Re: Hardial Bains (was Re: Canadian Maoists)

["Ben Seattle" <Left-Transparency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

> Bains was influential not only in the Canadian party
> he led but also with the Marxist Leninist Party in the
> US and the Revolutionary Communist Party
> (Marxist-Leninist) in Britian and I believe among an
> Indian party as well. How did he manage to get an
> international following? What I've been able to read
> of his turgid writings doesn't seem terribly original.

There is an old proverb somewhere:
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king."

In the extreme confusion of that period, Hardial appeared (to
many) to have a stronger and deeper understanding of how to build
a militant movement than anyone else.

It took time, and a process of development to see thru the
flim-flam and charlatanism.  The Marxist-Leninist Party, USA (of
which I was a supporter) broke with Hardial in1979.

Sincerely,
Ben Seattle
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