Re: Forwarded from Clinton Fernandes (reply to Tom O'Lincoln)

["Tom O'Lincoln" <suarsos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Clinton's post seems devoted entirely to the old issues, and I seem to
recall seeing all this detail before. Anyway I will leave him the last
word, except for this bit:

>>Tom O'Lincoln's hyper-theorising is perhaps intended to justify why his
little group of "revolutionaries" sat on the sidelines when the Australian
public rose up and demanded that the Timorese be saved.<<

I assume you mean the ISO, of which I am no longer a member. As a matter of
simple fact the ISO was involved in the mass demonstrations, the smaller
pickets, and as far as I recall in the guerilla actions at the airports
too.

There were indeed some who "sat on the sidelines", though: the Australian
supporters of the American SWP. They later came along to an ISO event to
denounce us for participating in the movement. Perhaps you should compare
notes with them, since you both seem to lack a sense of proportion.