Re: Fwd: Questions concerning the SWP.

[boddhisatva <kbevans@xxxxxxxxx>]

                Mr. Dean,



        I don't know much about this group but I know quite a little about
the sectarian weirdness on this group.  Don't run!  Don't Flee!  Talk to
these people, get to know them, even join the group if you don't find them
offensive.


        THEN, you can do something no leftists ever seem to be able to do -
join another group.  Join the IWW, or the CP, or the ISO, or the C of C.
Join them all, keep your mind open, argue your points, try and influence the
platforms, and try and promote unity among people with legitimate
disagreements.


        The dumbest thing you could do, in my opinion, would be to sacrifice
something as important as Marxism to your disdain of cliquishness. If they
are a clique, then they should be ashamed of themselves, and you should shame
them.  With so few Marxists in the world, party loyalty is hardly something
to be proud of.  Leave party loyalty to the Democrats and Republicans.
Marxists need to confront problems, not platforms.  Now, if these people
can't be convinced of that, then you have to leave them, but don't surrender.

        

        More than anyone, Marxists should be able to subsume their personal
convictions into the greater revolution.



        
        peace,



                boddhisatva





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