On Partija rada

[Les Schaffer <godzilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[bounced from Nestor because post came as an attachment]

I don't know how "knowledgeable" does Anthony consider me on
Yugoslavian issues. I admit that I am not as knowledgeable as Jared or
Lou, mainly because my impressions on the Yugoslav issue are sifted
through my experience as an Argentinian Marxist.

But since I share in their general opinions, I can only say (and, I
know, this will bring Anthony to a fit of rage, but what can I do)
that each posting that comes from Yugoslavia reminds me the more of
the Argentinian situation in 1955. It is no surprise that there are
anti-Milosevic self-appointed Marxists since 1992. There were
anti-Peronist self-appointed Marxists in Argentina since 1945 and even
before. After 1955, they struggled for "democratic revolutions" that
were to become the gate to "socialism". They simply were the leftmost
wing of the oligarchic-imperialist front.

Imperialism is a many headed hydra, and it always has a Left Wing
(usually an array of Left Wing) heads in semicolonial and defeated
countries. I am sadly afraid that comrades in Partija rada are one of
such heads, even though they most certainly ignore that.

The saddest of all things is that they have entered a road which will
discredit Marxism among the mass of the Yugoslav workers and peasants.
Hopefully, the "fascists" who have been recently overthrown will help
to keep that name high.

Sorry to be so taxative,