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On Nov 6, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote:
> ISO came out of the International Socialists, who were around since the
> 60s. They were Trotskyist and working-class oriented. In my view, as cadre
> organizations went, their mental health was above average. Their approach
> was focused on workplace organizing, and the tended to encourage workers to
> be active without being very prescriptive about just what should be done.
> They have been involved in rank-and-file challenges to established union
> leadership. You would not find them involved in electoral or Democratic
> Party activity. I never thought much of their strategy, but I don't have a
> better one. I always thought they were good people.
>
>
>
>> In its way, this sort of wised up, snarky tone which American leftists
>> evince toward other American leftists is its own defeat. After all, no one
>> copping such a rebarbative attitude is likely to convince many people, keep
>> many friends, or leave many bridges un-burned. The very weariness of the
>> tone is a register of defeat, in fact.
>>>
>>
>> So, what’s the way out of this situation (I agree with what you write
>> above)?
>>
>> —ravi
>>
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