Re: [Marxism] Camejo to speak at CCNY

["anita mukarji-connolly" <anita.mukarjiconnolly@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

please take me off the list.
thank you.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Proyect" <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition"
<marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Camejo to speak at CCNY


> Octob1917@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Marxist activism is about pointing out the contradictions which are
> > inherent in a capitalist system and explaining why that system must be
> > replaced and with what; not in preaching a message of reform and belief
> > in that system as a way forward.
>
> It is rapidly becoming apparent to me that "Joe", aka Octob1917, (and in
> all likelihood, aka Scotlive@xxxxxx, who unsubbed after a flame war with
> Jurriaan) has been trained in sectarian politics and probably belongs to
> some self-styled Marxist-Leninist group with a dozen members or so. He is
> smart enough to keep that information to himself.
>
> Marxmail was set up in order to break with sectarianism and small group
> psychology. The subscription page also warns about striking Bolshevik
> poses here. While Joe is obviously bent on sidetracking us with sterile
> discussions of reform versus revolution, I have a higher obligation as
> moderator to keep us focused on less abstract questions.
>
> I strongly urge Joe, or Scotlive, or whoever he is, to try to suppress his
> desire to draw lines in the sand between reformism and revolutionaryism.
> If he wants information on where this kind of debate takes place on the
> Internet or Usenet, he can contact me privately.
>
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