re:[Marxism] David Keil report on the ISO conference

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  d.. Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:09:05 -0400 
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    The ISO has written some very good articles on the anti-war movement, 
including the Iraqi labor tour which just took place. Some people on this list 
ought to read what they wrote, so they can correct their erroneous views on how 
progressive that tour was.However, there is no reason to think the ISO is going 
to amount to any kind of revolutionary party. The Cuban revolution and Fidel 
Castro are justifiably respected by progressive people the world over, 
especially in the Third World. The ISO, on the other hand, calls for the 
overthrowof the Cuban government, and there is no reason whatsoever to think 
they are going to change that view. That fact itself is sufficient to kill 
anychance the ISO will ever become any kind of revolutionary organization 
enjoying the respect of the masses of progressive and workingpeople. There is 
every reason to think the ISO's counterrevolutionary attitude towards the 
socialist revolution in Cuba will be the basis for theiranalysis of every new 
socialist revolution. If Venezuela develops into a socialist revolution, the 
ISO will adopt the same attitude towards it asit does towards Cuba. New 
socialist revolutions are going to make the ISO look like the Socialist Labor 
Party. Stan Smith
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