Damn eyesight -- I got from line & subject line mixed. And I didn't remember till later who J A was because I was misreading that part of the post.
But ignoring the context, my summary of the meaning of Lih was not inaccurate. I don't know abut reading his 900 page book, but the article in HM seems pretty core for anyone who wants to have opinions about the last 90 years of anti-capitalist activity.
Carrol
P.S on my eyesight. It's gotten much worse lately; I'm running out of margin. Every so often I have a s;plit-second Who Me reaction that reminds me of Nikolas Rostov lying on the ground at Austerlitz watching the approaching French cavalry.