But (disregarding all the errors etc) a focus on what earlier movements did _right_ can actually be useful Maybe if one can convince others that such and such _was_ right. I don't know how many if any I've convince that the'60s showed that multi-centered left, with lots of wranglibng among the parts, can achieve coherence better than can a hegemonic party, which I think the 60s showed.
Carrol
^^^^^ CB: This advise of emphasis on what went right is good, also, for an attitude toward the Soviet Union and the first efforts to build socialism