Re: Bolshevism vs Menshevism?

[Louis N Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Jorn Andersen wrote:

> > What I am sure about is what won't work. To take that a step forward, what
> > is *guaranteed* not to work.
>
> This seems to be an argument of the same quality as Adam's argument that
> Cuba is not socialist.
>

Louis: Is it? I drew these conclusions after an in-depth study of Lenin's
Bolshevik Party, the Second International, the Fourth International and
having been a Trotskyist myself for nearly eleven years. In other words, I
know the terrain. When I say that there is no guarantee of success based
on an organizational schema, I say this from hard experience.

On the other hand, Adam dismisses Cuba with about as much knowledge about
it as he has about Outer Mongolia. That's the difference.



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