Re: 3rd International

[Adam Rose <adam@xxxxxxxx>]

Louis writes
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Adam Rose wrote:
>
> >
> > This period was one of unrelenting battle against Centrism ie against people
> > who SAID they were Marxists, opposed to the Imperialist War, and for the
> > dictatorship of the proletariat. As soom as Lenin had the freedom of 
> > movement
> > to organise a meaningful 3rd international, he embarked on this struggle 
> > against
> > the centrists. If you choose to advocate organising with centrists or 
> > reformists
> > today, you should explain why you have rejected the Leninist tradition.
> >
>
> Louis: Adam sidesteps the main point I was trying to make.

Sorry Louis.

I just can't help the odd polemical aside.
I wasn't sidestepping the issue, so much as moving on from it.

We've been around and around on the subject of party organisation,
so I didn't want to start it again.

It's just that the discussion centres on the real Leninist tradition, so
I thought I'd look at exactly what this tradition was, although
I did deliberately choose ground where my argument would seem stronger -
but that's not unreasonable, is it ?

Obviously, this is not unconnected with the other stuff.

And I also happen to think that some of the literature produced by our
tradition on the early years of the Comintern is a more or less unique
contribution to the revolutionary tradition - although I'm open to
learning about literature I'm not currently aware of. Oh, and
it's so much more interesting than Cuba [ damn, that polemical
instinct keeps coming back :-) ].

Adam.


Adam Rose
SWP
Manchester
UK


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