Re: DSP and Greens

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Subject: Re: DSP and Greens
From: "Alan Bradley" <abradley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:25:23 +1000

> From: Steve Painter
> The DSP doesn't have a culture of discussion except at the highest level
> among a group of 10 or 15 people, although it has a formal commitment to
> internal democracy.

This suggests that you were out of touch with the rank and file. You
probably should have been voted out of the leadership.

> The Organisational Principles, guarantee the right to tendency and
> faction, but a faction is regarded as, in the words of Cannon, "war in the
> party".

That is _precisely_ the point. That is what we needed.

The various liquidationists that appeared in the DSP in the early 90s did us
a great disservice. They forced us to unite against them, when we should
have been fighting amongst ourselves.

Alan Bradley
abradley1@xxxxxxxxxxx

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- DSP and Greens, (continued)
  - DSP and Greens, Steve Painter and Rose McCann Mon 10 Jun 2002, 15:47 GMT
  - Re: DSP and Greens, Alan Bradley Tue 11 Jun 2002, 00:50 GMT
  - Re: DSP and Greens, Alan Bradley Tue 11 Jun 2002, 01:02 GMT
  - DSP and Greens, Steve Painter and Rose McCann Wed 12 Jun 2002, 05:06 GMT
  - Re: DSP and Greens, Alan Bradley Thu 13 Jun 2002, 01:33 GMT
  - DSP and Greens, Steve Painter and Rose McCann Thu 13 Jun 2002, 05:04 GMT
  - re: DSP and Greens, Alan Bradley Thu 13 Jun 2002, 14:07 GMT
  - DSP and Greens, Steve Painter and Rose McCann Fri 14 Jun 2002, 13:14 GMT
  - re: DSP and Greens, Alan Bradley Fri 14 Jun 2002, 14:54 GMT

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