AUT: unions against the war??

[neil <74742.1651@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Herald, et al,

I can at  mostly concur  with with your last  smaller
note, and i the issue here of the revolutionaries
social ralations with differing politics and trends
and mass public protests. The issue is much more
serious than  just dealing with  formalistic &  politcally
correct  descriptions of other outfits and individuals
we encounter (a la Laura's problem  what  she
may see as disparaging to use the generalized word,
"masses", etc.)
No Offense! but the due 'respect' to those others (masses!!) out there
that people coalesce and socialize with so briefly at mass
actions , it is the very props-agits work , debate, exchange of
opinions/ideas/journals , friendly discussions , heated exchange,that
 the discourse in the terrain of others seeing communist alternatives
possibly for the first time in their lives, and for the communists
experience and learning what views- aspirations the others (non-
revolutionaries) in the motion hold so dearly themselves that does help
things mature and develop in the course of motion ,.
experience, study, etc &  politically too- this human  exchange/
collective brainwork   itself shows real
'respect'  that important, not  the worry of overuse of    one or two
pre-1900
popularized  nouns.

point of correction /clarity -- in the USA , the lib-labs, churches, etc
are far
 larger, well financed more slick in  their deception, machiavellian  than
the 'sect' hard lenino-trots stalinos are  but they do piggyback some of
the
time here. In europe
i think the lib-lab role here  is played there by the Soc Dem
parties/unions and the
 Greens, maybe. , with the the  lenino-stalino  sects  differing in having
the harmful
role too - backing up state capitalist solutions - promoting illusions in
Husseins  hangman regime, etc.

Again my point , that communists must confront these real diferences OPENLY
and not tail behind or merge with just the refromism popular at the present
-
they must have a long view  of developement/change for the future..

Neil .



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