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> One simply can NOT develop slowly against capitalism or for a major
> reform.
> Andyou can NOT maintain a radical institution for more than a decade
> or two.
> Science and Society seems one exception, and Monthly Review another.
> But
> thse are exceptions. The opposite is the rule.
That BTW seems to have been Marx & Engels's attitude too. They engineered the dissolution of the Communist League, which they had become convinced had outlived its usefulness following the crushing of the revolutionary uprisings of 1848. Likewise, they spearheaded the ending of the IWMA by having its headquarters moved to New York City from Europe.
^^^^^^^^ CB: Yes, Communists have a tradition of self-criticism that is more honest than bourgeois parties and politicos. The Soviet Union self-liquidated , too. It was basically like saying "our socialism is not good enough. " The same can be said of the Chinese Communist reforms.