MMM & Leadership fetishism

[Adam Bandt <bandt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is just an observation, but the discussion on the MMM from
those who defend it in some way resonates with the idea (prevalent
amongst left groups who constantly chase any social movement and any
mobilisation) that mobilisation has an essential 'goodness' which is
merely being perverted by a 'bad' leadership. Accordingly the solution is
represented as 'We need to intervene to give it a socialist (i.e. our)
leadership'. It seems to me that the suggestion that all we need is the
right force which can coalesce any and all mobilisations which aren't
overtly reactionary is probably one of the greatest obstacles to
socialism getting anywhere in the world today.

One can adopt a fundamentally class based politics which organises also
around so-called 'non-class' issues, but this is I think fundamentally
different from picking any issue and seeing it as an
organisation-in-waiting. These are tentative thoughts and I'd appreciate
it if anyone could help clarify them.

Adam.

Adam Bandt
Email: bandt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/~bandt
Phone: 09 360 6038



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