Re: [A-List] RCP [USA]: On Revolutionaries in the Anti-war Movement

["Annewilliamson" <Annewilliamson@xxxxxxx>]

> SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
> On Revolutionaries in the Anti-war Movement
>
> By the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
> >From the days after September 11 -- when it became clear that the U.S.
> government was using these events to embark on a whole program to forcibly
> recast the power relations on the planet -- our Party began a serious
effort
> to unite with others to build the kind of movement that could rise to
these
> historic and unprecedented challenges. We recognized the need for new
> alliances, drawing on the creativity and commitment of people from many
> different political perspectives. And we put forward our ideas on what we
> thought this movement needed to be.

Not being familiar with the personalities and squabbles of this corner of
the
left, I can't really comment on liberal red-baiting, other than to say it's
a shame
since the RCP is at least active and - by the rhetoric in this retort -
doing
important work.  I hope they are sincere.  Back when the Clintonites were
slipping NATO enlargement through with almost no debate, I contacted Ramsey
Clark's group to suggest to them that since there were many on the right who
agreed with them on enlargement (including the perfectly awful Frank
Gafney!),
possibly there could be some fruitful collaboration. Sadly, I got a "we
don't need
your sort around here" message.  It was all quite dispiriting.  -A.