Re: ISO Article

[Xxxx Xxxxxx <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just to clairify what "sectarianism" is for Mr. Dart. According to Marx, Lenin 
and
Trotsky, being a sect has nothing to do with one's size nor with engaging in 
criticism
with others on the left (what you call "sectarian," Marx, Lenin and Trotsky
called "polemics"), rather being a sect and thus being sectarian is a matter of 
one's
relationship with the working class as well as one's sense of oneself. Given 
the ISO's
non-worker composition and its exaggerated sense of itself as the
revolutionary party it is the ISO and its cothinkers around the world who are 
in much
greater danger of being sectarian.

Xxxx

"Dart, Jon J [CES]" wrote:

> Having recently joined the list I was hoping for some interesting and
>'controversial' postings.
> However the recent diet of self-indulging together with the outright 
> sectarianism
>does leave a bad taste.
>
> The commentators so far fail to include any kind of contribution as to what 
> they
>doing to build the broad left. Surely if people can agree on the ends, then a
>comradely attitude, despite disagreements with others, should be maintained.
>
> As a comrade (not a member of the ISO) recently said "It is discreditable and
>foolish to attack people in a broad-brush way for 'style'. It hides what's 
>really at
>stake. Too often, people use this kind of criticism as an alibi for doing 
>nothing".
>
> Hoping your sectarianism doesn't depress you too much  - it does me.