Re: Australian Socialist Alliance's sectarian record (for Peter B)

[Sperus@xxxxxxx]

I must say that the sparks that fly on this list alone bodes very badly for
"socialist unity". Frankly, there are real divisions in the Left that will
not be overcome till the workers enter the scene. We should work together
when we can in coalitions and committees but stop kidding ourselves that we
are building a new, Non-sectarian broadly socialist (really reformist) party
when the period is just not ripe.
 The problem is not who is the most "nonsectarian" to other socialists but
can we do productive work in the working class, win some friends, win a
strike and maybe some new people to Marxism.
Also, sectarianism as used by Trotsky was always in reference to mass
movements.It's not how one views the Left. That was called factionalism, I
think.
Nick Spero

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