Re: [Marxism] The SWP (USA) and its continuing significance

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Walter wrote:
> The SWP is not at all "moribund" as some would imagine. Its role is
> to try to discourage and demoralize those anti-war forces who today
> take action against the war drive.

But you have to put things into perspective, Walter. They are a very small
group that nobody takes seriously. For example, in the entire time I have
been involved with Marxist mailing lists on the Internet, I can count the
number of participants who agree with them but who are not members or
ex-members on the fingers of one hand. That represents something like .001
percent. This was not the case in the 1980s when they would show up at
Nicaragua Solidarity meetings, etc.  They have simply disappeared as a
significant group. It would be a different story if they were on the
steering committee of UFPJ, for example, and were lining up people around
the slogan of "end war-profiteering."

Sometimes I wonder if people who were really interesting in discussing the
affairs of this bizarre cult-sect might be better off setting up a mailing
list on yahoo.


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