Julio Huato <juliohuato@gmail.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">You may know Stan Goff. He's a serious radical activist and essayist with an interesting and diverse life experience. Every now and then, he publishes articles on the Huffington Post. I respect him deeply. He just wrote a very rich and thoughtful essay, where he submits his personal rejection of organized Marxism in the U.S. In his writing, he refers another essay, this one written by Joaquín Bustelo, another serious guy -- also from the South. As far as I know, Joaquín used to post on Louis Proyect's listserv, a member of the same political group as Yoshie -- or correct me if I'm wrong. I come from a completely different background than both of them, but I take their reflections very seriously into consideration, not only because I respect these guys' wisdom, but also (mainly) because they arise from a genuine effort to rationalize our struggle, the struggle for socialism, against all forms of exploitation and oppression, the struggle of the working people -- as I keep thinking of it. Stan's essay can be read here, along with some very thoughtful comments: http://stangoff.com/?p=423 ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE> It's 2006, and he just figured out Leninism is a dead letter? Sheesh. <hr size=1>Want to start your own business? Learn how on <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index">Yahoo! Small Business.</a>