit that until the lines of demarcation ARE INDEED drawn and agreed by the vast bulk of the movement, and a new party structure drawn up by both national and internaionally - then it is useless- nay anti-ML-ist to impose such diktats by coterie. I would argue that it is counter-productive - i) In the short term because it loosens the debate aimed at making lines of demarcation; ii) It potentially loses some "future comrades" out there. I definitely do not mean Owen necessarily. I mean people who are out there and who - since the FINAL STATE collapse of the former Soviet Union (Of course many List comrades know full well that Alliance argues that after the death of Stalin it was a revisionist state) have in fact no "home" to go to and who re in fact searching for one. There have been several notes to the list itself where comrades have explicitly virtually pointed that out... Personally I endorse that view that was put recently to the list. With Fraternal Regards to the List comrades, Hari Kumar -- Michael Pugliese



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