Re: Labour parties

[Mark Jones <markjones011@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 22/09/2002 13:32, Lou wrote:
> I honestly think that Bob wants the left to dump a lot of useless baggage,
> but he needs to include this tendency toward ideological reductionism.
> Specifically, to group Phil Ferguson's magazine with Daniel DeLeon, the
> dregs of the Healyite movement, the Sparts, etc. is just absurd. For one
> thing, Revolution magazine is simply not in the business of recruiting
> people to some kind of vanguard that will liberate New Zealand. Anybody
> who reads it can figure that out for themselves. It is a lot more like
> Marxmail, with distinct standpoints within Marxism liberally interpreted.
> I write for it, as does James Heartfield who is associated with Frank
> Furedi's network. You really can't get more far apart than me and Heartfield.

They never asked me to write for it yet, so it's not so inclusive as I'd
like it to be. I rather like and respect Phil Ferguson so I'm waiting the
call here...

Mark


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