[lbo-talk] Louis Proyect on Party Building

Angelus Novus fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 24 10:50:13 PST 2011


Doug wrote:


> Yeah, good piece. I've been liking Lou's recent stuff a lot.

I especially like his film reviews. There are so many good films coming out that I use Proyect's reviews as a cultural filter. Helps me to decide what to watch.

Wojtek wrote:


> Lenin faced a very different task than we do

Sure, I agree, but the whole piece is really about rejecting "Leninism" as its commonly understood by most cadre groups. The point Louis is making is that Lenin was an advocate of building socialist mass parties oriented to the model of the pre-WWI SPD. Even keeping in mind the changes in the nature of working class life, this still strikes me as an eminently reasonable and desireable goal.

BTW, happy Christmas Eve/Nochebuena/Heiligabend/reveillon to all! I have to get to the dinner table now.



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