On 2011-08-22, at 2:41 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Dean is taking the wrong end first. There cannot be a theory of a
> given movement until that movement has come into existence through what will
> appear as "spontaneous" activity. First action, on a fairly wide scale, and
> THEN, within that movement, the gradual theorization of the kinds of
> organization that movement needs. This is how the RSDLP came into existence.
> The Pary Zizek,
> Dezn, et al seem to be envisaging is a wet dream of Stalin/Trotsky, which
> neer had any real material base in advanced industrial nations.
And in a subsequent post:
> On 8/22/2011 10:33 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:
>
> Marv, I will read & respond to your post (which I haven't read) later, but my response will make no sense to anyone who has not read the HM symposium on Lars Lih on Lenin.
I will look forward to your response but will be surprised if you find much to disagree with, Carrol, since I am fully in agreement with your comments above.